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New Competition! Make Black Mesa Come Alive!

Unq • 2 months ago2024-08-01 12:34:42 UTC • 4 comments

Update: Compo has been extended! Added over 2 weeks to help get maps finished & polished!

Surprise, another compo! Thanks to Hezus for suggesting this one and donating his prize from the previous compo.

Make Black Mesa Come Alive!

Show us your best dynamic, interactive map and Make Black Mesa Come Alive!

Deadline: November 7th, 2024.

Note: if you already submitted your entry, you can still update it before the deadline! Take that time to playtest & polish if you want.

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Loot gamemode recreation as a MP mod (gamedir) [help needed]

stalkyard • 2 hours ago2024-10-29 16:11:25 UTC • 4 replies

A little update : got the website running with screenshots, relatively detailed description and some other stuff @ [http://loot.strangled.net|loot.strangled.net/]
DESPERATELY need people to test, es...

Func_rotating dont load sound in HLDM

drakonuid5 • 11 hours ago2024-10-29 07:43:27 UTC • 0 replies

{
"model" "*35"
"origin" "-80 -48 -320"
"dmg" "0"
"_minlight#1" "0.1"
"message" "ambience/boomer.wav"
"speed" "30"
"rendercolor" "0 0 0"
"renderamt" "0"
"rendermode" "0"
"renderfx" "0"
"ang...

"repeat search on google" link doesn't show google search results

Oskar Potatis • 22 hours ago2024-10-28 20:39:23 UTC • 1 reply

You're right. I've prepared a bug fix for it https://github.com/LogicAndTrick/twhl/pull/96 It's up to Penguinboy to merge it if he wants

Custom Weapon Sound does not play/all sounds are played

La Hire • 23 hours ago2024-10-28 19:25:05 UTC • 6 replies

Wow you are right, I just overwrote the reload-sound with a "boom"-sound and it is played at the shooting-sequence as well.

Stupid of me not to try that before

Thanks for the reply!

(C++) Bounding Boxes colliding

Meerjel01 • 1 day ago2024-10-28 17:58:18 UTC • 0 replies

Want some help on how to get multiple AABB collision responses working. Currently I'm checking if one bounding box collides with another, which pushes it back depending on the speed and direction betw...

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Favourite HL Title

Posted 2 months ago2024-08-09 05:53:18 UTC • Voting closed • 10 comments

What is your favourite official Half-Life game/expansion?

(If you actually want to vote for Decay or Lost Coast, I've decided they don't count. Let me know about how upset you are in the comments!)

Half-Life: 39% (29 votes)
Half-Life 2: 20% (15 votes)
Opposing Force: 17% (13 votes)
HL2 Episode 2: 11% (8 votes)
Blue Shift: 8% (6 votes)
HL2 Episode 1: 3% (2 votes)
Alyx: 3% (2 votes)