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Unq
New Competition! Make Black Mesa Come Alive!
Unq • 2 months ago2024-08-01 12:34:42 UTC • 4 comments
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!
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Deadline: October 22nd, 2024.

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23-down
Is there a ay to make the Shock Troopers and Pit Drones in HLOP into the player's comrades?
23-down • 1 day ago2024-10-14 10:17:00 UTC • 4 replies
Oh yes. I gladly agree. Use featureful.

To get an idea what this SDK is capable of play mods such as
Field Intensity: https://www.moddb.com/mods/field-intensity
&
The big boned and the curious...
Penguinboy
Only server may change level.
Penguinboy • 3 days ago2024-10-12 01:07:43 UTC • 1 reply
I think you get this message when the game is in multiplayer mode, maybe check your launch parameters or config to make sure you're not changing mode. If you start the map using map <mapname> and no...
kimilil
mp4, avi, or webm cutscenes possible?
kimilil • 5 days ago2024-10-10 10:31:54 UTC • 1 reply
Sorry, but nope. Not with the vanilla SDK.
23-down
Half-Life: dx
23-down • 1 week ago2024-10-07 18:40:56 UTC • 8 replies
Where's the dl link to the beta hornet ?
lifefighter66799545
Post your screenshots! WIP thread
lifefighter66799545 • 1 week ago2024-10-06 18:34:46 UTC • 7230 replies
it looks beautiful

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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)

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Overfloater Major Pathos update, support for lightstyles, etc Overfloater • 3 days ago2024-10-12 15:11:05 UTC • 0 Suparsonik Today is the birthday of the FSF! Suparsonik • 1 week ago2024-10-04 19:17:13 UTC • 6 Erty 2^5 Erty • 1 week ago2024-10-02 08:25:58 UTC • 12 jamie "FREEMAN, YOU FOOL!" jamie • 2 weeks ago2024-09-30 02:58:38 UTC • 1 jeffrey It's my birthday today! jeffrey • 3 weeks ago2024-09-23 20:42:36 UTC • 5 Overfloater A bigger Pathos update dropped Overfloater • 1 month ago2024-09-14 10:46:36 UTC • 4

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