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KNOWLEGED IS POWER

HIS REAL NAME IS JACOB

translation: poem peon

who needs other games when you have Half life and 999999999 mods

LOG OUT

NO ME

DIED ON XEN

HIS REAL NAME IS JACOB

black guard or black security, I think. It's a pretty long one

you cannot start at the second map via the console because no suit is given, and the player will likely be stuck in the first vent area without a flashlight.
Good point... edited the description. - Urby

That aside, the improvement is definitely there. Especially compared to this map http://twhl.info/vault.php?map=3629

Also there are like 50 other maps/mods where you start in a jail or prison and have to escape. No idea why mappers like this theme so much

I think we can all agree on the fact that valve is now putting money ahead of game quality at this point. I think this might not actually be the case back when HL1 or 2 first came out. But now that they are mostly dependent on steam and f2p multiplayer games raking in huge money, they prolly arent as concerned about quality now than before. I can't count the number of times in tf2 where there were floating cosmetics or csgo random crashes. I even had a crash playing training dota. Of course I dont blame the developer for not finding everything that can cause crashes or glitches. However it is just that there appears to be this general attitude in valve that money is more important now. This actually happens with every small company that goes big (like facebook) and shouldn't come as a surprise, but it did.

Certain parts of modding are completely abandoned because it is not monetizeable. Only things that go thru the workshop AND are monetizeable are supported.

Workshop compatible: Tf2 models, CSGO skins, CSGO maps, CSGO stickers, dota models
Workshop incompatible: Tf2 maps, CSGO model replacements, any HL2 mod/map or goldsrc single player mods/maps

Really, the workshop only exists to monetize content from modders for valve, and note that only things that can go thru the workshop is supported by valve. Most HL and HL2 maps and mods are not really supported , nor does valve want to add things that doesn't go thru workshop, like tf2 maps. L4d stuff can go thru workshop, but cannot be monetized, so that game was simply abandoned.

As for HL3, I won't be 100% on this but I don't think it will ever come out unless in a monetized form. Nothing like your typical HL2 single player. I think you all know how valve fired their modellers and stuff because its simply better to depend on the workshop for all their modelling needs. I'm not totally up to date on gaming news so you all might know more but with the general profit-based direction the company is taking, single player games simply isn't worth their time. No single player game is going to make as much money as their four big microtransaction stores (steam, tf2, csgo, dota).

personally i think the funniest part of OP4 was if you kept the engineer alive from the FRIENDLY FIRE CHAPTER (the one that needed a medic) then what happens is that if you take him down to where the black ops are, you'll find that he doesnt actually have a weapon and will try and run up and kick the black ops with his foot. It doesnt go too well for him.

the desktop is basically not supported. Microsoft wants to get into the tablet market. Windows on desktop computer is now basically a giant touchscreen tablet

missing jp_dev.wad and tudyr.wad

Downloaded jp_dev.wad from google and played this map. Very short and uses mostly developer textures, with some aliens and a barney around the area. No idea what kind of setting this would be if there were actual textures. But it might be pretty cool.

I saw that underfloor button onlybecause I was playing in software mode and the engine didnt render that breakable tile, lol. Anyway, this map is alright. There's plenty of side area secrets that makes the map pretty interesting. But yeah, there are some weird things in the mod, as well as mapping problems like where I can see outside the level in one area. I'm guessing you boxed the entire level when you couldn't find the leak(s). The ending area was pretty challenging given the limited arsenal the player has. The garg area was pretty interesting too, since it's a puzzle rather than a fighting area. Overall, not too bad, but could be better.

Also, try not to use too many vent areas, they are pretty boring, especially with headcrabs in them.

count on EA to know what the gamers want

"they work because you're expected to look for instances that fit the criteria."

"It falls apart when you seek clarity."

To gauge the accuracy of these sort of things, it's best to start out simple. Those vague predictions like 'emotional crisis' can indeed apply to everybody. Can he predict simple things like how many siblings a person has or whether their parents are divorced, or stuff like that? Because there are people that can do that, just based on like a birthdate or something

look up 'hot reading' and 'cold reading'. That's how scammers do this sort of thing. However, some people actually can do it. I have no idea how that works.

dude my dad watched lexx too that show was so random lol
The thing with name changes is that ppl will still know you for years here by your old name, I mean whoever did call crollo by any of his other new names right

I suspect that HL3 isn't on top of valve's priority at this point. I mean they keep talking about making a feature film and right now possibly a console, added to the constant steam software updates and trading cards, as well as rumours of their focus on a L4D3 rather than HL3 all goes to show that HL3 prolly won't be coming for a long time.

I actually live around the area, but I don't hold up real well IRL

Tried windows 8 last month and guess what, turns out that the desktop is a mere 'app' that you have to manually switch to every time you wanna do something. Among other funny stuff that occurred while using this excuse of an OS:

• Couldn't find the shut down button. Since the quintessential 'start' button was REMOVED, you have to sit there manually searching for a shut down button till you realize you have to Alt+F4 for once where it's actually useful

• Loads of features for a console I don't own-- seriously, this thing might as well be another Xbox console

• Bunch of other useless stuff you can easily find on the internet (you know, like those 10-20 useless phone apps)

• While transferring files from a flash drive, the progress froze and said files were incomplete, effectively corrupted and useless

• Microsoft wants to fight apple and start tablet wars. And that means forcing it on your average PC user. How fair is that

• Yes, windows 8 will be the future and everyone Will be forced to use it eventually. I will be returning to this journal to look at alternative suggestions when I decide to jump ship

• I should prolly have made this into a journal.

why don't you two want children? just curious (you dont have to answer)

Seeing as valve kinda gave up on HL1 and 2 entirely, the rest of us just, you know

"hammer"
"crash"

just another day as a mapper

I never knew Dr. Seuss played half life

guys, don't bother supporting a system where anyone can get banned on the forums which results in being locked out of all the games you purchased on that system.

thanks for this journal, it led me to a download link to a TWHL mod that TWHL didn't have a link for!

just played it. Pretty good mod with a bit simple design. Really cool concept based on Redemption's second chapter. Reasonable but really steep difficulty ramp up. Overall a nice mod with an interesting theme and setting.

lol we dont need to rally everyone to this, cry of fear and sven coop are doing a fine job already

thats the problem, they dont CARE about the people currently playing hl, remember that forced HD pack? THey want to appeal to the new potential users from mac and penguin, and have totally ignored the players who are already playing

you forgot to mention all the old mods of HL that are screwed up

This is that HL2 HDR screwup all over again.

I think valve is screwing over the fans in exchange for expanding its own market. They are trying to force convert all the games to be working on macs and penguins. What's worse, there are plans to make some kind of movie or something because the valve really wants to expand their market

he's in the 4chan steam group... tells u something doesnt it

4700 downloads in 1 day... maybe someone should start investigating