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my advice to you, as i know you personally. You will not succeed on this mod without:
a) lots of support
b) more experience in mapping
Ok, before you get big ideas please think realisticaly, the plot sounds good but it wont go anywhere without lots of work.
Sorry to sound negative but you need to put a lt of thought into this before you start

Ok i have a website! it's www.freewebs.com/danshalflife. i know its a n00b template but take a look, i hope to get some screenies on soon. I have a new mapper So hopefully i can get started, but we really urgently need a modeller ask around people and see if you can get anyone intrested!
Dan

OK, OK i'll mind my punctuation, it is my summer holidays soon so i will be able to get some good mapping done hopefully. I have been really busy at the moment so the demo has'nt had much work done on it. Sorry. Doesn't help that my level designer keeps changing his mind every couple of days, and does not seem to have read the email i sent him regarding the limits.
Dan

yeah im sorry about that people i have constantly run into problems with it, i have got someone to make it for me (keep eyes open) anyway so far i have got 1 map on the demo. Heres how it goes. (as i said before we missed the first levels where u do the experiment because we thought u may get very bored of a long train ride in a demo so we cut straight to the action).

Anyway so your in the train/monorail thing and it sort of starts shaking and falls off you then crawl through a small vent (sorry for using vents)
So you get your crowbar. Then you go to the lift shaft but unfortunately the doors open but the lift is still at the bottom. If you climb down and try to access the lower level the button doesn't work.

You then have to climb up the cables to the power room and restore the power allowing you to use the lift to access the lobby (watch this space)
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

hardly any time at all but NO accents only British i suck at accents
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

erm Captain P do you think you could do some textures for me? Post if you wouldn't mind if you have any spare time i'm mostly after new signs. And once my site is up i'll give you admin access and your name in the creds.
Dan
"Do or do not there is no coffee left in the pot nooooooooooooooooo!"

well depends on the quality length etc. Talk to brattylord he has more experince hey does any1 have MSn because it will be so much easier to talk there just add my email i posted it up a bit
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

Ok email Daniel_thomas_785@hotmail.com with the script and i'll see what i can do it MUST be comedy heh
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

ok thanks i'll look into it anyway i'm not sure what sort of demo to do a demo using trigger_camera. Or one where the player can move around in any ideas?
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

yeah the more voices the better i don't mind help and if we have some1 with experience it will be better
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

tyty i am designing the webpage OK i have limited my choices to 3 colour schemes... voting please
1) Dark blue background, red text
2) Black background, red text
3) light blue background black text

Thoughts are welcome
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

By the way the anonymous is me Danboy yeah just talk the plot over i'll throw in some ideas and just email me with the script and i'll get the voices done
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

Erm anyway i think it has been too long for my mod to carry on without a website, does anyone know good free hosting websites and would anyone be a great help and design the website because i can't do html.
We need
*An about page listing the mods story (look at top of post)
*a team page listing team members (post here for info)
*A forum if possible
*A home page that has latest news on it
*A files page
And that's it any help would be greatly appreciated and you will have your name in the credits of the mod.
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

heh don't worrry i'm going to put a lot of effort into it, anyway... i was intrested how do you make it so the player has NO control what so ever they can only see what i let them see? I know there is a way but i cannot remember the name and how to use it, I am looking for tutorials but personal opinions are useful as well.

Additional: Is it possible to make G-Man have attacks and not be invincible? because one of the final fights of the game is a one on one crowbar (or hand to hand) battle with G-Man.
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

thank you rabid i think i will see if I can get any help from anyone to help map model or anything, do u know anywhere where i can either A. Join a mod team or B. find some ppl to help make it? Please don't say Moddb because my comp has problems with it for no apparent reason.

Also to prove my mapping ability i may release a demo of the modon.
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

thanks a lot captain P
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

ok i have the animation for barney to walk to the door say something and do the retina animation, so now the question is how do i make it so the player cannot open the door using retina only barney can. Any ideas
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

hmm no idea then sorry
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

yeah hollowing mucks things up terribly and creates more faces always use seperate brushes. Also NEVER i mean never hollow a cylinder.
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

try what others have said move the ammo above the bottom shelf (BUT do not let it touch the top one. Try this i have downloaded the map but i cant compile/run it on my comp here it sucks.
Dan
"Do or do not there is no try"

ok thanks a lot i think i am understanding now so all the .Wav files in the Pak file match up with sentence names, it's just that if my mod ever gets enough members we will be using mostly new voices and sounds.
Dan
"Do or not there is no try"

you can also get Pakscape it can make and open Paks it is a really useful thing to have

Hi everyone sorry i haven't been around in ages my computer broke :'( anyway i have stopped work on all my multiplayer maps now and am starting my own mod, true i am going to need help. I can map some of it but i need moddelers, and a co-director that needs to have some experience in one of the major fields, and a understanding of how half lifes' directories are organised.

The mod will use mostly custom sounds and definately new textures, ok the story: You are a scientist on an island research center off the coast of America, one morning a group of people (identity revealed later) get past security to steal the virus the team has been working on, but to get past security they shut off the main power this turns off the coolant to the reactor and it blows causing the alien samples to break free causing general chaos. The final levels are set in an American town where you fight the equivalent to Nihilianth. Any more ideas would be good and any people intrested please email Daniel_Thomas_785@hotmail.com. I am still thinking of a name but something like Half life: The sabotage or somehting. Thanks

this will be my first major map for multiplayer it is a underwater lab with 2 bases conected by a tunnel it will be a opposing force CTF map
(anyone know how to take screenshots?)

Danboy

i was looking for some prefabs for my maps, but nearly all the ones i have found are now closed so i can't request anything. any one know a site that still does requests?