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Black Mesa is a real place, but I don't think there's a research facility there...it's just the name of the location.

-When someone in your form spills very strong acid on one of your friends during a chemistry lesson, and you feel sorry that the victim wasn't wearing an HEV suit...but he survived with a bandaged hand, and the knowledge that he's getting close to being able to sue the guy, since that person also injured another of my friends' heads (Again, by accident). True story.

YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN USING SD MODELS TOO MUCH WHEN:

-You wonder why security guards with pistols don't have an M4A1 strapped to their back (Ambient.Impact's SD Barney has an M4 on his back, but he doesn't use it)

-You think all security guards should wear HEV suits (Like the barney in my av)

-Your glasses are so dirty that they appear to be opaque, and you look for a place to download the transparency dlls from (Not true, I don't wear glasses)

-You keep bugging everyone around you for a Barney with an Uzi, and they have no idea what you are on about (Half true, I've been bugging people on the HIT forums for that)

-You start getting people with low-def hl model avatars to get a new one with an SD model (Haven't done it yet...)

Anyway, back on topic:

-When your internet is even slower than normal, and you type in r_speeds 1 as an URL, to check the ipoly (Internet poly)

-When you see a guy with a crowbar, and compare it to the HL one (Guilty)

-When you're playing 007: Everything or Nothing, and grab a terrorist's crowbar to recreate HL (Guilty for a few seconds, I then got shot dead 'cos I had to run to the guy who was shooting)

YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING BLUE-SHIFT TOO MUCH WHEN:

-You can't read your email because your internet is malfunctioning, and you then say "I can't access my files, I can't answer my mail. I haven't even been able to get into my office!"

-When you're watching Black Books, series 3, episode 1, and compare the evil guy who runs Goliath Books to Dr. Rosenberg (He looks very similar! And I'm guilty, obviously)

It works fine when I run it through hammer

[quote]For most people, this causes the change to fail.[/quote]
Obviously your special...

Make each floor a separate map. That way, we won't get lag or anything. We all design our own floors, and then link all the maps with transitions. When I get my comp fixed, I'll probably design myself a heavily guarded office with traps and defence guns etc. everywhere.

Wait, there's more...

http://svencoop.com (Not as good, but you can make requests in the forum. However, you may only get average SD models, like the ones with Sven Co-op...)

If you want real quality, download Ambient.Impact's excellent models.

I can't believe so many people don't want SD models...and ZL doesn't even like HD...ho-hum...at least Seventh and 6th can see the good thing about them. They aren't too flashy. They look great! And anyway, since my (currently screwed up) computer is unlikely to manage HL2, SD is the next best thing...and it can handle SD models OK.

OK, there could be a number of things:

1: Landmark name must be lowercase, with no spaces or punctuation except _, and it should have a very short name.
2: Landmark name must be the same in both maps.
3: Landmark must be in the EXACT same area in both maps.

Map 1 should be:

_________________

*        ]

_________________

Map 2 should be:

_________________

]      *

_________________

In the diagrams, the _ is the wall, the ] is the trigger_changelevel and the * is the info_landmark.

I had that error when I started mapping...it means you set up HL incorrectly.

Hmm...I had some adware once called easywww.exe, and ad-aware didn't detect it. Do a search on your computer for that, because it interferes with your homepage. Delete everything with easywww in its name.

Sounds fun loving him.

I don't remember posting this...have you by any chance been editing that thread we were using as a "chatroom" earlier, Seventh? Yes

The riot shield barney is excellent, but one of the highlights is Ambient.Impact's excellent HGrunt. Actually, come to think of it, all of his models are of an excellent quality.

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NOTE

Many of these models have transparent sections. These will only appear transparent if you:

A: Use Steam, since it has model transparency coded in
B: Download the transparency dlls from the HIT forums (http://hl-improvement.com). I think they're in one of the stickies in the model releases thread. Download them, and save them over the originals in C:SierraHalf-Life. DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU USE STEAM. It already has transparency, and the new dlls may stop it from working properly.

Also, if you want to see transparency in models without playing HL, download Jed's HL model viewer. It's an upgraded version of the normal HL model viewer from MilkShape 3D's website, and it supports transparency. You can also change it in the viewer like chrome effects, saving the job of editing the model's .qc file.

• When you start discussing mapping with your parents, who don't understand a word of it.

• When you're at school, there are 3 working computers in the room, the other 2 are broken, you're on 1 browsing the HL forums, and other people are on the other 2, playing those crappy games at http://slimeathlete.com, http://slimesector.com and http://sfcave.com, and your friends keep bugging you about when you're going to come off, because they want to play the crappy games at the aforementioned sites, and think you're wasting their playing time. I know I'm guilty.

When (like me!) you see a part in ANY film, and decide you want to map it, or want to create models like the characters.

Borland is even worse than Dev-C++.

If you want SD models like my barney:

http://hl-improvement.com
http://planetquake.com/aow (Sven Co-op section)
http://sdmodels.cjb.net (Loads of models, but only a few have been uploaded so far)

Yes, why not, sounds rather fun!

Has anyone ENTERED this compo yet?

Or monkey chow.

My av has changed as well...to a super definition HEV suit barney!
Steinin: Did you by any chance hear that we're spammers on the valveerc IRC channel? They don't seem to like us much...and now Bagpuss runs away whenever I say "hello" to him...they seem to have something against me, and I don't know what. And as for spammers...

Icechat is better, but I prefer mIRC because it doesn't flash annoyingly at the bottom.

So will I become the Vass-Monkey?

For SP:

http://tenfourmaps.telefragged.com

No, no, no, no, NO! You want REAL quality. Get some super definition models:

http://hl-improvement.com (Make any requests in the forum)
http://sdmodels.cjb.net (Not all links are up)
http://planetquake.com/aow (Most models, look in the Sven Co-op section, since Sven uses HL models)

Save the BMPs as 24 bit, then you can use any colour. Then use PSP or something (Not paint, it ruins the colours) to turn it back into 256 colour.

Save it over the old one. Read my tutorial.

Or not. Just go to these places:

http://hl-improvement.com (You can make requests in the forums)

http://sdmodels.cjb.net (Only a few are available, although there is a link to a page with some more)

http://planetquake.com/aow (Most are available here)

http://svencoop.com (The mod comes with some anyway, but you can make requests in the forums. This is where I found out about the HIT forums)

No, there are 2 kinds. The kind that throws you into the air, and the kind that kills you, then throws the corpse into the air.

If you want, I can send you the SD normal barney...and the HEV barney. Both were made by Ambient.Impact, so credit him.

I wish I was as well...

He was away skiing.

Actually, have my HEV barney av instead.

Oh, and kol: I've almost FINISHED my project map. Since it's just a training centre, it doesn't take that long. I've still got the combat simulation to do.

The only thing I remeber from Holy Grail was the knights who say "NI!"

Example maps. Xen jumping thingy, made by...oh, I forgot his name...what a shame...(SARCASM). It's made by kol.

Knigits?

You sod...well, I'll try anyway...

The Sven conversion is on http://svencoop.com btw, the HL version is on Ten Four.

Oh wait, something unrelated to it...hmm...

How about: "I love Princess Peach". Perfect for Mario!

CS-kate?

I might enter, as soon as I re-learn VBScript...

My still HEV barney is fine...

This will be a map PACK though...like the Sven conversion of the HL mod, Earthquake Test Centre (ETC) on Ten Four.

How would you feel if instead of making Half-Life: Security a proper mod, I just made it as a Sven Co-op map pack? Do many people on this site own Sven Co-op? If I did, it would be both SP and Co-op...and ti would mean I don't have to do any coding at all. The only downside to this is that if hardly anyone owns Sven Co-op, they won't be able to play it...since I'm not gonna put up a massive mod containing all of Sven's vital files. I'll then have to advertise it on the Sven forums...
It would still be a mod...sort of...there will still be new models included.

Is easywww.exe a virus? That program seems to make my internet play up occasionally...although it might be one of my mum's work programs.

Actually, all the free compilers suck. Go buy MSVC++, that's the only one that's guaranteed to work...Dev-C++ has been recommended, but it's crap...

Cats rule! Y'know, talking of dogs, it reminds me of a Blink 182 song...which I won't sing.

I can play the keyboard (Mostly with guesswork, although I can read music), and I used to play the recorder.

Get an up-to-date version. Then you'll know the difference. Unless of course you are already familiar with 1.8/2.0, in which case you should stick with it.

Can I have admin rights for pepper's posts? I'm an amazing speller! I'll
re-spell them (That is, once I've figured out what they actually say!). Otherwise, keep it with Seventh, Slayer and Andy. Oh, and atom.

OK, I got a grunt I like. It's the same as the normal SD grunt (Similar to HD, but he has a few pouches on his belt, and the beret guys now wear helmets), but the balaclava guy now wears a helmet.