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I was working on a map for Standard Proceedures the other day i realised 'Wow. This looks like something from Black Mesa.'

Click...

Something shifted in my mind. 'Standard Proceedures' has been renamed to 'Half-Life Overload.' The mod takes place on the morning of the Anomalous materials disaster.

You play as Gus Weaving, an IT systems technician called to sector D labs after the system crash which took place minutes before the disaster. You can guess where we go from there. The same features offered by 'Standard proceedures' (new weapons and monsters) but in the facility we know and love.

This will be a short mod but the longest i have worked on, hopefully offering 2 hours of gameplay.

I'll upload a screenie the new garg skin tomorrow Saco. Just let me know what you think.

Oh and I'll need to know what figures you used to rescale it so that i can make it the right size (huge) :S

I'll add those weapons and animate them when i can then Elon. Of course you will need to code them all.

Who the Hell made you the expert. Elon is perfectly capable of making a mod.

lol

Ok.

Have you set up all the directories correctly on this menu?

I like Canada. Its the Scotland of the US.

The PC fan - Slow whirring

With this sort of problem we need more detail.

What version of Hammer/Worldcraft are you using.

What exactly does the compile window say.

(and since its your first map) What have you done in the map so far?

There you go.

http://www.blackparadox.co.uk/hosted/urbanebula/Hgrunt.zip

You want me to send you the model.

The model is the 3d character that you see, which carrys out actions in the form of sequences. Having them shoot later would probably be a coding issue. I'll post a link to the model (unless you need something changing like the colour or something)

An enemy with an egon gun? I could model it but actually making the enemy use it would again be a coding issue.

ok

Hey Saco. I got your PM. Post a link to the garg in this thread and i'll skin it for you.

Its good to see my zombie skin is being put to some good use. At least i can still see him. Oh how I miss him.

(Sorry. I'm mourning over all those beutiful skins I lost in the format. I must remember to finish that memorial plaque)

Urbanebula here representing the Scottish.

Unfortunately living in England. And apparently I'm not allowed to wear a kilt.

Yup done that. Latest NVidia drivers for 2000/XP.

And I aint going to use WMP10 because Microsoft are using it to track illegal copies of XP. Its no different from WMP9 except for a tracking program and now windows XP users can't download WMP9. What a coincidence.

I played TS once. Then i thought 'pffft' and reinstalled Max Payne 2.

It's a shit game.

Nope. It's still crashing. It crashes in movie maker and media player and everything else that trys to play an Mpeg.

Try opening the videos with different programs...

Not a program issue. The PC crashes when some games try to play intro movies too.

Downloading nVidia drivers now. I think i was supposed to do that earlier but i forgot.

My PC crashes whenever it trys to play video files. It can handle some like wmv and avi (i think) but if its anything else (including some game intros) it stops working. It just freezes up.

important note: It's only started happening since i put my new HD in and reinstalled XP.

Ultima Online!

4 B's 2 C's

On to City 17 - Tommorrow most likely. So damn busy.

The elbow warps a bit with certain animations i'm afraid but it is there. I don't have time to post now but i'll post the model and more screenies tomorrow.

I have a 21" ... moniter ...

WoHooo! Another HoE player. I love that game.

the limited rotation of their cervical spine?

Thats the one.

And rabbits can vomit? Oooh. I shall correct Turnipz when I next see her.

The carrots one is 100% true though. I've seen proof.

Must be your moniter. I didn't change any of the mesh except it needed to be widened to fit the grunts skeleton.

I see morningstar.wad!

Screenshots make the wait more entertaining. Drown us in screenies. DROWN UUUUSSSSSS!!!!

WoHooo!!! USELESS INFO ALWAYS TRIUMPHS

[useless]The rabbit is the only animal that cannot vomit.[/useless]

[useless]Pigs cannot look up.[/useless]

[useless]Carrots were originally purple.[/useless]

Aha! My Fiction is up to date. Now I will spam your thread till HLHS is out! Mwa ha ha ha ha!

[insert spam here]

/ I can't do it. I'm not as annoying as you /

Liberals have anger issues

Then may I just say "PROUDLY FUCKING LIBERAL!"

And as Billy Connelly once said:

"I liked Clinton, I wanted him to have another four. He plays the banjo and smokes cigars...and other things...You want a cigar? -wink-"

The one to ask would have been digital_ice but he don't come here no more. You can message him on www.blackparadox.co.uk

WoHooo! I finished the next bit.

"Amber!" yelled Dan "You still keeping your cool over there?"

"Hell yeah." she stood up giving the strider the finger and diving back into cover before a barrage of plasma bashed the rocks just inches from her position. She lifted her head up and called out. "Missed!"

"You're fucking crazy!" yelled Fitz "Get over and help those guys."

"OK" she yelled and she crawled along the floor around to Dan and Fitz. She stood up, fired at the strider again and continued around the side of the rocks and out of view.

"Jesus." Said Mark. He looked up to see the strider turning to follow her. Mark swallowed hard and stood up, waving his arms in the air. The strider turned back to face and and he fired 2 more shots from the magnum. "Heeeyyyy!!! You bastard! Eat this."

"Amber's reached them!" yelled Fitz. waving the radio to Dan and Mark. "Take cover!"

The three men shoved themselved right into the rocks as 2 rockets fired simultainiously into the strider's rear end. It toppled forwards and lost its balance. Mark watched for a second, as it fell almost in slow motion. It crashed to the ground throwing up dust and debris. As it settled the lumbering beast came into view, laying motionless on the ground. Mark rose to his feet as three silhouettes danced through the fog.

"Tom! Josh!" yelled Dan "You crazy motherfuckers!"

The brothers stopped in front of Dan and saluted! They were grinning ear to ear and jumping on the spot like children. They spoke to Dan he was like an older brother.

"Dan," they said, thick cockney accents and never motionless on their feet "guess what we found. Go on, guess"

"Something edible I hope." He said

"Nope." giggled Tom, shaking his head frantically. The two brothers looked at each other, smiling. They turned back to Dan and pulled the watchcaps from their heads to reveal blone hair spiked up about 3 inches off the tops of their heads. "Hair gel!"

Dan burst into laughter. He knew these two well.

"This has just got pretty interesting." Fitz said as he stepped over to Mark and Amber.

"What do you mean?" Mark asked

"We were with the Halls last week when we started resisting against the combine. They helped me and Dan and the other guys storm an outpost on the canal. We didn't lose a single man. Those two are morale boosters on legs!" Fitz was grinning as much as the two brothers were. They skipped over and both wrapped their arms around him. "Hey hey, I can't breath."

"How ya been Fitzy?" said Tom, rubbing Fitz' head "Ya look knackered mate!"

"I'm fine." Fitz laughed and turned to Amber and Mark "Oh, this is Mark and Amber!"

"Hello both." Josh piped up. "Hope Fitzy's been looking after you two."

"Hey." said Fitz pointing to Amber "Watch it! She can look after herself."

"Oh really," said Tom winking to Amber "Maybe she can look after me too."

"In your dreams slimeball." she said back, grinning sarcastically "I'm with Mark."

Marks glance darted to Amber.

"What?" he gasped

"Don't worry." she whispered "I just don't want one of these creeps following me around, trying to protect me and all that. Just play along."

"Ok people." Dan strided over "Listen up. We are heading back to City 17 to re-arm and reinforce. Don't know if you've noticed but its just the six of us now. Eli's place is overrun so the real fight will be in the city and six people aren't going to last long the closer we got to the citadel"

"Hey," Josh interupted "Where's your brother Dan?"

Dan froze. He looked to Mark and Fitz. Tom and Josh turned to them.

"What happened to Todd?" Tom asked. Fitz shook his head in reply. Tom sat down on one of the battle scarred rocks "Oh Jesus."

"Lets move out." said Dan.

The six fighters moved across the grassy hills back toward to towering machine that continued to churn the land all night. The sun was rising when they reached the citie's edge, creating a pattern of dark shadows across the streets as the orange light ripped through the gaps between the tall buildings. They reached a battered old building with a huge sliding door set into the front wall.

"Wait till you see what thats for." grinned Josh. Tom was laughing behind him. The brothers lead the way around the back of the garage and unlocked the back door. As the door opened there was a strong smell of engine oil, stale beer, and greasy food. Pizza boxes were strewn about the floor. A Cd player was droning out some music at its lowest volume. Some scuzzy rock music that must have been at least 20 years old now.

They rounded the corner into the main portion of the building. The ceiling was about 14 feet up and the place was filled with battered furniture. Right at the back near the large shutter doors was a combine APC.

"Woah." said Dan "How did you get that here?"

"It was parked outside one morning. Don't know where it came from but sombody had already broken the locks off the doors. One of the wheels was damaged so we think that maybe some rebels stole it, had an accident and left it. Well we sorted the wheel problem two days ago. We're just trying to work out the controls because they're all in bloody 'combinion' or whatever language they speak. Hopefully if we get some work done today it'll be drivable by lunch time."

A TV was in the corner, the screen displaying an all too familiar, bearded man spouting propaganda to no end.

"Fuckin' Breen." said Josh "Tom, turn that shit off."

Tom walked over and flicked the off switch. The screen fizzed to a white line and cut off. Mark stayed fixated on the screen. As the others wondered around getting the full tour from the brothers, Mark could still see a faint picture on the screen. Maybe it was just an after-image. He was about to turn away when the screen cracked and a gaunt man in a suit appeared on the screen. He looked right into Mark's eyes shook his head and the screen turned black.

"What the Hell?" said mark. The others turned to see Mark standing in the centre of the room staring at the blank screen.

"Its called a 'TV' mate." said Josh. "You know? TV."

"I think he knows what it is." said Tom hitting Josh on the arm "Arse hole!"

"What's up Mark." said Fitz "You look a little pale."

"We have to leave." said Mark "Something isn't right."

"Hold on." said Dan "Let's all make a decision here."

A) We can lay low for a while and get some sleep.

B) We can stock up on ammo and carry on to the city with the APC.

C) We can stock up and look for Freeman down by the coast with the APC.

D) We can go underground using the manholes outside to move undercover.

Me and a bunch of my mates thought up a way in which to kill Bush really easily while walking home from college a few months back and in a highly grotesque and amusing manner. However it would be unsound and militeous to share it on the internet. Plus I'd get the shit if someone went and did it.

Yes you can. But it uses the spirit code so you need version 1.1.1.0 (or 1.1.2.0 if you have steam.)

hurry up with ur fan fiction

You can't rush a masterpiece my friend.

No. Couldn't find the disk.

By the way Elon, Tell me what you think and I'll rework it or send it accordingly.

New's updates

Dates 25th and 26th of August.

Sorry for reviving the dead thread but my site and news must live.

www.urbanebula.co.uk

Howzat!?

Even if the pics a fake the guys still a tit.

Submodel #2 has the helmet on.

I read your PM. If you want i can just do it for you when i get home. You want the standard model or do you want the spiffy super PS2 model?

Urbanebula.co.uk is about to undergo an update. A new section has been born and needs filling.

On the release of HL:HS may I review it in order to sway the patrons to play the mod?

HOLY SHIT!

I completely forgot about this thread! It looks like the LA Riots now!

I'm waiting to get my copy of office back so i can write the next bit. Bloody virus threw me right off course.

I will put it on today when i get home but it will be written in notepad so you'll have to mind the horrible spelling and stuff.

I saw my bro-in-law to be playing with hammer after he finished HL in the first day he played it. He made an awesome deathmatch map called "The Circle" which was a circular map with shotguns and tripmines and 1 guass gun in the centre.

The first thing i did was make an oversized version of the WC2.1 tutorial map but i added monsters to it for a more fun box level. Then i read a PC Gamer tutorial on mapping and scripted sequences. Since then (over 6 years) I have found TWHL and vastly improved on my mapping $K1LLz. I now also have a mature voice to do the speech with. It was fun to have 60 year old scientists having 14 year old voices though.

My most recent (and favourite) implementation in my maps is the survival horror thing (get key, open door to find safe, read letter, get safe code, open safe. etc.) inspired by 'Heart of Evil' for HL1 of course

Ah, I really must find my old maps. I'll upload one for a laugh if i do!

Right, I've just finished downloading 'Life's End.' (HL1) Going to go play now.

This PC uses AOhelL. My home PC wouldn't be so bad.

Favourite movie is 'Saving Private Ryan' followed closely by 'Enemy at the Gates' and again by "The Green Mile"

Dude wheres my car is a heap of american humourless shit! I hate Ashton Crotchor!

"Huh huh huh! You've been Punk'd"

"FUCK OFF!"

Also there seems to be nothing but shit in the cinemas here at the moment. Dukes of Hazard or fuckin films that are supposed to be scary.

Films are not and never will be scary. Unless your 5 years old or less.

ARGH!

Use a different image host! Bloody pop-ups.

Got a note book full of ideas and concepts. I should really stop designing while at work

(Saying that my last entry did come second and i designed the whole thing at work.)

Need HL:HS! Need it now!