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Hey guys. I need a set of faces for some good and evil barneys for an upcoming HL SP mod. I could do them in paint but i thought it would be interesting to have some real faces in the game.

Rules:

-Photo's need to be frontal (looking into the camera)
-No protrusions (Glasses, cigarettes etc.) because skins are flat.
-Good lighting (no orange faces :p)
-Long hair must be kept clear (ahem, Saribous)
-No expression (no smiling, tilting the head, sticking out toungues or anything like that) eyes must be facing the camera.
-Faces will be mirrored for symmetry and easy skinning for me.

(The characters that the faces will be used with are fictional and will not be based on your characteristics from the forum so don't be offended)

(Also be aware that i have practised this with my own face and by the time its done it won't even look like you. :p)

Heres a really old one that made me laugh.

Sound like a nice idea,Urbanebula-Cold Blooded Monsters

Its for Sub Zero Project.

What connection're you on, Mr. U?

I'm on 1.1mps BT Broadband

Unbreakable : Thats how decals work as well. Got some wierd lookin blue blood splats.

7th : I like messin with code. Also does that mean its time to download the SDK

Oh and, ahem, Urby? : lol

I'll get that photo up again.

lol.

Got hold back.

I'm back at college tomorrow so i'll put it up then. Thanks for being patient.

Also, since you pointed this out, the song includes the sound of the anti-maspectrometre* from the start of HL1.

(* The big machine that explodes and starts the whole mess)

Balls. Oh well. I'll just have to ignore it for now.

It just looks odd is all. I hit a creature its blood hits the wall bright blue and i skinned the gibs to be bright blue too. However the actual impact spits yellow alien blood.

Looks crappy. I may have to just change the Sub Zero story line.

Hey guys.

I was wondering if there is any way to make the blood sprites (the ones that show up when you hit an enemy) a different colour without coding?

I can change the decal colours no probs but the sprites are confusing me.

Is there anyway to do this without editing the code. If not, how do i edit the code.

cheers

Kol. Fraps is much better for making videos than Irfan view.

Unbreakable : I assume you can see the FPS in the corner right?

Ah, here it is. I can't see it in college cos the sites blocked but it should still work.

http://www.gamingforums.com/attachment.p
hp?attachmentid=24157

I'm already on here in the 'post a photo of yourself' thread.

Apparently looking like a 'sinister and violent criminal'

Cheers Seventh

You don't need to press alt.

Also to save the pasting and going back all the time get a screenshot program. I use that for any game or program cos it saves to the file you choose and you can make it save as jpg. Saves changing it to jpg in paint and loosing colour info and stuff.

Otherwise Yankee Clipper is a multiple clipboard.

Goddamnit Hunter! Shhhh...!!!

Ah there he is. Thats all i was waiting for. B) Stealth mode it is. Yay!

By the way the next part may be up relativly quickly because at the minute i'm spewing document upon document into Word for college so a fan fiction would actually be a good way to relax.

A keen observation there Hunter. However it appears the majority of the people trust him.

Keep voting. That means you who haven't.

Mark pondered and turned back to Fitz, who was looking really concerned. He was shaking his head side to side very steadily.

?I don?t see any reason to leave a fellow soldier behind.?

?Huh?? Fitz wasn?t expecting the positive response to this stranger?s tagging along. ?Oh, ok then.? He smiled and turned to the stranger.

?The names Kaufman friends.? He turned to the tree he was ?I was sitting it out in that tree as the strike team went by. You should have seen it. They had Choppers, APCs, Gun ships, the lot going in the same direction. I don?t know where they?re headed but I sure wouldn?t want to be there right now.?

?Then your lucks just run out.? Fitz said, ?They?re headed to Black Mesa East, Eli?s place, same as us. Our former leader betrayed the resistance by giving the combine the map just down the hill. Mark here did a good job of sorting him out. So if you want to tag along feel free.?

?So are you the new squad leader?? He asked Fitz, sounding somewhat sarcastic.

?As a matter of fact private Kaufman I am and I have led half of these men into hell and back.?

?Private?? Kaufman looked insulted ?You haven?t even asked me my rank. Don?t count your chickens before they?ve-?

?-Yeah whatever.? Said Fitz ?Save me the lecture. Rank??

?Captain R. Kaufman. More commonly known as Agent Kaufman.?
?Shit.? Fitz muttered under his breath.

After Fitz got his lecture from the superior officer he explained to us all that like many he had been selected by some higher power to infiltrate Civil Protection, the combine police force, and find out as much as they could. Unfortunately it seemed the cops were by no means connected to anything higher that a police chief by the name of DD. When traced these initials had been connected to the words Diminutive Data, roughly meaning ?little knowledge.? Although originally thought to be a hoax and cover DD?s trail of command was eventually followed to a computer, which contained nothing more than Civil Protection criminal records and the names of the people they had killed or captured. Nothing more.

This only uncovered one thing, despite both being modified grunts of the combine the cops and the Combine soldiers had no real connection. The police force was a counterfeit to keep an enemy occupied for a while. The real answers lay inside the citadel or another undisclosed location.

As Kaufman?s stories continued the mysteries of the combine piled to the brim of the men?s minds. He didn?t have the answers. Fitz was red in the face with embarrassment. He had once again been busted down the chain of command.

?Don?t feel so bad man.? Mark said. ?I?m sure something will happen and you?ll get back up to the top.?

?We?ll see.? Fitz headed on further to the front of the group.

?Fitz.? Called Kaufman ?Up here. The rest of you hid the dirt.?

The men looked around and then slowly lay on the floor. Mark was looking up to Fitz and Kaufman. What was going on?

?Look.? Said Kaufman ?I?ve never led a squad before. I?m an inside operative and as far as I can tell were going to have some trouble with this bit. I want you to lead the assault.?

?What??

?Look over the ridge.?

Fitz moved to the edge of the ridge and gasped. He quickly hit the floor, his mouth full of grass. The hill led down to a small rock face, which formed the south bank of the canal. On the other side was a cargo ship gate. Fitz could just see the number of the wall. Gate 5.

The gate had seemingly already been attacked. The gates were lying in the shallow water and a bunch of metal girders, which were cable bound together to form a sort of battering ram was hanging from the huge cargo crane. The tower above the cargo area was riddled with bullet holes. The place was a mess and whatever had happened had sure riled the combine. They were running about the place setting up guns and hover ships occasionally skimmed down the river and back with an APC or Personnel carrier lashed to the bottom.

?Jesus.? Said Fitz

?Only problem is we need to get past that if you want to get to Eli?s.? Kaufman said

?But not only are we outnumbered, were out gunned and there?s no way we?ll get across the river unnoticed.?

?I know I know.? Kaufman?s eyes were set of something ?One of their APCs would make the journey a hell of a lot easier though. I have a few ideas of how to get in there but its completely up to you. Like you said. These men have already been to Hell and back for you once.?

?Ok. I don?t want a massacre though.?

?Ok. We can either get around the primary defences somehow we could stand a chance to attack them from the inside out.?

?Ok.? Said Fitz ?I?m a bit curious as to how to get by those defences.?
?Yeah. Ok. I guess that?s a little tricky. My second plan isn?t exactly the best I?ve had either.?

?What is it.?

?I?ve got the uniform.? If I could take out a sentry with my bow and get inside I would look like one of them. Then if I found a way to deactivate a section of the defences you guys could get by no problem.?

What should they do? (Story style may change dependant on choice)

A) Run in guns blazing (action style)

B) Get Kaufman to creep in and get them through (Stealth Style)

C) Try and find a way around this station (keep it normal)

Tried mapping for UT2004. Got bored. Went back to WorldCraft.

I do make other modifications though.

The hunter gets the trophy. Its a big brass scotty flag with the words 'brain usage' inprinted within it.

Chapter whatever is on its way.

Red Dwarf wins the insult compo hands down.

'You little glob of tuburculotic sputum.'

'You are a whiny, puss filled little maggot with the inane lovability of an itchy veruca.'

'You are a cowardly, low life, scumbucket with the charm and self-wit of a pubic louse.'

'You rank tuft of rectal pubic hair.'

'You are a disgusting puss-filled bubo with the charm, wit and self-worth of an alsatian dog after a head swap operation.'

And of course the classic

'Smeg head'

I am busy. I live in England

I have 1 week of college and 6 assignments! ARGH!

I'll post it on monday cos i'm workin this weekend as well.

hey G_KID. Do you get like really naff presents when your Bday is a Friday.

Never played MSG3 so i wouldn't know.

Yeah. Thats where i got the idea. Here's chapter 1 anyway.

http://www.facepunchstudios.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24789

Woah. Thats my old GFx card!!!

Oh and by the way the map sucks, its far too laggy on any server i've tried and i'd rather play dust2. Sorry.

These are just clips of things to come. And i did the text at 6 this morning.

The illusionary is passable anyway saco.

Yeah, The small radius thing is the best bet.

Here is a comic i'm making with Garry's mod which goes by the name "The officials."

Sort of a psychic matrix type dragonball thing. No gordon though

I know it's a little late but i never get any decent amount of time on the net over the weekend.

Anyone have any bad luck on friday? I did, buses appears to be the overall problem.

Waiting for my 13.15 bus which was late anyway and another bus broke down in the bay it arrives in. Then the bus that finally came fell apart as it pulled in, electrical cables dangling from the ceiling!!!

Got to my G/F's house and stayed until the 15.15 bus came. Got on that and as we pulled into a bus stop a car crashed into the back, smushing the engine and stopping the bus dead. Considering that it was now nearly 5 'o' clock and i was working at 6.30 i was a bit pissed. Especially now that i had a 45 minute walk home. Not only that but it took 10 minutes for the police to turn up and then they had to take everyone's details. ARGH!!!

Got to work on time but i didn't have time to eat.

I'm still alive.

--Chapter 5--
--Lost roads to nowhere--

?That?s it. We can?t go back? said Fitz

?Why the Hell not!?? yelled a voice from the back

?Because they can?t do anything from back there. We might as well stick back to avoid the danger and then see what we can do when we get there.?

?Ok,? said Mark ?so what do we do??

?We?ll head over to Eli?s.? Fitz sighed ?It?s 5 miles by road but I?m sure it does a U-turn and comes back around somewhere. We?ll be better cutting across the countryside. The combine will be less concentrated around there anyway.?

The men scrambled away from the road onto the grassy verge. The truck lay lifeless in the road, smoking from underneath the bonnet. Mark turned back and looked at Holden?s body.

?Asshole.? He muttered and he turned and carried on up the hill.

The men could feel the strain in there legs as they continued an uphill march off the main road. The top of the hill was in sight. They climbed up to the top and paused for a second, looking across the vast hills and fields, which were lush and green. The tall-untouched grass swayed in the breeze. To the left of them was the city. They weren?t all that far away. The citadel was still churning the ground and spewing out scanners. Airships could be seen hovering in and out of the gaps between the tall blocks.

The discovery of Eli?s lab and the supposed destination of the ?free man? had caused a rush of excitement among the combine ranks. Only the combine knew what was waiting to be rushed in from inside the infamous black tower.

?Get down!? Yelled Fitz

The men instantly hit the floor and vanished into the tall grass. The humming of rotors could be heard very close by. The combine had mobilised a lot of their infantry to take Eli?s place. Two more gigantic drop ships swept across the sky above their heads parting the grass as they went.

?I?d hate to be at Eli?s right now.? Said a voice

?Quiet.? Yelled Fitz

A third drop ship flew over and banked to the right towards the road. A few seconds after it returned with the battered truck clutched to its under belly.

?Where are they taking that Fitz?? asked Mark

?No idea.?
The drop ship vanished into the open side of the citadel, which closed up behind it.

?I guess they must be researching our technology.? Fitz pondered. ?Lets move. We can?t afford to wait around.?

The men started up into a jog across the fields, always keeping an eye out for movement. Suddenly Fitz stopped again.

?Down!? he yelled. Once again the men hit the floor.

?What the hell is it now?? Mark asked

?I saw something moving in that tree.?

?Which one?? Mark asked, ?There?s at least 10 bloody trees in that field!?

?Hey!? the tree spoke ?Who are you guys.?

?Don?t move a muscle.? Fitz whispered.

?Hello.? The voice came again. ?Identify yourself or I will open fire!?

?Damn.? Fitz said. He rose to his feet. ?Resistance team on the way to Black Mesa East!?

A figure dropped from a tree and ran through the grass as the rest of the men got to their feet. He was wearing a metro cop outfit with the mask hanging from a strap on his waist.

?Why are you dressed like that?? Fitz said. ?You?ll get killed by your own guys.?

?Hey,? he said. ?This just happens to be the best armour available. Plus it acts as a disguise.?

?What of your weapons?? asked Fitz

?Crossbow of course.? He said ?Swinging the bolt gun around from on his back.?

?Hmmm.? Fitz pondered and turned to Mark. ?I don?t know about this guy. He?s got some good weaponry on him but he comes of as a little?well?strange. You decide whether he comes with us.?

A) He can come. He?s got some good resources.

B) No! Who can say he?s not a spy? He is wearing a combine uniform and seems pretty well equipped.

Lol. Yeah i'm really scottish.

Cheers. the method i tried worked aswell.

I don't think i'll be using as many key puzzles as i had planned.

Lmao.

I don't know. I'm at G/F's house today and the maps on her laptop so i'll give it a test.

I'll keep this in short bursts in a list or i'll get lost.

Key needed to open door. (message triggered 'you need a key')

message near key to point it out. (Its on a desk surrounded by trigger_multiple to keep message 'key' flashing up.)

pick up key (func_button), triggers message 'you got the key'

message targets multisource 'ms1' to unlock trigger_once to open door. plus kills the message 'you need a key'

return to desk and i get the message 'key' and i've run out of ways to try and kill it.

My new plan goes like this.

Pickup the key which triggers another multisource 'ms2'.

'ms2' makes a second trigger work which kills the message 'key' while at the same time triggering the second message 'you got the key'

2 trigger_once
2 trigger_multiple
2 Multisource
1 env_message needed to target 'ms1' (others are set within the triggers)
1 func_button

...and finally the reason for all this...

1 sodding func_door

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I aint using no custom models for the key cos i can't be arsed to be honest. Just a block with a transparency texture with a key on.

Is this the easiest way to do this!?

You guys need a playtester. You know where to find me.

lmao

I didn't know you could change levels in TFC.

Make sure you copied all the things relevant to changelevels including the info_landmark.

Eye on side of building, manga, stick monkey, manga, urbanebula logo, Urb logo + LibDems.

Quite a few!!!

HL1 or 2?

or 'Canned meat' aisle. That would be more appropriate.

(Now that is spam)

I will leave now as noboody likes a smart arse.

A it is. 5 mile hike ahead.

I like open arenas with plenty of hiding places. Like, you know, the official maps.

I think if vehicles where in CS:S they'd have been used. Plus the buggy and Hovercraft don't really fit in.

The game is set inside the creaive part of my brain. (note the blandness) As you progress each level the mind has a Brainwave.

Ideas come in the for of pushable boxes that must be placed into the holes in the walls. When the holes are filled in a room and due to the brainwave you enter a more complex area. As you progress you have to contend with complex ideas in the form of barriers, evil thoughts in the form of painful red squares and distractions which take to form of nasty little face slicing critters. Its actually quite entertaining even for me and i'm making the level.

Oh and later you are given a time limit and if it runs out I get bored and my mind shuts off erasing everything, even you.

Kaspergs was amazing if not trippin. lol

They were all good.

How the hell did you make breens face go blurry when you get too close Kasperg!?

That Hud looks familiar. What game is that pepper?

Hey Jahzel. I used to feed spiders too.

Until a big fucker ate the huge one i was feeding.

I wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't living outside on my window.

Bugger!

I came up with this idea yesterday night and I wish it had come to me sooner. May have been good for the compo.

Original UT is the best. Thats all my Clan plays.

Poor Graphics!? Nothing to do with me! Thats UT2004 cranked to the max!

UT2004 Onslaught

The enemy Building a power node.Blue SniperMy CarnageMe sniping the Blue Generatorand finally a red outpost

(New fear) Forum members who suddenly pop back to life!

Yo Digi.

Large Spiders

Heights (Until i went on the Pepsi Max at Blackpool.)

Claustrophobia <--- Small Spaces basically

Small Flying objects (eg. Pens, erasers, rulers and in my college occasionally Monitors!) Ok so thats quite big!

(Begin Un-Seriousness)

Forums

PCs

Typing

Digital_Ice

Websites

Life

Death

I'm joking now.

oh and joking

(Hey wait? Where am I? Is this a keyboard? ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!)