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Harry Potter sucks lol.
I guess I must just suck at DOS stuff, but I simply cannot get any of my commands to work.
Edit:
Never mind, I got my batch to work... that code above is totally wrong though. Now just to see if it'll copy from one computer to another over my network.
Edit 2:
Got it all set up, and it works great. I can now copy the BSP wherever I need, as well as launch the game. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, klobb
Edit:
Never mind, I got my batch to work... that code above is totally wrong though. Now just to see if it'll copy from one computer to another over my network.
Edit 2:
Got it all set up, and it works great. I can now copy the BSP wherever I need, as well as launch the game. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, klobb
What if you made a batch file that copied the BSP from your maps directory to some other folder, and then instead of having Hammer or whatever launch Half-Life's executable, you launched the batch file instead? Maybe you could even set the batch file up to launch Half-Life as well, so you could still play the map directly afterward.
I don't personally have any idea how to make or work with batch files, but I assume it can't be too hard.
I don't personally have any idea how to make or work with batch files, but I assume it can't be too hard.
Well, I hate manually backing stuff up onto separate hard drives and such all the time, so the idea struck me: Is there any way Hammer or some other front end compiler could be set up to copy the BSP to more than one location after the compile is finished? It'd sure make things easier. In the Build Programs tab of the options menu in Hammer, there's obviously only one location that can be set up for this, but is there any sort of compile parameter I could use to do the same thing?
Uh... I wouldn't call G-Man Gordon's friend. And he definitely isn't Gordon. That subject's been discussed to great length here before.
But, yeah, what's the question?
But, yeah, what's the question?
Yeah, wouldn't it be awesome if Half-Life could be played with millions of other people over some kind of system of interconnected computers? Then you could set up matches against your friends, or even people you didn't know! It'd be a revolution!
I think that the administrators are rejecting an idea this inspiring is just proof that they're behind the times and stubbornly resisting the technology of the future.
I think that the administrators are rejecting an idea this inspiring is just proof that they're behind the times and stubbornly resisting the technology of the future.
I don't think so... Didn't they just switch from a skybox to a black box with stars shooting past?
Heh, ZL's right, TWHL3 only worsened the problem of people posting images without thumbnails. It's only better from a visual standpoint.
Abandoned Pools - Flourescein
What are you talking about? I never drag stuff into my recycle bin from anywhere. I never "drag" anything period. It's there so I can open it and see its contents.
METAL GEAR?!!?!
And Bungie is Valve spelled backwards!
Good thing Valve would never do something stupid like try to turn him into a "boss" or something.
The Arcade Fire - Vampire Forest Fire
I'd hope so, since I've been pestering you guys about it since the very beginning. 
It's not actually complete, the recent and top maps thing that was at the bottom of the front page in the last version is still MIA, yet to be superseded by a more functional doodad apparently. It's currently the one and only thing that breaks away the integration of the map vault from the rest of the site. I think it's the reason I never remember to go there anymore.
Penguinboy is a master detective. Computer illiteracy FTW.
If you want, I could host it permanently on my Oxihosting account. Just send the .zip to n00b86[at]cox[dot]net and I'll give you the link.
Well now that's just... weird as hell... and to be honest those don't look like Half-Life maps much at all, they look better. How did you get the detailed skies and dynamic lighting and stuff?
1366x768? What kind of weird-ass resolution is that? 17 inches or something?
It should be noted that you can't play Half-Life in widescreen mode if you have the old WON version. It's only been implemented since Steam's been around. If you don't have it on Steam, there's absolutely no way to make it compatible. Upgrade or perish.
It should be noted that you can't play Half-Life in widescreen mode if you have the old WON version. It's only been implemented since Steam's been around. If you don't have it on Steam, there's absolutely no way to make it compatible. Upgrade or perish.
What do you mean "It's not free"? Fileplanet is completely free for anybody to use once you get an account, you just have to wait a while for your download to start. Hell, I didn't even know there was a time when Wadfather hosted their own files.
This is like the second time on here somebody has thought that Fileplanet didn't offer a free service. What's up with that?
This is like the second time on here somebody has thought that Fileplanet didn't offer a free service. What's up with that?
I have teh 403's.
Yeah, you'd have to have the old (buggy) unpatched version. And not only that, but the modding community for San Andreas does not appear to resemble the Half-Life modding community in any way, considering it pretty much died a year after the game came out on the PC.
That's real nice, but I think you just should go to a GTA modding site if you want that, no?
Motorhead - We Are the Road Crew
Hmmm... is that a skybox above you, or did you actually construct a big dome around the area? It's looks a bit odd, I have to admit.
They tried that on stargate once. It didn't work.I lol'd.
Oh snap, you really ruined my shitty edit there. 
Anyway...
Yeah, I think I had a bit too much fun drawing that.
Anyway...
It's okay Ant, they'll just do it liek dis:
Also, I don't know if you remember, but there is no atmosphere in space.
Also, I don't know if you remember, but there is no atmosphere in space.
I don't think that power is important as the food we throw away, while the hungry in Africa (Asia too) die. So if you want to do something good don't throw your food. Eat everything that you buy and I show respect to the ones that don't have anything. Don't laugh at them indirectly by throwing food. Oh, and hydroelectric power plants and wind power plants (and solar panels) produce energy regardless of are usage of power.Wat. I don't want to derail the thread or anything, but isn't that a bit ridiculous? No matter what happens to that food, it wouldn't be going into the mouths of a starving person either way, so what difference does it make? It's not like you can shovel your leftovers into a box and ship them off to Africa. You aren't keeping it from anybody else by not eating it.
hydeph is a true saint in our day and age.
Weirdest error I got is when I entered some co-ordinates and hammer says:That's an actual error message? Is that in 3.5 or 4.0 and up?
"Seriously?
(I mean, that was just an example, you were supposed to type in your own number)"
That doesn't happen to be your car does it srry?Ha, I wish. Now where did .oXi Hosting go off to?
Lulz, NVIDIA Firewall. I had the choice to not install that, personally...
I think quoting should be allowed, to point out particular things in the journal post... But images would be overdoing it. Only problem I see with allowing quotes is that the comments may start to turn into a mini-discussion, and you probably want to avoid that.
I gotta say though, it starts to get pretty confusing when you have different allowed codes for the forums, map comments, journal comments, shoutbox, etc. with all these new methods of posting stuff, it starts to become convoluted.
And on a completely different subject here, we don't actually appear to be on that Half-Life Top 200 list at all, despite the link being there. What's up with that?
I gotta say though, it starts to get pretty confusing when you have different allowed codes for the forums, map comments, journal comments, shoutbox, etc. with all these new methods of posting stuff, it starts to become convoluted.
And on a completely different subject here, we don't actually appear to be on that Half-Life Top 200 list at all, despite the link being there. What's up with that?
Definitely need a background. But if you changed the background, you might need to change the dashes, too.
I wouldn't say that he's "definatly using worldcraft", since I still have this problem and I'm using Hammer. But it's nothing that thirty minutes of tinkering with the entity position and a CLIP brush won't fix. It's annoying though, because the correct position to have the scientist sitting in is different for every situation, so you really just have to play with it for a while to get it right. You can't always just place the scientist the same number of units from the CLIP brush and have it work.
If it wasn't for the Germans, we wouldn't have a cool alternative robogrunt model. 
neveda desertI assume you're thinking of the Mojave Desert or something, which is not where Black Mesa was. That desert doesn't even extend into New Mexico. Black Mesa is simply in some obscure desert region of New Mexico, not any specific place.
Yeah... there's not many times when spoiler tags would be useful on TWHL. This isn't a movie site.
I also have that mouse, and it's very comfortable, no matter how it looks in some picture with no background and nothing to compare it to. It sounds to me like you haven't actually used one of these mice, or if you did it was only for a couple minutes, and you simply thought it felt too different from most regular mice. or you have teh midget hands. 
You want a big Logitech mouse though, just look at the MX Revolution. But not even that is uncomfortable.
You want a big Logitech mouse though, just look at the MX Revolution. But not even that is uncomfortable.
Wow, did you just call Logitech mice bad?
Another theory: Alyx is really Gordon's mother, but due to a glitch in time caused by the resonance cascade, she appears to be much younger. Everybody else is involved in a gigantic conspiracy to keep Gordon from the truth. Lamarr was also Gordon's pet dog when he was a child, but for unknown reasons he was brought back to life by Kleiner, and had a new outer skin fitted to him to appear to look like a headcrab. This explains why Lamarr never bites anyone.
My logic is infallible, and I challenge anyone to refute my theories.
My logic is infallible, and I challenge anyone to refute my theories.
"G-Man" isn't trying to hint at Gordon, it's a a reference to the slang used to describe government agents.Yeah, that's another one of the flimsy arguments supporting the "Gordon from the future" theory. G-Man's character was based around the stereotypical emotionless "Men In Black" personality. His name is a direct reference to that, as it was certainly a term used before Half-Life ever started development. I'm guessing the name just stuck, the same way the "Barney" filename did. They just haven't applied it yet.
Also, I'm fairly sure Gordon doesn't possess telepathic or psycho-kenetic abilities. Therefore, G-Man is not Gordon.I'm generally in agreement with you, but didn't Gordon have to stand with the Vortigaunts to bring Alyx back alive in Episode 2? This suggests some sort of supernatural powers...
Oh, and the theory about Freeman being G-Man is ridiculous. There are no valid arguments to back that up either, aside from vague physical differences that are enhanced by swapping body parts in MSPaint. Hell, I could make Alyx look like Gordon if I wanted, just give her glasses and a beard. Not only that, this explanation of his identity strikes me as very very very immature. Not like something Valve would do, something a fan would make up.
Since Breen tells you that your services were open to the highest bidder, it would make sense to me that the G-Man is contracted to manipulate certain individuals for their benefit. After snatching Gordon up, it's understandable that the G-Man views him as a very important asset, being the powerful history-changing individual that he is. In this same way, he seems to be manipulating others as well, which would lead me to believe that Gordon is not singularly important to the G-Man, he's just a very capable person that he's being paid to control.
At the end of Half-Life 2, the G-man seemed very satisfied, as you had completed the mission you had been tasked with. Unfortunately for him, at the start of Episode One, the Vortigaunts rescue you from his clutches. At this point, Gordon is effectively out of his grasp, which was not what was supposed to happen. Somebody wanted you to disappear at that point, but I don't think it was the G-Man. Unlike the Vortigaunts, he doesn't seem to have any personal interest in you. He's just doing what he's told.
Since Breen tells you that your services were open to the highest bidder, it would make sense to me that the G-Man is contracted to manipulate certain individuals for their benefit. After snatching Gordon up, it's understandable that the G-Man views him as a very important asset, being the powerful history-changing individual that he is. In this same way, he seems to be manipulating others as well, which would lead me to believe that Gordon is not singularly important to the G-Man, he's just a very capable person that he's being paid to control.
At the end of Half-Life 2, the G-man seemed very satisfied, as you had completed the mission you had been tasked with. Unfortunately for him, at the start of Episode One, the Vortigaunts rescue you from his clutches. At this point, Gordon is effectively out of his grasp, which was not what was supposed to happen. Somebody wanted you to disappear at that point, but I don't think it was the G-Man. Unlike the Vortigaunts, he doesn't seem to have any personal interest in you. He's just doing what he's told.
To make themselves look official. Laidlaw really just sits around in his office all day jacking off.
10 years . Wtf ?!Not actually been ten years yet, but it's getting there.
IBM laptops are great, but mine is indeed a piece of shit by now. Oh well.
My case is awesome, wtf are you talking about?I'm just glad you're being sarcastic.
Does it flash on and off and play a prerecorded alien sound when you touch it?
My parents finally got fed up with all the time I was spending on the computer, and banished me to the garden shed. I managed to sneak my laptop in with me, but I finished off the last of the booze days ago.