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Too young? How do you mean?

Ok, good.

Would anyone like to see a mod using the OpFor engine?

Try a a horror element induced by solving puzzles with your combat skills with a bit of randomness thrown in.

Ah-ha! Perfect Kol. I never actually realised but that is the exact genre of HL:Manifestation. I'm working really hard on that one at the minute because the other team member (Turnipz, my Girfriend) is really pushing me to finish it.

Ah, yes. I forgot to mention that. I'll have to update my site too.

I am now part of a 2 person team. UrbanTurnip.Inc!

Ah, Archtecture tuts. Perfect. Time to get rid of that boring blockiness that curse my every map.

(But i work with HL1)

Pic still doesn't work which means the college probably blocked the site and therefore i can't see it until i go home next tuesday.

O-L-D.

And never judge me little boy.

Re-installing does not work. A crack would be good but is it wise to send one over a forum!?

Yariv your confusing me. Let me just see if i can answer the questions i've picked up on.

1) Yes you can make a sky box around a map and then compile it. It will work. Otherwise you can make a sort of roof with one brush.

2) You can resize the sky texture. I do this because it stops the qrad from having a fit. (just set it to 100.00 rather that 1.00

erm...how about an image that works?

If you aint gona die your CPU will.

Lag?

I have Milkshape 3d but its trial has expired.

I then find you have to pay to register. I AM A STUDENT. I can't afford it.

Is there any other program that works like MS3D. I don't want to use 3d Max cos i can't use it.

If i was to use the opposing force fgd and dll files to make a map would it require players to have the game and CD?

You'd have to program them to.

Any other takers?

• Have you made all 6 sides?

• Are the tga files 256 bit images?

• Have you named them correctly? lfwhatever.tga, rtwhatever.tga and so forth?

Well SariBous i tried. I'm afraid i started from scratch 3 times and it still came out looking like Dr.Spok.

Still does look pretty evil to me though. I'll use it if you like.

The info will be uploaded to my site as soon as the webserver has finished it's redesign. Tomorrow then. Its going to be quite short thats for sure.

No fixed storyline yet but it involves backstabing on account of the bad Barneys

you switched from Kaufman to Mark and back at one point.

eh? oops. Where was that then?

Corrected that, G_KID.

Cheers.

Ah, come on guys. Barney needs faces

Well i got mine done. Now to start working on Saribous

The Crazy frog makes me want to hurt the nearest person. Unfortunatly I'm often alone. I ache in my face.

Worst memory, getting run over.

Which type of theme do you like to see in mods?

A) Horror theme (Scary and very little ammo)

B) Standard HL (Action with grunts and aliens)

C) Puzzle solving (Read a letter, find a key, unlock a door)

D) Unusual (Completely random maps with wierd stuff going on)

If you like a mixture choose only 2 (e.g A and C. Horror and puzzle)

If the room is themed on the person i've got an idea for mine. How about a few scrolls with my fan fiction on.

Just an idea.

Oh BTW. I'm gonna put a proper one on cos i'm not too fond of that pic being online.

Taking it off now.

LMFAO!

Cheers guys

Perfect Saribous! Keep em coming guys.

Mercenary : Just sweep it away from your face. I just need to be able to paste on the base image (barneys face) and it would look wierd if he had bangs!

Don't need a side view Unbreakable.

Chapter 6
Death in the Shadows

?Ok,? said Fitz looking into the bustling outpost. ?You get in there and get us a way through.

?Got it.? Said Kaufman. He ran to the top of the ridge and lay flat on his stomach. It was getting late. The bases lighting system had come on, carving up the sky with floodlights. The light dots shivered on the surface of the water. The sky was a mixture of red and purple as the sun slowly descended below the horizon. ?Shepard?s delight.?

From here the base layout was fully visible, like a recognisance map showing every intricate detail and enemy position. A single sentry was marching on the bank of the river, kicking a pebble across the shallow water. Kaufman knew that this was the easiest part of the mission, clearing his own way into the base. It could be accomplished with a single shot. Getting the other guys through would be much harder.

He aimed at the unwary combine, following his path very smoothly through the scope with a crosshair pasted on the side of the victim?s head. He squeezed the trigger, the kickback forcing the bows brace into his shoulder. The bolt smashed into the side of the combine?s mask. The impact forced a small amount of brain matter out onto the dirt bank. Kaufman rose to his feet and pelted down the hill. He reached the bottom, his legs burning and his ankles throbbing.

He froze as he noticed a gunship on the horizon, scanning the riverbanks. His eyes darted back to the bloody corpse on the edge of the river.

?Oh fuck!? He sprinted across the river, water splashing up his back making him shiver. He reached the opposing bank and dragged the corpse across underneath a collapsed pier. He swung the mask around from his back and pressed it to his face. It let out a hiss as the miniature airlocks sealed the mask in place. Just in time, the beam of light from the gunship swept over him like a sheet of light. He gave a casual wave and the gunship moved on. ?Phew. That was too close.?

He climbed a ladder, which led up the side of the structures concrete supports. He climbed over the top and squatted behind some waterlogged crates. He reached round to the crossbow on his back and set it down on the ground behind the crates. Combine soldiers didn?t carry this kind of weaponry. He took out his next weapon of choice. A small screwdriver slightly tarnished with blood. It was small but lethal and it helped keep kills clean and silent.

The next target was only a few feet away. A metro cop was cleaning blood of an APC?s wheel arch. Kaufman couldn?t resist. He was in disguise after all. He stepped out, the screwdriver concealed in the back of his belt.

?What are you doing?? he asked

?What?s it look like.? Said the combine ?I?m cleaning the crap off this APC. My fault it?s like this I suppose.?

?How the hell did you get blood all over it?? Kaufman asked

?Hit a citizen on his way out of the city.? He said. ?I don?t know why they got mad though. It got the job done. Plus it was bloody hilarious the way he just crippled under the wheels.?

Kaufman played along, chuckling as he reached for the screwdriver. He had heard enough. He rammed the thing down into the top of the combine?s skull. The tip punched through the spongy mask with ease and crunched as it entered the brain. The combine?s arms went tense, squeezing the water out of the cloth he was holding, then he went limp. Kaufman whipped the driver back into his belt as he rapped on the side of the APC. The side hatch opened and he stuffed the body inside, sealing it again when he was done.

He rose to his feet and checked the floor for blood. To his satisfaction, apart from the damp cloth, there was no sign of a killing. He moved off into the nearest warehouse and again hid to access his current situation. Two fully armoured soldiers were supervising a cop working on a hunter chopper. He over heard chunks of their conversation.

?Took quite a beating apparently. The other chopper hasn?t been found yet but I heard that Freeman shot it down from his boat.?

?Took down a hunter??

?Yeah, somehow he got his hands on a gauss cannon and blasted a whole platoon of cops, crippled a couple of APC?s destroyed another and took out a chopper.?

?That must be some boat.?

?Not anymore.? sniggered one of the soldiers ?They found it at Eli?s in the harbour. They?ve destroyed the fucker.?

Kaufman moved around to the side of some huge shipping crates and out of the back door. Maybe the squad could have taken on the heavily armed combine but he was alone with a screwdriver as his primary weapon. Destroying the chopper would have slowed the combine for a while though. Also it would have been a great distraction. Then again the side gate just outside came out onto the main canal. The perfect bypass for the squad but searchlights were sweeping it non-stop.

What should he do?

A) Destroy the chopper and shift the squad through without any trouble.

B) Keep it quite and get the squad to storm the main canal path

C) Continue searching for another route through the base.

Post your pics here along with the name you wish to be put in the credits. (if you post a rude name as a joke i will not use your pic)

Cheers.

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