Half-Life: Hostage Situation Created 18 years ago2005-10-22 08:42:32 UTC by Archie

M_gargantua · 2006-02-27 13:27:38 UTC

yes it would be.

Strider · 2006-02-27 13:29:37 UTC

...um... right... ill just go make something then...

Strider · 2006-02-27 13:46:15 UTC

Then submit it as a completed map and get my ass flamed... ofcourse.

Archie · 2006-02-27 13:49:37 UTC

....And stop spamming the thread. Thankyou.

I'd say there is still at least another copule of months work to be done.

It would go much faster, however if people like coldfeet and unbreakable updated more often... or at all..

Habboi · 2006-02-27 13:53:17 UTC

Oh finally 'Page 15'...I was getting tired of having a widescreen 'page 14.'

Archie · 2006-02-27 13:57:29 UTC

hmm, i'd better post a rediculously oversized image.

Courtesy of pepper. His modelling skills pwn.

Strider · 2006-02-27 13:58:14 UTC

....And stop spamming the thread. Thankyou.

Spam is half the reason the Hostage Situation threads have lasted so long! look back through them youll see how much spam is in em'! Thank spam for making HL:HS so famous!

A couple more months you say? Dang, oh well the longer it takes the better the overall product so thats good.

pepper · 2006-02-27 15:58:27 UTC

Just keep in mind WHEN ITS DONE.

As we speak im skinning the weapon, its a helluva job to properly uvmap it.

The Mad Carrot · 2006-02-28 18:26:38 UTC

I've just coded a new entity for our mod:

env_alienwarpball

You can geuss by the name of it what it does.

Now, i have made a custom fgd file for our mod which you can use for mapping. I suggest you setup Hammer for HLHS. I also have made a clean installation of the mod dir, which includes:

A new fgd file with support for the following new entities:
monster_otis
trigger_playmp3 (to play mp3 files) (Steam only!)
env_alienwarpball (Alien warp-in effect)
The required dll files
A new Barney model that supports gun reloading
Otis model
New sentence.txt file with Otis' speech files
Otis speech wav files.

I will provide the download pretty soon. Just download it and extract it to a temporary location. Then you can just copy your own HLHS content into the new clean moddir, and use this. Don't forget to copy the whole moddir into your Half-Life folder, and backup your own moddir! In case you overwrite/delete anything.

The download will be a passworded zipfile. This is to prevent thirdparty users to download and extract the contents for their own use. This is only for HLHS mappers/developers! Ill will PM you the password when the download is online.

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 06:20:45 UTC

Otis is an easy work, you just have to make a few adjustments to barney.cpp.

Adjustments? What do you mean: adjustments. I don't need adjustments. They work fine. Your point?

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 07:10:31 UTC

I'm saying that Otis can be done by grabbing barneys code and modify'ing it a little, its really not hard to do it.

Ill tell you what: that is exactly what i did!

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 07:20:45 UTC

Sound neat. But we allready have some custom weapons in the works for out mod.

But it might be a neat addition for my HL: Uplink Exteded mod.

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 07:27:19 UTC

No.

Email me. Use my @hotmail.

And if i need to put some references into other source files for the Desert Eagle, let me know.

Habboi · 2006-03-01 07:42:38 UTC

What's the matter? Don't trust Seventh reading your PM's

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 07:51:43 UTC

No, the pm windows will screw the code up, making it messy.

Archie · 2006-03-01 10:33:08 UTC

[pre] [ /pre]

Looks like everything is going well!

pepper · 2006-03-01 10:39:21 UTC

Aye, you might want to check out the HS forum itself hunt, new update on the skinning, need some feedback if you like or not.

Archie · 2006-03-01 10:47:46 UTC

w00t, finally something in the lol ohmaigosh teh s3cret memberz onlie board

Love that wood texture, pep

pepper · 2006-03-01 10:52:09 UTC

Ty, that's all i needed to know, though i put it on its own layer so i can replace it any time, luckily

.

I vote for keeping all of the media updates in the HL:HS forums to generate a bit more traffic.

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 11:29:01 UTC

But those forums are always slow. :/

Strider · 2006-03-01 11:35:33 UTC

I just signed up to those forums and i would like to see these media updates

... please?

Archie · 2006-03-01 11:43:50 UTC

But those forums are always slow. :/

they're not that bad ..

fearian · 2006-03-01 13:48:22 UTC

omigosh. hunters avatar is leik, DIFRENTS

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-01 13:49:44 UTC

they're not that bad ..

RIFL! I never said the forum is bad. Oh well. The forum was pretty fast today.

monster_urby · 2006-03-04 07:28:29 UTC

The forum is rather slow but I calmed my nerves by putting on a DVD to watch while the threads loaded (and often timed out)

I had no idea HL:HS had so many new features. This sounds great. Unfortunatly I won't be able to hear any mp3's because I stand by my opnion that steam is the Earthly implementation of Satan himself.

pepper · 2006-03-04 07:31:45 UTC

The forum is doing alright, sometimes it is a bit slow though.

Well, nothing i wont get around.

Good news though, il be trying to compile the FAMEA S.A.F. in a few minutes.

monster_urby · 2006-03-04 08:12:13 UTC

monster_urby · 2006-03-04 08:13:11 UTC

A: Early this month. (apparently)
B: Big.

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-04 08:15:27 UTC

Steam is ^_^

As for HLHS: We might make two version of the mod. One that is Steam compatible, and one for regular WON HL. So how's that.

monster_urby · 2006-03-04 08:15:32 UTC

I mean "I have no idea but I'll put an answer to both questions to seem clever."

It didn't work.

@Muzz: HUG

pepper · 2006-03-04 08:47:20 UTC

A. When its done.
B. 20 terra bytes

Seriously, we cant make any statements on both since the content isnt finishd yet, though were working very hard on finishing this.

pepper · 2006-03-04 09:08:07 UTC

I really have no cleu how much space it will take.

pepper · 2006-03-04 09:54:43 UTC

New images about the FAMEA in this forum thread:

http://hostagesituation.mypunbb.com/viewtopic.php?id=21

Note: Only registered forum members can watch the media shown in that forum.

Archie · 2006-03-04 18:08:52 UTC

Steam is NOT evil. I really, really hate people who automatically blame Steam for all their problems for the following reasons :

1) everyone else seems to hate it
2) a game didn't work on their machine.. MUST be steam's fault :

Its actually a pretty damn incredible program...
I mean, constant after-sale support on ALL steam games including third party mods, many new features (MP3s, anyone?) and loads of great offers.

Sure, it has its flaws, but so does everything, and honestly, steam's 1337ness far out-weighs its problems
/rant

Also, i re-wrote the FAQ on the forum

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-04 18:25:19 UTC

Could'nt agree with you more, Hunter.
Well said.

Habboi · 2006-03-04 18:34:11 UTC

Heh funny..I could have sworn you were a Steam hater Hunter...Maybe you are one of those people who change their thoughts to fit in with the crowd...and I am NOT a grammer Nazi!

Sajo · 2006-03-04 18:36:40 UTC

StEaM SuX!

but I have steam...

Seventh-Monkey · 2006-03-04 18:39:55 UTC

and I am NOT a grammer Nazi!

Nor a speeling one.

pepper · 2006-03-04 18:41:43 UTC

I saw that one comin' 7th.

Archie · 2006-03-04 18:52:38 UTC

No, Habboi. I am one of those people who hates Hammer 4, not Steam itself

Archie · 2006-03-05 09:22:01 UTC

I am currently trying to transfer the current forum database to a faster domain, however, if this fails, we will have to start the forum again on the new server... this means pursuading everyone to join again, and losing all the topics.. might be worth just sticking to the slow one

Strider · 2006-03-05 09:24:39 UTC

Seems a decent speed to me, not really worth the bother switching over i believe.

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-05 09:25:05 UTC

Im preparing the basic mod dir with all the required resources.

Stand by.

Archie · 2006-03-05 09:34:40 UTC

muzz, did you locate the physics code?

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-05 09:36:15 UTC

All HLHS developers, get the basic moddir here! This is an important download!

Instructions:

Download and extract it to a temporary location. Then you can just copy your own HLHS content into the new clean moddir, and use this. Don't forget to copy the whole moddir into your Half-Life folder, and backup your own moddir! In case you overwrite/delete anything.

Edit:

muzz, did you locate the physics code?

No, and im not going to try it.

Archie · 2006-03-05 09:41:15 UTC

password the zip, man

pepper · 2006-03-05 09:41:41 UTC

w00tage, though it might be smarter to post such things in the team only forum dont ya think?

The Mad Carrot · 2006-03-05 09:48:20 UTC

Well i just figured, it makes no difference. When we release our mod, people can still get to the files.

Archie · 2006-03-05 09:51:19 UTC

also, the HS forums are down... which really doesnt help when im trying to copy the database

pepper · 2006-03-05 10:29:30 UTC

Yeah, maby we should find a different forum, this is getting annoying.