RandomThread II

[skoften]

Because I like the ads here so much.

[Ark11]

You know your on a legit site when mail-order brides come up.

[source-maps]

You know your on a legit site when mail-order brides come up.

you're

[joe_rogers_11155]

Holy shitting fuckballs, this is epic. 2013 has never felt so far away. There were all kinds of nice touches that made this feel so much more incredible than most other video-game short films (watch the thing first!!):

1. All Russian, no English. PERFECT.
2. The Bible-thumper homeless guy...and his triumphant screams of righteous victory as the missiles take flight...
3. All those chaotic sounds at the Metro gate, the gunshot, the ringing of the ears, the nuclear explosions, THE SILENCE.
4. The mother's lullaby echoed at the end, which was totally creepy.

I just went to go watch the new gameplay again, and dear god this is game is going to shit all over the existing franchises.

[TicTac]

I didn't really like 2033. I was confused as to what exactly was going on at times - tho I usually had at least a general understanding of my 'mission' - and found it difficult to get attached to many of the characters.

[joe_rogers_11155]

yea it definitely had its problems. it was a hit-and-miss title for most reviewers and there were also some technical problems

but for me it was a big hit

[vcool]

Holy shitting fuckballs, this is epic. 2013 has never felt so far away. There were all kinds of nice touches that made this feel so much more incredible than most other video-game short films (watch the thing first!!):

1. All Russian, no English. PERFECT.
2. The Bible-thumper homeless guy...and his triumphant screams of righteous victory as the missiles take flight...
3. All those chaotic sounds at the Metro gate, the gunshot, the ringing of the ears, the nuclear explosions, THE SILENCE.
4. The mother's lullaby echoed at the end, which was totally creepy.

I just went to go watch the new gameplay again, and dear god this is game is going to shit all over the existing franchises.

The hobo looks more like a rockstar than a hobo.

[TheDanishMaster]

I bought a LED monitor a few days ago and I must say that I think the red colors looks very dark. Anyone happen to know a handy tool for changing color strength and stuff? My monitor has some Senseye technology which is causing this. I can run a demo where half the screen is shown without it and it honestly looks better:/ it's a BenQ X2420T or something like that

[joe_rogers_11155]

@vcool: in post-soviet russia, the hobo IS a rockstar

[Gary]

Wish I new more about brush entities... because knowing nearly nothing about them while trying to make one is annoying.

How to I find the size and shape of a basic box brush?!

[joe_rogers_11155]

in hammer, the number of units is displayed in the 2d display ports. in code, i have no idea. perhaps you can create an arbitrary keyvalue for radius (similar to an ambient_generic's audible radius) that the mapper has to correctly set up in order for the desired effect to work. as far as shape, i really have to clue.

[Gary]

But that's so hacky... I wanted a professional, user-friendly method... but... as a last resort....

I could make it a point entity, with the Width/Height/Length/Angles as keyvalues. And you get the values by copying them over from a brush. Which I think you are implying.

[Jangalomph]

should be registered automatically via brushes with tools____ texture?

[source-maps]

I didn't really like 2033. I was confused as to what exactly was going on at times - tho I usually had at least a general understanding of my 'mission' - and found it difficult to get attached to many of the characters.

gameplay and atmosphere where absolutely amazing tho, even tho it was all on tracks.. I like that

[Major Banter]

In a bid to try and make the citizen/Combine relationship a little more complex, Stroll's small population of grizzled refugees don't attack or interfere with the Combine operations, and the Combine thus leave them alone. This forces the player to second guess their decisions; if you see a bunch of Combine soldiers and you're not violating their security or shooting at them, they'll ignore you. Not only will attacking them put you in a pretty dangerous situation - you're extremely weak without Gordon's HEV suit - it'll also annoy Stalkers that would otherwise assist you.

There's no real purpose to this besides making the gameplay a bit more thinky and less shooty. The player can't just jump into a bunch of enemies and kill them all, because they might have to then trek through a basement full of zombies with low health because the only Stalker who knew a door's combination lock has been killed. It'll also bring life to the story and generally just make everything a bit more colourful and interesting. Furthermore, it distances Stroll from the usual HL2 mods. If I'm stuck with the Combine, I may as well be resourceful with them.