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The Ready Room => General => Topic started by: Guspaz on December 01, 2004, 08:27:24 AM

Title: HL2DM rocks!
Post by: Guspaz on December 01, 2004, 08:27:24 AM
I had a little break in Oracle class today, so I fired up HL2DM for the first time.

I didn't have any sound (Couldn't disturb the class), and I was aiming with a trackpad... But wow! Great fun!

I ended up using the gravity gun most often, even when I could have killed a guy faster with a gun. The gravity gun is just way more FUN to use, and gaming is all about fun, not winning ;)
Title: HL2DM rocks!
Post by: Grimm on December 01, 2004, 08:42:02 AM
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...and gaming is all about fun, not winning ;)



It's too bad not too many people actually keep this in mind.
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Post by: Vinegar Ninja on December 01, 2004, 10:37:50 AM
thats why doomaniac is gonna code a throw the crowbar mod, and we are going ot have endless fun with it.
We had so much fun on a HL1 DM server with the throwing crowbar mod. We sat there for like 2 hours before HL2 came out, chucking just crowbars at each other :D
Title: HL2DM rocks!
Post by: Guspaz on December 01, 2004, 10:40:15 AM
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...and gaming is all about fun, not winning ;)



It's too bad not too many people actually keep this in mind.
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Oh, I get pretty obsessed with winning in NS, but in a mod like HL2DM, I'm fully able to say, screw winning, I want to throw ^^ at people ;)
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Post by: Sancho on December 01, 2004, 10:58:51 AM
I like that attitude, its too bad thats so hard to do with someone pwning you with the magnum left and right and spawncamping over and over.  I'd actually like to see the magnum disabled in fact.
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Post by: Leaderz0rz on December 01, 2004, 04:36:12 PM
thats why you play with friends :)
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Post by: DruBo on December 01, 2004, 04:42:15 PM
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thats why doomaniac is gonna code a throw the crowbar mod, and we are going ot have endless fun with it.
We had so much fun on a HL1 DM server with the throwing crowbar mod. We sat there for like 2 hours before HL2 came out, chucking just crowbars at each other :D
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The crowbar world model in HL2 is a real object and can cause damage just like anything else. You just need to already have one equipped and you can throw the pickup one, with your hands or with the gravity gun.
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Post by: Legionnaired on December 01, 2004, 04:48:56 PM
What about modding it in so that the secondary fire pushes you away from where you're pointing? And, also, there's balls of Dark Energy everywhere that slow down after time, and don't explode... And can be punched with the primary.

Take out friction and gravity and you have 3D ASTEROIDS ON CRACK!!!!
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Post by: bacon_flaps on December 01, 2004, 05:49:31 PM
It's more fun than I thought it would be, the most fun thing evar is shooting explosive barrels while someone else is carrying them.  Anarki is a rocket whore >_>
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Post by: X-S-Z on December 01, 2004, 07:01:44 PM
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Anarki is a rocket whore >_>
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/me waits for Anarki to enter the vent in lockdown.

/me plugs in power for gigantic fan of death.

/me laughs as Anarki is shredded.


Anarki killed X-S-Z with Magnum.




 v_v
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Post by: Malevolent on December 01, 2004, 07:19:55 PM
It is pretty sweet, but I lag like there's no tomorrow. I'd play if there wasn't that problem.
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Post by: bacon_flaps on December 01, 2004, 07:56:13 PM
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What about modding it in so that the secondary fire pushes you away from where you're pointing? And, also, there's balls of Dark Energy everywhere that slow down after time, and don't explode... And can be punched with the primary.

Take out friction and gravity and you have 3D ASTEROIDS ON CRACK!!!!
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You'd have to make it so that when you go to the edge of the map, it would send you to the other side, with momentum and all that good stuff still intact.
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Post by: Legionnaired on December 01, 2004, 08:24:56 PM
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What about modding it in so that the secondary fire pushes you away from where you're pointing? And, also, there's balls of Dark Energy everywhere that slow down after time, and don't explode... And can be punched with the primary.

Take out friction and gravity and you have 3D ASTEROIDS ON CRACK!!!!
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You'd have to make it so that when you go to the edge of the map, it would send you to the other side, with momentum and all that good stuff still intact.
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Info_ or func_ teleport! Woot!
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Post by: Keyser59 on December 01, 2004, 08:51:33 PM
Could I possibly be unbanned just from the hldm server? You can't really spawncamp there  :(
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Post by: Legionnaired on December 01, 2004, 08:59:11 PM
Can anyone get me started modifying the gravity gun settings in the SDK? Just so I can get my bearings and figure out how to do what I want in it?
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Post by: Anarki3x6 on December 01, 2004, 09:33:29 PM
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Anarki is a rocket whore >_>
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/me waits for Anarki to enter the vent in lockdown.

/me plugs in power for gigantic fan of death.

/me laughs as Anarki is shredded.


Anarki killed X-S-Z with Magnum.




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dont be hatin' :D

but yeah... the 1 kill stuff is sorta lame, especiall the revolver... that thing is unstoppable, unless you strafe teleport like cheez does -_-
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Post by: Diablus on December 01, 2004, 09:48:33 PM
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I like that attitude, its too bad thats so hard to do with someone pwning you with the magnum left and right and spawncamping over and over.  I'd actually like to see the magnum disabled in fact.
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Aye, that damn thing takes the fun out of the game. Its always the magnum that pisses me off, especially when u spawn right next to that same person again
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Post by: duherman on December 01, 2004, 09:51:25 PM
I would like to see the Alien Pheremones, everyone once in awhile I sorta hear a Antlion So there must be a way to get the Alien Pheremones.
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Post by: Diablus on December 01, 2004, 09:56:49 PM
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I would like to see the Alien Pheremones, everyone once in awhile I sorta hear a Antlion So there must be a way to get the Alien Pheremones.
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no, its just there for atmosphere / decoration. the sounds ar eplayed over their holes, Bob actually shot me and i fell through into one.. theres nothing there but a semi deep hole
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Post by: lolfighter on December 02, 2004, 07:05:37 AM
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I like that attitude, its too bad thats so hard to do with someone pwning you with the magnum left and right and spawncamping over and over.  I'd actually like to see the magnum disabled in fact.
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HL2 needs mutators for that kinda stuff.
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Post by: That Annoying Kid on December 02, 2004, 09:47:50 AM
OMFG THESE FORUMS HAVE FAST REPLY!

Keyser, PR forum as bans aren't discussed anywhere else!

Bacon, Nice sig!

all you people who actually have Hl2 and a computer good enough to play it, be thankfull for that =(

Guspaz, it's refreshing to finally find someone who has the gaming is winning startegy
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Post by: Quaunaut on December 02, 2004, 10:24:43 AM
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OMFG THESE FORUMS HAVE FAST REPLY!

Keyser, PR forum as bans aren't discussed anywhere else!

Bacon, Nice sig!

all you people who actually have Hl2 and a computer good enough to play it, be thankfull for that =(

Guspaz, it's refreshing to finally find someone who has the gaming is winning startegy
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You can probably run HL2 man. If you get 50+ fps in HL, I'm sure you could run HL2.
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Post by: lolfighter on December 04, 2004, 07:31:11 AM
Heck, a GeForce 2 MX can get 50+ fps in HL. Sure, HL2 may RUN. That's still a far cry from being playable.
Title: HL2DM rocks!
Post by: Guspaz on December 05, 2004, 03:11:23 PM
If you're willing to do what it takes by running the game at lower resolutions and lower settings, I'd bet you that it would run playably on a GeForce 2. The game is mostly CPU limited anyhow.
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Post by: [Freemantle] on December 05, 2004, 11:45:44 PM
I beat HL2 on a geforce2. It's sitting on my desk next to me (a GeForce4 now resides in my case). The whole thing was an acid trip, every time there were a lot of shaders on screen, it smeared nodraw style. Textures would flicker on and off when around 3d skyboxes (the wold would dissapear, but the skybox wouldn't). I ran to best buy as soon as I finished the credits.
Title: HL2DM rocks!
Post by: Guspaz on December 06, 2004, 05:24:49 PM
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I beat HL2 on a geforce2. It's sitting on my desk next to me (a GeForce4 now resides in my case). The whole thing was an acid trip, every time there were a lot of shaders on screen, it smeared nodraw style. Textures would flicker on and off when around 3d skyboxes (the wold would dissapear, but the skybox wouldn't). I ran to best buy as soon as I finished the credits.
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There are no shaders in DX7 mode. The GeForce 2 is a DX7 card.

Being a DX7 card, HL2 should work perfectly in DX7 mode, if it doesn't, you may have been using older buggy drivers.

It should also be noted that if the GeForce 4 you purchased was a GeForce 4 MX, it's actually a faster GeForce 2, so it would not have any impact itself on any DX7 problems you had. Instead other factors may have been present, such as buggy drivers, or a defective card.
Title: HL2DM rocks!
Post by: [Freemantle] on December 06, 2004, 10:02:01 PM
I used to be so good at computers, and now I can barely install ram... This is what working on cars will do to you.

Back on topic: Shaders or no, it was still an acid-trip. And it was either $70 for the 4 or $120 for the (overhyped) FX. I don't love my box enough to drop $200 for a good ATI. I was worried about how my nForce would like the ATI anyway.