Half-life 2 is out (and CS:Source)

[Colossus 2]

try

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">bind "\" "toggleconsole"

in config.cfg of hl2\cfg folder

u can also add in hl2\cfg folder a file called autoexec.cfg with this inside

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

sv_unlockedchapters "15"

sv_cheats "1"

con_enable "1"

HL2 has issues with international keyboard layouts, edit the \half-life 2\hl2\config.cfg and bind toggleconsole to the key you want.

I'll try this tomorrow, I need to get some sleep now.

Night everyone, and thx!

Non of this worked. It could be becouse my keyboard is set

on Norwegian, but that hasn't been a problem before.

Thx anyway

[NeMeSiS 11]

bind b "npc_create npc_crow"

works fine but it wont fly..., too bad, cuz shooting birds in this game with the shotgun just rules in this game  

someone knows how to make it fly?  

[blackdog~ 0]

If you do a seagull, it will fly.

[NeMeSiS 11]

If you do a seagull, it will fly.

mhm, tnx, but after some trial and error i found out the theyll only fly when theres enough room for it....

[Sniper_Panther 0]

If you do a seagull, it will fly.

Hmmm? I think we have some sick people on this forum.

[SpecOp9 0]

Well I just got it....probabyl the best game I ever played.

[The Frenchman 0]

The recent Gamespy poll's results can only be described visually:

PWNED!

[SpecOp9 0]

Well I would'nt say Halo 2 got pwned.

but I am definately enjoying HL2 more than Halo 2.

And take that in concideration folks when deciding on which to buy.

PS I recommend for HL2 a fair computer. There is tons of long loading. Not to mention the Steam process is absolutely pathetic. But I did'nt get one error pop up yet. And that's a very good thing...HL2 is basically flawless. Definately worth getting. Don't miss out.

I cant wait to start some SDK stuff

[SpecOp9 0]

Edit: Never mind,

Cedaie helped me with setting up Hammer and putting it in the game.

I have a few HL2 goodies for you guys!

A funny video I did with the Gravity gun

http://www.roughnecks.org/specop/Files/HL2AssKick.wmv

and some screenshots I made with the crossbow.

[DracoPaladore 0]

If only I had some sort of ftp or webspace, I have at least 20 pics of my 'house of pain'.

On every wall in(and out) the house there is at least four combine pinned up on the wall. Several in some pretty odd positions. One I was able to have his arms, legs, feet, hands, head, neck, torso, shin, thighs, and crotch stapled to the ceiling.It's pretty funny looking.

[Baphomet 0]

I wouldn't say Halflife 2 is the best game I've ever played, but it officially replaces the Duke series as the game which is heir apparent to extremely immersive and interactive environments. Which is basically what made Duke 3d so popular so many years ago. Some might contend that that's an innacurate characterization but Halflife 2's story isn't exactly all that and a bag of chips. It's alright. The orwellian 1984 type setting is more immersive than the story itself I think. Which at points was just cockamamie. However in general it plays like a good if somewhat cheesy interactive sci fi movie.

It's fun and while many things are nice gimmicks with which to flesh out a good linear story. I still would end up playing a game like OFP more in the long run. Halflife 2 is the kind of game that holds your attention briefly, albeit intensely until it's innovations become rather commonplace, at which point you start too look with something that has a bit more substance. *coughOFPcough*.

The single player experience is currently interesting me quite a bit. However I really have no desire to play any "deathmatch" type of multiplayer games. I've long outgrown my quake 2 days of circlestrafing and absorbing millions of bullets. (yes even in CS this was an issue only it was the wacky/unrealistic ballistics/aiming system that bothered me more).

Doom 3 was a complete wash for me as it was pretty much a re-hash of doom/quake/UT style gameplay that's over 10 years old already. Halo is pretty much the evolution of this type of gameplay on a slightly larger scale with vehicles. Halflife 2 was a nice comprimise. Single player wise. Adding enough innovative features to allow someone to play certain scenes in different ways depending on their personal preference. This contrasted with Doom 3's persistent tried-and-boring "deathmatch every monster like it was a multiplayer bot" style gameplay.

I still hate steam however and I won't support that kind of endeavor so I will -not- buy the game, I'll play my friend's copy instead. I find I couldn't in good conscience give them money for punishing legitimate end users. Which is all they're doing. Despite the propaganda.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

I've had HL2 since the day it came out but at the moment I'm just not having enough fun playing it to really get stuck into the game, I've never really got heavilly into these sort of sci-fi shooter games but I'm enjoying it more than the original though, it's a bit more diverse thanks to the physics which are trully fantastic (and it's so much prettier).

With the original game I got about 3 levels in before I decided I really didn't like the way the game played and sold it, my progress through the sequel is just vey slow because of work and a lack of desire to play any game of any sort, not least an intense action game, maybe when life eases off I'll really get into it and finish it all in one mammoth sesion, I certainly want to this time.

While I'm not loving the game I'm in admiration of its technical brilliance, the animations and character design is fantastic, certainly the best I've come accross and finally a game that takes full advantage of the Havok engine; making bodies move more realistically and actually slump over eachother instead of fly about and clip through eachother like in other games to use the engine, such as Max Payne 2. My main desire in finishing the game is to see what else there is that is technically stunning: I sat down for about 5 minutes shooting a matress on the Water Hazard level because I was in awe of the way it flexed and compressed and cardboard boxes just to watch the way they collapsed.

I suppose I'm just waiting for a Red Orchesta-esque mod to be made for the game to get my money's worth.

[Colossus 2]

Edit: Never mind,

Cedaie helped me with setting up Hammer and putting it in the game.

I have a few HL2 goodies for you guys!

A funny video I did with the Gravity gun

http://www.roughnecks.org/specop/Files/HL2AssKick.wmv

I would love to use the gravity gun on Bush too

[Sniper_Panther 0]

I got a new ATI RADEON 9600 SE. Beats the hell out of my NVIDIA TNT2. Now I can run HL2. Here I COME!

[SpecOp9 0]

I got a new ATI RADEON 9600 SE. Beats the hell out of my NVIDIA TNT2. Now I can run HL2. Here I COME!

HL2 was afterall made in specific for Radeon cards ;)

Thank goodness because it works great on my computer.

(worked pretty good even with fraps working)

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

HL2 is by far the best game I played. I finished it unfortunately. But now I'll play it again on a harder difficulty setting.

The physics are the best part of the game. There are so many little details in this game that make it great.

And I was most suprized by the performance; it runs really smooth.

IMO Nova Prospect is the most beautifull part of the game. Although the combine is very close to beating it.

@Sniper_Panther

have fun! I'm sure the game will blow you away.

edit;

the thing I haven't realy heard anyone about is the sound. It's really awesome. The way a gunshot sounds different at long range and the 'overwatch' police radio chatter is just awesome. These are little details, but add a lot of ambiance.

[Baphomet 0]

I was thinking about that. The sounds that is. I'm not sure Halflife 2 uses a doppler shift or whatever it is to modulate the sound of weapons depending on their distance.

I'll have to go digging through it, but I'm pretty sure it's just various wav files for different ranges of hearing.

I think OFP 2 definitely needs their sound engine really updated so you get much better dynamic doppler shift simulation. That's one of those special details that's really necessary for a military sim I think.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Very good point someone made

http://www.gamezone.de/kolumne_detail.asp?kid=48&rand=2711125012

Sorry, this article is in german only... but I try to find it in english too. Fact is Valve is basically allowed to charge you fees and fees over and over again over time for playing this game. Basically every 30 days!

[Colossus 2]

Very good point someone made

http://www.gamezone.de/kolumne_detail.asp?kid=48&rand=2711125012

Sorry, this article is in german only... but I try to find it in english too. Fact is Valve is basically allowed to charge you fees and fees over and over again over time for playing this game. Basically every 30 days!

Some what bad translation with Google

Quote[/b] ]If the American does not get which it wants, then he takes himself it simply. As the strongest power on this planet it can also afford. Laws and regulations of other countries gone around thereby likewise or ignored, like that as one also in the opinion this only few to is not at all interested. Which for the American is good, must fit also the remainder of the world, and who for it is not, is against it.

Faithfully to this slogan valve forces upon evenly world-wide to the players a Spionagetool, which binds the freshly installed play only in one more for than unausgereiftem process over the InterNet enkodiert to sell it to a user account and finally actually cancelled, because it is neither possible the software again nor one could use a warranty the play longer than 30 days. Justified in the so-called EULA, Valves is appropriate for the trading conditions to its products and in the special to the Steam software, which we want to regard now once more near:

"If valve of gives you 30 days notice, they CAN make you pay more for HL2:

Valve reserves the right ton of CHANGES our fees or billing methods RK any time and valve wants provide notice OF any looks for CHANGES in RK leases thirty (30) days advance."

Valve keeps itself thus the right forwards within one announcement period of only 30 days a further payment for helped Life 2 to require. A reason why one for a product already paid again pay must, gives it naturally not. But it becomes still better:

"valve CAN CHANGE the license agreement, and if you don't like the new agreement, you have ton stop playing HL2 within 30 days"

Valve means to be able to change thus in all seriousness a contract on one side within 30 days, without asking the contracting party (the customer) for its agreement. If valve has in the future a still more impudent idea the customer the money from the bag to thus pull, must it only their license regulations change and the customer has it to accept. Without being able to proceed a chance against it, because one accepts the new conditions not, must one a playing with helped Life 2 within the 30 days to adjust. But it becomes still better:

"You can't sell A CoPy OF HL2 second hand:

If by along you others ton use your account, you acres responsible for their illegaly or more improper use by look for person. Your account and subscription (s) of acres subject ton the Agreement. You May emergency sell or load others for the right ton use your account, or otherwise share or transfer your account."

One can be paid with cash coin did not help Life 2 not to resell. Not because it would be technically or physically not possible, but because it wants to have valve in such a way. Without there for it a legal basis would be, forbids valve the product after use further selling. Also for this there is naturally no reason, only a bad warning: Who its account another leaves is responsible for its "illegal actions". Here one may ask, how an illegal action with a legal product looks? A play acquired legally in the trade suddenly illegal because the owner changed it? That would wish itself valve probably in such a way the fact that they may determine which legally and which is illegal. In a democratic state for it however still the Judikative is responsible, and one software Software-Klit to the prosecutor, judge and Henker up-plays itself. With which we would have concerned at the last point, i.e. - one may call them really in such a way on the basis the publications of the developers in the Steam forum - haemischen the blockage of 20.000 allegedly illegal Steam accounts. Because in the reason one cannot make reproach for valve, if they tighten really illegal keys and exclude these from the service. One more than bitter taste gets the thing however by the fact that valve meant illegal keys themselves in the forum published and the people the mentioned keys used not only helped Life 2 closed, but, also those, which were activated before with a legal key, blocked all valve products. Valve does not shrink from itself thus at the own customers even if only a fraction of the 20,000 were to punish by causing financial damage to them. Because valve relies fully on its Steam software, those, that should we not forget, up to the last instant more badly than quite functioned, and does not examine not at all the legal standard of its procedure. In the opposite one means whole in the own forum only that those people became closed those sweating to begin exactly NOW to be supposed. That is to be gone around nevertheless exactly the correct clay/tone over with its customers. More intelligent it would be to be turned been direct to the alleged robbery copiers, instead of pushing world-wide customers before the head.

We summarize thus: The company Valve, who was noticeable in the last years only because of their uncertain servers, on those the hackers like Japanese tourists on the resident of Munich Marienplatz tummelten themselves, introduces that world-wide first on-line distribution system for their software, over which the customer can purchase on-line software after delivery of his personal data and credit card information. For the performed purchase price however the customer receives not an adequate play, no, to play straight times permission mentioned play for accurately 30 days. If it should occur to valve, it can this period also at any time shorten or completely waive, because the right the license conditions at any time and without further inquiry to change to be allowed one reserves oneself. Additionally must one with thoughts to live that now a company, which already proved that it cannot watch out for its data, in the possession of all relevant personal data of the customers is, these however is in response practically entrechtet. In a sentence in summary: Valve may avail itself of everything, even at the account of the customer and cancel its rightfully acquired software, and the customer may not do anything, except sweating before fear. Fear, which probably shrinks from itself with its data happened at a company at it their customers such as free game to treat not to announce itself to fear the day ago at that the paid play any longer functioned because valve no more desire has and fear before it at all to word because criticism at the Steam system in the forums is not gladly read at all and usually ruede is commentated.

Dear valve team, then does not go that naturally. One cannot deny a certain Bauernschlaeue to you like their Vivendi over the table pulled, which helped the development of Life 2 to have paid and now into the tube kucken where it around earning goes. Also the fundamental thought of an on-line distribution is surely not bad and holds certain Potenzial. Why however does it have to be that it the customer the feeling give a criminal to be? Don't wait their it, which stated that owing to the Steam system pirat copies are not at all possible? And don't wait their it the mentioned "illegal CD keys" in the forum placed? Could one speak there not from a seduction to the theft? And if you feel you already in such a way in the right, why must request you your customers "to sweat"? If it you are so safe it with robbery copiers to do to have, why you do not go the course of law and indicates appropriate people simply? For instance from absence of court-firm proofs? And if you convince in such a way of the quality of your products since, why you grant to the customer only ridiculous and a legally not durable 30 days right to then play? And how you present you a bond of trust between you and the customers, if their him robs all consumer rights planned by the legislator? Because a law of which the sales of used software does not forbid existed, completely in the opposite gives it a whole industry from used software lives.

Or does Valves route represent nothing different one than the new American Way OF Life? Who for us is not, is against us.

you should very nervous right about NOW.

[Colossus 2]

Here is for those who will wreck the game

                *!!! SPOILERS !!!*

                   Final warning:

Don't open if you don't want to wreck the joy!

G-man sights

Logical reason why things are as they are on HL2 (The Half-Life saga)

[S_Z 0]

Very good point someone made

http://www.gamezone.de/kolumne_detail.asp?kid=48&rand=2711125012

Sorry, this article is in german only... but I try to find it in english too. Fact is Valve is basically allowed to charge you fees and fees over and over again over time for playing this game. Basically every 30 days!  

I dont think that will happen. It would be a good way to make more people go and download the warez version...I know I would if they decided to charge me more for a game I already paid for. But I don't like this "steam"-thing. What if I want to play the game again 5 years from now and Valve no longer exists? I wont be able to install it then...

[Baphomet 0]

Quote[/b] ]I dont think that will happen. It would be a good way to make more people go and download the warez version...

Talk of this is taboo... for future reference. However as an aside. I have to say. That I personally believe and know for a fact that it's the end user that's getting shafted by this new brand of marketing and product protection Valve has undertaken. It's almost the reverse of how protection of software used to go. You punished the person who didn't pay for it. Now they're basically holding the gun on the consumer and saying "Well it's the pirates fault we have to do this...". Which of course is a very easy scapegoat solution to their problem.

Quote[/b] ]"You can't sell A CoPy OF HL2 second hand:

If by along you others ton use your account, you acres responsible for their illegaly or more improper use by look for person. Your account and subscription (s) of acres subject ton the Agreement. You May emergency sell or load others for the right ton use your account, or otherwise share or transfer your account."

It's also a heaping load of horse shit. You pretty much don't even own the game you've bought anymore. You're simply playing it on an extended loan. I'd very much enjoy sticking pins in Gabe Newell's eye sockets for spurring on a disgusting trend like this.

Anyhow. With all that out of the way. I was thinking as I played some more halflife 2.

Some of the parts in the various maps are really good areas just to fiddle around in and spawn entities to fight.

I was thinking maybe people who were interested could create savegames with various entities of their own placed in these parts of the map after they've cleared them or something. Everyone could try out each encounter made by a different person. It might increase the replay value of the game until some decent singleplay maps come out.

[DracoPaladore 0]

Very good point someone made

http://www.gamezone.de/kolumne_detail.asp?kid=48&rand=2711125012

Sorry, this article is in german only... but I try to find it in english too. Fact is Valve is basically allowed to charge you fees and fees over and over again over time for playing this game. Basically every 30 days!  

I dont think that will happen. It would be a good way to make more people go and download the warez version...I know I would if they decided to charge me more for a game I already paid for. But I don't like this "steam"-thing. What if I want to play the game again 5 years from now and Valve no longer exists? I wont be able to install it then...  

Simple, the STEAM will try to connect to Valve steam server, and when it can't find your info or the server, then you get an option to play off line.

[S_Z 0]

Quote[/b] ]I dont think that will happen. It would be a good way to make more people go and download the warez version...

Talk of this is taboo... for future reference.

It is?! Its not like I’m telling people to go and download the game, I’m just telling you what I believe would happen if Valve would take advantage of what’s written in the "EULA" and started charging people for a game they already paid for. Man, not even sweclockers.com, which is the most moderated forum I know of, would have something to say about that…  

Simple, the STEAM will try to connect to Valve steam server, and when it can't find your info or the server, then you get an option to play off line.

Yes, when you have the game already installed this will work but if you don't you have to connect to steam and "unlock" the game before you can play it. If you read the minimum requirements on the game box you can see that an internet connection is a must.

[Milkman 1]

Interesting read. Contains Spoilers:

http://members.shaw.ca/storage_4/hl2story/