Eww Gabe, what happened to Half-Life 1?

Daniel Moore

Daniel Moore

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Since I had the whole day off today, I figured I'd get a first person fix and play some Half-Life 2. Very cool game, great graphics, great sound, and very realistic (especially interaction with characters, even if I want to crowbar that Alyx girl for that creepy look followed by an awkward silence she gives you after saying something). So anyway, I was having a blast locking my computer up by setting the gravity gun to be able to haul around objects with a mass designation of 200,000 or so and lifting up cars and tanks, when I finally decided to go retro and play some Half-Life 1. After all, I had been the lucky recipient of the sweet $90 Collector's version with the t-shirt. So I start the game, and I have to say that being able to choose chapters was most gratifying (no more annoying 9 minute tram session), but I noticed the sound for the "Anomalous Materials" lobby sounded a little different. Anyway, some "impulse 101" and "god" later and my gauss gun was whizzing away and aimed on a frizzy-haired scientist. I let go, and to my surprise instead of exploding in a comical fountain of gib as I had seen from years ago he simply flew across the room with a little blood and with a lot of ragdoll-realism.

Don't get me wrong, the rag-doll thing is cool, but is there any way to get a little more blood and guts into this version of HL-1, or am I going to have to try to salvage my badly scratched original version :confused: :D I tried (in both HL-1 and 2) the violence_agibs 1 thing, but I'm assuming it was already given a value of 1 and I can't increase the gore that way.

If there's no way to do this, no big deal, I'll just install the regular version too.

By the way, I didn't realize until a few days ago the awesome feature of Steam that allows you to operate all of the games without a CD. Very convenient, and the Steam engine seems to be a step in the right direction. :cool:
 
You have the Source version of HL2, you can install the old version if you have it and it will also work through Steam but look the "old" way.

Some people don't like Steam but I have no problem with it is right handy. Never had any install trouble as other have had either.

Enjoy!
 
I did things backwards; after buying and playing through HL-2, I "obtained" the original and played it minus Steam.
Graphically dated, but in some ways more challenging than the sequel, especially near the end when you enter the alien world.

Have you tried Garry's Mod yet? Lets you play with a lot of the tools in the game, build things, play with the ragdolls (you can make Poser-type statues, change facial expressions, etc.) and build new games.
 
No, I haven't MWerner, but that sounds really cool!

As for installing the old one, for some reason it's not installing correctly on my system. It might just be because the CD is damaged but I'll try it on another system later on.

Off to find Garry's mod :D
 
I like Steam. I like the old school games better than the new ones. I play Team Fortress and Counter-Strike quite a bit.

I'm a nut for Team Fortress.

I've also never had any problems with Steam.
 
Copper,

Are there any Team Fortress servers still running? Last time I tried to play I couldn't find any.
 
I'm a nut for Team Fortress.
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I swear, there is nothing (computer-wise) as fun as hooking up a LAN and owning your family at a game of capture-the-flag batallion TFC. I loved being able to set up sentries, sneak into the other base through the moat, the cool guns in the armories. Incredible game, absolutely awesome, and with good weapons. Nailguns, sniper rifles, knives...life is good :cool:

I really don't see why some people don't like Steam. Sure, it runs at startup and updates itself often, making you wait a few minutes here and there, but I'm personally very impressed by any company that allows constant updates to its users. I don't expect a company to put out a bug/glitch-free product, but I do expect that they fix and, and Valve does just that through Steam.
 
Nightwatch said:
Go get the SMOD Mod for HL2 and gore is one of many very fun (and rather insane) things added to the HL2 single player game experience.
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I downloaded that but how do you install it? the read me is all decipherable nonsense. ( I dont have the Japanese Pack):confused:
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
I downloaded that but how do you install it? the read me is all decipherable nonsense. ( I dont have the Japanese Pack):confused:
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Unzip it to the "Sourcemods" folder (the path should be this "Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods" ) and make sure that the "Use Folder Names" option is checked. The next time you start steam, it should show up in the list of available games/mods.
 
Chris Mapp said:
Copper,

Are there any Team Fortress servers still running? Last time I tried to play I couldn't find any.
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As long as you're on Steam you'll find a ton. I was just in tonight for about 30 minutes and saw at least 300+ servers.

Great stuff.

I like to either play Engineer or Pyro. :)
 
Nightwatch said:
Unzip it to the "Sourcemods" folder (the path should be this "Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods" ) and make sure that the "Use Folder Names" option is checked. The next time you start steam, it should show up in the list of available games/mods.
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Thanks:thumbup:
 
Alright, I just installed Smod 3.2 and Half-Life 2 is officially the sweetest game EVER. It's incredible what those extra weapons and gore do for the game. :o I'm having an absolute blast playing, it's like a new game again. Thank you Nightwatch! Now someone needs to make smod for HL1 :cool:
 
NeedleRemorse said:
Alright, I just installed Smod 3.2 and Half-Life 2 is officially the sweetest game EVER. It's incredible what those extra weapons and gore do for the game. :o I'm having an absolute blast playing, it's like a new game again. Thank you Nightwatch! Now someone needs to make smod for HL1 :cool:
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You're welcome. I think my personal favorite is the "stuff gun". There is just something viscerally satisfying about firing cars at Combine Soldiery :D
 
Chris Mapp said:
What Team Fortress servers do you guys usually play on?
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I play almost exclusively on the "H.E.R.S.E.L.F." server.

Sometimes I play on others but I mainly paly 2fort and well. :)
 
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