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Total Conversion HL2 Mod
bbzzdd writes "A comprehensive total conversion of the Half-Life 2 game has been released. Crafted by students from SMU's Guildhall, Eclipse is a beautiful change of pace from the average FPS. From the site: 'You play as a young Sorceress named Violet whose father went missing five years back. After learning the secrets of Telekinesis, you are teleported into Auld-Haven, a lush and fertile land where Violet grew up. Your objective is to return to Violet's home where she last saw her father years ago and dig up any clues to his whereabouts. In the broken down tower of her home you discover a journal left by her father. The journal unlocks a handful of secrets that ultimately leads you on a quest to find the ancient teleportation device - the Standing Stones.'"
No, the first was Plan of Attack, released over two months ago.
A total conversion doesn't have change genres, like HL1, CS, TFC, and Natural Selection were also total conversions, and all are FPSs.
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We have something called a 'market economy.' When it costs more to do something than you get back for doing it, say, paying all those programmers to port a game to another operation system as opposed to the number of units you will sell on those platforms, we don't do it.
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man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
I'm a big fan of the new paths opening in game development. Sure to some extent you could always modify games as an end user, but when they started to get beyond simple text based MUDs the programming knowledge required began to increase exponentially. Now that the games are starting to standardize on some standard engines at the core, modifying the game becomes simpler through the use of defined APIs and SDKs. This gives us the hacks (aimbots and ilk) that tend to crop up in Multiplayer games, but it also gives us stuff like this program (Eclipse) which was created in 5 months(!), and it gives us the burgeoning Machima world where people are building animated stories using these game engines.
The rock, the vulture, and the chain
They're not selling it, so the point is moot.
You're nothing; like me.
A useful link is a useful link. It's good karma to help people. Why is the trend lately to call this karma whoring? It's not like you're making $ for 'karma points' on slashdot.
This is what it boils down to: There are next to zero sane individuals who will do something without something in return. However, that something can be broadly defined. But for most people, it's something tangible.
Like money.
On a note: The Last Game I Bought was NWN or WarCraft 3, whichever came out last. I've started making my own games now. Working on a MUD.
Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
This is probably nostalgia speaking, but I miss games like menzoberanzan -- it had more of a complete story than most of these FPS games have now adays.
I'll admit, though, that the HLs have had good stories. And the new FFs probably have good stories, though the last one I've played is FFIII on SNES.
i guess the same has happened in most industries though -- the need to keep up with technology/compete has reduced the depth and quality of the stories.
and to make this social -- the same has happened in our society. we feel our priority is to be able to compete, so our schools have responded by becoming increasingly vocational.
it's sad though when survival requires you live a shallower life. it's really making me question whether or not humanity's really progressing...
What comes first, finding a teacher or becoming a student?
Thank you! It's nice to actually see an informed opinion on this mod as opposed to the bullsh*t AC statements about it being "lame" and "gay" from the tards who didn't bother to download it and have nothing better to do apparently.
I'm looking forward to trying it out myself and at least getting feedback to the team who made it. If they get enough positive responses and suggestions, hopefully they'll do more. Those who do really good and creative mods won't know that their work is appreciated unless we tell them so and as such will probably not make any more under a false impression that no one like what they've done. That would be a shame not only from their standpoint but also from ours since we would no longer get any quality mods from the group.
The Overrated mod is for reversing inappropriate, positive mods, not for voicing disagreement with a post.
On a second note, I don't think the solution to a non Microsoft game API is to take an API, "add a bit" and release it back... do that few times, with a few developers, and you're likely to end up with a mess.
I also don't know if OpenGL is a valid cross platform API... or maybe it won't be in the future. Microsoft did buy up some of the patents, and while it looks like you're still free of Microsoft control, it sure would make me nervous as a game developer. They could easily bury me in lawsuits, even if they were obviously on made up grounds.
From the screenshots it looks like this mod has a lot of eye-candy, including the main character.
The female body has more moving parts than the male when not hidden under a thick layer of clothing, so creating a good looking model is more of a challenge and surely much more fun for the artist.. especially when the team consists completely of guys.
It might very well suck, but at least I plan on giving it a chance to prove itself rather than pass judgements based only on its web site. That's like critiquing an entire book because you read the back cover.
And I only said that they should be thanked if it's good. So, tell me, genius, if it sucks and you don't tell them, how the hell are they supposed to know WHY you didn't like it and therefore correct what you don't like? Do you think the fact that you think it suck will somehow reverberate through the air thereby subconsciously communicating with them why you didn't like it? Duh! They need feedback either way! Ignoring them because you don't like their mod isn't going to do anyone any good!
Then again, I should know better than to expect logic from someone who has to post as AC.
The Overrated mod is for reversing inappropriate, positive mods, not for voicing disagreement with a post.
Especially poignant, considering it World Refugee Day today...
"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over." - Aneurin Bevan