Ok, its time for a something cool to be posted. Maybe it will help change the current pace these forums seem to be in. I know everyone is tense as we get closer to Sept 30th, but perhaps this will help pass the time and ease some people up.
As many people here know, I am the creator of the hl2_techdemo map that shows how much of a difference there is between Half-Life 1 and the Source engine. For those of you who missed it when it was posted on PlanetHalfLife.com, heres the link to it.
HL2_TechDemo
I have decided to add more to this map, by creating the whole thing from the pachinco area, to the door at the end where Gman is standing. Of course you wont see all those camera effects and stuff, but its still fun to play. Heres the cool part, im going to be adding easter eggs to the map. Im taking the avatars from the people who post in Halflife2.net's forums and hiding them all over the map for you to find! They won't be easy to find, you might have to push boxes and stuff to find them, amongst other things...
Anyone who wants their avatar added and hidden inside my map just reply to this thread. If you want, you can include an attachment to your reply with any image you want me to use for you. Thats for people who don't have an avatar, or would rather have a different image hidden.
For the custom images, please submit only ones whose dimension is divisble by 16, and a size no larger than 64x64 as the max. If you choose a file that is bigger, or not divisible by 16, I will edit it myself, and you might not like the way it looks in game. I can add animated avatars to the map also, but because of a HL limit, it can not have more than 10 frames.
The map is still under development. Im up to the spinning walls with the different effects. I will be done in probably 1-2 days. So I will be checking back here often for more requests to add. This is an exclusive for only Halflife2.net users.
So what do you think of my idea? Comments? Requests?
:cheers:
Oh heres a screen of a famous area in its current state so far.
As many people here know, I am the creator of the hl2_techdemo map that shows how much of a difference there is between Half-Life 1 and the Source engine. For those of you who missed it when it was posted on PlanetHalfLife.com, heres the link to it.
HL2_TechDemo
I have decided to add more to this map, by creating the whole thing from the pachinco area, to the door at the end where Gman is standing. Of course you wont see all those camera effects and stuff, but its still fun to play. Heres the cool part, im going to be adding easter eggs to the map. Im taking the avatars from the people who post in Halflife2.net's forums and hiding them all over the map for you to find! They won't be easy to find, you might have to push boxes and stuff to find them, amongst other things...
Anyone who wants their avatar added and hidden inside my map just reply to this thread. If you want, you can include an attachment to your reply with any image you want me to use for you. Thats for people who don't have an avatar, or would rather have a different image hidden.
For the custom images, please submit only ones whose dimension is divisble by 16, and a size no larger than 64x64 as the max. If you choose a file that is bigger, or not divisible by 16, I will edit it myself, and you might not like the way it looks in game. I can add animated avatars to the map also, but because of a HL limit, it can not have more than 10 frames.
The map is still under development. Im up to the spinning walls with the different effects. I will be done in probably 1-2 days. So I will be checking back here often for more requests to add. This is an exclusive for only Halflife2.net users.
So what do you think of my idea? Comments? Requests?
:cheers:
Oh heres a screen of a famous area in its current state so far.
