The Hall of Mirrors: A Max Payne 2 Equilibrium TC

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Hey fellas... I know some of you (like crazyharij) follow the Max Payne 2 modding scene every once in a while so I thought I'd post a topic to update you on the progress as well as provide some news on one of my two major projects, HoM.

Here's the CDC page for those not familiar with the mod's premise
http://www.levels4you.com/cdc/hallofmirrors/index.l4y?page=2478

Here are the updated screenshots of the gun-kata system in action (browse through the thread a bit, same page). You can look through the whole thread to see all the screenshots/media we have released.

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=559697&page=0&fpart=8&vc=1

I'd also like to point you fellas in the direction of our contest. You may post your submissions in that forum or in this one, however you wish, you may also contact me through PM to secure other means if you deem it necessary.

Here's the last piece of media (the most recent one):

Here's the first promotional video for HoM. It's a simple gameplay clip showing off some gun-kata, you may use this video clip for the creation of your trailer entry.

There may be additional videos released later on.

Edit: Arg... Just saw attachment limit is 250 kb. I submitted the file to L4Y but I don't expect them to put it up for download until 3 days from now. Does anyone have any other quick hosting I can use for a video? It's rather small, 2MB or so. (DivX codec required)

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http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=gunkata1


I found a place able to host the video but it's not downloadable... so, for those interested in a sneak peek into the first piece of video media released for HoM, go ahead and knock yourselves out. I'm looking forward to seeing more entries, I haven't really gotten many at all yet.
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Discuss! I'm the coder, animator and mod leader for this TC so your feedback shall not fall on deaf ears! Remember, best entries get to play the mod before everybody else as well as possibly being able to playtest future versions :)
 
Im just wondering how many people still play max pain 2?
 
Hey Rico, I see you're still active with MP2-modding, eh? ;)

As for HoM, that looks awesome! Seems like you've made some really nice new moves.

I like the glass-shattering effect you see in one of the screenshots. Everything looks very nice, I'd say the bloodsplatter could be improved a little, it looks too messy, and where's the blood on the walls..? ;)

Anyhow, I can't wait for it to be released, keep up the awesome work :)
 
Max Payne 2 is an awseome game, I never seem to be able to find any custom content so this is great!

But, why oh why would anyone want to make anything associated with that awful awful film... I guess the combat was the best bit in a way but even that was pretty damn bad. Was good when he slid in on the door though.
 
was playing it loads last week with the sweet cinema 2.0 mod,brilliant
 
I really enjoyed Equilibrium :)

Definately gonna check this one out.
 
Yeah, it's hard to find modelers in the MP2 community so you learn to accept what you can :(

Still though, planning to fix up a few things and get everything down nicely before releasing the mod. The main focus of the mod is indeed gunplay, seeing as I didn't find the film to be very good at all except for some of the action scenes and the gunplay, we decided to make that our main focus.

There won't be any story to the mod, we decided to make it a DMW level instead and focus more on the action and the fun. I'm also going to work on it so that you can play the regular game (Max payne 2 story mode) with the new moves and weapons.
 
That's cool, but can i suggest trying to find a modeler and a skinner? No offence, but the models kinda look....odd
 
Well if anybody knows someone interested I'm all ears.
 
I've been looking for some cool Max Payne 2 mods!

Thanks Rico.
 
I'm very interested in this, MP2 is still something I play. Mods that allow you to play through the game with the new moves/weapons, like Cinema, are best. I'm glad to hear your mod will have that. That way you don't have to waste time making levels.

I still check out the MP2 forums at 3drealms too, I'm dying for MP2 mods over here, hehe.
 
Don't worry, there will be at least 1 new DMW map included within the mod :)

PS: Happy new year from the HoM team!
 
I knew I'd seen you somewhere before, Rico! Must have been at MPHQ.
 
I hardly ever went to those forums, I didn't like some of the community there, too hostile to newbies but yeah, you probably saw me post there once or twice :)
 
Well, if you post either here or at 3drealms when this is done, I will play it.
 
As promised, here's more of the video media I was talking about. This is actually a gameplay video I recorded on one of my playthroughs recently.

It shows a few of the moves in action, not all of them though :p

Enjoy it. As with the video before it, you can use this video for the HoM trailer contest.

http://www.filefront.com/?filepath=/mpdev/HoM_Gameplay.zip

(Divx 5.1 codec required!Go to www.divx.com for details if you don't already have it)
 
*Shameless bump*

I just wanted to ask what you guys thought about it, if there's any suggestions you'd like to make, now's the time :)
 
It looks awesome, in my opinion. :)

I just checked my Max Payne 2 launcher and realised I still have god ol' Ricomod there, hehe those were the days. :D
 
I finally saw it, looks great!

The one suggestion I would make it to make sure that any level you include with it has alot of breakable objects in it besides just enemies. With that kind of action, breaking glass, flying debris, knocking paintings off the wall, all that stuff adds up to visual excitement.

I can't wait!
 
So, it looks awesome, when's it due out? You've persuaded me to watch the film again, I love it :D
 
:)

Due out "when it's done" which I think will be sometime this year. I was aiming for Spring but if we ever set it back it would be because we're adding even MORE features :D

Oh and yeah Fireindaho, the Hall of Mirrors map will stay mostly as it is because we want to please movie fans but don't worry, we have a few mappers working on additional levels recently and one of the things we discussed was exactly that, breakable levels = cooler firefights.

I'm really looking forward to releasing this thing, I have a few other mods in the pipeline as well!
 
Haven't posted on this thread in a long time... here's the most recent update :)

Media update - Cleric duels!





Plenty more to come! I have around 50 new screenshots showing some new stuff we haven't even told you about yet ;)

Stay tuned!
 
Raziel-Jcd said:
Im just wondering how many people still play max pain 2?
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Max Pain and the max pain2 engine kicks ass.

I hate every single 3rd person game ever made except MAX PAINE

(Oh, yea Die Hard Trilogy for PS was great, but thats ALL!!)
 
Thanks for the feedback, release looms closer and closer! :)
 
Just dropping everyone a line here to announce our newly opened HoM forums! They've been opened so the community can talk about the mod, discuss new media and even give us suggestions!

We're hoping to build a small community, come join us! To celebrate, I have decided to post a few new screenshots... but you have to go to our new forums to see them ;)

Click here to go to our new forums!

For webmasters:

If you decide to post a news item about the screenshots feel free to use them, however, we'd appreciate it if you could in turn put a link to our new forums somewhere on your news post :)
 
I beat Max Pain 1 on PS2 and Max Pain 2 on Xbox.

I think im going to buy Max Paine 2 for the PC just to play it again, it's only $20 now, and there aren't enough good games these days.

I bet some Pain mods are good. What say you everyone? some great mods out?
 
VirusType2 said:
I beat Max Pain 1 on PS2 and Max Pain 2 on Xbox.

I think im going to buy Max Paine 2 for the PC just to play it again, it's only $20 now, and there aren't enough good games these days.

I bet some Pain mods are good. What say you everyone? some great mods out?
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It's Max PAYNE!
 
The announcement I wanted to make was the creation of our new website ! The website will be updated first and foremost so all new developments will be recorded there before anyplace else. The site is still under construction at the moment but it's fully functional so I thought it would be wise to release the information to the public seeing as we will be gearing up for release sometime this year (this is as close a release date you'll ever get :p )

What are you waiting for? Go ahead and give it a look, bookmark it while you're at it!
 
Hall of Mirrors trailer online!

After much work from the entire team we have managed to put together our official trailer to present to the fans and to the modding community.



Download the official trailer from Levels4You

Theres a bit of a lead in of movie footage before you get to see the game so be a little patient. We are also in the process of propagating the file throughout all the major download sites but we believe L4Y to be an adequate host for the file at the moment. We will be adding additional download links from all the major file mirrors as the file gets uploaded to their servers.

Enjoy! Don't forget to check our website for more information and updates. You can also email us
 
Wow. Nice trailer. How exactly does the gun kata work? How can you shoot in 2 opposite directions?

So far I like how it's coming along. Most impressive mod I've seen for MP1 or 2.

The only thing I didn't like (this is very minor) is the font :p It would've been cool if you used the same generic font Equilibrium did for the trailer.
 
jimbo118 said:
need more mirrors.
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lol

I thought you were just kidding about the fact that the game seemed to have no mirrors when it is, in fact called, "The Hall of Mirrors"

I love bugmenot :p
 
AmishSlayer said:
lol

I thought you were just kidding about the fact that the game seemed to have no mirrors when it is, in fact called, "The Hall of Mirrors"

I love bugmenot :p
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rofl, sounds funny when put it like that, nah just wanted some more hosts, lol. ;)

edit the animation looks cool, does the mod not use bullettime though? didnt notice any? graphics will improve i guess, looked very jaggy and low res, probably just the vid though
 
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