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happy:

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_481.html

not bad considering as it would probaly be the same or more to make.

theres one thats £50 less which has a radeon 9800 xl 128mb, but its shorter on the cpu side with only a 3.0ghz p4ht, and a 160gb hd instead of 250gb oilhilophpohhoo spank:


but the nvidia should be fine with it shouldnt it? i mean more than minimum right?

gerard, do you still think that Doom > Half life?

elstatec your comp is good enough to run HL2, a Ti 4600 can run it at high settings (0x AA/AF) with around 50 fps.

I dont see doom 3 or halflife 2 referenced so yes.

...she was a squirter...

Its the helicopter part just past the riverboat ride, I run into a warehouse full of about 10 guards and 10 of those Gillette razor birds....

Okay, Doom 3 or Halflife 2 ?

[quote="mr.miyagi":37923]...she was a squirter...

Its the helicopter part just past the riverboat ride, I run into a warehouse full of about 10 guards and 10 of those Gillette razor birds....[/quote:37923]

You go through a couple of those rooms and then outside to the right theres a barrel you shoot, it releases some kinda wooden log thing that swings down and opens the doors so you can continue on the boat.

Halflife 2 is better than doom 3, in terms of the engine i think doom can be expanded on a lot, people seem to think the doom engine is only good for small enclosed corridor shooters, theres no way iD would cripple a gaming engine and scare away companies that would want to liscense the engine by doing that. Source engine will top out graphically quicker than doom 3 id say.

im gettinga 64bit system in 2 weeks WOOT

will a
64 bit 2.8 gig proccesor
256meg vid card
1 gig ram
32 bit soundcard

handle hls awesomness?

2.8ghz A64? eek:

While that would kick incredible amounts off ass, none such exists.

sorry, im geting the AMD Athlon 64 FX anyone know the ghz on that?

There are 3 versions.

FX51 - 2.2GHz
FX53 - 2.4Ghz
FX55 - 2.6Ghz

is there a demo out?

Yeah, you can buy the 20+ hour demo for $55 at the store or $50 on steam.

or 50$ at Newegg.com

50$ for a demo? the game is 65$ valve can suck my dick

aww after climbing down a shaft im in the underground, lots of headcrabs, seems to be about 678,952,168 of them, is there any easy way to kill em all?

..the white baby ones i think, does this part last long?....

Use the gravity gun to pull an exploding barrel near you. Wait for a bunch of them to gather below you. They shouldn't be able to jump up to you. Then blow up the barrel. Repeat until you've killed enough to make it across without getting raped.

he was being facisous. He was saying thats the real game.

rofl sleeping:

are you kidding..? hake:

This is a really great game, props to valve. I'm having some graphic/audio stuttering (which valve said they'd be fixing in an upcoming update), but the game still runs very well.

[img]http://img132.exs.cx/img132/6149/d1_eli_10003.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img132.exs.cx/img132/9568/d1_eli_010003.jpg[/img]

hahahahaha

strvs you perv biggrin:

I got mine for free when I bought some Kingston HyperX Series 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) Low Latency DDR PC-3200.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... ory=BROWSE

Spoiler warning...

The ending kinda bummed me out (I was expecting a trip to Xen, somehow)
but overall, the experience was fantastic. I'm satisfied with the game! :-)

why the hell would u need an internet connection to play SP?

[quote="mr.miyagi":a8838]aww after climbing down a shaft im in the underground, lots of headcrabs, seems to be about 678,952,168 of them, is there any easy way to kill em all?

..the white baby ones i think, does this part last long?....[/quote:a8838]
headcrabs are like teh flood infection forms (halo), one shot and ur done

In case any of you are having sound stutter problems in HL2 (example: G-man talking at the start) then heres some good news.


11/22/04 06:03:33 PM GMT
Just received the following email from Erik Johnson at Value. The patch should come out no later than tomorrow.

"We've found a fix for this problem, and we're planning on shipping it no later than tomorrow."

so Nov 23rd rock:

I also just slotted in my ati radeon 9800 pro, tis frikkin gorgeoussssssssssss

I didn't have the stuttering problem, so to everyone that DID I say the following: FUCK YOU!

X rip X says:
merleiiin
Merlinmnmnmnmn says:
MAPPL$^
X rip X says:
merlion
Merlinmnmnmnmn says:
moopl34
X rip X says:
papappasmmmerkly
Merlinmnmnmnmn says:
flaming
X rip X says:
gorrila

^ oOo:


How to totally rape your halflife 2 framerate

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Spawn a bunch of npc's and combine troops and have a mini war biggrin: , pics resized from 1280x1024, at max settings i was getting maybe 10fps ed:




[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/hl2/d2_coast_010004.jpg[/img]

Taking my buggy ^

[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/hl2/d2_coast_010005.jpg[/img]

Get the fuck off my buggy

rock:

calmdown:

ed:

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":fab26]
calmdown:[/quote:fab26]
cuss:

Is that from the SDK or something?

gerv..how do u show fps? and how do you spawn baddies?

fps is cl_showfps 1 or 2

To spawn enemies, sv_cheats 1 then follow this long ass guide.

[quote:159f9]Well..many have played through the game, and seeing as alot of people dislike CS:Source because it's just too overplayed and loved, all they have is HL 2's single player mode.

By no means is this mode bad, I found the story very nice.. the ending was nice, and the game seemed to drag on and had PLENTY of exciting moments (the airboat...the striders... so forth..) but after beating it on Hard or Normal, you pretty much know the game now.

This is a guide to spawning many of the NPC's that litter the world. From Antlions to Zombies, to Headcrabs and Combine, I'll detail how to spawn each of these, to make many battles that you might want to set up.. this is something I spent some hours figuring out with the 'beta'.


Learning the Console

Simply, the console is used to change alot of game values and do some cheats... change settings etc.. It lists alot of what you do (mainly saving and whatever you do in the console).

To enable the console, go to the Main Menu OR press ESC to go to the pause menu, then go to Options, Keyboard, Advanced and click Developer Console
This allows you to press ~ (Tilde) to open the console. Many should be familiar with this.

Now, whenever in-game or in the menu, just press ~ to open the console. This also pauses the game.

Whenever you type anything in the console box, it will list things based on the letter or series of letters you input, these listings are basically what start with whatever you typed. EXAMPLE:

I type R.
It lists R_3dnow, R_3dsky 1, so forth. You can scroll through these by pressing up and down, this way you can look for something easily.




Basic Console Commands

Now.. this area will just be console items you can input to make your FPS rise a little.

Items will be listed Command 1/0 . 1/0 means you can toggle it on and off using 1 or 0 respectively.


r_3dsky 1/0 - Turns off the clouds and sky effects. SOME FPS is gained, not a lot though.

r_shadows 1/0 - As far as I know, all it changes is being able to use flashlights. It might disable shadows though.

r_dynamic 1/0 - I believe it disables dynamic water effects... not quite sure. Disable if you don't like the water or there is alot of water and it lags you.

r_lod 1/0 - Not sure...supposedly helps FPS (if someone can test this or I test myself, will update)

This is all I know so far, but they seem to help.

Now for some cheats:
NOTE:You have to enable SV_cheats to use them.

sv_cheats 1/0 (1 to enable cheats, otherwise they don't work)

God - Simple eh? God mode. Invincible.

Buddha - Takes away damage or something..

Noclip - Back from the Quake 1 days... you can fly basically, through walls, floors, doors so forth.

Notarget - Enemies don't know your there, some triggers still happen though, like Antlions popping up or enemies/allies spawning at parts of the map.

Impulse 101 - All weapons, full ammo.

Impulse 102 - Spawns a human skull that just pops out of the sky..

Impulse 82 - Spawns buggy. Fun!

cl_drawhud 1/0 - turns hud display on/off

and now Map

Map - loads a map from the SP campaign.

Maps * - loads a list of maps you can play.



These are just basics... next we start the NPC stuff



Advanced Spawning Commands

Finally.. the point of my guide...

This will detail how to spawn all kinds of NPC's such as the ones stated in the beginning.

We start with the command NPC_create. This is the base of all of the spawning. I spent hours figuring out what the base enemies were called so I could spawn them.


NPC_create - creates an NPC...can NOT be used by itself.

NPC_create NPC_(name here) - this is how it is basically used.

NPC_create_aimed - same as the first create command, but the NPC you spawn is aimed away from you.

NPC_create_equipment - this is where you give your NPC's weapons. They can all only use what they use during the game (Pulse rifle, SMG, pistol, RPG, Shotgun). You have to change this to each one when you want spawn enemies with different weapons.

NPC_citizen_auto_player_squad 1/0 - This makes citizens automatically join your squad when you get near them. Cannot be used unless the next command is set to '1'.

NPC_citizen_auto_player_squad_allow_use 1/0 - This HAS to be on to allow the citizens to join you.

NPC_barnacle_Swallow 1/0 - thrown in for laughs..make an NPC go to a barnacle and he will be gibbed


Now we go to the NPC and weapon lists.


NPC's are always accessible, nomatter what map. So long as you name it correctly, it will spawn.


List of NPC's:

These are used as: npc_create npc_citizen for example, it spawns a citizen at the spot your crosshair is pointed at.

Good guys:

npc_citizen*
npc_antlion* (only good if you have Pheropods, or BugBait)

Bad guys:

npc_combine_s (regular combine soldier)
npc_zombie
npc_headcrab

*NOTE 1: Will attack Antlions. Nomatter what.

*NOTE 2: Will attack anyone but you (ONLY if you have bugbait.) (this includes Citizens.)

NOTE 3: Warning! do not get Bugbait or antlions will sit still like idiots.

I'm trying to get sentry guns, manhacks, and more to spawn but all I got was a strider... which started under the level.

NPC_create_equipment weapons:

weapon_smg1 (normal SMG everyone uses)
weapon_ar2 (pulse rifle)
weapon_pistol (pistol)
weapon_shotgun (shotgun)
weapon_rpg (rocket launcher, they use it against ANYTHING. does not work with Combine)


So, to spawn a citizen that has an RPG, and will follow you:

NPC_citizen_auto_player_squad 1
NPC_citizen_auto_player_squad_allow_use 1
NPC_create_equipment weapon_rpg
NPC_create npc_citizen

Now you have a citizen, with an RPG, that is in your squad. He will follow all orders and shoot to kill.

To bind yourself 4 keys to spawn a Zombie, a Citizen, an Antlion, and a Combine Soldier, use this:

In the console:

Bind M "npc_create npc_zombie"
Bind , "npc_create npc_antlion"
Bind . "npc_create npc_citizen"
Bind / "npc_create npc_combine_s"

If you can't use one of those keys or want to rebind to somewhere just change the letter or whatever to something that you would like.

Now, all you have to do is point, press, and they are spawned. All NPC's have logic and AI instantly built into them, so they do all the soldiers in SP do, or Antlions, so forth..


Copyright 2004 by Rhett (Patrick L. Moore)
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By a man named inty
hey thanks i have been trying to figure this stuff out too. heres alist of npc's you can spawn. i havnt been able to figure them all out though ! p.s for the striders and choppers etc noclip and go in the air so they dont spawn underground

give npc_barney
give npc_mossman
give npc_breen
give npc_alyx
give npc_gman
give npc_eli
give npc_dog
give npc_vortigaunt
give npc_citizen (spawns random citizens)

give npc_zombie
give npc_fastzombie
give npc_poisonzombie
give npc_headcrab
give npc_headcrab_black (poison one)
give npc_barnacle (might cause crash)
give npc_antlion

give npc_strider
give npc_helicopter
give npc_metropolice (no weapon)
give npc_combine_s
give npc_combinegunship
give npc_manhack
give npc_csscanner

npc_crow (doesnt fly)
npc_seagull (doesnt fly)

npc_barnacle_tongue_tip (untried)

NOTE instead of give on these you must type create_npc_xxxxx unless u enable noclip [/quote:159f9]

oh, you spawned those badguys? damn, I was gonna say, cool! that kind of reminds me of halo, I didn't know there were huge outdoor open areas like that.

[quote="Neo Nazi Hitler":8b1e2]oh, you spawned those badguys? damn, I was gonna say, cool! that kind of reminds me of halo, I didn't know there were huge outdoor open areas like that.[/quote:8b1e2]

There are a lot of open areas...you get to drive this like...'hover' craft around this water canal type thing...really fun! rock: