Half-Life

**hushypushy** · January 17th, 2005, 08:44

i did a search and was surprised that there has only been ONE half life screenshots thread. rather than revive that thread (which only has ONE screenshot in it mind you) i figured i'd make my own. i just beat HL2 and i decided that since i never quite finished HL (played it for a while back in the day though), i might as well have a go at it now.

16xAA, 16xAF, High Quality mode, 1152x864.

these are all from the very first chapter, i got to the second chapter and saved and quit

hopefully more to come as i keep my commitment to keep playing this game.

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ChrisRay · January 17th, 2005, 10:00

Why the heck are you using 16x AA? ;p

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**hushypushy** · January 17th, 2005, 18:16

that's the only way i can get the FPS under 200

is there something inherently wrong with 16xAA btw?

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Norbi · January 17th, 2005, 20:51

Isn't there some FPS limit option? On the other hand, back in the day HF did need some good hardware...

Katsuya · January 17th, 2005, 21:22

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

16xAA, 16xAF, High Quality mode, 1152x864.

Are you playing it with the HD graphics pack?

Nevermore · January 17th, 2005, 22:00

HD Graphic Pack?!

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didamangi · January 17th, 2005, 22:13

I think he meant the HD pack from the blueshift cd.

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Nevermore · January 17th, 2005, 22:55

Oh :\

This thread makes me want to take screamshots from "old" games since I have my new PC now (thanks to those who helped build it) but hmm I aint sure if it'll be appreciated

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[23:02:11] <HC_Rikki> i have a list of webcomic here, you really might like. mustsee references
[23:03:07] <Neverm0re> hmm, I can always look at them but references is far to be a thing that I need.
[23:03:39] <Neverm0re> and I do believe representing the members the way I think they are is quite cool because they are stars

[23:04:15] <Neverm0re> of course, some are over exagerated like miretank who has an afro
[23:05:30] <HC_Rikki> were the herpes and other discutable features necessary ?
[23:05:52] <Neverm0re> XD

Katsuya · January 17th, 2005, 23:09

Yes the HD pack gives you better models and effects (for all three original half life games) but the source port of half life 1 has no HD pack support. Thats dim-witted

**hushypushy** · January 17th, 2005, 23:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norbi

Isn't there some FPS limit option? On the other hand, back in the day HF did need some good hardware...

yeah there is.

go to the console and type fps_max [number] , that controls the max FPS. however, by default it's limited to 100 (no matter if you put fps_max 34593475345) sooooo you go to the console and put developer 1 and the sky's the limit

and yeah i was just joking about the "under 200" fps thing

by the way...i looked at your profile and you're from the UK. would you happen to be THE norbi-from-england-diabolo-extraordinaire, by any chance...?

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Are you playing it with the HD graphics pack?

no, i wish

i only know one person with Blue Shift and he lost the game a long time ago. and since Valve wont officially support BS (heh ironic initials) because it's by a third party company, you cant get it on steam either. i wonder if it's legal to download the hi-res pack....probably not.

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This thread makes me want to take screamshots from "old" games since I have my new PC now (thanks to those who helped build it) but hmm I aint sure if it'll be appreciated

go for it man! i already have an Unreal Tournament thread floating around. old game screenshots are great, especially when you max out all the settings and resolution and are still playing it 50 times faster than you used to

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Yes the HD pack gives you better models and effects (for all three original half life games)

three original HL games? do you mean HL, opfor, BS?

anyway, check out my legit HL games

can you make steam accounts out of opfor CD keys? i've already done it for my HL2, HL, and CS ones... if i can use the opfor CD keys that means ill have 5 steam accounts

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caipirinha · January 18th, 2005, 02:46

you can't play BS through steam because it uses a different/modified engine, almost everything on steam is third party including opposing force which was developed by gearbox.

and you can't use OF cd-key to activate steam, that's why it is already available if you put the original HL cd-key. and besides why do you want 5 accounts? o.O all my HL is under only one.

**hushypushy** · January 18th, 2005, 04:02

well i have 3 accounts right now on 3 of my email addresses:

yahoo: first steam account. i usually let my friends use this one if they want to play CS. i got banned from my favorite server on CS

sbcglobal: my "main" steam account that i used a lot. used it until i got HL2.
gmail: HL2 silver....meaning i have all the games. cool ****.

anyway, i have so many just so i can play CS with my friends. some of them dont have steam accounts. sharing is caring

oh yeah. more screenshots

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**hushypushy** · January 20th, 2005, 05:57

not much interest in this thread

oh well, i still love half life and ill post shots until i beat the damn game.

some parts of this game still blow me away. i remember how in AWE i was back playing this at 800x600 in (omg) HW rendering mode on my friend's l33t Pentium II. scenes like the big green toxic room (below) and when you have to put the fire on the tentacle thing always take me back. gotta love nostalgia

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Katsuya · January 20th, 2005, 06:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by hushypushy

no, i wish

i only know one person with Blue Shift and he lost the game a long time ago. and since Valve wont officially support BS (heh ironic initials) because it's by a third party company, you cant get it on steam either. i wonder if it's legal to download the hi-res pack....probably not.

Hmm… if I remember correctly it was a free download once. (Just a year or two ago I saw it on the company website.) You should try to find it.

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

three original HL games? do you mean HL, opfor, BS?

Yes.

**hushypushy** · January 20th, 2005, 07:12

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One of Half-Life: Blue Shift's biggest selling points has to be the "High Definition Pack", a graphics upgrade for Half-Life, which adds visually enhanced player and weapon models. The models, and their respective animations, contain double the amount of polygons over their original versions -- and best of all, it'll also upgrade all the weapons and models in Half-Life and Opposing Force too!

man that sounds awesome. i recall seeing this albeit only briefly. ill try to search around the internet to see if i can get it...

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caipirinha · January 20th, 2005, 12:46

the pics will be a lot better to look at :P

**hushypushy** · January 20th, 2005, 21:52

yeah, now if i can only find it....anyone want to help?

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Ipswitch · January 20th, 2005, 23:33

I made an archive of the HD pack and I'll put it somewhere if I won't get in trouble for it. In the mean time here is a security guard with the HD pack.

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**hushypushy** · January 21st, 2005, 01:52

holy damn! that looks a lot better than this: http://www.ngemu.com/forums/attachme...chmentid=83536

but now....im wondering what HL Source looks like....hmm... well my plan is to play HL then opfor then HL Source (jn that order). should have it done in the next few months

and screenshots in here, i dont think ill open a new thread for each game

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Katsuya · January 21st, 2005, 03:39

HL Source looks like the one you are useing now. (but with improved water)

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January 17th, 2005, 10:00	#2
ChrisRay MMORPG Junkie Join Date: May 2004 Location: No Where! Posts: 1,146	Why the heck are you using 16x AA? ;p __________________ \|CPU: Intel I7 Lynnfield @ 3.4 Ghz\|Mobo:Asus P7P55 WS Supercomputer \|Memory:8 Gigs DDR3 1333\|Video:Geforce GTX 295 Quad SLIMonitor:Samsung Syncmaster 1680x1050 3D Vision\/Olevia 27 Inch Widescreen HDTV 1920x1080 \|CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition @ 2.5 Ghz\|Mobo:Asus M3n HT Deluxe Nforce 780A\|Memory: 4 gigs DDR2 800\| Video: Geforce GTX 280x2 SLI Nzone SLI Forum Administrator Nvidia User Group Member

January 17th, 2005, 18:16	#3
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,979	that's the only way i can get the FPS under 200 is there something inherently wrong with 16xAA btw? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 17th, 2005, 20:51	#4
Norbi KO'ed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: TBA Posts: 935	Isn't there some FPS limit option? On the other hand, back in the day HF did need some good hardware...

January 17th, 2005, 22:00	#6
Nevermore Psychotic Robot Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Angelgrove Posts: 1,458	HD Graphic Pack?! __________________ [23:02:11] <HC_Rikki> i have a list of webcomic here, you really might like. mustsee references [23:03:07] <Neverm0re> hmm, I can always look at them but references is far to be a thing that I need. [23:03:39] <Neverm0re> and I do believe representing the members the way I think they are is quite cool because they are stars [23:04:15] <Neverm0re> of course, some are over exagerated like miretank who has an afro [23:05:30] <HC_Rikki> were the herpes and other discutable features necessary ? [23:05:52] <Neverm0re> XD

January 17th, 2005, 22:13	#7
didamangi Interplay sucks! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indonesia Posts: 1,219	I think he meant the HD pack from the blueshift cd. __________________ PC: Athlon X2 250 @3.5GHz, 4GB DDR2, nVidia GTS 250 512 MB, LG W2252TE, Win 7 x64/WinXP SP3 Consoles : Dreamcast (finally!!), SNES

January 17th, 2005, 22:55	#8
Nevermore Psychotic Robot Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Angelgrove Posts: 1,458	Oh :\ This thread makes me want to take screamshots from "old" games since I have my new PC now (thanks to those who helped build it) but hmm I aint sure if it'll be appreciated __________________ [23:02:11] <HC_Rikki> i have a list of webcomic here, you really might like. mustsee references [23:03:07] <Neverm0re> hmm, I can always look at them but references is far to be a thing that I need. [23:03:39] <Neverm0re> and I do believe representing the members the way I think they are is quite cool because they are stars [23:04:15] <Neverm0re> of course, some are over exagerated like miretank who has an afro [23:05:30] <HC_Rikki> were the herpes and other discutable features necessary ? [23:05:52] <Neverm0re> XD

January 17th, 2005, 23:09	#9
Katsuya - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,934	Yes the HD pack gives you better models and effects (for all three original half life games) but the source port of half life 1 has no HD pack support. Thats dim-witted

January 18th, 2005, 02:46	#11
caipirinha Change your heart Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 1,989	you can't play BS through steam because it uses a different/modified engine, almost everything on steam is third party including opposing force which was developed by gearbox. and you can't use OF cd-key to activate steam, that's why it is already available if you put the original HL cd-key. and besides why do you want 5 accounts? o.O all my HL is under only one.

January 20th, 2005, 12:46	#16
caipirinha Change your heart Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 1,989	the pics will be a lot better to look at :P

January 20th, 2005, 21:52	#17
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,979	yeah, now if i can only find it....anyone want to help? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 21st, 2005, 01:52	#19
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,979	holy damn! that looks a lot better than this: http://www.ngemu.com/forums/attachme...chmentid=83536 but now....im wondering what HL Source looks like....hmm... well my plan is to play HL then opfor then HL Source (jn that order). should have it done in the next few months and screenshots in here, i dont think ill open a new thread for each game __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

January 21st, 2005, 03:39	#20
Katsuya - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,934	HL Source looks like the one you are useing now. (but with improved water)