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[otake]

IMO this one is the most impresive.

 

[Laurentius]

thWqL

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Thanks, this is about half of my Ep. One images. Alyx is the centre of attention of course. I don't think I took this many for Ep. Two.

 

[Deacan]

This is using the cinematic mod.

 

[Laurentius]

AT1Pr

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Excellent pictures. The game really does look better than I remember. Maybe it's because I was just playing through Half-life 2 (I hate Ravenholm).

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Here's my EPISODE TWO IMAGE DUMP.

Sigh...Valve time...

 

[Laurentius]

N4LVH

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I was thinking the exact same thing myself.

 

[Sibylus]

I *just* realized that the hallway with the resistance troops under attack was the same hallway in the Mossman transmission.

I feel silly.

 

[Sciz]

I *just* realized that the hallway with the resistance troops under attack was the same hallway in the Mossman transmission.

I feel silly.

Strange thing is, the bulletin board texture in that area is changed between episodes.


Let's see how long it takes for my Photobucket bandwidth to dry up. Watch as I progress from forgetting to take pictures to taking them with the HUD on to taking them at 1024x768 so I stop crashing to taking clean, HUD-free shots.























More in my next post.

 

[Sibylus]

Strange thing is, the bulletin board texture in that area is changed between episodes.

Weird. Anything significant on the texture itself?

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I *just* realized that the hallway with the resistance troops under attack was the same hallway in the Mossman transmission.

I feel silly.

what

 

[Sciz]

Weird. Anything significant on the texture itself?

Nope. One is a generic bulletin board, and the other is from Kleiner's lab. I hope we actually get to go to that exact location in Ep. 3 just so I can see what ends up being there. :lol


HL2 in pictures, continued:


















And that's a wrap. I have to admit, I've never really appreciated how finely crafted this game is until this last playthrough. There's a degree of artistry in every facet of the world's design that I don't think any other developer can touch.

And now, the full size "best of" selections:

 

[Sibylus]

what

"What is this hallway? It looks familiar.

Hmm.

Eh, whatever. Back to my playthrough!"

Nope. One is a generic bulletin board, and the other is from Kleiner's lab. I hope we actually get to go to that exact location in Ep. 3 just so I can see what ends up being there. :lol

Ah. Mossman recovered some documents from the lab before City 17 was blown up, maybe.

 

[Laurentius]

dFdMR

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I never saw him at all during my first playthrough. Especially weird since as soon as I got to that area with the bridge, I said to myself, "that bastard must be around here somewhere!"

 

[the_zombie_luke]

:lol The G-man would be a scary boss to have. And since I know Episode 3 is going to rock, I just hope the muscle car buggy returns. That thing was BADASS boy.

 

[Oreoleo]

I never saw him at all during my first playthrough. Especially weird since as soon as I got to that area with the bridge, I said to myself, "that bastard must be around here somewhere!"

I never saw him either. It actually wasn't until the other day I was playing through EP2 with the developer commentary and one of the guys say "For the more attentive players, this is the first G-man sighting since HL2" and I'm all "What? Where?!" and sure enough, there he was on the bridge.

 

[Laurentius]

feBES

 

[GDJustin]

So in my recent preparations for the eventual HL2 playthrough thread (early, I know), I divvied up chapters into days, and came up with 19 days to finish (a chapter a day roughly, shorter chapters or chapters that blend with the previous one are combined).

HL2: 10 days
Episode One: 3 days
Episode Two: 6 days

The idea is to set down hard dates when Valve announces Episode Three's release date, so Gaf can jump into III with perfect timing (Episode Three would be released on the 20th day).

Thoughts?

I would likely participate. I think your spacing is perfect - a liitttle on the slow side, but better to go through it too slow than too fast - gives us a good opportunity to discuss the finer points of each chapter, instead of glossing over them.

I don't wanna play through the saga again until ep 3 is about to drop, so I'm def. in.

 

[Sibylus]

I would likely participate. I think your spacing is perfect - a liitttle on the slow side, but better to go through it too slow than too fast - gives us a good opportunity to discuss the finer points of each chapter, instead of glossing over them.

I don't wanna play through the saga again until ep 3 is about to drop, so I'm def. in.

Happy to hear it

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Thread needs more pics, to be honest.

BTW, this pic:

reminds me of the one time Alyx truly pissed me off. Who the hell makes a cup of tea that fast!?

 

[Sibylus]

Thread needs more pics, to be honest.

A bunch of screenies I've taken over the past few months or so:

And some animated images:

 

[Death_Born]

I forgot how awesome returning to the Citadel was.

 

[Sibylus]

I forgot how awesome returning to the Citadel was.

The first two chapters of Episode One were just drenched in atmosphere.

 

[Kabouter]

Man, that opening level of Episode 1 outside the Citadel...amazing. One of the most gorgeous and well designed levels I've seen in an FPS. I also really really like the Lost Coast, which despite being a tech demo and being super super short, really showcases some good FPS design.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Botolf, great stuff. Any chance of some more gifs?

 

[Sibylus]

Botolf, great stuff. Any chance of some more gifs?

Only two GIFs at the moment, I wouldn't mind making more, though!

 

[Sibylus]

Oh, and two Combinefails!

 

[[Nintex]]

Amazing screenshots, use these console commands to hide the hud/gun:
First find the enable console option, it should be somewhere on the keyboard option screen.

Press '~' for console:
sv_cheats 1 - enables 'cheat' commands like the ones listed here
cl_drawhud 0 - hides the hud
impulse 200 - hides the gun
jpeg_quality 100 - for better quality shots

 

[Jaded Alyx]

LOL Combinefails. That reminds me, I have one of my own I need to post when I get home.

 

[Sciz]

Amazing screenshots, use these console commands to hide the hud/gun:

I've started doing this manually, but is there any way to string several commands together as a macro?


Half-Life 2: Episode One in pictures.

 

[[Nintex]]

I've started doing this manually, but is there any way to string several commands together as a macro?

You could try a bind command like:
bind c "sv_cheats 1"

I'm not sure if it works though.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Ok, so as promised, here is my Combinefail pic.

 

[Sibylus]

Ok, so as promised, here is my Combinefail pic.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o2/rascalous/hl.jpg

That looks extremely painful.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

That looks extremely painful.

He deserved it.

 

[Laurentius]

Rjc1t

 

[Jaded Alyx]

It was a sad day when Concerned ended...

 

[Laurentius]

2cjml

 

[Sibylus]

I heard about a console command a while back that enhances the game physics, allowing enemy ragdolls to pile on top of each other and so on. Does anybody know what the command is?

He deserved it.

True enough!

 

[Laurentius]

uGlM0

 

[Dolphin]

Someone should mod HL2 to include all of the enhancements from the later installments. I'd love to see City 17 in HDR.

 

[the_zombie_luke]

Someone should mod HL2 to include all of the enhancements from the later installments. I'd love to see City 17 in HDR.

I can't remember where, but I read somewhere Valve was going to add the new graphic enhancements back to HL2. They did add the episodes' new graphic stuff to HL2 on 360 I'm pretty sure.

 

[lopaz]

Pics are pretty and all but GODDAMN GET THOSE THINGS IN THUMBNAILS

I came in here to see sexy sexy speculation but every time I scroll to the bottom it takes me back up half the page cause a load of hugeass pics just loaded >: (

 

[bee]

Someone should mod HL2 to include all of the enhancements from the later installments. I'd love to see City 17 in HDR.

already been done, fakefactory cinematic mod 8.2

 

[Laurentius]

yqiZa

 

[Sibylus]

This one?

Sounds like it, thanks.

I'll add this to the list of tweaks I'm including in the playthrough post.

 

[ChackanKun]

This game gets to stay sooooo beautiful! Amazing...!

 

[rezuth]

Thread needs more pics, to be honest.

BTW, this pic:

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll255/slancko/ep2_outland_11b0006.jpg

reminds me of the one time Alyx truly pissed me off. Who the hell makes a cup of tea that fast!?

If the water was already heated Or if they had a good water cooker.