Recent content by Physicles

Kudos, Valve. The game isn't done; thanks for saying so. It'll be better for it. I can handle an honest delay announcement. (What I can't handle is when they wait until the last possible moment to admit to a delay that will end up lasting fifteen months...) Maybe in the future, Valve...

Google GCFScape. It requires .NET framework 1.1, so make sure you get that via Windows Update. That'll allow you to extract the sound files from their place in Steam's virtual file system. Then, just put overrides in an analogous place in your Half-Life 2 folder, and they'll be used instead of...

Thanks, I try. :) Thanks. Got any other ideas for stats? And is it disturbing to anyone else that killbox is by far the most played community map?

I'm no expert on the HL2 netcode, but it could be that the game's lag compensation has to work overtime when a player of higher ping joins the server. This is definitely true for the server, but may be less true for the client. Players with high pings tend to rain on the parade because of the...

Want to know which HL2DM maps are played the most? Visit The Ascendancy, and click on the sidebar links for map stats. Here are the top ten from the last two hours, in terms of player minutes: 1. dm_overwatch 2. dm_lockdown 3. dm_killbox 4. dm_runoff 5. dm_powerhouse 6. ctf_2fort 7...

An update was just released that fixes that issue. Better yet, download and install CTF through Vapour: http://www.vapour-online.com/

Good idea, but there's no way it'll happen. Best not to get your hopes up.

My general rule of thumb in Half-Life games: If you're stuck, find a button, lever, or valve. It's always the next step in the game, and nothing bad EVER happens when you use one of those things. It's a law of nature.

My general rule of thumb in Half-Life games: If you're stuck, find a button, lever, or valve. It's always the next step in the game, and nothing bad EVER happens when you use one of those things. It's a law of nature.

Are you looking for hl1110.exe? Google it. Or, go to filemirrors.com. Type hl1110.exe in the find box, and try the mirrors. There are some legitimate reasons to still run the original HL, but all of them begin with the words LAN Party. For instance, a couple years ago I wrote this HL1 mod...

You're completely correct; you can't get an unskewed percentage just by looking at thread subjects. I'm hoping a poll will be a little more objective.

Vote "Yes" if you can play the game for more than an hour without crashing, and "No" otherwise. It seems like the majority of forum posts these days are about Half-Life 2/Source problems. It's hard to tell what percentage of people actually have problems, so hence this poll. I want to get...

Have you tried using mat_leafvis to make sure it's creating visleafs where you think it's creating visleafs? And if you want, I could take a look at your preliminary version and try to find where the leaks are. I'll have some free time tonight. You are running a full vis, right?

Glad to see that it's nearing release. Ok, disclaimer: I'm not a mapper, and I've never used any of the techniques I'm going to recommend, and I didn't know what vis did or what hint brushes did until about two hours ago... yeah. So I apologize in advance if you know this stuff already, or...

But this would violate the fundamental principle of CS: be an idiot as much as you can. You alone deserve to get all your team's frags, and anyone who stands in your way is either a n00b or a h4x0r.