hey wiseguys, HL2 SDK (and DM) is out!!

gauss

thought i'd drop a note in here since it came as a surprise to the people in the channel--you're gonna experience a pretty slow restart on steam, but HL2 SDK is out and so is DM. the latter is the most exciting for the moment but i'll put this thread up for any discussion about the SDK and the deathmatch map making contest

Daz

hhhmm, finding an empty slot on a server is an issue! Oh well, I'll keep trying......

oXYnary

so is there a gordan model? Im downloading it now but wont be done for about 3 hours.

Daz

No Gordon model Im afraid no. I must have something wrong with my cable, since even joining games that say the ping is in the 20's, my ping is always an unplayable 200+. Weird. Oh well, looks like a lot of fun. Just have to figure out my cable here.

gauss

yeah, still no gordon model... but all the resistance and combine models complete with hilarious poses in the preview window

MoP

IT IS EXCELLENT
Me and my flatmates just spent the best part of an hour in the same map (the city one) ... very funny. I went to the top level where the bazooka is after blocking the stairway with the 2 cars (took a while to get them in the right place) but after that, my 3 flatmates ganged up on me because I had all the good weapons and they couldn't get to me

adam

So after updating thru Steam nothing is working for me now. HL2, HL2DM, and CS:S won't load for me.

KMan

Same here, Brome. Whatever they updated to fix issues with video cards, seemed to cause another issue with others.


[edit] Well, something must have happened in between the time that I slept and now. I was actually able to get HL:DM to load up. Hooray!

KDR_11k

Tried to try it today. It suffers from the same problem pretty much every FPS suffers from: Connecting to a server that isn't full is freaking hard since even if they report "not full" in the browser 90% are full by the time you try to connect. I got into one and was thrown out ("cannot connect to auth server") before I even got in. Why isn't there a "try until you find a good one" option? I don't want to search for a server, I just want to play!

b1ll

U are mad, I load up steam, got my hl2dm update, open Hl2dm, Refresh server, join one, and dance of joy, we were like 20 players, My ping was 50, no lag, I was rocking, I love it

KDR_11k

I put up a filter rule (Europe-only, no passwords, empty or full) and started going through the list. After twenty or so giving me "server full" I refreshed the list to exclude them. As a result the list was emptied completely. I could go through the US lists but that would mean 100+ pings.

adam

Ah, no idea what happened but when I woke up my HL stuff was working again. What the hell???? Valve's weird.

EDIT: By the way, killing someone with debry (using the G-Gun) and seeing the toilet icon was hilarious the first time :P

aesir

yea I couldn't use it when I got it last night either. Or ANY of my steam games. I even restarted a few times with no luck. They all worked this morning though.

Not sure I really like the new game type type atm. Not saying that I think it was done poorly, Im just not that big a fan of straight on deathmatches. I need some teams to have fun.

Does anyone know if theyre gonna release some more gametypes eventually?

Scott Ruggels

It's Weird, Steam is like Christmas present from a Uncle you don't remember :-)

Scott

iMag

There seemed to be a problem with people with AMD cpu's. A fix was released around 1am.

mr.toast

played this with a couple of buddies of mine, we all seriously cracked up everytime someone got killed over the microphone, hell of alot funner then halo 2, now iam just waiting for some fun co-op like the sven co-op mod had

Thermidor

so , do you have to download the dm part ... didnt that come with games before
??

KDR_11k

The DM feels unpolished. Why not at least let me choose whether I want to start with a gravgun or a gun that is useful at spawn? Why is there no respawn protection? Why does the weapon selection system suck so bad? And how about aiming your view at the attacker when you're dead so you at least know where he was? Those things were already in games before HL1, why didn't they at least implement them for 2?

EDIT: And why is it missing the only thing that makes grenades useful - both in games and real life - cooking? I don't want to throw the grenade and wait an hour for it to explode while the enemy already ran away, I want to time it so it blows up when it's right at the enemy's feet!

adam

KDR: The Grav. Gun is to DM as the Crowbar was to Sinpleplayer, you just get it by default. And you get the pistol and SMG aswell.
I agree with you on the 'nade issue, they take long to prime.

KDR_11k

Why can't I choose which one I want to have in hand when I spawn? Without spawn protection the second it takes to selec the SMG is fatal.