HL2 Screenshots

[TopDan]

Post your screenshots...

I start with:

[Daveman]

I took the same screenshot! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

o/\o

[Klaus Kinski]

Weird, I didn't take that screenshot. Must have something to do with not being in puberty anymore. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I prefered watching that ass move. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
My contribution:

[Klaus Kinski]

Not only that Father Gregory is batshit insane, he's also obviously a bit sadistic. However, time for a vital lesson (man, I really liked that guy, he was a very refreshing change):

[Mountain Man]

Here's a bunch (click thumbnails for larger image):

I remember seeing a similiar screenshot before the game was released. Everybody wondered if it was real or not. Guess it was real!
http://img99.exs.cx/img99/7639/d1_canals_060001.th.jpg (http://img99.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img99&image=d1_canals_060001.jpg)

A nice look at the water effects. Unfortunately, the tugboat is just a giant prop. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't explore inside it.
http://img106.exs.cx/img106/1459/d1_canals_080000.th.jpg (http://img106.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img106&image=d1_canals_080000.jpg)

Here's a look at the large scale of some of Half-Life 2's levels. This level rendered with great framerates!
http://img106.exs.cx/img106/6180/d1_canals_130001.th.jpg (http://img106.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img106&image=d1_canals_130001.jpg)

You can shoot the birds out of the air!
http://img106.exs.cx/img106/3772/d1_canals_130002.th.jpg (http://img106.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img106&image=d1_canals_130002.jpg)

And here's a little sequence showing off Half-Life 2's "mattress physics".
http://img106.exs.cx/img106/7648/d1_town_01a0003.th.jpg (http://img106.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img106&image=d1_town_01a0003.jpg)
http://img106.exs.cx/img106/7127/d1_town_01a0004.th.jpg (http://img106.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img106&image=d1_town_01a0004.jpg)

[supermeerkat]

I've heard the G Man pops up all over the game, but I have only seem him once, and that was towards the end of the airboat level prior to getting to the dam. Attached is a screenshot. Any one else got any piccies of our favourite briefcase carrying man of mystery?

Oh yeah, he is on the left hand side of the bridge.

[NetNessie]

'Freeman thought twice about swimming in the water, after gman took a leak in it'

[FullMetalJacket]

The G-man pops up at another point in the Water Hazard level. There's a part where you have to "park" the airboat, get out on foot and make your way to a switch in a little booth, which will open one of the floodgates and let you continue in the airboat.

Well, at one point as you're searching for the switch on foot, there's a bridge you have to cross. As you approach the bridge, you can see the G-man on it as an almost speck in the distance. By the time you get to the bridge and cross it, he's gone.

[Mountain Man]

Hmmm...I've not seen the Gman once. Except at the beginning, of course. I guess I'll have to keep a better look-out for him!

[DLT]

You can also see the gman on CCTV screens in the very first lab that you come to on the first few levels.

You have to click the right screen though.

[0marTheZealot]

on the path to lighthouse alpha (with the buggy), theres a combine house with binoculars. you can see the gman through them.

[Damien_Azreal]

I havn't taken many screens yet, been to busy just playing. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif But I liked the way this one looks... I turned AA off a little bit before this screen... I've been playing with it at 4xAA.

[supermeerkat]

NetNessie said:
'Freeman thought twice about swimming in the water, after gman took a leak in it'



Excellent! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Daveman]

I thought the crow AI was supposed to be good!

http://img98.exs.cx/img98/5083/d3_c17_090003.th.jpg (http://img98.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img98&image=d3_c17_090003.jpg)

[Klaus Kinski]

0marTheZealot said:
on the path to lighthouse alpha (with the buggy), theres a combine house with binoculars. you can see the gman through them.


It's the only time I noticed the G-Man. I never saw him anywhere else.

[Daveman]

Freeman's Rough Riders. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

http://img109.exs.cx/img109/4641/d3_c17_120006.th.jpg (http://img109.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img109&image=d3_c17_120006.jpg)

[Mountain Man]

The buggy!

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/7937/d2_coast_010000.th.jpg (http://img27.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img27&image=d2_coast_010000.jpg)

[0marTheZealot]

Daveman said:
Freeman's Rough Riders. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

http://img109.exs.cx/img109/4641/d3_c17_120006.th.jpg (http://img109.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img109&image=d3_c17_120006.jpg)



lol for *****'s sake get a dx9 card http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Micki!]

Isn't anyone playing with anti aliasing..?

[Decker]

0marTheZealot said:
lol for *****'s sake get a dx9 card http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



That particular screeny looks just fine, IMO.

[Paroxysm]

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/5931/cooks.jpg

http://img92.exs.cx/img92/3584/eli1.jpg
I didn't even notice he only had one leg first play through!

[DudeMiester]

You'd think with all that technology around he could get a better leg.

[Mountain Man]

Micki! said:
Isn't anyone playing with anti aliasing..?


AA is a waste of processing power. Much better to spend those clock cycles keeping your framerates up.

[Damien_Azreal]

Isn't anyone playing with anti aliasing..?




I am, the game auto set it to 4x. I turned it off for a little while and didn't notice a change in performance so I turned it back on.

[Damien_Azreal]

Here ya go, AAx4, AFx8 and everything else at high.

[Damien_Azreal]

And one more...

[Klaus Kinski]

http://img102.exs.cx/img102/8625/d2_coast_050001.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=d2_coast_050001.jpg)
Say goodbye, f*cker! I did his with all of them. They were not at all as annoying as I thought they'd be.

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/2025/d2_coast_050004.th.jpg (http://img59.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img59&image=d2_coast_050004.jpg)
It's almost like bowling, just with people instead of pins.

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/2333/d2_coast_120000.th.jpg (http://img59.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img59&image=d2_coast_120000.jpg)
Doesn't that look very familiar?

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/8297/d3_c17_06b0002.th.jpg (http://img70.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img70&image=d3_c17_06b0002.jpg)
Speaking of familiar, remember these two?

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/3599/d1_town_010012.th.jpg (http://img70.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img70&image=d1_town_010012.jpg)
I actually considered shooting him, being afraid he could get the weird idea that I'm one of them and need to be hooked up. He is batshit insane.

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/2852/d1_trainstation_010011.th.jpg (http://img62.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img62&image=d1_trainstation_010011.jpg)
Not as funny as the chefs but it really made me smile.

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/6081/d3_c17_10a0011.th.jpg (http://img70.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img70&image=d3_c17_10a0011.jpg)
At the moment this screenshot was made, this womn looked as if she was thinking my thoughts.
"Does this Breen idiot seriously think that I'm not going to kick his ass?"

[Mountain Man]

Really, the only time I notice AA is in screenshots. If the gameplay isn't captivating enough that I have time to notice the presence of slight "jaggies" then it's not a game that I'm likely to continue playing anyway.

[Damien_Azreal]

Mountain Man said:
Really, the only time I notice AA is in screenshots. If the gameplay isn't captivating enough that I have time to notice the presence of slight "jaggies" then it's not a game that I'm likely to continue playing anyway.



I know what you mean, I usually never use AA in any game. But it auto set it that way so I just started the game. I got curious and turned it off... and it played just as smooth, so I turned it back on.

When it was off I didn't notice that much of a differance, like you said, I was really into the game. I'm justt happy to finally be playing HL2, and play it this smooth with everything on. Valve did a great job optimizing this game.

[Beelze]

Klaus Kinski said:
http://img70.exs.cx/img70/8297/d3_c17_06b0002.th.jpg (http://img70.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img70&image=d3_c17_06b0002.jpg)
Speaking of familiar, remember these two?



Seeing those two again, doing the exactly same thing, only dressed up for war, made me laugh out loud! The Valve guys are comical geniouses! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Daveman]

0marTheZealot said:

Daveman said:
Freeman's Rough Riders. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

http://img109.exs.cx/img109/4641/d3_c17_120006.th.jpg (http://img109.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img109&image=d3_c17_120006.jpg)



lol for *****'s sake get a dx9 card http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



I will be tonight! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif

Happy birthday David!http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif

EDIT: Screenies!

Spolier!
http://img126.exs.cx/img126/1610/d3_breen_010062.th.jpg (http://img126.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img126&image=d3_breen_010062.jpg)

http://img126.exs.cx/img126/4234/d3_breen_010045.th.jpg (http://img126.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img126&image=d3_breen_010045.jpg)

^That' one's a real credit to the facial animations. You can really see Judith having a hard time with what's going on and it even foreshadows a bit.

[Mountain Man]

Check out the attention to detail in this shot!

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/3875/d2_coast_070000.th.jpg (http://img115.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img115&image=d2_coast_070000.jpg)

[Daveman]

Shaders = complete win btw, as I just learned tonight.http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif

[ADM]

The dog wouldn't let me have MY ball http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://img85.exs.cx/img85/6396/d1_eli_020055.th.jpg (http://img85.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img85&image=d1_eli_020055.jpg)

[Sayantan]

ADM, is that Alyx at the right hand side, at the far-most corner? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I haven't played it yet. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

[ADM]

Yeah it is.. you'll see what happens there when you play it up to that point. Don't worry that shot isn't spoiling anything at all http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Klaus Kinski]

Sayantan said:
I haven't played it yet. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif


Are you totally nuts? Do you want the game to be totally spoiled for you? This forum, especialy this thread, is total spoiler zone. This thread evenh contains screenshots from the end!
Tkae my advice pal, if you don't want it to be spoiled, don't look at this thread.

[Damien_Azreal]

Bike! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

Ya know HL2 is almost a poster child for safe sex...


"Practice safe sex, crabs can lead to a very bad thing."

[London_Midge]

Is the significance of this explained somewhere in the game?

[Opus131]

Maybe the guy in the photo is Dr. Breen ?!?

Alyx mentions how the doctor isn't too fond of Breen...

[Klaus Kinski]

Where did you find that picture? Black Mesa East? Kleiner's lab?

[London_Midge]

I believe it was Kleiner's lab, the second time you go there, but it was taken yesterday, so I can't be 100% sure.

My first thought was Dr. Breen, as well, but it was nothing more than a guess. I just wondered if I had missed something.

[Klaus Kinski]

I would say it's Breen. Gordon, Vance and Kleiner are on the photo. Breen would fit very well.

[Opus131]

London_Midge said:
I believe it was Kleiner's lab, the second time you go there



I think it's there the first time as well, it's the key to the secret compartment where Kleiner's teleporter is.

It's hanging tilted, but if you set it straight it opens or closes the door...

[X-Vector]

Gamershell has some screenshots up: http://www.gamershell.com/pc/half_life_2/screenshots.html

When I saw this (http://www.gamershell.com/pc/half_life_2/screenshots.html?id=127)one, I was instantly reminded of Quake (click image to enlarge).

[Sayantan]

Klaus Kinski said:

Sayantan said:
I haven't played it yet. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif


Are you totally nuts? Do you want the game to be totally spoiled for you? This forum, especialy this thread, is total spoiler zone. This thread evenh contains screenshots from the end!
Tkae my advice pal, if you don't want it to be spoiled, don't look at this thread.



Okie Dokie http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif I didn't see anything; nor shall I see any more. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif
Thanx for pointing that out. I didn't realize it before and was blindly browsing the forums. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Beelze]

I thought I'd take some nice pictures, so I turned all graphical options to max and increased my resolution to 1600x1200. The amazing thing was that the game still ran at acceptable framerates (I wish I could've gotten the console to work so I could've checked the number of FPS... but it felt alright)! My computer basically consists of a P4 2Ghz processor, 512Mb RAM, and a Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb. In my opinion Half-Life 2 is the best-looking FPS to date (wonderful shaders and textures, and overall a great art direction!), and had I tried to max everything in Doom 3 (at 1600x1200) my computer would've simply ceased to exist. The guys at Valve have greatly optimized this game!

Anyway, here are comes the screenshots...

The eerie Citadel, standing tall amidst the clouds...
http://img56.exs.cx/img56/8789/12340.th.jpg (http://img56.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img56&image=12340.jpg)

The Combine are about to begin one of their routine 'razzias'...
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/647/12000.th.jpg (http://img60.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img60&image=12000.jpg)

Now, now, be still while I break this bottle upon your head!
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/49/12003.th.jpg (http://img60.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img60&image=12003.jpg)

The milkman's nemesis!
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/5824/3343.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3343.jpg)

Will DNF's wood textures be better?
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/9876/12007.th.jpg (http://img60.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img60&image=12007.jpg)

Catch me if you can!
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/1968/12008.th.jpg (http://img60.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img60&image=12008.jpg)

People are terrified of the ever-expanding wall, but at least the oil companies are doing good!
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/8938/3344.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3344.jpg)

I can't decide what I love the most in games: crates or vending machines!
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/5494/3346.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3346.jpg)

Dr. Kleiner perusing his laboratory...
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/8870/3347.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3347.jpg)

There's no denying that Gordon is the master switch-flipper...
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/5725/3349.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3349.jpg)

<font color="red">THE FOLLOWING SCREENSHOTS ARE OF THE LAST PART OF THE GAME</font>

About to enter the Citadel at its base...
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/1333/3356.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3356.jpg)

OMG! WTF!? BBQ!!
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/655/3359.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3359.jpg)

All Your Weapons Are Belong To Us!
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/954/3362.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3362.jpg)

'There is no spoon' and 'use the force'? Meh, I'd rather pull out the 'Zero Point Energy Gun'!
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/8432/3363.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=3363.jpg)



... Truly a beautiful game.

[Mountain Man]

Just made it to Nova Prospekt:

http://img35.exs.cx/img35/7908/d2_prison_20001.th.jpg (http://img35.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img35&image=d2_prison_20001.jpg)

http://img35.exs.cx/img35/58/d2_prison_020001.th.jpg (http://img35.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img35&image=d2_prison_020001.jpg)

This level really reminds of the original Half-Life. Very cool environments and great gameplay!

[Ruger]

I think Dr. Kleiner's idol must be Dr. Emmett Brown. Observe:

Half-Life 2
http://img102.exs.cx/img102/2373/d1_trainstation_50001.th.jpg (http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=d1_trainstation_50001.jpg)

Back to The Future
http://img58.exs.cx/img58/715/PDVD_43.th.jpg (http://img58.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img58&image=PDVD_43.jpg)

Anyone else pick up on this? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Klaus Kinski]

LOL
No, I would've never noticed it. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[gamejunkie]

So that explains Kleiner saying "Great Scott!" http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Daveman]

gamejunkie said:
So that explains Kleiner saying "Great Scott!" http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Warmaster129]

http://ourworld.cs.com/helshin/gmansmile2.JPG

[Klaus Kinski]

LOL
How did you make that?

[Warmaster129]

Klaus Kinski said:
LOL
How did you make that?


I didn't. I've seen it at both the HL2World forums and the Penny-Arcade forums. However, it's pretty simple to make similar stuff: the leak contained the face poser program. You can just load up the media actually released in it. Or you could just wait for the full SDK which will contain the face poser.

EDIT: While we're on the topic of funny faces:
http://otcs.vugaming.com/images/wiselydone.jpg

[Daveman]

You can do that in the XSI modeling tools that were released a long time ago.

[Klaus Kinski]

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about those. Maybe I should download them. Imagine the possibilities.
*sigh* Alyx....
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Raidomarek]

gravity gun+radiator= big badass zombie +3 free spiders go down in one shot

[Klaus Kinski]

Good to know!
Damn, I relied way too much on conventional weapons in Ravenholm.

[abnormal]

...

[Micki!]

abnormal said:
...



"Hey, Who are you..? how did you get in here..?" http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
(I've seen it by one of my friends...)

[abnormal]

hehehe, jah

[Beelze]

"For a moment, I was sure the man I saw was..." Breen says, as he turns around and sees the player who's reappeared, "... Gordon Freeman..."

I loved that moment. Call it cliche or whatever, but I felt it was a nice addition. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[abnormal]

yeah it was hecka cool. i wanna know who he was talkin too. maybe we get too find out in hl3.

[Mountain Man]

Beelze said:
"For a moment, I was sure the man I saw was..." Breen says, as he turns around and sees the player who's reappeared, "... Gordon Freeman..."

I loved that moment. Call it cliche or whatever, but I felt it was a nice addition. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


Actually, it's my favorite moment in the game. I like the monitors did a little double-take before Breen turned around.

[supermeerkat]

I've been getting quite a few graphical glitches in Sand Traps:

[Gryph]

How come you already have the crowbar there? Don't you get it afterwards?

[Mountain Man]

Let me guess, you have an ATI card.

[Beelze]

Mountain Man said:

Beelze said:
"For a moment, I was sure the man I saw was..." Breen says, as he turns around and sees the player who's reappeared, "... Gordon Freeman..."

I loved that moment. Call it cliche or whatever, but I felt it was a nice addition. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


Actually, it's my favorite moment in the game. I like the monitors did a little double-take before Breen turned around.


No ending spoilers although I mention the ending
But you haven't finished the game yet, right? You should like the ending scene too. It's spectacular in its own right. I've rewatched it several times now.

[Klaus Kinski]

http://img46.exs.cx/img46/2549/d2_coast_030016.th.jpg (http://img46.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img46&image=d2_coast_030016.jpg)
This Vortigaunt won't stop talking. But you have to defeat the gunship first.

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/4367/d1_eli_020004.th.jpg (http://img31.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img31&image=d1_eli_020004.jpg)
This you will recognize. It lies on the ledge you see in the upper left corner of the screenshot. A second one can be found near the "Beware of DOG" sign on the floor.

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/1392/d1_trainstation_050002.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=d1_trainstation_050002.jpg)
"Cat? What cat?"

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/7937/d2_coast_010000.th.jpg (http://img18.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img18&image=d2_coast_010000.jpg)
Now what is wrong with this picture?

http://img105.exs.cx/img105/657/d3_c17_030001.th.jpg (http://img105.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img105&image=d3_c17_030001.jpg)
No statue of Saddam Hussein but at least nobody's gonna claim it's faked.

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/6487/d3_c17_080003.th.jpg (http://img124.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img124&image=d3_c17_080003.jpg)
Lunch time!

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/6486/d3_c17_130017.th.jpg (http://img124.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img124&image=d3_c17_130017.jpg)
Beware of DOG!

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4017/d3_citadel_020020.th.jpg (http://img124.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img124&image=d3_citadel_020020.jpg)
I guess I'd be in trouble if they'd notice me...

[supermeerkat]

Mountain Man said:
Let me guess, you have an ATI card.



Yes I have. An 9800 Pro. Your reply indicates that these type of bugs are not uneard of..?

I've seen another glitch: at the level set beneath the rail bridge, where you have to jump around on girders to make it across to the other side to turn the force field off. When I completed my task, and was in the last room in the bridge, that led to the outside world I found that I could make a chair appear and dissapear when I stood in a door frame and moved slightly forwards and backwards.

[Damien_Azreal]

Now what is wrong with this picture?



Yeah, I noticed that to... the buggy has the power to project it's shadow?


"Cat? What cat?"




That was funny as hell. I love how Barney was during the experiment. "I can't look." And later in the game when he comes back... "Did you hear a cat?" http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mountain Man]

supermeerkat said:

Mountain Man said:
Let me guess, you have an ATI card.


Yes I have. An 9800 Pro. Your reply indicates that these type of bugs are not uneard of..?


Radeon has never been known for making bullet-proof drivers.

[Damien_Azreal]

"I'm so pretty..." http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

I just think this is a cool pic of Dog, it may be a little dark though.

[Mister_Lynyrd]

Snapped a pic of the G man at the beginning... added a little logo and now this is my wallpaper...

[Mountain Man]

The Citadel!

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/9262/hl2_citadel.th.jpg (http://img100.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img100&image=hl2_citadel.jpg)

I just love the way it stretches towards the sky.

[Rider]

Damien_Azreal said:
I just think this is a cool pic of Dog, it may be a little dark though.



what kind of Graphics card do you have? That shot looks SO much more awesome then anything I get here!

and hail to everyone who made the G-man looked funny!

[Klaus Kinski]

Well, I guess he has a DX9 card and you don't. DOG doesn't look like that with my GeForce4 either.

[Damien_Azreal]

what kind of Graphics card do you have? That shot looks SO much more awesome then anything I get here!




128 MB ATI Radeon x800 SE

I want to upgrade to one with more RAM, but I'm gonna wait until the 512 MB cards start coming out.

Oh and I love this screen, I was even listening to this band while I was playing. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

White Zombie...

[Killd a ton]

Trashed some cars with a gunship http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

hej http://cubed.dk/nobody/stuff/d2_coast_040000.jpg

(how do you make thumb nails)

[GambitMR]

seems imageshack doesn´t like me / my browser
and I´m way to tired to be fiddling with it even a bit more

so here goes
GF2Ti owns y0 (http://www.gambitmr.de/hl2/hl2.html)

sorry for the poor webspace

[codefish]

Well, I decided to start playing HL2 all over again, but when I fired up the first level, I noticed something somewhat... peculiar.. about the character models. Seems like Source has been smoking some heavy stuff

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/4844/d1_trainstation_10001.th.jpg (http://img99.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img99&image=d1_trainstation_10001.jpg)

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/4656/d1_trainstation_10003.th.jpg (http://img99.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img99&image=d1_trainstation_10003.jpg)

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[gamejunkie]

Hmm, what card do you have and do you have it overclocked?

[codefish]

gamejunkie said:
Hmm, what card do you have and do you have it overclocked?



Good ol' GeForce3 64 MiB. No overclocking of any kind. Never experienced the problem before, either

[Agulf]

Me preparing to kill a huge thing I just know is comming.

Btw, to turn the turrets back up I dropped them on a element.
And yes, It worked. A bit to well tho as they really wanted to kill me to ^^..

[Agulf]

hmm I had that to, and im on a GeForce4 MX 440:

[Agulf]

I have to many screens. :/

Heres a few things I cut out of my screens to save space:

1. Resting combine
2. Zombie with bruised knee (poor thing :/)
3. Physics can be dangerous. For you.
4. Me and my bike almost at Nova Prospect. (I dont know exactly where I found that bike but I had it I think 1-2 levels before sandtraps on top of my buggy ^^

[Mountain Man]

You encounter this area near the beginning of the game. It's a gorgeous shot:

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/2617/hl2_trainstation.th.jpg (http://img116.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img116&image=hl2_trainstation.jpg)

This is the kind of image that makes people say, "Wait, is that a render or in-game?"

[NutWrench]

Don't piss off Dog! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
(1024x768. Click attachment for full size)

[SolarFlux]

hahamuha, oh my word (http://www.adamlouis.com/screenie.jpg)
(he was up there for awhile)

[NutWrench]

Agulf said:
Me preparing to kill a huge thing I just know is comming.



That's what I thought as soon as I saw that room, too: "Here comes a boss fight!"

[NetNessie]

Agulf said:
hmm I had that to, and im on a GeForce4 MX 440:



Why the hell does it do that?

[Rider]

NetNessie said:

Agulf said:
hmm I had that to, and im on a GeForce4 MX 440:



Why the hell does it do that?



because the card sucks? Seriously, I had one (traded it for a GeForce FX5500) and it glitched on me all the time!

cooling it down tends to decrease those odds though...

[Damien_Azreal]

I love this one... but it's a little dark.

[Enragiated]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/asshat11/owned.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/asshat11/gmanowned.jpg


OMGGGGG LOLZERZ THEY'RE OWN3D

[Agulf]

Hehe it's so obvious. And, if you checked some cameras way back - you se a fight there with the thing and some guys. Something really bad is - if you jump up on that railing and then go back, you will se the thing spawned and can shoot it... :/

heres two more:

Matrix

[Agulf]

Ouch.

[Agulf]

Do you have the original screen?
He semes to have lost his shoulder.

Anyways -set as wallpaper- good job http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Jokke_r]

here comes a bunch of my shots i took just 5mins ago while playing...

Taken on my normal Graphics settings: 1280x960 2xAA 2xAF, everything in game set to highest.
Images resized in photoshop to 1024x768 and some of them have had a little bit of boosted brightnes.

Barney (http://img44.exs.cx/img44/3470/d3_c17_10a0019.jpg)

The Nexus Building (http://img125.exs.cx/img125/3949/d3_c17_10a0020.jpg)

Light (http://img125.exs.cx/img125/221/d3_c17_080001.jpg)

Crowbar In The Dark (http://img125.exs.cx/img125/4518/d3_c17_080006.jpg)

Hero of The Day (http://img125.exs.cx/img125/7121/d3_c17_090014.jpg)

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[FireFly]

Wow. Some of those screenshots look post processed.

[Jokke_r]

Funnily enough they aren't. Only thing i'v done was to add little brightness over the whole image because it was too dark (the barney and the sewer image)

[Roma Loom]

Not a screeny but... beautiful...
Gordon Freeman (http://www.anry.ru/gallery/gordon_freeman/gordon_freeman_eng.htm)

[Killd a ton]

I i just got my hands on hl2:dm, had a loot of fun playing with the grevgun. here a shot here i hamstered all objects in the level.
http://cubed.dk/nobody/stuff/dm_lockdown0008.jpg
aparent ly when you put enugh stuff in one place they will glue to geather like magnets and you can just place new things on the side of the stack, it started when i had about 60% of all the objects in the leven.

Some one got in my way so i took the libaraty to beat him up.
http://cubed.dk/nobody/stuff/dm_lockdown0001.jpg

actualy i ended up with a score of around 100/200 had an avrage of 10 enamys threw out the game with lasted over and houre maby too http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif .

[NutWrench]

Any idea what these guys are called?

[scorpion]

First step is a big one http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.

[Mountain Man]

Do you have ragdoll collisions enabled in that shot, and if so, how did you enable it?

[kylemf88]

Do you have ragdoll collisions enabled in that shot, and if so, how did you enable it?




Yeah, I want to know 2

[FireFly]

From memory, I think the command is cl_ragdollcollide 1.

[ShepMode]

London_Midge said:
Is the significance of this explained somewhere in the game?



Holy *****! Isn't the guy on the far right the G-man?

[Mountain Man]

FireFly said:
From memory, I think the command is cl_ragdollcollide 1.


That works for Counter Strike: Source, but I've not had much luck getting it to work in Half-Life 2.

[FireFly]

Oh, ok.

[Fat John]

Mountain Man said:

FireFly said:
From memory, I think the command is cl_ragdollcollide 1.


That works for Counter Strike: Source, but I've not had much luck getting it to work in Half-Life 2.



maybe try sv_cheats 1 first

[Outlaw]

I thought this was rather funny http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[NutWrench]

I thought this looked rather nice. (1024x768, click attachment for full size)

[scorpion]

Just so everyone knows the code is cl_ragdoll_collide 1

[Mountain Man]

Hooray! I got it working!

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/5949/1a-d1_canals_080001.th.jpg (http://img20.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img20&image=1a-d1_canals_080001.jpg)

I didn't know you needed to enable "sv_cheats 1" before using the cl_ragdoll_collide command. If you want this to be the default, create a file called "autoexec.cfg" in your ~\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\user_name\half-life 2\hl2\cfg directory and enter the following:

sv_cheats 1
cl_ragdoll_collide 1
Now, those commands will be executed every time you run Half-Life 2!

[Daveman]

EDIT:

Imageshack doesn't like 3drubb today. Or the other way around. Odd.

Anyway, I had a 15-2 score at one point and later on a 63-16 score. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

Just a cool looking shot. My friend asked me if it was actualy in game or a cut scene. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

I can fly!! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Beelze]

Outlaw, what do you have to do to get that message when you die? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[FireFly]

Jump off a cliff.

[Outlaw]

FireFly said:
Jump off a cliff.



Well not all cliffs, most cliffs you simply die. Actually it happend right after I took down that gunship wich comes crashing down on you. I was throwing all the cars of the cliff and wanted to take a screeny then I kinda tripped and fell and I got that message http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[NutWrench]

Ravenwood (1024x768. Click attachment for full size)

[Mountain Man]

NutWrench said:
Ravenwood (1024x768. Click attachment for full size)


I believe the name of the town is "Ravenholm".

But it is a nice screenshot.

[Damien_Azreal]

I just love the lighting on this guy.

[kylemf88]

Me and my friend enjoy this shot.

[Mountain Man]

A couple of more.

Has anybody every been able to make a basket? I'm curious if anything special happens.

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/8572/n2yd1eli020000.th.jpg (http://img30.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img30&image=n2yd1eli020000.jpg)

Does anybody know the significance of this?

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/2457/q7bd1town010001.th.jpg (http://img30.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img30&image=q7bd1town010001.jpg)

[Damien_Azreal]

Has anybody every been able to make a basket? I'm curious if anything special happens.




I tried but was never able to get the right arc on it. I was always curious is Alyx would say anything specific.


Here's another one.

[NutWrench]

Barney!
(1024x768. Click attachment for full size)

[John]

Mountain Man said:
A couple of more.

Has anybody every been able to make a basket? I'm curious if anything special happens.

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/8572/n2yd1eli020000.th.jpg (http://img30.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img30&image=n2yd1eli020000.jpg)

Does anybody know the significance of this?

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/2457/q7bd1town010001.th.jpg (http://img30.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img30&image=q7bd1town010001.jpg)



The second picture is quite interesting, actually. Maybe the story behind it is a rare combine having a heart.

[Tommyboy]

For those of you who haven't yet seen all the G-man Spottings: http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182302

Fun.

[Mountain Man]

John said:
http://img30.exs.cx/img30/2457/q7bd1town010001.th.jpg (http://img30.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img30&image=q7bd1town010001.jpg)

The second picture is quite interesting, actually. Maybe the story behind it is a rare combine having a heart.


The word in the graffiti looks like "CASTE". A quick check at dictionary.com yielded some interesting results:

1 Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.
2 A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.
3a A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.
3b The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes: lose caste by doing work beneath one's station.

I'm not exactly sure how that corresponds with the image of a Combine trooper cradling a baby. I assume the image was created by the Resistence, so are they saying they recognize their position in the eyes of the Combine?

[Beelze]

NutWrench said:
Any idea what these guys are called?


Found them while browsing through models in the model viewer - apparently they're called "synths".

[bonch]

The lighting in HL2 beats the pants off the competitors. Radiosity, ambient lighting, and soft-shadowing really make things gorgeous.

I was so impressed, I took screenshots during my run through the game. Keep in mind, these were taken on my second home computer that only has an Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 (the line of cards Valve supposedly gypped):

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d1_eli_020001.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d1_eli_020001.JPG)
It's going to be hard to accept less realistic character animation after this.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d1_town_01a0002.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d1_town_01a0002.JPG)
I love these things! Ravenholm had the best atmosphere of any PC game I've played this year.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d1_trainstation_020000.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d1_trainstation_020000.JPG)
Fantastic texture work even in mundane locations.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d2_prison_060007.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d2_prison_060007.JPG)
http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d2_prison_060009.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d2_prison_060009.JPG)
http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d2_prison_080041.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d2_prison_080041.JPG)
More of Alyx.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d2_prison_060013.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d2_prison_060013.JPG)
Creepy Nova Prospekt. It looks like a concept drawing. I've never played a game where the imagery was as good as the concept sketches that inspired it.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_breen_010025.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_breen_010025.JPG)
Being taken to you know who.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_070053.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_070053.JPG)
Let's hear it for architecture.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_080056.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_080056.JPG)
The textures, Duke, the textures!

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_080062.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_080062.JPG)
Amazing light going on in that room. Thank you, radiosity.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_080075.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_080075.JPG)
Two guys pinned to the wall. Nice. Ow.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_120004.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_120004.JPG)
http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_120005.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_120005.JPG)
http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_120006.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_120006.JPG)
Every facial expression in this game was fantastic.

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_citadel_010014.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_citadel_010014.JPG)
Heading somewhere bad...

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_citadel_010019.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_citadel_010019.JPG)
Staring at the sky (won't get another glimpse of it for a while).

http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/thumb_d3_c17_010042.jpg (http://www.scaredlittleboy.org/uploads/d3_c17_010042.JPG)
Yeah. It rocks.

[Mountain Man]

Great shots, dude!

[Tommyboy]

Indeed, he seems to have mastered the art of zooming in on people's heads while they're doing nothing particularly interesting and taking pictures of the most mundane aspects of the game.

[Mountain Man]

You obviously have no appreciation for the rules of photographic composition.

[Tommyboy]

That must be it, you clever you.

[Joe Siegler]

Killd a ton said:
I i just got my hands on hl2:dm, had a loot of fun playing with the grevgun. here a shot here i hamstered all objects in the level.
http://cubed.dk/nobody/stuff/dm_lockdown0008.jpg




That's pretty funny. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[bonch]

Tommyboy said:
Indeed, he seems to have mastered the art of zooming in on people's heads while they're doing nothing particularly interesting and taking pictures of the most mundane aspects of the game.



You're right. A measly two characters.

The rest was just neat little things like good textures or aesthetic imagery I liked. But thanks for the productive comments. Sheesh, you don't even like the hula girl? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

MM: Incidentally, I'm a photographer by day. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Duoae]

Joe3DR said:

Killd a ton said:
I i just got my hands on hl2:dm, had a loot of fun playing with the grevgun. here a shot here i hamstered all objects in the level.
http://cubed.dk/nobody/stuff/dm_lockdown0008.jpg




That's pretty funny. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



Yep, me and a friend have been playing 1v1 DM against each other.... only to have it degenerate into making houses or whatever. In the street level, we got all the physics objects into that little room inbetween the second floor of the central building and the third floor of the central building where the rocket launcher is. We then proceeded to throw in grenades and dark matter balls as well as rockets to see how much we could shift stuff around.

[Mountain Man]

Gabe Newell always said the physics system was like a game within a game!

[NutWrench]

Half Life 2 has some of the nicest water I've even seen. The outdoor shots look even better than this one. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Mister_Lynyrd]

http://img60.exs.cx/img60/9889/hl2saw9zi.th.jpg (http://img60.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img60&image=hl2saw9zi.jpg)

[scorpion]

wweeeee

[Rider]

scorpion said:
wweeeee



get a videocard http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[scorpion]

So sue me i messed up the pic by accident http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif.

[toadsponge]

Mister_Lynyrd said:
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/9889/hl2saw9zi.th.jpg (http://img60.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img60&image=hl2saw9zi.jpg)



Best pic so far. Nothing but kickass.

[gamejunkie]

Yeah, HL2's graphics are decent, the gameplay and physics are great. Even though Doom 3 lacked on the two areas HL2 succeeded in, Doom 3's graphics are far superior than HL2's.

Don't get me wrong, though. I still like HL2 http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[NutWrench]

Nice "beauty" shot from Water Hazard. Parts of this game remind me how I felt when I played Unreal for the first time.
(1024x768. Click attachment for full size)

[John]

gamejunkie said:
Yeah, HL2's graphics are decent, the gameplay and physics are great. Even though Doom 3 lacked on the two areas HL2 succeeded in, Doom 3's graphics are far superior than HL2's.

Don't get me wrong, though. I still like HL2 http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif



The thing is, iD spent their whole development time making "great graphics", but the game wasn't fun. Valve did the right thing. Plus, Source's graphics are actually capable of many things, and the ingame graphics arent bad at all.

[Daveman]

Rider said:

scorpion said:
wweeeee



get a videocard http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif



lol my thoughts exactly http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif

[Mountain Man]

The aftermath of clearing a roadblock with the gravity gun.

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/6959/d2coast0400002bk.th.jpg (http://img69.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img69&image=d2coast0400002bk.jpg)

The interesting thing about this particular area (the roadblock that forces you to battle the gunship) is that the water is shallow at the base of this cliff whereas it's deeper most every where else, and there's a nice vantage point from which you can admire your handy work (and from where I captured this screenshot). It's like Valve is sitting with the gamer saying, "What kind of cool stuff would you like to do and see? You want to fling all the cars over the cliff and easily view the results? O.K., you can do that."

It's little touches like this that convinces me that Valve understand gamers better than most developers.

[DudeMiester]

I used the gravity gun to climb to high places:

[TopDan]

How did you do that... The gravity gun is used to pick up stuff right.


Here, they stole the buggy. Why the hell would they do that ?

[0marTheZealot]

Probably for analysis

[ADM]

Ok firstly I absolutely loved this part in the game.. it shows off the great emotion animations they have and also I just love the little glints in her eye. Great detail:

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/6421/d2prison0700090wp.th.jpg (http://img66.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img66&image=d2prison0700090wp.jpg)

Next up.. I decided I didn't like the floor texture, so I painted one myself http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8262/d2prison0700119tc.th.jpg (http://img66.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img66&image=d2prison0700119tc.jpg)

[John]

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I remember painting a whole room once, completely white.

If only they had other colors. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[ADM]

Yeah true.. I'd redecorate the rooms there http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

But what suprises me the most is how much paint these cans can carry! Talk about value for money http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Rider]

John said:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I remember painting a whole room once, completely white.

If only they had other colors. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif



it wouldn't be too hard to make a paintball mod I guess...

[NutWrench]

Dr Kleiner's lab. He has a pet headcrab named Lamar who he also refers to as 'Heddy' http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
(Hedy Lamar (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001443/) was also the name of a 1940's movie actress).

Early in the game, Lamar gets accidentally teleported to a nice beach where he is happily catching crows to eat. He somehow makes it back safely and makes two more brief appearences. (One at the end of the credits.)

[ADM]

Where's lamar? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Seriously http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[NutWrench]

ADM said:
Where's lamar? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Seriously http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif



When Alyx and Gordon teleport back from Nova Prospect, you can see Lamar next to Dr Kleiner, peeking around the sliding door.

He shows up one more time at the end of the credits. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[ADM]

He should get his own game, that's for sure! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Daveman]

NutWrench said:
Dr Kleiner's lab. He has a pet headcrab named Lamar who he also refers to as 'Heddy' http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
(Hedy Lamar (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001443/) was also the name of a 1940's movie actress).




It's Hedley!
[/vague]

[JonoF]

Here are my favourite desktop-ready screenshots taken as I play it through the second time: http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/
More will come as I continue to play.

Jonathon

[NutWrench]

Alyx!

[ADM]

JonoF said:
Here are my favourite desktop-ready screenshots taken as I play it through the second time: http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/
More will come as I continue to play.

Jonathon



Hey nice shots!

I can't choose which one to use though.. either one of these:

http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_canals_060003.png
http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_canals_110000.png
http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_eli_010004.png

Help http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Mountain Man]

NutWrench said:
Alyx!


http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Rider]

ADM said:

JonoF said:
Here are my favourite desktop-ready screenshots taken as I play it through the second time: http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/
More will come as I continue to play.

Jonathon



Hey nice shots!

I can't choose which one to use though.. either one of these:

http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_canals_060003.png
http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_canals_110000.png
http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_eli_010004.png

Help http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif



second one is mine!

[ADM]

That was my first choice too http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Might use it as well http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Mountain Man]

My current wallpaper:

http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/misc/hl2/d1_canals_110001.png

[NutWrench]

Got stuck here for a little while. The gunship crashed in the exact spot that I needed to get through!

[Mountain Man]

Possibly my most favorite moment in the whole game:

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/9726/092kj.th.jpg (http://img31.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img31&image=092kj.jpg)

[Mister_Lynyrd]

Mountain Man said:
Possibly my most favorite moment in the whole game:

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/9726/092kj.th.jpg (http://img31.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img31&image=092kj.jpg)



...you're just an old softy, MM http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[DudeMiester]

I just want to stress, she's not real, don't get your hopes up, you're not going to get laid. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[NutWrench]

G-Man!

[kylemf88]

I just love half life 2's textures. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

A little sunshine...

[Damien_Azreal]

There's just a lot of emotion here...

[kylemf88]

... you got a lil something on your face.

[scorpion]

Damien_Azreal said:
A little sunshine...


And a little more.

[NutWrench]

Ravenholm.

[soft]

NutWrench said:
Ravenholm.


damn ravenholm is friggin cool http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
i love that part of the game
i just can't stop playing that part http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
i love the end when the guy just stay killing zombies and stuff http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[NutWrench]

Me too. I felt bad about killing all those headcrab guys, though. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

The fast headcrab zombies were scarey http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Mountain Man]

Father Gregory is da man!

And another screenie. I love the way these things kick up dust:

http://img159.exs.cx/img159/8315/d2coast1200000gc.th.jpg (http://img159.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img159&image=d2coast1200000gc.jpg)

[Tommyboy]

kylemf88 said:
... you got a lil something on your face.

Ha, funny pic.

[Jblade]

Seeing all of those destroyed buildings definitly enforced the feel that this really was a massive revolution and not just a tiny uprising.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/Jstanf35/scale.jpg

[Jokke_r]

damn g-man has even better skin quality than me... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

DAAMN Y00 ACNE!

[Mountain Man]

The mighty Citadel!

http://img150.exs.cx/img150/6592/d3citadel0100012xs.th.jpg (http://img150.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img150&image=d3citadel0100012xs.jpg)

On the inside...

http://img146.exs.cx/img146/8674/d3citadel0200025xh.th.jpg (http://img146.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img146&image=d3citadel0200025xh.jpg)

[Talos]

no comment http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[jimbob]

TaloS said:
no comment http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

i just was there, about an hour or so ago http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[NutWrench]

Has anyone tried the "mini-teleporter" in Dr Kleiner's lab? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[ADM]

aww I missed that http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[NutWrench]

You can start the game at the 'Red Letter Day' chapter if you want to see it quickly.

I tried removing the cactus and teleporting other stuff, like books and it still works. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[FireFly]

Then try teleporting something a little too big.

[Rider]

FireFly said:
Then try teleporting something a little too big.



I busted it by using it too much http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

oh and if you happen to check that out, make sure to take a gawk at the big board on the wall <table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">wich opens when Kleiner leads you into the teleport room</td></tr></table>

[luke88]

How many people saw this?
http://img56.exs.cx/img56/9310/d1trainstation0200053ry.jpg
It makes a funny baby noise when you pick it up http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[jimbob]

i carried it with me for a while http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Shaam]

Anybody tried this.

[luke88]

Shaam said:
Anybody tried this.


What's that then? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[lonestar]

Q:
where is breen? (http://www.horsti.pinguinhoehle.de/~palpatine/lonestar/homepages/imagegallery/pics/where_is_breen.jpg)

A:
there is breen? (http://www.horsti.pinguinhoehle.de/~palpatine/lonestar/homepages/imagegallery/pics/there_is_breen.JPG)

[luke88]

http://img71.exs.cx/img71/9803/breenbastard7gn.jpg

[Shaam]

luke88 said:

Shaam said:
Anybody tried this.


What's that then? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif



Use the turrent as a weapon. Run to the bad guy holding the turrent, it will shoot them. No ammo wasted. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Nacho]

"This is where I get off."

[Talos]

First time trough i didn't even notice the doc has a huge monitor up there - Now on my third time trough i know how to use the environment to get to places you're not supposed to be http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif

[NutWrench]

GMan

[NutWrench]

Another GMan

[NutWrench]

One more

[Tommyboy]

Aren't those just caps from the E3 video?

[Talos]

Just had the most weird bug ever... 2 Alyx's!! It happened in Nova Prospekt 2 times when i took an autogun to the next loading point, everytime the load was done another alyx would pop up and follow me...

[Daveman]

Happened to me too!

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Only one has a gun though http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Mountain Man]

TaloS said:
2 Alyx's!!


http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[kylemf88]

Most of you have probably seen this but I will post it anyways. Its a faimily picture and its the only time you see alyx's mother.

[Nacho]

^ This is ^

Proof that the pic in Gordans locker in HL1 is Alyx as a bavy.

[DiscoDave]

I finally finished the game! Here's a bunch of shots I took and have reduced in size for ease of posting. I have some comments/questions regarding them as follows:

Images 1 and 2: I found this throughout the sewers levels. A large object would not reflect, and objects behind the object could be seen in the water. This is particularly obvious in the first shot. Is this a driver glitch, or did everyone find this problem?
Image 3: This shot is from the large train bridge. Does anyone know how to (if possible) get into the 3rd story of this building? There are no stairs and I couldn't fit through the windows to get out on the roof.
Images 4 and 5: These are split between this and the following post. I experienced a lot of 'pop-up' as I travelled the HL2 world. In the distance I could see a wrecked car (img4) but when I zoomed in to see the details, a rock 'popped' up and blocked my view.

[DiscoDave]

Here's a few more.

Image 6: I found this graffiti somewhere in the city levels. I think it is a reference to the G-man. Pretty cool.
Image 7: I noticed fairly late in the game that the armoured cars/tanks have some sort of gun barrels hidden behind their shielding. It's too bad that they never used these weapons to effect in any of the scripted/action sequences. There could have been some awesome demonstrations of power.
Image 8: I encountered this frequently in the game. It seems that the shadows are going in completely the wrong direction.

[ADM]

I guess being a part of the combine is very stressful, this guy couldn't take it anymore http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Tommyboy]

Too much Garry's mod for ADM.

[Mountain Man]

Reviving this thread with a couple of interesting shots from my latest play through.

At first I thought the yellow splotches were a texturing error, but I realized that it's actually blood from running over antlions!

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/9403/d2coast0100011pk.th.jpg (http://img89.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img89&image=d2coast0100011pk.jpg)

I'm not sure how I got so many antlions. You can see 7 in the picture, and there were two or three more just to the left.

http://img78.exs.cx/img78/9757/d2prison0100001uw.th.jpg (http://img78.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img78&image=d2prison0100001uw.jpg)

And this last one I just thought was cool looking. I love the lighting.

http://img78.exs.cx/img78/1259/d2prison0700008gr.th.jpg (http://img78.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img78&image=d2prison0700008gr.jpg)

[Damien_Azreal]

Agreed MM, we need more screens of HL2.

I just noticed that the combines eyes reflect the world around them. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[lonestar]

this looks awesome. combines are just nicely done.

[Damien_Azreal]

I love the combine, I just wish there were more variations of em.

I love the lighting in this lab. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Orochi Avlis]

The buggy with the Antlion's blood and the Combine's eyes reflecting the world is pretty cool.
Gotta love those little touches. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Mountain Man]

Damien, is that HDR?

[Warmaster129]

Mountain Man said:
Damien, is that HDR?

No. HDR isn't released for Source yet.

And if you're thinking of that "HDR" Bloom mod... no, it's still not HDR.

[Damien_Azreal]

Mountain Man said:
Damien, is that HDR?



Nope, that's just how it always looks. I haven't tried the HDR Bloom mod. What kindof card are you playing on? Are you getting DX 8.1 or 9.0?

[Phait]

Probably a rather stupid question, but does HL2 even have bump-mapping, or am I just de-sensitized after running through the Doom 3 demo and it's orgasm of bump-mapping? I haven't really seen any textures pop out in HL2 shots.

[Mountain Man]

The Source engine is more than capable of rendering bump maps. Valve just didn't go nuts with it in Half-Life 2.

[FireFly]

Bump mapping is particularily visible on the characters and enemies.

[Damien_Azreal]

You can see the bump mapping on the cobblestone streets and brick walls. Also in bathrooms or kitchens, any wall with tiles.

I love http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif manhacks. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Random-Hero]

Damien_Azreal said:
Here ya go, AAx4, AFx8 and everything else at high.


it kinda sucks that valve had russian cars in the game(moskvich, raf) it kinda made me feel that they ripped of Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl.

[Outlaw]

Ricxz said:

Damien_Azreal said:
Here ya go, AAx4, AFx8 and everything else at high.


it kinda sucks that valve had russian cars in the game(moskvich, raf) it kinda made me feel that they ripped of Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl.



The game is set in an east european city so what sorta cars do you expect?

[jimbob]

Outlaw said:

Ricxz said:

Damien_Azreal said:
Here ya go, AAx4, AFx8 and everything else at high.


it kinda sucks that valve had russian cars in the game(moskvich, raf) it kinda made me feel that they ripped of Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl.



The game is set in an east european city so what sorta cars do you expect?

volkswagen o/

[Outlaw]

jimbob said:

Outlaw said:

Ricxz said:

Damien_Azreal said:
Here ya go, AAx4, AFx8 and everything else at high.


it kinda sucks that valve had russian cars in the game(moskvich, raf) it kinda made me feel that they ripped of Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl.



The game is set in an east european city so what sorta cars do you expect?

volkswagen o/



There's a VW Golf in the game atleast the shape looks a whole lot like it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[torso boy]

DiscoDave said:
I found this throughout the sewers levels. A large object would not reflect, and objects behind the object could be seen in the water. This is particularly obvious in the first shot. Is this a driver glitch, or did everyone find this problem?



your graphics settings for water are set on reflect world instead of reflect all.

Anyone do this?

[Damien_Azreal]

Anyone do this?



Once or twice. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Die zombie bastardo!

[scorpion]

Damien_Azreal said:
I just noticed that the combines eyes reflect the world around them. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Wish i had a better graphics card, i wanna see the nice pretty reflections http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif.

[John]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/syxxsixsiks/xxx.gif

[Damien_Azreal]

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

It's Trap Town, from the video.

[Descent]

One question, that dude showed us that you are able to play HL2 from a GF2 Ti..
That's impossible!

Half-Life 2 requires atleast a DirectX 9.0b to function correctly, which that card isn't compatible with. Explain this to me! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Cerberus_e]

no, you need dx7

[Descent]

No. When I tried to help my friend to start CS:Source, it said, you need atleast 9.0.

[jimbob]

Damien_Azreal said:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

It's Trap Town, from the video.

where can you get that, i tried almost all sites but couldnt find it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Mountain Man]

That's actually Ravenholm in the game.

[Cerberus_e]

no it's just the same setting, the level is very different (much more incomplete, different layout, full of scripted AI)

[Orochi Avlis]

Descent said:
No. When I tried to help my friend to start CS:Source, it said, you need atleast 9.0.


To run with full graphically effects, you need 9.0.
It can still run on Direct X7 cards.

[Damien_Azreal]

Mountain Man said:
That's actually Ravenholm in the game.



True, that is Ravenholm... but I have the Traptown level as well. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif It's fun dropping that giant dumpster on combine soldiers.