Half-Life: But You Can Rescue Every Scientist [Part 3]
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- What if you could actually rescue the whole Black Mesa Personnel?
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At the end of the series, could you put a ton of tripmines somewhere and have your army all explode
Great work. First suggestion - Following NPC number counter, so would know number of following NPC you press USE key on. Second, i know parcour is cool and all but to scientist made that jump ? Impossible, best bet is to disassemble ladder or DIY makeshift bridge that scientist made by themself to reach that ladder on other side. Next chapter would require command HIDE for all NPC including Barneys, and Barneys need to learn to use heavier weapons
For fist - WE GOT HOSTILES - areas of the chapter NPC need to learn how to avoid laser beams (both mines and scripted Turret lasers) BETTER than you and run AWAY from HECU back to the start of the level so you have enough time time to kill them, Barney should grab HECU weapons and be very cautious then fighting with HECU hiding behind cover running away from them at max speed, occasionally taking potshots from cover. Yes, i know you could leave your entire group near SILO entrance, but who will rescue injured scientist and Barneys ? Maybe add some modded weapons as M-243 SAW to HECU and Barneys ? Give all scientist GLOCK as a emergency weapon switching to MP-5, shotgun and other weapons ? Lots of work i know but it should be worth it then you have and entire NPC army at the end, also suggestion to add more NPC types with taken voice lines from BLACK MESA female scientists
14:38 - Add a machinegun emplacement outside so it can be used against you but also to shoot down OSPREY, then OSPREY fall, mortar strike would be temporarily disable until you go down again
19:50 There is Security Guard that could be hiding in the freezer
And people say Half Life Source is useless. This would've never been possible in the GoldSrc
Imagine a black mesa remake mod that recreates this
How i imagine about Half Life source
Half Life Source actually was at one point a pretty stable game, and pretty much played like Half Life but with some goofy ragdoll physics and realistic (albeit out of place) looking water. It was the subsequent Steampipe updates over the years that broke it, and Valve never did anything to fix it since.
"The Goldsrc alone is not enough to sustain the Kleiner
@@xxfalconarasxx5659 iirc, there are mods that fix hl s, so if this mod is compatible with other mods, we could have an even better hl s experience
Oh God, we're going to need six different trains to get them through "On A Rail'....
six indian train
I was about to say the same thing... But you're right too.
Then, that chapter should be re-designed entirely.
There's no way you can rescue all those Black Mesa personnel in a level like that.
The rescue points help with that. They also help balance the game.
Either that, or a rescue point/vent system for NPCs
This is very impressive. NPCs navigating through all sorts of obstacles with proper animations really adds to the immersion
This is what we can really call
"Next Gen AI" in a video game
What's cool is that just recently a bunch of Half Life 1 Beta files were leaked that showed that they actually had the intention of putting a lot more scenes where the Scientists escape and navigate the environment successfully!
Yeah, the original game bugs me when they are not able to get through some simple obstacles. Makes Calhoun the only brave security guard in the whole HL Universe lmao.
This is a really cool idea, if the mod releases, it should get a mod of the year award.
Definitely!
The ultimate saintjam playthrough
imagine getting to 1 health and the massive cloud of scientists get you up to 100 in seconds with their syringe
You will not die today Freeman!
5:05 At the start of the office complex, Gordon could shoot the ceiling panel ahead of the scientist, breaking it and killing whatever was dragging the scientist in.
And also be able to save those 2 scientists in office room, where one tries to save other one from being pulled into vent, by holding E
@@bruhthatexiststhat should also make it so that it pulls that creature out as well, since it was latching onto the scientist
15:55 I am so glad to see the addition of rescue points. I want to feel like I'm actually getting my crew to safety, not simply pulling them deeper into this mess.
Plus some stuff like Apprehension or On A Rail will be really difficult to do with the crew around (the former for lore reasons, like why don't they help me and the latter because it is bad enough to navigate all that alone, nevermind cramming people onto the train).
It makes me wonder a few things through, if you could pull everybody towards the end of the game, would gman do something with your buddies? Would he have a few additional lines like "those companions you've brought here... our employers are evaluating their capabilities at the moment. And on that note i must say, your ability to lead and rescue those in your path is quite remarkable."? And also, imagine if you got an alternative ending if you tried to follow them? Realistically, the whole point of the journey is that gordon freeman is still trying to escape, so if you're able to escape, wouldnt it make sense to get smthn like "Status: out of reach, the evaluation has terminated."
But what about medic scientist? Like there only one medic for whole team
I know right
He could do what they did in Hazardous Course. Gordon could find a switch that changes the power of the rails to "economy mode" so scientists can walk across them without getting zapped.
@@Bobsolete-qq4ut I just have it so that there would be another train thats two part the train engine and a passenger wagon that the other NPC hides inside and Goron been able to order the train from his train.
Gets better and better!
I have few suggestions:
1) Devide squad system into guards and scientists. Guards are in the crowd, but it would make more sense to see them along with freeman fighting enemies while scientists wait in the back. Also make it bindable to other keys.
2) Make guards able to pick up other weapons (like SMGs from dead soldiers) and make them useful in combat.
3) We've got hostiles: Remove mortar but make soldiers spawn until every scientist escaped (like when you extract in Helldivers 2 and have to hold on the enemy). That would feel more epic than killing every soldier and calmly letting everyone escape and would make sense to bring guards to help with soldiers.
4) During sections when you don't have enemies you can make NPCs go on their own, without being called. They'll wait you at the destination.
5) During the fallen pipe section where NPCs climb through vents on their own make a guard always go first and if there is no guard scientists won't come. When a guard jumps out of the vent he can have a phrase like "I told ya he's here!"
6) Maybe you can rescue some HECUs as well? They won't be hostile. We've seen in Opposing Force that soldiers don't shoot everyone on every occasion.
7) Make it so you can turn off the stats on saved civillians. Or as suggested make it npot as intrusive, in the corner of the screen could be nice. Cool to have it, not cool to have it mandatory.
8) Add special NPCs. We already have CPR guy, but he could be more. Imagine him being able to revive Freeman in battle but once every minute to not get abused. He should get different appearence. Maybe like in Blue Shift some scientists don't wear their coats. He could also give some HEV charge, health and be able to stay in cover during battle.
Also a special security guard that would be extremely useful in combat. He would have smth closer to soldier AI than a guard. He can use SMGs, shotguns, grenades and maybe rocket launchers. Just a tough guy with a lot of firepower and regenerative health. He would probably have a different hat or a vest. He deals 30% more damage. He can give or toss some ammo if Freeman is running low. But to get him in your squad you would have to save him in the future chapters.
These two could be your right hand men. Maybe they could also have some sort of character development? Just some special voicelines like you have shown you can do.
Other (not my) suggestions:
1) Have a button to view NPCs hp
2) CPR scientist can revive, but other scientists are able to heal hp for NPCs
3) Mechanic NPC. Like scientist but he gives armour instead of hp.
4) NPCs have a chance of falling on parkour sections. (My take: Guards have a 30% chance to just refuse to jump on extremely dangerous sections and scientists have 70% chance to refuse. Noone dies 😊)
5) Add a truck at the extraction point shown in the video. NPCs run around it and despawn or they do a climb animation inside and drive off.
I support this man's idea
Another thing that occurred to me is that with the TAP button we can see the life of each scientist and guard like the "Field Intensity" mod.
And have the scientists be able to heal each other, and security officers too.
Maybe there should be a mechanic where they can pick up armor, security and pcv off corpses, (that is--for scientists)
rescueable HECU wouldn't make sense since they're enemies up until lambda complex which is when the game is almost over by that point
@@naitor2594 in the beginning of "On the rail" it kinda would. They won't come, but they would thank freeman and agree to go separate ways
Half life 1: more immersive edition
Or Sven Co-Op with npcs
This is so awesome. For the parts where your squad call function simply doesn't work though, I recommend having a hud hint show up that says "Neutralize all potential threats in this area before summoning your squad here" and also have ALL scientists and barneys give a 'I won't follow you anymore' voiceline upon a squad call function being denied. This will teach the player not only what they need to do to regain control of squad summoning, but it's also extremely funny to hear a maddening cacophony of *I rEfUsE tO gO aNoThEr StEp!!!* all at once whenever a squad summon function is denied.
"Alright, let's go-"
"I REFUSE TO GO ANOTHER STEP!" (x100)
Barneys should still follow, but they will only refuse if Gordon is about to take vents/shortcuts that will only lead to the same next path as the "regular" route iykwim
Nihilanth: You and what army?
Gordon: *In sign language- This army
Proceeds to show Barneys holding pistols, Cowering scientists and CPR scientist holding syringe in hand
10:48 I love this guys sense of humour, the combine anthem starts playing when he looks at his _"p o w e r f u l a r m y"_
Here is two suggestions.
-You need that medic Scientist from the start to heal wounded Barney in next chapter Power Up.
-Scientist and Barneys will stay behind in hallway, that connects last Blastpit map and first Power Up map, so player don't have to struggle with Gargantua and HECU further in the chapter.
Is there only one medic scientist? A big facility like black mesa would realistically have more than one medic
@@dylanzlol7293 Indeed.
Infact, what if you want to let all the rescued scientists and guards escape in "We've got hostiles"?
You should be able to find more medics along the way.
This isn’t a useful suggestion but smither’s should have a name tag so you know it’s him. Also the NPCs should have conversations, I’d imagine it’d be similar to Wilson and bad cop chatting at specific points and if their conversation is cut off by something it will be continued afterwards.
Unless one could add a door to the starting area similar to the entrance where you have to head to the room to power on the generator.
The real Sven Coop
Sven Coop Source Be Like
27:04 I love how you added them screaming when they’re falling down the hole
4:05 I like how they wait, like they are in a "line"
You can add to your addon:
1. Scientists and security guards can select weapons or exchange them for better ones.
2. With the help of AI (I hope you know how to use it) make more replicas for scientists.
3. If a scientist or a security guard receives damage to a certain part of the body, then there will be a certain animation (for example: you shoot in the scientist’s leg or the security guard will limp)
4. NPCs can fight with other NPCs (for example, zombies, headcrabs, military and friendly NPCs for weapons)
5. NPCs can get angry. When they are angry, they can throw down their weapons and fight with their fists (especially manifested among scientists when their weapons are taken away from them or when they have from 15 to 7 health, when they already have 6 or less health, they will run away from the enemy in fear)
6. Add scientists with a crowbar or a pistol, and when we find them, they have a 5% chance of shooting at you out of fear.
7. Add a system that allows scientists or security guards to get drinks from the vending machine and when the scientists drink the drink, their health will increase
8. Add an armor exchange system (works only with guards) guards can give scientists part of their armor in difficult times.
Please TeamClown notice this
Canonical Gordon mod
It would be cool if you added a line to the hiding spot Scientist when you recruit him, something like "Well, if you insist." Maybe you have to try and recruit him a few times before it works
I support this idea. This sounds like a nice addition.
I think a good group would convince people hiding, so I support this
It can be canon perfectly that you can save a recently human attacked by a Headcrab, he would have injuries on his head, but can be saved by killing the headcrab quickly
also: I love this mod mand, you are amazing... i really hope you don't burn out of this, is an amazing job!
Maybe the headcrab victim could have a custom texture with claw marks on their head
Every since i first played Half-Life i always wished it was possible to save various guards and scientists. but not only that. But by saving them you could get access to different rooms and paths through out the facility. Not to mention guards being able to help you in encounters.
This would be a neat way to take Half-Life to the next level.
There should be more rooms accesible only by the guards, like that armory in Surface Tension.
I couldn't wipe a large grin off my face throughout this video. My only regret is that in Half-Life: Source, the NPC dialogue system is broken, so the scientists and guards don't exchange questions and answers like in vanilla; maybe add more custom lines? They were sure a joy to hear.
10:42 - I think you should add a voice line to the scientist being saved here. Something like this:
_"Did that soldier just try to shoot me? But.... why... why would he do that? Did the government betray us? Damn them bastards! I am afraid that now we might have to rescue ourselves... glad to have you with us, Freeman!"_
That would be a neat detail, because surely the scientist would be shocked at the military betrayal.
Also, I would generally recommend sprinkling a few extra custom voice lines, they make the game tenfold more immersive. Regardless, the project in general is simply fascinating! Your work is magnificent. I hope you can continue this, you're doing great! Besides, those animations are beautiful.
Im pretty sure that black mesa remake gave him a line in response to being saved
@@dylanzlol7293 I remember, but it wasn't panicky and elaborate enough in my opinion
@@bizmasterTheSlav I wonder if there's a way to have it play the line only if you intercept while the scientist is getting shot by the HECU, and if you do it before the soldier even fires, the scientist has a different response, still under the impression that the military was there to help.
There is the line from scientist behind door at the start of WE GOT HOSTILES: "So much for the government, their idea of "containment" is to kill everyone associated with the project" i think you can work with these voice lines
@@nsassofficial Would be amazing!
Extremely minor detail that I have never seen anyone else pick up on:
The Einstein preforming CPR on a Barney right outside of the destroyed Anti-Mass Spectrometer chamber at the start of Unforeseen Consequences is implied to be the same Einstein previously seen in the Anti-Mass Spectrometer chamber's airlock in Anomalous materials.
Note in Unforeseen Consequences' version of the Anti-Mass Spectrometer chamber's airlock there's no Einstein corpse laying on the floor, only the Slick scientist's one.
What I'm getting at is that if that the CPR Einstein NPC wears a medic band, the one in the airlock Einstein NPC should also be wearing one for consistency's sake.
I think it would make more sense if gordon had to go up to him and press E in which he would equip it sense like why would he be wearing one when there isn’t danger ya know? (Plus it will make Gordon look cooler)
For a better solution to the WGH mortar, you could have a soldier with a tactical map somewhere in the area. Killing him would stop the mortars.
It'd be cool to have the scientists and guards cheer and stuff when you burn the tentacle too. It'd help instil that sense of camaraderie.
yeah I agree with you, having the scientists and guards react to important events with cheers or jeers feels like it'd be a nice touch
That’d be awesome
Half-Life Absolute Zero has a similar thing with its version of We Got Hostiles.
Никогда не видел мода с настолько проработанным взаимодействием НПС с окружением.
Realistic and also very immersive
If the NPCs can use the health stations that be good
If it was realistic atleast a bunch of them would die
The custom voicelines are pretty good
24:02
Maybe Smithers could have some sort of voice line that goes like “Well now that I think about it, the situation may just get worse.” After pressing E on him
i wish you the best of luck, this project looks promising
on a rail will be a pain, i mean the electrified water and grunts everywhere...
Static magnetism to the railcar slightly above car surface or turn off collisions of every kind until chapter end, at one point whole crew need to be transported om other car entirely, which made me think.. Maybe made absolutely separate railcar just to them ? You have your car and NPC's have own car at High-Voltage Depot. You control your car, they have scripted to move after you only then it is safe. Their car can be not RailCar at all but a NPC looking and moving like one transporting nothing at all.
Make it so the scientists can pick up two weapons, The glock and the MP5, since there is already AI for those two weapons and I'd love to relieve you of your suffering.
Or, even better, allow them to pick up PCVs and security armor.
There is precedent, I believe, due to the Half-Life: Zombie Edition mod.
Hey, that Hazard Course has to be worth something, right?
The guards should be able to pick up those AND the shotguns (since there are HECU Shotgunner NPCS)
Honestly seeing a scientist absolutely packing with an mp5 is my dream
@@onionero yes
27:10 i like the new of Barney's Scream while jumping here into there, feels very comfortable to me!
Maybe scientist can pick up guns from the ground
Or maybe one of them (while in danger) pull out a GUN!
Idea, medic injects a lethal dose of whatever is in a syringe as self defense
You could give them to the barneys tho
HECK YEAH this is awsome dude! (this is what half life source was made for)
Now this is what I always wanted, npcs can actually climb ladders and crawl through vents, like it's actually real, instead of just saying "this is as far as I go."
this guy makes our naive childhood dreams of saving everyone come true 😭
Something that will help to the player is to know if someone of THE ARMY died at the end of a chapter. Like, the game counts the amount of personel saved and tells who died or went missing (without counting the escape ending). I know that will be a pain in the ass, and sorry for my broken english xD
Similar to how saintjam counts down the casuality list?
@@dylanzlol7293 i don't know how he does it, but i meant where it tells u how many personel u saved, adding another line or so
Where are you from?
@@facundoramirez-ux6fo (S)pain
This is _soooo good!_ I love the scorescreen at the end of each chapter, and the new animations. Your presentations are always so funny haha.
What happens with the scorescreen at the end of We've Got Hostiles if you help them all escape?
For Power Up, my suggestion would be this: a big train wagon that the whole platoon can board, it then departs into a new tunnel, and they either show up later at a part of On a Rail where it is not a pain to have them around, or it could be another rescue point.
Another suggestion I have, if you ever get to that point, would be to have rescuable Vortigaunts in Xen who follow you and help you kill Nihilanth at the end. They all die of course, Gman doesn't rescue them, but "Our life is worthless, unless spent on freedom" to quote the HL2 Vorts.
Alternatively the Vorts at the end could surround themselves with the purple glow like at the start of HL2 Episode 1, but the Vorts in question are too weak to grab Gordon as well, and GMan intervenes successfully, leading to the usual ending
Vorts can just teleport after Nihilanth is defeated
The scorescreen reminds me of those arcade games where you can rescue civilians if you shoot the enemy holding them fast enough
@@bruhthatexists I think the simple teleportation (not the purple ritualistic stuff) we see a lot in HL1 is a property of Nihilanth, rather than the Vorts themselves, because: 1. They never do it again in Half-life 2, when there are plenty of times when it would be convenient, like rescuing Eli or taking refugees to Black Mesa East; 2. the Nihilanth is described as the powerful entity holding the portal together, and likely deliberately coordinating some of the teleport-based attacks by his forces.
@@NiiRubra they could still be teleported, since after Nihilanth death portals became unstable, which caused them to teleport bunch of Xen creatures on US territories.
And considering scientist got saved from headcrab 2:10, anything can happen in this mod ig
24:03
"and im not moving until the situation is drastically improved!"
"nah I don't think so."
"okay"
mayhaps make the barneys 'braver' in any situations that would normally scare the scientists? if its not too difficult atleast
having the barneys/security have more of a 'role' in saving others may also seem notable
Finally to see some rescues in half life 1 game where usually many people likes only to kill scientists and security guards, but this is really nice job done and huge challenge. Keep it up, well done and thanks god there is someone that cares about the scientists and the security guards. I hope it will be possible to download this entire mod, and don't forget there is 1 scientist in Nihilanth's chamber.
Though it may be difficult to modify and bring more model diversity, i like the idea of having scientists that know basic medical needs beyond then just using syringes, maybe taking notes from the Black Mesa Character Expansion mod, maybe some that are paramedics? Might even be good for when there are hurt allies, can be really handy when in combat
Either way its still a good detail adding the armband to distinguish the CPR scientist from the rest.
Another but questionable idea would be having rogue H.E.C.U soldiers that defy the orders and actually help out the Black Mesa staff, though that should be chapters beyond the first levels where the H.E.C.U make themselves known, maybe for a good way to evacuate a certain amount of NPCs to give the player more space when there's upcoming levels that are too tricky for having an giant army of NPCs to fit.
But anyways, good luck with the progress of the mod!
I think the rebel Hecu could maybe be found in the end of On A Rail, since those are those ones who say they don't want to be killing civilians.
Sounds not bad, but I doubt they would do that, I think they would more likely just ignore you, say something like: "Go." or "I'll pretend I've never seen you."
But closer to the end, when the HECU gets torn to shreds by Black Ops and Xen creatures it would make much sense to make them saveable, maybe even make it so some of them would go in front and yell stuff like: "Don't shoot!" or "Lower your weapons, they are with us!".
Can make some military trucks as evacuation points for all of them, maybe make a Helicopter an evacuation point either.
@@Le_Heater_Man That too works! Maybe it can be a good reason to add some of the Opfor HECU maybe? Specially the medic, him along with paramedic scientists can make up a good team.
@@natsudb4810 Hmm...maybe add the engineer guy too then? Could de-activate some turrets, laser-mines, maybe even restore some armor, like someone suggested with mechanics/Black Mesa Engineers. Not sure here.
Some of the HECU guys could provide you with ammo, grenades. (Closer to the end game of course, they would be less picky there, in their situation. And considering the reputation Gordon built, a One-Man Army, it would make sense)
The medic guy is 100% needed there tho.
@@Le_Heater_Man Indeed! At that point it'd also just give my gear to the one guy that killed Half of a unit's Life. Oddly enough sounds like the HL2 rebels, ofc leaving out the war crimes part.
Though there should be a desiging feature to distinguish them to those players that are far used to killing soldiers with an army of NPCs behind them.
This mod is legendary! I'll wait for the release.
I wish Black Mesa would've implemented something like this while it was being developed
There was already an achievement for rescuing every scientist and guard in Office Complex so this is the next logical step they could've taken
Really looking forward to what will happen next in the mod
I cant wait to see final product of that masterpiece
So during We've got Hostiles, you have two choices:
1. Wreck the electrified fences, enabling the current employees with you to reach a car park or something and drive off to safety (Might be hard to mod though, I don't know).
2. Admire your army as it grows even larger!
If it were me, I'd say that if you choose to forego using a rescue point such as the aforementioned one on the surface in that chapter, the verdict should be changed to "Are you sure this is the right way?" instead or something similar, signifying that you missed a potential rescue point, either deliberately or otherwise.
25:34 add some cheering and maybe fear, like "WOO THATS HOW THE HUMAN RACE DOES IT YOU OUTER SPACE OCTOPUS!!!" or "Holy shit..."
DUDE WHAT AM I EVEN WATCHING RIGHT NOW. I JUST GOT BACK FROM 2 WEEKS AT WORK IM DRUNK AS FUCK AND IM MIND BOGGLED. THIS IS INCREDIBLE❤️❤️❤️❤️
I literally checked your channel every day for this video and its finally out!
This mod is amazing. I remember playing this game a while back, and i was always saddened by the death of my comrades, so this just sort of made my day…
If this mod doesn't get a mod of the year award, I'll be very depressed
My head hurts thinking of the time it took and fighting the ai to listen to do this even with ur mod xg
most of this looks like scripted sequences which can easily override ai, in goldsrc at least
@@thisnameisbad3609well this is done in Half-Life: Source but I’d assume the case would be the same in the source engine
@@SiIIy_ yeah I'm only familiar with hl1 mapping so I'm just assuming scripted sequences work the same in hl2 😐
@@thisnameisbad3609 yah but ignoring the scripted scenes, forcing them to follow you around corridors, or on elevators. fuck even games that are supposed to have that often gotta SHOVE the bastards on.
the jumping and crawling animation is very nice, your doing good lad
the part where security guard and scientist is gonna jump at water is my favorite it's kinda funny btw great work i hope more half life players will discover you along with your awesome and unbelievable mod
You are making the mod I have always dreamed of! You're a legend!
Super cool mod man! I love how you could just leave it “leave the group by the blast pit door” but instead you also program a way for them to follow you the entire way back to blast pit as well, really well done!
Please make it so you can give Barneys new guns, or even scientist but that might be going a little far as they aren't trained in weapons like Gordon is in Haz Course.
Im pretty sure scientists should be able to hold new guns, its a life or death scenario, they dont get to say no, just give them a slightly worse aim than barneys do and we're good.
I mean, there is one scientist with a shotgun in lambda complex...
It's interesting to see the Rescue Edition in Opposing Force. View The goal originally stood at the military to rescue personnel, after neutralizing the entire complex along with the Black Ops Team. So it will be interesting to see.
You do start out saved by a scientist, maybe you could rescue your fellow squad by helping the scientist who rescued you, like, spam E on the desired soldier while the scientist performs cpr and just imagine that shepard is helping somehow, maybe search for medical supplies, etc.
i think you should make a follow system where you can either call all the barneys to follow you or call all scientists to follow you instead
Like the HL2 Beta from 2003 Build!
Maybe you could make like a side quest about crawling through some holes in the hills to reach the mortars and to take them out?
Also I think the escape gates on "We've got hostiles" should have a military truck or an APC as a prop so scientists and guards could escape
Nice mod =) always sad when i couldn't save them all.
About scientists in fallen elevator in first chapter - I have couple ideas.
1. maybe make sure that elevator stops on needed floor, giving some seconds to rescue them, before elevator falling again.
2. Or increase elevator stopping time a bit, before falling. Then point at elevator and press E in order scientists to come out from elevator, before it falls.
10:49 I think the player should know that the soldiers are hostile, let him miss, or the scientist rolls
It would be awesome if there was a hidden button or something that makes them all perform “in the virtual end”, or a joke like that after the game ends
Yay, you used my idea :D! This is a great video by the way.
Before I even watch the video: I just want to say this is shaping up to be one of my favorite mods!!
I’ve been waiting forever oh my goodness
idk why but watching npcs complete half life parkour and half life in general is just so mesmurizing
Have an idea:
I don’t know if this is possible in half-life source but an idea for the scientist and security guards to have/change weapons.
Like every time you get a shotgun instead of you converting it into ammo for yourself, you keep it and then you can give it to you a scientist or security guard and this could work for the common weapons you can find
It is possible. HL2 rebels can change their gun if they find a better one
@@cappucci_n0 thanks
HL2 rebels can also pick up medkits too.
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Makes me glad i lived long enough to see every npc be saveable in Half Life as a huge Half Life fan. Also really funny editing its great.
I wanna give some suggestions but current one i can think of is like Sven Coop commands i see you have npcs follow you command with crowbar right click but what about "go there" or "fall back take cover" orders.
I wonder if Scientists can be armed in the future, they have have like less accuracy and firerate compared to Guards, and being able to change Security Guards weapons. So scientists arent just walking medics that heal you under 50 hp. I feel like this suggestion might be too conplicated so im honestly just fine with the ai being able to go through Half Life with me.
Also Scientists being able to heal fellow friendly Scientists and Guards to keep everyone healthy.
I wonder about On a Rail levels with the tram like will it just be a really long tram to fit all of them lol. Also man goodluck with the later levels and Xen. Although having an army in Xen would make you unstoppable.
I do not know where can be used, but if you remember when Rosenberg in Blue Shift helped the player to climb on him to get out of the trailer? What if the one NPC help another to climb, the the one up pull the one from the bottom?
That would be the solution to save the security guard at the start of We've Got Hostiles, where you have to go into a vent at the same elevator shaft from the previous chapter, albeit slightly modified.
This is so good dude! I like how you've programmed them to get around obstacles and other things. This is so well done! I can't wait to see this project evolve.
The animation work on this is fucking amazing! The chapiter ending with a count is such a great idea too! Everything about this is amazing! good job :3
For a Diet of only coffee and donuts, they actually seem fit enough to do more parkour
This is crazy, never seen a HL1 or even HL2 mod that makes NPCs crawl through vents
this is the coolest concept for a mod ever!!! I always tried to save the scientists in every playthrough so this is gonna be such a blast
Suggestion: How about some variability in the approach to going down, for example, scientists do not take risks and use ladders, and the guards immediately jump off (Depends on section, I taked this moment for example 28:10). This will also help speed up the waiting process.
This mod is actually turning out amazing lol, great job you wizard!
I'm wondering how you'll do on a rail, since that could get messy. And the part where gordon gets knocked out lol. For that one, since you're basically at the surface already, you could maybe have a separate real exit door to offload your army into the wild. But if you choose not to... maybe sleeping gas? knock out the entire army lol
Actually, for Gordon freeman being knocked out, they should be rescued, maybe make it so that gordon can see camera footage of them escaping or something
I love the idea of a rescue point! That way you can say you saved them and simply move on without the pain of having to baby them throughout more annoying sections. Maybe the next rescue point should be in On A Rail or somewhere near the dam after Questionable Ethics.
When i was a kid playing this I’ve always wanted to save everyone i see.Thank you for making this ❤
finally new part
This all looks a fever dream. Nothing bad in particular, but it feels like so.
Like my childhood dream when I first time played Half-life and wanted to save as many scientists as possible, but it was impossible due to technic limits of the game. But look at it now. Jesus, what a spirit.
I have some suggestions: (1) you can save the vent guys by holding down E like you did for the ladder guy, (2) save dumpster guy, and (3) a medic scientist always spawns in the vent after the first rescue point so that you always have a medic scientist in case you saved (or killed) the first one. This way a lot of the wounded Barneys and scientists from later chapters can be saved without making a random scientist a medic scientist. Also, I have no idea how you could possibly save the scientist in the Nihilanth boss fight since (1) he is in a boss fight and (2) the only reason Gordon survived is the G man saved him; there is no reason he would save a random scientist.
Holy shit the new lines are amazing!
Hecc yay >:3
Been waiting for months probably, but it's finally here
almost 20 years ago, i was making up scenario in my head while playing this game wondering how we could save all these people :D thx for making this true now !
This mod is perfect, I've always wanted to save them all, also, if we took an idea from another half life mod it would be very cool if we were able to recruit hecu soldiers that have been left behind in the chapters after forget about freeman
That should be only if you save fallen hecu soldiers (after forget about freeman), as long as a few hecu soldiers are following you, the hecu soldiers will not shoot, but wont follow you. This seems like a reasonable way to go about this idea.
@@dylanzlol7293Good idea
Really cool and thought out mod. Lucky too that Black Mess has really strict requirements for physical fitness. Seeing how scientically oriented lab folk can perform daring parkour leaps!
LETS GO A PART 3
Freaking Amazing! i like how you put jokes at the perfect times not too much or too little
Now, something that would be great or even realistic would be that when an H.E.C.U grunt is killed by an alien, a CRP scientist can revive him and he becomes friendly to the player as a thank you
(let's not forget the fact that the H.E.C.U grunts are also humans with feelings)
Dont they have the orders to shoot you? And even then, they still attack you even after the forget about freeman chapter.
@@dylanzlol7293 They may have orders to do so, but they should at least be friendly with the scientist who saved them despite knowing the containment plans, but idk, Just a random idea that came to mind
Hell yeah Its finally here. I Have been waiting for months.
This mod looks fantastic! Might be a bit early on to ask but I wonder if you'll let them follow you to Xen? That'd be a pain to do I have to guess
Edit: I also love that you've gone out of your way to add new dialog to show that your actions really do change the game.
I dont think there is a reason for them to follow Gordon to Xen story wise. Scientists can stay back and help with the teleportation to Xen and Barneys can guard and protect them. At the end it wouldnt matter anyways since Black Mesa got nuked and Gordon was put in stasis by G-man 😅
This is probably the best video I have ever seen about half life
Suggestion: you can push npcs out of the way when you have a certain number of people following you
This is sick honestly, I love all the little animations. This feels so alive!
I REFUSE TO GO ANOTHER STEP!
RUclips recommended this to me and I had to watch parts 1 and 2 before I even began to watch this, now here I am. I like the concept! As I also tried my best to save as many scientists as I could back when I first played half life. I still have the screenshot saved of the entire group too! Great mod idea, keep it up!
Edit: I love the statistics at the end of each chapter, it gives such a sense of accomplishment!
I know how you can make We got hostiles faster, you can get one of the security guards and make him unlock the door to OPEN THE SILO DOOR, THEY'RE COMING FOR US IT'S OUR ONLY OUT! OH MY GOD WERE DOOMED!
Hey dude! Just donated 3 dollars to the mod to try help you get this out a bit quicker. Keep doing what you’re doing man
(It’s under the name of thomas btw)