HL2 - Deathmatch
 

Well last night I downloaded and installed HL2 Deathmatch, had a quick go, first thing was all of the keys were remapped, so was merily standing in a corner defenseless getting killed because I couldn't move, once I'd figured out the keys were wrong, had quite some fun, even laughing when some poor bugger got killed by a flying toilet - that good old gravity gun!!! LOL!!!

Anyways.... as a few of us play, I was thinking why don't we arrange to have a go online? you can setup a friends list through Steam, what says ye?





If that was all blah, blah, blah.... don't worry, if you had HL2 you'd understand

I'll have to get myself a copy of this bad boy ....

It's a great laugh when you realise that everyone is playing "soccer" by using the gravity gun to throw a car around and trying to squish the opponents!

Right - just finished HL2 (at last!) so it's now on to DeathMatch :D

Sounds like a laugh...although at the moment I seem to be suffering from feeling a bit ill after playing for more than 15 minutes!!!

I know this sounds wierd but it has been documented on both HL1 and 2. Something to do with the speed he moves and the graphic used apparently. Also having just come from playing Far Cry for the past week or two where the movement is a lot slower, I don't think that helps!

Gonna have to break myself back into it I think!

I have also downloaded the deathmatch thingy, but have never really delved into the world on Onlinegaming...how do we go about this then?

I had exactly the same motion sickness when I was running HL2 at the native resolution of my TFT at 1280x1024.

I dropped the game screen size down to 1024x768 and didn't have any problems after that.

So drop your res down a notch and see if that helps.

So are we going to do this then chaps and chapets?

Blimey and I thought the original Wolfenstein was scary.....

Trying to fight my way through Medal of Honour at the mo, all a bit tame but then I AM OLD!

Yeah I'm up for it...although you'll have to talk me through the stages of ensuring we are all on the same server or whatever?!?!

How do we go about it?

No idea, I guess the easiest thing is through steam you can setup a list of "friends" so we could see who is on-line...

Funnily enough I go by the name of freak... maybe we should try that first, and see if we hook up etc.

Have you downloaded and installed the deathmatch option?

:devil:

Nearly finished the single player. I will be up for a bit of death match as well. Seeing as I am an ex Quake and UT2003/4 vet!!!!!!

Gravity gun here I come................wahooooo!

;):cool::devil:

DC.:burn:

Dagft question is there amn HL 1? Just done a trawl of the SE's and it looks a brill game, but think I'm gonna need to cut my teeth on the original before I sacrifice myself to you lot. It's bad enough on track, on line would be suicide!

Yep...just had a quick look at the deathmatch options and it seems straight forward...pick a server and play!

I'll stick with harv748 as no one else has it.

Just tried search for freak...250+ matches!!!

Thought there might be a few !! LOL!!!

Is anyone using Ol' Painless? (My UT2004 name)

Nope...don't look like it.

Right I'll be changing to that tonight then :D

Why don't we all stick [DSC] at the front of our normal (board) nicknames, as this will help us both search and identify each other....

crazy idea...but it might just work:D

Yes, there is a Half-Life, and also the expansion packs which are like extra games - Opposing Force and Blue Shift.

You can buy them all in a bundle called the "Generations" package, which is only £9.97 off Amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/6hhbr

It's worth working through the first couple of games first, as you will then appreciate the story more.

OK, the [DSC] bit sounds like a goer, I assume we can just search for that?

We've never even played and there's already a clan name LOL!!! :lol:

Just had a quick go as [DSC]Harv748...got killed...left with my tail between my legs!!!

I'll be on there later...seeking revenge!

Well the long way round finished last week, so roughly 9pm tonight I'll be sitting there.... I can go with [DSC] Freak now I guess

Just added [DSC] Freak to my friends "thingy". Anyone else?

[DSC] Fiscus

Darren

I was in 5 mins ago waiting..... I'll add you in :D

We can give it a go....

Hmmmm....

couldn't find you....

I'm registered [DSC]Harv748

I'll be on about 10.30-10.45

I've been playing since 8.30pm and nobody joined in!

Whats you HL2 user name antony? I went on a couple of times during the evening and searched for peeps each time but to no avail. The only other DSC'er I found registered was [DSC] Freak.

I think the steam search facility can be a little 'funny' sometimes. It seemed to behave eratically last night!

The best times for me are later in the evening i.e. after about 10.30.

Think I'll stick with WSBK if thats OK :lol:

Antony I found you [DSC]_antonye added you to my friends list, and said it was going to send a notification.... then nothing.

I was on and off between 9-11pm trying to find out off here if anyone was on-line...

Maybe we should all use MSN to co-ordinate our games first?

ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED....

Just been looking on www.steampowered.com to see what's going on with this, it appears there are quite a few issues with the friends network, and not being able to find, connect, chat etc with each other.

The good news is that everyone seems to suggest using a similar product called xfire, so I will be d/loading that tonight and setting that up.

Have a look at xfire and get it downloaded and installed

[Edited on 7-12-2004 by jpmercer]

Done...

Yeah, I did the same with you but got nothing back too.

I had great fun running round throwing toilets, radiators, filing cabinets, chairs, barrels, etc at others! Getting the hang of it all now as I haven't played DM properly since Unreal Tournament a few years back!

The xfire thing looks really good, looking at the destructions, and what you can do it sounds really impressive in game instant messaging, and we don't even have to be in the same game!!

OK...now registered on Xfire as Harv748...no DSC before username this time.

Its seems quite straight forward. Once others register they can be added to your friends list...then away we go!

I know what you mean Antony...at one point I was in a game with 19 others...and it seemed everyone was using the Gravity gun, launching radiators/tables/filing cabinets at each other...all got a bit silly really! You were lucky if you survived longer than 30 seconds!

I think it would be better if they didn't give you the GG to start with as it seems every man and his dog just uses this and nothing else...its better when you find a game were peeps are using the other weapons of choice (ie magnum/crossbow/shotgun etc):o

Me too, I dunno if I that keen on the GG for attacks etc, great for moving stuff etc, but I prefer just all out gun fire etc

It's just a case of knowing how to defeat them. It's only good for a medium-distance weapon so try to get them into tighter spaces where they'll find it harder to fire and pick stuff up. Keep blasting away and you'll get the hang of it.

The best ones are those guys with the GG who are holding explosive barrels - shoot the barrel and they go boom! Last night I was lobbing grenades at one guy and he tried to pick something up to throw at me, but picked up the grenade instead, just as it went off. Another guy threw a filing cabinet at me and I caught it with the gun then threw it back at him and killed him.

It's a great laugh!

Now registered on xfire as "antonye", so stick me in your list and come and find me!

he has been online for a while and I have told him you are ready!

and he has a cup of tea and a cookie to keep his energy up ;)

[Edited on 7-12-2004 by Lily]

I'm still at work - I need an EDS person here to make me some tea!!