"Section Leader: Birdman is on a red-eye flight." "Affirmative." "He's "winging it." *chuckling* "Code reminder, and warning: Priority One target is Freeman, not Birdman - over." That bit always cracks me up.
They have been brainwashed to be unquestionably loyal to the Universal Union in order to avoid a sort of military coup but they dont seem to be entirely dronelike and devoid of emotion, atleast not regular soldiers. Its possible to hear one stutter over the radio at one point while panicked and trying to assess the situation while there have been points when soldiers have shouted 'Help!' and 'Medic!' seemingly out of fear of death. Elites have never been seen really displaying any emotion so its possible they have undergone further brainwashing and mental programming to make them much more robotic. EDIT: I will admit though I dont see soldiers having a very good sense of humor. Probably CP's because they have undergone no mental conditioning but soldiers seem to be pretty serious at all times.
+The Puppet Thanks for your kind words - I've been getting down with how long it's taking me to make and piece together the next episode in the series, Part 33, but reading your comment gave me a perfectly timed boost :) Thanks again.
+The Puppet Hello again, do you mean the thing above the Citadel at 0:46? I can't remember exactly, sorry, but I seem to recall using an addon called the Aurora Cannon garrysmods.org/download/7135/the-aurora-cannon-v20 though I don't know if it will work with newer versions of Gmod. Thanks again.
I used an addon, which is mentioned in the video description, ("Metropolice NPCs"), and possibly this: garrysmods.org/download/7274/advanced-combine-v4
ah yes plssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss but valve is never gonna make hl3 because they are dumb
It looks akward in some parts, like the way Freeman didn't use the second alt-fire shot on the strider cannon and the officer standing completly still however, given the fact that multiple effects and npcs were spawning in and doing stuff shows the amount of effort put into the whole video. And lets not forget the subtitles, those are a pain to write though someone had to do it and I'm glad someone did. Great job! +like +fav +subbed
Thanks, yeah, with the alt-fire on the Strider cannon, I was trying to show in the video that I was either in too close proximity to my target, or the Strider was too aggressive for a clear shot, although I probably should have somehow shown that it takes a while for the cannon to charge up (not really, but otherwise it would have been too easy for Freeman just to obliterate everything and everyone on sight) - the same with the Striders in the original game, they don't seem to use it as frequently as they could, so I'm guessing there must be a 'charging up' and 'cooling down' period between each burst (?!) But thanks again and cheers as well - and yes, those subtitles are a tedious pain to write!
Great video, but I have some questions, hehehe. 1. Why watch the birds? D: 2. How did you get the strider to shoot certain enemies at certain times, and use the alt fire at certain times as well? 4. Was this filmed in HL2, or GMod? It seems obvious it would be in GMod, but the AR2 has an alt fire ammo counter unlike GMod. 5. Why did I skip 3? 6. Why did you not use the Synth Gun?
1. I just liked the idea of the Combine liking birds more than humans :) 2. I use the Gmod addon tool Attack Commander as well as the console command ent_fire npc_strider setcannontarget 4. Yes, it was all filmed in Gmod, but version 12, not the latest, 13. 5. Probably because Valve skip the number 3 as well :D but not for much longer, I reckon :) 6 Yeah I did plan to employ the Synth Gun in the video, but I just thought the action was too frantic for its use, and also, as a weapon, it was too similar to the Strider Cannon - so I decided to save it for future episodes in the series. 7. Hope that's helped - and thanks for watching!
+Rocho kanalas I just made it by extracting and editing the Combine Soldier and Metrocop audio files from the original game - though I can't remember which sound files I used to make that specific command you mentioned, sorry! (But I use a free program called GCFScape to extract all the speech, then I chop it up and piece it together to make new words and phrases, which I then dub onto the soundtrack after I've finished editing the video.)
@M3L0916 Sorry for deleting your comment! I accidentally removed it while accessing my email using my phone, something I don't normally do (and won't be doing too often again.) I've looked for some way to restore it but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any way to retrieve a comment once it has been deleted. Sorry again about that, but thanks for watching and yes, that reference at the end of the video was to the Cremator's "motto".
@KamenRiderOnyx1 Thanks, hello again, I'm taking a short but much-needed break after making this one, but I'll be starting work on Part 31 very soon (after playing Portal 2!).
Yeah, I've been way over-ambitious with my ideas for the next few episodes in the series (I've been setting up and recording scenes for them for 2 1/2 years now!). I've had a really frustrating time making them for many reasons, and I'm also moving home v soon, so I might be "under the radar" for a while, but although I'm sorry that I still can't give you an ETA for the next one, Part 31, the series isn't dead, and I'm really pleased with some of the stuff I have for these later videos :)
@Frenchy849 Thanks for watching - but I don't use buddha in the making of the videos, as I feel it would affect how I approach and play a scene if I knew in the back of my mind that I couldn't die during a firefight - is it because my health drops to 1 after the Stalker attack near the beginning? Yeah, it does look a bit suspicious, too lucky to be true - there's a moment near the end of The Hunters and the Hunted when, again, my health drops to 1, but again, that was pure luck!...
Yes, just me in my spare time, although I do use many addons made and uploaded by the Gmod community (please read the video description for each episode for a list of credits) - in addition to useful advice (and inspiration) from viewers/subscribers :)
Thanks, the unused NPCs were uploaded to garrysmod(dot)org, for other Garry's Mod users, by various members of the Gmod community (please see the video description for details and credits). I've never played the stolen version of HL2 (and don't intend to) but I have played the HL2 mod Missing Information, and I've also been using the Raising The Bar book for ideas and inspiration. Thanks again - and many thanks and cheers for subscribing!
I got a question... after 14th minute of the video we have "off-world" backup going in; these are most likely the forces sent by the combine's from other place than Earth. How does that sum up with the fact, that Combine's teleportation does not support local teleports? This was only developed by Black Mesa and Aperture Science engineers. We recall words of Isaac Kleiner "once they get here, they must rely on local transportation". *So this is a sort of inconsistency*. But of course, I like the video. Nevertheless, I would like to start a discussion here - what do you think changed after "Nova Prospekt" incident? Combine's portal at the prison was upgraded and reprogrammed and supported (sic!) local teleports, with the "slow teleport" phenomenon though (HL does not give any information whether Judith's and Elis' teleport was a slow one). So - Combine might have an access to local teleportation thanks to Nova Prospekt, but its properties perhaps excluded practical use. Besides - were Combine forces not to salvage teleport from the prison, Nova Prospekt would be destroyed along with the improved teleport technology in Citadel blast a week later. What do you guys think?
fasolmateusz Yeah I've changed things a little there to make the situation a bit more urgent - I'm imagining there are occasional, infrequent "cracks" or "openings" that allow small groups of off-world forces to slip through, but which are too brief for a major invasion - I'll be hinting at what the Combine are working on in later episodes (I also had a portal open in "And Reap We Shall", which would enable some form of local transportation, with units being shipped through that portal, on the coast, to emerge through this portal in order to defend the Citadel and City 17.) But thanks, I'm glad you liked the video anyway.
Once again you deliver an amazing video. What a final battle this is, with the combine clearly pulling out all the stops to keep Freeman from the breaching the Citadel. If only this was the real final battle in the game, its very impressive. I also like how you got the various Beta-NPCs in the fray. Its great to see the removed NPCs in action, showing what they could have contributed to an already great game. Keep up the good work!
@Antusteam Thanks, I have an old clip on my hard drive (I think, I hope) of that seagull doing some strange things while I was making the video - if I can find it I might put the clip up on UA-cam and call it 'Stupid Seagull (When a Gmod Movie Goes Wrong).' There was a clip I thought I had kept of Eli falling on the stairs (for no reason whatsoever!) during the making of Friends and Fiends but I've lost or deleted it, I think. Maybe I'll start another series showing 'Stupid' Gmod bloopers.
@homsar386 1: I've started work on the next video, part 31, but I can't say yet when it'll be coming out - and the latest videos usually have pretty long credits and thanks in the video description anyway, although they do seem to be getting longer with each part! 2: I just had and liked the idea of these ruthless mass murderers of humans getting all soft and sentimental for the local wildlife.
PS I usually record a scene several times, but that scene with the Stalkers was the best 'take', I thought, visually and in terms of my reaction, although I'm always reluctant to use a clip where my health gets knocked to 1, as I know some viewers will think I'm cheating death - there's a moment in the next video, Part 31, (which I'm still - STILL! - working on) when, again, my health genuinely does drop to 1. But again, I liked the scene, so decided to keep it.
@slackingstacker I just used SuperBenjeh's NPC Control tool, although I'm guessing you could also use console commands. It won't charge, though - my version of the Crab Synth only has basic animations, so when I tried to get it to run at me, it just started galloping on the spot. (And thanks again for the Combine Guard!).
@xxadamxx0001 A lot of it is from the game, but there are also custom words/phrases, which I make by editing the game's original sound files. And thanks, glad the subtitles help, although I always worry they might annoy viewers (especially if English isn't your first language) and distract/detract from the action on screen. (Even though I've listened to it dozens of times now, some of radio chatter, especially in Nova Prospekt, still sounds like pure gobbledygook to me, they talk so fast.)
+Combine Tv I haven't included a link for the Crab Synth because the video was made using an old version of Gmod (11 or 12 - which I'm still using!), but if you check out Gmod's Steam Workshop, hopefully there will be a working NPC (or model) for you. Thanks.
+Combine Tv There are two crab synths that I know of, and here are both of them.====>steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=566678693&searchtext=crabsynth steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=412567425&searchtext=crab+synth
@ray01bdh I'm still working on the next one, Part 31, (I've been having problems galore making it - don't get me started!), so hopefully fairly soon, although I've also been making and have recorded almost everything I need for Part 32, so the plan is to get Part 31 done and uploaded when I can, and then hopefully get Part 32 finished and on UA-cam not long after that.
Yes, I've just used console commands for this video - just spawn a dropship and eg a soldier crate (but spawn them where you want the ship to fly to) name them (eg ent_setname ship, ent_setname crate). Now type ent_fire ship pickup crate and it should do exactly that. (You'll need the Gmod Physgun to adjust the crate's position.) Now use the Physgun to move the ship-with-crate to another point on the map, and the ship should fly back to where it was spawned - (then ent_fire ship drop crate :))
Ok, what we've got here. Beta enemies... check. Plot armor... check. Awful script... check. Drunken Combines... check. Michael Bay... check. Author likes birbs a lot... check. Alyx's "Gordon!" line at least 4 times in a minute... check. Er... check. Score: Cringe/10 Not enough Nomad 5
@Mr22Ash Thanks, yes, there will be more story/plot development in the next few videos (and characters that you haven't seen in the series for a long time - too long) - as well as a lot more fighting!
My god! You still manage to throw me off my chair with simply godlike audio and intense action Beserkoid! I still don't get how on earth you manage to come up with these fantastic ideas and how you get them into a perfect mind-blowing episode. Keep up the good (actually, 'good' is a bit of an understatement. I should be saying EPIC) work! Cheers!
Its been a long time between adventures but well worth the wait this vid was AWESOMER than the last, new bad guys new monsters and that curious sea gull it was just great Gordon has taken being a BAD ASS to new levels .You guys have done a great job Well Done!!!!! cvgeeps
@dudeallen1 Thanks, but yes, it is just me, (so far!) although I do make use of several Gmod addons (mentioned in the video description) which make controlling the NPCs a lot easier than it would be otherwise. Still, that doesn't stop them from being stubborn, clumsy, obstinate and unpredictable - and often testing my patience with their erratic and unfathomable behaviour! Thanks again.
For whatever reason I find myself coming back to these videos constantly, re-watching them, hoping to see new ones every time. 11 year old me loves Half Life to death and these amazingly immersive, radio-filled videos just fueled my child imagination for ages.
Thanks very much, I hope the videos stand up to repeat viewing, and sorry for not uploading the next episode yet - Part 33 has turned into something pretty long and complex, so once I've finished recording everything I need, I think I'm going to upload the first 10 minutes or so, as a sort of taster, or preview, of a work-in-progress. Many thanks again - and yes, I hope it's obvious that I also love the Half-Life universe to death!
the chopper part crashing down: absolutly awesome! the crab synth, altough used as a spotter (?) was very well played the Birdman thingy was really funny :P and the CGI made me lol ("I love the smell of CGI in the morning") You promise quaility, and so you deliver; keep making them this awesome ;)
I don't know if it will work with the latest, updated version of Garry's Mod, Gmod 13, but I've just added a link in the video description to the Strider Cannon I used in the video - and thanks for subscribing!
I love the detail of all sorts of units attacking Freeman on the foot soldier wave. From heavy units to just elite cops, they're just throwing everything.
@taysmetallihullu92 Hi again, once you've installed GCFScape, the next time you go to Program Files/Steam/steamapps you should see that any Source game installed on your hard drive has now been broken down by GCFScape into a number of smaller files and arranged in a series of purple blocks. The Combine Soldier and Metropolice audio files are to be found in the folder source sounds.gcf/hl2/sound/npc
If I'm searching for a particular NPC to use in a video, I'll often download and try different versions from garrysmod, so I can't always remember which version it was that worked best for me - especially since the names of the uploaders have now been changed from their Facepunch usernames to their Steam ID! (and sometimes a Gmod or Source engine update will break them). But the Raising the Bar Global Pack had a working Crab Synth and Combine Guard - last time I checked anyway!
@swedishplayer97 I die many times when I make these videos! The trickiest scene in this video was probably trying to cross the road before the Strider killed me - I started to wonder, after several deaths, if it was even possible, but eventually managed to do it in a blind panic. Thanks and cheers.
Hi again, the addons I mentioned were all made and uploaded for free by Gmodders - the only software I've paid for to make these videos is Gmod, Valve's games, and my video-editing suite, PowerDirector - I also use the free programs Audacity and GCFScape :)
I'm still making them! I haven't stopped working on the series, but I've been having problems galore making the next one, Part 31, for various reasons (too many to mention). I don't want to give an ETA, because the way things have been going, I'll just end up missing it and disappointing (or worse) everyone, but it's going to be much longer than previous episodes - and I've also been working on Part 32, so I hope to get back on track with the uploads once Part 31 is (finally) out the way.
I did edit and piece together all those Combine sound files - I used GCFScape to extract the audio from the original game, then split and edited the wav files to make new radio chatter. So all the sound(s) are from HL2, even if the words and phrases aren't - and I don't have a mic, although I do have Audacity, so finding a suitable voice actor and applying some kind of effect might make the process easier, I guess - but, more importantly, I'm not sure if the final result would be better.
I know, October already - nearly November! - I can't believe it :( I might make and upload a (spoiler-free) trailer for Part 31 soon, although I'd rather use my free time to concentrate working on Part 31 itself. And I apologise again for the wait but I've had to change my plans for the next video because of the update to Gmod 13 - so I've been using addons and recording scenes that I planned to use for future episodes, before the update to Gmod 13 (possibly) breaks the lot of them.
once again,you surprise me with your awesomeness. you are amazing making these videos and everytime you do a video,its better than last time! ^^ keep it up!!
I just dubbed the Combine radio chatter onto the soundtrack, after I'd recorded the action and edited the video (I don't really have a script, and I rarely plan or record something with a specific line in mind, as I'll sometimes change things during the making of these videos, especially if something goes wrong, but right - or better than expected - which happens fairly frequently, and is one of the things than can be a curse and a blessing when making these videos in Gmod!).
"Assassin, give him a kick and get out of here!"
**single kick**
**flees for life**
XD
Gets pierced with pulse wearonry.
i mean she did do what they wanted her to do
"Execution team has been, er, executed"
Ironic
@Gladrian Shephard perhap,,,,
What irony.
Iron knee.
"You hit the synth"
"Er sorry team leader"
Best bit 10/10
That's why you should not use such weapon in close proximity of your another unid.
"Freeman. Hold it. Hold it right there. No! Please..."
I don't know why, but I found this extremely funny.
I'd stop attacking
remins me of that cat ine don't do it freeman shots thak life
This is why is should not use the radio
imagine the strider is saying that
Woah freeman just grab one the strider warp cannon!
"Section Leader: Birdman is on a red-eye flight."
"Affirmative."
"He's "winging it."
*chuckling*
"Code reminder, and warning: Priority One target is Freeman, not Birdman - over."
That bit always cracks me up.
the combine puns are real
Scott Ramage 10:30
That's where it happens
The combine act slightly humorous.
They are a Multiversal force, that doesnt mean they dont know humor :D
combine soldiers are brainwashed.
they don't have free thinking
MikeTheWinterGuy dude they have some semblance of free thinking. Not enough to have humour however.
This is based on an alternate half life 2 universe. they have free thinking in this one :D
They have been brainwashed to be unquestionably loyal to the Universal Union in order to avoid a sort of military coup but they dont seem to be entirely dronelike and devoid of emotion, atleast not regular soldiers. Its possible to hear one stutter over the radio at one point while panicked and trying to assess the situation while there have been points when soldiers have shouted 'Help!' and 'Medic!' seemingly out of fear of death.
Elites have never been seen really displaying any emotion so its possible they have undergone further brainwashing and mental programming to make them much more robotic.
EDIT:
I will admit though I dont see soldiers having a very good sense of humor. Probably CP's because they have undergone no mental conditioning but soldiers seem to be pretty serious at all times.
Amazing Gmod video, I love all the effects and the radio and everything about it is incredible, especially the citizens and resistence talking to you.
+The Puppet Thanks for your kind words - I've been getting down with how long it's taking me to make and piece together the next episode in the series, Part 33, but reading your comment gave me a perfectly timed boost :) Thanks again.
Beserkoid You welcome, I played gmod for a year now and I couldent do this, And please tell me how did u do the portals, the one on the citidal ?
+The Puppet Hello again, do you mean the thing above the Citadel at 0:46? I can't remember exactly, sorry, but I seem to recall using an addon called the Aurora Cannon garrysmods.org/download/7135/the-aurora-cannon-v20 though I don't know if it will work with newer versions of Gmod. Thanks again.
Beserkoid Ok thanks, ill try it.
How'd you manage to custom make the combine radio chatter like that?
I only noticed this was community made after the end and reading comments, this is so well made I actually believed it was part of a beta leak
Its good to see gmod being used for something good like this
...This is half-life 2...
MegaJacob456 Not its gmod he said it in the comments
Dj Skeleton Oh, ok then...
Where I can download this version from, if it's possible at all ? My 8 year-old cousin just loves it ... xD
gmod.facepunch.com/f/gmodgd/jaqk/All-Garry-s-Mod-Versions-1-11/1/
Why does the combine care so much about the birds?
the white birds is the anthem of the Combine. look at the Combine symbol with the dove on it.
but those are fuckin seagulls?
Hey, birds are so badas they even scare GLaDOS. Not even Chell managed that.
BIRD BIRD BIRD KILL IT! Its Evil!
because they are not the targets...
lel
How did you make a metrocop shoot a ar2 ball and make it shoot the ar2 with out it doing the t-pose
I used an addon, which is mentioned in the video description, ("Metropolice NPCs"), and possibly this: garrysmods.org/download/7274/advanced-combine-v4
AND Magic
Great Work!
love your vids
The action set pieces in this Machinima is amazing! This series is truly a masterpiece! Great work Beserkoid.
"Top priority is Freeman, not Birdman!" xD I'm fucking dying!!!
I wish half life 3 will have this kind of action :D
oh, how hopeful....
that's cute
John Auldrige Welp, everyone was hopeful 3 years ago.
ah yes plssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
but valve is never gonna make hl3 because they are dumb
AmateurUA-camr after 3 years...still no half life 3 =_=
It looks akward in some parts, like the way Freeman didn't use the second alt-fire shot on the strider cannon and the officer standing completly still however, given the fact that multiple effects and npcs were spawning in and doing stuff shows the amount of effort put into the whole video. And lets not forget the subtitles, those are a pain to write though someone had to do it and I'm glad someone did. Great job! +like +fav +subbed
Thanks, yeah, with the alt-fire on the Strider cannon, I was trying to show in the video that I was either in too close proximity to my target, or the Strider was too aggressive for a clear shot, although I probably should have somehow shown that it takes a while for the cannon to charge up (not really, but otherwise it would have been too easy for Freeman just to obliterate everything and everyone on sight) - the same with the Striders in the original game, they don't seem to use it as frequently as they could, so I'm guessing there must be a 'charging up' and 'cooling down' period between each burst (?!) But thanks again and cheers as well - and yes, those subtitles are a tedious pain to write!
This is excellently done! So creative and excellent. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
This entire video is a non-stop headache
"Erm... Freeman has the Strider cannon"
I can just tell I'm gonna love this video
that place is absolute hell
Great video, but I have some questions, hehehe.
1. Why watch the birds? D:
2. How did you get the strider to shoot certain enemies at certain times, and use the alt fire at certain times as well?
4. Was this filmed in HL2, or GMod? It seems obvious it would be in GMod, but the AR2 has an alt fire ammo counter unlike GMod.
5. Why did I skip 3?
6. Why did you not use the Synth Gun?
1. I just liked the idea of the Combine liking birds more than humans :)
2. I use the Gmod addon tool Attack Commander as well as the console command ent_fire npc_strider setcannontarget
4. Yes, it was all filmed in Gmod, but version 12, not the latest, 13.
5. Probably because Valve skip the number 3 as well :D but not for much longer, I reckon :)
6 Yeah I did plan to employ the Synth Gun in the video, but I just thought the action was too frantic for its use, and also, as a weapon, it was too similar to the Strider Cannon - so I decided to save it for future episodes in the series.
7. Hope that's helped - and thanks for watching!
Beserkoid So the combine wants to weaponize the birds?
My strider dosint move or shoot
combine just wanting to restore peace:
"PLEASE FREEMAN PLEASE END THIS!"
*Calls in Off world backup for desperation of peace in city 17.*
Man that scripting is awesome tho I would love this to be some addon!
I like how the one guy cares about the synth and says “stop using grenades your hurting the synth”
where you get that sound: "Request mortar deployment" ? At: 1:09
+Rocho kanalas I just made it by extracting and editing the Combine Soldier and Metrocop audio files from the original game - though I can't remember which sound files I used to make that specific command you mentioned, sorry! (But I use a free program called GCFScape to extract all the speech, then I chop it up and piece it together to make new words and phrases, which I then dub onto the soundtrack after I've finished editing the video.)
+Beserkoid Thanks for explanation :)
I like how they sometimes show care for the synths.
@M3L0916 Sorry for deleting your comment! I accidentally removed it while accessing my email using my phone, something I don't normally do (and won't be doing too often again.) I've looked for some way to restore it but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any way to retrieve a comment once it has been deleted. Sorry again about that, but thanks for watching and yes, that reference at the end of the video was to the Cremator's "motto".
@KamenRiderOnyx1 Thanks, hello again, I'm taking a short but much-needed break after making this one, but I'll be starting work on Part 31 very soon (after playing Portal 2!).
Yeah, I've been way over-ambitious with my ideas for the next few episodes in the series (I've been setting up and recording scenes for them for 2 1/2 years now!). I've had a really frustrating time making them for many reasons, and I'm also moving home v soon, so I might be "under the radar" for a while, but although I'm sorry that I still can't give you an ETA for the next one, Part 31, the series isn't dead, and I'm really pleased with some of the stuff I have for these later videos :)
I remember watching your content when i was a kid. Man. Keep it up, please, I love it
@Frenchy849 Thanks for watching - but I don't use buddha in the making of the videos, as I feel it would affect how I approach and play a scene if I knew in the back of my mind that I couldn't die during a firefight - is it because my health drops to 1 after the Stalker attack near the beginning? Yeah, it does look a bit suspicious, too lucky to be true - there's a moment near the end of The Hunters and the Hunted when, again, my health drops to 1, but again, that was pure luck!...
Yes, just me in my spare time, although I do use many addons made and uploaded by the Gmod community (please read the video description for each episode for a list of credits) - in addition to useful advice (and inspiration) from viewers/subscribers :)
"Keep it clean " GOOD STUFF!!!! Still anxiously awaiting the new episode !
Thanks, the unused NPCs were uploaded to garrysmod(dot)org, for other Garry's Mod users, by various members of the Gmod community (please see the video description for details and credits). I've never played the stolen version of HL2 (and don't intend to) but I have played the HL2 mod Missing Information, and I've also been using the Raising The Bar book for ideas and inspiration.
Thanks again - and many thanks and cheers for subscribing!
you made me happy and this is hl2 when combine die and none left none left
"If you value your health, maintain stealth"
XD
“Freeman. Have some free parasites.”
-The Combine
I got a question... after 14th minute of the video we have "off-world" backup going in; these are most likely the forces sent by the combine's from other place than Earth. How does that sum up with the fact, that Combine's teleportation does not support local teleports? This was only developed by Black Mesa and Aperture Science engineers. We recall words of Isaac Kleiner "once they get here, they must rely on local transportation". *So this is a sort of inconsistency*. But of course, I like the video.
Nevertheless, I would like to start a discussion here - what do you think changed after "Nova Prospekt" incident? Combine's portal at the prison was upgraded and reprogrammed and supported (sic!) local teleports, with the "slow teleport" phenomenon though (HL does not give any information whether Judith's and Elis' teleport was a slow one). So - Combine might have an access to local teleportation thanks to Nova Prospekt, but its properties perhaps excluded practical use. Besides - were Combine forces not to salvage teleport from the prison, Nova Prospekt would be destroyed along with the improved teleport technology in Citadel blast a week later.
What do you guys think?
fasolmateusz Yeah I've changed things a little there to make the situation a bit more urgent - I'm imagining there are occasional, infrequent "cracks" or "openings" that allow small groups of off-world forces to slip through, but which are too brief for a major invasion - I'll be hinting at what the Combine are working on in later episodes (I also had a portal open in "And Reap We Shall", which would enable some form of local transportation, with units being shipped through that portal, on the coast, to emerge through this portal in order to defend the Citadel and City 17.) But thanks, I'm glad you liked the video anyway.
More cities have similar towers that allow local transport I believe.
Once again you deliver an amazing video. What a final battle this is, with the combine clearly pulling out all the stops to keep Freeman from the breaching the Citadel.
If only this was the real final battle in the game, its very impressive. I also like how you got the various Beta-NPCs in the fray. Its great to see the removed NPCs in action, showing what they could have contributed to an already great game.
Keep up the good work!
13:23 i loved this
@Antusteam Thanks, I have an old clip on my hard drive (I think, I hope) of that seagull doing some strange things while I was making the video - if I can find it I might put the clip up on UA-cam and call it 'Stupid Seagull (When a Gmod Movie Goes Wrong).' There was a clip I thought I had kept of Eli falling on the stairs (for no reason whatsoever!) during the making of Friends and Fiends but I've lost or deleted it, I think. Maybe I'll start another series showing 'Stupid' Gmod bloopers.
question how did you make thing not show if there are killed
Typing in the console commands hud_deathnotice_time 0 and hud_saytext_time 0 should do the trick for you :)
'And fry that son-of-a-bitch!' -CMB command
Hi, I made my own - although you might hear some Beta Combine voices in the next part :) (when it's finally done!)
@homsar386 1: I've started work on the next video, part 31, but I can't say yet when it'll be coming out - and the latest videos usually have pretty long credits and thanks in the video description anyway, although they do seem to be getting longer with each part! 2: I just had and liked the idea of these ruthless mass murderers of humans getting all soft and sentimental for the local wildlife.
PS I usually record a scene several times, but that scene with the Stalkers was the best 'take', I thought, visually and in terms of my reaction, although I'm always reluctant to use a clip where my health gets knocked to 1, as I know some viewers will think I'm cheating death - there's a moment in the next video, Part 31, (which I'm still - STILL! - working on) when, again, my health genuinely does drop to 1. But again, I liked the scene, so decided to keep it.
Very clever editing! Great job, it was very fun to watch.
Deviantart:
"Freeman is OC!"
"Negative."
OoC be like.
Holy shit, this is amazing.
Funny how this just showed up in my recommended videos yet I was subscribed already (probably years ago).
How did you make Stalker respond on combine's command ? And Strider's smarter AI
BLλZING STORM Maybe AI_disable (with a binded key)
pill pack?
yeah i was just about to say pill pack
juky.... this was in 2011 the gmod workshop wasnt a thing..nor was gmod 13
BioLizard Venom gamebanana and garrysmod.org exists
And Beta Combine Soldiers are in this Half Life game
Lol WATCH OUT FOR THE BIRDS!
XD
Oh well, thanks for the advice and such, and this series is awsome and some of the best half life videos iv seen yet!
Combine Radio Chatter is crazy
You should hear it on a Tuesday
@slackingstacker I just used SuperBenjeh's NPC Control tool, although I'm guessing you could also use console commands. It won't charge, though - my version of the Crab Synth only has basic animations, so when I tried to get it to run at me, it just started galloping on the spot.
(And thanks again for the Combine Guard!).
Stick and MACE?
@xxadamxx0001 A lot of it is from the game, but there are also custom words/phrases, which I make by editing the game's original sound files. And thanks, glad the subtitles help, although I always worry they might annoy viewers (especially if English isn't your first language) and distract/detract from the action on screen. (Even though I've listened to it dozens of times now, some of radio chatter, especially in Nova Prospekt, still sounds like pure gobbledygook to me, they talk so fast.)
How to get crab synth link???
+Combine Tv I haven't included a link for the Crab Synth because the video was made using an old version of Gmod (11 or 12 - which I'm still using!), but if you check out Gmod's Steam Workshop, hopefully there will be a working NPC (or model) for you. Thanks.
+Combine Tv There are two crab synths that I know of, and here are both of them.====>steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=566678693&searchtext=crabsynth
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=412567425&searchtext=crab+synth
+Lance Rouvas The first link has a working crab synth and the second is just a ragdoll of it.
+Noveske The second is actually a generic actor version, which is more accurate to the game. :)
@ray01bdh I'm still working on the next one, Part 31, (I've been having problems galore making it - don't get me started!), so hopefully fairly soon, although I've also been making and have recorded almost everything I need for Part 32, so the plan is to get Part 31 done and uploaded when I can, and then hopefully get Part 32 finished and on UA-cam not long after that.
Overwatch,WATCH THE BIRDS!
Roger that overwatch
@@acehoundberry7342 how does it feel combine to have nomad one go rogue on you and help freeman
Yes, I've just used console commands for this video - just spawn a dropship and eg a soldier crate (but spawn them where you want the ship to fly to) name them (eg ent_setname ship, ent_setname crate). Now type ent_fire ship pickup crate and it should do exactly that. (You'll need the Gmod Physgun to adjust the crate's position.) Now use the Physgun to move the ship-with-crate to another point on the map, and the ship should fly back to where it was spawned - (then ent_fire ship drop crate :))
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Holy shit so many memories are coming back to me rewatching these videos. I forgot about these.
What the hell am I watching?
A masterpiece
I love the small talk between the combine
Ok, what we've got here.
Beta enemies... check.
Plot armor... check.
Awful script... check.
Drunken Combines... check.
Michael Bay... check.
Author likes birbs a lot... check.
Alyx's "Gordon!" line at least 4 times in a minute... check.
Er... check.
Score: Cringe/10
Not enough Nomad 5
@Mr22Ash Thanks, yes, there will be more story/plot development in the next few videos (and characters that you haven't seen in the series for a long time - too long) - as well as a lot more fighting!
It's another episode in the Half-Life Alternate Saga and it's another amazing episode that has made my day.
Thank you for another great episode.
My god! You still manage to throw me off my chair with simply godlike audio and intense action Beserkoid! I still don't get how on earth you manage to come up with these fantastic ideas and how you get them into a perfect mind-blowing episode. Keep up the good (actually, 'good' is a bit of an understatement. I should be saying EPIC) work!
Cheers!
Its been a long time between adventures but well worth the wait this vid was AWESOMER than the last, new bad guys new monsters and that curious sea gull it was just great Gordon has taken being a BAD ASS to new levels .You guys have done a great job Well Done!!!!! cvgeeps
@dudeallen1 Thanks, but yes, it is just me, (so far!) although I do make use of several Gmod addons (mentioned in the video description) which make controlling the NPCs a lot easier than it would be otherwise. Still, that doesn't stop them from being stubborn, clumsy, obstinate and unpredictable - and often testing my patience with their erratic and unfathomable behaviour!
Thanks again.
For whatever reason I find myself coming back to these videos constantly, re-watching them, hoping to see new ones every time.
11 year old me loves Half Life to death and these amazingly immersive, radio-filled videos just fueled my child imagination for ages.
Thanks very much, I hope the videos stand up to repeat viewing, and sorry for not uploading the next episode yet - Part 33 has turned into something pretty long and complex, so once I've finished recording everything I need, I think I'm going to upload the first 10 minutes or so, as a sort of taster, or preview, of a work-in-progress. Many thanks again - and yes, I hope it's obvious that I also love the Half-Life universe to death!
the chopper part crashing down: absolutly awesome!
the crab synth, altough used as a spotter (?) was very well played
the Birdman thingy was really funny :P and the CGI made me lol ("I love the smell of CGI in the morning")
You promise quaility, and so you deliver; keep making them this awesome ;)
"mind the birds"
8:12 i love this sentence "Execution Team has been... erm... executed"
I don't know if it will work with the latest, updated version of Garry's Mod, Gmod 13, but I've just added a link in the video description to the Strider Cannon I used in the video - and thanks for subscribing!
@walker29100 You'll be seeing more of those guys in the next video, Part 31...:)
Thank you for your help in showing what you used. I try to use aesthetically amusing HL2 Depictions on my own. :)
Universal Union Really wasted a ton of resources on getting just a single man.
I love the detail of all sorts of units attacking Freeman on the foot soldier wave. From heavy units to just elite cops, they're just throwing everything.
Combine radio chatter is just an icing on the cake for this series
@taysmetallihullu92 Hi again, once you've installed GCFScape, the next time you go to Program Files/Steam/steamapps you should see that any Source game installed on your hard drive has now been broken down by GCFScape into a number of smaller files and arranged in a series of purple blocks. The Combine Soldier and Metropolice audio files are to be found in the folder source sounds.gcf/hl2/sound/npc
If I'm searching for a particular NPC to use in a video, I'll often download and try different versions from garrysmod, so I can't always remember which version it was that worked best for me - especially since the names of the uploaders have now been changed from their Facepunch usernames to their Steam ID! (and sometimes a Gmod or Source engine update will break them). But the Raising the Bar Global Pack had a working Crab Synth and Combine Guard - last time I checked anyway!
@swedishplayer97 I die many times when I make these videos! The trickiest scene in this video was probably trying to cross the road before the Strider killed me - I started to wonder, after several deaths, if it was even possible, but eventually managed to do it in a blind panic.
Thanks and cheers.
Hi again, the addons I mentioned were all made and uploaded for free by Gmodders - the only software I've paid for to make these videos is Gmod, Valve's games, and my video-editing suite, PowerDirector - I also use the free programs Audacity and GCFScape :)
Nice to have your talented videos back :D good work. Missed your vids
"Stay alert... And mind the birds."
My third view and each time is better than the last this stuff is awesome cant get enough keep em coming Thanks Steve
I'm still making them! I haven't stopped working on the series, but I've been having problems galore making the next one, Part 31, for various reasons (too many to mention). I don't want to give an ETA, because the way things have been going, I'll just end up missing it and disappointing (or worse) everyone, but it's going to be much longer than previous episodes - and I've also been working on Part 32, so I hope to get back on track with the uploads once Part 31 is (finally) out the way.
10:53 Fearless bird xD
Man, keep on the great job, this is amaizing
At 8:33 was music half-life:opposing force music:Chamber.
+Bozo Bozo Yes I use music from the HL:Opp Force soundtrack in the next video too, Beta Blockers - and thanks for subscribing! :)
I like the use of both beta and release models.
I did edit and piece together all those Combine sound files - I used GCFScape to extract the audio from the original game, then split and edited the wav files to make new radio chatter. So all the sound(s) are from HL2, even if the words and phrases aren't - and I don't have a mic, although I do have Audacity, so finding a suitable voice actor and applying some kind of effect might make the process easier, I guess - but, more importantly, I'm not sure if the final result would be better.
I know, October already - nearly November! - I can't believe it :( I might make and upload a (spoiler-free) trailer for Part 31 soon, although I'd rather use my free time to concentrate working on Part 31 itself. And I apologise again for the wait but I've had to change my plans for the next video because of the update to Gmod 13 - so I've been using addons and recording scenes that I planned to use for future episodes, before the update to Gmod 13 (possibly) breaks the lot of them.
I must say I am a bit shocked on the wait time for part 33 however from the description i am assured it will be brilliant.
Great to remember this cool half life short films , hyped for Half Life Alyx
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This is brilliant, the Combine radio chatter was hilarious too.
once again,you surprise me with your awesomeness. you are amazing making these videos and everytime you do a video,its better than last time! ^^ keep it up!!
I just dubbed the Combine radio chatter onto the soundtrack, after I'd recorded the action and edited the video (I don't really have a script, and I rarely plan or record something with a specific line in mind, as I'll sometimes change things during the making of these videos, especially if something goes wrong, but right - or better than expected - which happens fairly frequently, and is one of the things than can be a curse and a blessing when making these videos in Gmod!).
The radio chatter is amazing, sir. I salute you.