Half-Life Alyx

[Lizard]

1 hour ago, DMU222 said:

It seems like all HLA models had a lightly cartoonish appearance. I would guess its because more realistic models looked uncanny. I think Valve found a good spot where the player can connect with the characters as real people but also not feel uncomfortable around them.

Yes, I find Larry to be a bit cartoonish especially his animations and expressions.

[FMPONE]

I agree the HL2 version is a bit better. Overall a lot of the character designs feel weird, Alyx looks really strange compared to her HL2 counterpart imo.

Eli looks better in Alyx tho

[Lizard]

12 hours ago, FMPONE said:

I agree the HL2 version is a bit better. Overall a lot of the character designs feel weird, Alyx looks really strange compared to her HL2 counterpart imo.

Eli looks better in Alyx tho

I think this comparison does not do the justice since Alyx models is taken from model viewer without any lighting. Also  I think it was used for few seconds near the end when she hugged Eli? That might explain why its not up to the quality of others.

I think y'all have this hl2 fetish and are too attached to the previous installment 

[FMPONE]

2 hours ago, Lizard said:

I think this comparison does not do the justice since Alyx models is taken from model viewer without any lighting. Also  I think it was used for few seconds near the end when she hugged Eli? That might explain why its not up to the quality of others.

I think y'all have this hl2 fetish and are too attached to the previous installment 

Yeah it’s true that some of the character models are barely used, Gordon and Alyx in particular, and those don’t look that great imo, so maybe it was just wasn’t worth pouring time into.

on the other hand, people are making a lot of memes with those models on Twitter now, so we do see them a lot 

[blackdog]

On 7/31/2020 at 11:58 PM, FMPONE said:

I agree the HL2 version is a bit better. Overall a lot of the character designs feel weird, Alyx looks really strange compared to her HL2 counterpart imo.

[pics]

Is Alyx ever seen in the game? I'm even surprised they have a model for her. They didn't bother changing her outfit, which I can understand if they don't use her for scripted scenes not in first person... I do appreciate they took the time to make Eli different, gives a general feeling that time passed.

[Buddy]

1 hour ago, blackdog said:

Is Alyx ever seen in the game? I'm even surprised they have a model for her. They didn't bother changing her outfit, which I can understand if they don't use her for scripted scenes not in first person... I do appreciate they took the time to make Eli different, gives a general feeling that time passed.

 

Spoiler

it's a massive spoiler

Edited August 5, 2020 by Buddy

[Lizard]

57 minutes ago, Buddy said:

 

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it's a massive spoiler

Blackdog got everything wrong here  

[dux]

On 8/5/2020 at 5:50 PM, blackdog said:

Is Alyx ever seen in the game? I'm even surprised they have a model for her. They didn't bother changing her outfit, which I can understand if they don't use her for scripted scenes not in first person... I do appreciate they took the time to make Eli different, gives a general feeling that time passed.

Yeah you get to see her at the end where she makes ice cream for everyone

[Radu]

Ah man, this would have been the perfect gman face

[dux]

 

[Buddy]

21 hours ago, dux said:

Hehe, these are my old bread scans. It was fun to see that in half-life, lol.

Edited August 14, 2020 by Buddy

[Minos]

Finally got an Oculus Rift S! After fucking around trying to get it to work for days, I found out that my USB 3.0 didn't provide enough power. Got a new USB card, put it on, Oculus works once, then craps out. I switch around HDMI ports and then it works. I then jump into this game, eager to play it... and I get this annoying stutter every second or so (When I move my head sometimes one frame freezes and I can see the black borders around it).

Now here I go spend another week to figure out what's causing that. I'd guess it has something to do with Oculus Home always being on and using resources unnecessarily. Seems like if you play VR games on Steam not only your GPU has to render the game itself, but also Oculus and SteamVR bloatware in the background. This whole thing feels hacky as fuck (Oculus, not Alyx).

Hopefully I can sort these problems out and enjoy this baby

[dux]

Why didn't you just get an Index? Too bulky?

Edited August 18, 2020 by dux

[Buddy]

I've heard from other people that Rift setup can be a PITA (usb related shit). 

Index controllers are a game changer imo, it's worth the extra money especially when you're such a high roller like Mino. Just pay up bro

[FMPONE]

If you don’t want to take out a second mortgage to play vidya games, I’m sorry but you’re a jerk. It’s important to sell your organs every once in a while, you don’t even need half of them. This is finance 101.