Source: modDB
Related: Xmas

Another year has passed and that means another version of Xmas is underway.

Xmas being mostly a 1-man team effort (myself), the time spent on bringing this mod to life was extensive. Seeing poeple make servers and playing is the only reward this developer gets for his hard work.

Also, being a seasonal themed mod, it's life expectancy is rather short. And other issues also prompted the next version of Xmas to be 1.1, which was supposed to be released shortly after 1.0 last year. But due to the lack of players, it was post-poned.

In short, Xmas 1.1 (released tomorrow) will be 1.0 with many fixes and changes to weapon balance. Here is the changelog:

New
-New Steam background and full compatibility

changes

Stapler
-No more zoom
-Damage lowered
-Magazine raised to 25 staples

M4/M203
-Slightly increased damage
-Grenades fly slightly farther

Raging bulb
-Slightly increased ROF

Coach gun
-You can no longer reload to full (2 shells) if you have 1 shell left in reserve

Candy Cane Crowbar
-You can now hit poeple slightly farther from you due to the candy cane being bigger :)

Happy holidays, and to all a good fragin' night.

Source: HL Portal

Our Interview with Deckaux, one of the mappers at the HL Nightwatch mod, is now online.
That means we are not going to see any known places or even watch Gordon Freeman from a distance?

Deckaux: No, existing levels are not going to be used. So you are not going to see any known places, at least not directly. You also have to pass on Gordon Freeman and Adrian Shepard. But events from other episodes will have a direct influence on the incidents in NW, as much as events in NW will try to explain some of the incidents in Black Mesa. We wanted to create an independent story and thought that these "meetings" would be really cool and come up with a bit of nostalgia, but on the other hand it would also make a negative impact on the independence of our own story. Furthermore I think that people have had enough of things like these already. I also think it´s more interesting if you can imagine why something just happened, as you can´t see it.

Source: Dino-Instinct

Team Raptor would like to present a mod that has been in the works for quite a while, Dino-Instinct, now a Half-Life 2 mod in production, was once going to be a mod for Half-Life "Classic", it even made it to alpha status, with tons of models and maps for hl1 to show for. After seeing the capabilities of half-life 2 Team Raptor decided to clean the slate and work anew on Half-Life 2.

Dino-Instinct is about two teams of dinosaurs going at each other to reach a common objective according to the type of gameplay. There will be five or more dinosaurs per team possibly being a carnivore vs.
herbivore type scenarios. After getting so many points (from both frags and completing gameplay objectives) a player levels up and increases in skill according to what dinosaur is being played.

Team Raptor currently has several job openings coding being of our main interest. If you have previous experience with modding and you are interested in contributing some of your work to Dino-Instinct, come visit us at our Forum or E-Mail us and show off to us some of your previous experience.

These 4 models are currently being worked. None of them have final skins yet.

Source: StarGate TC

Due to the partnership with the Terrorist Revenge Dev-Team, StargateTC launches a new recruit period. Actually, this 2 years old mod needs fresh blood, and we wish to reinforce the crew in the perspective of the coming Source version.
We need to reinfirce those parts :

• Mapping


• Modeling (we seek people who KNOWS modeling and animating)


• 2D artists (Skins, for the most part)


• 2 English Advertisment Manager

As possible, we want people who are used to work on Half-Life or people thatare quite ready to work.
If you are interested, you may contact us at this URL:

• http://www.stargatetc.com/recruitment.php

Of course, you'll be asked to show some of your works .
More information on IRC ( irc.quakenet.org #stargatetc ) or on our Forum

Source: HalfLife2.net

VIA gamers has put online a nice Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Guide that you can use to get the most out of the online game's weapons. A good start for those that are just beginning to play the game. Here some words:

The Deathmatch feature came as an early Xmas present for the mass of gamers with Half-Life 2 installed on their harddrives a few weeks back. From the very moment it was unleashed up till now there has been no let up in server activity and it appears that HL2 DM is here to stay. Reminiscent of the original, HL2 DM facilitates numerous skills and playing styles with an assortment of lethal weapons ready available, catering to a wide range of tastes. This guide will assume that you’ve played through the single player game and already have a reasonably good handle on what each of the weapons are and how to use them. It will, however, offer various hints and tips on how to make the most of them. The guide also assumes that you use a mouse for looking and aiming, and also that you use the ‘WASD’ or similar configuration for your movement keys.

The full guide can be found here.

Source: Half-Life Fallout

Two brand new Half-Life 2 Comics have been put online. First of Half-Life Fallout has put online Episode #3 of their My So-Called Half-Life. This time Dog plays a nice role. Check out My So-Called Half-Life: Episode #3: Junkyard Dog right here.

Next up is VG Cats. The comic now also features a nice Christmas Half-Life 2 Comic featuring Gordon and non other than Lamar. Check out the comic here.

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Source: modDB
Related: The Trenches

OK, well it didn't happen much in the last time. But here is a small, but nice Media Update.

First the Pics:

Good Job Oelund (Model, UVMap and Skin edits) and wilco3d (Skin).

The MG 08/15 (Maschinengewehr 08/15) is an edited and renewed Version of the MG08, a licensed copy of the Maxim 1884 Machine Gun. The MG 08/15 is a watercooled Machine Gun with a ROF of 400 rounds per minute.
At the beginning of the war 1914 the German Reich had about 12000 MG 08s. In 1915 Germany first produced the MG 08/15 with wasn't as heavy as the original version ("only" about 18 kilograms). The germans used it as MG on the field and as an Aircraft Machine Gun.

Source: modDB
Related: Return to Mana

2004 - what an active year, many things happened...

The European Union got a few new members, the US elected a "new" president, the Olympic games finally returned to their origins after 108 years and for many people a dream come true - VALVe finished and released Half-Life².

We the rtm-team would like to thank their families and friends for their support, the pizzaman for his ontime deliveries time after time and all the fairtrade coffee plantations around the world, for their products - keeping us awake night after night designing for the greater good.

We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year - And here is what we want to show you:

4 in-game shots from our first alpha map


2 final renders of familiar monsters - the asskickin' wolffighter and the lovely zombie
1 concept art of the upcoming waterpalace location

Source: Frontline Message Board
Releated: Adrenaline Gamer 2

The first screenshots from AG2 have just been added to the media page as an early Christmas present to all the fans of the mod.

The screenshots are taken from the map Drift, which is a work in progress from AG2s recently aquired mapper, Dux.