Skies of Arcadia in Half-Life 2

[23652356]

One of the best games i have played on my life, REMAKEE PLZZ!!

[Spartan043]

I just orgasmed.

[ArcNine9Angel]

This video is helping me recreate my own Delphinus right now, albeit a 2D version for Terraria xD My outline is done now I'm trying to shape up the interior rooms, that staircase is proving different between every version of the ship, so confusing.

[loopymatt2]

That was strait up awesome! :D 

[StationSquareW]

Amazing!

It's a shame the island outside have the simple format from the first time you stand your base there, but it''s still faithful to the game. And damn this delphinus is sexy, same complimet goes for the underground air base.

I loved it.

[V3nD3ttAOn3]

this must have taken so long, but its amazing :]

[GeNome5152]

wow thats good, especially the delphinus. makes me want to play again

[skiesju]

So awesome.

[JallenMeodia]

Wow amazing. I love SoA and HL2 so this is just...I'm overwhelmed with emotion.

Don't remember the room at 2:10 though.

[Tlhea]

I really do need to come here and check more often...

Thanks to all for the complments! As MrFamous has said, the textures are, essentially, ripped from the DC Version. Yes, it has been a labor of love... It's that, or I'm a masochist. :) Anyway, commercial CGI work is taking my time, but I have made some progress on new props and textures. I've got new railings, gates, and deckplates nearly done. - Kryslin (aka Tlhea)

[bellamai]

OHMYGOD YOUTUBE HOW DID YOU EVEN SUGGEST SUCH AN AWESOME FOR ME TO WATCH.

This is the best and greatest thing I have ever seen and I am completely in awe.

[swrutra]

Where did you find the pictures for the tea room? Did you do screen capture from the original game? It's amazing not only how you recreated the space, but the textures well, they're equal to the original Delphinus.

[mrfamous333]

@swrutra the textures wete ripped straight from SoA

[swrutra]

@mrfamous333 Would you mind to tell me how?

[Tlhea]

@swrutra As has been mentioned, the textures are ripped from the game.

Here's how: You'll need an uncompressed (non-Echelon) image of the game, SharpDevelop, and a PVR to PNG convertor. Using sharpdevelop, write a program that searches for PVRT in a file, and writes that block to your disk as a .PVR file. repeat until all PVRT's are found. Feed those to the Image Converter. Repeat until you've extracted all the textures. Spend 4-5 months organizing the 4GB of images that result. :) Done!

[Matrixcompy]

so good

[Matrixcompy]

awesoe

[Darkozl]

standing ovation

[owlflame]

THIS IS AWSOME

[oAzREZNoR]

I came

[mrfamous333]

@RedShanaBFMV Yeah it's more fun to ignore the Captain's Stripes. That way you have a challenge when you fight the Gigas!

[OnionMan]

My jaw literally dropped on the tour of the Delphinus.

[smallwood]

The Delphinus looks incredible, it's like a perfect match. This must've taken some real dedication.

[Tlhea]

It's not a perfect match - in the Dreamcast version, all the compartments are seperate models. When placed together, they don't fit inside the hull! There has been some serious editing and adding done to make everything fit. The next revision will replace a number of things with static_ and dynamic_prop entities, and the hatches and doors should have working handles. :)

[mrfamous333]

@Tlhea woot!

[Matrixcompy]

this is great :D

[drachnya]

Oh wow. The attention to detail is absolutely stunning, this looks like a real labour of love. Fantastic!

[AlishaShatogi]

Nostalgia!

This is amazing.

Seriously. The Delphinus is just... wow.

Makes me want to bust out the Dreamcast and play again.

[ZephyrFate]

I know the guy who modelled this. I guess I totally forgot about that place late 2005. I used to frequent the forums there and this is amazing.

[atari26003]

This guy sure as hell has talent, man he has earned my respect!

[CBcinema1]

That as amazing. Being a large fan myself I could tell how well and detailed the entire map was. Well done to him for making this. Truly a great fan.

[likeiis]

This is really, really cool.

[KanbeiWarrior]

Haha that's freaking awesome!

[N641995kid]

brillant i had the dreamcast one and gamecube best game of its kind

[VigorousjammerX]

pretty good, but it could use some more trees and bushes outside...

[Zerufos]

Ya it does need that... but the best part is inside.

[7677876]

I think there was a pond of some sort, too

[Tlhea]

Slowly but surely, I'm making my way there. The last revision of the map has a few tweaks to it. I really, really need to get the interior optimized, though, because the thing takes 8 hours to compile (full, final) on my workstation.

[AXE2501]

now theres a flash back!!!

[TheMutator]

That's great

[ArcaneArteest]

Wow...we need another remake of Skies with modern gen graphics!

[kiefer23]

Yeah its one of the top things on my wish list. I'm going to get around to learning 3D max soon and I thought of making the Delphinus. I could put it into a port folio :)

Unfortunately I can't remember what the damn ship looks like all over :P It's been to long since I have played Skies of Arcadia. Luckily I have a Dreamcast and a Gamecube lieing around still so I could purchase the game on either version again. It is my 3rd favorite game of all time so it won't be a problem :P

[PrinzNoctis1989]

@ArcaneArteest for sure man this need to be remaked! Maybe with a bit more sidestorys

[eulailya]

This is fantastic! :D

[Cloudrunner62]

WOOOOT

[DygitalNinja]

Very impressive this brought back memories, I wonder if someone made Pirate isle or the Little Jack

[Keaton2008]

Now if only there here some ragdolls of the characters.

This is beautiful.

[utitheduck]

This would be aterrible map to play Half Life 2 on.... but who cares this is seriously amazing

[AtrixAlpha]

SoA needs more publicity

[MetallicPyro]

This...Is....Win....

[kalaslsl]

Awesome!

[WrathOfTheNooB]

Kryslin, make a TF2 version! Payload or CTF would rule so much!

Please!

[johnnyliteral]

I was never really into Half Life, but I think watching this has convinced me to buy the Orange Box. When I first saw the island I was like "Huh, that's pretty accurate, but I wonder how he's going to do the ship." And as soon the video went inside the island, I crapped my pants a little bit. And then a little more when it actually went IN the boat. Absolutely amazing.

[shadowolf2k]

Oh geez,the Delphinus especially is incredible!!

[Kommissar85UK]

At first I was like 'meh'.

Then I saw teh Delpinus.

I came.

[metaXzero]

I came...

Seriously. This is epic!

[MagicSeal]

Kryslin, you need to help me pay for my dry cleaning, as I think I peed my pants a little.

[Tlhea]

DISCLAIMER: You view this video at your own risk. Any mess you make in your amazement is your own problem. :)

There should be a new video coming soon enough,anyway.

Kryslin

[BrokenSplinter]

*simply and without sound mouths* "WTF"

[tornic531]

*faints*

[RiseAgainstAlbums]

I don't meen to sound this as a dumb question, but what is half Life 2 and is it free?

I'd love to make a map like this planly because it's awesome :)

Well done :)

[Tlhea]

Half Life 2 is not free; It's a commercial game put out by Valve Software. The Orange Box version is the best value at $45 (when I bought it), because you get all three episodes(HL2, Ep1, Ep2), Portal, and Team Fortress 2 in one box. It might be cheaper now. It is worth the money you'll spend.

This map is actually a nightmare to edit, because of it's size. I'm working on fixing that, though...

Kryslin

[RiseAgainstAlbums]

Hey! Thanks :)

[Tlhea]

The Author here: I really do need to get the updated compile of this map on the site. A lot has changed, mostly for the better.

Kryslin

[HowlsInTheDistance]

lol seems like everyone likes fina's flag.. cant say i disagree.

[ccitymxr]

Best game of all time...

Very amazingly done mod.

Ship was perfect and the isle was great.

Makes me so nostalgic :P

ALSO I think I heard that they are making Skies of Arcadia 2 as we speak...

[mrfamous333]

This map also works with the most recent version of Garry's Mod.

[timtheclassic1]

skies was and will always be my all time fav

[nightoshadow]

awesomenss

[RiseAgainstAlbums]

By the way i'm this guy "NightoShadow" he failed lol :)

[ismellafart]

umm...in my steam account name file, there isn't a half life 2 episode 2 file. any suggestions?

[mrfamous333]

Did you download Episode 2?

[ismellafart]

yup. i actually got the orange box.

[mrfamous333]

My only suggestion is that you reinstall steam, re-download your games, etc. If that doesn't work, the only explanation is that you must be missing the folder.

[mrfamous333]

According to the thread in the video description, the map has been updated, and now includes a working pole!

[tornic531]

*jaw drop*

[DogbootsGod]

100% respect.

*Prays for SoA2 this Tokyo Game Show*

[firemanlink]

I would love to see a sequal to skies of arcadia

[mrfamous333]

for now, all we have is Valkyria Chronicles. Vyse, Aika, and Fina are secondary characters in the game.

[zethla]

I cannot begin to describe how amazing this is! Incredible job!!

[iRinneh]

Omfg, so awesome! *-*

The design of the Delphinus is impressive!

Great work to Kryslin! ~

[Spazzer]

Kryslin: Amazing work. :)

[ninjagod1337]

Amazing! Bravo!

[kenpachi369]

Epic win!

[ChuckRoast14]

Impressive! Very Impressive! I know that hard work paid off!

[trustthedarkmen]

well done mate it looks brill.

Thought I saw a crane and a fireman's pole in the vid. Are they interactive in anyway?

Love the journey to the crow nest, nicely thought out! congrats

[Tlhea]

Thank you. At the moment, there isn't a crane or a pole, though I suspect the pole would be as simple as adding a brush or 3, and adding a set of ladder mount/dismounts.

A crane (to scale) would be problematic, given the sheer size of the ship, and it's docking space. Don't get me wrong, it could be done, but it would be akin to nearly having 2 ships in the cavern.

[generalfod]

haha I love Skies of Arcadia

[Amphy64]

Wow, as a Skies fan, I can't but be impressed. Awesome work! Good tour, too. Now I really want to play the game again.

[Tlhea]

Kryslin again : You may need to adjust your brightness controls in game; There is an option for doing so; The map looks decent with Gamma = 1.9; At Gamma = 2.2 (the default) it looks really dark.

[mrfamous333]

thing is, i saw it just fine on my screen. the lowered bitrate and quality of the video on youtube just makes it more difficult to see.

[WrathOfTheNooB]

Wow, that's absolutely incredible. Awesome job, Kryslin!

[Headshotgod]

wOOt! I love "Skies of Arcadia Legends" for GCN! ^^

[Tlhea]

The Author here : Thanks for creating this and uploading it Youtube for me.

Kryslin

[haseo777]

ah i don't have episode 2 yet i was trying to get it to work on css lol

[mrfamous333]

lol i feel your pain.  i tried to get it to work in cs, crashed hl2. had to wait overnight to redownload ep 2 to play it

[haseo777]

well guess i'll have to get episode 2 sometime soon hehe

[haseo777]

awesome can't wait to play it

[mrfamous333]

If it seems a little dark, switch to high quality. For instructions on how to play on this map, read the description. Currently, it's only compatible with Half-Life 2: Episode 2. There's not much to do except hit impulse 101 and shoot around. Once the map is completed, you can expect a little more flexibility from it.