ms_lab (Half-Life 2 Beta)

[skullcrushers1000]

hurts my eyes, I'm glad they fixed up the lighting engine.

[VodkaMouse64]

Hey, do you know the best way to compile the WC Mappack?

[YwaNL1337]

@VodkaMouse64 Yes, I have a tool for it. PM me. :)

[dylanmcconnaughey1]

1:32

[joman66]

MS means Meat Salad

[DinokillerSithlord]

looks liek if the shadows were done it would make a great lab

[marioworlstudios]

besides seeming longer its more or less the same.

[jzneter]

ms meens mostle standernt

[craponnaruto]

MS = Micros-implementation

[zerok116]

ms = MeSa?

[RawrNinjaBurgers]

crappy textures

[ruregah]

can somebody help me on getting WC mappack????

[ruregah]

how do i get the WC mappack?

[Snoops6]

I wish they had kept this lab.

[YwaNL1337]

Yeah, the retail lab is kinda simple/small.

[scalefag]

Microsoft Lab?

[enzoenzo43]

is the alfa nno beta

[Qtoyghs]

That was what I was under the impression it was. TBH, I think most of the things in the WC Mappack date to 2002-3 some are as old as 2001.

[BlackRaven117]

I could have sworn one map dated back to 1999

[Qtoyghs]

@BlackRaven117 I wouldn't doubt it.

[BlackRaven117]

hehe,lulz, to believe hl2 used to be on the hl1 engine! Wow,That woulda sucked!

[Qtoyghs]

@BlackRaven117 By any chance, would you happen to know where someone could find "Get Your Free TVs"?

[Arthemesic]

I'm quoting this straight from Half-Life Wikia:

"The small map can be found in the WC mappack under the name "citytest"[3], with several versions ranging from "03" to "09". "

So I suggest you go 'Get Your Free WC Mappack!'

[Qtoyghs]

@Arthemesic Hehe. Good idea.

[Arthemesic]

Actually it was never based on GoldSrc. Valve was developing the Source engine while developing Half-Life 2. Raising The Bar implies that they started Source from scratch, but it's obvious that they had many placeholders from GoldSrc (old models, sounds, HUD etc.) at least.

[Arthemesic]

They actually started developing Half-Life 2 very soon after the release of Half-Life.

[BlackRaven117]

@Arthemesic yes,They actually started development immediately after hl1 was released,and in 1999,they started development on hl2 and the source engine, and in 1998,back when city 17 was just a concept,it was planned to run on teh goldsrc.

[Arthemesic]

Well of course they had to take the initial concepts to GoldSrc, since Source was nowhere near usable at that point. It was only a bunch of code at that point.

Get Your Free TVs! was the first map/concept to introduce Source. The map design looks great, but there was a huge load of placeholders from GoldSrc, the HUD for example.

[BlackRaven117]

@Arthemesic yes,and that HUD was badass....

(P.S. If you know how to geta a Hydra into retail, PLEASE TELL ME!!!)

[Arthemesic]

That would really be quite random, really. The Hydra is quite buggy & glitchy, if you were to take it straight from beta. Needs a lot of fixing.

Also, where would you place Hydra in the retail, without it looking very random/pointless?

[BlackRaven117]

@Arthemesic Im making a beta mod based on Smod and I don't know anything about c++ coding!

[Arthemesic]

@BlackRaven117

Guess I have to say good luck. I stopped trying to make mods after I realized Source is way over my head. All I can do is make a semi-decent map with no scripted sequences.

If you wanted to have Hydra somewhere in your mod, you'd have to port the Hydra model from beta format to retail format. After that, fix the animations and AI. Then I guess you're close to getting it to work. But even if you did all this, you're bound to realize why Valve removed Hydra in the first place.

[BlackRaven117]

@Arthemesic Yes,I understand and I have a fully functioning Hydra model with textures and animations! All I just need is the AI and I will have a functioning Hydra!

(P.S. Again:How do I import the Gargantua to my mod cause it is going to be a boss)

(P.S.S. If anybody wants a beta, P.M. me!)

[BlackRaven117]

@BlackRaven117

(p.s.s.s) im not offering hl2 beta,im offering my mod's beta!

[Arthemesic]

@BlackRaven117

Congratulations for the Hydra model, it's pretty hard to come by as far as I know.

Porting a model from GoldSrc is quite impossible I think. Lots of tweaking ahead of you, I think.

[BlackRaven117]

@Arthemesic Thanks! Oh and also,heres an Update on my mod! I GOTS A FULLY WORKING ASSASSIN NPC!!!!!!!!!!!

[Therealguymins]

try mat_demogallery or something

[10Wgooch01]

MS=Milk-Shake?

[YwaNL1337]

Lol. Don't think so.

[Itsover90]

that would be awsome...a map about a milk shake lab.

[tehcoolcan]

Ah yes, the secret labs where McDonalds perfects their recipes for McFlurries.

[YwaNL1337]

Lol :')

[MrMakeman]

O_O HAX! lol :P

[halo3recon343]

@10Wgooch01 micwowsoft