Comments - MrDev

Proper 3 point lighting would be two on either side of the subject, adjusted so that the subject isn't getting washed out with a main light over head. Since most people wont have the money to spend on a proper studio with a huge soft box over head. You want to point your strongest lighting at the ceiling. This will reflect and diffuse on the subject.

As for your two side lights, I've always loved this DIY project.

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Replicating his lights ends up coming to about 40-45ish with the diffuser and I already had two spare light stands I use for backdrops and extra strobe stands. I did a slightly different spin on his junction box, I used dead PSU's cases to make mine which allowed me to use standard PC power cords.

INtense, perhaps this is being over thought.

By playing and seeing a game you develop an opinion of a game. If some one submitted a game but the only screenshots of the game are of the torque engine as it's delivered. This game could easily filled as incomplete and needing more development. Same could be said of a game littered with screenshots of completed levels but the gameplay or ai were incomplete. I think there is fear of a bunch of RPG maker games showing up or mods that only re-skin a game. I don't think this would be an issue to tell these types submissions that they aren't a complete enough project to warrant being accepted. People will be taken a hand in the approval process and can tell when this type of content is showing up

Requiring that the product must be at a playable state makes gauging the polish easy to manage. Polish dives deeper than how much content is there or how well done is the content. Are there convoluted steps and additional tools required to set up the game? How difficult is it for a new player to become acclimated to the game?

Games that are purely not ready can easily be spotted. Just to name a few tail tell signs:
- Place Holder graphics (Goes hand in hand with inconsistent quality)
- Inconsistent quality (one level looks like it had a month spent on it where the next looked as if it had been thrown together the night before.)
- Hangs in game play (In order to proceed player must perform X action, but the player was never given a hint to do so, which leaves the player confused)

Examining that alone should help weed games out fairly, and if a developer doesn't clear that you can point out the flaws and tell them if those problems are resolved they can resubmit and be reconsidered.

You also posted "suitable for our audience" why not require developers to submit to a self rating system like TIGRS? Rather than say suitable be more descriptive about what content is in the game?

Mods really need this expansion, I remember days of old when the only way to find out about mods was word of mouth from other players and visits to a game specific site, with the changes in the PC community where the modders have begun supplementing the commercial side. Having a collective showing what all is out there it helps the consumers and producers find each other.

Mean wile you have "gaming" websites touting that PC gaming is dead except for causal games and MMOs... I think not. The community that stands behind pc games has always been here, and will continue as long was we want it to. hardcore supporters you find here are not your casual xbox only players or people playing farm-ville.. We're dedicated, and passionate. If we weren't, would the gaming industry really have become what it is today without the hard core supporters?

I remember a few years ago when I asked INtense if he had plans for supporting Homebrew developers on Moddb. He delivered and great dual platform games have risen to the call serious projects for hijacked hardware become popular and thrive.

This is a great step in fps puzzle gaming, to rival even portals. I cant wait to see what comes forth in the full release.

Brilliant presentation.

Biggest thing I'd be after is an option for voice, cause who has time to type when you're parading around in your awesome custom kart?

Perhaps a tournament mode? where you pick 3 maps of one game mode or mix it up. Should make for a more fun get together with friends.

I'd like you all to step back and take a look at the counter-strike split.

be it the 1.5/1.6 conflict or the 1.6 vs Source, the game play changes created a great deal of fuss in the community. In the end I understand this will cause a split but it can introduce some great things to the game and the community. without destroying current game we love.

The technology is much more similar than when the 1.6 vs source split and there is a great enough driving force in the community do develop for both versions.

Steve...

You guys definitely deserve some respects in the bounds of PSP homebrew, You've stepped onto new grounds and I'll definitely dust off my factory 1.50 PSP to play this.

Cheers!

Way to go David, its really kicking *** now :D

Who says old games cant come up with new tricks! I love this Definitely gonna have to dig around for my copy of DN :D

Any one remember Counter-Strike Radio? I love that old stuff

v3 For life! :P V2 was nice, I lurked back in V1 days

Great Game, currently playing the closed beta and its spectacular, both Brian and David have been making some great progress. This is a must have once it's released.

> SludgeFactory: you might want to check the blog for information, they made a post around mid December on the closed beta

I remember way back when i made the joke halo psp with the CS Halo model on a then unreleased Iris Engine. I'm glad you guys are serious and putting the effort into your game, I'm not a halo fan and I probably never will be but I'll be charging my PSP up for this game guys, really great show!

Such celebration!

Rejoice rejoice! Thanks for the great christmas present guys we all appreciate your dedication to such a great mod :D

Gotta love this mod :D

Definitely worth checking out and wasting an entire afternoon, Great job guys this is a fun unique source mod :D

A great idea, you guys have even set up brackets for teams and players I love this! Cant wait to try it out, Downloading now :D

Love the trailer, great work I'm waiting this mods release.

side note, as a professional typographer, your screen shot presentation method absolutely kills me, the logo is too damn bold and in your face I cant focus on any of the awesome art you're producing! tone it down please :P

Interesting, Nice to see new standalone stuff popping up, I'm liking the style so far :D, Hurry up with that website :P

I hope some killer music is included with the game, It would help the mood so much, I love these random fun mods :D

Its an entirely different game, only thing in common is the subject matter, keep up the good work guys!

And an even cheaper option for Nvidia Graphics card owners is this promo, old but still valid Valves' Nvidia Hardwarepromo maybe some one has the ATi link still sitting around?

Just tested this myself to confirm that it works on its own and with mods. Even if your machine isn't nvidia powered I'm sure you can create an account and register on a friends computer :P

I can never thank the guys, both past and present, on the Black Mesa Source team for their work. I will sit here patiently waiting because I am so happy to see what has come from waiting I can stand to wait some more.

Thanks guys!

To commemorate such a glorious anniversary, if you get on steam now you'll find that Half-Life 1 is on sale for 98 cents! No one has an argument for not playing this game. At only a dollar you get access to many of the great Half-Life Mods out there!

PSP development has come a long way, great work guys, I'm not a halo fan but you are putting some great effort towards your project! keep every bit of it up.

This is great guys, not to sound like a lame nostalgic fool, but you've made great strides since the HL1 days. You've made your fans proud :D

Absolutely brilliant guys, Best of luck in Phase 2,3, and 4. ESPECIALLY 4! You've got a well executed game concept. and I'd love to see you guys come up with your own solution to the Impact gun

Looks nice, any chance of an alternative installer or a rar/zip option, for the wine users?

Null, Take a moment please, For the most part I completely agree with you

but if you consider the typical map types you have with Farcry 2 that works out quite well, keep in mind the map he made was utter crap but it took him 10 mins, I'm fairly sure there are plenty of fine tuning things that he didn't get into. It works for this game, its very blunt and you will in the end have a load of cookie cutter designs that will eventually fall out and die but there will be a few well made levels. I think its a good Farcry 2 editor... it wont work in many other applications though.

Let the consoles have their cookie cutter levels, We still have valve, Infinity ward, and for now... Id. We will prevail...