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Team Raptor would like to present a mod that has been in the works for a little while, Dino-Instinct, now a Half-Life 2 mod in production, was once going to be a mod for Half-Life "Classic". After going through an alpha and many members later Dino-Instinct moved on and 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. The first three gameplay types we're planning on implementing are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture The Flag. To those of you who somehow take that to mean these are the only gametypes there will ever be: go re-read that last sentence, I think you confused the word "first" (which implies there will be more to follow) with the word "only". Also, please remember that we are always open to suggestions. Anyone can drop by our forums and add their ideas to the "suggestons" area.
We are also planning on having a leveling system similar to that used by the Call of Duty 4 engine, where leveling up gets you new "perks" or abilities (ie sprint farther, jump higher, that sort of thing). A player's XP will transfer across all servers, with stats being stored locally in an encrypted file. If the mod gets popular, hopefully Valve will let us use Steamworks which would give us even more flexibility (stats would be linked to your account, so they would not only follow you between servers, but also between different computers, as long as you are logged into your steam account) Steamworks would also allow us to have auto-updating, achievements, etc. but it will be a while before we get to that point.
Team Raptor currently has several job openings. If you like dinosaurs and have experience with modeling, animating, mapping, etc please check out our job openings or send us an email at jobs@dinoinstinct.com. If you're good at what you do and are enthusiastic about learning to mod, then past experience with modding is not necessary.
For media and pics please visit our site, also come hang with us at our forums!
Dinoinstinct.com
5 comments by The_REAL_R4pt0r on Feb 1st, 2011
No guarantees, but if all goes well alpha testing could begin as early as next week!

This is not, I repeat, NOT going to be a publicly-released alpha. We'll release a video of some playtesting after we've had a chance to play it a bit, but please keep in mind the combat is currently VERY VERY basic.
I'd also like to take this moment to welcome the newest member of our team, Mache! He has already created several great plant models, and I am looking forward to seeing them in-game!
We're still looking for people to fill several positions, most importantly we need a level designer and an animator. Level Designers get to play with awesome new plant models, courtesy of Mache! If you're interested, drop by our forums and apply.
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free) and do things you never thought possible.
in latest news the site is under conscrutcion but the forums are up and the relarse is proabley near.
this mod is the reason why i brought half-lif 2 in the first place don't die
SORRY FOR MY QUESTIONS OR IF Y THINK IT IS SPAM TRYING TO GET MUCH INFO ON THIS MOD AS POSSIBLE FOR ONE OF MY FORUMS ABOUT MODS OR GAMES THAT HAVE DINOSAURS OR LET Y PLAY AS THEM SORRY
ive played half-life 1 and now to buy the orange box because i love half-life and this mod
don't stop keep working
We've stop paying attention to the percentage bars, and Well we are nearly done for a first beta, but we need a coder to finish the final touches. So in a way we are kind of stuck.
Hi, really looking forward to this mod
it seems like maybe you guys are stuck?
i havent seen the "Percent Complete" move much over the past few years
ps.
why your forums not accpecting new accounts?
finally a mod where y play as dinosaurs i have got to get half life 2 and get ready for epsode 2
sorry its Youtube.com
there is a new mod witch is really incredible it is called lost world and it is for a game called arma(armed assault)witch is at the moment the best army game with excellent moding tools and graphics so back to the mod this mod's goal is to make a ecosystem with dinosaurs were the dinosaurs will eat,drink,hunt,do they're needs(you know),play,fight,defend,react to objects,ect... more detail on hunting: every carnivore will have its own hunting tac-tics such as stalking,ambushing,ect... more detail on defending: the herbivores will have they're own methods to escape they're enemys like confusing them,ect.. more detail on reacting with objects ex: if there is a log in front of the dinosaur it will jump over it or go next to it and the dinosaurs will have mind blowing AI,They started the mod in september 2006 and still don't have a site cause of they're hosting problem witch they fixed but for the moment they were kind to give us a page were they upload media here it is Youtube.com(the trex run isn't run smiley just confused walk with run)
besides then half-life 2 mod any other mods or games that let you play as a dinosaur or lizard thing
Ever considered adding a "hunter team" ? :$
I know it would be a drastic change to the concept u already have.. but a very fun one! :D
Good luck! the models are lookin great!