Got a Quick Suggestion? - Small suggestions that don't need their own thread

[awsgames]

You can kill friendlies.

[Lord_Grievous]

@Soup

Have you actually played Portal? GLaDOS says about how much the world has changed outside, amongst other things. I’m pretty sure she’s not talking about the invention of DVD.

GlaDOS: Chell, the world outside has changed so much. DVDs have greater clarity and resolution, not to mention surround sound.
Chell:
GlaDOS: And the supplemental bonus features, oh my.

[Jokke_r]

@JamesKane

The scientists at Black Mesa filled their CRT screens with helium to improve the pixel quality with SCIENCE. The added benefit of course is less weight and more mobility. The scientists also have a good old time throwing their screens around.

Actually that is retarded since they they’re vaccuum tubes to begin with, helium would only add to the weight and be worse for boyancy.:retard:

[JamesKane]

@Jokke_r

Actually that is retarded since they they’re vaccuum tubes to begin with, helium would only add to the weight and be worse for boyancy.:retard:

hence the SCIENCE part

[Soup]

@Mr. Someguy

Your point?

Hurrr durrr.

What else do you think she’s going to be talking about? Resonance cascade? Seven hour war? The combine rule?

She’s certainly not describing a positive change.

[Mr_Someguy]

@Soup

Hurrr durrr.

What else do you think she’s going to be talking about? Resonance cascade? Seven hour war? The combine rule?

She’s certainly not describing a positive change.

I just don’t see how that links to the lack of LCD Technology in Black Mesa’s computers monitors.

[anzonix]

@Rex

One suggestion:

I would like to see scripted behavior of human NPCs in a few situations to make the whole game more cinematic:

Marines and guards could take use of scripted combat-like tactics as leaning against walls, if there are enemies in the next room/corridor and charge out to surprise the enemy.
Following guards could run ahead to edges and wait there until the player enters the next passage (especially if there are hazards which can only be destroyed or defeated by Freeman).

To show you what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXq5bnGg4o
(Barney in the first scene)

Great would also be scripted scenes, where soldiers are breaking through a door and something like that.

The hell thats my vid?

[UrBY]

Black Mesa is an old facility. Most of the office systems probably run on an old DOS (or earlier) network for which there is little need for LCD monitors. As for the rest of the PC’s, the expression “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” comes to mind.

Why would they replace every single screen in the complex when they do the job just fine. Also, they were in heavy competition with Aperture Science to gain funding for their projects. Upgrading their screens probably isn’t exactly high in their list of priorities.

[Soup]

@Mr. Someguy

I just don’t see how that links to the lack of LCD Technology in Black Mesa’s computers monitors.

It doesn’t, it links to this:

@Mr. Someguy

AS’s own LCD Screens and the Military’s use of the V-22 would suggest it’s closer to the late 2000’s though.:

@Chrillen

Nowhere is it said that Portal and Half-Life take place simultaneously, they could be set 10 years apart.

@Mr. Someguy

Considering the world went to hell after Black Mesa, I doubt that.

[Apollomasque]

Heyyy, If Xen has such low gravity, shouldn’t grenades travel farther?

[Soup]

@Apollomasque

Heyyy, If Xen has such low gravity, shouldn’t grenades travel farther?

Well, you can change force of gravity in Source, so I’m guessing the BM team will utilise that.

[JamesKane]

@Apollomasque

Heyyy, If Xen has such low gravity, shouldn’t grenades travel farther?

…and they do…

[Dias]

I’d still love to see a few physics-prop rocks in Xen that do little more than float and spin in the air, for you to whack them away with your crowbar.

[Lord_Grievous]

@JamesKane

…and they do…

Does this mean that if you shotgun an enemy on Xen that they’ll fly backwards more than on Earth?

[DansonDelta40]

That would be sooo cool…

[TheeGoatPig]

@UrBY

Black Mesa is an old facility. Most of the office systems probably run on an old DOS (or earlier) network for which there is little need for LCD monitors. As for the rest of the PC’s, the expression “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” comes to mind.

Why would they replace every single screen in the complex when they do the job just fine. Also, they were in heavy competition with Aperture Science to gain funding for their projects. Upgrading their screens probably isn’t exactly high in their list of priorities.

I’m working on a CRT right now, at work.

[Lord_Grievous]

Do you work in a top secret facility? That would make me respect you SO much more

[Ibanez]

Yeah. He does. As a matter of fact, the whole mod is being modeled around his workplace. :meh:

[Lukagerm]

Every now and then, ThreeGoatPig has to go taking guns from dead bodies and use them to shoot down crazy-lookin aliens.

Also, I want to add my vote for a second melee attack that doesn’t require switching weapons as that was a cool feature of games like Halo. The only thing I missed in Half-Life was not being able to run up to an enemy, shooting, and then smack him in the face and watch him fall down.

[Steppenwolf]

@Lukagerm

Also, I want to add my vote for a second melee attack that doesn’t require switching weapons

Forget it, it’s not going to happen. It wasn’t in Half-Life, so it will not be in Black Mesa.