The Headcrab Thread!

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#1

It’s riddiculous having to create a trhead just for this but…

I think there should be a headcrab jumping at the player at the 7 minutes and 40 seconds of this video : (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ZPDoU1X_U&feature=relmfu).
The headcrab would be sitting there in the elevator waiting for Gordon to appear.

[I’ll take this trhead as an opportunity to say that you guys should insert more ‘scary headcrab that i did not see coming out of nowhere, omg I almost sh*t my pants’ moments. Because those are awesome. (And you’ve missed a lot of opportunities to insert moments like these into your game) ]

#2

You’re right…it is ridiculous to make a thread about this. Why did you even bother? Perhaps they didn’t put a headcrab in there because they didn’t want to put a headcrab in there…

#3

i dont find it ridiculous… it shows his passion. he’s right, it would be a perfekt spot for a headcrap ambush :slight_smile:

#4

I love how the two people who are actually serious about this have godawful spelling.

#5

Oh. I am so inb4lock…

I’ve found also some perfect spots for monsters, but i’m getting all the getpos before suggesting’em to the Devs. Just hoping it’ll be implemented in the next patch.

#6

All right, it’s not ridiculous, that it is true to the game and are interested in resolving things to improve the game.

#7

I hope you weren’t aiming to break the grammar thing.

I think the fact that the elevator falls is good enough, what with it being a transition. When I played I didn’t expect it, just, “Oh, look a battery. Wait, no, I’m not out!”

#8

Yep scary head crab moments are cool… I agree good place to have one in there…

I like the idea :slight_smile:

#9

We need more headcrabs wearing Mexican hats, I think. ¡Caramba Gordon! ¿Quiere un taco? (we all know Mexico = tacos, and you know, New Mexico…) :stuck_out_tongue:

I agree with the idea of more headcrabs though. They’re quite iconic!

#10

I would like to take this moment to thank the team for not filling vents with headcrabs.

For some reason, my flashlight doesn’t work on 95% of models/surfaces, and many of Black Mesa’s vents are pitch black. In vents, I am required to crawl forward until I can no longer hear footsteps, then guess whether I should strafe left or right. (Among the very limited things my flashlight illuminates are a few metal doors and the explosive boxes.)

So, basically, thanks for not putting headcrabs in pitch-black areas. That’d really screw me over. I’m cool with low-lit ambushes, though, like the OP suggests.

#11

there is a way to fix that, I remember this issue was reported here on the day after the mod’s release

#12

I disagree. Headcrabs in vents are great. More is better.

#13

I don’t dislike ventcrabs so long as they’re near one of those red ventbulbs.

Thanks, I’ll do some searches for it-- I was afraid that if I asked for assistance on such an issue, I would get yelled at and told to update my drivers (despite every other game running fine).

edit: Wat da fudge:[indent]“Downgrade your GPU drivers to at least 28x.xx version, it is a nVIDIA bug affecting 7xxx series GPUs.”[/indent]Forgive me if I’m uneager to comply with that ‘fix’. My card is a 6800, though, and not 7xxx series.

#14

Can’t hurt to try with proper sytem restore/regedit backup procedures, can it?

Failing that, you could bind your F key to “sv_cheats 1; mat_fullbright 1” as a hackaround…vents aren’t all that dramatic or immersive anyway

#15

It may sound stupid but vents are actually an important part of the gameplay aspect of Half Life. No wonder why they were kept in the Half Life 2 games. I bet at least 12% of the game is spent/is about Gordon Freeman crawling through vents.
So dark vents are the most immersive and special between all the vents in the game. Darker vents with headcrabs are a must. Gordon has to use that flashlight for some reason at some point at the game anyway. ;D

#16

I would have preferred more headcrap in the vents.

#17

I never turn it off

Black Mesa is so dark…

#18

lol! new achievement: “Fearless” Play black mesa start to finish without killing one headcrab and without using the flashlight.

#19

I like! :3

I wonder if it’s possible to not kill any bullsquids… There’d be lots of strafing from the spit… I shall call it: Dance Dance Evolution.

#20

I like it too. But is it possible?

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