Video Game Thread 2.0

[Dakota Bob]

Several hours into Bioshock: Infinite now, goddamn the art design, so amazing.

[Shane for Wax]

Several hours into Bioshock: Infinite now, goddamn the art design, so amazing.

*whines* I DON'T HAVE MY COPY YET.

[chitoryu12]

Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?

Yeah, tried that on both the walls and the walkways. Not working, especially since I can easily slip under the walkways while trying to climb up onto them.

I'd like to picture that the developers wouldn't put in an unclimbable area without invisible walls or even guardrails to keep players from dropping in to look for more Toxin-A or loot.

[Dakota Bob]

Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?

Yeah, tried that on both the walls and the walkways. Not working, especially since I can easily slip under the walkways while trying to climb up onto them.

I'd like to picture that the developers wouldn't put in an unclimbable area without invisible walls or even guardrails to keep players from dropping in to look for more Toxin-A or loot.

Can you take a screenshot or somethin? ,might be a long shot but if I can see the area I might be able to help.

[chitoryu12]

Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?

Yeah, tried that on both the walls and the walkways. Not working, especially since I can easily slip under the walkways while trying to climb up onto them.

I'd like to picture that the developers wouldn't put in an unclimbable area without invisible walls or even guardrails to keep players from dropping in to look for more Toxin-A or loot.

Can you take a screenshot or somethin? ,might be a long shot but if I can see the area I might be able to help.

Tried again and made it out. Turns out there was an extremely small sweet spot between "hit the walkway and bounce off" and "miss the walkway entirely" where I could actually climb.

[Witchyjoshy]

Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

[Shane for Wax]

I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

[chitoryu12]

Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.

[Witchyjoshy]

Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.

Is it possible to just fill in the missing assets with fan-made assets?

I really don't feel like buying a game I'll never play just to add assets to Garry's Mod.

[Dakota Bob]

I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.

[Shane for Wax]

I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.

Yes. The gear is. But you can get the lockpicks and silver eagles the regular way.

[ironbite]

Must stop exploring when I'm fighting.

Ironbite-getting me killed.

[Dakota Bob]

I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.

Aw fuck, I don't want to have to go through the whole thing, what gear will I be missing out on if I skip it?
Yes. The gear is. But you can get the lockpicks and silver eagles the regular way.

[Shane for Wax]

I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.

Yes. The gear is. But you can get the lockpicks and silver eagles the regular way.

Aw fuck, I don't want to have to go through the whole thing, what gear will I be missing out on if I skip it?

I only got 3/4 of the gear but it's:

Sugar Rush- after eating a snak, move 50% for 3 seconds
Handyman Nemesis- Increases damage against Handymen by 50%
Fleet Feet- When evading, movement speeds are increased. Affects side strafing and back pedaling.

I dunno what the fourth one is. You can probably find out by googling.

[chitoryu12]

Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.

Is it possible to just fill in the missing assets with fan-made assets?

I really don't feel like buying a game I'll never play just to add assets to Garry's Mod.

Depends on what you want to add. There's a lot of mods out there (check the Steam Workshop for the game for everything that's definitely GMod 13 compatible, and it downloads the stuff into the game automatically for you when you start it up anyway instead of making you shuffle files around and breaking the game yourself), some of which are specifically out to add things like the Counter-Strike Source weapons or assets from various games. But I can't guarantee that you'll be running smoothly without Half-Life 2. One of the biggest problems, especially in multiplayer, is that servers will only download the model for something instead of the texture and it'll come out with a texture of purple and black blocks if it can't find something in the existing Steam files. Usually it can be mitigated by redownloading the specific stuff (though good luck if it's something added while joining multiplayer and you can't find the assets online), but sometimes it just plain expects you to have the right content.

I do know that there's a TTT pack on the Workshop in case you're missing Counter-Strike, so you can play what's literally the most popular multiplayer mode on there (as in player numbers of several thousand minimum at any given time).