Half-Life 1 & 2 runs collected!

c4p7ain c0mp0s7

2007-08-05 07:39:37 pm

Food goes in here

So slynk, any idea when you're gonna receive your new comp to start working on the run? =)

slYnki

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slYnki: 2007-08-06 08:16:14 am

2007-08-06 08:13:34 am

XXY

Well, I'll be building the thing myself, so I honestly can't say. I'm in the research stage at the moment. I'm asking around for all the best and necessary parts, as I want to be as up to date with this machine as possible. At the same time I also need to figure out specifically just how the fuck to build a computer @_@;

Thankfully I have friends who know more about this stuff than I do, and thankfully have a father and brothers who are good at such things. The bad thing is that these people can never seem to give me answers right away, so I have a sneaking suspicion I'm going to end up doing everything myself <_<;

I suspect I don't have enough saved up for everything at the moment, but by the end of August I should have a fair bit of coin. I still want to buy parts in the meantime, but I have questions that need answering first.

RandomEngy

2007-08-06 11:34:34 pm

A Crab

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Put Engy's run into your head for a second. I do not mean for this to be in anyway offensive, Engy, but it's not entirely out the window to say that one could almost match your run nearly every step of the way in an SS with enough practice.

A 45 minute SS run would be an empty promise to me. However, throw into that time some new tricks and dock some time, because I'm obviously not going to be able to match Engy's time in an SS, and I would say sub 50 is perfectly within reason.

I remember Engy saying achieving sub 50 in an SS would be an incredible show of skill, and I intend to achieve that time. I really could care less if a single soul didn't think I could do it, that won't stop me from actually doing it.

No, I'm sorry, if you tried an SS run with the same route I took in my 45 minute run, you would not get it done in 45 minutes. I doubt you could finish it at all. It might look easy and plausible when you're watching it, but there are plenty of places where if things don't go just the right way, you die or at best lose a good bit of time. If you'll notice Spider-Waffle's SS run differs a lot in the tricks he uses and the exact route he takes. That's because some tricks just do not work in an SS run. You have to take a compromise between reliability and speed.

Also the 50 minute comment was assuming you're not using the new shortcuts. I wouldn't be that surprised to see it now that we have big cuts like skipping the big teleporter room. But I definitely expect to see at least a 5 minute differential between the segmented and SS times.

[quote]Put Engy's run into your head for a second. I do not mean for this to be in [i]anyway[/i] offensive, Engy, but it's not entirely out the window to say that one could almost match your run nearly every step of the way in an SS with enough practice.

A 45 minute SS run would be an empty promise to me. However, throw into that time some new tricks and dock some time, because I'm obviously not going to be able to match Engy's time in an SS, and I would say sub 50 is perfectly within reason.

I remember Engy saying achieving sub 50 in an SS would be an incredible show of skill, and I intend to achieve that time. I really could care less if a single soul didn't think I could do it, that won't stop me from actually doing it.[/quote]

No, I'm sorry, if you tried an SS run with the same route I took in my 45 minute run, you would not get it done in 45 minutes. I doubt you could finish it at all. It might look easy and plausible when you're watching it, but there are plenty of places where if things don't go [i]just[/i] the right way, you die or at best lose a good bit of time. If you'll notice Spider-Waffle's SS run differs a lot in the tricks he uses and the exact route he takes. That's because some tricks just [i]do not work[/i] in an SS run. You have to take a compromise between reliability and speed.

Also the 50 minute comment was assuming you're not using the new shortcuts. I wouldn't be that surprised to see it now that we have big cuts like skipping the big teleporter room. But I definitely expect to see at least a 5 minute differential between the segmented and SS times.

Apathy

2007-08-11 02:42:24 am

King n00b!

I'm almost sure it's been mentioned, but I'm not going through 46 pages to find it.
Anyone doing an Episode One run? I just got it and beat it.. I don't have the time or patience right now to even consider it.

laughing_gas

2007-08-11 03:41:44 am

Existence as you know it is over

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I'm almost sure it's been mentioned, but I'm not going through 46 pages to find it.
Anyone doing an Episode One run? I just got it and beat it.. I don't have the time or patience right now to even consider it.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=pcgames;action=display;num=1181248731

Apathy

2007-08-11 05:24:59 pm

King n00b!

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http://speeddemosarchive.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=pcgames;action=display;num=1181248731

ty

tekknej

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tekknej: 2007-08-27 06:18:41 am

2007-08-26 11:06:45 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

every hl mod, uplink, OF boot camp and BS hazard course speedrun videos on filefront give 404 =(
are those mirrored somewhere else?

Kodanshi

2007-09-17 09:04:29 pm

Vocal Pugilist

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Little skips in a kill trigger, pretty risky that far in a run, but if it's quite consistant, I'll be looking into that when the time comes.

Do you refer to the trick where he jumps into the teleporter with a snark under him? That DOES consistently work because I’ve tried that a few times myself after seeing it. The beams kill the first thing in there before activating the teleportation, so as long as something dies under you it’ll take you to Xen.

Jupit3r

2007-10-04 08:36:09 pm

Zelda fanboy

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Mods

MINERVA: Metastis 1 & 2 done at 3.21 by Dark_Devil at easy skill

Invalid file, it just gives me front page of filefront.

ZeRo

2007-10-05 02:47:45 pm

Speed is everything!

Yeah the file is deleted... filefront sucks!

djcj

2007-10-05 06:56:37 pm

Here are some of the deleted videos:

etc_630.avi
HalfLife_Uplink_310.wmv
HalfLife_Uplink_425.mkv
poke646_1529_MQ.avi

ZeRo

2007-10-05 07:22:26 pm

Speed is everything!

Nice, now they're available. But, how long?^^

John845

2007-10-17 07:08:35 am

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

http://mods.moddb.com/7579/afraid-of-monsters-dc/

Anyone plan on running this once its released?

c4p7ain c0mp0s7

2007-10-18 08:19:39 pm

Food goes in here

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http://mods.moddb.com/7579/afraid-of-monsters-dc/

Anyone plan on running this once its released?

Hmm, that could be cool. I'll have to check that out when it's released.

Tombstone

2007-10-21 12:00:16 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

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http://mods.moddb.com/7579/afraid-of-monsters-dc/

Anyone plan on running this once its released?

That mod looks badass.

djcj

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djcj: 2007-10-31 03:01:37 am

2007-10-31 03:01:07 am

Since there's a speedrun of Poke646, is anyone interested in running Poke646: Vendetta?
This game is really short, just as Poke646.

I made a video with 4 shortcuts I found (on easy): http://files.filefront.com/vendetta+shortcutsavi/;8928009;/fileinfo.html
Demo files: http://files.filefront.com/vendetta+demosrar/;8928010;/fileinfo.html

ZeRo

2007-10-31 02:01:42 pm

Speed is everything!

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Since there's a speedrun of Poke646, is anyone interested in running Poke646: Vendetta?
This game is really short, just as Poke646.

I made a video with 4 shortcuts I found (on easy): http://files.filefront.com/vendetta+shortcutsavi/;8928009;/fileinfo.html
Demo files: http://files.filefront.com/vendetta+demosrar/;8928010;/fileinfo.html

Wow I didn't know that there is a newer Poke 646. I'll have to get and try it soon.
The shortcuts are nice. Great boosts... Grin

groobo

2007-10-31 04:33:29 pm

boss

I ran vendetta some time ago. I remember that there were some other trick through the game, not only boosted jumps. Also IIRC you won't have enough health to do all the big time saving boosts in game if you damage boost in the low gravity room in the first chapter (like you did in your vid). You can get up the last catwalk with simple jumps (well, maybe not simple, but still).

djcj

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djcj: 2007-10-31 04:55:06 pm

2007-10-31 04:43:34 pm

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I ran vendetta some time ago.

Did you record your run?

groobo

2007-10-31 04:49:49 pm

boss

Yes, deleted it as soon as I finished it :P.

djcj

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djcj: 2007-10-31 04:55:57 pm

2007-10-31 04:55:27 pm

Oh noes!

Would you re-run it? Grin

PS: Most Filefront links are still down. Someone should upload those runs to archive.org ...

John845

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John845: 2007-10-31 11:54:02 pm

2007-10-31 11:53:37 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

http://mods.moddb.com/7579/afraid-of-monsters-dc/news-features/

Afraid of Monsters Directors Cut has been released.

I've been playing it and forget what you know of the original, this mod is freaking brilliant. Its so well done and its such a massive improvement over the original. Speedrunning this will probably be a blast and not a chore unlike the original. I'm only on the very first part of the game and I'm already pissing me pants. Lips Sealed

John845

2007-11-01 08:41:03 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

I beat it. God damn what a rush, it has 3 other endings but I think I can only handle playing this game once. Its a bit too much. Saying this is scary is an understatement, this shits all over FEAR and any other game claiming horror. The monsters themselves aren't that scary, its the use of sound and some great mapping that makes it so creepy. This is one of the best HL1 single player mods ever.

Can't wait to see a speedrun of this mod if its ever done.

Tombstone

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Tombstone: 2007-11-02 02:52:31 am

2007-11-02 02:52:20 am

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

I gotta get to downloading AoM: DC, looks sweet, but I'm afraid of crapping mah pants D= XD

John845

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John845: 2007-11-07 11:46:51 pm

2007-11-07 11:46:35 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Playthrough of the first area. Not done by me.