"ns_eastereggchance"

Nemesis6

<div class="IPBDescription">How does it work ?</div> Well, I noticed the server update that mentioned something about that command, I've found two easter eggs... But what does the command do ?

Oh, and btw... Plz don't flame me :-/

CoBrANiTeViPeR

Probably just alters the chance of encountering a random easter egg... I'm not sure of the significance of the variable.

As far as easter eggs go... I was holding the knife in-game yesterday, and my character took the knife and tipped it up... kind of like he was going to throw it. But then, from what I can tell, he balanced it in his hand, with the point of the knife sticking into his hand. He then resumed normal knife stance.

Pretty neat, huh? Or maybe that just happens if you stand around long enough while holding the knife.

Mindmeldme

i just like what your marine does if you have an HMG and no HA. After a little while he pets the HMG. I saw that and stopped and laughed. I showed my buddy and he laughed for at least 5 minutes at it.

Nemesis6

LoL! yeah... I've seen that to, cracked me up when I saw it! I was like, walking down a dark corridor with emergency lighting, and all of a sudden the guy starts petting his machine gun ?! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> (The hmg is a really good friend)

Now the question is just, where can you randomly encounter an easter egg ? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

I wish someone would tell little me <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> /me is teh eastah bunneh!

Shadowdragon1

I also think the skulk picks it teeth with one of it's claws if you keep bite skill for awhile .

Guspaz

Yeah, but the teeth scratching seems to happen pretty often, I think that's part of the animation.

I once heard the alien announcer say "This place is a mess." and I confirmed that everyone else heard it too at the same time.

Regards, Guspaz.

Nemesis6

Shadow, that's just an idle sequence!

Guz, I heard that to... I think it's when the hive is really a mess... You know, alot of messy stuff <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Rabid_Llama

The little animations (hmg pet, knife flourish, teeth picking) are just random idle animations. The ns_eastereggchange variable controls the likelyhood of hearing random audio eastereggs for the aliens.
From ded-vars.txt:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->ns_eastereggchance - Set this value to x, where 1 in x+1 games will play humorous audio easter eggs in certain situations.  Setting to 0 will enable them for all games.  Currently this only affects alien audio easter eggs.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So there ya go <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Edit: Oh, and check out the v_knife model in model viewer, and look at the "flourish" animation. It's the balance-on-finger-thing, but it's cool, and very well done. Whoever did the modeling and animation for NS is really good at it

Nemesis6

Half-Life\ns\sound\hud

LoL! alien_needbetter, alien_myhive.wav, alien_now, Really lol - alien_seedead.

Check them out in the directory mentioned above!

Shadowics

LOL! great find. We need a way we could say thouse as aliens, not just for eastereggs. No wait, don't do that, we'll just get people spamming them. Maybe if we had a way we could say them like other 'says', so that only people near us could hear them.

Have a cloaked skulk say "I see dead people" Instead of chuckling <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->

thegreatshijing

lol, eastereggs are funny, i usually hear "Now we dance" as a alien <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

TAUTheOMeGa

i've never heard one <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

as far as i know of, the change to mp_ has to do with how the HL engine works...its a variable-server issue

could bewrong D:

-TAU|TheOMeGa

Tieom

The hive voice "Now, we dance!" is pretty interesting. I heard it for the first time today, immediatly after the 3rd hive finished <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

ShadowWolf1

Yea, those Easter eggs we're quite surprising the first time I heard them. As aliens, playing the level with sat com hive, and the waste handling hive (forget the name) my team had pressed to the marines main base, and we were all outside, getting ready to rush in when we heard the "Now we dance" one. We all took a moment to yell "wth was that?! HAHAHA" over our mics.....then we rushed in and slaughtered the marines. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

<b>(edited to remove color)</b>

saint0z

... there is a list of all the sound easter eggs up on <a href='http://www.planetns.com' target='_blank'>http://www.planetns.com</a> ....

Unknown

<!--QuoteBegin--thegreatshijing+Nov 17 2002, 08:57 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (thegreatshijing @ Nov 17 2002, 08:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->lol, eastereggs are funny, i usually hear "Now we dance" as a alien <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I believe its "Now... we d<i>o</i>nce!"


Its an insider joke. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Chanty

marine_commanderidle1
marine_commanderidle2

not easter eggs persay....
but still good for a chuckle

TheHornet

I've heard most of them... i like the This Place is A Mess one... we all just bursted out laughing on our voice comms... when we heard it

PseudoKnight

I've heard the G-man say "It's time to choose" in the readyroom. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

I'm special. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> LOL