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MonsieurEvil · May 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Caught on the 'net</div>Quite a few websites have/will have new NS exclusives showing up in the next few days. Check back here often as I will update these notes on availability as the material gets posted. Obviously, RR.org will have similar linkage. Diggity:

<a href="http://www.valvepit.com" target="_blank">The Valvepit (Shiftify)</a> - 2 screens <b>up</b>

<a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/news/archive.asp?month=5&day=13&year=2002" target="_blank">PHL</a> - 2 screens <b>up</b>

<a href="http://www.zeroping.com/naturalselection/" target="_blank">ZeroPing NS</a> - 2 screens <b>sent</b>

<a href="http://www.halflifeitalia.com" target="_blank">HalfLife Italia</a> - 2 screens <b>up</b>

<a href="http://www.hlcenter.com/news.phtml?id=134854&language=en" target="_blank">HLCenter</a> - 2 screens <b>up</b>

<a href="http://www.mod-mag.com/" target="_blank">Mod-Mag</a> - 2 screens <b>sent</b> (as part of their site relaunch)

<a href="http://www.gamehelper.com/" target="_blank">GameHelper</a> - Many screens and an interview <b>sent</b> for a special feature (coming soon with their site relaunch).

SmokeMasta · May 2002

go monse
go monse
go monse
<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Reaver_Pryde · May 2002

My god, I gotta get with the program. I haven't even heard of half these places.

Reaver

Bob_the_Alien · May 2002

ehhh I dont get what the crosshier looking this in<a href="http://www.planethalflife.com/images/screens/ns_051302_2.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> screen shot is

ps

yes Im still lurking around the boards :\

DruBo · May 2002

That's overwatch mode. MonsE said this about it in irc:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The circular icon in the middle shows that you're in overwatch mode. Any aliens that come in there while you're off talking to your girlfriend, typing a teamchat, or grabbing a beer will be fired upon automatically.
</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Apparently the aimbot technology that it uses will be pretty stupid, so don't expect Overwatch mode to become the first NS hack. Although to prevent this it'd be good to make it so Overwatch mode doesn't work if the marine is moving.

Moleculor · May 2002

Actually, the circle depicted in that shot is a move order.

The circle for the overwatch will be centered around the center crosshairs, and it's oval shaped, longer in the horizontal direction than the vertical. (<a href="http://www.valvepit.com/index.php?viewshot=newsimages/15-05-2002_nsex_Half-Life_Howling_1.jpg&idshot=150" target="_blank">Screenshot Here</a>)

And don't worry, the overwatch only activates after standing still for a few seconds. It deactivates automatically when you move.

007 · May 2002

Wow those are cool... very good job MosE

MonsieurEvil · May 2002

Thanks double-0.

Molec is right - I think DB and I got our wires crossed on which pics we were talking about. The big round circle is for overwatch. That picture shows an order to 'attack this location' sent by the commander (see the little 'splosion in the middle?).

lazygamer · May 2002

Hey I have a question. Some people belong to the boycott/anti-phl league(not actual name, just mindset) thingy ie:hate PHL and don't use it a whole lot. This is because some people feel it's coverage of mods is not in the right place.

Can you guys recommened any PHL-like sites that aren't disliked for PHL-like reasons. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Ravenous · May 2002

Does overwatch fires only at enemies entering the oval cirlce ?

Spyder_Monkey · May 2002

Yes. Cause if it didn't, that would bring forth a new hellspawn of TKers. AFKTK is not an acronym I would want to see.

Moleculor · May 2002

*chuckle*

I think his question was more 'when they enter the oval' not 'enemies'. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Dunno. That might be what Flayra has planned. Whenever I turned it on in playtests, I'd cover the area I wanted to cover with the oval. But I don't know if that is anything more than a pretty oval.

MonsieurEvil · May 2002

HLcenter link at the beginning of this post now has 2 more exclusive screens. Diggity!

SmokeMasta · May 2002

exelent pics as usual

Reaver_Pryde · May 2002

I still don't get the Overwatch thing...
Would someone PLEASE explain it to me?

Reaver

Mouse · May 2002

when you stay still for an amount of time or enter the right-click menu, you go into 'overwatch mode' which basicly turns you into a turret which shoots any enemies that enter the oval that's in the center of the screen.

i think it's primary use is to reduce the amount of AFK(away from keyboard) kills

Moleculor · May 2002

It's more just when you hold still. Using the RMBMenu is so quick that Overwatch doesn't have a chance to activate.

And yeah, it's mostly to prevent AFK kills and such. It'll let you get up and get a drink and stuff. Flayra even said that he put it in so he could code while playing. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

MonsieurEvil · May 2002

Another set of exclusives are up, this time at <a href="http://www.halflifeitalia.com/" target="_blank">HalfLifeItalia</a>. Don't speak it? Well, here ya go, kinda.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">
The team of Natural Selection, attempting in a species of translation English-Italian (;)) news of new modernizations has sent us effects on the Total Conversion that are carrying to succeeding aim with. The images that they have to us attached in exclusive right will not give space to doubts: if Holy Wars graphically wanted proporsi like mod a much faithful to Quake, Natural Selection is wanted to be quite approached levels to the Unreal Tournament 2003!! To see in order to believe what can still exit outside with the graphical motor by now (and hour I say it:D) obsolete of Half-Life. </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Ack, Babelfish really sucks sometimes. The gist of it is, if Holy Wars was designed to take Quake-style gaming to the next level, NS looks to give UT 2003 to people in the HL engine, graphically speaking. Ehhh, I think.

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Whatever it is, the pics and HLItalia rock out!

SmokeMasta · May 2002

again pretty good pics <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Reaver_Pryde · May 2002

Wow! Overwatch, that's a friggin COOL idea. Great job, Flayra!

You're brilliant, you know that?

Reaver

Scythe · May 2002

Google's translator, while less cooly named, is far better than Altavista's one IMHO.

How long doesn it take for overwatch to take over when a marine is in the RCM (Right Click Menu)? You wouldn't expect to be in the RCM for longer than about 5 seconds.

--Scythe--
<a href="mailto:the_only_scythe@subdimension.com">the_only_scythe@subdimension.com</a>

Cuerzo · May 2002

Is Natural Selection being translated to Italian? It seems like that in the translated text from halflifeitalia...

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