Hurrah! DL'ing now!

Simply amazing.

Review later though, gotta go to work! ;)

Says what Hunter says but adds:

Shovel looked dodgy where the slaves were buried.
I did not experience any invincible Gargs or Houndeyes so it was fine.

Great scripts and what nots...A bit short but hey it had quality written all over it.

Ooo, boy! I gotta try this out.

I'm astounded. I knew you were a good mapper, Muzzle, but this good? Wow.
This is actually the first custom map I've ever felt that "feels" like the real half-life - I mean, if someone told me valve made this yesterday I'd buy it anyday.

Gameplay - well, it's the same as uplink, what can I say? Very well executed. Scripting was awesome, especially at the Gargantua fight. NPC Sequences all worked well without any problems.

Brushwork - extraordinary. It was so good I didn't even notice it, too busy fighting zombies, headcrabs, grunts and whatnot - but when you actually examine the surroundings it becomes clear that everything has been done with utmost care. The "broken" laboratory was probably my favourite.

Lighting - as good as it gets, really. No room for improvements, anywhere. Just excellent.

Any cons?.. not that I can think of. A 5, without a trace of doubt.

Thanks Loffe and Caboose.


I could have made the garg scene longer, but i came very close to the max entities a map can have...

Hunter said he had some problems with the houndeyes in the hallway to the destroyed lab... The houdneyes are supposed to follow their scripted sequences as soon as the houndeyes spots the player (trigger condition: see player, mad at player).



Did that work well for you?

"if you hurry to get to the gargantua scene there are 2 of them ^^"

Yeah, im aware of that... Ill fix that soon. :)

"- the messages say "DEMOTXT" all the time ^^ ?"

Hmmm, are you sure are using my titles.txt file and that is is placed in the uplink_ext folder? Im pretty sure you have, since its in the zip... It looks like it works for everyone else though...

Really weird, the houndeyes work fine for me:

http://www.themightyatom.nl/projects/uplink_ext/h
oundeyes.wmv

Yep, that's the houndeye I was referring to. I reloaded the level several times, and it was stuck in the ground every time I played.

Strange indeed.

I guess I cant play it since I have the Steam version. :( Mega sad face :( I really wish I could play it, it sounds like an excellent map, espically the custom coding :)

Hmm, It will work, I just need to place all your files/dll files/ etc in the correct directories in the Steam/steamapps/xyos212/half-life folder.

All these SP mods change Hl1 in Steam to the actual mod. While they are installed you cant play HL1 until they are removed. Ill place them in now. :)

I only have the Steam version of Half-Life, and it worked fine for me.

I did what Muzzle said above, and there's no problem.

great mod
I like the realistic stuff in the game.And also the first soda machine as well ;)

Well, I did it the long way by placing each file in the approiate directory :)

I say: O M G !

This was pure perfection. The one of the quintessential achivements of a member here on TWHL.

I really loved how you kept to the Hl1 theme. Monsters were placed accordingly, and classic headcrap placement in vents! (you fall a small way through a vent, and theres a headcrab! :) )

THe brushwork was astounding. Bevelled corners, holes in the walls, Broken crates, the wrecked wall from teh monster was awsomeness (I forget its name XD)

Scripted sequences was amazing. I dont know how you got the scientists to say what you wanted, but it was awsome!

I loved the G-man in the window, and he runs when the monster attacks. Awsomeness.

Great battles, great Hl1 theme, There are so many more pros I cant remember them all! If I remember some more Ill post them !

Problems: The monster (I think stated above) that screeches and resembles a dog a bit (sorry I really dont remember the Hl1 enemies names) was invincible.

In the beginning I felt I was running out of ammo too quickly. Not really a bad thing, but thought I should mention it.

The rail on the stairs in the warehouse in the beginning with the conveyer lift was a func_brush with collision off or something because I clipped through it.

When you activate the relay to the UNSC or whatever, when the grunts cut through the door they remain idle for quite some time before attacking.

Thats about all the problems :)

Some other comments:

Loved the scene when the monster walks, the rooms shaking, and the vent falls. Also liked how you planned entering the vent.

The rocket grunt challenge was fun too. Really awsome!

Good lord this was amazing! Im going to spread this all over the internets!!!1111

All in all 6-8 stars, but alas I can only give 5 so :(

Oh and BTW, A W S O M E !

10 stars! Thats waay too much honor. :)

Its surprises me that more people seem to have problems with the Houndeyes... Maybe the trigger condition and trigger target are buggy or something.

Be sure to replay this mod when the update is released!

Wow, just wow, This is great. I really loved the part after the Garg, it just seemed really nice. Great work on the big room with the garg and the hallway leading to it.

The problems I found were:
The grunts didn't move when I got on the gun, but when I died and spawned back there they did.
The grunts in the next area didn't kill the scientist.
The Zombie which carries the scientist and the barney was bugged, The scintist was too far behind it and the barney was dead on the ground.

Thats the only things I saw, everything else worked perfectly.

So yeah, I want to see more already! :D

You know you can turn the steam off right?

*Hint* Press E on the red thing

Usefull tips from you guys.



What i really don't understand is that you say the grunts don't come around the corner as soon as you fire the mounted gun. Because they do for me! Same goes with the Houndeyes being frozen. Works fine for me too. I don't really know how to fix that.



Anywhoo, ill try to fix as many things i possibly can in an upcoming update. :)

omg, I just readed that you need to press a button? Sjeesh, that I missed that..

This mod will never be out of the 'Top Maps' on the index. Well deserves it, too :D

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD !!!!!!!

Ohh man!! Awesome!! It was JUST like HL! I loved it. I haven't gave A map 5 stars in like...ever. Or at least a LONG time. But this is definitely worth it!

Its map this full of silly errors… I host a file showing the images of the errors… for you see what to make, you should put clips and to increase the height of the walls… by the way… I liked the end of the map… I hope that you fix these errors… here is the download link: >>

here: http://rapidshare.com/files/274916/error.rar.html
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Exos, those sounds came with the original Uplink, which was going to be part of Half-Life, but was cut out. The sounds are still in the pak/gcf file.

this is amazing! it brings me back to when i was a lil' 10 year old playing the uplink demo on a hand me down pc gamer demo disc....good times! seriously, this is very very well presented!

[quote]It just tries to be the original, with some polished edges and some more polies.[/quote]

That the whole point, CP. THAT was exactly my primary goal. And i succeeded, i don't care about the rest. :)

I plan to do that... but im close to the maximum brush based entities allowed in a map. So in the upcoming update, ill cut the first map in half, so i can add some more stuff i originally planned to add. :)

Before returning to the lab, I tossed a few grenades through the crack in the door before opening it.

No, not that crack.

It was when I finally returned to the lab that I spawned at the beginning of the game. You know, the large room in the screenshot with Barney and the scientist.

I could hear some vortigaunts behind the door, so I just tossed some nades to get rid of them before they had a chance to zap me.

I just finished playing it and it have 3 words to say, "Great job, MuzzleFlash!". The weapon/monster placement was superb as well as the scripted sequences. The overall ambience of the levels were awesome. This series beats the original HL Uplink by VALVe any day. Lookin' forward to playing more of your maps. 5 Stars!!

P.S. I know this is probably a noob question but at the end, how did you get those spinning wheels to move with the elevator?

wait, was the elevator supposed to move at the end? I couldnt get it to come up, so I just jumped down, and the level ended. XD

Maybe you can put a trigger_hurt and a player_clip right above the end level trigger. This way, if anyone just jumps down, they'll get killed.

Does this map somehow fuck up your HL? because I cant start a server anymore with HL I cant even select a map. Searching for something suspicious the only thing I found was that next to the HL title in my windows was "Uplink" Ill probably have to reinstall it..

(I wish there was an edit function)
well I deleted the liblist.gam and it worked fine again.

This must have taken you ages!

I never played the original Uplink, but this feels very stock HL to me--but nicer--, so I know you held true to the original. Seamless scripting and triggers make this map a lot of fun to play. Visually very nice in parts, but the original architecture still permeates much of the map, which is pretty much my only complaint for the mod. But, your trying to hold true to the original, so this is acceptable.

Though I must say I agree with Captain P about revisiting old ground, I also belive any mapping that you can get exited about doing is good, and of course every new map you make makes you more efficient at the whole process. I'm sure you learned some new stuff/honed your skills on entity setups rebuilding this map!!1(I would love to decompile some of them to see how certain things were done exactly :))

I really need to play the original sometime so I can fully appreciate the differences :)

++superb scripting of NPCs and monsters (I didn't experience the sripting errors others mentioned)
+superb event triggers and sequences
++seamless work, very clean
+Nice architecture and Nice detail in places, but still very HLish style

Excellent work!

Misc bugs I noticed:

-Before the Grunt closes the big door in the big room, you can see it intersecting the wall--which is strange becuase the door seems to be much thinner than the wall :puzzled:

-Someone else mentioned the shovels...not the most sophisticated architecture. I can see no reason why they should look that way if you use HLFix--don't you? Not at all a huge deal. Plus you can see empty space behind the little pile of dirt. /nitpick

-If you "save" the grunt from the barnacle--right after under the pipe in the toxic waste--he blocks your path from continuing, and you can't kill him.

I've never had that problem with HLFix, so I don't reall know how to comment except are you absolutely sure it's HLFix?

Imo it's an absolutely essential tool for detailed architecture to look right.

Though you do extrordinarily well without it, you're really limiting what you can do in terms of certain types of architecture by not using it.

I'm sure you say to yourself all the time: "this looks great in hammer, but I know how bad the compile will fuck it up, so I'll just do it another way..."

HLFix ftw!!1

I just use the -na parameter, but I don't see how any of them would relate to the Outside World errors... and since so many people I talk to that use it never mentioned that error, perhaps you are the odd man out ;)

PM NinjaGrinch maybe--he taught me everything I know about HLFix...

The add-on to Uplink is short, but overall it's good. I'd just like one change. Put like a bump before the elevator shaft so the metal box can't fall in. The first time I played it, I accidentally pushed the metal box into the shaft thinking that was the way to solve the puzzle and got stuck, unable to continue.

Oughrrrr! It's one of the best mods I've played!

I have played the original half life uplink and i thought it was ok, but you made the uplink 10 times better. You exelently extended the story. I like what you have done.

You're obviously speaking in Valve Time when you say "soon". :P

Seriously though, with all the other stuff you have going on, I shouldn't (and don't) expect this to be top priority.

Excellent

Valve time soon is not soon enough! Gah. The original level by muzzleflash was a tiny, tiny extention. Make the update at least 10 minutes of gameplay lol.

Damn the map was sweet

All of the maps had interesting Architecture, very good sequenceing, and really good sentances, the map deffinetly deserves a 5 star. I also liked how you make the player go back to the previous levels, cause during one part of those when an alien slave teleported in, it spooked me. The thing I liked the most was your elevator, cause it looked really good but the parts that made me like it most was the rollers on it, also how they moved with the elevator. The only glitch I found was when you get out of the vent to turn the security overide on, before you goto the elevator, the cabinets that are a pushable, if you them it with the crowbar, it has a glass damage texture.

Other then that, it still gets its 5 stars like I said.

Olol.

Uh, i have too many projects going on. :P

Hmm, when i start a new game, it has the loading screen forever, and i do mean forever, i let it sit there 2 days loading....any idea whats wrong? i absolutley HAVE to try this mod :D

i get H:games3SierraHalf-lifeuplink_ext

i cant use C drive because its full, is this the problem? Does it HAVE to be in C:program files?

ok, does it have to be in program files? because i have half-life in C:/games/half-life on one of my other computers, but it still wont load after hitting new game

why cant i ever get a single mod to work :/

yes, Hlife_hotdog's "xen crystal" and "fathom 2.5"

however 3 other mods, including this one, i have not been able to install successfully. However, i dont see any reason why any of them should act differently

Could it be that people are using it in steam?

"C:/ProgramFiles/Steam/Steamapps/<steamname>/half
-life/uplink_ext"??

That could be most of the bugs aswell, like the splash screen only works in Half-life Retail (you need resources for a Steam version)

yeah, i followed the installation instructions to the letter, but they dont work on any of my three computers, they all had 9 gb space, so space is not an issue, i re-downloaded like 5 times, i gave my friend the link to download, and he cant get it to work on his 2 computers, the only thing all these computers have in common, is that they all have the HL games from the Half-life platinum pack, so we are not using steam (not for HL1 at least) Please dont tell me im going to have to live my life without playing this mod :/

where exactly do i post it?, which forum?

I had to play this twice, just to comprehend the awesome magnitude of its awesomeness!!!

But really, this mod is tied with "life's end" as my favorite mod. The architexture was great, i had to reload because i missed what the scientist said, because i was marveling at the architexture ;)

Gameplay was awesome, amazing use of scripted sequences.

The part where you could see the garg through the hole in the wall, made me shiver. Pure awesomeness, as was the garg fight scene.

The parts where the cieling supports broke, or something fell, were amazing, i cant imagine how much time it took to do that

Muzzleflash FTW

***** five stars

Before the next Duke Nukem is out?

Yeah, it'll run in Steam. Note that there's no custom Steam background. Ill add full Steam support in the long awaited update (that includes a custom menu).

Very nice work, even better than the original! I didn't get any bugs, and I'm loving your reloading barney! Just today I was being shot hundreds of times by barney with god mode on, and wondering why he never reloaded. Congrats on the coding (Y)

Very nice, I got only on bug when trying to run in open gl.. other than that.. right on...

Also the room after the elevator... WHATS UP WITH THAT? 'to be continued'...
piss me off! Wanted it longer!

This needs the extended Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar song in it...

and I happen to have a copy. :)