Snow War 2.0?

Teufel_Eldritch

Ive been playing & following the HL1 mod <a href='http://snowwar.hlgaming.com/' target='_blank'>Snow War</a> for several years now. It is a no frills HL mod. It is a mod where you throw snow balls. No other weapons, just snow balls. It is great for kids & adults alike.

VERSION 2.0 was released not to long ago.

One of the new things for this version is a Insta Gib mode. With Insta Gib of course the snowballs kill in one shot but they also bounce around a bit before exploding like regular snowballs. This makes it somewhat like pool/billards. You can get some bank shots going.

Also new are the HL2 character player models... Alyx & Combine, several maps & bots for offline play. There is also several different gametypes to choose from...
Death Match
Team Death Match
Capture the Flag
Last Man Standing
King of the Mountain
Insta Gib

If you guys havent downloaded it yet give it a try. It's fun as f#@k. It's not a serious game like NS but it's still fun. Check out some of the <a href='http://snowwar.hlgaming.com/?page=3' target='_blank'>screenies</a> & download the trailer <a href='http://www.edgefiles.com/file.x?id=/hlgaming.com/snowwar/swtrailer_divx.avi' target='_blank'>here.</a>


Download & play it. I'll bet you will find it a blast!

BaconTheory

Interesting...I think I'll give it a try since there doesn't seem like there is any snow in the forcast for my area.

Sub_zer0

1 DEAD
2 no one plays it
3 good idea bad implementation

Testament

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2 no one plays it
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One and two are the same thing, you dolt.

BobTheJanitor

This is a really fun game, and I like to go back and play a game every once in a while when I can get a few like-minded people together. I'll have to try out ver. 2.0, thanks for pointing it out.

Now they just have to port to source for REAL TIME SNOW PHYSICS. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

remi

Isn't InstaGib supposed to mean the bullet hits immediately? Like if you're aimed on them when you shoot, it hits them, regardless of lag? And wasn't the InstaGib Quake mod made to do exactly that? Make it so if you're aimed properly lag doesn't screw up your shots?

I don't think it had to do with the instant killing, though the shots with the railgun did happen to have that effect.

TychoCelchuuu

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2 no one plays it
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1 FUN
2 Obviously some people play it
3 That's not what your mom said

Snow Wars is a fun little mod. It's best, of course, on LAN, when you can throw wireless mice at someone if they are too good.

Sandstorm

Instagib originated in Quake 2. It just meant that:

1. You spawned with a railgun
2. There was nothing to pick up (no health/armor/ammo etc.)
3. Your rail did lots of damage, gibbing them in one shot

The point was that it was ALL about having good consistent aim, no spamming, spraying, or splash damage. Having to lead your shots because of lag was half the fun. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Edit: I can't count