Half Life 1.1.1.1, Steam And Ns

Gecko · January 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Will NS be upgraded with new menus?</div> Sorry if this as been asked sumwhere else, but i was just curious after downloading Steam and testing the new CS and HL.
The new menu's are a massive improvement and i just wanted to know whether NS would upgrade their menu's to the standard of the latest HL.
Thanks,
Gecko <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

GWAR · January 2003

It better... My monitor screws up sometimes when i go into the HL menu... Doesnt like the low resolution

Zerogreat · January 2003

I hate the low res, it so much interlaced, makes me puke. Even ZDoom has better menu resolution.

Swirl · January 2003

It probably will.

FireStorm · January 2003

Flay said NS will be supported by steam.

Flayra · January 2003

We've been in contact with VALVe about NS support on Steam and I think this will happen in the nearish future (although nothing is confirmed yet).

ARS0N1ST · January 2003

OMG Steam,... shutters in fear. Steam is b0rk3n...lol and CS 1.6 is stuphad..horrible textures...horrible new models...and that riot shield..is um..right

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'>

CaptainPanaka · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ARS0N1ST @ Jan 28 2003, 03:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> OMG Steam,... shutters in fear. Steam is b0rk3n...lol and CS 1.6 is stuphad..horrible textures...horrible new models...and that riot shield..is um..right

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
<--- agrees

Necro · January 2003

your misunderstanding, what flay means is ns will use the vgui2 technology but won't require steam.

FireStorm · January 2003

I've never seen the VGUI 2... Do you have some screenshots please (I want to update my mod to it if it's possible)

GWAR · January 2003

Its a heck of alot better than the one now, the resolution it uses is the one you play HL with... no more freaking up my monitor with the low resolution menus....

Shockeh · January 2003

wooo.... I'll have to look. I've not been keeping up with developments at all. Didn't even realise it'd been released.

FireStorm · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GWAR @ Jan 28 2003, 06:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Its a heck of alot better than the one now, the resolution it uses is the one you play HL with... no more freaking up my monitor with the low resolution menus....  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
The actual VGUI uses the HL resolution you play in...

Here's a screenshot from my mod. The HUD is made with the actual VGUI (look at the alert message):

Sevendashseven · January 2003

Are you packing 9mm balles?

FireStorm · January 2003

9mm bullets... It's in french...

and...

Ammo
{
Names
{
...
5 = Lang( "Balles 9mm" "9mm bullets" )
...

This is something like the NS ui.txt file <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

Jim · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ARS0N1ST @ Jan 27 2003, 08:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> OMG Steam,... shutters in fear. Steam is b0rk3n...lol  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
its in beta. it's not supposed to be perfect.

airyK · January 2003

ive used the new gui and i have this to say ......its WONDERFUL , the friends network is a great addition, it allows you to chat like aim, or msn to other people while in game. im hoping someone will come out with a aim plugin so i can talk to other people while playing a game. btw in the next patch the new gui and when you alt-tab in the game it allows you too come back with sound that works .....

Sevendashseven · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([2iD]EriC[LdR] @ Jan 28 2003, 08:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> when you alt-tab in the game it allows you too come back with sound that works .....  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
THAT'S ABOUT FRICKING TIME!!!

Racer1 · January 2003

I can't believe Valve is still releasing patches for HL. If you think about it, most games only come out with one or maybe two patches within a year or two after the game comes out. HL is coming on 5 years old and Valve is about to release something like its 50th patch. Of course, one could always be incredulious and say that the game should have been right in the first place; but with that attitude, it would still not be released. Kudos Valve, the rest of the gaming industry should follow your lead.

Unit · January 2003

Actually, this isn't a patch for HL. Steam is a totally separate program that would work with any game, you don't actually need HL to play CS on Steam.

airyK · January 2003

from what ive heard steam will be inside the next patch of halflife, but you dont need halflife to use steam, infact steam is also there for them to sell games right out of the program instead of doing the exspensive process of packaging the game and sending it to stores you can just order it right off steam. so from what ive been hearing steam will be w/the new patch and as a standalone application to purchase games from. i guess cs, and anything else with halflife will always remain free as long as you own halflife + key etc. you wont be forced to buy everything over again off steam. hope this clears things up.

porttikivi · January 2003

The new Steam 2.0 beta works quite nicely for me. Initially the Steam content servers were overloaded, it is getting better. I am eager to try outy a virtual NS installation from Steam, without having to worry about disk space. Steam fetches and caches files and mods when they are actually run, and reuses the disk space of less recently used ones. Besides, Steam now allows me to play Opposing Force for free!

Half Life 1.1.1.1, Steam And Ns

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