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Rubes

Wed, 02 May 2012 23:46:09 +0000

hey so I remember talking with sugar about getting back into the forums and after a long time of working I would love to get back into things..

Tripmine studios merge update

Tue, 01 May 2012 05:47:45 +0000

It's just time to bring some life to our community again. Yes, we are back with the long-awaited update finally!
It took us longer that we anticipated, but hell, we made it! Even though recent months were very tough for all of us.
It's for the first media update since the Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa merged into Tripmine Studios. For the first time, we are connecting our separate communities into one.

The merge itself brought several challenges to the development process. It's brand new experience for us, as one development team focus on two projects at the same time. Being part of this is not easy for none of us.
We were forced to perform many changes not just on the game's content, but our development process and PR. Unfortunately, all this stuff is happening during very busy period of our life, when part of us struggle with important exams or dealing with other real life matters. That's the reason for the update being delayed a lot.

However, we should definitely be proud of ourselves! Regardless all the obstacles, we streamlined our development, OBM portion of the team utilized GD's team organization, we sorted most of the duplicated content and some on the top of that, we boosted quality on many models and textures. And we still proceed towards our goal, maybe slowly, but surely.

In case you somehow missed the interview about the merge, you should head to PlanetPhillip and read it. You can learn very interesting facts about the merge and projects.

As our community grows with each update, we are looking for new ways how to keep in touch with our fans. It's very time-consuming to produce big media updates, so we definitely need to keep you updated with small updates as well, just to assure you we still bare with you.

It was just matter of time till we come to Facebook. Make sure you track us there, we may be dropping some tidbits from time to time .

And before you start to admire our new media, it's important to notify you about the matters around the websites. Most of you probably noticed that Operation Black Mesa's homepage is down for a while.

We sincerely apologize for the lack of official announcement in regards of the website matters. However, there is no reason to panic! We will be launching brand new websites for Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa on new domain, so stay tuned!

And on the final note, I have to mention that we are looking for new talents who would help us with the development! Please take the fact we are not offering paid positions into consideration.

To apply, simply send us an E-mail with a little bit about yourself. Don't forget to attach some examples of your previous works! If you find E-mail uncomfortable, you may use our forum. Both ways are valid for both, OBM and GD applicants.

LEVEL DESIGNER:

Our team is looking for level designers, who have experiences with building multiplayer and/or singleplayer maps.
You should have more than one year of experiences with Hammer and be able to build optimized and detailed maps.

MODELER:

We are looking for modelers who will supply us with various models ranging from props, weapons to organics.
You should be able to create detailed, clean and optimized models, including UVWs and textures.

Other positions:

We are also looking for people to fill other positions. Whatever you are texture artist, particle artists or coder, as long as you are dedicated and passionate person, you are the one we are looking for!

That's all for now. We hope you enjoy the media. Stay tuned for more!

level designer, concept art, proppre modeling.

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:40:37 +0000

Hi, I'm from Russia, immediately ask for forgiveness for the bad english.
want to work at once on three options, to be level designer, art, and model of the brushes on propper plagin. I used to work in the MBP as an artist, but as long as there are problems with the site, and taught about Hammer.

That's my level design

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my models made at the propper
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my arts
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http://youtu.be/gqUinrjH_t8

details about my work - http://www.moddb.com/mods/crossroads-episode-i

waiting for an answer from you

Happy Birthday Blaze!

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:13:25 +0000

Our "veteran member" turned 23 today. Happy birthday man, hope you will be still with us when you are 24

Programmer applicant

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:32:08 +0000

Hello team, my name is Edfake or Ed and you may remember me from such games as BTTF:LC or Operation Lambda or even Syobon Action

I am 18 and am currently studying a Bachelor of Interactive Entertainment Majoring in games programming. I have been coding for over 3 years but haven't been active lately cause of school. Now im in college Id like to Join a active team which would be epic to work with

moving on to past works.... I'm in the OpLam team. Most of my source work has been done in there, (ill be honest it ain't much) so I dunno how confidential it all is (ya know leaks and shit). But to sum it up I have created a GUI map list menu, made the crossbow bolts explode (again), made a cannon of lasers ect ect.

Now I am half way through the C++ side of my course at college, I have learnt a great deal of the 'gaps' I missed in my self teaching. So I expect to be better at doing what ever needs to be done. (bug checking /fixing is my forte)

Anyways as for all my C++ and non C++ works... they are on my website... which is completely down.. but when it goes up you can find it here:

http://edfake.net

To conclude, I've done lua, Opcode(gta), Java(mainly minecraft mods), and C++. I hope to work with you guys and get stuff done.. for fun!

Here is some work examples that are not on my website (ah memories ) :

// Lua
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyjzTK-mo8Q
http://youtu.be/cMfYedRZIUI
// C++
http://youtu.be/VoY9_mOEoxw
// OpCode
http://youtu.be/XWrykvG3Q-Q <-- like the first thing I ever coded to do with games (in other words lots of shared code)
http://s368.photobucket.com/albums/oo127...t=TELE.mp4
// Java (maybe I can voice act?????)
http://youtu.be/N_rXe1TSFsQ
http://youtu.be/6OYPZ8rbVRE

p.s I also enjoy making music.... you should go check out some of my songs if you need any techno ambient house music to fit for credits or something

Thanks guys,

- Edfake

Op4 on 19:23

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:51:59 +0000

Hi guys, new world record for HL: Opposing force at 19minutes and 24 seconds
VIdeo:http://lambdageneration.com/posts/new-unbelievable-19-minute-hl-opposing-force-speedrun-sets-world-record/
Some info (with codes, macros, scripts, etc):
http://sourceruns.org/index.php/topic,950.0.html

PlanetPhillip Interview

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:21:47 +0000

A written interview with PlanetPhillip.com, which includes responses from Mr.sugar, myself, and Oddyes, was published on Febreuary 25th of 2012.

The rather lengthy interview covers aspects of the merge between Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa, as well as general development of both projects; and also contains some exclusive media not seen elsewhere

The interview, in all its greatness, can be read over at PlanetPhillip.com

If anyone has any questions or comments regarding the contents of the interview, please post them here

Sound FX

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:32:53 +0000

So hey. I'm Inge J. Grønås from Norway.
I am soon to be 23 years old in 29th of may.

I have been soundmodding Half-Life 1, 2, Counter-Strike 1.6 and
various Valve-games for a long time as a spare time hobby.
I have been making sound effects since I was like 8 years old,
and I would like to participate on the mod with some sound effects,
basically because I want to take up this hobby more often.
I think it would be fun and interesting to participate on GD.
I can add that I will be available to work with this mostly in the weekends and I am concidering to paricipate for a long time, well. If I am welcomed.

I don't have any spesific website or anything, but I have a downloadable rar-file with some sound effects I've made right here in this link:
mje_sound_ex.rar

The rar-file is password protected. I have sent the password to mr.sugar.

I really hope to get to participate.

Thank you.

Half-life (movie, rendered) trailer

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:07:11 +0000

Pretty nice one trailer (to movie?)

GiantRobot - Programmer Application

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:35:00 +0000

Hello Guard Duty Team,
My name is Ozan, I'm 24 years old.
I have been coding since 4 years and i have bachelor degree of computer engineering, graduated 1 months ago. I mostly design and code web services,android apps,java and c# apps etc. But i can honestly say what i currently do is not my dream.

I designed maps, sprites, models (simple modifications on existing models such as silencer, scope with milk shape 3D) when i was in high school for counter-strike,half-life. I had no programming knowledge in those years.

Now i want to be guard duty team member as programmer. I'm actually Java guy but i'm quick learner. I want to contribute as programmer. But If i fail in test assignment for programming , i still want to contribute for porting old maps , sound editing etc. I want to do whatever i can do.

Thanks in advance.

Harvey's Level Design Application

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:13:27 +0000

Hello there!

My name is Harvey and I am 17 years old.

I am here to inquire into the possibility of working as part of the modification team as a Level Designer.

I have a very good working knowledge of Hammer Editor and am able to make complex maps with static and functional surroundings.

Experience & Examples

I have created a number of maps in the past - some released and some kept private: Here's my latest and most important map:

Gm_Quickescape01

Garrysmod.org Level Page

Images

Please See below link for screenshots of the map.

Images Album

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I also have previous experience in working as part of a team. I have worked with Aerolite Gaming to help create a map called rp_lambdacore for their Black Mesa Roleplay server.

If you would like more examples of earlier work or anything, then feel free to ask me.

Thank you for reading and I look forward to your response.

Harvey Harker

P.S. I sent an email but didn't seem to get a response, so I decided to post on here to be on the safe side.

Programmer Application.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:11:08 +0000

Good day everyone! My names is Nicolas.

I would like to join your team as a programmer.
I'm working with HUD, GameUI, Weapons and Player. (C++, HTML, CSS)

Currently I'm a member of these teams:
Opposing Force 2 Team
Project-9 Team
F-Stop team

Here is examples of my work:
http://youtu.be/sG-X_OT2CM8?hd=1
http://youtu.be/dySshxoiRhM?hd=1
http://youtu.be/lLf5_eDEgtY?hd=1
http://youtu.be/7IosGum8ys4?hd=1
http://youtu.be/ZSIMFCSusCY?hd=1
http://youtu.be/s6yh6qxJW_Q?hd=1
http://youtu.be/buev7Nd66Sw?hd=1

Source Mod : Elevator Simulation

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:14:27 +0000

Finally a mod that i always wanted, a coop simulator for a elevator.

http://youtu.be/O2xQL_Qm2eI

I'm back

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:02:25 +0000

Well it has been a long time and I feel that I should return back to the team, so lets get right to the point ^^.

Animator / Faceposer application

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:50:53 +0000

Hello fellow mod developers. My name is Karl August K. and currently work for Operation Lambda. I don't have all of my free time packed so I thought, why not apply for Guard Duty? And here I am.
Since you do not have an application layout, I'm going to hijack the one from Operation Lambda.

Q: Why do you want to join this mod as a developer?
A: Because I like to make 3D animations and I really like Half-Life games. My main goal is to get experience from this and of course, get better at this job.

Q: What are your skills and how do you intend to use them to help this mod?
A: I am said to be pretty good at 3D animation. Not as good as professionals though. I am sad to say that I can not yet rig (other than weapons onto already existing hands rig), but I will try to learn as soon as possible. I haven't been able to get together with my tutor for this. I'm not very good at third person animations yet either (edit: at least not humans). I shall use my skills to... This is a silly question. To make 3D animations for the mod of course.

Q: Are you willing to use a considerable part of your freetime to work on this mod?
A: Yes. Although as a student there may be short periods of time when I can not spend my free time on anything but studying. (exams)

Q: Please post images/links/videos of your previous work.
A: Don't mind the "Operation Lambda" on the names of the videos, just watch, okay?

Glock and Desert Eagle animations (Glock model by Keresh)

Pulse-rifle animations

Faceposer scene

Tiny-pipe

HK21 machine gun

Thank you for your attention.

EDIT: All the weapons were rigged to the hands and chopped into required pieces by myself. That I can do. I should also point out I know how to compile view models myself as well. Keresh's Glock compiled (very old and horribly bad animations)

SDK Errors

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:09:01 +0000

Has anyone else discovered that their SDK Launcher is now only showing Portal as a Hammer launch option? This is the same for each Source Engine version. Posted here because I felt it was best to let you know I'd encountered some serious errors that could prevent me from working on the project.

Uplink remake

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:05:42 +0000

Hi everyone, my name is The Comedian and I’m the level designer of Uplink - which was originally a demo for Half-Life, but is now an extra chapter in Guard Duty.
I will now give you guys some information about Uplink and some media as well.
When I joined Guard Duty, the team gave me the big task to remake uplink in the source engine. At first I was a bit surprised because I thought I would work on remaking Blue Shift. So I said to mr. sugar “well, no problem. I'll remake uplink and then afterwards I can start then with the real stuff like blue shift?”. He said "first work on uplink. We will talk later about other maps”. So for now I’m still working on uplink.

Please don’t underestimate this mission. This extra needs a lot of fresh models, textures, sounds, redesign, ideas,… (for the geeks I had 3 predecessors and they all failed).

Now I can give you some progress of the whole mission
Uplink part1: orange mapping is almost done
Uplink part2: starting with textures and models
Uplink part3: starting with the orange mapping
Uplink part4: orange mapping is done
Uplink part 6: starting orange mapping

Steps of a WIP (uplink2):

Some people will say, pffhuw dude, just start with part 1 and when it’s done make part 2 and so on. I can tell from experience that this can’t work when you don’t have the models and textures. Our 2D and 3D artists are doing a great job but they have to focus on content for the actual remake of Blue Shift. The second thing is that when I get a good idea for uplink I start building it. (I know it’s not the professional way but it works for me)

Some people send me messages telling me to stop with mapping because they think that I’m ruining the atmosphere of blue shift source. I’m the last person to say that I’m a perfect level designer. Because of these comments I now try to put all my free time into this project.

What? Ow yes the media update, well I won't show any screenshots of the uplink maps this time because they aren’t good enough to show.

No stop crying I got something for you. It’s a concept art of a combat scene from Killuh. Can you guess the place?

About the other media updates, it’s coming but give us some time.

It was fun to write this dev blog and I hope I can write some more in the future.

Do not forget about our YoutTube channel and Twitter, so you don't miss even small little tidbits. We are also still looking for talented people, so don't hesiate to apply!

And one last closing note. Support our project, vote for us in MOTY and help us to pass to the TOP 100. We appreciate every vote!

Seeya guys and have a nice day!

Extra Props

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:04:07 +0000

Whilst it's obvious that a lot of props are already sourced from HL2 and our wonderful modelers are making a few, I was wondering if it was possible to make a thread to request a few little extras. They wouldn't have totake too much time to shape up, and would add a lot to the whole ambiance of the environment, whether it was in the original blue shift or not.

Stuff I'm talking about :

Small lightswitches, a pile of ammo(not dissimilar to Left 4 Dead prop), a metal container/box

This will also help to concentrate resources, and if a suitable alternative to one of these exists and I've just been typing in all the wrong keywords, then it will help other mappers!

Please add your own suggestions!

Avy

Best Classic Game?

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:06:41 +0000

has to be for me

Theme Hospital

hi

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:04:47 +0000

there hope everyone is good