3-monster patch

[Orion]

Hi, I converted 3 HL monster models to Quake, and implemented them as new monsters. It's the houndeye, the barnacle, and the headcrab. They replace certain monsters stated in the readme but they come with monster_houndeye/barnacle/headcrab functions to place them on your map.

http://www.quaketastic.com/upload/files/single_player/mods/3monster.zip


Some screenshots:

[Entar]

While that is kind of cool, unless you made it from scratch, isn't that... illegal?

Of course, I could be totally wrong, in which case just let me know.

[Orion]

You mean the code or model?
Well, the model was converted directly from HL to .md2 using milkshape, and then to .mdl using quark, because there's no quake .mdl type on export menu.
Photoshop to unify all separate textures into one, fimg to set the image colors to Quake palette.

The code I did from scratch, because half-life code is totally different.

[MauveBib]

He's refering to the use of the copyrighted model without permission.

[Baker]

He credits it in the readme.

1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Non-commercial nature, only borrows a small part of the work, doesn't affect Valve's ability to sell the game, was largely done for educational purposes to play with the Half-Life models. Isn't distributing the actual Half-Life model, but a converted version of it. No attempt to deceive about the authorship of the model.

[ceriux]

cool i think i might have to check this out keep converting and working on things id like to see how many you can convert and code up

[xaGe]

..1st of all I think you did a great job with these. Here is my take on how they seem playing in game for 30 minutes. Acting slowly is not an issue, but to fast? Their run animation is much, much quicker than the rotties and a bit comical as they hop back and forth until they either spot you or get in a fight with another monster. How they come up on you after they spot you is great. They run up, stop and twitch a bit as they do in HL before they charge up there sonic(or whatever) attack. I did notice the charge time of their attack is very quick, possible to quick compared to the charge time in HL. They like to fight a lot with other monsters to I noticed, but that's not necessarily a bad thing..

..I'm sure the timing of things can be easily changed in the code for those capable. These critters are fun monsters... thanks for the work you put into them. I can't wait to see the barnacle in quake.

Hi, I converted HL houndeye model to Quake, and implemented it as a new monster. It replaces both the grunt and rottweiler with a 50% chance, but it also comes with a monster_houndeye() function so you can place them on your map.

As HL monster framerates are higher than Quake's, I had to speed up nextthink on each frame of it, so it won't act "slowly".

http://www.quaketastic.com/upload/files/single_player/mods/houndeye.zip

EDIT: Currently working on the barnacle.


Above image: Barnacle pushing a guard.
Tongue is still a little bugged...

[Orion]

First post updated.
Barnacle and headcrab are ready.

[xaGe]

Haven't seen a headcrab yet, but the barnacle is great. I also noticed the houndeye attack charge time is now balls on! Nice!

Thanks...

First post updated.
Barnacle and headcrab are ready.

[Orion]

I'm also thinking about adding bosses for the episode 2, 3 and 4.

Episode 2: Tentacle or Gonarch(big momma)
Episode 3: Gangantua
Episode 4: Nihilanth