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**Reaps** · 18-05-12, 16:53

I always find the idea of the Gman 'plucking' a very young Alex from black mesa an interesting one. Did he just grab her? Did he kill ELi's wife to get to her? It's not like she'd just let him without a fight..or did he have other 'people' collect her.
Catching a security monitor showing Gman with a a young girl hand in hand walking somewhere would be pretty cool.

It's not really a suggestion, just an interesting back story that seems shrouded in mystery, was Alex too young to remember? what was the fate of her mother etc..

**Jethrosoup** · 18-05-12, 17:25

I bet they were both about to be killed by the disaster, but Alyx was saved because she was useful to the G-Man.

**Power_Dust** · 18-05-12, 23:48

I think it has very much to do with the fate of Alyx manipulated by G-Man, I imagine that he "plucks" her out of Black Mesa by changing certain events so she escapes with Eli, just as he did with the resonance cascade. He didn't cause it himself but rather made it happen.

**Nightblade+--** · 20-05-12, 21:11

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This coming from a guy who wanted to see some artwork of Gordon sneaking up on two zombies fighting over a can of cat food is more than a little hypocritical I know.

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You watched District 9, didn't you?

Actually I'd completely forgotten about that. Poor Nigerians got a bad wrap in that story. Here are these legitimate businessmen selling this highly sought after commodity that no one else is willing to supply and they're labeled "scam artists." Stupid media.

The special effects in that movie were pretty awesome though.
Thanks for reminding me, I think I'll watch it again.

As far as suggestions go, are there any wet effects for the player's weapons and forearm after he gets out of the water? Too much work to add?

**Power_Dust** · 21-05-12, 01:42

As far as I know there is no such effect, but weapons and arms can be covered in blood and acid stains in close combat.

**Cpl_Shephard** · 21-05-12, 04:13

Minor suggestion?

how'bout adding skirts to the female scientists?

**xalener** · 21-05-12, 06:20

1) Not minor.

2) Stupid looking. Really fucking stupid.

3) Most of the female scientist models I've seen seem to be in the mid 40s age range. Those aren't legs I want to be bombarded with.

**Cpl_Shephard** · 21-05-12, 07:57

Alright, you dont have to be hurtful about it.

Also, janitor models would be great (gus hamilton), its not minor but still great, the only thing i could think of as minor are vehicle gibs, for a car/truck/tank explosion. If thats not minor or has been done already, then i guess iam out of ideas and the team is doing a good job.

**Nightblade+--** · 21-05-12, 08:25

Vehicles do have gibs, skirts would just detract from the curves (

) and so far as I understand it (despite myself also wishing there were a janitor or two hanging around with a shotgun... or TWO!

) the dev team has said that they aren't going to go to all that trouble for one model just because it would be nice.

That does make sense.

I'm a lot more "knowledgeable" now that I've read the whole fricken wiki.

**jone4s** · 11-06-12, 01:30

I have posted 2 times in the thread ''The Glock 17 for HECU Marines'' and my posts got deleted everytime after very short time, which is strange..

my proposal was following:

''They could add at least 2 or 3 soldiers throughout the game, which use pistols only. This would add diversity, realism and a sense of detail to the game. These soldiers could have run out of ammo, their weapons jammed, they were unprepared or whatever...

I guess that pistol-using animations for soldiers were already done, so it should be no problem to implement this.''

@whoever who deleted my postings, please tell my what was wrong with it. i think it sounds like a good and decent idea.

**Garcian Smith** · 11-06-12, 01:42

Here's a soldier with a pistol. There will be nothing special about them. Apart from getting dead slightly faster, I assume.

**jone4s** · 11-06-12, 02:07

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Here's a soldier with a pistol. There will be nothing special about them. Apart from getting dead slightly faster, I assume.

Yes, but this an older picture and i read somewhere in this forum, that it had been cancelled that soldiers use pistols. Originally it was intended, that they would use their pistols if they run out of ammo for their primary weapons, as far as i understood.

So i would be glad, if they would do it like i proposed... then we would see at least a few soldiers, which use pistols. It would be a pity, not to use this at all, because the animations for this seems to be ready, as we can see in this picture.

**Garcian Smith** · 11-06-12, 02:10

To be fair, if they got rid of them then it must've been for a good reason. Like not being fun to fight.

**jone4s** · 11-06-12, 02:21

Because of this i proposed to add only at least a few of them. For me, Half Life is not only about fighting, but also about atmosphere, immersion and details.. and this is such a detail, which will make the game experience richer..
I would like to see at least a few soldiers with pistols.. in desperate situations or so for example..

**BahamutBBob** · 11-06-12, 03:11

They gave the HECU unlimited ammo, IIRC, because it would be all too easy to run them out of MP5 ammo, and get them to switch to the pistol.

**UrBY** · 11-06-12, 12:22

I imagine the coding involved to track NPC ammo counts would be a female dog to say the least.

**Power_Dust** · 11-06-12, 15:06

Also, if I remember correctly, the devs scratched the idea of soldiers using pistols because the were unhappy with the standart teacupping animation which were also used by the Civil Protection, and since they planned not to include it anyway they just took it out.

**amazingcomedy** · 11-06-12, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Reaps

I always find the idea of the Gman 'plucking' a very young Alex from black mesa an interesting one. Did he just grab her? Did he kill ELi's wife to get to her? It's not like she'd just let him without a fight..or did he have other 'people' collect her.
Catching a security monitor showing Gman with a a young girl hand in hand walking somewhere would be pretty cool.

It's not really a suggestion, just an interesting back story that seems shrouded in mystery, was Alex too young to remember? what was the fate of her mother etc..

I think Azian was already dead and Alyx was all alone with her mother's corpse, and whatever alien that killed Azian was about to kill Alyx too (I assume a zombie). G-man sees this, and saves her. He then probably gives her to Eli, who's somewhere else.

Back to the topic, does anyone think grenades should be explosive? Now, what I mean by this is, say there's a grenade on the floor, and instead of picking it up, the player shoots it and it explodes. This can lead to some interesting gameplay, as the player can shoot an Hgrunt's grenade in mid air when he throws it.

**Altamont Raven** · 13-06-12, 18:09

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Originally Posted by amazingcomedy

Back to the topic, does anyone think grenades should be explosive? Now, what I mean by this is, say there's a grenade on the floor, and instead of picking it up, the player shoots it and it explodes. This can lead to some interesting gameplay, as the player can shoot an Hgrunt's grenade in mid air when he throws it.

I don't think this is possible in real life 90% of the time, especially with the grenades that the HECU are using. so no, I wouldn't like that

**xalener** · 13-06-12, 22:01

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Originally Posted by UrBY

I imagine the coding involved to track NPC ammo counts would be a female dog to say the least.

Nope. Dude, the reason they removed the pistol is because playtesters were waiting for the soldiers to run out of ammo and switch so they could be easier targets.

18-05-12, 16:53	#7381
Reaps Snark Join Date: 19th July, 2009 Posts: 42	I always find the idea of the Gman 'plucking' a very young Alex from black mesa an interesting one. Did he just grab her? Did he kill ELi's wife to get to her? It's not like she'd just let him without a fight..or did he have other 'people' collect her. Catching a security monitor showing Gman with a a young girl hand in hand walking somewhere would be pretty cool. It's not really a suggestion, just an interesting back story that seems shrouded in mystery, was Alex too young to remember? what was the fate of her mother etc..

18-05-12, 17:25	#7382
Jethrosoup Vortigaunt Join Date: 22nd November, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,405	I bet they were both about to be killed by the disaster, but Alyx was saved because she was useful to the G-Man.

18-05-12, 23:48	#7383
Power_Dust Houndeye Join Date: 22nd December, 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 531	I think it has very much to do with the fate of Alyx manipulated by G-Man, I imagine that he "plucks" her out of Black Mesa by changing certain events so she escapes with Eli, just as he did with the resonance cascade. He didn't cause it himself but rather made it happen.

21-05-12, 01:42	#7385
Power_Dust Houndeye Join Date: 22nd December, 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 531	As far as I know there is no such effect, but weapons and arms can be covered in blood and acid stains in close combat.

21-05-12, 04:13	#7386
Cpl_Shephard Snark Join Date: 18th May, 2012 Location: N/A -Yeah Right... Posts: 25	Minor suggestion? how'bout adding skirts to the female scientists?

21-05-12, 06:20	#7387
xalener Alien Grunt Join Date: 28th May, 2009 Posts: 4,358	1) Not minor. 2) Stupid looking. Really fucking stupid. 3) Most of the female scientist models I've seen seem to be in the mid 40s age range. Those aren't legs I want to be bombarded with.

21-05-12, 07:57	#7388
Cpl_Shephard Snark Join Date: 18th May, 2012 Location: N/A -Yeah Right... Posts: 25	Alright, you dont have to be hurtful about it. Also, janitor models would be great (gus hamilton), its not minor but still great, the only thing i could think of as minor are vehicle gibs, for a car/truck/tank explosion. If thats not minor or has been done already, then i guess iam out of ideas and the team is doing a good job.

21-05-12, 08:25	#7389
Nightblade+-- Headcrab Join Date: 9th March, 2010 Location: Interwebs Posts: 154	Vehicles do have gibs, skirts would just detract from the curves ( ) and so far as I understand it (despite myself also wishing there were a janitor or two hanging around with a shotgun... or TWO! ) the dev team has said that they aren't going to go to all that trouble for one model just because it would be nice. That does make sense. I'm a lot more "knowledgeable" now that I've read the whole fricken wiki.

11-06-12, 01:30	#7390
jone4s Headcrab Join Date: 3rd June, 2012 Location: germany, berlin Posts: 107	I have posted 2 times in the thread ''The Glock 17 for HECU Marines'' and my posts got deleted everytime after very short time, which is strange.. my proposal was following: ''They could add at least 2 or 3 soldiers throughout the game, which use pistols only. This would add diversity, realism and a sense of detail to the game. These soldiers could have run out of ammo, their weapons jammed, they were unprepared or whatever... I guess that pistol-using animations for soldiers were already done, so it should be no problem to implement this.'' @whoever who deleted my postings, please tell my what was wrong with it. i think it sounds like a good and decent idea.

11-06-12, 01:42	#7391
Garcian Smith Moderator Join Date: 24th June, 2009 Posts: 470	Here's a soldier with a pistol. There will be nothing special about them. Apart from getting dead slightly faster, I assume.

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11-06-12, 02:10	#7393
Garcian Smith Moderator Join Date: 24th June, 2009 Posts: 470	To be fair, if they got rid of them then it must've been for a good reason. Like not being fun to fight.

11-06-12, 02:21	#7394
jone4s Headcrab Join Date: 3rd June, 2012 Location: germany, berlin Posts: 107	Because of this i proposed to add only at least a few of them. For me, Half Life is not only about fighting, but also about atmosphere, immersion and details.. and this is such a detail, which will make the game experience richer.. I would like to see at least a few soldiers with pistols.. in desperate situations or so for example..

11-06-12, 03:11	#7395
BahamutBBob Vortigaunt Join Date: 4th August, 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,781	They gave the HECU unlimited ammo, IIRC, because it would be all too easy to run them out of MP5 ammo, and get them to switch to the pistol.

11-06-12, 12:22	#7396
UrBY Houndeye Join Date: 28th August, 2009 Location: In an office somewhere in the UK. Posts: 532	I imagine the coding involved to track NPC ammo counts would be a female dog to say the least.

11-06-12, 15:06	#7397
Power_Dust Houndeye Join Date: 22nd December, 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 531	Also, if I remember correctly, the devs scratched the idea of soldiers using pistols because the were unhappy with the standart teacupping animation which were also used by the Civil Protection, and since they planned not to include it anyway they just took it out.