Half-Life 2 Desert Combat Mod!! BF2 Sucks Again!

[noldevin]

Originally Posted by Fletcher

Battlefield: Modern Combat is the X-box equilvalent of BF2.

no its not, its entirely different, theres no commander system, its not based on squads, and for the most part it has pretty different gameplay. Its also for PS2.

[RoxStar1968]

I'm pretty sure that this would take you far too long and that people would still play Battlefield 2 instead. Its a very good game and is almost as scalable as Half-Life 2. Also, the minimum system requirements look like they should be the recommended system requirements. It can be played with an FX5200, 256 mb of ram and a 1.2 ghz processor. If you can play Battlefield 1942 at Medium Settings nicely, you can play Battlefield 2.

BUT: Battlefield 2 could use some more interactive/destructible environments and better physics for vehicles. But the netcode is solid and it would be hard to mimic in a mod for Half-life 2 with streamlining the Source Engines MP Code or Valve updating it.

[wiggleworm]

Personally I agree with roxstar when he says the mod will be difficult and many will just play Battlefield 2. However, a lot more people own Half Life 2 at the minute who would rather wait for a professional mod on the source engine than pay 27 quid for BF2. I have Battlefield 2 and I have to say it isn't as good as Half Life 2 and isn't as scalable but they're entirely different games and I enjoy them both thoroughly for different reasons.

[VEN0M]

Originally Posted by ketch22

hl2 cant use big environments, small maps only. too many vehicles would cause lag.. think trough what you're going to say.

ketch.

Would it be possible to scale everything down like in HLrally? That way there would be more room for a large map. Not sure how to fix the vehicle lag, hope there's a way

[noldevin]

im counting on there being a way, my mod will have vehicles too, and id like to include them in multiplayer.

[Sheena_is_a_PunkrOcker]

Okay I have nothing against BF2 in fact I like the game a lot. But I will admit it is lacking in some areas, So I think that a DC mod for Half Life 2 would be a great Idea

[The_Gman]

Ummm hello! they couldnt do a Desert combat for HL2, the only reason HL2 plays so smooth is because levels are cut up into segments and multiple loading points, keepsing the map small, so there is low strain on your system... For Desert combat you want large maps (which HL2 cant even support, (engine limitations)) for infantry and vehicles... HL2 doesnt cut it for such a mod, and fools, if you set up your graphic settings Just right, almost anyone can run BF2, well unless your like my old system with a Geforce 2 mx400 :P but my 9800 pro plays BF2 just fine, and really DC wouldnt be the same on another type of game. also... Planes arnt support on HL2.

[noldevin]

planes could rather easily be implemented in hl2, the only problem is they would have to be rather slow, and you would have to fix the rock solid skybox problem as well.

[wiggleworm]

The skybox in CoD is better lol. I don't think planes would be such a good idea though. However the strider mod has already implemented the helicopter to fly so it probably isn't too hard to code.

[noldevin]

Yea the toughest part would probably be getting it to fly like a plane, in the strider mod the helicopter went up by pressing jump, that doesnt work well in a plane. It might be tougher to make it so you are constantly moving forward and have to "tilt" to adjust height and turn properly.