Half life 2 combine

Half life 2 combine

The footsoldier of the Combine is the Combine Soldier. He is a person-sized enemy, who can be found using SMGs and Pulse Rifles. They are usually spawned in groups of 2-3, and are mostly spawned in with at least 1 Combine Shotgunner. They also have the ability to through a Grenade if you are not in sight. In Nova Prospekt, the Combine Soldiers have a changed skin that adds a darker color palet, and have a strip on their back with the words «Nova Prospekt«. This does not change the way they fight, or how tough they are.

Combine Soldiers can be easily dispatched with heavy props and explosives. They are not tough 1 on 1 if you have ammo or heavy props, but can be dangerous when you are stuck with melee, or they are ganged up on you.

The Combine Shotgunner is similar to the Combine Soldier, with only a few changes. They use Shotguns, and have a tweaked AI. Instead of taking cover behind walls, they will charge you with their Shotguns ablaze. They also have darker colored armour, and have orange-red eye lenses insted of blue. They are spawned in with Combine Soldiers, and are sometimes spawned in in pairs.

The Combine Shotgunner has identical stats to the Combine Soldier, but have a tendency to charge enemies. They are not dangerous at long range, but are extremely dangerous as they get closer. They should be taken out first if there isn’t any other immidiate threats in the area.

Unlike the Combine Soldier and Combine Shotgunner, the Combine Elite is a tougher enemy. They are usually in pairs and always use Pulse Rifles. They are also the only enemies that can drop Energy Balls on death. They also have white armour with one red eye in the center of their helmet. They can take the most hits out of all the Combine infintry, and have a tactical AI like the Combine Soldier. They can fire an Energy Ball at enemies, making quick work of them.

They are still easily killed by props, but have a bit more resistance to explosive. If the explosive is a distance away, they can resist the explosion. They also take quite a bit more punishment from guns, so it would be better finding alternate ways to kill them.

These Combine infintry force are the weakest units of the Combine‘s forces. They are supposed to be Humans who have been brainwashed and programmed with this basic function: Control the Civillians. They are the first enemies that will attack you, and are littered throughout the areas around and in City 17. They use SMGs and Pistols, and are usually around Scanners. They are also the only AI who can use the Stunstick. They are very weak, for it will only take a few shots with a Pistol to take them down.

They are used as a basic, easy enemy to take out. But, they are usually used in groups of 2-5. This can pose a problem when they surround you, converging fire with SMGs and you are out of ammo.

Floating around City 17, the Scanners are an annoyence. They mostly hang around Metrocops and other Combine forces. They are easy to kill, and cause no damage at all. There are 2 kinds of Scanners, City Scanners and Shield Scanners. The City Scanner serves as a mobile flashbang, temporarily blinding your screen. This can be bad if your are under fire from other enemies. The second Scanner lays Hopper Mines in areas you are going to. They can be dangerous if you don’t pay attention to them.

Both these Scanners have low health, and are easily killed. They simply serve as trap layers and distractions.

As their name states, Manhacks are flying enemies that pursue you and Rebels and «hack» them. This robot is usually found in swarms that go up to 7 Manhacks in 1 swarm. Manhacks are also deployed by Combine Metrocops and somtimes Combine Soldiers. They will pull Manhacks out of their back and throw them into the air. Manhacks are easy to kill, but will swarm people and kill them quickly if they are not careful.

Even though melee is an effective 2-hit kill tactic, 1 hit will send the Manhack flying back and into a beeping rage, where the eye will turn yellow, and smoke will emit from it. These enemies can be used to kill others. Useing the Gravity Gun to pick one up, you can then throw the at an enmey and kill them with it, which also counts toward an achievement.

Even though the Strider is technically a Synth, along with the Gunship and Dropship, it is still part robot. The Strider is a tall, elongated enemy that can take no damage from bullets, and only takes damage from explosives. It is equiped with a Strider Canon, a devestating rapid fire burst weapon, with a deadly charged blast that can obliterate anything in the blast, but can not be used by the player. The Strider can also impale people if they are close or under him. You know if someone has been impaled when you hear a god awful sound that resembles a sheet of metal getting torn apart by another sheet of metal.

The Strider can only be killed by explosives. This means you have to use Rockets, Explosive Barrels, SMG Grenades, and Grenades. But, the Strider can also be killed using Energy Balls. A couple hits with these types of weapons should do the job. Keep in mind, cover is VITAL to surviving them.

The Gunship is a Synth like its other augmented brothers. It is a flying enemy, and is mostly used as a mini-boss for you to fight, mostly showing up when your on rooftops or open spaces with minimal cover. It has a gun similar to the Strider Canon, except with a slightly faster firing speed and no charged attack. It will usually make circling patterns around its target and do strafing runs, like the Hunter Chopper. This enemy, too, can only be harmed by explosives, but the Rocket Launcher is most effective.

The Gunship will attempt to shoot down any explosives fired at it. But, the Rocket Launchers laser guide can be used to steer the Rocket out of the Gunships fire, and into said Gunship. 3-5 shots should take it out.

The Dropship is Synth as well. Its main purpose is to carry a pod that when the Dropship lands, will deploy around 5 Combine enemies, usually Combine Soldiers and Shotgunners. They also carry APCs and Striders into battle. The Dropship does have a rapid-fire, mounted gun that only faces the front with a 90 degree turn radius. It is only used if someone is infront of the Dropship, and is most likely a mounted Pulse Rifle.

You can not kill a Dropship, but a couple of Rockets to its underside will cause it to drop its payload. This can be useful to make it drop a pod of troops or an APC so you won’t have to fight them later.

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Combine

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The Combine, referred to as «Our Benefactors» [3] and CMB in propaganda, is the title of an immense and powerful inter-dimensional empire, composed of a variety of both allied and enslaved species. [4]

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Overview [ edit ]

The Combine empire spans multiple parallel universes, is inhabited by an unknown number of sentient species, and is possibly governed by a race of artificially evolved Advisors of the Combine Overworld. The Combine empire expands by invading worlds and exploiting their resources and species as it sees fit. By manipulating these species through methods including bioengineering and implantation, the Combine creates races of physically superior super-soldiers uniquely adapted for the particular environments of the conquered worlds. This process results in a highly mobile, aggressive, and adaptive military force which is able to respond to any threat and eliminate any opposition posed by a planet’s inhabitants. The reasons behind the Combine’s imperialism including their ultimate goal, remain unknown throughout the series.

When pronouncing the word «Combine», vocal stress is placed on the first syllable. The name is pronounced COM-bine, as in combine harvester, as opposed to the verb form com-BINE, as in «to join together or unite.» Dr. Breen refers to the Combine Soldiers as The Transhuman Arm of the Combine Overwatch [3] (However, all human Overwatch units excluding Civil Protection fall under this designation as well) in Nova Prospekt, verifying that «Combine» is an accepted name of the empire, even by the empire itself.

«We had a glimpse of the larger threat when we were working on Half-Life. In other words, we knew that once you cleared out the Nihilanth, you were going to discover something worse beyond it. We knew that some immense threat had chased the Nihilanth and its creatures out of their own world and into Xen, from which location [i.e. the world beyond Xen] they were all too glad to seize the opportunity to continue on to Earth with suppression through the Citadels. But the exact nature of the threat was left to be solved in Half-Life 2.» [5]

The Nihilanth and the Combine are now established as former enemies who had knowledge of each other. When contacted, Marc Laidlaw provided more information:

Subsequent to the invasion of Nihilanth’s unnamed homeworld, Earth became the Combine’s most recently known annexation. It was acquired directly after Earth’s surrender at the end of the Seven Hour War. Following the standard Combine process, members of Earth’s dominant species were modified to form a new arm of the Combine military. While these soldiers are primarily used as a permanent Combine garrison on Earth, in-game dialogue suggests that units of the transhuman arm of Overwatch are deployed across the Combine Empire. One line of dialogue supporting this theory contains a threat toward soldiers with «permanent off-world assignment» should they fail to complete their objectives. [7]

Combine on Earth [ edit ]

Invasion of Earth [ edit ]

The Vault [ edit ]

Five years prior to the return of Gordon Freeman and during construction of the Citadel, the Combine managed to locate the G-Man in an apartment complex located in the Quarantine Zone of City 17. The Combine haphazardly imprisoned him in a Vault, which they then left hovering over the zone and powered by energy harvested from Vortigaunts held captive in substations. The Combine made plans to relocate the Vault but were having delays for unknown reasons. After discovering the Vault and mistakenly believing the individual held inside to be Gordon Freeman, Eli and Alyx Vance set out to release him. Despite the Combine’s efforts to stop her, Alyx manages to bring down and infiltrate the Vault and open the icosahedral cell he was contained in, releasing the G-Man. The G-Man takes Alyx away with him into his realm and escapes.

Combine dominance on Earth [ edit ]

The Combine rules Earth from giant towers known as Citadels, [9] the most important being in City 17 where Dr. Breen runs his administration. At the end of Half-Life 2, as Doctor Breen attempts to teleport off of Earth using the dark fusion reactor, a massive portal is created and, through it, several buildings that resemble Citadels are visible.

At the beginning of Half-Life 2, the Combine appear to have almost complete dominance of the remaining pockets of civilized Earth, and do not identify who Gordon Freeman is. However, Doctor Breen immediately informs a Combine Advisor of Freeman’s appearance during a teleport accident, in which Gordon appeared in Administrator’s office for a brief amount of time. Only a few handfuls of rebels, loosely organized in a ragtag resistance, are secretly opposing the Combine. Gordon Freeman’s actions after his return eventually inspire a massive insurrection against the Combine in City 17, which results in a full-scale street war between the Citizens and the Combine forces.

Suppression field [ edit ]

The Combine, since gaining dominance on Earth, imposed a reproductive suppression field on the population. The suppression field’s main effect is to bring the human birth rate down to zero by prohibiting certain protein chains important to embryonic development from forming, effectively ensuring that the humans currently alive will be the last generation. Dr. Breen addresses this issue to the people via a broadcast during the early levels of Half-Life 2 as the response to a letter written to him by a «concerned Citizen» and claims that the field will be deactivated once the humans prove they no longer need it. During the game, Resistance members occasionally make humorous remarks about the suppression field, such as «When this is all over, I’m gonna mate.» Dr. Breen claims that humanity must overcome their instincts, including the instinct for reproduction, in preparation for immortality, which he claims is on the horizon thanks to the Combine. In the end, Combine propaganda may actually reflect the Combine’s thoughts about human reproduction; they may indeed actually believe that they are there to help humans.

In Half-Life 2: Episode One, it has been revealed by Dr. Isaac Kleiner during his transmissions throughout the city that the suppression field has been disabled with the near destruction of the Citadel. He says that everyone who has escaped City 17 «should do their part» in the re-population of the human species «before the Combine attempt to restore their dominion.» When Alyx Vance hears this, she remarks «Is Dr. Kleiner really telling everyone to. get busy?» Eli Vance would jokingly give Alyx and Gordon a similar suggestion, claiming to want grandchildren.

Mind control [ edit ]

The Combine have several methods of controlling minds of the populace, starting from soda cans, through Breencasts, and ending with Memory replacement.

Water supply control [ edit ]

One of the Citizens at the City 17 Trainstation remarks: «Don’t drink the water. they put something in it, t-to make you forget. I don’t even remember how I got here.» The idea of drugging Citizens through water supply is reinforced by the numerous soda machines stocked with «Dr. Breen’s Private Reserve», which freely dispense water in a standard 12-ounce can.

Breencasts [ edit ]

Large video monitors are mounted on walls in public places such as town squares and railway stations around City 17. They are used by Wallace Breen to deliver propaganda announcements, known better as «Breencasts» and messages to the citizens, units of the Combine Overwatch and, later in the game, to address Gordon Freeman himself. The Breencasts are also broadcast in the homes of citizens via refurbished old televisions.

Memory replacement [ edit ]

Memory replacement is a psycho-engineering process used by the Combine as part of the transhuman operation, brainwashing humans to turn them into Combine Soldiers and Elites.

Imagery [ edit ]

Human genocide [ edit ]

Killings [ edit ]

There are many evident acts of genocide or at least random killing perpetrated by the Combine throughout Half-Life 2. In the Canals, a refugee base is raided, and a few members of the base are lined up against the wall and shot just as the player arrives. The town of Ravenholm was shelled with the intention of killing all the residents, and throughout the Highway 17 chapter, the player encounters numerous bodies in the houses of the coast including some that have been burnt by the Combine in a bonfire. Towards the end of the game, Eli Vance explains to Breen that he has witnessed «genocide and indescribable evil.» The main purpose of Combine raids is to emphasize their dominance on Earth, and nip any resistance in the bud.

The absence of children [ edit ]

Shortly after their victory over humanity, the Combine established a suppression field that inhibited human procreation. As a result, no children are seen throughout Half-Life 2 and its episodes as the field had been in place for up to 20 years by that point.

Evidence such as the ghostly laughs and screams of children that can be heard in the playground outside one of the apartments in the first chapter, a crying couple that can be seen shortly thereafter, the fact that the player doesn’t see any children in the most human-populated areas, remarks by Resistance members such as «I’m glad there’s no kids around to see this,» and the presence of discarded toys such as baby dolls can be seen during the game, being reminders of the past.

Depletion of Earth’s resources [ edit ]

It is evident at several points in the game that the Combine are depleting Earth’s natural resources. One of the most noticeable signs is that the ocean levels have dropped dramatically. This can be seen during the coastal chapters Highway 17 and Sandtraps, and the waterways of City 17 in Route Kanal and Water Hazard. The coastline is littered with boats and ships resting on what was previously the seabed, and there are various docks and piers that are no longer standing in water. At the beginning of Highway 17, Gordon arrives at a harbor which is now a considerable distance from the water’s edge. Indications of the previous sea level can be judged by moss which had previously gathered on harbor structures at the edge of the water, but which now lie several feet higher than the ground level. It is mentioned in the book Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar that this massive, planet-wide water drainage is accomplished through the presence of a giant Combine «drain,» actually a teleport, which sends the water to other Combine-enslaved planets.

Because of all of the above factors, even if Combine rule ends, extensive rebuilding, cleanup, and Xeno-extermination would have to take place to make the planet habitable again. Even then, it will not be the same as before the Combine invasion, as most of Earth’s species have been driven to extinction by Xen lifeforms.

Combine technology [ edit ]

Combine teleportation [ edit ]

Despite the highly advanced technological capabilities of the Combine empire, the Combine seem to lack considerable skills in teleportation. Dr. Mossman explains that the Combine can only teleport from one universe to another, but not to different locations within the same universe. The teleportation method used by Dr. Kleiner and Eli Vance does this, which is why the Combine thirsts for their knowledge of teleportation. Dr. Mossman actually helps the Combine build a teleport with such capability in Nova Prospekt, but it is destroyed during Alyx and Gordon’s escape.

The Combine’s method of teleportation requires a large amount of power and huge machinery to perform, as seen at the end of Half-Life 2, where Dr. Breen attempts to escape from the Citadel using a Combine teleport. This device requires an entire reactor, called the Dark Fusion Reactor, to power it, while the teleports designed by humans require only small amounts of power and very little machinery in comparison. Moreover, unlike Xen teleports, which use Xen as a «dimensional slingshot,» bouncing off of one universe to another, and from one location in a certain universe to another in the same universe, Combine teleports have to «tunnel» straight through dimensions to the target universe. The advantage of this method is the ability to jump to any universe at will.

The lacking teleportation ability of the Combine also explains its interest in locating the Aperture Science vessel, the Borealis.

Combine military technology [ edit ]

Humanoid Combine units [ edit ]

The primary military force of the Combine on Earth is the humanoid Combine Overwatch, referred to by Doctor Breen as the «Transhuman arm of the Combine Overwatch»: [3] humans who have been modified into «transhuman» (or «post-human», as referred to by Dr. Kleiner) cyborgs. They are the most frequently encountered foes throughout Half-Life 2. It is important to note that the Civil Protection foes are not hybrids and are, in fact, human.

Combine Synth technology [ edit ]

Synths are creatures that, over a course of imposed evolution and adaptation by the Combine, have come to fit a particular niche in the Combine military. Once organic creatures that lived on their own, they were enslaved and assimilated into the Combine to become the base of their military.

Various types of Synth have been brought over to Earth by the Combine. They were the primary forces used by the Combine during the Seven Hour War, as seen on the newspaper clippings on a corkboard in Eli’s lab.

Combine organic combat technology [ edit ]

Technology utilizing both biological and mechanical means of suppression.

Combine inorganic combat technology [ edit ]

The Combine, since gaining dominance on Earth, has invented a large number of devices and machines, some of which are offensive, and others which are used in the day-to-day policing and surveillance of the general populace. A majority of the Combine’s technology present on Earth is actually nothing more than human technology re-interpreted and manufactured by the Combine using its own materials. Helicopters, automated gun turrets and wheeled vehicles are all examples of human technology re-engineered by the Combine.

Combine non-military technology [ edit ]

The Combine uses a variety of devices which purpose isn’t directly, or at all, military; they rather assists in overseeing Citizens or are used in controlling other machinery.

Static Combine property [ edit ]

A common trait of Combine structural engineering seems to be making most of their creations resemble imposing, fairly featureless monolithic constructs, save for the odd irregular patterns that dot their surface. On the other hand, some seem to be unnecessarily complex, featuring inefficient use of open space, while others exhibit properties that defy conventional physics. The Combine also reuses existing buildings, customizing them to meet its needs.

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]

The name «Combine» is used in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, referring to the partly imaginary powerful force that controls everything. The name implies the mechanistic way in which the Combine manipulate and process individuals.

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Альянс

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Альянс

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Тип фракции / организация

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Социальная информация

Столица / штаб-квартира

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Оборудование и реквизит

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Альянс (англ. The Combine, часто сокращаемый как CMB), также называемый как Комбайн (по транслитерации), Наши покровители [2] и один раз Союз Вселенных — огромная и могущественная межпространственная организация, состоящая из большого числа дружественных и порабощённых видов.

Альянс — основной противник в Half-Life 2, целью которого является создание инопланетной империи, господствующей над вселенной.

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Обзор [ ]

История [ ]

Империя Альянса обширна и включает в себя неизвестное количество параллельных вселенных. Империя населена неизвестным количеством разумных существ. Неизвестно кто ей управляет в Столичном мире Альянса, но на Земле её правителем является доктор Уоллес Брин и Советники. Империя расширяется за счёт захвата новых миров и использования доминирующего вида так, как считает нужным. Манипулируя этими видами различными методами, включающими биотехнологии и имплантации. Продукты такой инженерии Альянса — синтеты, биомеханические организмы, выполняющие различные функции в пределах империи. Альянс также создаёт расы супер-солдат, однозначно адаптированных для конкретных условий завоёванных миров. Этот процесс приводит к очень мобильной и адаптивной военной силе, способной реагировать на любые угрозы и сокрушать любую оппозицию. Причины империализма Альянса остаются неизвестными на протяжении всей игры.

Альянс на Земле [ ]

Вторжение на Землю [ ]

Вырезки из газет в лаборатории Илая в Восточной Чёрной Мезе, изображающие портальные штормы и последующую Семичасовую войну. Обратите внимание на разделы, выделенные жёлтым маркером.

Господство Альянса на Земле [ ]

Альянс правит Землёй из массивных структур, известных как Цитадели, самая важная из которых находится в Сити 17, где доктор Брин занимается пропагандой. В конце Half-Life 2 во время побега Брина с Земли образуется массивный портал, через который можно увидеть несколько массивных строений похожих на Цитадели.

На начало игры Альянс имеет полное господство над цивилизацией Земли и не знает, кем является Гордон Фримен. Однако доктор Брин незамедлительно информирует советника Альянса о Фримене во время кратковременной неудачной телепортации Гордона в кабинет Брина. Альянсу сопротивляются повстанцы, организованные в Сопротивление. Действия Гордона Фримена после его возвращения вдохновляют на массовое восстание против Альянса в Сити 17, что приводит к полномасштабной уличной войне между гражданскими и силами Альянса.

Главные причины Альянса обладать Землёй — это поглощения ресурсов Земли, использования человеческой технологии телепортации и порабощения и эксплуатации доминирующего вида — человека — для чёрной работы и военной службы, особенно учитывая постоянные потери войск и неудачи в бесплодных попытках поймать Фримена.

Подавляющее поле [ ]

Символически пустая детская площадка в Сити 17.

Альянс, завоевав господство на Земле, ввёл «подавляющее поле», которое служит для ингибирования репродукции человека. Поле предотвращает формирование определённых белковых цепей, являющихся жизненно важными для эмбрионального развития человека; это эффективно глобально снижает рождаемость людей до нуля и приводит к тому, что живущие сейчас люди могут стать последним поколением.

Доктор Брин задаёт этот вопрос жителям города в самом начале Half-Life 2, отвечая на письмо «заинтересованного гражданина». Избегая ответа на вопрос, Брин объясняет, что он считает, что поле оказывает положительное влияние, так как оно сводит на нет один из самых низких человеческих инстинктов; он утверждает, что поле будет отключено, как только люди докажут, что они больше не нуждаются в нём. Он также утверждает, что «как вид, бессмертие находится в пределах нашей досягаемости», возможно, подразумевая, что Альянс планирует клонировать или создавать людей, либо делать синтетов человеческого происхождения в далёком будущем. В «Белой Роще» Илай Вэнс сообщает Аликс, что подавляющее поле было отключено, и подмигивает Гордону Фримену, как бы намекая, что ему с Аликс пора наладить более тесные отношения.

Пропаганда [ ]

У Альянса есть несколько методов по управлению сознанием граждан, начиная от банки с содой и заканчивая заменой сознания.

Контроль водоснабжения [ ]

На вокзале Сити 17 один из жителей говорит Гордону «Не пейте воду. Они что-то туда подсыпают, чтобы мы ничего не помнили. Я даже не помню, как я сюда попал»​​​​​​. Идея стирания памяти через банки содовой подкрепляется и многочисленными автоматами которые расположены во многих местах Сити 17.

Бринкаст [ ]

Канал, на котором можно посмотреть пропаганду Доктора Брина. Обычно на этом канале Брин зачитывает новости и сообщения от граждан, ближе к концу игры он пытается остановить восстание через свои речи, а после и вовсе общается напрямую с Фрименом.

Замена памяти [ ]

Замена памяти — это психо-технологический процесс замены всей памяти на стандартную боевую подготовку для дальнейшего превращения в солдат.

Технологии Альянса [ ]

Телепортация Альянса [ ]

Несмотря на передовые технические возможности Альянса, они, судя по всему, имеют ограниченное понимание технологии телепортации. Доктор Моссман объясняет, что в то время как Альянс умеет телепортироваться из одной вселенной в другую, они не знают, как телепортироваться в пределах одной вселенной. Метод телепортации, разработанный в Чёрной Мезе, позволяет спокойно телепортироваться в пределах одной вселенной, вследствие чего Альянс стремится завладеть этой технологией. Доктор Моссман, будучи двойным агентом, помогает Альянсу построить в Нова Проспект телепорт, позволяющий решить проблему местной телепортации, но устройство взрывается и разрушается во время побега из тюрьмы Аликс и Гордона.

Метод телепортации Альянса оказывается крайне неэффективным по сравнению с методом Чёрной Мезы; во время побега Уоллеса Брина из Цитадели видно, что телепорт Альянса требует невероятно много энергии, а также сама машина телепорта занимает крайне много места. Этот телепорт работает на энергии реактора на тёмном сплаве, а телепорты, разработанные людьми, неэнергозатратны и компактны (занимают не больше комнаты и питаются от обычной электрической сети). Телепортационные же технологии Зена, видимо, не требуют вообще никакого оборудования или энергии любого рода. В то время как физика телепортации объяснена плохо, известно, что телепорты Зена используют данный мир «в качестве скрытой оси для рывка через пространство». Альянс же может телепортироваться из своей вселенной, но тут он зависит от местной телепортации, а поскольку они «не учли коэффициент в уравнении тёмной энергии», то и не могут создать надёжную технологию.

Отсутствие возможности Альянса телепортироваться объясняет также его заинтересованность судном Aperture Science Бореем. Как известно, Aperture Science создало портативное телепортационное устройство, позволяющее телепортироваться в одной вселенной; такое устройство было бы крайне ценным приобретением Альянса.

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«Гражданин, теперь вы угроза обществу пятого уровня»: кто такие солдаты Альянса из вселенной Half-Life

О принципах отбора кандидатов, внутреннем строении, привилегиях службы, а также главной цели существования боевых и военизированных формирований инопланетных захватчиков.

Сегодняшнюю статью я хочу посвятить изучению вопроса природы Комбайнов — солдат вымышленной милитаризованной организации из вселенной серии игр Half-Life.

С помощью данного текста я попытаюсь в подробностях разобрать основные моменты, касающиеся сути созданной Альянсом армии. Размеренно шагающий по узким улицам Страйдер проведёт вас по истории появления, эволюции и главным целям создания особого вида безэмоциональных солдат. Вы узнаете об особенностях вербовки в подразделения, о принципах отбора претендентов, об анатомии и физиологии «совершенных» бойцов, используемых как инструмент подавления воли захваченных Альянсом землян.

Для удобства ориентирования по тексту предлагаю воспользоваться содержанием.

Примерное время чтения — 45 минут.

Осторожно, в статье могут присутствовать спойлеры к играм серии Half-Life.

Тотальный контроль. Пожалуй, именно это словосочетание наилучшим образом может описать главный смысл существования милитаризированных сил подавления гражданского свободомыслия. Причём не только на территории видеоигр.

Ни одна навязанная обществу власть, самопровозгласившая своё величие и нерушимость путём обмана или — что ещё хуже — насилия не может существовать в гармонии с собственным народом. Даже в теории. До бесконечности можно убеждать себя в том, что цель всегда оправдывает средства и дело твоё исключительно правое и нужное тем, ради кого ты это дело придумал.

Однако, если реальная правда будет не на твоей стороне, веру в правду по расчёту придётся вносить в сознание общества агрессивно и с присущей любому тоталитарному режиму настойчивостью. У информации не должно быть качества, гораздо важнее её количество и разнонаправленность в худшем смысле этих определений.

В условиях глобального обмана и мнимого величия внутри здравомыслящего общества всегда будут зарождаться очаги сопротивления — ментального или физического. Именно поэтому для достижения целей подавления этих очагов в частности и общественной дискуссии в целом тоталитарному режиму жизненно необходим надзирательный тип устройства управления людьми. Проще говоря, сильная рука с дубинкой, периодически приказывающая поднять алюминиевую банку на вокзале.

«Порядок» должен чем-то контролироваться. Вернее кем-то.

После окончания Семичасовой войны и полной капитуляции населения Земли перед лицом противника — Альянса — у последнего на повестке дня встал вопрос контроля жителей планеты. Человечество проиграло собственное право на свободу, а инопланетные захватчики получили тотальный контроль над всем, начиная от ресурсов и заканчивая человеческим фондом.

Конечно, несмотря на сокрушительное поражение, люди не перестали бороться за право на жизнь. Частью несогласных со сформировавшейся тиранией инопланетных сил Альянса было организованно подпольное сопротивление, начавшее вести партизанскую войну.

Однако в партизаны ушла лишь небольшая часть человечества, подавляющее большинство превратилось либо в безвольных рабочих, пытающихся тихо существовать в полуразрушенных квартирах, либо в подконтрольных марионеток вселенских захватчиков, о которых и пойдёт дальнейшая речь.

Преследуя цель поглощения всех ресурсов Земли на пути построения инопланетной империи, господствующей над вселенной, высшим руководством Альянса в лице Советников было принято решение создать модифицированных солдат на основе доминирующего вида экосистемы планеты.

Подобным образом Альянс поступал абсолютно с каждым захватываемым миром. Этот подход позволял экономить на содержании армии, а также исключал риск возникновения жертв со стороны основных представителей межпространственной организации.

Таким образом население Земли столкнулось с Патрулём Альянса.

По своей сути «Патруль Альянса» представляет собой обобщённое название вооружённых сил Альянса на Земле, относящихся к автоматизированной системе Альянса по управлению и контролю. За само управление и контроль отвечает Голос Патруля, предстающий в виде искусственного интеллекта с женским голосом, транслирующим приказы бойцам Гражданской Обороны и солдатам Патруля как на их личные рации, так и на локальные системы громкой связи.

Как только что было упомянуто, силы Патруля состоят их двух милитаризированных формирований — солдат Альянса и представителей Гражданской Обороны. Первые являют собой основную единицу армии, ответственную за выполнение самых серьёзных задач, включая патрулирование окраин городов и подавление очагов сопротивления, а вторые выступают неким аналогом «Полиции мыслей» из известного романа Джорджа Оруэлла.

Подразделения Гражданской обороны выполняют функции надсмотрщиков за гражданским населением, а также функции полицейских относительно поимки нарушителей и выявления участников Сопротивления.

Для руководства Альянса, в частности для избранного администратором инопланетных захватчиков на Земле Уоллеса Брина, последнее оказалось наиболее важным. Обнаружение и вычленение сил Сопротивления стало делом первостепенной необходимости, так как в принципе их наличие и постепенное разрастание ставили под угрозу стабильность сформированного режима.

Тем более даже в рядах самих ГОшников можно было обнаружить некоторых представителей противоборствующей стороны. Одним из самых известных примеров является Барни Калхун, бывший охранник «Черной Мезы» и друг Гордона Фримена — человек, занимающий лидирующие позиции повстанческого движения.

Таким образом становится очевидно, что создание модифицированных солдат на основе захваченного биологического вида не было для Альянса чем-то из ряда вон выходящим, однако, те масштабы порабощения, с какими столкнулись жители Земли вызывали если и не удивление, то точно чувство тотального господства, даже среди существ к подобному господству привыкших.

В какой-то степени, так скажем, в завершении дня для землян реальность обернулась прямой конфронтацией между собственным видом с единственным отличием в психоэмоциональной мотивации, и что ещё важнее, в анатомическом строении. Вместе с тем суть конфликта осталась неизменной — одни подавляют волю других в интересах третьих. Разве что масштабы соблюдения норм «правопорядка» стали несколько глобальнее.

Основываясь на опыте предыдущих порабощений различных миров во Вселенной, не пытаясь экспериментировать, на Земле Альянс воспользовался уже привычной тактикой создания подконтрольной армии из представителей захваченного населения. Подобный подход решал сразу несколько проблем: укомплектованность действующих войск, создание резервов пополнения и сохранность собственного вида.

В течение нескольких месяцев после победы в Семичасовой войне и захвата планеты была организована призывная кампания Альянса по вербовке населения в единую силовую структуру, сочетающую в себе силы как полиции, так и армии.

В подавляющем большинстве изначально основной штат армии составляли военнопленные и тюремные заключённые, однако, со временем их ряды начали пополнять добровольцы, выбравшие этот путь самостоятельно.

Главным ответом на вопрос, почему солдатами Комбайна многие становились не по принуждению, можно назвать банальный инстинкт самосохранения. В попытках зацепиться за последний шанс на жизнь люди преднамеренно отдавали собственное сознание под контроль Альянса.

И если максимальная цена, которую платили солдаты Гражданской Обороны во имя спасения, была не столь велика — контроль над передвижением с сохранением человечности, то солдаты Комбайна отдавали уже и собственные тела, и, опять же, сознание.

Также поступающим на службу Альянсу предоставлялись различные льготы, подкрепляемые особыми кредитами, дающими, например, скидки на определённые наименования товаров в магазинах, лучшее место жительства, возможность получить домашнего питомца в лице кошки, собаки или Хэдкраба без жала, какой был у доктора Кляйнера, а также возможность попасть в городской совет и присутствовать на банкетах правящей партии.

В сложившихся условиях обычные люди чаще выбирали спасение через контроль, нежели свободу в цену смерти.

Людей, кто по собственной воле примкнул к рядам Комбайнов называют лоялистами. Многие из них действительно поверили в идеи режима и встали на сторону противника с целью защищать интересы инопланетных захватчиков.

Конечно, преданность и верность Альянсу вырабатывалась у людей не без помощи вездесущей пропаганды самого настойчивого характера. Плакаты на улицах, радиопередачи и телевизионная промывка мозгов оказались более чем эффективными методами вербовки новых кандидатов.

Перед тем, как стать полноценным членом Гражданской Обороны и в дальнейшем солдатом Альянса каждый из новоприбывших кандидатов был обязан пройти проверку допустимости с помощью особого перечня тестов. Утверждение или отказ в кандидатуре выявлялся по совокупности результатов.

В список обязательных соответствий входят:

Исходя из вышеописанных параметров для вступления на службу во благо Союза Вселенных, далеко не каждый мог попасть в ряды Гражданской Обороны. В основном действующий штат армии составляли мужчины в возрасте от 20 до 45-50 лет в хорошей физической форме.

Однако и девушки не оказывались в стороне, разве что проигрывая противоположному полу в численности. Часто девушки занимали более специализированные должности в иерархии армии Комбайнов, например, становясь снайперами.

В целом, стоит сказать, что причины поступления на службу в ряды Гражданской Обороны и основных сил Армии Комбайнов со стороны населения Земли могли быть основаны на нескольких мотивах.

Во-первых, людей насильно заставляли становиться подконтрольными марионетками режима, пользуясь их беспомощностью перед лицом тоталитарной машины нового правительства. Во-вторых, многие действительно становились на сторону Альянса, свято веря в пропагандистские лозунги и жизнь ради светлого будущего ещё неродившихся поколений.

Обратной стороной медали выступало вынужденное служение Комбайнам без иных альтернатив выхода из сложившейся ситуации. Некоторые граждане до глубины души могли ненавидеть новый порядок, однако сделать с этим ничего не могли.

Право сказать, те кто мог что-то сделать (определённое меньшинство) вступали в ряды ГО под прикрытием с целью шпионажа и дальнейшей передачи информации руководству Сопротивления.

После успешного прохождения всех тестов и утверждения позиции кандидата до новобранца армии Комбайнов человек был обязан (а в каких-то случаях и попросту вынужден) пройти особый курс подготовки, включающий в себя сочетание тактических тренировок с различного характера операционными вмешательствами.

По факту при поступлении на службу человеческий организм становился в большей степени полем для биологомеханических экспериментов по внедрению различных модификаций. В зависимости от выданного ранга кандидаты подвергались всякого рода изменениям тела, призванным как усовершенствовать биофизические показатели, так и усилить контроль над личностью со стороны управляющих органов.

И если сотрудник Гражданской Обороны после трансформации не переставал быть тем, кем был до поступления на службу — тот же человек, только с подавленным свободомыслием и находящийся под постоянным надзором со стороны — то армия, и тем более элитные войска, наоборот, вовсе переставали напоминать тех, кем они были в прошлом.

Сам процесс создания боевых единиц Альянса включал в себя прямые хирургические вмешательства по замене органов и систем жизнеобеспечения, психологические воздействия на сознание, преследующие цель окончательно сломить волю подопытного и, конечно, обучение тактикам ведения боя в зависимости от поставленной задачи и окружающей обстановки.

В основном операции проводились во множестве специальных лабораторий Альянса, тюрьме строгого режима Нова Проспект и непосредственно в главном органе управления — Цитадели.

Конечно, по завершению всех процедур по превращению обычного человека в Комбайна в живых оставались далеко не все кандидаты. На каждом из этапов трансформации в соответствии с рангом и занимаемым положением человеческий организм подвергался куда более комплексным изменениям. Таким образом, чем серьёзнее оказывался вид войск армии Альянса, куда попадал человек, тем тщательнее становился отбор. В том числе и естественный.

Однако те, кому всё же удавалось пережить все модификации тела, особенно ближе к элитным видам войск, становились в прямом смысле сверхлюдьми. Они не знали ни холода, ни голода, были лишены абсолютно всех эмоций и воспоминаний о прошлом. Их не тревожило горе других людей, они оказывались лишены сострадания и эмпатии.

Единственное, что становилось важно для солдат Альянса — служение новому хозяину ради его захватнических планов. Любые мотивы их действий подкреплялись лишь неоправданной жестокостью и тягой к пыткам.

В момент выбора (пусть и вынужденного) пути служения Альянсу некогда самые обычные люди, жившие в мире и покое на нетронутой Земле обрекали себя на долгую, но безостановочную дорогу постепенного растворения человечности в сетях тотального контроля и бесконечного насилия.

Как уже было упомянуто, абсолютно каждый новоиспечённый член силовых структур Альянса подвергался масштабным биологомеханическим изменениям, превращаясь из человека в так называемого синтета — полусинтетический живой организм с внедрёнными в него хирургическим путём имплантатами.

С точки зрения захватчиков подобный подход к «улучшению» человеческого тела преподносился как новая ступень эволюции и единственно возможная форма существования вида в будущем.

Самым минимальным изменениям подвергались солдаты Гражданской Обороны. По своей сути после изменений они не переставали быть людьми — их органы и системы не перестраивались под нужды Альянса. Единственное, что отличало обычного гражданского от сотрудника ГО помимо формы и положения, был специальный микрочип, вживляющийся в мозг кандидата для отслеживания его действий на посту.

Если сотрудник ГО смог отличиться на одном из заданий или проявил себя подобающе ожиданиям руководства Альянса, ему могли предложить повышение по службе. Это гарантировало более выгодные условия несения долга перед захватчиками и увеличивало шансы на выживание, как минимум, родных солдата.

Перед повышением отличившегося бойца отправляли на специальный полигон, где он подвергался набору разнонаправленных тестов, призванных оценить его боевые и интеллектуальные навыки. Если испытуемый успешно проходил все тесты, после прохождения процедуры по модификации тела он мог стать Солдатом Патруля, если нет — оставался служить в Гражданской Обороне до следующей возможности показать себя.

Исходя из того, что в обязанности солдат Патруля входят куда более серьёзные вещи, в том числе и прямые боевые конфронтации с силами Сопротивления, развёртывание и строительство баз Альянса, а также несение службы в опасных пустошах, бойцы подвергались более комплексным изменениям тела.

В отличие от солдата ГО, солдат непосредственно Армии не мог по собственному желанию снимать шлем — он спаивался с тканями головы. Приём пищи осуществлялся посредством двух специальных клапанов, вшитых напрямую в пищевод и трахею.

Продукты жизнедеятельности выводились также через дополнительный клапан с обратной стороны пищевода. Становясь солдатом Альянса человек фактически переставал нуждаться в систематическом приёме пищи и пользовании уборной.

К тому же тела солдат Альянса подвергались процедуре иммунизации, направленной в первую очередь на приживаемость имплантатов и сохранение здоровья даже в самых тяжёлых условиях несения службы. Кости, в особенности позвоночник и тазобедренный сустав, укреплялись подобием экзоскелета, встраиваемого непосредственно внутрь организма.

Умственная активность подавлялась в ещё большей степени. Теперь человек практически полностью лишался своей личности, превращаясь в полусинтетическую машину для убийств. Прежде всего его лишали каких-либо эмоций, будь то страх, сострадание, скорбь, жалость, радость или любовь.

По мнению Альянса любые эмоции неизбежно приводили к ошибкам. Эмоции в принципе считались ошибкой. Истинный боец Альянса должен был думать исключительно о выполнении поставленных задач.

Контроль сознания осуществлялся не просто на психологическом уровне посредством внушения, личность подвергалась изменениям на более глубоком уровне — нейронном. Перестройка нейронных связей подопытного происходила за счёт проведения через мозг неоднократных электрических импульсов. Проще говоря разрядов.

Помимо головного мозга и пищеварительной системы глобальным изменениям подвергалась дыхательная система, а также зрение и речевой аппарат. Лёгкие модифицировались таким образом, чтобы дать солдату возможность фильтровать загрязнённый воздух не только при помощи маски-респиратора, но и непосредственно внутренними органами.

Речевой аппарат преображался во встроенную напрямую в гортань рацию, а зрительный орган соединялся непосредственно с визором в маске. Поэтому голоса патрульных было практически невозможно отличить друг от друга, даже между мужчинами и женщинами.

Очевидно, что в отличие от ГОшников, солдат Альянса уже на организменном уровне готовили к выполнению задач вне пределов Земли с ориентиром на будущие завоевания во Вселенной. Солдат должен был быть готов к любым условиям окружающей среды, начиная от кислотных паров и заканчивая леденящими заморозками.

Касательно подразделения Элитных солдат, они представляют собой новый качественный уровень солдат регулярной армии Альянса. По аналогии перехода из Гражданской Обороны в Патруль, любой отличившийся солдат Патруля (теперь с ещё более серьёзным отбором) мог стать Элитным бойцом.

После утверждения кандидатуры солдата к уже установленным в тело кибернетическим модулям добавлялись несколько дополнительных нововведений или улучшались уже существующие.

Так Элитный солдат Альянса получал в своё распоряжение глаза-тепловизоры, улучшенную систему слуха и ориентирования на местности, модуль увеличивающий точность стрельбы, а также набор нейро-имплантатов, открывающий дополнительные возможности использования инопланетного вооружения.

Вместе с внутриорганизменными изменениями по ходу продвижения по службе, а также исходя из выполняемых задач бойцы получали всё более усовершенствованную экипировку.

Если солдаты Гражданской Обороны могли довольствоваться снаряжением, максимально приближённым к земным аналогам и нужным только для защиты от нападения гражданских во время рейдов, то солдаты Армии Альянса, тем более Элитные, получали доступ к самым последним технологиям, принесённым захватчиками извне.

Как уже стало ясно из текста по мере продвижения по службе изначально обычный гражданский, решивший вступить в ряды вооружённых сил Альянса и с успехом завершивший для этого все испытания, отличаясь во время выполнения поставленных задач мог пройти все этапы развития, как полноценный член военной диктатуры режима.

Ниже разберём вкратце каждое из подразделений.

Кто такие: По-другому их принято называть Метрокопами. Это самые обычные люди — коллаборационисты — вставшие на сторону захватчиков. Представляют часть сил особого назначения для поддержания порядка среди гражданского населения. В основные задачи Метрокопов входит патрулирование городов и окрестностей, а также проведение рейдов по квартирам с целью выявления сил Сопротивления и ликвидация неугодных повстанцев и преступников.

Экипировка: Обычно солдаты ГО носят тёмно-зелёную или тёмно-синюю униформу, состоящую из кожаной куртки, сапог, холощёных штанов и шлема-респиратора с противогазом. В пользование ГОшники получают обычные рации, счётчик Гейгера, систему контроля жизнедеятельности и иногда систему ночного видения для работы в ночное время.

Экипировка: Применяют камуфлированную форму в зависимости от местности, на которой ведут боевые действия. Обычно носят тяжёлый бронежелет с накладными пластинами, а также модифицированный шлем с встроенным противогазом, обязательно тепловизором и прибором ночного видения. Для передачи информации используют рацию. Тюремные охранники отличаются лишь надписью «Nova Prospekt» на форме со стороны спины.

Передвигаются солдаты тоже на бронетранспортёрах, однако теперь многие из них имеют навык управления подавляющим большинством техники Альянса.

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Все об Альянсе [Half Life 2]

Сейчас я попытаюсь расписать об Альянсе все, что вообще о нем известно, ну или почти все. И для кого-то вообще наверняка будет открытием то, что это какие-то космические захватчики, а не просто парни в противогазах. Приятного просмотра и прочтения!

Для начала — немного понятий. Родной мир этих ребят неизвестен, а соответственно откуда пошла эта зараза и какая раса была ее прародителем — тоже неясно. Однако, есть теория, что первой расой альянса являются советники, так как на момент событий игры, именно они занимают все управляющие должности. Так же в одной из катсцен мы можем лицезреть портал в один из миров Альянса, однако, их это столица или это просто второстепенный город — неизвестно. Основная деятельность Альянса — порабощение миров и создание синтетов из доминирующих в этом мире организмов, для пополнения разнообразия и количества их армий, чтобы те, в свою очередь, захватывали еще больше миров. Каждый такой мир империя клеймила и присоединяла к себе.

Тогда, когда Альянс уже стал тем, чем является, он выработал основные пошаговые принципы порабощения миров:
Шаг первый: прилететь и уничтожить на планете все, что может сопротивляться
Шаг второй: принять вражескую капитуляцию и начать брать в рабство, способных трудиться, индивидуумов
Шаг третий: создавать из рабов синтетов, стирать им память и отправлять в патруль или армию
Шаг четвертый: включить на планете подавляющее поле, не позволяя виду плодиться и размножаться, но не запрещая

Количество миров, подчиненных империи неизвестно. Точная информация есть лишь о двух таких мирах — неизвестной родине Нихиланта из первой части игры и, собственно, Земле. Просто так империя не захватывает планету, им нужна какая-то цель, чтобы начать вторжение. И там и там этой целью были технологии телепортации, которыми Альянс хоть и обладает, но они слишком несовершенны и позволяют телепортироваться лишь между двумя вселенными, но не внутри одной. После Альянса нападения на мир Нихилатна, тот отправил себя и своих приближенных в мир Зен, куда Альянс попасть не мог, либо попросту не хотел. Зато туда мог попасть наш всемилюбимый парень, отличающийся своей очковатостью, молчаливостью и монтировочностью и убил Нихиланта.

После его смерти начались портальные штормы, которые Альянс использовал для того, чтобы добраться до земли и начать ее захват. Оборона ее продлилась семь часов, после чего Земля сдалась.

Альянс повтыкал по ее поверхности башни в количестве 27ми штук для того, чтобы ей управлять и посадил в каждую по советнику. И тогда на планете наступил Советский Союз. Еду и одежду стали выдавать строго по талонам, магазины закрыли, а деньги отобрали, растянув железный занавес. Правителем и представителем земли сделали доктора Уоллеса Брина, который, имел не так уж много власти и по большому счету, землей управляли все равно советники, а он лишь гордо вещал с экранов, что у них все норм. Империя начинала заграбастывать в свои ряды людей, модифицировать их тела, превращая их в солдат патруля. и отправлять на службу, как на землю, так и по всей галактике. И включили подавляющее поле, которое потом выключили, о чем Гордону гордо заявляет Илай.

Помимо людишек скучных и неинтересных, в войска альянса входит куча синтетов-киборгов интересных и нескучных. Так же еще раз хочется отметить, что синтеты — это киборги, а не роботы и обладают собственным сознанием и личностью, хоть и приглушенной после воздействия стирателя памяти:

Капсула советника — самый беспомощный из всех синтетов. Размером с телефонную будку предназначен для транспортировки советников, изнутри покрыт мягким материалом и оболочкой, закрывающей свой груз, чтобы тот случайно не помер во время падения.

— огромный летающий жучара со встроенным пассивным навыком брони, вкаченным по максимуму и пробивается он только из рпг, гранатомета или устройства Магнуссона. Вообще, на самом деле, таким навыком обладают все синтеты, за исключением редких… исключений. Предназначен для перевозки как обычных грузов, так и грузов необычных, таких как страйдеры, БТР-ы или просто солдаты. Передние и две задние пары их лапок содержат двигатели, а оставшиеся четыре служат в качестве присосок при транспортировке грузов.

Хантер — бронированный мобильный юнит, основная задача которого — схватки вне города. На ранних этапах разработки носил название «Мини страйдер» из-за внешней схожести. Отличается своей скоростью и сообразительностью, изобретая новые тактики наступления прямо во время битвы. Для дальнего боя использует иглы с меньшей скоростью стрельбы, чем у пулемета, но большей точностью, к тому же они еще и взрываются. В ближнем бою использует свое тело в качестве тарана, а так же когти, чтобы протыкать неверных.

Мортира — в действии ее увидеть нельзя, так как разработана до конца она не была и рассмотреть в игре ее можно только на конвейере. Представляет собой треугольное тело с множеством шипов спереди и специальной метательной установкой сзади. Вооружена плазменным минометом, а предназначена для поддержки пехоты и ведения огня на дальние дистанции.

Страйдер — в далеком детстве вот этой штуки я боялся. Здоровенный паук с тремя лапами, одновременно стреляющий по тебе из пулемета, аннигилятора и топчящий тебя ногами. Используются в качестве поддержки наземных сил, либо же просто запугивания противников своими лапами. При помощи своего вооружения может легко прорываться через вражеские укрепления, попросту уничтожая их. Помимо возможности ходить как гордое двадцатиметровое насекомое с длиннющими лапами, он может передвигаться сгорбившись, увеличив скорость, но открывая тем самым свои уязвимые органы.

Ядро цитадели и реактор темной энергии — от части, зависящие друг от друга, вырабатывающие энергию почти из ниоткуда и предоставляющие ее в огромных количествах. Одного ядра достаточно для того, чтобы питать всю башню, выполняющую колоссальное количество функций, а одного реактора — чтобы обеспечить работу телепорта, требующего огромное количество энергии для эксплуатации.

Устройство для замены памяти — помимо того, что оно выполняет функции памятистирателя, оно может память закачивать. И вместо того, чтобы двадцать лет учиться, чтобы потом работать кассиром в Макдаке, можно просто полчасика посидеть у этой штуки и обрести все необходимые знания, стерев все ненужное.

Подавляющее поле — если вкратце, устройство, мешающее зачатию. Формально, ничего не мешает сделать портативную версию такой штуки и использовать ее как многоразовый презерватив. В принципе, альянс мог бы добиться тех же высот, каких добился в игре, просто торгуя таким устройством.

Аптечка — казалось бы, ничего необычного. Но она ведь волшебная! Вспомните только какие раны затягивала она Гордону во время его похождений. Пулевые ранения, укузы здоровенных жуков, стрелы, падения с высоты. И все это она лечила в кратчайшие сроки. Я уверен, что хоть этого и не показали, она может может вылечить кучу смертельных болезней, с которыми человечество борется на данный момент.

А на этом все. Надеюсь, вам интересно было почитать. До встречи!

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Half life 2 combine

Pack includes models from Half-life 2 Beta concept arts.

Synth soldier:
+ Updated model
+ Redone textures
+ Improved shading
+ Two skins (standart/arctic)
+ Posable fingers
+ Switchable hair bodygroup
+ Switchable gun bodygroup
+ High-p.

Adds combine coffee as models and props to the game. Ideally made for roleplay.

This goes well with my other addon: «Combine Vending Machine», which matches the looks of this cup.

Through the use of bodygroups, you can choose different facemaps, uniforms, and attachments.

by Tware (i’m just uploader)
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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=126760786
Hexed version.
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This has the following new features.

Combine Vending Machine originally created by UntouchedShadow and Jason278, though edited by me, Fruity.

This model goes well with my other addon: «Combine Coffee», which has the same looks as the coffee on the vending machine.

These are not hexed.

This is a High-Definition Citizen Texture Pack made by the talented Themanclaw, it re-textures all the generic HL2 citizens. The face textures were originally made by FakeFactory, and were edited by Themanclaw.

Uploaded from garrysmod.org to people that like to use Workshop for servers, This is not mine but the work of theSpectator. This will be removed if he ever requests.

-I’m looking for someone to make promotional shots/pictures of these for the workshop page-

-A huge shout out to Rusty, who helped make this pack possible-

A collection of the default HL2 vehicles, restored to their intact, pre-7-hour-war state.

Click green subscribe button under the addon media. Make sure that you’ve restarted the game if you subscribed while running it. Make sure that you have read F.A.Q.

If you re-upload this I will send the Royal Canterlot army after you

Q: How do I turn on the laser?

EDIT: Added my new Account to Contributors.

This will allow you to spawn a fully working Combine-Mech from your entities menu. I did not create this addon, i simply had i.

Another addon I released several years ago that I’ve remade and improved. This time, it’s the SMOD Tactical models.

OneManShow: He created SMOD, it’s a really great mod I’d highly suggest taking a look at it
SMOD: Tact.

-Update- Fixed missing announcement/radio sounds and a missing building texture

Version 1.0 is here! Myself and the contributors behind this map will no longer be updating it and we have moved on. However, the community is free to make their own changes.

Yes, these are explosive, with gibs.
No, this is not an NPC.
Yes, you need a bodygroup/skingroup tool to use this.
No, this is not a scripted weapon.

This is a rework of Valve’s Hopper mine, optimized for p.

NO LASER THIS TIME

The Combine Sniperrifle in a completely new way!
Credits to the new viewmodel goes to Jaanus & Onemanshow.

NEEDS EP1! ( half life 2 )

What’s new:
-More balanced! (I don’t want to say the other one sucks)
-New Scope!
-New sou.

This is a ragdoll from Half-Life 2 Beta.
The Combine Super Soldier or Combine Elite Synth soldier from the HL2 Beta was removed early in the beta and never made it to Half-Life 2. Its back, in Garry’s Mod! Enjoy!

This is my SWep pack of Combine themed weapons

These weapons are located under the «Rubric’s Combine SWeps» in the weapon tab.

Weapons I created with the Swep Construction Kit.

Who could forget the famous emplacement gun from Half-Life 2? Because the mapped ones seem to have broken in GMod, I decided to realize them as a SENT.

A Half-Life 2 themed gm_bigcity with new textures, a citadel, overwatch towers and more!

*** THE WATER AND TEXTURES ARE NOW FIXED ***

This map features several additions to the gm_bigcity templait used.
These features include:
• All buildings re-t.

Per request of some users of the Combine Infantry pack, I seperated the assassin from the whole pack, as she conflicts with any Beta SNPCS

WARNING: THIS NPC CONFLICTS WITH ANY BETA SNPC ADDONS (mainly the assassin SNPC)
NOTE: Although she has Custom A.

NOTE: I did NOT make these ragdolls nor their textures, the original creator of these ragdolls is Bloocobalt, the only thing i made was the helmet props!

This addon includes 3 ragdolls with multiple skins, bodygroups and higher quality, more detailed te.

LAST UPDATED IN 2014

Also because ‘reasons’ I’m publishing the VMF here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zssw0spfo9af4p7/City45%20Content%20%26%20VMF.zip?dl=0
Yes you can make alterations, no I will not support you in hammer.

Suitable for Comics/poses/mac.

This is build 210 of the City17 Garry’s Mod role play map project, it is the latest officially released build created by us.

Welcome.
Welcome to City 17. You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to this workshop page.
I thought so much of.

A map by Dave Brown, created for Taco ‘N’ Banana’s Half-Life 2 Roleplay server.

The main City 8 HL2 Roleplay map.

City 8 takes place in the Combine Metroplex that was formerly Tokyo, Japan. As with City 17, th

A map by Dave Brown, created for Taco ‘N’ Banana’s Half-Life 2 Roleplay server.

City 8 is the Combines Citadel based in what used to be Tokyo, Japan. Outside the city walls runs a maze of sewers, canal runoffs, tunn

A map by Dave Brown, created for Taco ‘N’ Banana’s Half-Life 2 Roleplay server.

The final release of the City 8 District 9 map. I started work on this the day D9

«After 9 years in development, hopefully it would have been worth the wait.»
-Gabe Newell

Here it finally is, the version 2 of the Half-Life 2 Beta Weapons pack.
Here is version one if anyone missed it:
[url]http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=vie.

A Combine Advisor ragdoll. Model by Valve.
Ragdoll and physics model by me.

It WON’T replace your advisor.mdl

Their arms are a bit buggy, sorry for that.
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Combine Soldiers skinned and hexxed to resemble this comic

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Half-Life 2: Episode Two «Мод Southernmost Combine Ultimate Edition v1.25.50 +Русификатор текста и звука»

Southernmost Combine — это несколько часов геймплея в 1980-х и одновременно эпилог второго эпизода. По сюжету Гордон Фримен возвращается назад во времени, чтобы остановить вторжение комбайнов в южной части земли.

Мод находился в разработке больше 10 лет и вышел в марте этого года.

Информация:

Версия и дата перевода: 1.0 от 16.06.2021
Версия игры для установки: 1.25.50 [Steam]
Тип русификатора: неофициальная ( Денис Филанович)
Вид русификации: (Текст, Звук. )

Установка:

Установка мода Southernmost Combine Ultimate Edition:

Это должно выглядеть примерно так: C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\sourcemods\southernmost.

Установка Русификатор текста и звука для мода Southernmost Combine:

1- Локализацию нужно распаковать поверх установленного мода Southernmost Combine

2- Для корректной работы необходимо переключить язык Steam на русский, а также выставить «русский» либо в свойствах игры, либо на вкладке «аудио» в пункте «язык озвучания/audio (spoken) language» в самой игре. В противном случае часть материалов останется Англоязычной, и локализация уже не будет полной.

Локализация разрабатывалась и тестировалась на лицензионной Steam-версии игры.

Со старыми сохранениями внутриигровой текст также останется на Английском, необходимо начать главу (карту, уровень) заново для полноценного отображения русских надписей.

НАД ПЕРЕВОДОМ РАБОТАЛИ:

Автор: Денис Филанович

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Combine Combat mod for Half-Life 2

Combine Combat

Half-Life 2 mod | Released 2010

Combine Combat is a Half-Life 2 Singleplayer Mod where you are Nr. 42, a Combine Special-Unit with the task to kill Gordon Freeman.

Features:
-Completeley new maps in the Half-Life universe
-new Hud
-new weapons, e.g. a Sniper or a Manhack
-a new Vehicle
-and a lot of other things

At the Moment, the mod has aproximateley 40 minutes of playtime, but it is not finished yet completeley.
Watch out for a Beta Release soon!

The fate of most mods.

Hi,
after a long period of silence I am back again. But with some bad news: Combine Combat is dead.
Actually it stopped breathing long before I released something called «beta». Why? Back in the beginning of this project, we where 3 people that found ourselves in a german mapping-forum. I was a moderator of this Forum and one day I got a message of two people that had some problems with their maps. Over some time we developed a friendship and started to think about a project we could do together. The idea of playing a Combine always fascinated us, and because it would not require a total conversion (like the great guys from Raindrop are doing) we decided to start. And this is meant literally. We just started making some maps without having some kind of plan for the project. The quality of the maps wasn’t very good because we just started doing a new map directly in Hammer (the Half-Life 2 Map-Editor) without a even a rough scetch of it. The final product was a couple of unlinked maps with totaly different settings that where only playable by writing «map» plus the filename in the Half-Life 2 Console.
After I realised that this could never lead into something playable I wanted to do a restart from the beginning. This was propably the point where the other two members lost interest in the mod because (I think) their main goal wasn’t to produce something playable but just to have fun playing around with the Hammer-Editor. But I had different ideas, so I started doing maps with a well thought Setting and Layout. I put my nose into programming and it was fun, I put my nose into Modeling and it was fun, I put my nose into Animating and it was fun but after a year or so of work I was tired of doing just. everything and paused developing.
But leaving all the work on my harddisk, unseen by the public, was a pain to me so I decided to (again) put some effort into producing something playable, connected the levels that where usable, polished the mod a bit and released it as a beta (this connecting and polishing was unfortunately more work than I thought).
The feedback was great and people wanted to play the «final» product (which I never planned), but after 4 Years of HL2 Modding and Mapping I simply wanted to do something different.

I think there are enough tips online how to not fail doing a mod, so I wont give you any. All I want to say is thanks to all people that played (and hopefully enjoyed) the mod.

PS: Sorry for my english, as you might have noticed I am german 😉

Combine Combat Demo Released

A short Demo of Combine Combat was released today.

Modcast S02 E18

With most of the Staff overseas exploring GDC and all its wonders, Dave is left to cover the site and bring you the Modcast with a new guest.

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Combine imagery

Randy Lundeen stated that the team made periodic attempts to create and scatter many Combine propaganda posters throughout City 17, designed by Lundeen himself and other Valve artists. The posters were heavily relying on texts, such as the slogans «They’re here for you» and «It’s great to be part of the greater good» for the Metropolice and «Keep it clean. or he will» for the Cremator, as well as a welcome poster for City 17, featuring a long text split in several paragraphs. It was eventually decided that most of the posters were overused and detracted from the atmosphere, and thus were changed to be more subtle, resulting in the abstract posters seen in the final game, the propaganda being mostly spewed by the omnipresent Breencast instead. [1] [2]

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Combine alphabet [ edit ]

The Combine use a stylized, block-like version of the Latin alphabet. There appears to be upper and lower case versions. It was first introduced in Half-Life 2, seeing substantial use in Half-Life: Alyx. Although based on Latin letters, it is almost illegible even to a native Latin-based language speaker, with some letters being changed, i.e. a variant of F instead of R, T instead of I, etc.

Gallery [ edit ]

Full Combine Alphabet, with uppercase letters at the left and lowercase ones at the right.

Combine Fabricator screen showing a message using the Combine alphabet, translated.

A stamp seen on some boxes. It reads «security status clear».

Text seen on a Combine Advisor. It reads «Combine Lab» in uppercase, then beneath it «advisor» in lowercase.

Prominent symbols [ edit ]

Two very prominent symbols of the Combine can be identified: the «Claw» symbol, and the «CMB» symbol. They can both be seen throughout the game on Combine structures, propaganda posters, directly painted on walls, and on various Combine units.

«Claw» Combine symbol [ edit ]

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Studies for the Combine Soldier seen in Raising the Bar feature many different sleeve insignias, one of them featuring an early claw Combine symbol. [3]

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

Early Combine Soldier sleeve insignia featured in concept art, featuring an early claw symbol.

Claw symbol seen on the Citadel model featured in the map «e3_terminal.»

Wasteland Scanner variant.

Claw symbol with the number «314» inside, featured on the Half-Life 2 leak Combine Soldier model.

Variant on the factory worker back.

Variant on the Borealis worker back.

Claw symbol included in the «City» Citizen back logo.

Claw symbol included in the leak Citizen back logo.

Ditto, «Ammo» variant.

Retail [ edit ]

Standard claw symbol, from the «dove» poster.

Claw symbol featured in the Nova Prospekt Prison Guard sleeve insignia (left arm).

Combine Elite left arm sleeve and neck guard insignia, with the claw symbol breaking a skull.

Variant on the Combine Elite chest crest.

Variant used as the Shotgun Soldier sleeve insignia (left arm).

Claw symbol featured on Shield Scanners and Dropships.

Claw symbol featured on Combine Interface keyboards.

Claw symbol featured on the box attached to the Stalker’s belt.

Claw symbol featured on the back of the Advisor pod.

Claw symbol and pod ID featured on the belly of the Advisor pod.

Claw symbol used as a spray in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.

Claw Symbol used as part of a Combine shipping slip.

The circle depicted as the Earth behind a human looking Combine Soldier holding hands with a young child in the «Combine for Safety» poster.

Near the City 17 name on an anti-Vortigaunt poster.

On a Combine ration box.

On a Combine ration bar.

«CMB» Combine symbol [ edit ]

The second common Combine symbol reads «CMB» in the Latin alphabet, based on or the base of the name «Combine.» It is likely used only on Earth. It can be found being used with the claw symbol, sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical. Only two Combine units, the City and Shield Scanners, feature it.

Gallery [ edit ]

Standard CMB symbol.

Ditto, vertical version.

Trimmed CMB symbol featured on the City Scanner.

Trimmed CMB symbol featured on the Shield Scanner.

«Claw» + «CMB» symbol combinations [ edit ]

The two common Combine symbols are often used in combination, mostly on posters.

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

Claw and CMB symbols, to be used on signs.

Retail [ edit ]

Claw and CMB symbols, directly painted on walls.

Common poster seen throughout the games, with a flying dove, an ironic symbol of peace.

As seen above Breen’s office entrance in the Citadel, mirrored due to a level designer’s oversight.

Common poster with a blue sky background, and an upside down, transparent symbol.

Common poster, green with a crowd, also used for the Breencast’s «screensaver.»

Older, lighter-green variant, with blue claw Combine symbol, only featured in the Half-Life 2 leak files.

Common poster, yellow with an upside down, transparent symbol.

Dirty version, only featured in the Half-Life 2 leak files.

Yellow poster in the E3 2002 map «Terminal».

Blue and yellow posters in the E3 2002 map «Terminal».

Blue and yellow posters in the City 17 Trainstation food hall.

Several versions in the City 17 Trainstation waiting hall.

Ministry of Civil Protection poster used on metal structures.

Ditto. Slogan reads «In partnership with the Campaign for Obedience / In accordance with the Ministry of Civil Protection».

Ministry of Civil Protection poster at Fairview Junction.

Ministry of Civil Protection poster at Terminal Gardens.

City 17 logo [ edit ]

City 17 has its own logo, a yellow shape based on a layer of the cut «tiles» version of the Citadel. It can be found on several Combine units and devices such as the Suppression Device, the Thumper, the Sentry Gun, the Hunter-Chopper, the Watchtower, the Battery, the back of the Autogun and the APC (in grey in that case). It is likely the logo of the greater Sector 17, rather than solely the city itself, as it can also be found on the same devices located outside of the city. In Half-Life: Alyx, an alternative logo is used for City 17. It resembles a rectangle with a cutout of the the word «C17» on it.

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

City 17 logo featured in the City 17 welcome poster.

City 17 welcome poster from the uncorrected proof of Raising the Bar (Cropped in the final version of the book), reminiscent of Müller-Brockmann’s work, featuring the previous City 17 logo and the image of a statue of Lenin.

Billboard variant from the Half-Life 2 leak files.

The stenographer’s chasm, featuring the welcome poster.

Combine door concept with the welcome poster scattered around several times.

Concept art for a Trainstation Plaza shelter, featuring the welcome poster.

Stenographer’s chasm worker back logo, featuring the same City 17 logo.

The same logo on a Combine SWAT Truck.

City 17 logo variant featured on a City 17 sign featuring the image of a statue of Lenin.

City 17 logo on the Air Exchange tower, without a number.

Manhack Arcade facade featuring the billboard.

The middle part of the billboard used inside the Manhack Arcade.

Retail [ edit ]

The final City 17 logo.

Grey variant seen on the APC.

On the Hunter-Chopper.

On the cover for the Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack.

Behind the label of a Combine ration box.

Behind the label of a Combine ration bar.

Advisor markings [ edit ]

Some sort of dark-colored ring encompasses the edge of the Advisor body suit, where the suit meets the «head.» That ring bears strange golden markings which could be the evidence of an Advisor alphabet. Of note is that for Episode Two, the markings have changed with the model, and appear slightly less golden.

Advisor model front texture, Half-Life 2 version.

Advisor model ring texture, Episode Two version, showing different markings.

Civil Protection insignias and posters [ edit ]

Metrocops have two insignias on their uniform, only consisting of letters and numbers. The red armband they have on the right arm has «c̄17:i4» written in the font «Impact,» followed by a small circle emblazoned on it, written in a squeezed «Impact» font. The first half of «c̄17:i4» refers to City 17, while «:i4» and the small circle probably refers to a particular sector, the Combine using many code names for many things, as heard in the radio transmissions and the Overwatch Voice messages. However any CP model has the same code, likely due to game limitations. At the back of the collar can be also be read «C17.»

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

The City 17 Civil Protection armband logo, leak version.

Ditto, Elite Metro Cop version.

Leak Civil Protection collar logo.

Metropolice station sign.

The same sign in situ.

Metropolice propaganda poster, with another version of the Citadel, featured in the Half-Life 2 leak files.

Another Metropolice propaganda poster.

The same poster in a piece of concept art for the Breencast (right), the Breencast itself also featuring several markings on top of its reverted dome.

Consul / Metropolice propaganda poster.

Civil Protection posters at the very first Manhack Arcade.

Civil Protection poster in the Half-Life 2 E3 2002 trailer.

Retail [ edit ]

The City 17 Civil Protection armband logo.

Civil Protection collar logo.

Metrocop on a fast food bag. The circle is also found on a hamburger box.

Combine Soldiers insignias [ edit ]

Combine Soldiers have several insignias. The standard soldier has an orange triangle on the right forearm, with white unknown symbols in it. The left arm features a yellow circle with two black triangles it (it was originally featured on the Combine Super Soldier, with different colors). The Nova Prospekt Prison Guard has on its right arm the same triangle with white symbols in it, only that it is yellow, and that a yellow «Nova Prospekt» is written below in a black rectangle, again in the font «DIN,» a typeface widely used by Valve. On its left arm is the claw Combine symbol, yellow in a black circle. The same rectangle with «Nova Prospekt» inside it is also on the back, bigger. Finally, the Shotgun Soldier has the same logo as the Combine Elite, darker and on a maroon background, and no insignia on the right arm. In Half-Life: Alyx, the Combine Ordinals have a different variant of the Elite insignia on both of their shoulder pauldrons, with the center skull replaced with a Vortigaunt head.

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Different concept art pictures for the Combine Soldier seen in Raising the Bar feature many different sleeve insignias, one of them featuring an early claw Combine symbol. [3]

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

Early Combine Soldier sleeve insignia featured in concept art, featuring an early claw Combine logo.

Early Combine Soldier sleeve insignia featured in concept art.

Early Combine Soldier sleeve insignia from the soldier model seen in the «e3_hydra» sequence.

Claw Combine symbol with the number «314» inside, featured on the Half-Life 2 leak Combine Soldier model.

Leak Combine Soldier back logo, reused for the Synth and the Gunship.

Combine Soldier concept art featuring other markings, such as the «5» like marking seen on the retail soldier’s triangle insignia and the Wasteland Scanner.

Retail [ edit ]

Combine Soldier sleeve insignia (right arm).

Combine Soldier sleeve insignia (left arm).

Nova Prospekt Prison Guard sleeve insignia (right arm).

Nova Prospekt Prison Guard sleeve insignia (left arm).

Nova Prospekt Prison Guard back insignia.

Shotgun Soldier sleeve insignia (left arm).

Vortigaunt insignia depicted on the Combine Ordinal in Half-Life: Alyx (both arms).

Combine Elite insignias [ edit ]

The Combine Elite insignia featured on its left arm, chest (in a grey variant, with a campaign ribbon under it) and neck guard (inside it) is the only Combine imagery that indicates hostility or threat, displaying a cracked human skull within a straightened up standard claw Combine symbol, as well as a «C17,» probably different for each Combine-controlled city. While the original symbol does not portray the Combine as horrific, the Elite symbol is a deliberate attempt to show the Elites as brutal and deadly. It was possibly influenced by the Totenkopf symbol used most prominently by the Schutzstaffel (or SS), an organization in Nazi Germany which served as both political police and an elite military formation.

Gallery [ edit ]

Combine Elite left arm sleeve and neck guard insignia.

Combine Elite chest crest.

Synth symbols and markings [ edit ]

Gunships and Striders bear the same symbol on their back and head, respectively, while the Strider has maroon lines on its legs. This symbol was on the back of the Combine Soldier’s old skin (in white) and can also be seen on the shoulder of one of the Combine Synth Elite Soldier versions. Its meaning and whether it is a Combine symbol or not or if it proves a closer relation between the Gunship and the Strider are unknown. It also appears to be inspired by the 82nd Airborne Division logo.

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

Wasteland Scanner claw Combine symbol.

Markings featured on the Wasteland Scanner’s left side.

Detail of the symbol on the Combine Synth Elite Soldier, used for the late leak Combine Soldier and the retail Strider and Gunship.

Early Strider, with other markings.

Strider symbol featured in the two previous images.

Combine Super Soldier insignia.

Combine Super Soldier chest number.

The Sacktick and its different markings.

The Crab Synth with what seems to be the numbers «31-17» on its leg.

The early Dropship, with a red circle on its front.

Retail [ edit ]

Gunship back symbol.

Strider head symbol.

Claw Combine symbol featured on Shield Scanners and Dropships.

Claw Combine symbol featured on the back of the Advisor pod.

Claw Combine symbol and pod ID featured on the belly of the Advisor pod.

Trimmed CMB Combine symbol featured on the Shield Scanner.

Citizen logos [ edit ]

Citizens do not have any Combine logo on their uniforms; only a blank white tag on the chest, and a larger one on the back, also blank. Most of the previous known models bore at least one logo.

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

All previous Citizen models bore at least one logo:

Gallery [ edit ]

Pre-release [ edit ]

«Citizen 17» left arm texture, featuring the identiband.

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Combine Combat Demo

Название мода: Combine Combat Demo

Автор мода: Team Mobenic

Автор обзора: Иоанн Андреев

Сперва хочу сказать о технической стороне мода, ибо авторы проделали весьма солидную работу и внесли в игру массу изменений и новых возможностей.

Сразу после запуска, в глаза бросается небольшое изменение стиля и цвета окошек настроек и пунктов главного меню, в котором появился новый пункт, где можно выбрать несколько опций относящихся к моду.

В самой игре нас ждет совершенно новый HUD. Теперь на экране вы не увидите циферок здоровья и брони. Вместо них две вертикальные шкалы. Также есть иконка, которая меняется в зависимости от того стоит, идет или бежит игрок. Фонарик остался. Он, как и бег, зависит от горизонтальный шкалы, которая имеет запас больший, чем костюм у Фримена, и которая очень быстро восстанавливается.

Оружие немного изменено. Помимо пистолетика, автомата, дробовика и импульсной пушки, которыми пользуется Альянс, вас ждут еще несколько штучек:

— дубинка метрокопа. Она есть во многих модах, но здесь она во время удара бьет электричеством, что немного повышает ее убойность.

— снайперская винтовка с оптическим прицелом. Как у снайперов Альянса, но без синего лазерного лучика.

— Мэнхек, который можно запустить и он вам поможет в борьбе против повстанцев.

В одном месте встретится динамит, который нужно установить в указанное место.

Ну и напоследок несколько интересных фишек:

— при нажатии на клавишу T, появляется окно, где отображаются ваши текущие задания. Одно из них, «Убить Фримена», висит там всю игру.

— изредка вам будут встречаться локации с радиацией. Экран в них покрывается рябью, наподобие того, как это реализовано в игре S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

— при включении режима увеличения (zoom) появился дальномер;

— в игре есть транспортные средства. Если аэрокатер не претерпел изменений, то автомобиль изменился. Теперь это не какой-то там багги, а самый настоящий ржавый советский УАЗик с открытым верхом. Зверь машина. Ради одного его стоит поиграть в этот мод!

Теперь перейду к самой игре.

Играть не слишком сложно. По пути встретится много аптечек и приборов для пополнения здоровья. Да и сами враги не отнимают много жизни.

Вы посетите разные территории – Цитадель, подземные тоннели, Рэвенхольм, тихий городок на берегу моря и др. Авторы приготовили также поездку на автомобиле по побережью и на аэрокатере по каналам. Тут, кстати есть забавный и интересный момент. Если в Half-Life 2 Фримена преследовал вертолет Альянса, то здесь нас преследует и обстреливает новый вертолет, которым управляют несколько повстанцев!

Интересность игры средняя. Как я уже сказал, начало очень тоскливое, но к середине игры становится куда как интереснее. Дойдя до УАЗика, перестаешь жалеть, что ты поиграл в этот мод, начинаешь уже получать удовольствие от игры и тут почти сразу получаем облом. Мод кончается или правильнее сказать, обрывается.

Авторы данное творение называют то Демой, то Бетой (файл с архивом называется CombineCombat.0.1.beta.rar). Хочется верить, что полная версия (если она все-таки доживет до релиза) будет разнообразнее и намного интереснее, чем это Демо-Бета. Ну и конечно, хочется верить, что мы наконец доберемся до Фримена.

Итог. В моде много очень интересных и оригинальных новинок. Однако сама игра «на четверку с минусом». Однако геймплей постепенно улучшается от начала к концу, так что в этот мод определенно стоит поиграть. Ну хотя бы из-за того, что там есть русский УАЗик.

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Badass Combine mod for Half-Life 2

Badass Combine

Half-Life 2 mod | Released 2015

FEATURES:

1) Civil Protection Officer and Overwatch Soldier’s AI heavily improved.
2) NPC’s aggressiveness and intelligence are now affected depending on difficulty. On Easy, enemies are amateurish and on Medium & Hard, your enemies are more challenging.
3) Difficulty settings no more affect how much damage players will receive and deliver. Ammo boxes quantity is still affected however.
4) Your weapons are slightly more accurate and efficient.
5) Allied Combine Forces: Combine NPCs who fight alongside the Resistance.
6) Antlion and Resistance co-existence: now you can storm Nova Prospekt with your rebel friends without having them slaughtered by your own Antlions. This applies to the Allied Combine forces too!
7) Almost every Resistance fighter can now be killed by the player on Anticitizen One and Follow Freeman chapters!
8) Resistance fighters no longer remind you to reload all the time.

Requires Half-Life 2 and Source SDK Base 2007.

HOW TO INSTALL THE MOD:

1) Make sure you own Half-Life 2 and have the game installed.
2) Install Source SDK Base 2007.
3) Place «Badass_Combine_HL2» folder in «sourcemods» folder. Generally, for Windows users, it’s located in
— 32-bit Windows: «c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods»
— 64-bit Windows: «c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\sourcemods»
4) Execute the batch file for your desired Windows bit version. You MUST have Half-Life 2 and Source SDK Base 2007 installed in order to work.
— 32-bit Windows: 32bit_HL2_Maps_To_Source_SDK_Base_2007
— 64-bit Windows: 64bit_HL2_Maps_To_Source_SDK_Base_2007
The batch file will copy all HL2 maps to Source SDK Base 2007, allowing you to play all HL2 maps within the mod.
5) Restart Steam. The mod should be available in your Steam’s library.

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Half life 2 combine

Ragdoll
Romka for original model, someone, who ported Jessica and Komachi Onozuka for headhack.

and Extended Spawnmenu

NOTE: I’ve quit coding for GMOD and no longer support this addon. You can still download it if you wish, but any bugs will not be fixed.

I recommend you download this instea.

This is a player model from gmod 12 made originally by Karimatrix and I have just put it here. It also uses my custom combine c_arm models.
All credit goes to Karimatrix the original creator.

This model is just like the original combine player model but instead you colour everything but the eyes.

This is only still up on the workshop because of the amount of people who are still subbed to this. I would prefer you leave me alone though, ok, b.

Player Model customise re-skin.

Do not worry your Combine Elite (White Armour’d Player Model) Is still on the player list. It does not overwrite the model. It is a customized player model.

— Is also able to Ragdoll pose it now (In the Add.

By: gign-1994 and Stow XS

What’s in this pack:
— Arctic Harvester
— Arctic combine to camouflage
— Arctic Harvester city 48
— Arctic processor (based on Art Valve)
— Combine Military Police
— Combine Military police with shields
— Arctic Elite co.

Note: Not by Me; Credit goes to Mr. So, I just uploaded it here for ease of use!

(This is a SKIN not a NPC!)

This is a Reskin of the Metropolice NPC. Not playermodel.

99.9% Credit to themanclaw for making the reskin.
0.001% Credit to me for uploading it 😛

I have 3 Other reskins up on the workshop, Combine Soldiers, Rebels and Another Metrocop conversion.

Credit to Mr. So For the original Skin and Rei Rei the Lunatic Rabbit for Hexing it!

Note; I DID NOT make this, Credit goes to Mr. So, he may contact me if he wants it taken down, but this changes your Combine Soldiers to look sleek, better and more polished, IT IS NOT AN NPC, IT IS A SKIN.

If you re-upload this I will send the Royal Canterlot army after you

Q: How do I turn on the laser?

NOTE: I did NOT make these ragdolls nor their textures, the original creator of these ragdolls is Bloocobalt, the only thing i made was the helmet props!

This addon includes 3 ragdolls with multiple skins, bodygroups and higher quality, more detailed te.

NO LASER THIS TIME

The Combine Sniperrifle in a completely new way!
Credits to the new viewmodel goes to Jaanus & Onemanshow.

NEEDS EP1! ( half life 2 )

What’s new:
-More balanced! (I don’t want to say the other one sucks)
-New Scope!
-New sou.

The Combine Shotgunner model, modified for use as a Gmod Playermodel, complete with viewmodel hands.

Combine Shotgunner playermodel

Jason278 made these

Found this here also

Not mine I will remove if original author wants me to.

Click green subscribe button under the addon media. Make sure that you’ve restarted the game if you subscribed while running it. Make sure that you have read F.A.Q.

Pack includes models from Half-life 2 Beta concept arts.

Synth soldier:
+ Updated model
+ Redone textures
+ Improved shading
+ Two skins (standart/arctic)
+ Posable fingers
+ Switchable hair bodygroup
+ Switchable gun bodygroup
+ High-p.

Through the use of bodygroups, you can choose different facemaps, uniforms, and attachments.

Combine Specialist Playermodels and NPCs

Big thanks to Mr. Pyrous for allowing me to make NPC weapons out of his pack.

Get Mr. Pryous’ Tactical SWEPs >HERE

THIS ADDON REQUIRES VJ BASE AND CONSCRIPTS: REDUX TO GET WORK

Lots of SNPCs I’ve made over the past year or so. Tell me about any bugs and I’ll do my best to fix them at some point. You find them in the entities tab of the spawn menu.

Each NPC has a mostly unique purpose. You’ve got combine, which shoot, an.

This is the Combine Super Soldier from Half-Life 2 Beta. This model was removed early in the HL2: Beta, now brought back to life as an NPC in Garry’s Mod! Enjoy!

Join the battle with neon combines!
Use Ar-Neon against them.

It’s a combine APC SNPC that has a machine gun and guided missiles.
APC attacks it henceforth it NPCs (the one being disposed towards him nearest).

-undo function repaired
-lua mistakes fixed

thanks for him: TheHelpl.

— Two humanoid synth, one with the strider color scheme and another with the hunter’s.
— Two weapon props (one of them is only an viewmodel to be used for posing) and a ‘citadel’ prop.

These are ragdolls and props, but you may also use the.

Finally avaible! One of the cut ennemies of Half-Life 2! The Elite Synth Soldier. This deadly NPC can finally be used for 7 Hours War Missions, or for more HL2 fun. It comes now with a playermodel and friendly NPC.

This mod contains:
-Desert Eli.

READ PLEASE.
SOME MODELS HAS BROKEN TEXTURES. I UNABLE TO FIX THAT.

Combine Infantry is an old addon, the one adds extra combine NPCs and models. It is not mine, only fix and reupload. I have full permission on that, if I give credits to author(s).
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A custom Synth Soldier NPC. Instead of being a regular soldier, it is a Special Forces Civil Protection soldier. They accomplish tasks normal metro cops can’t. This won’t be easy for Freeman.

This is a pure visual modification. Health, Accuracy, etc are.

Changes the noises for when the Combine die, their footsteps and when they say their dialogue.

Be sure to check out my other workshop stuff.

This is a small Release of the Combine Officers from Lt_Commander.

The addon it’s used mostly in the gamemode Clockwork Half Life 2 Roleplay ( CW: HL2RP ) and it has the Cremator model with animations, breathing and walking sounds, and a combine assasin.

I had the addon on my server and some people said that they can’.

A long time ago, way back in the days of G-Mod 10, Inaki, now known for his/her vehicles, used to make NPCS.

This, is one of the NPCS that were made way long ago, that was originally lost forever with the garrysmod.org shutdown.

But I managed to rec.

THE ORIGINAL COMBINE DO NOT GET REPLACED BY THIS PACK. STOP TELLING ME TO HEX THE MODELS WHEN IT ISNT NECESSARY SINCE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.

What does this addon contain?

This addon contains one NPC. A Metropolice that has the Combine animations, which means they can use such weapons as the Shotgun and the AR2.

Where is the NPC located?

Yes, these are explosive, with gibs.
No, this is not an NPC.
Yes, you need a bodygroup/skingroup tool to use this.
No, this is not a scripted weapon.

This is a rework of Valve’s Hopper mine, optimized for p.

If Veteran’s armor or Shielder’s shield disappear after a while, try to type «sv_crazyphysics_remove 0».

This pack includes:
— Combine Medic,
— Combine Sniper,
— Combine Engineer,
— Metro Pol.

This Replaces all Combine Soldiers with Jim’s Combine Soldiers. and The Original Mod can be found here: gamebanana.com/skins/148198

Well, This is my first time working with VJ base so don’t expect anything exceptional, It’s buggy.

20 models decompiled and recompiled into working NPC (Combine and Ally scripts included) / Player models, as well as spawnlist for the ragdolls

Models :
c3po
bloodz pack (3 models)
cripz pack (3 models)
Elvis
Hans Grosse (2 models)
Hitler
Niko Be.

This mod was suggested by blue dude
Just another NPC. nothing to see here.

This Mod Includes :
— 1 NPC
— NPC has metrocop animations.
— RA Category is where it is located.
— NPC identifies as an attack helicopter XD

Credits
— Zach88889 : Mak.

Requires Metropolice Pack. (because textures, link above)

Those models who had custom helmets/gear, have be.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This model requires that you have Half-Life 2: Episode 2 installed and mounted. If you do not have it, you will encounter missing textures and other issues.

This is the Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Combine Advisor model with ragdoll and fing.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/GTM0qMx.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/H7NS2PD.gif[/img]
texture in gif not actual material, gif provided by friend who uses the retail textures

After a small amount of work, here she is.

So I noticed there weren’t very many combine assassin models on the workshop, and none reflecting actual leak content. So after skeletal modifications and some texture edits, it’s done.

Here is the cremator from the Half Life 2 Beta with some minor modifications.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ONLY A RAGDOLL AND IT IS NOT AN SNPC, NPC, PLAYERMODEL, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

-Cremator models with and without immolator
-All an.

The Outbreak Metropolice is the Metrocop head hacked onto a Arctic Avenger Body, reskinned.

This Model is hexed and runs on the Metropolice animations, meaning it’s ready for use in any gamemode that uses those or if you want to make it into an NPC.

None of these were made by me, all credit goes to the Half-Life Short Story mod authors.

This pack contains the following models, fully animated.

Three Maskless Combine Units:
-Larson (male)
-Noah (male)
-Eloise (female)

Three Xen Creatures:
-.

Original model «combine_soldier» by Hafl Life 2

Оригинальная модель »combine_soldier» из Half Life 2

UPDATE 16.02.16
New:
Fixed animation models

New model «shotgun_soldier» by H.

EDIT: Added my new Account to Contributors.

This will allow you to spawn a fully working Combine-Mech from your entities menu. I did not create this addon, i simply had i.

This addon adds new metropolice skins. These skins is based on the metropolicies from Clockwork Half-Life 2 Roleplay content (and they are their HD versions).

contains advisor and combine shotgunner not mine is someone elses if you have ep2 then i reccomend getting my other addon for the ep2 skin.

If you want an animated advisor USE THE ANIMATION TOOL.

Here is the Combine Assassin. To start off, this model is not exactly mine. It belongs to Romka on facepunch. But, unfortunately his download of the model wasn’t working. But, I was also lucky enough to have it on my Half-Life 2 game.

Ever wanted to do a Portal Roleplay of some kind but never could due to the lack of aperature npcs of sorts?

Shooting down those conspiracy theroies of Combine being created by Aperature, this NPC pack by Lawton27 from GMOD 10 was p.

Combine Soldiers based on DP Films’ Fan Made Half-Life 3 Trailer. Includes clean and dirty variants, viewmodels, playermodels and NPC’s.

Half-Life 2 Beta’s Urban Soldier used as a base.

These combine NPCS are an assortment of random models that were collected over a random span of time and converted into GMOD 9 NPC’s by a man named eXooshii.

Sadly, these models eventually broke and ended up being buried and forgotten within the depths.

THIS ADDON REQUIRES VJ BASE TO GET WORK

These SNPCs from veteran_gamer’s mod, called SMOD: Outbreak.

Metro Police
Combine Soldier
Combine Elite (TIP: He’s has 300 HP, as like in mod)

Also adds 8 weapons.

The only known model for the Consul, a character originally in the Half-Life 2 Beta, but cut and replaced by Dr. Wallace Breen in the final version of the game.

This addon is not a playermodel or NPC, it is a ragdoll model used for posing / roleplay.
.

«Designate target as Anticitizen One»
-An Overwatch Soldier.

A hexed model replacing the viewmodel hands for the Combine Elite playermodel.

Combine Elite c_hand model

The model and original textures included in this addon were created by MB814 on Gamebanana [gamebanana.com] with modi.

A pack of beta styled civil protection and combine overwatch for use with HL2RP.
Includes beta units, concept trench units, and both 2002 and 2003 overwatch!

Now with some NPCs not courtesy of me!
https://.

Back from the dead, or maybe just from hell. Idk where I was all this time. Anyways, I’ve got a little goodie right now.

So, a little background: I’ve been unable to stop staring at Half-Life 2 concept art for a while now. However, instead of just sayin.

Yes this is a playermodel B)
I might get around to adding the view hands for it

Marphy Black and the mysterious individual for distributing Half-Life 2 Survivor Ver2.0,

Taito for creating Half-Life 2 Survivor,

If you have problems with downloading, curse workshop, download addon <ССЫЛКА УДАЛЕНА>here and extract it to your addons folder.

This addon contains models and NPCs of combines from the great.

I’m no longer working on models.

This is a custom playermodel for one of our Ethereal members known as TheCanadianPirate. These are mainly for when we play gmod with each other recording it so we won’t always have diffrent models and stick to a.

Note: This addon replaces the model for the Combine soldier but not the elite or prison guard variants.

What makes this addon different from all the other beta Combine soldier addons? Well, this addon also replaces the animations of the model so the Com.

Note: This addon does not replace the model for the Combine soldier.

What makes this addon different from all the other beta Combine soldier addons? Well, this addon also replaces the animations of the model so the Combine soldiers have their original 2.

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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Pentium 4 processor (3.0 GHz or better), 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9 compatible video card, Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second in what was intended to be a trilogy [1] of episodic games that served as a continuation of the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2. Continuing on from the end of Episode One, players once again assume the role of Gordon Freeman as he and Alyx Vance travel through the Outlands on a mission to prevent the Combine from opening a superportal to the Combine Overworld.

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Overview [ edit ]

Continuing with Valve’s method of orienting each episode around a particular theme or set of technologies, Episode Two focuses on expansive environments, travel, and large, nonlinear battles. Following the closing events of Episode One, it sees Gordon Freeman and the series’ other major characters moving away from City 17 to the surrounding wilderness.

Episode Two was developed concurrently with Episode One by a separate team. It was released on October 10, 2007 as a part of a bundled package, The Orange Box, but it can also be bought separately through Steam.

Plot [ edit ]

Continuing the plot of Half-Life 2 and Episode One, Episode Two consists of seven chapters telling the story of Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance’s journey to a large Resistance base called White Forest.

Gameplay [ edit ]

Half-Life 2: Episode Two generally concentrates on more expansive locales as compared to the claustrophobic Episode One, particularly in its latter chapters, although it ends similarly to Episode One with a pitched battle in a fixed environment. The Muscle Car chapters are very reminiscent of the Highway 17 Chapter of Half-Life 2. Episode Two is also longer than Episode One, at approximately two thirds the length of Half-Life 2.

One of the focal points of Episode Two was meant to be increased use of vehicles in open areas. However, the game retains its original linear style until the final battle. [2] Episode Two has more puzzles than Episode One, including the biggest physical puzzle yet in the series—a damaged unstable bridge. [2]

Characters [ edit ]

Enemies [ edit ]

The game also reveals the characteristics of the sinister Combine Advisors, which play a much more central role to Episode Two than in previous installments.

Weapons [ edit ]

Although no new weapons as such are introduced, the Strider Buster, used to defend White Forest against a Combine offensive, is crucial to the last stages of the game. Valve stated before the release that they were not interested in creating new weapons, as they were more interested in exploring every dimension of the Gravity Gun, the Strider Buster being the outcome of this. This decision came in spite of the fact that the lack of new weaponry in Episode One was one of its most criticized aspects.

Development [ edit ]

Episode Two was developed simultaneously with Episode One by a development team led by David Speyrer. This schedule of simultaneous development aided them in streamlining the story between the two games to create an immersive storyline. The technology used was the same for both games, allowing the development teams to quickly fix any technical problems that might arise from either game; this happened often because of the multi-platform release. [3]

An announcement was made on July 13, 2006 stating that Episode Two would be released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in addition to the PC, where previous iterations of the series separated. On June 14, 2007 Valve confirmed the release date for Episode Two to be October 9, 2007 for all announced platforms. Valve handled the development of the game for the PC and Xbox 360, while Electronic Arts British office in Chertsey worked on the PlayStation 3 version of the game. [4] It was announced on September 7, 2007 that the PlayStation 3 version of the game would be delayed because the development studio behind the game was in the United Kingdom, away from Valve’s development team, and therefore lagged behind in its schedule. Valve’s marketing director, Doug Lombardi, gave assurance that the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC versions of the game would be identical in functionality and performance. [5]

Source engine [ edit ]

Running on the so-called «Source 2007» version of the Source engine, Episode Two comes with numerous technical improvements and new features as well as those introduced in Episode One (such as Phong shading and HDR lighting). Some of the more important technical improvements seen in Episode Two are: motion blur, improved dynamic lighting and shadowing, soft-particle system, and dual and quad-core CPU optimizations.

Reception [ edit ]

Half-Life 2: Episode 2 received critical acclaim. The game had an average score of 90.68% based on 22 reviews on the review aggregator GameRankings. [6] On Metacritic, the game had an average score of 90 out of 100, based on 21 reviews. [7]

Computer and Video Games commented on the game’s graphics, saying that although the game’s engine was «starting to look its age,» its «wonderful art design and the odd bit of technical spit-shine ensure that Episode Two [. ] doesn’t lose any of its wow factor.» They also noticed that the game «goes about fixing a lot of the niggling complaints we had about Episode One,» especially applauding the open forests and rocky hills from Episode Two. [13]

Several reviewers noted shortcomings. The New York Times commented on the story for Episode Two, noting, «While it sows a few seeds for the final episode of the trilogy, the game lacks the driving force of the previous episode.» [12] GameSpy criticized the game, saying it is «a little more inconsistent than its predecessors,» and that the opening segments of the game were «arguably the weakest» parts. [14]

Achievements and trophies [ edit ]

There are 19 Achievements in Half-Life 2: Episode Two worth 210 Gamerscore points.

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Combine Destiny mod for Half-Life 2

Combine Destiny

Half-Life 2 mod | Released 2005

The town of Coonersville has rebelled. The citizens there have overthrown the security forces and established a base at the top of the mountain. The town was heavily shelled with headcrab canisters, forcing the rebels into hiding. A Combine Overwatch sweeper team cleared the remaining forces and took over the base.
The Combine have turned the base into Quiver Mountain Research Facility and Military Installment aka Installation 34.

Recently, the Citadel has lost contact with Installation 34 and the Administrator believes that the underground rebels have resurfaced and retaken the installation. The surface has been shelled, but knowledge of the current situation is vague at best.

The Administrator is regrouping the Transhuman forces for security operations. Support in this mission is therefore light. You are the squad leader for a team being deployed at the farside service hangar. Your mission is to infiltrate the installation, assess the situation and eliminate the underground rebels. Good luck.

Moved and Patch 1

Just to let you know, we have moved to Combinedestiny.com.
And from there you can get our new Patch, it should fix some of the most evil bugs.

Combine Destiny is released!

After countless hours of deep intense work the Combine Destiny mod is finally ready for release. Take arms of a combine soldier and battle through the.

Last Media Release

We are happy to announce that the release of the mod is near. The team is working hard to get the mod out to the public. Expect the release soon. And.

Progress Update!

After some days of downtime is the forum now up again, sadly coulden’t I restore the members and the posts, so please register. Anyways, we have atleast.

Media Update

Here are some new screenshots from our mod: We have also started a competition. You can read more about it here:

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Combine Destiny v1.2 (GERMAN)

Die Stadt Coonersville hat rebelliert. Die Bürger dort haben die Sicherheitskräfte gestürzt und einen Stützpunkt auf dem Gipfel des Berges errichtet.

This patch fixes most issues related to engine branch incompatibility and is designed to run using the latest «Beta» of Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer.

Combine Destiny (ZIP version 1.0)

Combine Destiny is a Half-life 2 Horror and Action Singleplayer Modification.

Combine Destiny (EXE version 1.0)

Combine Destiny is a Half-life 2 Horror and Action Singleplayer Modification.

Combine Destiny Demo

A fully playable demo of Combine Destiny, containing 3 maps. (Does not represent the full product).

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Half-Life 2: From Combines mod

Half-Life 2: From Combines

Half-Life 2: Episode Two mod | Released 2017

Mod have 8 chapters for 3 hours gameplay. Also mod have 5 bonus maps and 4 custom achievements.

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Half Life 2: From Combines v1.5 (GERMAN)

Du bist ein Elitesoldat der Combine und die Combine Sicherskräfte geben dir ständig Aufträge. Von der Vernichtung von allem, was sich in der Nähe.

Half-Life 2: From Combines

Download mod for Half-Life 2 and play over 3 hours. Mod have 8 chapters, custom achievement system and some bonus maps. Please write about bugs and proplems.

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Rating: 4/5 Mostly great, sometimes awful.

The chapter 7 «MINE» is just a piece of ****.HOW can I escape from that ******* antlion without any useful TIPS. It really annoyed me!

This mod is for the game Half-Life 2 Episode Two

Прошёл мод и вот что хочу сказать: он стоит того, чтобы его пройти. Очень достойно! Возможно, пару моментов в игре немного и затянуты, но не критично. Довольно интересно играть, к тому же, как было сказано выше, в игре присутствуют несколько оригинальных идей. Ложкой дёгтя в этой бочке мёда стал тот факт, что один раз пришлось использовать чит из-за несработавшего скрипта. В остальном, всё прошёл сам, даже тот момент со стулом, который есть на видеопрохождении TwitcherUS (есть тут в комментариях, там он в итоге не смог и воспользовался читом).
Автору пожелаю удачи, несмотря ни на что! И конечно же спасибо за труд!

Перевод на английский с помощью Гугл-переводчика.

Translation into English using Google translator:
The mod has passed and here is what I want to say: it is worth it to go through it. Very worthy! Perhaps a couple of moments in the game are a little tightened, but not critical. It is quite interesting to play, in addition, as mentioned above, the game has several original ideas. The fly in the ointment in this barrel of honey was the fact that once I had to use a cheat because of a failed script. Otherwise, everything went away by himself, even that moment with the chair, which is on the TwitcherUS video passage (there is in the comments, there he eventually could not and used the cheat).
I wish the author good luck, no matter what! And of course, thanks for the work!

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Submachine Gun (Half-Life 2)

This article is about the retail MP7. For the cut MP7, see MP7 (cut weapon).

Please upload one or several relevant images (from canonical / official sources) and place it here. Once finished, this notice may be removed.

Gas-operated, short stroke piston, rotating bolt

The Submachine Gun, also known as SMG1, is a compact automatic firearm used by the Combine and the Resistance.

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Overview [ edit ]

The SMG’s appearance and function resemble that of the real world MP7, the main difference being a secondary, lower barrel presumably serving as a grenade launcher. It sports two firing modes: the primary fire is fully automatic with a high rate of fire but poor accuracy; the secondary fire launches a contact grenade which deals heavy splash damage. The SMG, along with the Pulse Rifle, forms the bulk of the Combine’s small arms arsenal and is often carried by Combine Soldiers and Metrocops. It is also widely used by members of the Resistance as a standard issue firearm.

In Half-Life 2, Freeman acquires his first SMG in the chapter Route Kanal from a Metrocop who rappels down into the storm drain system to intercept him. In Episode One, the SMG is obtained from Combine Soldiers in the chapter Urban Flight. In Episode Two, the SMG is found in Griggs and Sheckley’s outpost, in the chapter This Vortal Coil. In Half-Life 2, Freeman can first acquire ammo for the grenade launcher in the chapter Route Kanal as part of a secret cache under the steam pipes next to a Lambda logo. In Episode One it can be found in one of the Supply Crates before the Combine Supply room. In Episode Two it is located in a cache in the chapter This Vortal Coil along with the SMG itself.

Tactics [ edit ]

Because of the SMG’s poor accuracy at medium to long range, it should be used mostly at short range, for at longer distances it requires much more shots to take down a hostile. Since the SMG’s fully automatic fire depletes ammunition quickly, it is advised for the player to be watchful for their reserve ammo left. However, this is somewhat counterbalanced with the abundant supply of ammo lying around, especially in urban areas. Furthermore, Noriko equipped the Scout Car with an ammunition box at its rear, holding unlimited SMG ammo.

The SMG’s primary fire is very useful when combined with the built-in grenade launcher, as enemies that are wounded by the grenade can be easily finished off with the primary fire, even if the target is further away. The secondary fire grenades are excellent for hitting covered or large groups of targets. Most humanoid enemies will die from one shot if they are either directly hit or are very close to the point of impact. Grenades can also do damage to enemies that are only harmed by explosives, such as Striders and Combine Gunships. This can be useful when one believes that an enemy is almost dead, but does not want to run back and grab more rounds for the RPG. It should be noted that the SMG grenades themselves are rare and therefore should generally be used as a last resort against a close group of enemies. Care should be taken to avoid self-inflicted damage, since the grenades have no delayed fuse that would prevent premature explosions, which can be dangerous if a grenade detonates too close or when NPCs move into the grenade’s arc before one can react.

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Combine interface

The Combine interface, [1] also known as the Combine Mainframe Access Command Module, [2] or simply computer terminal, [3] is the typical Combine computer, made of several monitors and one to several consoles. Notably, these interfaces are featured throughout City 17, Nova Prospekt, the Citadel or any Combine-occupied area. They are used to control many aspects of Combine technology.

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Overview [ edit ]

Half-Life 2 and Episodes [ edit ]

Interfaces found in City 17 are often used to open and close gates or locks, as seen during the uprising. Interfaces can also manage Force Fields along with standard buttons, such as Bridge Point’s Force Fields located on the bridge, referred to in this context as «Bridge Access Field». In this case, the interface’s monitor, which is blue, shows if the Force Field is active. When deactivated, it blinks from blue to red.

They may also be used for communication, as seen when Barney Calhoun contacts Isaac Kleiner from the City 17 Trainstation, when Dr. Mossman contacts Wallace Breen from Nova Prospekt, or when Breen contacts a Combine Advisor from the Citadel. The conversation partner will typically be displayed on the central monitor (such as Kleiner with Barney) or through larger «holomonitors» (such as Combine Advisors).

In Nova Prospekt, the majority of command panels found are used to work the systems around the facility – such as gaining access to surveillance cameras or transporting prisoner pods. They are also used to work the teleport that Mossman helped build for the Combine. An interface is also used to operate a camera in the Victory Mine, allowing to spot the Muscle Car at the end of the bridge.

The command panels in the Citadel are only seen conveying Breencasts, while they probably possess other functions as well. While the Gravity Gun has no effect on panels, the Citadel is the only area in which they can be torn from their support when the gun turns into its Dark Energy-powered version.

Interfaces often control other devices through Combine power generators that often need to be disabled by the player to proceed.

Ordinarily, command panels can only be operated by Combine personnel. However, Alyx can use her EMP Tool to hijack them, like the Combine locks. Barney has a limited Civil Protection clearance, which allows him to operate some, but not all of the panels.

When an interface is idle, its monitors are blue. In alert mode, they will turn red.

An interface also controls the life support system of the Barn Advisor found in the Outlands.

Half-Life: Alyx [ edit ]

In Half-Life: Alyx, Combine interfaces use living Xen [4] creatures called Memory Worms stored in large circular containers called Memory Tanks. These appear to serve as their processing units rather than the integrated circuits on printed circuit boards in human computers. [source?] Depending on its size, a console can use a varying amount of Memory Tanks, usually two to four. When powered, an electrical beam flows through the creatures, which are presumably made up of mainly nerve tissue, using the creatures’ neurons to process and store information. [source?] The Memory Worms themselves have sucker-like mouths filled with human-like teeth and appear to still be continuing to grow inside their tanks, some swelling up and squeezing against the glass. In some cases, it appears that rats have been partially absorbed into the Worms. The creatures react with agitation when powered up, although they can do little other than squirm inside their tanks. It is unknown if this system is still used in the future Combine interfaces during the events of Half-Life 2 and its Episodes.

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Half-Life Inside: всё о вселенной Half-Life

Альянс

Альянс, также называемые Наши покровители или CMB в различной пропаганде, а однажды даже как Вселенский союз — название гигантской и могущественной межпространственной организации, в которую входят как дружественные, так и порабощённые расы

Альянс встречается в главах:

До недавнего времени предполагалось, что Альянс контролировал Ксен во время первого Half-Life, опираясь на сходство с некоторых действий и технологий, используемых Нихилантом. Однако директор по маркетингу Valve — Даг Ломбарди заявил, что Альянс фактически вторгся в родной мир, из которого раса Нихиланта была вынуждена сбежать. Побеждённый Нихилант нашёл своё последнее убежище в Ксене, где Альянс не мог или не стал его преследовать:

Когда мы работали над оригинальным Half-Life, мы чуть-чуть приоткрыли некую угрозу. Другими словами, мы понимали, что как только игрок уничтожит Нихиланта (боса в конце игры), он должен открыть для себя нечто ужасное. Мы знали, что некая серьёзная угроза изгнала Нихилантa и его создания из родного мира на Ксен, откуда они были рады перебраться на Землю в страхе перед Цитаделями. Но истинная природа этой угрозы должна была быть раскрыта только в Half-Life 2.

Разлом в пространстве, вызванный инцидентом в Чёрной месе, привлек на Землю Альянс и в результате — массированное вторжение, закончившееся полным захватом планеты и её населения. В конце разгромной Семичасовой войны, бывший администратор из Чёрной месы — Уоллес Брин заключил мир, который привёл к рабскому и нищему существованию для остатков населения Земли под тиранической властью новой силы. Доминирующие виды были модифицированы, для формирования новой армии Альянса. И хотя большая часть военной силы используется для постоянного пребывания на Земле, известно, что некоторые перебрасываются в другие уголки империи в качестве наказания за невыполнение локальных задач.

Одной из основных задач Альянса на Земле является выкачка природных ресурсов. Одним из самых ярких примеров является драматическое падение уровня океанов, что хорошо заметно в игре во время путешествия Городона по побережью.

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Combine Soldier

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Combine Soldiers are the basic transhuman infantry units of the Combine Overwatch, composing the backbone of the Combine’s military presence on Earth. In contrast to Civil Protection, whose duties are to enforce order within suppressed population centers, soldiers of the Overwatch are tasked with more hazardous actions requiring skill and tact: from patrolling the treacherous borders of Combine-controlled territory to raiding Resistance-held strongholds.

Being military personnel, Combine Soldiers are given access to military-grade equipment and tactical combat training (or programming in this case), as opposed to the standard Civil Protection and law enforcement units. This makes them more formidable opponents than the Metrocops.

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Overview [ edit ]

Standard Combine Soldiers, like other soldier variants, wear standard-issue blue and grey camo body armor over their torsos with padding on their arms, thighs, and groin. Several insignia can be found worn on their arm pads, signifying their position in the Combine regime. Perhaps the most advanced piece of equipment found on Combine Soldiers are their helmets, which cover the head entirely and are equipped with air filters. These helmets have glowing goggles, and appear to be a cross between an old Soviet PMG and PBF gas mask.

Combine Soldiers are initially encountered in the coastal wasteland outside City 17, patrolling the highways for Resistance activity and staffing Combine outposts. They can, however, be found anywhere the Combine requires direct military action, as soldiers can be quickly transported to a desired area via Dropships. Combine Soldiers are also tasked with guarding high-security areas, monitoring Stalkers in the Citadel, and serving as guards in Nova Prospekt. In addition, they also serve as pilots and gunners of the Combine Hunter-Choppers.

Combine Soldiers are humans that have undergone extensive modifications including, but not limited to, brain and chest surgery, removal of genitalia, and implantation of various mechanical devices in the throat and around the abdomen. [source?] This procedure is carried out at Nova Prospekt and the Citadel. It is notable that in the B2 cell block of Nova Prospekt, after a few switches of a security monitor, a shirtless soldier can be seen lying on a table between two control panels. His eyes are open, indicating the soldier is not asleep, and is being prepared for clothing.

Combine Soldiers communicate over radios, but unlike Civil Protection officers, they are not addressed or controlled by dispatchers, but instead use them to update military situations, such as saying, «Overwatch, sector is not secure.» According to announcements made over the public address system of Nova Prospekt, punishments for failing to achieve objectives include «permanent off-world assignment». It was originally planned that Gordon’s suit picked up radio transmissions from the Combine, though this idea was dropped in favor of simply hearing sound leaked from their helmets.

In combat, soldiers fire their weapons with decent accuracy. The amount of damage soldiers can take before dying is determined by the difficulty level the game is being played on. If a hostile target is at point blank range, a soldier will perform a melee attack with the butt of his weapon.

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Half-Life

This article is about the first game. For the overall series, see Half-Life and Portal universe.

Beta: January 28, 2013 [3] Stable: February 14, 2013 [4]

Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter played from the perspective of scientist Gordon Freeman. Designed for Microsoft Windows by Valve Software, the game uses a heavily modified version of the Quake engine, called GoldSrc. [6] [7]

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Plot [ edit ]

In Half-Life, players assume the role of the protagonist, Dr. Gordon Freeman, a recent MIT graduate in theoretical physics, and also a recent employee at Black Mesa. After an experiment that goes horribly awry when an unexpected Resonance Cascade (an apparently completely fictitious occurrence) rips dimensional seams that devastate the facility, Gordon must fight to escape the now alien-infested facility as creatures from another world — known as Xen — subsequently enter through these dimensional seams.

The game is set during May 200- in a remote area of New Mexico, USA at the Black Mesa Research Facility; a fictional complex that bears many similarities to both the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Area 51.

As Freeman tries to make his way out of the ruined facility to find help for the injured, he soon discovers he is caught between two sides: the hostile aliens, and the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, a military force dispatched to cover up the incident — including eliminating Freeman and the rest of the Black Mesa Science Team. Throughout the game, a mysterious figure known as the G-Man regularly appears, apparently monitoring Freeman’s progress. Ultimately, Gordon uses the cooperation of surviving scientists and security officers to work his way to the mysterious Lambda Complex, where a team of scientists teleport him to the alien world Xen, where he must destroy the Nihilanth, the creature keeping Xen’s side of the dimensional rift open.

Half-Life’s plot was originally inspired by the computer games Doom and Quake (both produced by id Software), Stephen King’s novella The Mist, and an episode of The Outer Limits called «The Borderland». Valve’s in-house writer and author, Marc Laidlaw, who wrote the books Dad’s Nuke and The 37th Mandala, later developed and expanded the plot. However, the most distinctive aspect of the game is not the plot itself, but rather the way it is presented to the player.

The game tells the story by flowing into scripted sequences that are integrated as part of the game rather than as cutscene intermissions. These sequences range from the introduction of major plot points such as the Resonance Cascade to bringing the player into a particularly difficult part of a level. Two of the intended results of this style of presentation were to increase immersion and to maintain a contiguous narrative that keeps the player’s interest throughout. This differed from games at the time, making Half-Life distinct, as well as defining conventions that would last for years to come.

Valve implemented other factors to heighten the feeling of immersion, such as preventing the player from seeing or hearing their own character, who remains a silent protagonist throughout the game, and ensuring that the player rarely loses the ability to control Gordon, even during monologues. This constant experience of the game allowed players to totally fulfill and customize, almost, the role of Gordon, whilst letting them know who they were playing as. The scripted sequences maintain flow by keeping the player immersed in the game, whereas cutscenes in other contemporary games had often been a diversion from previous segments of gameplay. The levels for Half-Life were also divided into small sections to minimize long interruptions from loading.

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Enemies [ edit ]

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Development [ edit ]

Half-Life was the first product for Kirkland, Washington-based developer Valve Software, which was founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Mike Harrington and Gabe Newell. They settled on a concept for a horror-themed 3D action game, and licensed the Quake engine from id Software. Valve eventually modified the engine a great deal, notably adding skeletal animation and Direct3D support; a developer later stated that seventy percent of the engine code was rewritten. [8] At first, Valve had difficulties finding a publisher, many believing their project «too ambitious» for a studio headed by newcomers to the video game industry. However, Sierra On-Line had been very interested in making a 3D action game, especially one based on the Quake engine, and so signed them for a one-game deal.

The original code name for Half-Life was Quiver, after the Arrowhead military base from Stephen King’s novella The Mist, which served as early inspiration for the game. Other names considered for the game included Triphammer and Belly of the Beast. [9] Gabe Newell explained in an interview that the name Half-Life was chosen because it was evocative of the theme, not clichéd, and had a corresponding visual symbol: the Greek letter lambda, which represents the decay constant in the half-life equation.

The first public appearances of Half-Life came in early 1997; it was a hit at the Electronic Entertainment Expo that year, where they primarily demonstrated the animation system and artificial intelligence. Valve Software hired science fiction author Marc Laidlaw in August 1997 to work on the game’s characters, story, and level design. Half-Life was originally planned to be shipped in November 1997, [10] to compete with Quake II, but was postponed when Valve decided the game needed significant revision.

In a 2001 «Making of. » (Issue 105) feature in Edge, Newell discussed the team’s early difficulties with level design. In desperation, a single level was assembled including every weapon, enemy, scripted event and level design quirk that the designers had come up with so far. This single level inspired the studio to press on with the game. As a result, the studio completely reworked the game’s artificial intelligence and levels in the year leading up to its release. At E3 1998 it was given Game Critics Awards for «Best PC Game» and «Best Action Game» at the expo. The release date was delayed several times in 1998 before the game was finally released in November of that year.

Reception [ edit ]

The game had its first major public appearance at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo, where it was widely acclaimed.

Multiplayer [ edit ]

The game was shipped with a free-for-all type of deathmatch. This was seen again in Opposing Force with the Capture-the-Flag mode. It was received very well by fans and has spawned countless mods and maps. It is much more fast paced than the campaign. It still has a large amount of players today.

Ports [ edit ]

After its initial release for Windows systems, several Half-Life ports were developed for additional platforms, including the Playstation 2, Macintosh and Dreamcast. Only the Playstation 2 port would be released, with the rest being cancelled due to profitability concerns.

Expansions [ edit ]

Two expansion packs made by the developer Gearbox Software have been released for the PC version: Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999) and Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001). Opposing Force returns the player to Black Mesa during the events of Half-Life’s storyline, but this time from the perspective of the U.S. Marines sent to cover up the incident. It introduced several new weapons, new characters, both friendly and hostile (Otis Laurey the security guard and the Race X aliens, respectively) and new, previously unseen areas of the facility. The expansion is much shorter than Half-Life, having eleven chapters to the original’s nineteen.

Blue Shift returns the player to Half-Life’s storyline once more, this time as one of the facility’s security guards. Originally developed as a bonus mission for the canceled Dreamcast version, Blue Shift came with an optional High Definition Pack that could update the look of Half-Life, Opposing Force, and the new Blue Shift content. In particular, the models’ polygon count and texture resolutions were increased, and some changes were made to the in-game sounds, most notably the Shotgun. Blue Shift had relatively little new content compared to Opposing Force: aside from a few models (jacket-less scientists and security guards, Otis, and Dr. Rosenberg), all content was already present in the original Half-Life.

Decay was another expansion by Gearbox, released only as an extra with the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life. The add-on featured co-operative gameplay in which two players could solve puzzles and fight alongside against the many foes in Black Mesa.

Sequels [ edit ]

The sequel Half-Life 2 was merely a rumor until it was finally revealed at E3 in May 2003, which ignited a firestorm of hype surrounding the game. The player again takes the role of Gordon Freeman, this time several years after the Black Mesa incident in the dystopian City 17, where he must fight as part of a rebellion against an oppressive alien regime. After a series of controversies and delays, Half-Life 2 was released on November 16, 2004.

Half-Life 2: Episode One continues the story plot, along with Half-Life 2: Episode Two which was released in October 2007. No date has been set for the release of the final episode, which will end the Half-Life 2 story arc.

Mods [ edit ]

After its release, Half-Life saw fervent support from independent game developers, due in no small part to support and encouragement from Valve Software. Worldcraft, the level-design tool used during the game’s development, was included with the game software. Printed materials accompanying the game indicated Worldcraft’s eventual release as a retail product, but these plans never materialized. Valve also released a software development kit, enabling developers to modify the game and create mods. Both tools were significantly updated with the release of the version 1.1.0.0 patch. Many supporting tools (including texture editors, model editors, and rival level editors like the multiple engine editor QuArK) were either created or updated to work with Half-Life.

Half-Life’s code has been released and is being used as a base for many multiplayer mods such as the immensely popular Counter-Strike. Other popular multiplayer mods include Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat, Deathmatch Classic, Action Half-Life, Firearms, and Natural Selection. Team Fortress Classic and Deathmatch Classic were both developed in-house at Valve Software. Some mods, such as Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat, that began life as the work of independent developers (self-termed «modders»), later on received aid from Valve. There was even a free team-based multiplayer mod called Underworld Bloodline created to promote the Sony Pictures film Underworld.

Numerous single-player mods have also been created, such as USS Darkstar (1999, a futuristic action-adventure on board a zoological research spaceship), The Xeno Project 1 and 2 (1999-2005, a two-part mod starting in Xen and again including spaceships), Edge of Darkness (2000, which features some unused Half-Life models), Half-Life: Redemption (1999, which brings back Gordon Freeman for four additional episodes and another encounter with the G-Man), They Hunger (2000-2001, a survival horror total conversion trilogy involving zombies), Poke 646 (2002, a follow-up to the original Half-Life story with improved graphics), Point of View, the player controls a Vortigaunt, and Half Life: Zombie Edition, where the player plays as a Headcrab).

Some Half-Life modifications eventually landed on retail shelves. Counter-Strike was the most successful, unexpectedly becoming the biggest selling online game to date and having been released in five different editions: as a standalone product (2000), as part of the Platinum Collection (2000), Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004), Counter-Strike: Source (2004), which runs on Half-Life 2′s Source engine, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012), the newest addition to the series. Team Fortress Classic has had a visual upgrade to the Source engine, becoming the stylized Team Fortress 2. Day of Defeat also received the Source treatment, becoming Day of Defeat: Source. Gunman Chronicles (2000), (a futuristic Western movie-style total conversion with emphasis on its single-player mode) was also released as a stand-alone product.

Soundtrack [ edit ]

Half-Life’s soundtrack consists of specially composed tracks by Kelly Bailey, who also composed much of the music for the rest of the series. He was also responsible for the game’s sound design.

Behind the scenes [ edit ]

Early in the game’s development, the humorous idea of a food fight was proposed to occur in a cafeteria, idea eventually rejected. [18]

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