Happy April fools' day! Half-Shock update!

kodan50 on 1/4/2008 at 18:13

Update YAY! Anyways, you can download the latest release from (http://anyon.150m.com/HShock/files/Half-Shock%20Source%20-%2004-01-2008.zip). This is really just a map update, you can download just the map file, (http://anyon.150m.com/HShock/files/medical.bsp) and replace the existing medical.bsp file in Sourcemods/Half-Shock/Maps folder.

Note that some graphic anomalies still exist, please don't comment about them, I just haven't fixed them yet. Thank you for your understanding. (Backup your existing medical.bsp file before replacing with this one.)

kodan50 on 2/4/2008 at 05:25

Okay, so now that April Fools is almost over, I should give you some back story on this release. This release features the latest Medical build, but Half-Inverted. (Technically, it's 1/3 inverted), and I though it looked cool, so I though to release it this way as a April Fools type release. I hope you enjoyed it, as I probably won't do it again.

Inverting the actual level came to me about 6 or so months ago. I got interested to try new level tests, to see if I can use the textures to make my own level, so I started tinkering with my editor to see what effects I had, and I inverted the geometry. I got a headache from it, but it looked awesome, since it was totally different. I've been waiting for Today to release this. So, anyone else get dizzy while playing this? Feel free to comment :p

icemann on 2/4/2008 at 08:55

Went for a Castlevania Symphony of the Night approach aye (the second half of the game is the first halfs levels, except inverted versions).

kodan50 on 3/4/2008 at 02:57

Yeah, something like that!

The inverted levels were fun to play. It gives a different view of System Shock, sort of. Is it just me, or does it somehow make the level seem... Smaller?