Beyond Hl2 for Outbreak?

[lxHowlxl]

Hey guys, but I was thinking of something weird. What if we could go beyond the Hl2 story line, like.... make a set of maps that go into a story line, that are not connected to Half Life 2, like have its own maps. I know this is a lot to ask from Veteran_Gamer and the development team of Smod: Outbreak. It would be a whole new leaf to turn over. And you might be able to get some voice acting for key characters. I want to stick with zombies. Custom maps and characters could make this modification a BIG hit. I don't mean like just custom skins for characters, maybe new voices and different looks(like you did for the gman and barney) and the maps be the most fitting to the zombie carnage experience! :D
Its just SO MUCH to ask for, but in time, could you possibly do it? I think you could if you had enough supporters and more fans! Please, if you get the chance, make the jump for it. I'm sure you won't regret it... and hey, you could work with Valve with this mod if it gets big enough! :o


Update: This is a thread for the developement of the custom Outbreak campaign. This is to hopefully take some weight off the Main suggestions thread and not get this thread thrown into the pit of the DEAD! DUN DUN DUN!!!!
Update: Not arguing, keep it to a limit at least. ; )
Check up on the rules list for more details... rules made by Veteran_ Gamer to keep everything asshole free! :D
Big thanks to Veteran_Gamer for letting me keep this thread and for being such a great person! :]

[crazyalien257]

That's a great idea , but I think you should wait until the update's out.
Also , mabye vet could make outbreak multiplayer , to test some custom MP maps where like all players spawn as humans while the map is full of zombies.Then the humans have to work together to finish an objective, e.g. escaping from the contaminated area, just like zombie master or zombie panic , and if it works , they could make the maps SP.
Or it could work the other way round, where vet makes SP first, the MP.I honestly dunno which could be better.
If vet makes it MP, I'm sure it'll be avaliable on Steam.That'll be awes0me.

[business]

Apr 6, 2009 20:02:18 GMT -8 crazyalien257 said:

That's a great idea , but I think you should wait until the update's out.
Also , mabye vet could make outbreak multiplayer , to test some custom MP maps where like all players spawn as humans while the map is full of zombies.Then the humans have to work together to finish an objective, e.g. escaping from the contaminated area, just like zombie master or zombie panic , and if it works , they could make the maps SP.
Or it could work the other way round, where vet makes SP first, the MP.I honestly dunno which could be better.
If vet makes it MP, I'm sure it'll be avaliable on Steam.That'll be awes0me.

Smod and multiplayer don't mix.

Outbreak is based on Smod.

[no1gamer]

thats unfortunately true. The code don't allow MP with smod.
But i think the idea of new maps is great. So you could make a REAL story. Smod Outbreak origins is the beginning.

[lxHowlxl]

Well.... hopefully in time, we can get some type of mp format. But Veteran_Gamer would need support by Valve or something. D:

[veteran_gamer]

the only support valve would ever provide to this mod, is some sort of lawsuit

there's enough vultures lurking and waiting for this to turn into a corpse

the less people know about it, the better
the quicker the public forgets about this, the better
the...heh you get the point :]

[lxHowlxl]

Yea, I get it. :]

I'm just thinking if you ever go this far with the mod, you might need some help with it.

Well..... will you get Incept to design the maps if you ever do make your own story-line?

[veteran_gamer]

hey buddy, tell ya what

im more than confident in Incept's willingness and ability to deliver..when the time comes...i trust my instincts, and 7/10 times they are correct.

Also, i think i need to make a nice, fat, long "F.A.Q." thread, explaining whats going on here, why, when, where, and who is what...

ive already spent about an hour replying to t hreads, and am anxious to work on the mod, so maybe before i sleep tonight, or sometime tomorrow i'll give everyone the complete....briefing of....everything heh.

[lxHowlxl]

K, thanks VG. I know that you have a lot of work, so I will try not to ask too many questions. :

[crazyalien257]

anyway if you're gonna do a story-line , I would suggest a Resident Evil one or seperate maps for movies like 'dawn of t3h dead' or 'day of t3h dead'.
any chance of 'Planet Terror'??

[lxHowlxl]

I don't think we want to do that. It would be best if it had its own maps that are not based off movies, its just more Original. And besides, you would probably know what is in the next room or what bosses you would fight.

[crazyalien257]

then how about making a story of you being a combine and hunting rebels in say, an underground base ( not unlike Black Mesa) which is infected with zombies.

[lxHowlxl]

Yes! That is what I was looking for. We need to give Smod: Outbreak its own look!

[IneptGuard]

A custom campaign is something that Vet and I had talked about briefly on and off for a while now. At the moment we are focusing our efforts on newly acquired power which can and will be used to influence the HL2 vanilla campaign. There will be a lot of things that you simply won’t be expecting. However, the fact still remains that we can’t mod the HL2 campaign forever. Realizing this, I assume it’s only a matter of time before we start to draw up some kind of plan.

I have been working on a story in secret for some time now, it doesn’t involve a virus or any sort of disease. You could still classify the zombies as infected however there is a darker and (in my opinion) more interesting reason for the current state. The story does take place in the HL2 universe and it does involve the combine but not in a way that you might expect.

Obviously I can’t tell you guys what I have written (especially before Vet even has a chance to look at it) but rest assured that the Idea is being addressed.

Don’t let me discourage you from continuing this thread, it may even provide a direction for the campaign.

[crazyalien257]

well, Ineptguard, i hope your secret project would fare better than your "Origins" project...

[kingfire]

A custom campaign is a great idea, the mod should have had its own maps from the beginning imo, some people may think it's the developer laziness, but I think it's kinda of a good idea to stick with the hl2 campaign for a while, to perfect the gameplay, after that , we the members and maybe vet himself can make some custom maps for a future version of the mod.

My own story of the zombies: The G-Man tried to create a new secret biological weapon, it's not a virus or something like that, it's a re-building operation of the whole human body to transform it into what we call zombies, GMan control these things and they obey his orders. Alyx and her father were supposed to turn into one of these things @ the end of hl2 when they enter that moving some kind of "chair" that take them to the old man (but they escapes with the help of GF (main hl2 plot)). Gman doesnt want to turn Gorden into one of these things because he already has a "contract" with him (explained in the original hl2 series).

summary: GMAN creates these zombies for his own purposes, Gorden must stop him before he turns the entire human rise into these things, Gorden/the player finds out how the whole thing started and why Gman uses these "zombies" through progressing through the mod.

[IneptGuard]

Apr 15, 2009 4:10:08 GMT -8 crazyalien257 said:

well, Ineptguard, i hope your secret project would fare better than your "Origins" project...

Believe me, I've learned my lesson when it comes to backing up my data.

Origins was more of a map pack then a story line. The first map in the pack was actually the first map I ever made in hammer. As time went on my improved Hammer skills surpassed the maps I was working on (they became obsolete so to speak). The only real reason I kept the project going was that I had all three maps and I figured why not just finish them up and release them with the new version of outbreak? Even if they are not up to my current standard I can still use them. Of course I had started working on the map pack before I even came on board as a Dev. Which is one reason why the project kind of took a back seat to other things. At the moment I am working on stuff solely for outbreak and custom maps are something I really want to do but at the moment I can't devote all of my free time to a custom campaign.

I do have a lot of concept art and ideas for a custom campaign but I think that for the time being the main focus should be on perfecting gameplay and finishing the HL2 campaign.

[lxHowlxl]

I agree, with everything still in developement, we should stick to the ol' reliable hl2 campaign. From now on, ideas for the custom campaign shall be put here. I will ask for aproval by VG, and try to take some weight of the heavily used suggestions thread.

In other words, I don't want this thread to be thrown into the dead section just yet, just until we figure out the plot for the custom campaign.

[veteran_gamer]

the only threads i toss away are those that have no chance of seeing daylight etc, you know, shit i wont even consider, or that has been considered already, etc etc

i like keeping threads alive here th at are..."current" if you will

but yeah thats fine dude, and i have full confidence in Inept, he never lets me down with anything, he also never hypes things up, so yeah, cool, good, great :]

[lxHowlxl]

Thanks man, this means a lot to me. I want to everything to help you with this project. : )

Alright, from now on, talk about storyline ideas. I don't want any type of arguing or shit, filling this thread with stuff like that will not be tollerated by our Admin or me. Keep it cool ok? ; )

[clatus]

Oh I'd rather keep it HAWT

[crazyalien257]

I don't know how'd you think about this, but how about making mini-campaigns with 5-6 maps in each one just to test how the fans would respond.If it's positive, then we can be more ambitious and make like 10 or more maps for a custom campaign.
Also, how about there be custom weapons for each different story, e.g. if the story's set in europe , you'd get Famas or Steyr Aug, and if it's set in USA, you get like M4's and Jackhammers.There should be custom skins for each one too.
It's just an idea, you know...

[no1gamer]

Sounds good to me but it would take a looooooong time ...

[lxHowlxl]

Apr 17, 2009 2:23:12 GMT -8 crazyalien257 said:

I don't know how'd you think about this, but how about making mini-campaigns with 5-6 maps in each one just to test how the fans would respond.If it's positive, then we can be more ambitious and make like 10 or more maps for a custom campaign.
Also, how about there be custom weapons for each different story, e.g. if the story's set in europe , you'd get Famas or Steyr Aug, and if it's set in USA, you get like M4's and Jackhammers.There should be custom skins for each one too.
It's just an idea, you know...

Sounds great. I would take a long time as was just said. But... I would be great. Do you mean, a set of stories about different people in different countries with different blah blah blah. You get the idea... that would be a VERY long project but it is possible. And I would love to be in Russia with an Ak47 and Dragenov! :]

Once VG is done with Outbreak, which will be done by at least the end of this month, then he can take a look at this. ; )

[lxHowlxl]

Sorry for the typo, its : *It* would take a long time. XD