My struggle in Lowlife. [Archive] - Halflife2.net Forums

Xendance

30-12-2006, 10:32 AM

I have something wrong with my graphics card (apparently) that I can't hear people on screens, nor does my flashlight work.
In Half Life 2, my flashlight didn't work, but I got use to it. Then of coures, Episode One tells you about your flashlight and that, but no, I didn't have one.
Getting into the vent, looking round with a flashlight only shining on certain areas was a major struggle, especially in the "elevator bit" as some people refer it to.
So, at the elevator bit, I took advantage of the light I had already, I read some walkthroughs (hoping to find pictures, but no) and I read about a door thing to be opened, to turn the power on, so I found that before Alyx messed with the elevator. I turned it on after, and headed straight for the elevator killing any zombies I saw.
I was also very tempted to use noclip at the vent bit.

:afro:

Citadel

30-12-2006, 10:35 AM

So did you manage to get through it. If you did that is a ver impressive feat. Many people with flashlights on get their backsides Pwnt by the zombies. If I remember correctly people found that part so hard that valve ended up tuning down the difficulty.

So kudos to you.

Xendance

30-12-2006, 10:37 AM

Yeah I did get through. I was so glad I didnt use cheats, and I had a massive sense of relief ending that chapter.

Citadel

30-12-2006, 10:40 AM

Wow. I have to admit that's pretty impressive stuff and without cheats. That is pretty cool and not just the "elevator bit," you got through the car parks full to the brim with head crabs and zombies. Are you sure you didn't use cheats? :p I remember that whenever my flashlight battery lost all power and zombies were trying to tear me a new belly button I simply ran around in circles. :upstare:

:afro:

Xendance

30-12-2006, 10:47 AM

Absolutly positive that I did not use cheats. I just wanted to play the entire game after I was waiting for some time. I'm not going to play it again till its actually playable with flashlight etc.

Shasta

30-12-2006, 10:50 AM

You probably have a crap graphics card, although you still haven't mentioned what type etc it is, even though you seem to be asking for help with it...

Xendance

30-12-2006, 10:52 AM

Shasta

30-12-2006, 11:34 AM

Well no. Im not asking for help really. My (future) step-dad works as Head of ICT in his school. When I got the game, it didn't work so I asked him to help. He fixed it, so now I am asking him for help with the flashlight bit.
Also, some areas are in wireframe. At the beginning of the game I was like "WTF!"
Yes, but to help you, we need to know if your card supports things like dynamic shadows that flashlight effects need. For all we know, you have only got a DX7 compatible card. Why are you making it difficult for people to help you, and why have you still not told us what card you have?

And the wireframes - again, it could be your card, so stop being a dickhead and help us to help you.

You don't think I was asking what card you had for fun, do you?

Xendance

30-12-2006, 12:13 PM

Yes, but to help you, we need to know if your card supports things like dynamic shadows that flashlight effects need. For all we know, you have only got a DX7 compatible card. Why are you making it difficult for people to help you, and why have you still not told us what card you have?

And the wireframes - again, it could be your card, so stop being a dickhead and help us to help you.

You don't think I was asking what card you had for fun, do you?

Well at the moment I couldn't tell you as I am at my dad's house. So sorry to dissapoint you.

Shasta

30-12-2006, 01:52 PM

Well at the moment I couldn't tell you as I am at my dad's house. So sorry to dissapoint you.
Yeah, I'm real disappointed that your reluctance to give the basic specs of your PC is preventing you getting help. Oh the humanity. I just won't be able to sleep until I know your problem has been solved. Every second is like an hour.

Don't be such a smart assed dickhead when asking for help.

Mahalis

30-12-2006, 03:06 PM

Also, some areas are in wireframe.
Heh, I've had that before... the Citadel core was a huge wireframe sphere on my old comp. Most likely it's something to do with your card's supported DirectX level.

The_Great_Walter

30-12-2006, 07:53 PM

that part was actually over with quite quickly with me...people say it's hard but I just hid inside a small shed to the left of the elevator and hid behind crates and blasted anything that came near...as soon as the elevator arrived however a Zombine blew up my makeshift fortress and I was flurried by fast zombies but I made a run for it and WON!

Hectic Glenn

30-12-2006, 07:59 PM

Yeah, I'm real disappointed that your reluctance to give the basic specs of your PC is preventing you getting help. Oh the humanity. I just won't be able to sleep until I know your problem has been solved. Every second is like an hour.

Don't be such a smart assed dickhead when asking for help.
You're assistance when helping people here is truly valued Shasta. Your point is a good one, congratulations. As volatile as octane aren't you?

Shasta

30-12-2006, 11:31 PM

Perhaps, but when I'm right, I'm right. Besides, it's no fun if they all just made it easy on themselves and just listened to the advice given.

Acepilotf14

31-12-2006, 12:49 AM

I loved that level. omg, I was so freaked out, when a zombine came up behind me, an dusddenly there was a red blotch, I turn around, and OMFG he's got a grnade in his hand!
The only time I died in that level was the tripwires and all the explodey barrels.. I died a few times then.

Jintor

31-12-2006, 01:42 AM

I'm not even sure he's asking for help. I think he's trying to prove how manly he is.

W4d5Y

01-01-2007, 01:23 AM

Congratulations to the guy, who outtricked VALVe themselves...Meh, incredible to trash the original game mechanics...

Shasta

01-01-2007, 03:20 AM

????

Xendance

05-01-2007, 11:34 AM

The stupid thing was, after I finished Episode One, I looked on the Steam's support site and it told me how to fix the error, but my flashlight would be the one you used in Half Life:

r_dynamic 1
r_shadows 1
r_newflashlight 0

If only I saw that before Lowlife :sniper:

W4d5Y

05-01-2007, 12:14 PM

What? Is it over now with the flashless awesomeness??
Anyhoo, could you explain how someone could POSSIBLY make his way thru lo-life w/out a flashlight??? How did ya find your wai?

Xendance

10-01-2007, 09:16 PM

My flashlight only shined on certain surfaces. The hardest was getting into that vent right at the beginning (with Alyx telling you the joke).
I could see the corpse and the flare because my light could shine on that, but did I see the drop? No. I carried on, fell, and died.
I spent ages going through it. I just walked forward, and was relieved to get to a lighted area.

Dr. Breen

11-01-2007, 05:31 AM

To me, I feel this problem that you had really amplifies the essence of Low-Life.

Xendance

12-01-2007, 09:21 PM

I love my new found flashlight.

CyberPitz

30-01-2007, 08:49 PM

The fact that you fixed it with console commands and NOT the video card should make Shasta look like an overbearing asshole.

Congrats on fixing AND completing the chapter. Did it fix the wireframes, or are you still having that problem?

Shasta

31-01-2007, 02:30 AM

The fact that you fixed it with console commands and NOT the video card should make Shasta look like an overbearing asshole.
What? I never said it was the graphics card. I said it was a good place to look, but never said "it is definately your graphics card" because I was waiting for him to give some goddamn specs. No-one makes assumptions on technical problems without knowing what hardware is being used. But then he started getting all shitty, so I didn't bother helping at all.

So again, how was I "wrong" when I never said what his problem was?

jondy

31-01-2007, 05:29 PM

Pitz didn't say anything about anyone being wrong, mate. He just called you an overbearing asshole.

Shasta

01-02-2007, 12:57 AM

Pitz didn't say anything about anyone being wrong, mate. He just called you an overbearing asshole.
...And I take that as him saying I was wrong to say what I did.

I was not.

Xendance

01-02-2007, 06:56 PM

It didn't fix the wireframe no :(

gmoore 2847

03-02-2007, 06:26 PM

I am stuck in the garage on the third level and cant get past the spiders to open the gate to get out. Whats the trick to opening the gate without getting completely killed???

Narvi

03-02-2007, 06:57 PM

Use the cars, gmoore 2847! (To block the antlion burrows.)

gmoore 2847

03-02-2007, 07:05 PM

I am stuck in the garage. Having difficulty getting past the spiders while trying to open the gate to get out. Whats the trick of opening the gate without getting killed first???

Jintor

04-02-2007, 12:34 AM

Maaayybe, you caaaan plugg da hole!

They's antlions, not spiders! Spiders are wimpy and poisonous!

gmoore 2847

04-02-2007, 02:22 AM

Easier said than done...Thanks

Jintor

04-02-2007, 05:48 AM

My friend played through the game without realising you had to plug the hole. > >

357

13-02-2007, 07:32 PM

Doesn't Alyx tell you to plug those holes? And a lot of times as I remember...

Jintor

16-02-2007, 07:26 AM

She hints alot, and congratulates you when you do, but she doesn't actually tell you specifically to do so.

Van_Halen

16-02-2007, 01:50 PM

kezzarrgh

17-03-2007, 05:24 AM

That was my favourite level for atmosphere lol i ran away from the elevator into the darkness and was like shooting zombies until i nearly ran out of ammo because i didn't hear the elevator arrive.

hey its me first post

Shasta

17-03-2007, 06:42 AM

Wow shasta... you were being kindof presumptuous on what the dude was saying... http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=118193

if you read that, I think it's obvious, you're just being a dick, and not helping. You have a REALLY short fuse, don't you? You could have a little more patience and read between the lines, for he did say "I don't know" did he not? Don't mean to lecture, I just thought that was kinda silly of you... :/

Reinstalling the game might have helped, or maybe actually finding the graphics card, or going to get a gforce, or a radeon 9800 :dork:
I suggested all of those things, AND requested more info. What more am I responsible for? If I told you "my car isn't working, please help!!11", you would need to know what was wrong, what type of car, what I had tried etc. Without that sort of info you are just poking at mud. He wanted help, and I told him what info was needed to allow others to best help him. He held onto his specs info like it was the secret of life. His loss.

Xendance

17-03-2007, 10:57 AM

I suggested all of those things, AND requested more info. What more am I responsible for? If I told you "my car isn't working, please help!!11", you would need to know what was wrong, what type of car, what I had tried etc. Without that sort of info you are just poking at mud. He wanted help, and I told him what info was needed to allow others to best help him. He held onto his specs info like it was the secret of life. His loss.

But I knew what was wrong. It was my graphics card. I don't think my ram would have made any difference to the flashlight or not? (example) Now be quiet and get out of my thread.

Shasta

17-03-2007, 11:37 AM

But I knew what was wrong. It was my graphics card. I don't think my ram would have made any difference to the flashlight or not? (example) Now be quiet and get out of my thread.
Then what was this thread for then, if you "knew" what was wrong? Why even post it? You're now trying to say you WEREN'T asking for help / advice by making this thread? You just posted it to let mankind know that your flashlight didn't work in HL2, in case someone cared? And you're trying to say that you didn't have any questions about it? GTFO. You had questions, but for whatever reasons, you didn't want to supply the necessary info that others would find useful in assisting you. And now you are trying to turn it around so that I (the guy that came to see if I could help) am the asshole. How amusing.

G-Dub

17-03-2007, 12:32 PM

I think he has onboard GFX.

Shasta

17-03-2007, 02:49 PM

Based on what? It's still all speculation, because he didn't understand that his flashlight problem could (likely) be a hardware (GFX Card) issue, and didn't want to tell anyone anything about his PC. This thread is around three months old though, so I'd say it's redundant, as he won't say:

what his specs are,

if he has even completely and satisfactorily solved the problems,

and if so, how he did it.

So pretty much this thread is a waste of space, and won't help anyone, because Xendance isn't forthcoming with ANY relevant information.

G-Dub

17-03-2007, 03:12 PM

Based on his other thread in hardware and software.

Shasta

17-03-2007, 04:24 PM

Xendance

17-03-2007, 06:46 PM

You're right, it does look like it. Let's see, he posted that just after this thread was revived, and I had once again pointed out that he had not posted any specs...

Well, that only took the best part of three months for him to do.

I only posted this thread to tell the community about me getting through Lowlife without a flashlight, which other people would perhaps not get through.
Yes, I posted it in the hardware forum. I did that because I was browsing my xfire profile, and noticed another thread about someone's new rig, so I decided to post one about my really bad one.
Why are you getting so worked up? I wasn't asking for help. If I were, surely it would go in the help forum?

Iron Kat

17-03-2007, 07:18 PM

Because it's Shasta! He's always like that!:P

G-Dub

17-03-2007, 10:59 PM

Chill pills all round! ;)

Xendance

18-03-2007, 12:36 AM

Pfft, Shasta is the one that needs them. I'm perfectly calm.

G-Dub

18-03-2007, 12:54 AM

Pfft, Shasta is the one that needs them. I'm perfectly calm.

Yeah I guessed. Don't tell Shasta that though ;)

Rapstah

18-03-2007, 06:22 PM

Are we getting off-topic now then?

Xendance

18-03-2007, 07:50 PM

Are we getting off-topic now then?

Well I just want to show the fact that Shasta has always been a jerk.

Iron Kat

18-03-2007, 08:26 PM

Amen to that!!!:E

Shasta

19-03-2007, 07:55 AM

Well I just want to show the fact that Shasta has always been a jerk.
Wow. Your thread is now four pages long, and is of absolutely NO help to anyone that has a similar problem, all because you didn't want to post your specs in here, or tell anyone if / how you have solved any of your graphics issues. All you did was work AROUND one problem using some console commands. You didn't SOLVE the problem and get the game working properly, and wouldn't give out any info that would have let smarter people help you. I don't care about it any more, but I do care about the way you handled yourself in this thread. And now you attitude has spilled over into other areas...

Well done.

PS - love the sig. It's nice to know that every time you post, you will think of me.

Bulletbrain

19-03-2007, 08:32 AM

Well there is a separate thread on the Help & Support section about the whole flashlight not working on onboard graphics with advice on how to solve it... so no harm done.

Anyway Xendance intended this thread as a "special achievement in HL2 gaming"
kind of way... sort of like if someone finished the whole game only using the crowbar or something. And the solution to the problem IS posted in this thread you know.... I dont see what the fuss is all about..

Shasta

19-03-2007, 09:13 AM

And the solution to the problem IS posted in this thread you know
A WORKAROUND is not a solution.

As for the rest of it, would this thread have been more helpful to him and others if he had just posted his specs etc? Yes. Yes it would have. End of story.

Bulletbrain

19-03-2007, 10:51 AM

A WORKAROUND is not a solution.

As for the rest of it, would this thread have been more helpful to him and others if he had just posted his specs etc? Yes. Yes it would have. End of story.

To me (or to any rational person I'm sure) a problem is something which prevents a individual from completing a task. A solution is something which will NEGATE the problem enabling the individual to complete the task.

Here the lack of visibility(problem) due to the broken flashlight(cause) is fixed by enabling the flashlight using a few console commands(solution). Sure the flashlight is from the original HL and thereby lacking the newer graphical bells and whistles but it serves the purpose in that it enables the user to see in the dark. Problem solved.

I think Xendance used a workaround in that he didn't fix the problem but played on using walkthroughs and whatnot.

Xendance didn't ask for help in the first place. He had already completed the level by the time he posted here. And if he did want help he would have started the thread in the Help and Support section.

G-Dub

19-03-2007, 10:56 AM

There's no need to be so pedantic now is there?

Bulletbrain

19-03-2007, 12:14 PM

There's no need to be so pedantic now is there?

Sorry about that :) but I think the situation demanded it..

G-Dub

19-03-2007, 12:35 PM

Sorry about that :) but I think the situation demanded it..

I was talking about Shasta actually.

Shasta

19-03-2007, 01:26 PM

To me (or to any rational person I'm sure) a problem is something which prevents a individual from completing a task. A solution is something which will NEGATE the problem enabling the individual to complete the task.

Here the lack of visibility(problem) due to the broken flashlight(cause) is fixed by enabling the flashlight using a few console commands(solution). Sure the flashlight is from the original HL and thereby lacking the newer graphical bells and whistles but it serves the purpose in that it enables the user to see in the dark. Problem solved.
NOT solved. WORKED AROUND. There is a BIG difference, and it matters to a lot of people who don't like to settle for things.
If it was SOLVED, he would have the CORRECT flashlight working, or KNOW why he cannot (hardware etc).
I think Xendance used a workaround in that he didn't fix the problem but played on using walkthroughs and whatnot.

Xendance didn't ask for help in the first place. He had already completed the level by the time he posted here. And if he did want help he would have started the thread in the Help and Support section.
Oh REALLY. He DIDN'T ask for help? I'll direct you to his post on the first page then:
Well no. Im not asking for help really. My (future) step-dad works as Head of ICT in his school. When I got the game, it didn't work so I asked him to help. He fixed it, so now I am asking for help with the flashlight bit.
Also, some areas are in wireframe. At the beginning of the game I was like "WTF!"
Sounds like asking for help to me...

Jintor

19-03-2007, 02:21 PM

Ok, ok, Shasta's right, everyone else is wrong, let's move on with our mundane lives.

Bulletbrain

19-03-2007, 02:28 PM

One look at his sig is enough...but,

Well no. Im not asking for help really. My (future) step-dad works as Head of ICT in his school. When I got the game, it didn't work so I asked him to help. He fixed it, so now I am asking for help with the flashlight bit.
Also, some areas are in wireframe. At the beginning of the game I was like "WTF!"

I think what he meant was he was going to ask his step dad to help him with the flashlight since he already helped with getting the game to run. So he wasn't asking for our help...unless of course Shasta, you are his step dad or something;). Read the whole post please.Carefully note the words "Im not asking for help really".

NOT solved. WORKED AROUND. There is a BIG difference, and it matters to a lot of people who don't like to settle for things.
If it was SOLVED, he would have the CORRECT flashlight working, or KNOW why he cannot (hardware etc).

Well then the only "solution" would be to tell the guy to buy a newer graphics card which is hardly constructive because he already knew that he had a crappy graphics card. So in his case getting the old flashlight IS the best solution ... I don't know how to explain this better.

@G-Dub - Sorry for the misunderstanding. I am ashamed to claim that I had to look up the word "pedantic"... English is not my first language.

Xendance

19-03-2007, 06:25 PM

NOT solved. WORKED AROUND. There is a BIG difference, and it matters to a lot of people who don't like to settle for things.
If it was SOLVED, he would have the CORRECT flashlight working, or KNOW why he cannot (hardware etc).

Oh REALLY. He DIDN'T ask for help? I'll direct you to his post on the first page then:

Sounds like asking for help to me...

So now your resulting to editing quotes?
Sounds like your sad to me...

Shasta

20-03-2007, 04:30 AM

Oh boy...

G-Dub

20-03-2007, 01:12 PM

This needs a lock lol.

Xendance

20-03-2007, 06:21 PM

Oh boy...

Now I've pinned you down to two words? Got nothing else to say? Get in before a lock.

Shasta

21-03-2007, 06:01 AM

Now I've pinned you down to two words? Got nothing else to say? Get in before a lock.
...pinned? With words? BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha.

There's nothing more to say kid. Arguing with you is like arguing with a retarded kid who thinks up is down. Entertaining, but he'll just never quite get it...

Jintor

21-03-2007, 07:44 AM

You shouldn't argue with Retarded Kids, Shasta. :(

Shasta

21-03-2007, 10:25 AM

You shouldn't argue with Retarded Kids, Shasta. :(
It IS entertaining though...

CyberPitz

21-03-2007, 06:25 PM

Leave it to Shasta to try to hijack a thread to make him look like the god among hl2.netters.

That spots reserved for Short Recoil, thank you.

99.vikram

23-03-2007, 04:17 PM

Short Recoil
Who?

Xendance

24-03-2007, 01:35 PM

I give up. All I wanted to do was post about my achievement of Episode One.

Shasta

24-03-2007, 02:17 PM

I give up. All I wanted to do was post about my achievement of Episode One.
Well done. Glad that idea worked out for you. What's your specs?

On a side note, if (as you claim) you didn't want any help and just wanted to *cough* "brag" about your dealy-o, why didn't you just say something like "I did lowlife without the flashlight - mine doesn't work (crap system / GFX card, don't worry, I'm sorting it out). So umm, yeah. Just letting you know."?

Xendance

24-03-2007, 03:25 PM

Well done. Glad that idea worked out for you. What's your specs?

On a side note, if (as you claim) you didn't want any help and just wanted to *cough* "brag" about your dealy-o, why didn't you just say something like "I did lowlife without the flashlight - mine doesn't work (crap system / GFX card, don't worry, I'm sorting it out). So umm, yeah. Just letting you know."?

Well I could have. But I didn't think of it.

Van_Halen

24-03-2007, 03:45 PM

Shasta

24-03-2007, 05:27 PM

Damn shasta, cut the dude's balls off why don't you. ;)

why don't you try to help him in the "Help & Support" thread, instead of bitching up a storm in here?
But I AM helping him. I'm helping him to think next about what he wants to say, and how best to say it, BEFORE he posts. Unless there is something wrong with him, I bet he won't make any more posts with missing info or worded in a way that can be easily mis-interpreted. So he has been helped, and anyone who encounters or tries to help him in the future will have it a bit easier on them now too. Hopefully...

Xendance

06-04-2007, 07:04 PM

Yea ok, I want this thread to be locked.

bigburpco

07-04-2007, 05:01 AM

Ooh boy, Shasta the lowlife (stupid unfunny pun intended).

Original Quote:
I am asking him for help with the flashlight bit.

Shasta's Edited Quote:
I am asking for help with the flashlight bit.

This is sorta how it went (IMO, and I'm sure that of many others):

Xendance: "Woot! I passed Lowlife with a flashlight that works on certain surfaces! Cool."
Shasta: "Amagad it's not working? You need my help! ... eh you **** you didn't post your specs."
Xendance: "I don't really need your help, my stepdad's helping me."
Shasta: "Hah! You did ask for help you dumb shit."
Xendance: "You edited my quote."
Shasta: "Err, well, about that... yeah you know what? **** you, you stupid kiddo shithead. This is actually 'entertaining' to me."
Everyone: *collective sigh*
Shasta: "Why didn't you just say I didn't need help?"
(Note that Xendance already stated it but Shasta refused to listen. And this is also admitting that he was wrong.)
Xendance: "Yeah well, whatever, lock this."

By logic, helping others leads to a positive reaction, while cursing at others leads to a negative one.

Helping others yet cursing them because they said they didn't really need help leads to a reaction that follows as thus: "God you must be desperate to help me, but ****, I really don't like you calling me a dickhead or a ****er anyway."

Does not compute.

So, going by logic, Shasta likes to be flamed? Likes to flame? Likes to be called a ****er? Or just to be a troll?

I don't know. Lock.