Half-Life ... it begins
Tools Needed:
Steam Acquired? - check
Half-Life Downloaded? - check
Controls configured? - not checked yet
See this is where my first problem begins. I can type, pretty well. But using the keyboard to move around in a game, well that's a little un-natural to me. My first instinct is to move around using the arrows. I confer with pupismyname who sends me his default gaming configurations that uses e,s,d,f to move around. I play around with this a little while and am o.k. with it. But when I start training I still want to use the arrows ---- frustration ensues.
Controls configured? - check
I'm using w,a,s,d and straffing (now that I know what that is) is set so I can "easily dodge bullets, or lasers, or globs of goo, or some shit like that."
TRAINING LEVEL STARTED:
so, the game starts. o.k. I'm moving around, some hologram chick is giving me orders teaching me how to move and jump. I can jump, this is cool, it's going to be easy. I can crouch, I can run.
first problem: so you want me to jump and crouch at the same time?? You mean I've got to figure out how to press three keys at once?? after about three or four trys I figure this out.
second problem: so I've got to turn this bridge and then jump/crouch across it to get to the other side. I can turn the bridge no problem but I keep falling and it says that I'm losing life-energy-whatever it's called every time I fall :(
so, I re-fill the energy and keep trying.
shack hysteria ensues
finally I get across it, do a quick save and move on.
Weapons time:
so I pick up these weapons and start shooting some targets. This isn't hard, kind of like a fancy shooting gallery or like that police trainer video game they had in arcades. But I can't figure out how to hit the seventh target. The glass is unbreakable and I've run out of grenades!! wtf?
check back with pupismyname who gives me a hint. I've got to "shoot over" the glass to get that target. start back over before this, make sure to get the grenades, figure out that I can switch between weapons with the mouse wheel and clear that part.
Moving on:
after the weapons are done I do some more moving around, do some swimming, get through this nuclear thing and I get to this room with a security guard. For some reason at this point I'm only halfway paying attention and miss what the hologram lady says for me to do.
Hilarity enuses
Once I figure out that you're not supposed to shoot the security guard, I get him to lead me out of whatever room I'm in and I FINISH THE TRAINING FOR HALF LIFE!!!!
For some people this would have been a piece of cake. For me it was my first gaming accomplishment.
- be careful on bridges
- don't shoot security guards
- quick save like a mofo
- don't tell the shack if you do anything stupid
- don't insult geedeck http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16062507#itemanchor_16062507
Starting the Game:
So, I don't get that much gaming time in the evenings, but when I do get a few minutes I start the game and see what I can get through. Last night I finally started "on easy" and began this fabulous train ride.
Hilarity ensues
so, I'm not a patient person.
.... and that's where we are to this point. Still on the train, about to encounter half-life in real form. I'll try to keep this blog up if Shackers are interested in reading of my mis-fortunes.
Thanks for reading.
Steam Acquired? - check
Half-Life Downloaded? - check
Controls configured? - not checked yet
See this is where my first problem begins. I can type, pretty well. But using the keyboard to move around in a game, well that's a little un-natural to me. My first instinct is to move around using the arrows. I confer with pupismyname who sends me his default gaming configurations that uses e,s,d,f to move around. I play around with this a little while and am o.k. with it. But when I start training I still want to use the arrows ---- frustration ensues.
Controls configured? - check
I'm using w,a,s,d and straffing (now that I know what that is) is set so I can "easily dodge bullets, or lasers, or globs of goo, or some shit like that."
TRAINING LEVEL STARTED:
so, the game starts. o.k. I'm moving around, some hologram chick is giving me orders teaching me how to move and jump. I can jump, this is cool, it's going to be easy. I can crouch, I can run.
first problem: so you want me to jump and crouch at the same time?? You mean I've got to figure out how to press three keys at once?? after about three or four trys I figure this out.
second problem: so I've got to turn this bridge and then jump/crouch across it to get to the other side. I can turn the bridge no problem but I keep falling and it says that I'm losing life-energy-whatever it's called every time I fall :(
so, I re-fill the energy and keep trying.
shack hysteria ensues
finally I get across it, do a quick save and move on.
Weapons time:
so I pick up these weapons and start shooting some targets. This isn't hard, kind of like a fancy shooting gallery or like that police trainer video game they had in arcades. But I can't figure out how to hit the seventh target. The glass is unbreakable and I've run out of grenades!! wtf?
check back with pupismyname who gives me a hint. I've got to "shoot over" the glass to get that target. start back over before this, make sure to get the grenades, figure out that I can switch between weapons with the mouse wheel and clear that part.
Moving on:
after the weapons are done I do some more moving around, do some swimming, get through this nuclear thing and I get to this room with a security guard. For some reason at this point I'm only halfway paying attention and miss what the hologram lady says for me to do.
Hilarity enuses
Once I figure out that you're not supposed to shoot the security guard, I get him to lead me out of whatever room I'm in and I FINISH THE TRAINING FOR HALF LIFE!!!!
For some people this would have been a piece of cake. For me it was my first gaming accomplishment.
- be careful on bridges
- don't shoot security guards
- quick save like a mofo
- don't tell the shack if you do anything stupid
- don't insult geedeck http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16062507#itemanchor_16062507
Starting the Game:
So, I don't get that much gaming time in the evenings, but when I do get a few minutes I start the game and see what I can get through. Last night I finally started "on easy" and began this fabulous train ride.
Hilarity ensues
so, I'm not a patient person.
.... and that's where we are to this point. Still on the train, about to encounter half-life in real form. I'll try to keep this blog up if Shackers are interested in reading of my mis-fortunes.
Thanks for reading.