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毛泽东
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{{Cut Enemies
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|image1=Ghost front01.png
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|caption1=The torso and face of the model using the original textures.<ref>Crazybubba's fixed version used here</ref>
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|image2=Bigguy.jpg<!-- PUT THIS IN -->
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|caption2=Concept
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|model=Low model ver within v31-35; animations broken.
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|texture=All present; multiple unused.
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|ai=None; only stands in one spot
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}}
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The <b>Combine "Sniper" Elite</b> is a "elite" enemy that was cut by the time of the [[The_2003_Leak | Half-Life 2 Leak]], but still has leftovers in the files.
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==Overview==
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The Combine Elite was, as the name implies, an elite Combine foe the player was presumably to meet. In the Leak, the model for this NPC exists (in an outdated model version), but has some severe issues with the rigging.
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<gallery hideaddbutton=true>
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animation_break_example (1).gif|[https://vcc.wiki/internal/w/images/1/1c/Animation_break_example_%281%29.gif (Click to see) Example of animation issues - "ragdoll" to "cower"]
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</gallery>
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A few different weapons have been apparently intended to be in the "Sniper" Elite's hands, from the [[Heavy_Machine_Gun_(HMG1) | HMG1]]<ref>See the second sidebar image. Though it is not clearly the [[Heavy_Machine_Gun_(HMG1) | HMG1]], the silhouette is very similar.</ref>, to the Sniper Rifle, to even the shotgun.
  
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毛泽东（1893年12月26日－1976年9月9日），字润之，湖南湘潭人[1]:3813。笔名子任，曾化名李德胜。中华民国大陆时期、中国共产党和中华人民共和国的重要政治家、军事家、战略家、外交家和诗人。自1945年中共七届一中全会出任中国共产党中央委员会主席至1976年逝世，是中华人民共和国历史上的第一代最高领导人[2]。
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The leak's skill.cfg mentions it having 100 hp in comparison to the final Elite's 70.
  
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毛泽东出生于湖南湘潭韶山冲，幼年进入私塾读书，也务过农。1918年毕业于湖南省立第一师范学校。1921年参与建立中国共产党，后参与第一次国共合作。1927年-1949年间，参与第一次国共内战、第二次国共合作、抗日战争、第二次国共内战，并扮演重要角色。1945年中国共产党第七次全国代表大会后出任中央委员会主席和中央军事委员会主席，成为党的最高领导人。1949年出任中华人民共和国中央人民政府主席，1954年至1959年转为担任中华人民共和国主席。曾先后兼任人民革命军事委员会主席、国防委员会主席、中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会主席暨名誉主席等职。
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An NPC pointing to the model, npc_combineelite, exists in the leak's source code, but it has the same functionality as the [[Combine_Soldier_(Evolution) | combine soldier]] with the only difference being the model. Aditionally, this NPC appears in very few maps from the [[Oasiz%27s_Map_Documentation | WC mappack]] - most notably vert_04_001, where four appear in some sort of courtyard arena in the level.
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===Shimmer Camo===
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[[File:Half-Life 2 Beta (Leak) - Combine Elite NPC camouflage|left|thumb|250x250px]]
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Interestingly, this NPC was to use a "shimmer camo" type of gear, which is no longer functional by the time of [[The_2003_Leak | the Leak]]. However, this was restored by user VXP for the [[LeakNet]] patch.
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A copy of its "shimmer" armor texture lives on in the <code>/materials/dev/</code> as an example, however.
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<!-- thing to do later:
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- refer to the exact /dev/ material, include a comparison for "homework value"
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== Textures ==
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The Combine Elite's materials folder has a large number of unused textures in it.
  
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毛泽东是中国共产党创始人之一，中国人民解放军和中华人民共和国的主要缔造者和领导人，其终身担任中国共产党中央委员会主席、中国共产党中央军事委员会主席，被尊称为毛泽东主席、毛主席。在经济社会等方面，毛泽东于1949年起逐渐推行计划经济[3]，1950年起推进了扫盲运动，1953年起推动社会主义改造和工业化，1954年主导制定了第一部《中华人民共和国宪法》，1958年提出开展“两弹一星”工程；毛泽东时代的中国人口总数由5亿多增长到9亿多，人口生育率高于世界平均水平、人口死亡率呈波动式下降[4][5]，期间中国政府并未严格实行计划生育、曾一度鼓励生育[6][7]。与此同时，在政治文化等方面，1949年至1976年间，毛泽东主导或发动了土地改革运动、镇压反革命运动、三反五反运动、肃反运动、反右运动、大跃进、人民公社、四清运动、文化大革命等一系列政治和社会运动，中国国民经济及科教学术受到巨大冲击[8][9][10][11][12]，中华传统文化及道德沦亡[13][14][15][16][17]，民主、法制及宪政遭到严重破坏[12][18][19][20][21]，据各方估计造成了数千万中国人的非正常死亡[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]，亦有数千万中国人受到批斗和迫害[30][31][32][33][34]。
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There is a complete set of low-res white textures of the Sniper's face plate, with a white version of the unused pouch, 2 unused brownish textures, and three unused "invisible" camos.
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=== Used Textures ===
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<gallery widths="96" hideaddbutton="true" position="left" captionsize="small" captionalign="center" spacing="small" bordersize="none">
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belt_test.png|"belt_test.vtf"
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buttpack.png|"buttpack.vtf"
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camo7small.png|"camo7small.vtf"
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canteen.png|"canteen.vtf"
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clippouch.png|"clippouch.vtf" (notice the U.S. text)
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doubleclip.png|"doubleclip.vtf"
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glove.png|"gloves.vtf"
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halfmask.png|"halfmask.vtf"
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lens.png|"lens.vtf"
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lensrim_diff.png|"lens_diff.vtf"
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mouthdiff.png|"mouthdiff.vtf"
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sideholediffuse.png|"sideholediffuse.vtf"
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</gallery>
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=== Unused Textures<ref>Not including the unused textures in the section below</ref> ===
  
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1976年9月9日，毛泽东在北京病逝，终年83岁，遗体安放在毛主席纪念堂至今。世界各地对毛泽东的評價历来褒貶不一、充满争议，而毛泽东时代的朝鲜战争、中苏交恶、越南战争、中美破冰、红色高棉夺权等也是冷战期间世界各国博弈的显现。中国共产党、中华人民共和国官方将毛泽东定位为党和国家的缔造者以及党和国家第一代领导集体的核心，毛泽东思想被列为中国共产党的主要指导思想之一。支持者认为毛泽东在中国工业化、反对帝国主义和霸权主义的运动中作出了重要贡献，降低了中国人口的文盲率，并促进了中国妇女地位的提升[35][36][37][38]；反对者则批评毛泽东的独裁、极权和推行个人崇拜，谴责毛泽东时代的诸多运动造成了大量人员和财产损失、文物古迹的损毁以及给中国社会带来的浩劫和精神创伤
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<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="96" spacing="small" captionsize="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
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belt strap.png|"belt strap.vtf"
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camo7paletted.png|"camo7paletted.vtf"
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camo8paletted.png|"camo8paletted.vtf"
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camo8small.png|"camo8small.vtf"
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halfmaskbump.png|"halfmaskbump.vtf"
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lensrimbump.png|"lensrimbump.vtf"
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M7cm0_vtf.png|"M7cm0.vtf"
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mouth.png|"mouth.vtf"
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pouchbump.png|"pouchbump.vtf"
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sideholebump.png|"sideholebump.vtf"
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Sniper_white_helm.png|Elite's face with white textures
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</gallery>
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=== Alternate Camo textures ===
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Included in the Combine Elite's folder are 2 textures seemingly before it was supposed to be in an "invisible" suit:
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<gallery hideaddbutton=true position="left" widths="128" captionalign="center">
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Tex_camo2.png|"camo2.vtf"
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Tex_camo7.png|"camo7.vtf"
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</gallery>
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How it looks on the model:
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<gallery hideaddbutton=true position="center" columns="3" widths="200" captionalign="center">
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vomitsniper_front.png|"camo2" Front
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vomitsniper_side.png|"camo2" Side
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vomitsniper_behind.png|"camo2" Behind
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Elite fullrender front.png|"camo7" Front
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Elite fullrender side.png|"camo7" Side
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Elite fullrender behind.png| "camo7" Behind
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</gallery>
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== Relation with [[Sniper Rifle]] ==
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The Combine Elite has a HL1-esque<ref>In HL1, weapons were attached directly to the models, as an extension of the hand. This is carried over in HL1Ports, where the weapons are still attached in the ragdoll's rig, being seemingly glued to their hand.</ref> relationship with the Sniper Rifle.
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*An SMD of it is included in the 2016 leak's source files of it, posed to fit in the sniper's hand.
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*The texture of it is included in the Elite's texture folder, despite the .vmt pointing to the normal worldmodel's texture.
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*The sniper rifle is loaded alongside the normal model, without any additional loading required.
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== 2016 Leaks ==
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This model found its sources released during the [[Timeline_of_Leaks_(Facepunch-Era) | 2016 Facepunch Leak]].
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The version present in the source files is functional rigging-wise, aside from an animation oversight where his left hand does not reach his gun. It contains bodygroups for the shotgun and sniper rifle.
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=== Source Art ===
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Aside from the model files, two pieces of source art were released.
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<gallery hideaddbutton="true" position="center" widths="175" captionalign="center" columns="2">
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Soldiertex_png.png|Sniper face tex source
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M7cm0_sourcefiles.png|Sniper unused pouch source
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</gallery>
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While M7cm0 is not of note (higher-quality version of an unused pouch texture), the facemap is much more interesting.
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It is a full-size version of a very early Ted facemap, well before any of its later incarnations in the Conscript and leak Citizen folders. The two unused facemaps in the [[Conscripts | Conscript]] folder seem to be later versions of it.
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<gallery type="slideshow" widths="300" position="center" hideaddbutton=true>
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face composite.png|Face composite
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soldiertex2.png|Soldiertex2
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Soldiertex_png_comparison.png|Combine Elite Source Facemap (resized)
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</gallery>{{Clear}}
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==VRM Reference==
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[[File:Notepad_2018-06-11_18-27-59.png|left]]{{clear}}
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Within <code>ragdoll.qci</code>, a reference to "<code>ragdoll.VRM</code>" is made, which implies that the VRM format, which was otherwise used by TF2: Brotherhood of Arms<ref>As a Valve-made adaptation of advertised "MRM" technology, more information at [https://valvearchive.com/articles/vrm/ ValveArchive]</ref>, was in use in Half-Life 2 at some point. The referenced VRM model is not present.
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== Files ==
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Crazybubba's fix-up with cleaned material folder: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/7lc41zaklxjp0x9/Combine_Elite.zip?dl=0 (Dropbox)] [https://www.mediafire.com/?6yjtvbjyox1e24d (Mediafire)]
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== References ==
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<references/>
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[[Category:2016 Leaks]]
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[[Category:Combine]]
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[[Category:2003 Leaks]]
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[[Category:Half-Life 2]]

Revision as of 06:03, 19 June 2020

Combine "Sniper" Elite
Ghost front01.png
The torso and face of the model using the original textures.[1]
Bigguy.jpg
Concept
Condition
Model Low model ver within v31-35; animations broken.
Texture All present; multiple unused.
AI None; only stands in one spot

The Combine "Sniper" Elite is a "elite" enemy that was cut by the time of the Half-Life 2 Leak, but still has leftovers in the files.

Overview

The Combine Elite was, as the name implies, an elite Combine foe the player was presumably to meet. In the Leak, the model for this NPC exists (in an outdated model version), but has some severe issues with the rigging.

A few different weapons have been apparently intended to be in the "Sniper" Elite's hands, from the HMG1[2], to the Sniper Rifle, to even the shotgun.

The leak's skill.cfg mentions it having 100 hp in comparison to the final Elite's 70.

An NPC pointing to the model, npc_combineelite, exists in the leak's source code, but it has the same functionality as the combine soldier with the only difference being the model. Aditionally, this NPC appears in very few maps from the WC mappack - most notably vert_04_001, where four appear in some sort of courtyard arena in the level.

Shimmer Camo

File:Half-Life 2 Beta (Leak) - Combine Elite NPC camouflage
250x250px

Interestingly, this NPC was to use a "shimmer camo" type of gear, which is no longer functional by the time of the Leak. However, this was restored by user VXP for the LeakNet patch. A copy of its "shimmer" armor texture lives on in the /materials/dev/ as an example, however.

Textures

The Combine Elite's materials folder has a large number of unused textures in it.

There is a complete set of low-res white textures of the Sniper's face plate, with a white version of the unused pouch, 2 unused brownish textures, and three unused "invisible" camos.

Used Textures

  • "belt_test.vtf"

  • "buttpack.vtf"

  • "camo7small.vtf"

  • "canteen.vtf"

  • "clippouch.vtf" (notice the U.S. text)

  • "doubleclip.vtf"

  • "gloves.vtf"

  • "halfmask.vtf"

  • "lens.vtf"

  • "lens_diff.vtf"

  • "mouthdiff.vtf"

  • "sideholediffuse.vtf"

Unused Textures[3]

  • "belt strap.vtf"

  • "camo7paletted.vtf"

  • "camo8paletted.vtf"

  • "camo8small.vtf"

  • "halfmaskbump.vtf"

  • "lensrimbump.vtf"

  • "M7cm0.vtf"

  • "mouth.vtf"

  • "pouchbump.vtf"

  • "sideholebump.vtf"

  • Elite's face with white textures

Alternate Camo textures

Included in the Combine Elite's folder are 2 textures seemingly before it was supposed to be in an "invisible" suit:

  • "camo2.vtf"

  • "camo7.vtf"

How it looks on the model:

  • "camo2" Front

  • "camo2" Side

  • "camo2" Behind

  • "camo7" Front

  • "camo7" Side

  • "camo7" Behind

Relation with Sniper Rifle

The Combine Elite has a HL1-esque[4] relationship with the Sniper Rifle.

  • An SMD of it is included in the 2016 leak's source files of it, posed to fit in the sniper's hand.
  • The texture of it is included in the Elite's texture folder, despite the .vmt pointing to the normal worldmodel's texture.
  • The sniper rifle is loaded alongside the normal model, without any additional loading required.

2016 Leaks

This model found its sources released during the 2016 Facepunch Leak.

The version present in the source files is functional rigging-wise, aside from an animation oversight where his left hand does not reach his gun. It contains bodygroups for the shotgun and sniper rifle.

Source Art

Aside from the model files, two pieces of source art were released.

  • Sniper face tex source

  • Sniper unused pouch source

While M7cm0 is not of note (higher-quality version of an unused pouch texture), the facemap is much more interesting.

It is a full-size version of a very early Ted facemap, well before any of its later incarnations in the Conscript and leak Citizen folders. The two unused facemaps in the Conscript folder seem to be later versions of it.

  • Face composite

  • Soldiertex2

  • Combine Elite Source Facemap (resized)

VRM Reference

Notepad 2018-06-11 18-27-59.png

Within ragdoll.qci, a reference to "ragdoll.VRM" is made, which implies that the VRM format, which was otherwise used by TF2: Brotherhood of Arms[5], was in use in Half-Life 2 at some point. The referenced VRM model is not present.

Files

Crazybubba's fix-up with cleaned material folder: (Dropbox) (Mediafire)

References

  1. ↑ Crazybubba's fixed version used here
  2. ↑ See the second sidebar image. Though it is not clearly the HMG1, the silhouette is very similar.
  3. ↑ Not including the unused textures in the section below
  4. ↑ In HL1, weapons were attached directly to the models, as an extension of the hand. This is carried over in HL1Ports, where the weapons are still attached in the ragdoll's rig, being seemingly glued to their hand.
  5. ↑ As a Valve-made adaptation of advertised "MRM" technology, more information at ValveArchive
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