Talk:List of Source mods/Archive 1

message: The world of modding Half-Life 2 and the Source engine is rather large, and an encyclopedic article on the topic would be useful. Then this list could simply be merged with that article.
I disagree.  Merging this list with the page for any specific Source modification would only seek to confuse readers. Héous 10:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Perhaps this should be merged with an article on Half-Life 2 mods?

message: Someone's added the words "PENIS FUCKER" on the first group of links - however the vandalised text appears to be uneditable when I attempt to remove it from the page. 
Other than that - great list of links ;)
Spongtastic 11:56, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: This should be moved back to List of Half-Life 2 mods, since that is exactly what it is.  It's standard to title lists as "list of X" (see :Category:Lists). --Mrwojo 14:47, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved

message: Someone should add Pong Source. I'm too lazy to add it, but not too lazy to bring it to the attention of others. Go figure..~
Given the recent release of the Dystopia demo , it seems like it might be a good idea to seperate mods that you can actually go and play now from ones with hazy release dates. Any thoughts? --Sum0 17:54, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've categorised it into Released mods and Mods in development. Possible problem in that it implies that the released mods are finished and aren't being developed and that the mods in development are actually being developed (whereas some of them may have been abandoned) but the natural flow of Wikipedia will iron out the problems. I hope. --Sum0 12:29, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pong Source 

message: In the section about released mods, what exactly qualifies as "released". If by released, we mean the final version then mods such as Plan of Attack do not belong there. However, if by released we mean alpha stages and above (anything playable basically) then several of the mods listed as "in development" should be moved up. For example, Plan of Attack is currently in Beta 4, and is shown as released. GoldenEye Source is in alpha stages (with a downloadable alpha) but is listen under development. --Deemo 05:29, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Released Mods? 

message: I believe the formatting for this article is extremely dirty to be honest. For example, some of the MOD names are links to the wikipedia articles, and some of them are bold. There should be a standard: if the mod does not exist, either we link to an empty wikipedia article, or we make the name bold until an article is created. An example of this is HL2 CTF. It links to nowhere, but it is not bolded like the Eclipse mod. Others, like Veama: The Last War, are both bolded AND link to nowhere --Deemo 05:34, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The lists should have a standard formatting. The name of the mod should link to a wikipedia article, whether it has one or not. It should also be alphabetized. Perhaps after the traffic from digg and steam dies down, someone can make the changes.--64.179.161.11 00:07, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Format of page 

message: This page has been linked from the very front page of today's Steam update window.  It's only a click away to about a million people.  Umm, just might want to put this on your watchlist!!  --Cyde Weys votetalk 03:47, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linked from Steam Update 

message: I was going to add They Hunger: Lost Souls  to the list, but I'm not sure if it's actually a mod or it's own game. Maybe someone here knows the answer. Is this a mod or is it a standalone game? The web site makes it sound very vauge. "They Hunger: Lost Souls is a first-person action commercial game powered by the award-winning Half-Life 2 Source engine from Valve Software" So it will not be free, but is it stand alone? I'm not sure on this point, but if someone finds out it is indeed a mod, please add it.--64.179.161.11 20:00, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding They Hunger: Lost Souls 

message: Hostile Intent was previously in the released section, while accurate...this is a HL1 mod. Their HL2 Mod HI: Phonenix Rising, is yet to be released. I moved and renamed it.--64.179.161.11 22:10, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved Hostile Intent 

message: I believe we should protect this article from edits, since it has been linked through Digg and Steam. I know people won't be able to contribute new additions to the list, but it would help against malicious edits and it'd be helpful to people who are on RC patrol. --Victor 05:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect? 

message: Would anyone be interested in helping me co-create the World at War (HL2) wiki page? It would need to be disambiguated from the other 2 entries. I'm a member of the WaW development team, and could give any support needed as to clarification on information etc. Website is at www.worldatwarmod.com Swatjester 02:42, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  World at War 

message: While trying to keep up an alphabetical order, I stumbled across some complications.
Examples:
*"I, robot" (I used the dictionary method here, striking the comma and space in my mind for the purpose of sorting.)
*"HL2" (I expanded the abbreviation in my mind, especially since both "HL2" and "Half-Life 2" are used in mod names.)
*"The Battle Grounds" (I ignored "The" at the beginning of mod names.)
—Pizzahut2 16:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collation rules 

message: I did a search with Google Images today, "half-life 2 modifications", and on the first page alone several mods not mentioned here came back such as, Resident Evil:Antidote, Urban Combat, MechMod, Strider, Block Party (aka Legoland)... This raised several questions for me, "Were some of these added and removed? Maybe some are hoaxes? Some maybe are just dead while others are dead, but may have released something playable." Instead of trying to sort through them and add them myself, since I am not at a system that I can test them on anyway ATM, I decided to raise this subject. Is there any way we can have a running list of dead(DOA), dead with releases and hoax mods? Maybe not on the main entry page but possibly somewhere behind the scenes, kind of like a sticky used in forums, so that people don't add things that have already been removed or that turn out to be DOA or hoaxes? I just signed up for Wikipedia today to contribute to this list specifically after that search and have not read all of the documentation for it. Please point out any resource that I have missed that already provides this information in a straight forward fashion and delete this Subject if necessary. Maybe this could be a secondary list. I dunno, let me know. Steveah 18:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hoaxes, Dead with releases and DOA Mods 

message: I removed "The mod is around 50% complete." from the Black Mesa mod listing because the game developers have announced that value to be incorrect. My browser updated the article before I could finish typing the edit summary. Redgrassbridge 20:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor Edit

message: Since this is a mere list, rather than an actual article, does this mean that all released mods can be listed, or just the notable ones? E.g. one reason The Island got removed from this list was notability. The other reason, "spam blocked website", did not lead to the deletion of Ravenholm, which is also hosted on the same spam blocked domain (*.wz.cz). --Pizzahut2 15:21, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed The Island because it is about the least notable mod for Half-Life 2.  No media attention since its initial release.  And having played it, it's a very poor mod with minimal original content.  Basically you walk around and shoot at zombies with very limited ammo.  Biased review I know, but this is the reason for a lack of notability.  Plus I just wanted to be able to save the damned page.  Ziggur 23:43, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: I removed HL2:Assault from the List of Released Multiplayer Mods list.  Its website has been unoperational for some time, and without a website it isn't notable enough to be included here. Héous 21:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Half-Life 2: Assault 

message: I have removed this mod from the unreleased multiplayer mod list as the mod has been abandoned and cancelled.--65.255.130.104 20:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I, Robot Mod Cancelled 

message: Kuma Games apparently produces advertising sponsored episodic/mini games. Recently they started producing Half-Life 2 mods. I don't really want advertising software on my PC, so I won't try/review these.
ProDoD seems to be a mod of DoD:S, not sure if it's dependent on Half-Life 2 at all. However it's a "Source Mod" (a mod of a Valve game which uses the Source engine) and has to be installed into the same folder as the Half-Life 2 mods.
--Pizzahut2 13:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should these mods be added? 

message: Not taking any sides, but like it or not, FA2 is a sequel of the original FA, even if it's not done by the original developers. Besides, last time I checked, it was a single developer who said something along the lines that it's not up to the original team to decide which is the official successor, but if it *was* (subjunctive), he'd give FA:S his approval. So in my opinion it is not justified to deny the heritage of FA2, while adding it to FA:S. --Pizzahut2 23:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Firearms 2 edit by Swatjester