This version includes the rolling boulder.  Huzzah for me!

• Download gmdm2_beta1.zip [5.71 MB]
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The gmdm2_beta1.zip file is actually a complete mod. installation.  You need to remove any old version of the Weapons Patch mod. that you might already have.  Unzip the file to your Half-Life directory; the new version of the Weapons Patch - including the map - is now installed.  Run a Weapons Patch LAN game to view the map.  Don't try to run it in singleplayer or under HLDM, or it WILL crash.

There's still a number of things to change - e.g. some textures, lighting tweaks and even some architecture.  But I think it's looking a lot better since alpha5!  It is not actually complete, but this is the first time the map feels complete to me (hence the beta).

The new Weapons Patch mod. is also incomplete: I haven't finished transferring the old code.

All feedback welcome

I should probably mention how to set off the boulder:

The boulder always starts at the gauss gun location.  In the room next to it, there is a huge pillar.  On the pillar there is a tacky-looking bit of texturing that is actually a shootable button; it's marked like the doors.  Shoot this

 Looks like it could be a lot of fun... moved a hell of a lot faster than I expected! All of a sudden bars descended and a rumbling started.. 4 years work was after me! Bloody good show Gollum, overall a very nice design, paticuarly the interaction with the doors and floors - feels almost like a huge abandoned temple we weren't supposed to interfere with, and we will pay if we do!

There it is... about 3 seconds after and my furious back pedalling to escape, I was crushed

A bit more to come later on this map

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/file_splitter.zip

reno, this is the most amazing file splitter i have yet seen, for its size it packs quite a lot of usability..

break the file into chunks small enuff to put on 3.5 floppies...

the program also creates its own exe to recombine them if you don't have the original splitter proggy..

hope this helps..

*grins broadly @ comments*  Thanks guys

I released Gmdm2_alpha5 on 27th April 2002, so it's been about a year and a half.
Ooooh a 5-person playtest.  I'm so damn jealous.  Have fun  

The doors do lag very slightly on clients.  I've found that this is okay on my network (54Mbps), but I don't know what the perormance is like on a 10Mps LAN.

Firstly, the Weapons Patch is a mod (not an update patch or an expansion pack).  This has confused people before, so I may consider changing the name.

The Weapons Patch is just a mod; it will not affect your copy of Half-Life or any of your settings.

You do not need any extra files to play gmdm2.  The beta will install a copy of the Weapons Patch mod., which must be used to play the map.  Look for "Weapons Patch", version 2.2 under the custom game menu in HL.

Secondly, I should explain about the error:

Gmdm2 has lots of entities.  This causes the map to crash immediately in single-player mode with the error Ed_Alloc: no free edicts.

To avoid this you must run the map in multiplayer - a LAN game.  This works because the edict limit in multiplayer is higher.  However, it will still be possible to crash the map; I am curious to see how stable it is.

I repeat, do not run gmdm2 in singleplayer.  Do not try to use a different mod or HLDM.

ReNo, Korn and anyone else who may playtest the map - I apologise in advance in case it crashes!  Still, it will be useful to discover how unstable the map actually is.

I'm really sorry for the inconvenience this may cause, but the only way to know is to test it!  I will of course do my best to make the map as stable as I can before a final release.