How do you like your OC? (Custom content you use)

Sabre · Post by **Sabre** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:49 am

When it comes to single player, I don't use mods on the first play through as I want to see the game as the developers intended. Multiplayer is different. My casual approach and chatty friends only games mean most of my MP games have a flavour of silliness to them, and am I said in another thread, I like the strange, unique mish mash of situations only co-op can provide. And while there is no pokemon backpacks, there is some fantastic stuff out there.

My friend is big on Starwars and so uses the Starwars skins, mostly Vader. I'm an alien and powered armour fan, so I use the Covenant Elite with the orange stalker power armour guy as my secondary. I was temped by the Garrus and Blue Fallout models, but skipped those.

Hands and Weapons wise there isn't alot out there. I DLed one of the 2 hand skins I like to replace the rebal hands OC defaults to, but it only works on a couple of weapons for some reason. There was a cool hammer crowbar replacement, but I decided against it.

Combine skins are a bit naff. Mostly high res versions of the default or camo. The only noteworthy one I came across was a wasp themed skin for the combine elite, but they are so rare I didn't bother. I'll have to dig into another mod and copy some of those out.

Gameplay wise, we use an edited skill config to allow us to carry more ar2 and smg ammo, because returning to the box every 10 seconds isn't fun, and it doesn't seem to give us effect the balence much.

What do you use?

IceDestroyer · Post by **IceDestroyer** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:38 am

Well, as for playermodels, I'll usually download as many as I can easily get, if only so I can see what other people happen to use.

As for weapon skins, I like high-quality stuff, so I usually search through the high-rated skins on FPSBanana to find something that suits my taste and looks well-made. I do the same for NPC skins, too.

Mr. Someguy · Post by **Mr. Someguy** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:30 pm

Aside from the Playermodel Packs I don't have any custom content.

Alfie · Post by **Alfie** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:19 pm

Just all the playermodels, that's all

Supahchikin · Post by **Supahchikin** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:02 pm

Custom player models(i almost always play faceless characters) ,TONS of custom skins(to me custom skins are sort of like Pringles),custom startup music.

Geosmith · Post by **Geosmith** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:31 pm

I use the brown hooded Stalker Bandit, reminded my friends of a pedophile so now my nickname to them is Pedosmith. My friends use the terminator and the nanosuit. Besides player models though I don't use any custom content.

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:53 am

I'm glad to hear there are so many like minded people here regarding the playermodel packs.

I too love the individuality that comes from the player models. I don't care what I see in game, I just love to see what people pick (reminds me of a mmorpg or the old quake days before custom models were stopped).

As for custom skin replacements/models. I stick true to HL.

I just think Its cool when everyone can see the custom stuff you have not just yourself (showing off basically).

On a good note the people who dislike custom models are clearley outnumbered. I just checked the pack that I uploaded and in one week it got 300 downloads!!!

Datastream · Post by **Datastream** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:19 am

I download reskins of hl2 original weapons. Mostly skins that add phong to the originals nothing changed besides the quality. Because honestly, the original weapons are fraking sweet.

Playermodel packs too of course.

Lark · Post by **Lark** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:22 am

SKINS AND MODEL REPLACMENTS
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/32961 - "J.Barnes HL2 Medkit" it's health vial is blue and it glows BIG help finding one that a team mate has dropped in dark rooms
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/88274 - "J.Barnes Alternate HL2 Medics" so I can tell the medics apart easier
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/51448 - "Dark Dictator Breen" it looks more badass
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/39629 - "Winchester 101 for Annabelle" Valve's model looks bad up close
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/22696 - "Normal maps for ALL humans" nuff said
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/16054 - "J.Barnes Poster Replacements" combine love anime

http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/42453 - "Red Charger" becuse yellow and green suck...
http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=948727 - "Enhanced Citizens" normalmaps, phong, Ep2 Eye shaders, and 3 eye colors to choose from
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/75865 - "sproily`s snarks" A MUST HAVE! No really you must have it, go download it now >_>

-----Weapons----
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/19062 - "HL2 Default Weapon Reskin Pack V2" use most of this and the pack has a bonus OCIW W_model skin
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/88274 - "Rebel hands" so the uzi's HEV arms are a bit less noticeable.
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/38250 - "futon's crowbar skins" & http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/17996 - "futon's Metel skin" I use the VMT's of the metal one from the pack VMT's for the settings added in EP2 and I edited the rusty crowbar skin; becuse I am not freeman but it's half-life so I still need a crowbar

http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/33851 - "Futon's 357 Skin" it's a skin for the 357 no more to be said.
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/31790 "Futon's NEW Ar2 Skin" badass skin, badass sound replacments, TWO kickass muzzle fire effects, and the E3 world model so now the world model looks like the one you are using

http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/40302 - "Romka´s RPG worldmodel fix" hey look unlike valves it dosent suck and it looks like the V_model!
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/41816 - "New Gauss Ammo" fit's in hl2 better
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/67997 - "Overwatch Extractor" a grenade skin that exsplains the red light

SOUND REPLACEMENTS
http://www.fpsbanana.com/sounds/3280 - "J.Barnes Zombine sounds" RECOMMENDED not only do they sound more intimidating they sound like... COMBINE ZOMBIES!!!
http://www.fpsbanana.com/sounds/3525 "J.Barnes Combine Soldier" metrocop flat line, sounds more like it's wearing heavy gear when walking
http://hl-improvement.com/forums/textur ... finished!/ - "[Hgrunt] Sound Pack" & http://hl-improvement.com/forums/textur ... op-voices/ "HL1 style Combine soldier and metrocop voices" the HGrunt pack was made for HL1 but I butchered the sound script file and some of the sound script and sounds from the other pack to work with OC's HGrunts
http://hl-improvement.com/forums/textur ... -scarier)/ - "Fast Zombie sounds" shit your pants in ravenholm with this pack
http://hl-improvement.com/forums/textur ... t-sounds!/ - "GamingLord Alien Grunt" RECOMMENDED they are like HL2 vorts, they talk in a alian voice...but they still sound like they are going to kick your ass

http://www.fpsbanana.com/sounds/3124 - "Futon : Weapon Soundpack" A MUST HAVE!!!

IceDestroyer · Post by **IceDestroyer** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:13 am

That's some cool stuff you've got there, gatiiiilc. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Now I've got to try those zombine sounds, cause they sounded pretty sweet.