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• Oh, and a few more things. mp_teamplay 1 sets teamplay mode. And setting mp_fraglimit/mp_timelimit is... : bricolage
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  For Unix Folks: 1. download the steam binary 2. ./steam -command update -game hl2mp -dir ~/source - : liqker
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    Thanks, that's very helpful. Being a windows only guy, I had no idea about any of that. : bricolage
    • Windows client listen server fixes: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9110417 : AndyBurnes
• Thanks, this post helped me. : ashke
• Is it normal that srcds.exe is such a resource hog? And a leaky one, too? Started out with maxplayers 8, ... : mulu

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  on a related note, has anyone else noticed how sometimes you can get rated on the bungie.net stats (well ... : DoubleAught()
  • I'm using 10 sensitivity. \m/ : Poor Yurik
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  i've been playing so much it's kind of ridiculous really : Mansmells
  • sweet, what are you into / what level have you gotten to? (couldn't find mansmells on the stats server.. : DoubleAught()
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  Halo (and particularly Halo 2 multi, which is really really well done) just reminds me too much of 'the c : Gauss
  • since when was marathon a console game? ...and hey, how much have you played Halo 2 on live anyway? ... : DoubleAught()
• The SP was a huge letdown for me. HL2 schools it fierce. MP bothers me as well. Maybe I'll get used ... : brickmatt

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  they have you on ignore because they don't like black people! : moshman
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    ^^^^ This is the correct answer. : dilutedq
    • nigga : crazywigga
• It's severely broken and never works for me either. : Sparhawk6
• usually you have to manually logon to friends. A lot of people may assume that playing online = I'm vis... : Cygnus X-1
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  What's your Steam name? Rosewood? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    More specifically, what's your first name and last name? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      My steam name is JasonP_Watson. Come look for me, please. : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Hello, Rosewood, are you there? : Maddog_Delphi97
        • Sorry I went to soleep : rosewood

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• God... and you can attack the USB ports too or whatever. heh attach! :( : Optimus Prime
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  Ugly ugly. Check out the Antec P160. : chrisxtreme
  • Non-Window: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-141&depa=0 Window: http:... : chrisxtreme
• ug...ly : bamb
• lol : drucifer
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  that thing is as cool as optimus prime was aerodynamic : dodob
  • yeah no shit : floated
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  Yeah, except that tigerdirect is the devil. : DinK
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    my brother's the only person i know who has dealt with them and he had a great experience. are there a bu... : kbnerd
    • they've got 0 warranty on their side. apart fromt that they're decent. my roomate bought a laptop from th... : evilbastard129
• i'm still in love with this one http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-023&dep... : Break
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  still a fan of http://scasp.webnow.biz/upload/a0000010/en_US/prd_1106.jpg : Nighthavvk
  • can I put beer in it? : drucifer
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    I like that. What is it? : PoopStewart
    • lian-li pc6070 : Nighthavvk
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  Antec Sonata =Best Case Ever. : Thresher
  • second'd : esmokah
• It's not the size or shape of the case, my friends..... : balaams_ass
• not digging the blue stuff : industro
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  Lian PC6070 - extremely quiet, soft buttons, tool less access premium : warren
  • :D http://scasp.webnow.biz/upload/a0000010/en_US/prd_1106.jpg : Nighthavvk
• looks like a G5. :) : halophoenix

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• That came from somethingawful :( : scener
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  been away for a while, what's happening with the girl from the laundry? Anything, nothing? : red2lucas
  • No shit. :) Where's the "HEY GUYS MY THIGHS ARE NUMB!!!!" post? : silent prophet

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  I play Alliance...I'm L9...unfortunately I'm on a medium pop server for now. : EvilDolemite
  • Sorry I should have mentioned GCR. : Slowtreme

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• i found it got really long in the tooth in the middle, but the start was awesome. and the ending was good... : dodob
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  read The Tomb of God next. Same lines, earlier fad (by about 10 years). And the books are historical fict... : Megara9
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    Well, I was more talking about the DaVinci details and the way the Catholic Church demonized pagan symbol... : EvilDolemite
    • back in 'the day'? You mean Tuesday? *chuckle* Yep a lot of that's true, but embellished. : Megara9
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      some of it is true and some of it is fictional extensions of truth. The Roman Church did co-opt pagan fes... : Fyunch Click
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        Easter, May Day, Yule, Valentine's Day... etcetc. : Megara9
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          Samhain (Halloween), Beltaine (easter as well), the list is endless. Sometimes I think that the eclecticn... : Fyunch Click
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            speaking of pagan, I put a christmas goat outside my door yesterday! :D I'm hoping Thor will drop by wit : Megara9
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              sweet! If I put a goat outside someone would steal and eat it or call in the Jesus Brigades. : Fyunch Click
              • well this one's made of straw, so they could always burn it in effigy :) Someday I gotta get me a REA... : Megara9
            • Bah! What you really need is a Festivus pole. It's made from aluminum! Very high strength-to-weight ratio : Bold
• I'm late too, just finished this up last night. I thought it was good as well, nicely paced and a decent ... : theargent

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• NO SMALLVILLE. i dont like the show :( : moe6
• will & grace? : Megara9
• THE OC WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, WHY ARENT YOU WATCHING YET. (/end fanboyism) : Squirrely
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  Ed and Gilmore Girls sound exactly the same. Lots of people who talk with monotone voices. : Tissen
  • seen a few episodes of Ed and got bored.. but the dialogue on gilmore is snappy and loltastic. It's what ... : Megara9
• If you get BBC record "The Office". : EvilDolemite

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  I wash all of my clothes in one load, including jeans and everything else (whites and coloreds, living to... : floated
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    I'm gonna buy you red socks for xmas : drucifer
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      i stopped wearing my red boxers for this reason :( : dodob
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        the one's with the brown stripe? : drucifer
        • the racing stripe! he lost : TheTick
• Decent clothes won't bleed colour. I wash everything together with no issues, even wool. : peanut-
• I wash my jeans with anything. They're like old towels, nothing can harm them. : Megara9
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  I wash jeans with colors and a seperate load for whites. : Blackdawgg
  • I do this too, and have had no problems. : thejm4n
• When I was single I washed two loads...whites/lights and darks/jeans. Now that I'm married it's a litt... : enigmatic
• Typically, unless they're super-saturated colors, clothes won't bleed after the first couple of washes, I... : br3akn3ck1
• make sure its on cold and you're good to go : TheTick

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  I believe they sell "Personal Editions" or something for less than $100 (don't quote me on that though). : SpiderMonkey
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    they do indeed: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089GKV/qid=1101906456/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8__... : d fluke
    • Yeah I got my copy of VS.NET for free courtesy of my Computer Science dept. : SpiderMonkey
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  i can't find much info, do i have the title right? or is it called something else as a bundle with other... : cawcaw
  • Microsoft Visual /Studio/ http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/ : SatansLilHelper
• I haven't spent much time looking at what it takes to "create a mod", but I do have Microsoft Visual C++.... : Maddog_Delphi97

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  i like this one a lot. i know ~5 people with it and they all love it. it has a decent scanner so you can ... : kbnerd
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    it's the HP 1315 All-in-One by the way. : kbnerd
    • Cheers, it does look pretty good. : Bakelite
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  i can only find color printers. colour ones must be rare or something. : Nighthavvk
  • not at all all you need is a .ca or .co.uk website. : kbnerd
• If you want cheap color printing, and you're concerned about the cost of consumables, you should consider... : Bold

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• Cool, thanks. =) : dmason
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  lol, now if i c oulkd accually play it...... : AMikaboshi
  • Log off steam and log back in. Steam will update your HL2DM now. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  surely you mean depraved : itsjames
  • nope : Nighthavvk
• Awesomeness, thanks. : brickmatt
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  Fuck the Steelers. That is all. :) die hard Browns fan :P : Optimus Prime
  • tough season for ya, eh : Nighthavvk
• I demand that this post be informative'd. : Magitek
• Steelers' logo at the end was a nice touch. : dltrem
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  looks fun, is the game laggy though with the objects flying through the air? : stgdz
  • yea, a bit. it's not as bad as shown in the video, though. : Nighthavvk
  • I don't think it is the objects, more the 1000s of people pinging the 40 servers online : byorn
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  looks like the grav gun will be a fun novelty then everyone will be bitching about it and how it takes no... : steelsamurai
  • you're thinking of the magnum. grav guns takes a bit of skill to use. i didn't compile vids of my one jil... : Nighthavvk
  • Then "everyone" will need to get over themselves. Its just a fun, chaotic game. Its not supposed to be se... : peanut-
  • the grav gun takes skill, you can CATCH the incoming object and shoot it back : byorn

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  but have you seen jenna haze out of make-up? aguilera looks like krystal steal! : dodob
  • yeah thats what i thought : paganritual
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    a) hmmm... you got a point there. b) Krystal Steal? : SpaecKow
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      jenna haze has sharper features. she doesn't look much like aguilera to me at all :\ : dodob
      • well in that pic at least, the chin, the mouth, eyes and even the nose (but only generally, because it's ... : SpaecKow
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  I think Christina is uber hot when she's not whoring it up. I don't know what the hell she was thinking ... : ThomW
  • i'd like to piecing a few of her orifices if you know what I mean. : *metal*
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  Foundation: Bane of the makeup world. : EvilDolemite
  • Honestly, foundation is one thing I have never understood. Let's put skin-colored paint on top of skin.. ... : Megara9

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• should have stuck to fishing : Degenerate
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  Playing RPGs drunk or really tired is a bad idea. You end up equipping your mage with a cursed staff and... : EvilDolemite
  • sounds like a party : Degenerate
• I remember playing AC drunk one time. I was PK at the time and actually got BETTER. Not sure what that sa... : Evil Benius
• doing most things while drunk is not a good idea. heh. they always seem like such a good idea at the ti... : FrayLo

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  only if you missed work or a hot chick...well a hot chick anyway. : nurall
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    I did miss work. The wind is fucking howling right now. I dont think I want to go outside today for fe... : Squirrely
    • holy crap, here in pittsburgh the wind is fuckings nuts atm. : Nighthavvk
    • Oh yea, and its December 1st, so I get to start the countdowns to Christmas and my 21st now. Yippee!!! : Squirrely
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  The longest I ever slept in one sitting was 18.5 hours... during my Sophomore year in college. I didn't ... : Guava D
  • Wow. The most I've done is probably 14 hours. Of course, the most I've stayed up is only around 40 hour... : EvilDolemite
  • over thanksgiving I did about 20 with only very small breaks. : Nighthavvk
  • the most i ever did was when i was jet lagged and just got back to WA state from europe i spent 25+ hours... : kbnerd
• I slept 26 hours once, but I had been awake for days. I had one hell of a headache when I woke up. : mr3dmax

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• Alternating Hot + Cold showers could help. : genjuro
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  stretch, stretch, stretch. Your workouts will improve greatly if you are able to stretch your muscles ... : Crimson
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    Yeh, I'm working out with a trainer so he's already putting me through the wringer as far as form goes. ... : Caboose
    • Ah, reading over my post I get what you were referring to with the weight thing. When I said full weight... : Caboose
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  How about "procrastination abilities"? : TastyWheat
  • Unfortunately, those are very finely honed and always ready at hand. : Caboose
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  you know I am sure very few people read or care (I was one of them) but seeing how you are doing this alm... : darkT
  • Thank you!!! : Caboose
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  update:}* not sore, except for the upper abs. : Caboose
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    funny, I thought shacktags had to be closed in order to affect the text. : Caboose
    • nope, not any more. : moshman
• Being sore after working out usually only happens the first few times you work out. If you've worked out... : Dynotaku

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• http://www.mdisfun.org/ : Nixx2004
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  terrorists wont target that POS state : Nighteyes
  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33718-2004Aug25.html : Do_Or_Die
• It has a harbor. : Kerath
• quick access to west virginia : su007
• it's not Nebraska : kbnerd
• Maryland cookies : Tissen
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  It has females. : dilutedq
  • focus on ^^ point since it's probably the best reason to live in maryland. : kbnerd
• at least it isn't shaped like a limp wang : pheral
• "Maryland, GW Bush isn't from here!" : RatBastard
• It has a screen door factory or was that Delaware? : MONGOLOID
• chesapeake bay? the crabs? : ohhjebus
• it has "celtic christmas", the cool Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and let's not forget about the Maryland Ghost... : AbortedFetusChristi
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  'If you order now, we'll through in New Jersey!' : drucifer
  • throw, even :( : drucifer
• I'm from there. not much besides the decent weather, nice beaches, and ok people : cryptical
• Maryland: We Got Crabs! : Thresher
• It has good snipers! : xocsida
• Dont mention Baltimore. Other than Inner Harbor : Squirrely
• "It's a nice place to live, but you wouldn't want to visit." : Caboose
• How about dem Os? : helvetica
• "Maryland: It Ain't New Jersey!" : EvilDolemite

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• Yeah, 3200+ is the Performance Rating compared to Intel's P4, it's supposed to run at ~2.2 ghz : d fluke
• yeah. IIRC correctly it's 2.2ghz, but it's still faster than a 3.2ghz P4 for gaming. And you might be a... : moshman
• It's 2.2 Ghz. I'm running on that chip right now. It's no slouch, let me tell you :). : Ecks
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  If it's socket 939, it runs at 2.2 GHz with 512 Kb L2 cache. If it's socket 754, it runs at 2.0 GHz with... : Guava D
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    I think he means the Socket A, not any of the 64bit versions. : moshman
    • My bad :) It should be 2.2 then. : Guava D

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  That would be a great name for a movie. : drucifer
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    this would be a great theme for next years quake con..it just asks for hijinks : kbnerd
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      someone notify Wes Craven : drucifer
      • oops, make that Keenen Ivory Wayans : drucifer
  • It would have to take place in the 50's. : EvilDolemite

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• when can you get that cool Asus one from newegg though? : Break
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  So, which SLI capable board is the one to buy then? :D : Chunks
  • Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI looks good http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2285 same without SLI http:... : industro
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  Very nice. But where are the highend PCI-Express video cards? No one has them in stock in any kind of n... : Thresher
  • 6600 GT pci-x http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&catalog=48&propertycodevalue=105... : industro

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  yeah, i just got done playing, too Honestly...meh. Although, after participating in quake 3 4v4 team to... : burning eye
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    I don't think people really understand HLDM. It's not about competetiveness. It never was. It's about hav... : sammyl
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      umm, strict deathmatch in just about any game gets pretty old very fast. I want variations of deathmatch... : burning eye
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        kids these days, it's all about more more more... I miss the days of less less less. : floated
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          really odd bunch tonight. I'm not asking for a new freaking game here. : burning eye
          • As long as you dont start begging for brightskins and lego-graphical settings it's alright : MrLonghair

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• shotgun posted some in the HL2DM thread as well... my shots ended up sucking, oh well, gg. : adsriordan

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  "oh no you di'int!" : voltron
  • Hey, were you at Bottom of the Hill tonight? I just got back. :[ : My Documents
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  I fear lots of Alyx porn. : RatBastard
  • I know by fear, you mean crave. : WillingZombie
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    Fear? Don't lie. ;) : Vantage
    • I don't know what you mean. : RatBastard
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    worst misspelling of 'want' ever. : paganritual
    • It's like the keys are right next to each other. : yemeth
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  How do you get the new SDK? I clicked the link to download it but nothing happened and now I cant get to... : Chod
  • click play games, its under tools .. listed as "Source SDK" : emocore
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  How do you get to it? Is it in the SDK? : dltrem
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    yeah, run the sdk. make a new mod, goto the /bin/ dir of your mod and run run_hlmv.bat open up the mo... : emocore
    • Awesome. Thanks. : dltrem
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  How do you move the green/red/blue triangle off the face? =( : brickmatt
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    that's the orientation, xyz axes! : moshman
    • Yeah, but in mine it's always located right on the face. : brickmatt
• omg morpheus? : dodob