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Portal 2 |OT| Sleep. Spuds. Science.
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ColonialRaptor
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Zerokku, here is your Avatar 
Hope you like it dude
Again... if you don't or would rather it done differently... let me know.
It's supposed to seem like Pikachu is going through a portal that is a bit further off into the distance. I also drew in the bits that were missing.
Edit - thought it might look better with a border. You're free to choose.
Edit 2 - god... this flu is really fucking with my head, I was struggling for space editing your original avatar and didn't realise that it could be BIGGER with the new rules. So - here is an even BETTER version
Edit 3 - Attempt number 4.... Border, re - tried proportions and made the text one line.
Hope you like it dude
Again... if you don't or would rather it done differently... let me know.
It's supposed to seem like Pikachu is going through a portal that is a bit further off into the distance. I also drew in the bits that were missing.
Edit - thought it might look better with a border. You're free to choose.
Edit 2 - god... this flu is really fucking with my head, I was struggling for space editing your original avatar and didn't realise that it could be BIGGER with the new rules. So - here is an even BETTER version
Edit 3 - Attempt number 4.... Border, re - tried proportions and made the text one line.
ColonialRaptor
Member
Plasmid said:
Didn't see this. Thanks for bringing it back up. I will do it.
EDIT - OH MY GOD i have the best idea for this.
ColonialRaptor
Member
derFeef said:Very nice from you, ColonialRaptor, making all the Avatars
Also - we propably would need a Spoiler thread down the road.
Thanks man
I'm really quite enjoying it. I want to see my work all over GAF while I'm posting, that way I can feel proud that people are enjoying my work.
Plus I'm a huge Portal fan, so the more avatars out there the better.
I think a Spoiler thread will be a definite requirement.
EatChildren said:
Oh man. I just completed my purchase
What's your Steam ID?
Do you have an Aussie Co-Op partner lined up? Because if you don't... then I'm definitely your man! I don't have a steam partner yet.
I think you and I are similar in our fandom. I am just so damn excited about this. Half Life was the first game that I ever purchased for myself. Every other game that I had had been xmas gifts or birthday presents. We got a Laptop in Year 8 at high school and I bought Half Life for that. I still remember how good it was to play an FPS game with a nipple mouse. Ever since, I've been a complete Valve fanboy (except I didn't really like their last 3 releases L4D etc) so to me this is like their first big release in 4 years and I'm fucking going NUTS with excitement.
The idea that we could play it this weekend just makes me giddy. However, I think in 9 hours the final test will happen
GlaDOS(?) said:
Mark my words, when that timer ticks over I will be putting my entire brain capacity (however limited it is considering how sick I am) to full use. It's going to be 1am here too... prime brain working time for me.
ColonialRaptor
Member
Jesus... are Steam downloads usually this slow? I'm getting 140kb/s on my Portal 2 pre-load?
I suppose I don't need it to be any faster...
10gig of yum.
I suppose I don't need it to be any faster...
10gig of yum.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
ColonialRaptor said:TOh man. I just completed my purchase
What's your Steam ID?
Do you have an Aussie Co-Op partner lined up? Because if you don't... then I'm definitely your man! I don't have a steam partner yet.
I think you and I are similar in our fandom. I am just so damn excited about this. Half Life was the first game that I ever purchased for myself. Every other game that I had had been xmas gifts or birthday presents. We got a Laptop in Year 8 at high school and I bought Half Life for that. I still remember how good it was to play an FPS game with a nipple mouse. Ever since, I've been a complete Valve fanboy (except I didn't really like their last 3 releases L4D etc) so to me this is like their first big release in 4 years and I'm fucking going NUTS with excitement.
The idea that we could play it this weekend just makes me giddy. However, I think in 9 hours the final test will happen.
EatChildren is my Steam addy, and I would be happy to co-op with you. But I'll be doing the single player first though, and if you'd rather get the the co-op done with someone else before I'm ready by all means do so. I'm sure plenty of AusGAF will be eager to do it too.
Truant said:
Yep.
Given it's the Source Engine there's really no need to worry. I imagine the dynamic HDR lighting and shadows will cripple lower-tier cards, but most should be fine. As long as you have a mid-tier GPU, the framerate should be good-great.
InsertNameHere said:
Run Alien Swarm and see how you go. It, too, is based off a recent build of the Source Engine.
Portal 2 may and likely will have some more bells and whistles, but Alien Swarm should give you a general idea of how your system will perform.
Mr Solo Dolo
Member
Had points to use at Game so managed to get the 360 version for £27.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Valve games usually scale very, very well anyway. Valve build their games to run on a wide range of hardware rather than push the bleeding edge that only a minority can enjoy.
ColonialRaptor
Member
Plasmid said:
My god I am proud of this one.
This is possibly what I think the best Custom Portal Avatar yet. SO wicked.
Hope you like it as much as I do man
Edit - Fine tuned the hand pooring and the height a little bit.
Appollowexx
Member
JaseC said:
This is one of the reasons I still love the Source Engine. It runs great on almost any PC and looks amazing on a decent rig. It also is just a really clean, sharp, well optomized little engine fullstop, especially with all the added bells and whsitles like HDR.
ColonialRaptor
Member
EatChildren said:
Nope... SP is first all the way, I'm primarily a SP gamer before anything else, so I want to get that out of the way.
Doesn't mean that I might not try out the Co-Op a little bit before I finish though.
I think I will end up playing through Co-op a few times, I've got some friends that I want to put on my PS3 while I play on my PC and help guide them through the Co-Op game (hopefully addict them too it
)My pc is pretty dated. Can someone check if I can run this? My specs are
AMD ATHLON64 3500+
CORSAIR TWINX 1024MB PC3200 (2X512MB)
ASUS RADEON X800XT AGP 256MB
A few years back, I build this pc for Half-life 2. Oh man, how awesome it was running that game in all it's glory. Good memories
AMD ATHLON64 3500+
CORSAIR TWINX 1024MB PC3200 (2X512MB)
ASUS RADEON X800XT AGP 256MB
A few years back, I build this pc for Half-life 2. Oh man, how awesome it was running that game in all it's glory. Good memories
koene said:My pc is pretty dated. Can someone check if I can run this? My specs are
AMD ATHLON64 3500+
CORSAIR TWINX 1024MB PC3200 (2X512MB)
ASUS RADEON X800XT AGP 256MB
A few years back, I build this pc for Half-life 2. Oh man, how awesome it was running that game in all it's glory. Good memories
Disable HDR and you may find the performance acceptable.
"Pretty dated" doesn't even begin to describe it.
koene said:My pc is pretty dated. Can someone check if I can run this? My specs are
AMD ATHLON64 3500+
CORSAIR TWINX 1024MB PC3200 (2X512MB)
ASUS RADEON X800XT AGP 256MB
A few years back, I build this pc for Half-life 2. Oh man, how awesome it was running that game in all it's glory. Good memories
Wow, haha I got my first computer for Half-Life 2 as well.
It has a P4 3.0 Ghz and a 6800GT, since then I have upgraded it twice and I am now ready for all of this years hits.
You should be able to run Portal 2 with a mix of medium/low settings.
JaseC said:Disable HDR and you may find the performance acceptable.
"Pretty dated" doesn't even begin to describe it.
hehe, I know. Back then, it was a real beast of a pc. The graphics card alone cost more then 500. I could even run Doom 3 on 'extreme' settings. Now it's a piece of trash. When I turn it on, it's like a helicopter crashing down. Still, it's great for programming
Thanks for the reply.
koene said:hehe, I know. Back then, it was a real beast of a pc. The graphics card alone cost more then 500. I could even run Doom 3 on 'extreme' settings. Now it's a piece of trash. When I turn it on, it's like a helicopter crashing down. Still, it's great for programming
Thanks for the reply.
No worries. At least your PC isn't killing HDDs like my useless pile of junk.
BloodySinner
Banned
Anyone willing to do a two-pack?
Hey ColonialRaptor, i got a challenge for you
try to make my mole's hat look like the new TF2 one:
but with a gold potato instead of the regular one, like the one i got from collecting the 36 potatoes.
I wanna see you work ;D
try to make my mole's hat look like the new TF2 one:
but with a gold potato instead of the regular one, like the one i got from collecting the 36 potatoes.
I wanna see you work ;D
ColonialRaptor
Member
SalsaShark said:Hey ColonialRaptor, i got a challenge for you
try to make my mole's hat look like the new TF2 one:
but with a gold potato instead of the regular one, like the one i got from collecting the 36 potatoes.
I wanna see you work ;D
Haha... dude... gimme a challenge next time.
Give me 20 minutes.
Edit - Hang on, you want it to be pixel art based or can I just use that image you gave me? If you want pixel art... now that's a bit more of a challenge... hahaha
itxaka said:
I'll do this too... but after that I might have a break for a bit... I've been avatar making for hours lol
I know nobody cares about my predicament, but I still can't purchase the Portal 2 two-pack for my friend and I. I only needed five more fuggin' dollars added to my Steam wallet and now my funds are locked down entirely. I can't add, I can't spend. Have to wait on customer service to help me. So, so, so disappointed. I have today off and wanted to spend my time playing the game, seeing as how it's likely to release early. Blah.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
GuiltybyAssociation said:
Do you have PayPal?
ColonialRaptor
Member
SalsaShark said:Pixelated would be nice, but hey, you know your limits, i understand if you aint capable of doing it
Actually - I'm doing it now, Pixel art is actually easier.
ColonialRaptor
Member
SalsaShark said:Hey ColonialRaptor, i got a challenge for you
try to make my mole's hat look like the new TF2 one:
but with a gold potato instead of the regular one, like the one i got from collecting the 36 potatoes.
I wanna see you work ;D
Done.
Before
Pretty happy with that one.
ColonialRaptor
Member
itxaka said:^^Âwesome. Love the companion cube. It so freaking cute!
Don't wory mate, I have seen that you done quite some avatars in the last pages
I'm not quite sure what to do with yours yet...
I might stop for a bit, have dinner and think about it.
I still have three outstanding requests and want to get them all completed in the next 4.5 hours or so.
EatChildren said:
Yeah. It won't let me add from either PayPal or my CC now, everything's locked down. I don't understand, I've never had this sort of problem before with Steam. :/
Sew said:
Oh, with my luck, it most certainly will lawl.
brotkasten
Member
ColonialRaptor said:Done.
BeforeAnd After
Pretty happy with that one.
Fantastic job.