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HALF LIFE ALYX / COVID-19!!!!

Zachariah — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 04:31:23 +0000

Howdy Howdy Howdy. Zachariah Scott here. Did I get your attention with the Half-Life:Alyx headline? good. I promise there is some cool half life alyx news at the end of this message, If you cannot wait. here is the proof. [cdn.discordapp.com]but first . . .

. . . Coronavirus is here. It doesn't matter where you are, this is a problem for everybody. Don't underestimate the disease that is upon us . We have no idea the long term effects of this virus, and I want every person who reads this message to take maximum precautions as we go through this crazy period in all of our lives. Here is what we know.

-This virus can damage your lungs in ways that cannot heal , POSSIBLY PERMANENTLY . Until we know more about this disease, I believe that it is unwise to compare COVID-19 to the flu. Instead, you should compare COVID-19 to polio. If that sounds alarmist, then I accept full responsibility, but we have Zero understanding of the long term effects of this virus.

-This Virus is new. There are no vaccines, and there are no sure fire treatments. I have seen people tossing around AZITHROMICIN as an antibiotic that can help. This is an interesting possibility for many healthy individuals , but as person with specific health conditions, When I last took AZITHROMICIN in 2015, I was personally injured in ways that took two years to recover *(I have a very specific digestive disease situation) NO medicine is without side effects, and this problem is only amplified when you consider that no two people are going to have the exact same biological reaction to this disease. Do not assume that because a drug works for other people , it will work for you. This is the exact reason why governments have restrictive testing and approval processes. Once somebody from the CDC tells you a specific treatment is fine, then you can relax. but until then, THIS VIRUS HAS NO CONFIRMED CURE OR TREATMENT BESIDES TIME AND YOUR OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM FIGHTING IT OFF. THIS VIRUS CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO YOUR LUNGS , WHICH WILL NOT NECESSARILY HEAL OVER TIME EVEN IF YOU ARE YOUNG. TAKE ALL OF THIS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.

-THE ONLY SUREFIRE WAY to prevent the spread of this disease, is to take physical steps to avoid physically spreading this disease to other people. BREAK THE CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION. There is the very real possibility with Covid-19 that a healthy individual could show minimum symptoms, while still being able to transmit the disease to people they come into contact with. Because of this, the only certain way to avoid spreading this disease, is to isolate and self quarantine. PLEASE follow the Instructions of your Local / national disease advisories. PLEASE treat this situation with maximum seriousness. If you are reading this message, chances are you are a young person with a healthy immune system , and you will probably survive. But that healthy/safe population does not account for nearly as many people as you might think. Protect your friends and loved ones and self quarantine. Take governmental advisories seriously, and be as decent of a human being as you can.

-This moment is different. I've been kicking around this earth for 32 years ,and this is a new one on me. This is a new one on my parents as well. This is new. Nobody knows how to deal with this yet. Take COVID-19 Seriously. Be a leader in your friend group, in your community, and most importantly in your family. If your friends , or coworkers, or bosses, or parents do not take this disease seriously then it is your responsibility to convince them that this is important and dangerous.

-The comparison of COVID -19 to the flu is arbitrary. you may as well compare COVID-19 to POLIO. until the doctors weigh in, we have no idea what the long term health effects of this disease are. Take it extremely seriously.

okay. I think I've been sufficiently bleak and scary. now for the fun stuff...Half-Life: Alyx is pretty cool guys!!! Valve has stated publicly that they have plans to release mod / map making tools, and sooner or later that means that we'll be seeing source filmmaker opportunities, and I believe that these will be released soon enough, however in the meantime, In the OSFM Discord channel[discord.gg] We have added some new chat channels that have become a small nexus of Interesting Half-Life: Alyx Discoveries. BE WARNED. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. But for the first time in 8 years, we are looking at some truly fertile new Modding / SFM horizons. Valve has said that mapping tools will eventually be released, but the Folks in OSFM have already made a whole bunch of fun discoveries regarding Half-Life:Alyx . I dont want to get TOO Specific in this message, because almost hourly ,we are discovering new opportunities related to Half-Life: Alyx, but it is safe to say that whether Valve releases official mod tools OR NOT, we have a huge amount of interesting new code, assets, maps, project files, and character rigs to investigate. If you are Interested or active in the Half-Life:Alyx Modding community, then you will be very welcome in the newly created HLA channels within the OSFM discord!!!

Visit the OSFM discord channel Here [discord.gg]

the OSFM discord is still alive! here's an invite!

Zachariah — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 01:10:28 +0000

It has come to my attention that at some point old Discord links got mudged up or deactivated. so I am sending this announcement out to tell everybody the discord chat room is still active and is a great place to get help with SFM.

Here is a fresh discord link! https://discord.gg/qFT27zM Come chat with us!

-carry on

Reminder. OSFM has a Discord channel.

Zachariah — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 23:56:02 +0000

Where did the OSFM community go? to this discord channel! didn't you get the memo?

https://discord.gg/qFT27zM

Enjoy the chatter, avoid the drama. I miss Obama.

REMINDER : OSFM HAS MOSTLY MOVED TO DISCORD . . .

Zachariah — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:51:22 +0000

Howdy Howdy! Zachariah scott here with an important message!!!

This is a reminder to anyone who never got the message. The OSFM community is still fairly active, but we have almost all gone to Discord thanks to its various superiorities compared to steam. Come join the channel at the discord link below!

This is the discord link! click it![discord.gg]

OSFM DISCORD CHAT REMINDER

Zachariah — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:30:14 +0000

If you are wondering "hey where did all the chat go" , I'd like to remind / tell people that the main form of chat for OSFM has pretty much entirely migrated to this discord channel below

https://discord.gg/Y5t2FTB

so if you are starved for community, we're still here! sorry for not makingt this a more clear post. also if you havent checked out discord, you should, it has a ton of benefits over steam chat, and is actually a great way specifically, for filmmakers and poster artists to work, as you can paste screenshots in discord and preview them ,unlike clunky old steam.

-See you in discord

-Zachariah

WOOOPS SORRY

Zachariah — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:33:18 +0000

sorry for the triple post this morning. but the discord link I posted before was a 30 minute only link. I've updated that post with this permanent link

https://discord.gg/EXU6KCq

A new SFM discord is born.

Zachariah — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:35:50 +0000

OSFM DISCORD is now up. pardon that it's hot off the presses. I'm hopping my moderators can step up and help flesh it out and clean it up for the people but I want you to know that I am serious about giving you guys a place to learn and get your communication and chit-chat. we just need to be a good representative of the community.

https://discord.gg/EXU6KCq

it even has an NSFW AND a MEMES room, everyone wins. it'll be a litlte bit of time before its fully operational but I hope you can join us in the new OSFM discord and get the chatter going. if you havent tried discord out yet, I hihgly reccommend grabbing the free app, its great on phones too unlike the steam chat app.

OSFM HAS NO DISCORD. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL OSFM DISCORD

Zachariah — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 22:56:06 +0000

This message is to officially announce that I am distancing OSFM from the OSFM discord. I was not involved in the creation of it and do not want it to be seen as representative of the OSFM community. if you are a member of the OSFM discord, I am not saying you guys need to shut down, but you need to drop the OSFM branding please. I will work to set up a proper OSFM discord which is not a meme-porn-shithole, in the meantime, hold tight, if you have seen the OSFM discord I want to re-iterate that the place does NOT reflect how I feel OSFM should represent itself.

TLDR the discord is fine, but its not OSFM. we'll get a proper one setup soon. hold tight. in the meantime, I reccommenbd returning to OSFM chat if you wish to talk seriously

MODEL GEAR SOLID !

Zachariah — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:28:32 +0000

Howdy howdy howdy, first, I'd like to congratulate all of our saxxy winners, again, we've got quite a few OSFM members up there. Its kind of easy since its a big group, but Its still nice to see. but the saxxies are dead for the year. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LIVE FOR. LIFE IS MEANINGLESS?! WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Well, if you don't give a fudge about Metal Gear Solid, you're s.o.l. , but while all of you were off doing your whole saxxy deal, a pile of us have our hands on some metal gear solid assets. Quite a few of them, We have gotten ourself into a good bad situation, we have more models to rig and port than we have people to rig and port them, so I'm putting out a general call to Die hard metal gear fans with an interest in metal gear stuff. If you , or someone you know can help us out, show up in this discord chat https://discord.gg/bDuR3Fg
We're mostly looking for people who can take a raw model and rig/port it to source. we've got the raw models already. if this sounds like you, then please respond.

We're doing this out of a love of metal gear, and a passion for learning and working together . But also we've got a big ass team of musicians and animators and artists ready to fire the guns of the patriots at a killer Metal gear video project. If you CANT port models ,but are a badass animator or voice actor or musician and want to get involved, leave a comment as well, we're looking for folks who can do these things

-sing
-dance
-animators
-2d artists
-after effects guru
-max script guru

if you're a DIE HARD metal gear fan, and htis sounds great. leave that comment !

Looking for a Max Script Guru.

Zachariah — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 06:37:35 +0000

Howdy Howdy Howdy. Zachariah Scott here.

ATTENTION 3DS MAX USERS
ATTENION PROGRAMMERS

Hey there. anybody around who has experience writing or editing scripts for 3dsMax, i have an interesting conundrum. Me and a 3rd party are working on a meta gear fanart thing, and some of the work being done relies on a script from xentax, ( http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11018 )
which can be used to extract models from the game. The author never added texture support however, leaving the process to be a very painful manual affair. I was hoping someone around who sees this and thinks they might be able to help us add texture support to this maxscript, then comment on this announcement.

i know you wont, nobody ever does. but you should, this time, for real.