Genuine game plot (Half-Life)

CHSN, he didn't let himself get killed. he died in a difficult battle :)

Yes ... everything is cool ... I knew a lot, I didn't know a lot ... but I want to understand ... where was it said besides Rpaid's presentation about Gina's death in xena?

In Opposing Force, Gina's model can be seen in one of Xen's lakes.

Yes, and it is interesting that Jtna is not completely dead there. In HL1, dead models can be smashed to pieces by hitting a crowbar. And Gina's model is not. But this is not the point, we have already realized that Valves are not as attentive to details as we are.

"Yes, and it is interesting that Jtna is not completely dead there" - Bugaga, it's like in your Brief Sketches: Gina is still half-dead, but to check this, you must poke her with a crowbar, and then she will finally die ... :)

Fly! =))

I can assume that her model is "inserted" into the texture

What? Did he even understand what he said? How can a volumetric model be inserted into a flat texture?

I don't know much about the structure of maps, but still it's easy to be part of the map and not a separate model .. Although I need to see if gina.mdl has such a "pose"

but still just to be part of the map and not a separate model
A, then it is clear. This is already an interesting hypothesis, you need to ask Rapid what he will say.

The valve folder contains only the holo.mdl model, which contains the model of Gina in the training complex. gina.mdl only in valve / player / gina / gina.mdl (for multiplayer)
In the gearbox catalog neither holo.mdl nor gina.mdl were noticed by me. So my hypothesis is pretty plausible. Although if this is still a separate model, then it is not clear where it comes from ... True, all models are too lazy to revise ...

Your hypothesis is not correct. I followed the path of loading the model (namely the model) of that lying Gina, she was taken from the multiplayer models. So this is a full-fledged model, not a part of the map and it is still not clear why it is not completely dead (not broken) ?? It turns out that the developers did not want to bury her until the end, so to speak, they left a chance for salvation.

PS: by the way, if there is no holo.mdl model in the catalog with the formatting object, this does not mean that it cannot be in the formatting object. Some models of the OF takes from the HL catalog. Proof of this - there really is a place in the OP with the holo.mdl model (you can get into it with the help of a portable teleporter)

ZZY: and one more thing: the map consists of brushes, and if that Gina were part of the map, then she would be a brush. And this is impossible - the brushes are rectangular (rarely more complicated). And even more so they cannot ooze blood

Precisely, the Vortigont also touched the hologram ...
In general, it's understandable ...

Shl: exactly, it's called brushes: D

I decided to post here my presentation of the plot of Half-Life, which is closer to the truth, so that the title of the topic is more consistent with the content.
Actually, it includes the thoughts already stated here, but with significant corrections and additions.

Long, long time ago, in worlds far, far away ...
Prologue

The plot of Half-Life begins long before the events of the first part, in an unknown world, space and time.
But what is known is that it was oh, how restless there was.
And the fact is that a certain union called "Combine" (Alliance; Symbiosis) was formed in one world (or in several worlds).

1. "Combine"

The history of the development of this association is not known for certain, as well as the motives that prompted its creation, but some fragmentary facts can be cited.

This is an aggressive militarized association leading an expansion into other worlds with goals unknown to us. Having reached incredible heights in technological development, they followed the path of gradual cyberization of living organisms in order to maximize productivity and efficiency in their assigned positions. They adhered to the policy of forcibly implanting their ideology in the worlds conquered and joined to the "Alliance". The main expansion strategy in relation to the next world was as follows: First, a large-scale teleportation of huge mechanized fortresses-Citadels over the entire area to be captured and the subsequent withdrawal of the invasion army directly from it.
After the suppression of the resistance of intelligent life forms, the Citadels became cultural and economic centers of the "world of a new order." To help organize this "new order", the citadel was attended by members of a separate caste called "Counselors" whose task was to direct the will of the "Combine" along the right path and helping and advising the representatives of local authorities (if any)
The most developed and adapted species of living organisms were subjected to forced cyberization in accordance with their biological characteristics and the position assigned to the association. Gradually, the culture and individual characteristics of the captured world were completely erased and finally merged into the "Combine war machine", becoming its integral indistinguishable part.
By these methods, "Combine" grew more and more like a cancerous tumor in the space between the world, and nothing could stop it ...
For the time being, nothing ...

2. "Nihilant's Resistance"

The fact is that some tragic events lead to the union almost completely destroyed a certain "superior" race, the last representative of which is Nihilant.
He manages to hide, even avoiding captivity, and uniting under his command the intelligent opponents of the Alliance of one of the worlds (possibly several worlds) available to his influence, organize resistance and start a long bloody war.
However, the confrontation did not go with the best results. Under the onslaught of the Alliance, with abundant and successful use of stronghold attack tactics, Nihilanth's faction led a slow, orderly retreat from world to world.
The final stage of their retreat becomes the "border world of Xen"
"Xen itself is sort of a dimensional transit bottleneck - an area of ​​continual contention"
from which it seemed there was nowhere to retreat further.

It is not known how and when exactly the "Nihilant's group" developed exactly the kind of system that we observe in HL1, but it is obvious that this was a necessary measure.
Nihilanth was the last, and naturally fought more for his life than for the freedom of the Vortigaunts and others. Actually, he needed them elementary for survival, because without them he could not adequately resist the Alliance.
For the most effective, continuous protection, regardless of the time and place of action, strict continuous control of the entire "mechanism" of resistance was required, with a clear distribution of roles, positions and responsibilities.

Thanks to his fellow Controllers (perhaps his closest species relatives), he could keep everything under his gaze, control and proclaim his will through them.
Alien Grants got the role of the main fighting unit of "resistance" leading continuous battles with the forces of the "Alliance".
In this matter, they were assisted by another type of combat units - Gargantua - a real "machine of destruction" with incredible protection and deadly power.
The exact nature and origin of these two species is unknown, but most likely they were brought to the final state of "warriors" artificially by means of biological modifications. Whether the Grants are a derivative of the Vortigaunts is unknown. Perhaps, although they are relatives, they are not direct (like cats and lions)
Vortigaunts (or Alien Slaves - slaves) - got the role of the main "workhorse", workers of resistance, with a partially suppressed will, so that they would not be distracted by anything other than work and thereby providing stable protection for Nihilanth and all "resistance".

In general, the whole essence of the "resistance" system lies in the complex interweaving and commonality of the collective mind through the "Vortal threads" and other things with the center - Nihilant. We do not understand this in more detail - "It is impossible to describe with our limited language" (c)

However, this system of "Nihilant's resistance" turned out to be the most effective against "Combine" and did not allow him to completely dominate for a very long time.
Nihilatnt, even though he was squeezed into a corner, managed to put together a good company for himself, and with this company entrenched in Xena, apparently is not such an easy goal for the Alliance and for some reason it was not possible to make a standard “assault on the citadels.
Then there is a whole heap of riddles, secrets and ambiguities, a clear answer to which is still impossible to provide. However, let us consider one of the versions

3. "A man with a diplomat"

Apparently looking at the stalemate on the Alliance-Xenov front, the Alliance decides to resort to the help of the third-neutral side - Gmen.
Let me remind you that Gmen is none other than "Sinister intergalactic bureaucrat", entrepreneur, businessman. He has no special preferences or prejudices, but he has a diplomat, workers and reserves. It is not known for certain what he accepts as payment, but it is obvious that it is in one form or another and that he primarily pursues not his own interests, but the interests of those who "pay" him.
He doesn't give a damn about everyone, but being hired, he temporarily goes over to the side of Alns, and starts active actions with the aim of suppressing the "resistance of Nihilanth."
It is not known why he decided to choose our native "cradle of civilizations" as his tool, perhaps it is native to him, or it is due to the fact that on earth there was the most suitable situation in terms of strategic plan and technical development.

4. Meanwhile on Earth

At this time, in our world, on Earth, a new branch of science is being developed abundantly for the study of the nature of portals, portal technologies and travel to other worlds. One of the main largest research complexes in this direction was the Black-Mesa. Scientists in this complex have achieved colossal successes - this very "border world of Xen" was discovered, through which the alleged teleportation will be carried out.
It is known that the scientists had "samples" (crystals) from this world (necessary for teleportation), but of rather poor quality. Apparently they were grown artificially; after all, in order to grow a crystal, you don't need much, just one cell or just data on the molecular composition is enough. Perhaps, through only fragmentary information, they managed to recreate a sample-copy of the mineral of the border world, which, although indirectly, serves as a conductor with true minerals and the world of Xen.
(But we cannot exclude the possibility of material expeditions to the outskirts of Xen, where only not the purest samples of crystals could be collected)
However, for all the grandeur of the work done, much cannot be welded with such crystals. A "clean" sample was needed directly from the "cores" of the border world, but how to get it? ..

For a long time, BM scientists would have fought over this problem, setting up ineffective experiments on artificial (or low-quality) samples, BUT here, from where, a man in a blue suit (Gmen) appeared and brought a little bit of THAT that seemed impossible to get - the purest example of the world Xen. It is difficult to imagine what an indescribable delight this gift caused, from already almost desperate scientists. They would like to know where this miracle came from, and who is this "man in a blue suit", but the fear of losing a wonderful gift is too great. And here no warnings about "unforeseen consequences" will help, the work begins to boil at full speed, bypassing, perhaps, standard precautions.

If we proceed from the fact that Gmen provided Eli for experiments with the same ill-fated Pure Sample; then it was required to somehow arrange all the explanatory documents and other accounting formalities for the experiment. Probably, a suitable kind of legend was invented, about some brilliantly conducted expedition (reflected in the corresponding memorandum) and the direct need to test a miracle sample obtained by a miracle.
Perhaps with the secret support and tutelage of Administrator Wallace Brin, being secretly informed from Gmen (or someone else) about the details of the upcoming events.

(The details of the actions and relations of Gmen, Brin, Nihilant and the Alliance in these cases are clearly and reliably unknown, so it is better not to consider them in detail for now)

5. Half-Life

The experiment is entrusted to conduct the promising Doctor Gordon Freeman, under the tutelage of his mentor Isaac Kleiner (and not without the participation of Gmena)
During the experiment, a cascade resonance occurs, leading to large-scale teleportations of Xen's flora and fauna to the territory of the research complex, to Earth.
Nihilant, realizes the current situation and, realizing the chance given to him for salvation, tries to move from Xen to a new foothold. This is how the "invasion of Xena's troops" begins

Freeman woke up after the disaster and his whole further goal is to survive, to get to the surface and from the complex itself. Gmen probably draws attention to Freeman long before the incident in Black Mes and, in the course of events, follows him, sometimes indirectly helps, etc. Bryn, probably from the very beginning of the disaster, quickly hides to safety.

In the Black Mass, the military is unhooked. At first, the staff thinks that the military has arrived to save them, but they
begin to methodically eliminate all scientists, guards and "aliens from outside."
It becomes clear that they have an order - to clear the complex from witnesses, and a direct threat of the "invasion army", and this order was probably given not without the participation of Gmena.

Meanwhile, Eli makes his way to the Black Mass dorms to find and rescue his wife, Asian and little daughter, Alix.
Upon reaching there, he discovers only his daughter, later assuming that Asian died as well as thousands of other personnel of the complex. Gmen helps him in some way to get Alix out. During these events, Bulsquid chews off Eli's leg.

Along the way, Freeman participates in the launch of an orbiting satellite necessary to activate and configure the Black Mesa satellite network. Which, in turn, will allow you to set up a teleporter in the Lambda Complex, where Freeman is sent later. With adventures and hard battles getting there for him
they say that it is impossible to escape to far away by teleporting, alas, but you can teleport to Xen and eliminate the source of etergy teleporting otherworldly invaders - Nihilant.
Freeman agrees and hits the road. And after long bloody battles, he still kills an adversary, but the supposed peace on earth does not come ...
Well, how the order was fulfilled Gmaena with the Alliance was no longer in any way connected and he freely went in search of new employers.
G-man takes Freeman to work for himself ...
Black Mesa is blown up with nuclear weapons so that only one crater remains from it, and "Portal Storms" begin on the ground.
Need to say that Khepi Endom does not smell here.

Epilogue
6. "Unforeseen Consequences Continue"

After the events in CL1, Gmen says that "Xen is now under our control ..." is evident from the word "our" meaning himself and his employers. Alliance? It is very possible that this is so, at least it all depends on them.
"Nihilanth's Resistance" was destroyed and nothing prevented the Alliance from continuing its invasion activities to other worlds ... and specifically to Earth.
But everything has its time.

Portal storms caused by the cascading resonance and the murder of Nihilanth lead to large-scale messy teleportation of all kinds of xenic creatures throughout the planet and in the most unexpected places. Chaos reigned in the world ...
Millions of people died, many were changed by aliens, turning into so-called "zombies" ... the population of the earth has decreased significantly ...
The government of the old world was unable to provide continuous effective protection against the threat of extraterrestrial life in the vast expanses of their territories.
It was decided to organize collection and protection points for the victims in large cities, where they dug in to defend themselves from the "monsters" from Xenus was much easier.
Of course, in some cities there are factories and factories and warehouses with weapons ... but what if there are none?
It is most logical to assume that between such "enclaves of surviving cities" mutually beneficial cooperation was established, taking into account the new economic and political circumstances. Each city made "supply supplies" to the best of its capabilities and exchanged them with other cities. the world economy and simply humanity. Perhaps all this was even led by some new government ...
There was some illusion of security, it seemed the worst was over ...

But one day, events happened that once again turned the world upside down.
For "Combine" was ready for a new blow and made it on time (information about Brin's involvement in this is very vague)
In a matter of hours, in all the "surviving cities" around the world, the Citadels "grew" and in just a day they suppressed all resistance in them.
The invasion was so sudden that the entire army of the land of millet did not have time to react properly, and apparently did not even give any major battle and did not use nuclear weapons.
After the "7-hour war" the former government of the "surviving cities" was destroyed, and a new leader came to replace them - Wallace Breen supported by the "Counselors".
Nothing is reliably known about the details of his ascension to this post, but there are rumors that at a certain hour he raised his hands to the sky and spoke about the surrender of “Earth” ... but somehow he somehow “made the Earth surrender , and the Alliance rewarded him by giving him power. "
Well, further humanity had to experience all the "charms" of the "Combine" ideology with all the ensuing consequences reflected in CL2.

When exactly Vortigonyt began to help humanity is unknown, but apparently not long before the invasion of the Alliance, otherwise they would probably have time to warn them about the impending threat. Although, in general, the motives of their actions are not obvious and rather vague. On the one hand, they are grateful that Gordon freed them from the tyranny of Nihilant. For when the mental shackles were asleep, they saw their sight and realized that everything in fact was not quite as they had seen before, and truths and abilities previously unknown were revealed to them. But they will never forget the one who gave them everything - Nihilyant, and Freeman deprived them of this - home and "family"
But one way or another, after the invasion of "Combine" on Earth, they began to provide quite significant support to the "new resistance".

Meanwhile, Gmen apparently found new "Employers"
Ush who hired him this time I will not dare to say ... but apparently it was no longer The Alliance, for Gmen's activities are clearly directed against them.
So, after a dozen years, we can again observe the fruits of his activities reflected in HL2, through our new employee - G. Freeman.

But this is a completely different story ...

heh! ...
again new information (for me, at least) ...

Here Toko of four letters is missing "IMHO". At least you said what Olmer is based on.

In fact, at the beginning of the post, I said that I am posting "my presentation of the Half-Life plot" and in some way means "IMHO"
In addition, neither Rapid, nor Kiber_wolf, anyone else who wrote in this thread, did not use this word in their posts.
I didn’t think that I was in a special position:

Most of what I said was a direct presentation of the
main emphasis was placed solely on following the ironclad facts without thinking up unnecessary details.
If I brought my "logical conclusions", then I MANDATELY stipulated this with words like "Probably", "Apparently" or "Obviously" and others, by their very meaning implying the word "IMHO"

If you do not meet these words in a sentence (or a paragraph setting out a general idea) about the information you are interested in, believe boldly, this is most likely a fact;)

red-bear
If there are any comments or questions about the so-called "facts" they say, why are you took that THIS so ?! " - write, and I will give evidence;)

yes, everything is fine, I don't agree with the second part)

Kiber_wolf
Whether you agree or not, part number 2 is "Nihilant's Resistance" (if you had it in mind), an ode to the most reliable parts presented in my presentation of the plot.
What exactly do you disagree with? Some paragraphs have direct evidence or are based on iron facts, if you want, I can cite them here.

"a certain" higher "race has been completely destroyed, the last representative of which is Nihilant" - I don't think there is evidence of this, besides the controllers are very close to him in structure, are they not relatives?)

"... reasonable opponents of the "Alliance" of one of the worlds (possibly several worlds), organize resistance and start a long bloody war. " - as far as I know, it is only officially confirmed that Vortigaunts were slaves on Xen, and not native inhabitants.

"organized retreat from world to world" - where does this infa come from? and at the expense of Xen - perhaps this world was specially selected by combines, and was used as a prison.

"Alien Grants got the role of the main fighting unit" resistance "leading continuous battles with the forces of the" Alliance "." - a delusion, this is a representative of aliens modified by combines (most likely Vortigaunts, as you correctly noted), like Gargantua, and in general there was no war for a long time, where did you get that? They are not stronger than humanity.

Well, for now =)