This involved using the nVidia Texture Tools plugin for Photoshop to convert the textures into DirectDraw Surface files (.dds). Once it was scaled it needed to be prepared for implementation into Skyrim. I scaled the crowbar up and positioned the model so it would look the same in the Skyrim viewport as it does in Half-Life. Before I began I de-compiled the assets from Half-Life 2 and Skyrim and pulled the model data into 3D Studio Max. The first task of implementing the Crowbar was relatively easy as I was given permission to use Valve’s art assets (including their models and textures). The name being a reference to an achievement in Half-Life 2. As with anything you create, you will need to be the expert and authority on your own creation.Īnd thus, the Lambda Locator quest was born.
He offered some rather inspiring advice that I was given permission to share: My recommendation, as with any mod drawing on Half-Life, is always to do what makes sense to you, what leads to the best experience for your audience, and don’t worry about what sort of sense it makes to Valve. I wanted to make it as canon as possible so I drafted my story and reached out to the writer of Half-Life, Marc Laidlaw. So I decided to pair the crowbar with a Half-Life themed quest. I knew I wanted to implement the crowbar but I felt that simply adding a standalone weapon wasn’t appealing enough. Instead I decided to take a crack at implementing Gordon Freeman’s crowbar.īefore I began exploring how to approach this task I decided to plan everything out. At first I wanted to create an Ant Lion follower, but after doing some research into the Creation Engine and Havok Animation Studio I decided to scrap that idea to avoid giving myself a headache. There was a lot of interest and discussion around Valve themed submissions for this release.
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