![]() ![]() Open Chrome and click on the menu button (represented by three vertical dots) in the top right corner of the window. Your favorites, history, and saved passwords will not be cleared.Ĭlick the three dots in the top-right corner and then click on “Settings”. It will also disable all extensions and clear temporary data like cookies. This will reset your startup page, new tab page, search engine, and pinned tabs. We will now reset your Chrome browser settings to their original defaults. Reset Chrome for Windows to default settings When you find a malicious program, click on it and select “ Uninstall” in the menu that appears. Look out for any suspicious program that could be behind all the drama – anything you don’t remember downloading or that doesn’t sound like a genuine program. To do this, click “Sort by” and select “Install date”. To make things easier, you can sort all installed programs by their installation date. In Apps & Features settings, scroll down to the app list and search for unknown or suspicious programs. ![]() By default, it should open “ Apps and Features” but if it doesn’t, select it from the list on the left.įind the malicious program in the list of installed apps and uninstall it. When the “ Windows Settings” window opens, click on “ Apps“. You can also ope the Settings app by clicking the Start button on the taskbar, then select “ Settings” (gear icon). Press the Windows key + I on your keyboard to open the Settings app. Removal Instructions for World Clock browser hijacker If you do not know how the World Clock Search extension was installed or are concerned other extensions or unwanted programs may be installed on your device, you can use the removal guide below. If this happens, you can close the page and install a legitimate ad blocker like AdGuard to remove ads from the sites you visit. Less than reputable sites can redirect your browser to these World Clock Search ads to generate advertising revenue. Image: Malicious advertisement distributing World Clock Search extension The World Clock Search extension is being promoted through ads similar to the one shown below. Often, this type of program is offered through malicious advertisements, leaving the user puzzled about where this software came from. ![]() The World Clock Search extension is installed by the users, whether that is knowingly or not. Why is my browser redirected to World Clock? Your browser homepage and new tab page are World Clock.The “World Clock” browser extension or program is installed on your computer.Your browser’s search queries are redirected through.Your web browser’s default search engine is World Clock Search.When the World Clock Search browser hijacker is installed on a computer, common symptoms include: You can also add additional world clocks for other locations as needed.The World Clock extension will also change your browser homepage and new tab page to World Clock new tab. Time zone - Select from the dropdown the appropriate time zone. Location display name - Type what you want to display for the location name. To switch the location, click the Edit details icon, and in the toolbox on the right, set the Change location display name and time zone slider to Yes. Time format - Select between an AM/PM format, or 24-hour format.ĭay of the week - To show the day of the week, set the Show day of the week slider to Yes. To customize the date/time format, click the Edit web part icon, and in the toolbox on the right, set the Choose date and time format slider to Yes.ĭate format - Select the date format of how you want the date displayed (for example, mm/dd/yyyy, which would display as, or mmm dd, yyyy, which would display as Aug 01, 2019). The web part will now show the date, time, and location as you have it set. Then, choose the location from the dropdown. Start typing a location in the Add a location box. Hover your mouse above or below an existing web part and you'll see a line with a circled +, like this:Ĭlick +, and then select World clock from the list of web parts. If your page is not already in edit mode, click Edit at the top right of the page. Go to the page where you want to add the web part. World clock web part is not available in SharePoint Server 2019. This means that you may not yet see this feature or it may look different than what is described in the help articles. Some functionality is introduced gradually to organizations that have opted in to the Targeted Release program. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The skills themselves are divided into 6 tiers, with each of the tiers assigned a specific level requirement your character has to meet in order to put points into the skill of the respective tier. You can change between them allowing you to utilize 3 different builds on your character, giving it much more versatility when it comes to build options. Here’s the example of a skill tree as seen in-game (this one belongs to the Priest class).Īs you can see in the picture above each skill has to be unlocked first and then can be upgraded to increase its effectiveness, all of them beside two in the upper right corner, requires 10 skill points to maximize their power.Īnother interesting thing this image shows is the three tabs above the tree itself. Looking up viable builds, guides or similar things for the class of your choice is highly recommended if you are a player that cares about unlocking the full potential of his class or just doesn’t know how to correctly construct a build. Each class has at least several builds available ranging from DPS (DPS stands for damage per second, a role traditionally dedicated to killing enemies as fast as possible in MMORPGs) focused builds to tank and heal/support ones. What is different is that later on instead of choosing a subclass, the player simply chooses skill they want to use by putting points in them. Each of them was different in terms of primary attributes, primary weapons, hit and mana points and specials.Īt the current time (January 2019) MS2 player picks one of the 10 classes available in-game (as opposed to original where players could pick between 5 base classes and numerous subclasses). In the first MapleStory player would, for example, choose a warrior to, later on, pick between subclasses such as Aran, Dawn Warrior, Demon Slayer, Demon Avenger or Hayato. Instead, what player can do with his class is mostly based on the Skills they choose to acquire within their class. Maplestory 2 allows it’s players to carefully define their class, however, unlike in the previous game players don’t choose a specialized sub-class later on in the game (for easiest reference classes used to work similar to classes in Lineage II for those familiar with that title). ![]() Now we can get started with the actual subject of this guide. Now that we have the introduction out of the way it’s to get to the meat of the article by tackling the subject itself - Classes. Feel free to share this guide with your friends if they search for some guidance when it comes to choosing a class. Just a quick note, I won’t be covering leveling aspect of the game nor activities, bosses, bossing, quests, PvP and other stuff related to it in this guide. It’s easily distinguishable from other MMORPG games by employing unique cute voxel graphic stylistic with a 3D isometric point of view.Īs with other MMORPGs, players create and edit their own character, choose the desired class and later venture into the open world to look for new exciting adventures and nice new loot to obtain! ![]() The game itself embraces its predecessor and builds upon it instead of drastically changing everything. MapleStory2, as the name suggests, is the second installment in Maplestory franchise and is the prequel to the Maplestory. MapleStory 2 is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by NSquare and released by Korean-Japanese publisher Nexon originally on July 7, 2015, exclusively in South Korea, to be later available on September 21, 2017, in China and several months after Closed Beta in May and July of 2018, finally on October 10, 2018, on the global market for Microsoft Windows platform. ![]() ![]() ![]() The actual usage is out of scope of this post. ![]() It’s actually a variation of DirectByteBuffer though there’s no direct relationship between classes. The corresponding class in Java is MappedByteBuffer from NIO package. Hence, if performance is this critical, benchmark is always needed as abusing mmap() may yield worse performance than simply doing the copy. However, nothing comes for free - while mmap does avoid that extra copy, it doesn’t guarantee the code will always be faster - depending on the OS implementation, there may be quite a bit of setup and teardown overhead (since it needs to find the space and maintain it in the TLB and make sure to flush it after unmapping) and page fault gets much more expensive since kernel now needs to read from hardware (like disk) to update the memory space and TLB. But since OS maps certain chunk of file into memory, you get all benefits from OS virtual memory management - hot content can be intelligently cached efficiently, and all data are page-aligned thus no buffer copying is needed to write stuff back. ![]() As a tradeoff, that will still involve 4 context switches. Mmap allows code to map file to kernel memory and access that directly as if it were in the application user space, thus avoiding the unnecessary copy. However, there’s a more expensive yet more useful approach - mmap, short for memory-map. The problem with the above zero-copy approach is that because there’s no user mode actually involved, code cannot do anything other than piping the stream. ![]() Note: Java’s NIO offers this through transferTo ( doc). For example apache’s related doc can be found here but by default it’s off. However this is avoidable if the hardware supports scatter-n-gather:Ī lot of web servers do support zero-copy such as Tomcat and Apache. The reason why kernel needs to make a copy is because general hardware DMA access expects consecutive memory space (and hence the buffer). Yes but from OS’s perspective this is already zero-copy because there’s no data copied from kernel space to user space. You may say OS still has to make a copy of the data in kernel memory space. With that, the diagram would be like this: Honestly with such low-level feature, I wouldn’t trust Apple’s BSD-like system so never tested there. Some say some operating systems have broken versions of that with one of them being OSX link. Typically *nix systems will offer sendfile(). The actual implementation doesn’t really have a standard and is up to the OS how to achieve that. Zero copy can thus be used here to save the 2 extra copies. OS-level zero copy for the rescueĬlearly in this use case, the copy from/to user space memory is totally unnecessary because we didn’t do anything other than dumping data to a different socket. There are 4 context switches and 2 unnecessary copies for the above example. This would be fine if latency and throughput aren’t your service’s concern or bottleneck, but it would be annoying if you do care, say for a static asset server.
![]() ![]() ![]() Once you have the USB stick built, you're basically done. or not :-) In either case, having mucked about with it for years, here's the simplest, most bullet-proof way I've found. "If you Googled around a bit, you may have run across my tutorials on hacking your ATV. I've been using an Oplay media player w/eSATA HD for a few months) but a reader replied to yesterday's post (below) on my finally getting around to upgrading to a 320GB HD and thinking about USB (HD/keyboard) mods with a reminder on ATVusb creator as a freeware alternative to ATVflash: Reminder on (freeware) ATVusb Creator (from news page) It's been years since I kept up with the appletv hacks sites (until yesterday I'd left the appletv switched off for almost a year, only turning it on to get firmware updates. (I've not used that Apple TV much after that mod, but stil have it here.) Lost my links to XBMC forum posts on this mod years ago, but here's a more recent thread at /showthread.php?tid=130945.) ( Airport card slot CrystalHD (BCM70015) Video Card swap for higher res (XBMC/Crystalbuntu). No problems at all and I even installed the CrystalHD card in place of the AirPort card. It should be noted that this was done with Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) on a MacBook Pro (15" Late 2008). ( After my HD swap article was posted, the Cloner source site/info I linked to went MIA but a mirror for the files was later added.) I used information from your site for the teardown instructions ( Ref: Gen 1 AppleTV Hard Drive Upgrade Guide - A Better Way.) and used this site's (instructions for using ATVCloner 2.0. Greetings, I just wanted to pass along the news that I was able to upgrade my original Apple TV (Silver 40GB Gen1) to a 320GB hard disk. Still some Generation 1 Apple TV users out there.) (Follow-up as promised to my finally upgrading a 40GB Apple TV here to a 320GB HD.) I've posted my own AppleTV Hard Drive Upgrade Guide - A Better Way (IMHO) that includes locating dimensions for exposing the mounting screws on the bottom plate vs ripping off the entire bottom rubber cover. My AppleTV 320GB Hard Drive Upgrade Guide: It has a 1GHz Intel Pentium M-based "Crofton", an Nvidia G72M GPU w/64MB DDR2 memory (basically a Geforce Go 7400, the G72 was the GeforceGo 7300), 256MB of DDR2 RAM (400MHz), and reportedly has 7.1 capable audio, but the current Apple TV file formats don't support that.Īpple TV (gen 1) user Reports/Info/Tips/Mods: (most recent first) The current AppleTV hardware is capable of a lot more than Apple is allowing it to do in their initial release. This page is a catch-all of Apple TV user reports, tips, mods/hacks, reviews, Apple support docs, tips, etc. Recent Updates | Mac Upgrades/Repairs | Storage | Video | Audio/HT | Tips/OS Updates/WiFi | Homeġst Generation Apple TV User Reports/Tips/Mods/Apple Docs Apple TV (Gen 1) user reports/tips/mods/issues, hard drive upgrades/guides and tweaks ![]() ![]() ![]() I don't really want minimum retention period of a year because then I'll feel very locked-in.Įgress fees: I don't care so much about network egress fees because I think the risk of me losing this data locally is pretty low, about <10% each year. But I probably want to start thinning backups out after 90 days, and delete altogether after a year. I'm happy to keep the backups for at least 90 days. I want backups to be quick, so they should probably have an Australian region. What I care about: I have about 1TB to back up. Some providers have 'minimum retentions' where you have to pay for at least 1, 3, 6, or 12 months of storage. There's usually storage fees (per GB per month), sometimes 'restore fees' if it's in deep storage, and sometimes network egress fees when you want to get your data back out onto the public internet. The pricing is fairly tricky to work out. I chose which cloud backup software I'd use (winner: Duplicacy), but where should I upload my backups to? There are lots of blob storage providers. I have also used Arq to restore a Minecraft file to the previous hour when I accidentally summoned the Ender Dragon and destroyed our family's world.After I lost a hard drive to (possibly) a lightning storm, I re-evaluated my backup strategy. But, it happened, and Arq facilitated the restore. Unfortunately, I was using Amazon Glacier, and I didn't read the caveats in Amazon Glacier that you can only restore like 10% of your storage a day–the restore took two weeks or so. I have successfully restored my computer before with Arq. based on how much you are willing to pay for your S3 bucket. ![]() Depending on the cloud service you use, it potentially protects you from single region failures as well.Īrq can purge old archives based on settings you control, e.g. It immediately protects you from single component, single machine, and single site failures. Arq does not provide the backup storage–Arq is a program that compares what's changed, compresses the changes, encrypts the changes, and sends/receive these changes with a cloud system.Īrq gives you both backups and archives. It can back up for example to Amazon S3 (complicated to set up), Amazon Drive (easy to set up), Google Drive, Dropbox, or many other cloud services. You pay a one-time software license and then you're good to go.Īrq's job is to back up the folders that you tell it to back up, every hour (or whatever time frame you specify), to a cloud storage system of your choice. Archives also help you restore from ransomware or other damage that has slowly occurred to your system. More generally, if you only have a backup and not an archive you realize that you accidentally altered/destroyed a file yesterday, you may not be able to recover that file. My experience (which was a few years ago) was that Time Machine's backup would get corrupted and then you silently wouldn't be backed up for months at a time. Major props to James Pond's Time Machine Troubleshooting web site, which I attempted to use to diagnose many critical errors with Time Machine. ![]() I used to be jazzed about Apple's Time Machine theoretically it should work as well as Google Docs' archiving. Google Docs is a great example of a tool with archives built-in: you can easily see earlier versions of a file. Archives These restore you to a certain point of time, such as February 1. I have found it extremely helpful to distinguish between backups and archives.īackups These are for restoring files in the case of a disaster, such as a coffee spill. ![]() ![]() Repeat sub-steps 1-4 for each of the desired keystrokes (Next, Previous, and Mute) and choose your preferred buttons for the command.This will make it easier to identify later. For good measure, you will want to type the name of the command in the Comment text box (this this case Play/Pause).Click inside the Keystroke text box and press the key combination corresponding to the desired action (in this case Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow for Play/Pause).Select the Computer response (in this case, Type Keystroke).Select the desired User action (in this case, Button 1).Configure the key functionality in the ShuttleXpress configuration software.Paste a shortcut to the copied file inside the Startup folder by right-clicking and selecting Paste Shortcut.Open the Startup folder by running shell:startup. ![]() Using Windows Explorer, locate the script file you created above.Set the MediaKeyMappings script to launch at startup.Create a new text file called MediaKeyMappings.ahk (or whatever you would like to call it) with the following contents:.Install AutoHotkey (currently version 1.1.30).Install the ShuttleXpress configuration software (currently version 2.13.3).In case this was not obvious, you’ll need a ShuttleXpress (or Shuttle Pro).I’m using Windows 10, but most of the options here are likely to work on other versions of Windows or on a Mac.Here are the steps I used to achieve my solution: Now, I can configure ShuttleXpress to type the specified keystrokes and AutoHotkey will perform the desired media commands. It’s basically defined like this:įor example, I want the keystroke combination of Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow to send the Play/Pause media command, so the AutoHotkey mapping command would be this: ^!Down::Send The script defines the expected keystrokes using AutoHotkey’s hot key list, and remaps the keystrokes to a media key function. Using a simple AutoHotkey script, I was able to establish global shortcuts that mimic the desired media commands. So I needed to find a different method to send the commands and I need it to always be active.Ī quick search took me to a post on StackExchange that offered a simple solution to this problem: AutoHotkey. Unfortunately, the built-in ShuttleXpress software does not seem to send the correct media commands. Regardless, there are always other ways to make things work. Perhaps I’m not doing something correctly or perhaps they only work with a specific type of media player software. But the critical commands for my purposes (Play, Pause, Next, Previous) do not seem to work, even when the media player is selected. These options seem like they should work, and some do (i.e. The special keys include some media commands (Play, Pause, Volume Up, Volume Down, etc.). I looked into the Type Keystroke which includes all of the standard keys as well as some special keys. Press Modifiers (like Alt, Control, Shift, or Windows Key on a PC).Configuration OptionsĮach of the ShuttleXpress buttons can be assigned to any of the following types of Computer responses: ![]() ![]() For what it’s worth, the configuration software includes an option to restore the default settings if I ever decide to use the ShuttleXpress for other purposes. Additionally, the majority of the time I use ShuttleXpress will be while the monitors are switched to a different PC – I will have no way to see what application is currently active.įor my purposes, I have deleted all Application-specific settings and plan to use ONLY the Global Settings. I don’t currently use any of the applications where a controller like ShuttleXpress can really shine (i.e. When an application with no configured profile is active, the ShuttleXpress applies the Global Settings profile. Whenever an application with a configured profile is active, the controls switch to the configured behavior for that application. The ShuttleXpress control software comes with several dozen profiles for popular software, including video editing, productivity, and media applications. My solution requires two software components: I was unable to find a one-stop solution, but I was able to create a relatively simple approach using the steps defined below. You can read more about my reasons for selecting the ShuttleXpress over other possible solutions. (I happen to use Microsoft Groove, the deafult media player for Windows 10, but this solution should work with the media player software of your choice.) The Contour ShuttleXpress is a great hardware solution for this problem. I need to control media player software – playing, pausing, and controlling volume – on a PC while the monitors, keyboard, and mouse are switched to a different PC. Feel free to skip directly to the configuration steps ( Putting It All Together). This article describes the configuration I use for my Contour ShuttleXpress to control media player software. ![]() ![]() ![]() You will hear the terms Tilesets and Tilesheets thrown around a lot. Always Front: Obscures everything behind it.īelow the layers is another section labelled Tilesets.Paths: This layer is not visible in game, but it adds things like the trees you can chop down, bushes with berries, and provides lighting.Front: If the character is on the tile behind this, then they will be obscured by it.So, walls, tables, chairs, anything that you want the player and NPCs to bang their knees on, basically. Building: Solid items, providing collision.Back: the ground and everything beneath the player.This tutorial will focus mostly on the Layer ones (the 3x3 grid). Object is used for adding TileData (more on that later) whereas Layer is used for adding graphics. Top right hand corner, you will see a list of layers, with duplicated names. If removed, then it will still use the original map properties. If you do not delete these, then your map's properties will override pre-existing (or other mod added properties) and may end up breaking warps or causing other issues. You can remove them using the minus (-) sign. ASDF: ASDF unknown, but present on many maps so potentially important?īecause we are making a map PATCH (ie: a small section to patch onto the map, rather than an entire map replacement) we should delete all these Custom Properties.Warp: the tile on which you must stand to exit the map, the map it will warp you to, and the co-ordinates you will land on.Music: your soundtrack when you enter it (note that this is not present in all maps).Ambient Light: defines the light levels (rather dark).Otherwise it will not work on Mac computers.Ĭustom Properties define the properties of the map, in this case: Should you save your file as a TMX (recommended), you must change this to CSV or XML (the latter being deprecated). Tile Layer Format is set to Base64 by default. ![]() To understand how to use Tiled, lets have a breakdown of features. ![]() ![]() It works both inside and outside of your business. Heymarket offers a full suite of business texting services. That means it should deliver a set of tools that performs well for your business. Need audio? There’s a ringless voicemail option too.Ī business text messaging platform needs to be fast and flexible. ![]() An analytics dashboard helps you track all your text marketing campaigns. Smart contact capture forms help you make great first impressions.Ĭustomize keywords and track clicks on links. It features the ability to engage people and customize the content you send them. Skipio is a business texting provider that helps you connect with your clients. Plus, automation helps you keep your marketing efforts moving even when you're away from your desk. ![]() It's easy for customers to rate and review your business. Podium includes many powerful extras, too. Plus, the analytics will help you continually improve your approach for the best business texting results. The free trial is one of the best ways to start using this messaging platform at no cost. Remember our list of features to look for in a business texting app? Well, Podium is one of the few tools that includes all those features. Leading the pack is Podium, a top choice for a business text messaging app. Now that you know what to consider as you choose a business text messaging platform let's look at 20 of the top solutions that marketers love: 1. 20 Best Business SMS Text Messaging Software & Apps The best business texting apps like Podium centralize messaging across many platforms like SMS, Facebook, and more. Set up messaging to fire off reminders and marketing messages to your audience automatically. It helps to use a single tool for all of them. Messaging includes many platforms like SMS, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and more. If you don't measure your results, how do you improve your efforts? Tracking engagement helps you continually improve your text messaging. It helps to choose a platform with a free trial that includes the "freedom to experiment." You need time to try out your approach and not break the bank, so choose an app with a free trial. Here are four crucial pillars to consider while choosing your texting software for business: What features should you look for when you're choosing a business texting app? There are many choices for business texting services. What to Look for in Business SMS Text Messaging Software In this article, we'll look at 20 of the best business texting apps and help you choose one that's right for you. It helps to have powerful tools to start your business text messaging efforts. ![]() Podium offers a business texting app to help you reach more customers. Whether you remind them of an appointment, send promotions, or ask for review, business texting is a powerful marketing tool. ![]() ![]() The key to unlocking the full potential of a paid streaming platform is using a VPN. Selecting the most popular ones such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus or YouTube TV will usually give you access to the most popular movies and TV shows. If you’re looking to stream from a more established streaming service such as Netflix or Hulu, you’ll need to pay for it. Other Stremio Alternatives: Streaming Services If you’re someone who likes to binge-watch a movie or TV show over the weekend, but you don’t want to spend time finding something worth your while, the list could be helpful. Reelgood also shares a list of the top 10 titles each week. If you can’t find anything to watch, use the “roulette” feature to let Reelgood pick something for you at random. The app comes with a built-in feature that lets you track the progress of content you’re watching and gives you access to Reelgood and IMDb scores. Reelgood is another Stremio alternative you can use for watching movies and TV shows from your favorite streaming platform - it aggregates content from over 150 of them. Reelgood aggregates content from over 150 streaming platforms and websites. Each of them is a great Stremio alternative because it addresses one or more of the problems mentioned above. If you’re looking for a Stremio alternative, we’ve got 10. ![]() It has a relatively small add-ons library (check out our guide on the best Stremio add-ons), limited functionality on iOS and also lacks support for some video formats, which can be an issue when you want to watch videos stored locally on your computer. Stremio works fine overall, but it does have some problems. Stremio works as an all-in-one media center that aggregates content from various sources like torrents and streaming platforms and delivers it through a single app. Regardless of which app you choose, remember to use a VPN - we recommend ExpressVPN - to keep yourself anonymous online.If you’re looking for something better, Stremio alternatives like Plex and Yidio can be great alternatives.Stremio is a great app for most users, but it has a few shortcomings.In this guide, we talk about which is the best Stremio alternative. However, Stremio does have its fair share of issues. Stremio is a streaming app that lets you stream content - live TV, sports, the latest movies and TV shows - for free. Last Updated: 12 Jun'22 T15:26:01+00:00 Facts checked by Jasna Mishevska MP4 Repair: How to Fix Corrupted Video Files in 2019.Best Choice Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery.How to Create a Strong Password in 2023: Secure Password Generator & 6 Tips for Strong Passwords. ![]() How to Securely Store Passwords in 2023: Best Secure Password Storage.Best Password Manager for Small Business. ![]() How to Access the Deep Web and the Dark Net.Online Storage or Online Backup: What's The Difference?.Time Machine vs Arq vs Duplicati vs Cloudberry Backup. ![]() ![]() ![]() The G-Man himself does not appear to the extent seen in Half-Life and Opposing Force.īlue Shift uses a slightly modified version of the GoldSource engine, and as a result. Stanley Rosenberg and two other scientists named Walter and Simmons escape the facility. The main focus of the game is in assisting a Dr. Gearbox added a new twist to the Half-Life saga by making Blue Shift the first game to feature a main character in game other than the player and the G-Man. New sounds were given to the shotgun and assault rifle. All weapon models have received more detailed meshes and textures, including new animations. Weapon models are also included, the MP5 submachine gun has been replaced with a M4/M203 assault rifle and the Glock with a Beretta 92. This upgrades many models and textures to a higher quality, notably with the security guards, scientists, HECU forces and a number of Xen creatures. Blue Shift does still imply that these exist, mainly as soldiers can often be heard cutting through a door using the same sounds from Opposing Force.Īs mentioned above, Gearbox included a High Definition Pack in Blue Shift. The HECU soldiers return to their original Half-Life form and AI, there are no longer any visible engineers, medics or machine gunners. The available armory is entirely from the original game, however not all of the weapons can be found in-game. There are no new weapons at all, however a pre-release trailer showed the existence of a wieldable flashlight weapon. However, none of the new Opposing Force weapons appear, save from the Desert Eagle on the Otis model. ![]() Some Opposing Force content is used, most notably the return of the security guard model Otis. However this is probably due to the fact that Blue Shift's story is over by the time Opposing Force starts, and these two groups only become fully involved late in Opposing Force. Race-X does not turn up, nor do the Black Operations. Interestingly, very little of Opposing Force content appears in Blue Shift. Blue Shift and the High Definition Pack were made available through Steam in August 2005.īlue Shift draws most of its game content from the original Half-Life. As a result, Blue Shift is a shorter game than both Half-Life and Opposing Force.īlue Shift was released in 2001. The left-over content was bundled with Opposing Force and migrated to the PC. However, the Dreamcast port's release was cancelled by Sierra following declining console support. It also included a high definition pack of higher detail models and improved sounds to accommodate for the general increase in hardware power since Half-Life's initial release. This therefore matches up with the similar scientific names used for the other Half-Life games.īlue Shift was originally a game developed by Gearbox Software, exclusively for the Dreamcast version of Half-Life. The name blue shift refers to an astronomical phenomenon that occurs when an object is moving towards the observer and the resulting energy shifts towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum. Blue Shift follows the same theme as Half-Life and Half-Life: Opposing Force, once again taking the lone player through the Black Mesa Facility. In Blue Shift, the player takes on the role of a Black Mesa security guard, Barney Calhoun. Half-Life: Blue Shift is the second official expansion produced for Half-Life. ![]() |
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