@Powerous Poul

The mod does still work. I'm not really sure why it's not working for you.

Also there was a comment here before that asked about why it had "DE Compatible" in the title at some point; the reason was that this mod came out during a time where Xen didn't exist yet, and I was actively updating and maintaining this mod alongside the Xen update. The Xen Update was referred to as "Definitive Edition" at the time which is why the label was there.

yo he kinda thicc tho...

This is some stuff out of Doom.

Amazing work

An excellent Grunt model, a cross between the Classics and the updated one, but for some reason it doesn’t work for me, I followed the instructions as usual: I subscribed, at the same time threw it into the 'custom' folder, I launch BM it and test it for a quick meeting at the head of “Forget about Freeman” - default, the Grunts remained what they were. Conclusion - it’s an old mod and it worked before the full release of 2020 BM or before the global update after the full release (I don’t remember when it came out, like in 23-22)

Oh I see! Thanks for the reply!

I'm only asking because: In the BMS:Classic map overhauls it seems that they utilize the elites in the maps of the last chapters before Xen. To the point that some people were complaining that their Alien Grunts visual mods weren't working properly, to which the authors of the maps overhaul responded that they needed to utilize a mod that also replaced the elite versions of the alien grunts.

iirc the Elites and normal ones share the same model because they're the same entity just with a flag enabled, so it would take substantial work to make it only work for the ones in Xen

Does this replaces the Elites?
(Can there be a version that replaces only the Elites?)

Alien Grunt twerking update when

i wanna jiggle it's ass

damn

Alrighty then.

I will update the description to address the fact I'm probably never going to do Gibs, though. Cause, well, frankly, I really don't think I'm going to, unfortunately

Allow me to repeat myself; "The big downside is I lost the source files (...) without doing a lot of tedious work with decompiling the workshop version of the models and all that jazz, which just wouldn't be worth my time"

So, to reiterate, it really isn't worth my time unfortunately. I'm an unpaid mod developer and this is a deprecated project that I'm not totally satisfied with as this model was actually a port of a mod I made for the original mod version of Black Mesa when I was like, 16. If I were to ever revisit this I would remake the mod entirely instead of going through the hassle of downloading my own mod and decompiling it just to tear apart a model I'm not happy with anymore

Alright, sorry about that. Just saw that Steam didn't show that it was updated, and figured that you just abandoned it. Might as well update the description to say that, though. Plus, I feel like decompiling the workshop version and all that would be worth it. Besides, Crowbar, Source-IO, Blender Source Tools and everything else should help you. Hasn't been updated since 2019 anyway, so might as well make edits for Definitive Edition and whatnot.

I did update it, the description is just outdated. Both the naked and clothed grunts work. The big downside is I lost the source files so I'm unable to make gibs for it without doing a lot of tedious work with decompiling the workshop version of the models and all that jazz, which just wouldn't be worth my time

"I plan on updating this again once Xen comes out, so that it works there as well"

Yeah, sure, definitely not like Xen is fully released and has been out for years.

when you get to updating this mod, will it be possible to replace the grunts in the tubes and surgery walls in interloper's factory segments? not a huge loss if not but it is always a slight hit to immersion

Awesome! It has this sleek and modern sci-fi look to it that works very well. The armor having a rainbow chrome shine is a nice touch.

Rest In Piss.

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You have been a bit sussy.

It looks like an elite from halo, and I love that!

ah, thanks. It's very good to hear with a certain level of skill this quality of asset can be made in 1-2 days. My goal is to eventually be able to make whatever I want for a game within an amount of time and effort snall enough that the fun I'll have when it's done is still worth the creation process, and I was worried it could be that each damn model takes like months to make, rendering my idea impractical

I use various parameters to bake the AO, Sharpness, Thickness, and more, from the HD Sculpt of the mesh, into a retopologized model, first. Then, I used this AO, Sharpness, Thickess, etc. information to paint multiple different layers of materials which were hand-crafted by me, all featuring normal maps and such.

For me it took about 1-2 days, but that's because I have a life time of experience and am able to push these types of assets out rather quickly.

...How long did it take to make? The textures I mean. I'm hoping this sorta thing doesn't take ages although even then I might be willing

oh I see, thanks. When you say "baked" do you mean procedurals? Principled bsdf type stuff baked into images?

Well.. I'm not exactly sure how to answer that, really.

A combination of Substance Painter and artistic talent. It uses multiple shaders and material types that I assembled myself, and is a combination of both hand-painted and baked materials.

say uh, I'm making a remake of a ps1 game in Source and I was wondering, how did you make the flesh texture.. really all the textures on that alien grunt so good? If I could make textures that well I would be absolutely set

ayo he do be looking kinda thicc

I look forward to both.

It's definitely on my list of plans to do. Right now i'm working on a Bullsquid model replacement, but after that, I plan on updating and remastering this one!

Their purple armour goes well with the hivehand and makes them more visually distinguishable from the green of the vortigaunts and the orange of the controllers.

Great design choice. Better than bms and classic. I don't suppose you'd consider updating this?

Just make sure to give me credit when applicable!

Go ahead!

hi beautiful model, do you mind if i use it on alien grunt elite in my modpack?

Noice the head and the helmet reminds me of elites from halo btw keep up the great work

I appreciate the kind words, thank you!

Apologies for being frustrated there, too. He's spammed my comments section at least 3 times, now, and I deleted the other 2 times. I just left it this time to show people what's going on.

Thank goodness he's stopped, now.

Hey, just to counteract the spam below, love the mod! This design is way better than vanilla Black Mesa's. Looks a lot more "alien" as they should've to begin with.

Can you please for the love of god stop spamming all of my Workshop submissions? Harassing workshop developers is not how you get people to make things.

Also god I wish I was as good in Blender as you

hey can I port this into a gmod playermodel?

dude. Lol. Thank you so much

It's already been ported to Gmod!

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1867426329

would you ever consider porting this to gmod? Not trying to bug you for it just wondering your thoughts

This looks hostile to other xen life forms like hostile to EVERYTHING EVEN THE ALIEN GRUNTS

He got a booty :flushed:

This is Halo in 2020

Brain Dead got the mouth moving on his Grunts, maybe you could hit 'im up for some pointers

I don't think i'll make the movement of the mouth as I am having trouble working out shapekeys, but I will definitely do the dismembered parts at some point. I've just been working on other projects right now, as I also am planning on doing a Xen pass to replace the scenery Grunt objects with my Alien Grunt as well

Will you make movement of the mouth and its dismembered parts?

I did take some inspiration from the mandibles of sangheilis in Halo. I really like mandibles.