Garry's Mod
Valve, Valve Corporation (2004)
Incazelo
I-Garry's Mod, eyathuthukiswa yi-Facepunch Studios futhi yashicilelwa yi-Valve, iyinto eyingqayizivele emhlabeni wemidlalo yevidiyo. Yakhululwa njengomdlalo ozimele ngomhla kaNovemba 29, 2006, iwumdlalo we-sandbox osuselwa ku-physics okunikeza abadlali umhlaba wokudala ongafiki lapho, ngaphandle kwezinjongo ezibekiwe noma imigomo esethiwe. Ezingqikithini zayo, i-Garry's Mod, ehlale ibizwa ngokuthi i-GMod, ayiyona kakhulu umdlalo kodwa iyisiteji esisebenza ngezindlela eziningi sokuqukethwe okwenziwe ngabasebenzisi, okukhuthaza umphakathi oshubile obuye waba nesisusa ekuthandweni kwawo okuqhubekayo. Umdlalo uhlinzeka abadlali ngamathuluzi anamandla okuphatha imvelo nezinto zayo, okuholela ekuqanjweni okumangalisayo kwezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zemidlalo, kusukela kumakhontrakthi ayinkimbinkimbi nama-machinima anzima kuya kumamodi omusha womdlalo.
Umlando we-Garry's Mod ugxile emphakathini we-modding we-Source engine ye-Valve. Idalwe uGarry Newman njengesinye isinqamuleli se-*Half-Life 2*, le phrojekthi yaqala njengomzamo wakhe siqu wokuhlola amakhono enjini. Inguqulo yokuqala, ekhishwe ngomhla kaDisemba 24, 2004, kwaba isethi elula yokulungiswa. Noma kunjalo, ngokubuyekezwa okulandelanayo, yakhula ngokushesha, yethula imephu edume kakhulu ethi "gm_construct" namathuluzi ayisisekelo ayeyochaza umuzwa. Ukuqaphela ukuthandwa kwayo okwandayo, i-Valve ekugcineni yasebenzisana noNewman ukuthi ikhishwe i-Garry's Mod njengomkhiqizo wokuthengisa, ozimele endaweni yayo yokusabalalisa yedijithali, i-Steam. Naphezu kokuba umdlalo ogcwele, ugcine i-"Mod" egameni layo, futhi ukuze isebenze ngokugcwele, yaqala idinga abasebenzisi ukuthi babe neminye imidlalo ye-Source engine, njenge-*Counter-Strike: Source* kanye ne-*Team Fortress 2*, ukuze bathole izimpahla zazo. Eminyakeni, yafakwa ku-Mac OS X naku-Linux futhi ithengise izi-20 million amakhophi kusukela ngoSepthemba 2021.
Umdlalo we-Garry's Mod ugxile kakhulu ekukhululekeni nasekudleni. Kumodi ye-Sandbox ezenzakalelayo, abadlali bafakwa ebalazweni anamasethi amakhulu amathuluzi abanawo. Abadlali ababili abaziwa kakhulu kulawa yi-Physics Gun ne-Tool Gun. I-Physics Gun ivumela abadlali ukuthi bathathe, bahambise, baphendule, futhi bafrize izinto, ezaziwa ngokuthi "props," kalula nje, bayichitha imithetho ejwayelekile ye-physics. Leli thuluzi libalulekile ekubekeni abalingiswa kumakhathuni namavidiyo noma nje ukuphatha umhlaba ngezindlela ezijabulisayo. I-Tool Gun iyidivayisi enezinhlangothi eziningi esebenza njengendlela eyinhloko yokwakha. Ingakwazi ukubopha izinto ndawonye, udale izintambo nemikhawulo ye-elastic, yakhe izinhlelo ze-hydraulic, futhi ikhiqize izinto ezisebenzisanayo njengezinkinobho namaphedi. Lokhu kusebenza okuhlukahlukene kuvumela abadlali ukuthi bakhe noma yini kusuka ekwakhiweni okwenziwe lula kuya emishini eyinkimbinkimbi, esebenza njengezimoto, ama-catapults, namadivaysi e-Rube Goldberg.
Ukuqina kwangempela nokuhlukumeza kwe-Garry's Mod, nokho, kusekusekelweni kwayo okukhulu kokuqukethwe okwenziwe ngabasebenzisi, ikakhulukazi nge-Steam Workshop. Lokhu kuhlangana kuvumela abadlali ukuthi balande futhi bafake kalula ilabhulali enkulu yama-addons, okuhlanganisa amamodeli amasha, amabalazwe, izikhali, futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, izindlela eziphelele zomdlalo ezenziwe umphakathi. Lezi zindlela zomdlalo ziguqula isipiliyoni se-sandbox esiyisisekelo sibe imidlalo ehleliwe, enezinjongo, cishe kuzo zonke izinhlobo. Ezinye zezindlela ezidumile nezithonyayo zomdlalo zihlanganisa i-*Trouble in Terrorist Town* (TTT), umdlalo wokucubungula wezenhlalo lapho iqembu lez "Innocents" kumele lithole futhi likhiphe "Ama-Traitors" phakathi kwazo ngaphambi kokuba ziqedwe. Enye intandokazi engapheli yi-*Prop Hunt*, umdlalo wokufihla nokubona lapho iqembu elilodwa lizigqoka njengezinto ezahlukahlukene ebalazweni kanti elinye iqembu lizolizingela phansi. Ububanzi bezindlela zomdlalo bukhulu, buhlanganisa iziteshi zokudlala indima ezimnandi njenge-*DarkRP*, imidlalo yokugijima, amabalazwe ezimfihlakalo, nezinqwaba zempi.
Umphakathi uyimpilo ye-Garry's Mod. Ngaphezu kokudala nokwabelana ngokuqukethwe, abadlali bahlanganyela eziteshini ukwakha izakhiwo ezinkulu, babambe iqhaza ezindabeni zokudlala indima, noma bajabulele nje isimo esiyinkimbinkimbi nesingenakuvinjwa senjini ye-physics ndawonye. Lo moya wokusebenzisana uye wakhiqiza amavidiyo, amakhathuni ewebhu, neziqhwaga eziningi, okwenza i-GMod isibe isisusa samasiko esibalulekile emdlalweni we-inthanethi. Ukuguquguquka kwesiteji kube yisikhangiso sezinto ezivela ekudlaleni kobuciko izinselele zezinhlelo eziyinkimbinkimbi ngokusebenzisa ukwesekwa kwayo kwe-Lua scripting. Umthamo omkhulu nokuhlukahluka kokuqukethwe kuyamangalisa, ne-Steam Workshop ihlanganisa izinto eziyinkulungwane zamakhulu ezinkulungwane, okuqinisekisa ukuthi umuzwa uhlala uhlanzekile futhi uhilelekile iminyaka eminingi ngemva kokukhululwa kwawo. Lokhu kugcwala okuqhubekayo kwemibono emisha nezinqwaba kuyisiboniso samandla omunye umdlalo obeka amathuluzi okudala ngqo ezandleni zabadlali bawo.
Usuku Lokukhipha: 2004
Izinhlobo: Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, Casual, FPS
Onjiniyela: Facepunch Studios
Abashicileli: Valve, Valve Corporation