Greetings, DT Forums. And now, I proudly present to you the biggest SH&R project I've ever worked on and one that's been thrown in and out of development hell for the past few months: the Jimmy Gibbs Jr. vehicle mod, starring everyone's favourite annoying hillbilly survivor, Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2.
Now already I can probably tell that the reactions are mixed; yeah, some of you are probably getting excited over the crossover concept (even if it is an odd one), while on the other hand some of you might be infuriated that this mod completely breaks the immersion of SH&R being an accurate representation of The Simpsons and whatnot.
But, regardless of what you may think of the vehicle choice, the unique feature to this mod is that the Jimmy Gibbs stars Ellis as a 'driver' character, like how for example Grandpa is the driver of the WW2 vehicle. This makes it so that he has his own dialogue unique to him, with quotes straight from L4D2 and is scripted to play when certain things are done in-game, like for instance calling the vehicle from the phonebooth, skidding, crashing into a vehicle/object, etc. This gives a new take on custom vehicles and allows for more to be explored in the mod itself (but you guys can decompile this thing so in the end there isn't much to explore in-game lol)
To accomodate this mod, I've also created some short videos in Garry's Mod (which actually took up most of the time put in the project) which tie in with the mod. Really, you're allowed to say what you want on them. I just created them for fun really and to make the video showcase more interesting. So whether you think they're actually funny or pointless filler, you can just skip those segments and look at the gameplay video itself.
This mod is also decompilable, so you can look inside the contents of the mod for reference or miscellaneous uses. However, you're also free to utilise this in your own mod as well. I'm allowing 100% permission for that to be done, however you MUST credit me and/or anyone else for the mod if you plan to do so. Otherwise, further action will be taken to make sure that this is met.
I'll also be updating this mod in case anyone spots any bugs they've found, or just to expand on it, like for example adding in more voice clips I can find in the L4D2 game files. If you want, you can notify me about any voice clips you think would be suitable for the mod. Be sure to also notify me about any problems or bugs you experience. Thanks!
LINKS:
Download v1.0.2:
www.mediafire.com/download/mdo7wjlmjllubyw/JimmyGibbsJrv102.rar
Oh, and one more thing, this is probably going to be my last SH&R related work for a good while. Unfortunately, school really doesn't mess around once you reach the age of 16. It's at that point you realise you have to strap the hell in and do your best. I'll still check out this forum and make posts, but for actual content I have to distribute, that's going to have to wait, especially since I have ideas for a full scale mod I want to make that makes SH&R have a different experience from the vanilla game. And simply trying to develop it now would result in deflation or stalling of ideas, as I would prefer to put my best efforts into them Anyway, wish me luck, and enjoy the mod!
