Half-Life: Alyx/Unused Text

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Loading Screen Text

Some text strings which were meant to be shown during the loading screens can be found in hlvr_english.txt.

// Game Tips
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_COUNT"		"22"
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_1"		"THE CITADEL, THE COMBINE'S super-structure, is currently under construction."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_2"		"GRAVITY GLOVES: Russell invented the gloves to pull items towards from far away — even those attached to enemies."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_3"		"RESIN: The Combine use resin to construct weapons and other technologies."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_4"		"WEAPONS: You can quickly switch between your hand and previous weapon by tapping the weapon selection button."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_5"		"TIP: Store extra items by placing them in the locations near your wrists."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_6"		"THE BLACK MESA INCIDENT: A failed experiment with an alien substance created the disastrous event known as THE RESONANCE CASCADE."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_7"		"XEN: Portal storms, a byproduct of THE RESONANCE CASCADE, have allowed aliens, creatures, spores and fauna to teleport to Earth."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_8"		"BLACK MESA is a former research facility whose experiments accidentally opened an interdimensional rift between Earth and a borderworld called Xen."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_9"		"THE RESISTANCE: Still in its infancy, the RESISTANCE is an anti-Combine insurgency led by former BLACK MESA researcher DR. ELI VANCE and his daughter ALYX."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_10"		"HUMAN LIFE: Humans have been unable to conceive since THE COMBINE established a GLOBAL SUPPRESSION FIELD."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_11"		"THE SEVEN HOUR WAR: Earth's surrender to THE COMBINE was negotiated by DR. WALLACE BREEN, the administrator of BLACK MESA."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_13"		"GORDON FREEMAN: prevented a XEN invasion during THE BLACK MESA INCIDENT. He has been missing ever since."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_14"		"THE COMBINE completely subsume their host subjects during the creation of a new entity."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_15"		"THE SEVEN HOUR WAR. THE COMBINE used the rift opened by THE BLACK MESA INCIDENT to travel to Earth and occupy the entire planet in a single confrontation."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_16"		"HEADCRABS: The nature of the relationship between the Headcrab and its host is still not fully understood."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_17"		"BLACK MESA: ALYX VANCE'S mother did not survive THE BLACK MESA INCIDENT."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_18"		"VORTIGAUNTS: Once enslaved by THE COMBINE, THE VORTS share a singular consciousness."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_19"		"BLACK MESA: ALYX VANCE was an infant during THE BLACK MESA INCIDENT."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_20"		"BLACK MESA: ELI VANCE worked and lived with his family at BLACK MESA when THE RESONANCE CASCADE occurred."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_21"		"QUARANTINE ZONES: The rift opened by the BLACK MESA INCIDENT has allowed alien flora and fauna from the XEN borderworld to infest localized areas of Earth. These areas have since been quarantined."
"HLVR_LOADING_SCREEN_TIP_22"		"THE COMBINE: Nobody knows where they come from or the nature of their ultimate goal."

Additional strings further down the file categorize these blurbs according to which maps they should show up in, with every map save for the last four (a4_c17_water_tower through a5_ending) being accounted for. One string shows up in this section that isn't listed above:

"CITY 17: A former cosmopolitan city, CITY 17 is now home to THE COMBINE'S human administration."