Hidden Source
This guide is from a LAN that has ended, so information might be irrelevant and/or incorrect
Installation
- Download and install Source SDK Base 2007 on Steam from Library > Tools
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Download and install Hidden: Source
- Connect to the file server and go to the Hidden Source directory in the Games directory
- Copy HSB4b-full.exe to a temporary location on your computer
- Double click HSB4b-full.exe
- Follow the installation wizard
- Restart Steam once the installer has finished
- Delete HSB4b-full.exe
- Search for LAN Servers for the game using the Steam Server Browser
A team of marines must hunt and kill "the hidden", a nearly invisible science experiment gone wrong, who can melee kill almost instantly.
Gameplay
Important things to know
- You will crap your pants
- Friendly fire is on
- Alt+tab can crash the game
- Keep moving
Marines (IRIS)
- The hidden looks like a heat haze shimmer, and is most visible when moving
- The support class can re-supply others with ammo
- Reloading half way through a clip wastes ammo
- It's really easy to run out of ammo
The Hidden (Subject 617)
- You can jump, pounce and stick to walls by pressing middle mouse
- Stay away from bright lights as it will make you easy to see
- Right click when near a marine to pig stick them (loud and messy)
- Throw pipe bombs to disperse tight knit groups
- You can feed on corpses to regain health by pressing primary fire
- Feeding causes the corpse to thrash about, so do it when alone
- You cannot feed on gibbed corpses (caused by pipe bombs and pig sticking)
- You can pick up objects by pressing the use key near them
- You can pin corpses for feeding upon later or to freak people out, by picking up the body and pressing the secondary fire key near a wall or ceiling
- You can see marines' health by holding the C key when stationary
Game Modes
Standard
- Only one person plays as the hidden
- Once the hidden is killed, they swap with their killer on the marines team
- If the hidden wipes out all marines, they stay on as hidden in the next round
OverRun
- The hidden does not have any pipe bombs
- When the hidden kills a marine, they become the hidden too
- The hidden has infinite lives
- When only one marine remains, there is a survival timer of 15 seconds
- If the last remaining marine survives, they become the hidden the next round