Anomidae: i dunno what this guy is talking about, interloper's never had any external effects on my game Also anomidae: cant play portal because it puts him into a dark room and crashes the game
I like that the Anomidae character is this very scientifically minded skeptical person and this is presented as like, a scientific investigation (beyond the creepy music and vibes), as opposed to it being played as a straight up “ooohh it’s a scary source ghost”, it makes it more believable honestly, especially contrasted to the ouija board investigation of the Eida character
the thing is, the guy is claiming that the interloper has been effecting his OTHER games, presumably ones he hasn't been testing with- when Anomidae was fucking around in Portal and crashed, it *only* bricked his portal install, and probably would clear up on a reinstall
To add - Anomidae: I could only test 6 hours every year. Also in Anomidae's universe: This guy generated demos over multiple days to investigate stuff.
@@christopherm4739in the last episode when the timer ended you could see in the chat that connection with a server was lost, which clearly explains why eida was able to generate demos multiple nights in a row: in 2011 the servers were up constantly, while 11 years later they only appear to be up for a day or so during November (presumably somebody is booting them up manually because they need them for something)
Honestly, I just rewatched the very first FNAF game theory video and the music was similar. And now I think "The Skybox series is basically a game theory without Matpat!"
I love how no matter what someone tries tf2 just can't be scary. Like, in the original video I half expected the heavy to turn around and call the scout a spy
The “reuploader” mentions a breakdown, and Anomidae is clearly ignoring the super natural (Stating that all the “do you feel pain” test did was walk forward instead of it answering the question) I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here, at least with the creator(s) story
Every episode of this series dives further and further into ARG territory and only becomes more vast, fascinating, and terrifying. It's rare for a TH-cam horror series to get so truly under my skin but the intricate & immersive story and presentation (aided by the Source Engine's preexisting creepiness) are truly excellent. Fantastic work as with the last two videos - and I'm super excited to dive into the new ARG elements/other TH-cam channels.
Please help me : ist it real? or just fiction, and animations created for this serie, but based on some true things ? i'm not a lot into it, and a bit confused
@@Studio23creation It's all made up, just an interesting project the creator is making. It's being presented as true in the videos because of the ARG elements to it and for the sake of storytelling. As far as i know, it's not based on anything specifically other than the real umbrella man graffiti from HL2 (which isn't actually anything special) and the general idea of Source engine creepiness and urban legends.
The idea of a modern-day user researching old videos, having to go through archives, and slowly working on progressing their understanding built on previous attempts while also doing their own theorycrafting on said videos is such an interesting and fantastic tactic that I’m honestly surprised nobody thought of it doing something similar until now. This is such a well-built and incredibly believable ARG with a fantastic plot so far that I wouldn’t be surprised if this became another of the “household ARGs” so to speak.
A huge thing to do would be starting to develop a script to auto-generate demos, and eventually map-specific demos. If he had a demo with absurdly large maps, the hammer software from Momentum Mod supports a vastly larger map size, compared to other source games. It will be well worth creating as much infrastructure as possible before November, so that a majority of the time can be put towards further testing and progression.
Plot twist: fsky and dm editor were made by the creators of jbmod to destroy garry and scare off the gmod playerbase, but it backfired and infected the entire source engine hemisphere instead
Suggestion for the next entry in the series: Try running the commands in Gold Source? You're also forgetting to try the left 4 dead series, which could net interesting results since it spawns more than one playable character.
This has gone so far beyond what most ARGs in the Source community usually do. It's just so... well crafted and thought out. Well done. You've caught my interest.
12:39 "I'm not entirely sure what the screenshots are pointing at." This is interesting, in most ARGs the spooky monsters are so hidden that if the main character can't see them, neither can the watcher. But these are very clearly in the videos...why can't he see them?
The tf2 screenshot looks like it has a hidden sniper instead of inteloper slenderman, also anomidae is in denial about this being something supernatural the whole video, hes not dumb so its 100% denial
@@extrashreks I get that, but I can't exactly go "I don't know what the screenshots are pointing out" being in 100% denial when there is clearly something there. It'd make more sense story wise if he denied it was something supernatural and called it fake or something.
This is one of the best source game ARGs I've found. A lot of them lean too hard on how 'creepy' the source engine can feel. But this one puts a mystery front and centre, and then uses that source creepiness to add to it. Seriously impressive work. I'm really excited to see where this will go.
You are a true artist, Anomidae. Saw a few of your animations a couple of minutes ago and it infuriates me how little attention they got compared to other creators. I hope a larger audience will appreciate your masterpieces in the near future! Best wishes!
A ghost story involving Source demos and Hammer tinkering is something that fits so perfectly I'm surprised I haven't seen it done before. This series is awesome!
So goddamn unnerving and cool!!! Loved going through the eidamona videos. The "older" ones especially, feels pure and weirdly a bit sad in the context of his later breakdown
I love poking at the innate horror of something unknown, something just outside of context where the conclusions we draw with the scattered pieces are so much worse than actually knowing
truly a stroke of genius to create an arg that both feels the niche for both the arg itself and the youtuber analysis, breakdown , and theorycrafting in a single video series. really gives that streamlined feel i enjoy when i watch people breakdown especially long args, though i imagine it was a lot of hard work to right a put this together in a satsifying way. great job.
Interestingly if you convert this 'folder name' from binary to decimal you get 21, if you look that up on the ascii table it's stands for a character named 'Negative Acknowledge' 3:33
Something that probably doesn’t get immediately recognized about the videos is the way the text format affects the tone of the video. Something about the dark reds of the notes, the font, and the way the text moves really gets under my akin.
This is bringing me back to the BEN DROWNED days with a dash of Marble Hornets thrown in. We need more stuff like this again. Analogue horror is starting to get stale.
Yeah, there's very few analog horror series which are interesting. The coolest one I found recently was The Real, it has weird esoteric philosophy shit and doesn't fall into the pitfall of copying the mandela catalogue
My best guess for the weird map in the distance is the HL2 Beta Kleiner's lab with half-life 1 textures used in E3, seen from the re-upload trailer for their ad. Also for the cstrike demo models, Models in source have baked in animations so you could try opening the model for Leet in a model viewer
Something about video game horror really resonates with me because of the true fear and uneasiness some games cause. All the way from early source games to a singleplayer Minecraft world. The thought of some entity within a video game that displays a strange ability to warp the game code and escape the boundaries of its world is quite terrifying.
the eida-mona screenshot purpose is to show the interloper or umbrella man glimpse and in the second screenshot is hard to see but if you look closely you can see the black appearance of the interlorper
The idea of creating an ouija board in hammer is so simple but creative. That's one of those oddly specific "Under what rare and specific contexts would that ever come up as an idea other than this?" As for what the map outside the map looked like, it almost seems like the TF2 intel room with the hallway. I mean, that DID have some interesting hammer data didn't it?
This is a late and additional comment, I adore how much technical knowledge you have displayed about the Source engine in this series, it really shows!
I think by transitioning to another map it's demonstrating the fact that it's not trapped and also my best guess for the map is that it is from nova prospekt or ravenholm
@@cassyettetape im pretty sure it is hl2 dm because of the backround maybe we are missing something there? I dont know why hl2 dm would be any different than base hl2 though
The map at the end of the 2011 investigation video seems to be a Half-Life 2 map, based on the skybox. Maybe one of the Prospekt maps? Also, if you haven't already, maybe try opening the developer console in the main menu of Portal? If it works it'd give you the ability to activate sv_cheats and bind noclip and fullbright to keys, allowing you to be able to escape and properly see the room. Update: No Nova Prospekt map in Half-Life 2 has that skybox, and I couldn't find an angle on any of the maps to get it to look like the one in the video. Since when the demo ends it goes to HL2 Deathmatch's title screen, maybe this map is a Deathmatch map? Or hell, it could even be from the leaked Half-Life 2 beta.
It does remarkably resemble the beach leadup to entering Nova Prospekt, from what we can see in the video. I can make out the suggestion of the guard towers along the beach.
@@entropic-decay It isn't. The skybox in the video is grey, while the one in d2_coast_12 is predominantly blue with a yellow strip. Plus the big electric tower thing that are used to transport cables are also missing.
@@wonkehcheetah1138 I'll go check that map, thanks for telling me about this. Also what's the map's filename? I need it to actually be able to find it.
@@Gulliblepikmin Look up "Hazflick demo" The first video should be 'Half life 2 Beta - Cut Content - hazflick' by 'AymericTheNightmare', it has a flyaround the entire map file at like 8 minutes in or so. Further searching shows it's from the 2001-2002 mappack under the name 'hazflick', and is a modified version of the early 'hazard01' beta tutorial.
i am absolutely thrilled to get myself into this, the quality just as i start the video looks so intimidating! i'm sure this is going to be one of those that give me the "unnerving" horror feeling out of how close to actually being possible it gets...
Honestly, this might be one of my fav horror series on YT rn, i personally love horror stories that heavily rely on technical knowledge and are consistent with reality, they up believability so much for me.
16:30 after coming from episode A, i think the demo here is telling the truth. dmnpc spirits can move from game to game since it is all on the same field as shown by the gmod scout flying missions. in this demo by eida, the camera moves to the no region indicating it is not trapped, and eventually flies further
Some stuff I thought of: 1.FSKY could be short for FAKE SKY or maybe FALSE SKY 2. Have you considered trying it on one of the source sdks I feel like with one of those it’d be easier to analyze what is going on in real time compared to analyzing it after the game has ruined it 3. Maybe see if there’s something in the hl2 beta files considering that they may have some other stuff that the retail source games don’t
It could also be FS Key Service (Server?) Generator What FS would mean in this case I don't know, but the broken skybox in fortress does imply it's False Sky instead. Also the game crash when you attempt to enter red intel is likely the game attempting to generate, or regenerate, the enviroment cubemaps that you can see in the hallway where the scout model is.
Another amazing entry in this series, I do hope this mystery can be solved by episode 5 or sooner, but for now lots of new discoveries and more questions now have been opened…
this is the best arg ive seen in a while - and as someone who just watches the youtube videos about them instead of participating, this is perfection for that kind of video i was expecting the uploads to be like yearly at most but nope just like less then 2 months is enough for you you absolute chad
I think you skimmed over a pretty important detail from eida’s investigation. “All you gotta do is connect to the IP and follow the steps in part one and two.” Now THAT is interesting. Since last episode I’ve had a theory that the demos might be somehow related to a server or something separate from your computer, though in what capacity i’m not sure. Perhaps the demos are being sent from this server, not generated by your computer. This is maybe a bit out there, but i do have some evidence. For one, the command uses the word pull, which is used when accessing or modifying repositories (github n shit). A separate server could also explain why the two type five demos seem to have so much missing now. That information is literally stored elsewhere. But I think the most damning evidence is the failed portal demo. At 6 o clock, when the demo goes all fucky, it says in the top left corner CONNECTION LOST. I mean come on. If you do believe this server theory, there are two more questions we have to answer: is the server an FSKY server, and how is eida related to FSKY. Is the IP eida talks about his personal FSKY server, or is it just a FSKY server, or is it even FSKY at all? If it is his personal server, then it seems unlikely that we are accessing the same server as him, but if it’s just a server (FSKY or not) then it seems entirely possible that you and eida are both somehow accessing the same server. Anyway, thats just something ive been thinking about
I wonder if fsky and the dm editor were made by the same person. If its an actual cut valve collab with another company or just a really advanced community made thing.
The DM editor is also interesting, since the dmnpc things could be NPC's created in the DM editor, so if that is ever found then examining the data.bsp files in the editor could yield interesting results.
Oh hell yeah i love this this is seriusly unique. Edit: ZAMN this is actually nice, id love to see mor efrom Eida mone and theres still time to uncover the first 2 episodes, this series is really refreshing and unique, also i need to add that i actually got a preatty nice scare from the episode 2, im looking foward to see whats next and maybe i can make some contributions to the comunity.
although im not a source expert, i think there may be a way to explore the map you are stuck in with portal RTX: -console, and autoexec's! -console makes the game START with the console open, and autoexec's execute commands as soon as the game starts! so if maybe you could do " sv_cheats 1 mat_fullbright 1 noclip bind [letter you like] "+console" " with either a autoexec or with the console open, you should be able to explore this prison you find yourself in! now that the message to the CANNON character is done, HOLY SHIT MAN THIS STUFF KEEPS ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT EVERY DAMN MONTH MAN! GOOD JOB!
GUYS!!! I have a theory! For all maps that aren’t type 5, (type 4 and below, meaning they aren’t related to the map), what if they instead are all for one, elusive map? What if, the map we see in the distance for the 2 hour long demo, is that map that all these non type 5 demos are made for?
which it means not all source maps made in type 5 demos after recording So theres a video about a youtuber discovered another type 5 demo heres the video bellow th-cam.com/video/24thniOsdaM/w-d-xo.html
When November 8th does come around and you can start pulling more demos, using a bot or algorithm might make the investigation much easier. It can drastically cut down on time by constantly inputting commands, while also doing so on multiple different games if your computer has the capacity for that, or if you can get multiple computers. It can also help with sorting through the demos. An algorithm could distinguish type 1 demos by tracking the camera’s and the POV models’ location, as well as the camera just wildly moving around aimlessly. For type 2s, it could track if the camera or player model is out of bounds, while type 3s 4s could be by whether or not the player actually move around. Type 5s might be the easiest to sort, given all of the weird stuff that goes on in the files of those videos.
Someone suggested using these commands in goldsrc game, and if it works in them, then this might be worth investigating quake, the direct ancestor of the source engine. Cool arg, can’t wait to see more
Okay. We won't find the juice here. There's more to discover over there. Honestly that does give a small sense of dread, having to look at this archive channel by myself rather than to be showcased it through this video essay style sequence. I'd hate to do a disservice by choosing not to look into it, I'm diving in the rabbithole.
My first thought with regards to investigating the Portal RTX route is to crack open the game's files and see what you can find. Maybe, if you have a separate machine, compare it to a fresh install?
Eida-Mona is the name, however, Mona is referenced in the zombie slayer video on the archive, could that mean Eida has something to do with Mona? I assume since we also see in the description of the archive that Eida had a mental breakdown, could Mona have died or something? Maybe even from a consequence of the interloper investigation. Also, has Anomidae tried adjusting the no-clip speed when trying to recreate the travel of the demo? There was a wind noise so I assume the camera was moving, extremely, extremely fast.
For those that don't know, the thing that happens with the Intel room is just the engine building cubemaps. Cubemaps are essentially just pictures used for reflections in different areas.
The console in Portal RTX may not work but have you tried binding commands to the config manually? Might be a way to enable noclip without ever needing to touch the console. Also have you tested non-Valve source games yet like Dark Messiah, Zeno Clash, VtM:B, etc.?
keep in mind that creature shoots/hits answers exact time like stunstick x5 also i think he made/making ep 1 2,so we could find it around internet and send it to him
For some reason, this series has always gotten me to feel more anxious than most other ARGs that has come before it, I assume that it probably has something to do with the familiar environment and the scarily nostalgic feel of all of these videos, taking advantage of my nostalgia to really make an effective scare is honestly really effective whether or not it was intentional in the first place. Let's be honest, we've all had that one phase where we see videogames as planes with infinite possibilities with the age of Herobrine or Ben Drowned or even .exe to an extent.
17:15 This map is the RED intelligence area on ctf_2fort, you can tell since it has six lights on the hallway, and it shows the respawn area. It seems the staircase and other areas have been cut off from it, which makes this even more interesting, since that is where we have been seeing fortress crashes-- only in the RED intelligence capture area.
Anomidae: i dunno what this guy is talking about, interloper's never had any external effects on my game
Also anomidae: cant play portal because it puts him into a dark room and crashes the game
I like that the Anomidae character is this very scientifically minded skeptical person and this is presented as like, a scientific investigation (beyond the creepy music and vibes), as opposed to it being played as a straight up “ooohh it’s a scary source ghost”, it makes it more believable honestly, especially contrasted to the ouija board investigation of the Eida character
the thing is, the guy is claiming that the interloper has been effecting his OTHER games, presumably ones he hasn't been testing with- when Anomidae was fucking around in Portal and crashed, it *only* bricked his portal install, and probably would clear up on a reinstall
To add -
Anomidae: I could only test 6 hours every year.
Also in Anomidae's universe: This guy generated demos over multiple days to investigate stuff.
@@christopherm4739
It's over a decade between the two investigations. They probably lost a bit of funding for the servers in the mean time.
@@christopherm4739in the last episode when the timer ended you could see in the chat that connection with a server was lost, which clearly explains why eida was able to generate demos multiple nights in a row: in 2011 the servers were up constantly, while 11 years later they only appear to be up for a day or so during November (presumably somebody is booting them up manually because they need them for something)
It's hard to get scared when the music is bopping, he didn't have to make the soundtrack in the videos go this hard.
music scared the shit out of me
Honestly, I just rewatched the very first FNAF game theory video and the music was similar. And now I think "The Skybox series is basically a game theory without Matpat!"
"But what if you try to go to the Red Intel?"
*builds cubemaps*
the deadliest unlockable in TF2, got nerfed the day it released and still OP
The Cubemap Builder
imagine actually putting buildcubemaps into a real communtiymap to scare random players xD
imagine somebody makes a map with an umbrella man addon asset thingy to scare peopel
I love how no matter what someone tries tf2 just can't be scary. Like, in the original video I half expected the heavy to turn around and call the scout a spy
ikr, i just don't see how anyone can find that creepy
ok 👍
tf2 cant be scary, only gmod tf2 face posers can.
Good for you
watch emesis blue
For those who haven't noticed:
Eida-Mona is an anagram of the creator's name. Anomidae.
Are you sure?
@@Dockultra yeah I'm pretty sure that he's sure
what ? ? ? so what does this means?
The “reuploader” mentions a breakdown, and Anomidae is clearly ignoring the super natural (Stating that all the “do you feel pain” test did was walk forward instead of it answering the question)
I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here, at least with the creator(s) story
@@squidyy2k well, what is it lol
Every episode of this series dives further and further into ARG territory and only becomes more vast, fascinating, and terrifying. It's rare for a TH-cam horror series to get so truly under my skin but the intricate & immersive story and presentation (aided by the Source Engine's preexisting creepiness) are truly excellent. Fantastic work as with the last two videos - and I'm super excited to dive into the new ARG elements/other TH-cam channels.
Please help me : ist it real? or just fiction, and animations created for this serie, but based on some true things ? i'm not a lot into it, and a bit confused
@@Studio23creation It's all made up, just an interesting project the creator is making. It's being presented as true in the videos because of the ARG elements to it and for the sake of storytelling. As far as i know, it's not based on anything specifically other than the real umbrella man graffiti from HL2 (which isn't actually anything special) and the general idea of Source engine creepiness and urban legends.
@@noideer7880 allright, thanks !
so much work put into it, crazy !
The idea of a modern-day user researching old videos, having to go through archives, and slowly working on progressing their understanding built on previous attempts while also doing their own theorycrafting on said videos is such an interesting and fantastic tactic that I’m honestly surprised nobody thought of it doing something similar until now.
This is such a well-built and incredibly believable ARG with a fantastic plot so far that I wouldn’t be surprised if this became another of the “household ARGs” so to speak.
A huge thing to do would be starting to develop a script to auto-generate demos, and eventually map-specific demos. If he had a demo with absurdly large maps, the hammer software from Momentum Mod supports a vastly larger map size, compared to other source games. It will be well worth creating as much infrastructure as possible before November, so that a majority of the time can be put towards further testing and progression.
clearly trying jbmod is much more important than this
Plot twist: fsky and dm editor were made by the creators of jbmod to destroy garry and scare off the gmod playerbase, but it backfired and infected the entire source engine hemisphere instead
We need to try JBMod.
its all made by anomidae though
@@knmc_1 yeah but it's a arg, can't they do that in universe?
Suggestion for the next entry in the series: Try running the commands in Gold Source? You're also forgetting to try the left 4 dead series, which could net interesting results since it spawns more than one playable character.
Also should try it with stuff like JBMOD and Gray a hl2 mod
@half life opposing force LMFAO
also the earlier source games like vampire the masquerade
Also in titanfall, dark messiah or stanley parable. could be interesting
and also postal 3 (it's made in source) and half life source deathmatch
This has gone so far beyond what most ARGs in the Source community usually do. It's just so... well crafted and thought out.
Well done. You've caught my interest.
12:39 "I'm not entirely sure what the screenshots are pointing at."
This is interesting, in most ARGs the spooky monsters are so hidden that if the main character can't see them, neither can the watcher. But these are very clearly in the videos...why can't he see them?
The tf2 screenshot looks like it has a hidden sniper instead of inteloper slenderman, also anomidae is in denial about this being something supernatural the whole video, hes not dumb so its 100% denial
@@extrashreks I get that, but I can't exactly go "I don't know what the screenshots are pointing out" being in 100% denial when there is clearly something there. It'd make more sense story wise if he denied it was something supernatural and called it fake or something.
I started watching this channel for interesting SFM tutorials and now I find myself sucked into a crazy, unique, ARG.
You're doing an incredible work
This is one of the best source game ARGs I've found. A lot of them lean too hard on how 'creepy' the source engine can feel. But this one puts a mystery front and centre, and then uses that source creepiness to add to it.
Seriously impressive work. I'm really excited to see where this will go.
it looked like the combine ragdoll was pointing with their left arm to the "yes" answer but something tried to hold it down
However, the fact that the camera seemed to jump maps suggests that whatever was representing the camera isnt trapped.
@@voidphobia1850 the umbrellaman seemed to appear in fluid noclip-like motion exactly the way the camera behaves
@@gataslice7663 so the interloper isnt trapped but the ai in npcs are
@@voidphobia1850 seems the case
Wait, when was this? I didn't see it.
You are a true artist, Anomidae. Saw a few of your animations a couple of minutes ago and it infuriates me how little attention they got compared to other creators. I hope a larger audience will appreciate your masterpieces in the near future! Best wishes!
that moment when it turns out HL3 was in the game all this time and we just hadn't followed the clues.
A ghost story involving Source demos and Hammer tinkering is something that fits so perfectly I'm surprised I haven't seen it done before. This series is awesome!
First he flexes his Saxxy, then Portal RTX.
Wonderful video, and i'm excited to see where this goes next!
So goddamn unnerving and cool!!! Loved going through the eidamona videos. The "older" ones especially, feels pure and weirdly a bit sad in the context of his later breakdown
I love poking at the innate horror of something unknown, something just outside of context where the conclusions we draw with the scattered pieces are so much worse than actually knowing
I think the best part is this is imposed on the real world, giving us the option to join in on the story, or maybe that's just me lol
truly a stroke of genius to create an arg that both feels the niche for both the arg itself and the youtuber analysis, breakdown , and theorycrafting in a single video series. really gives that streamlined feel i enjoy when i watch people breakdown especially long args, though i imagine it was a lot of hard work to right a put this together in a satsifying way. great job.
Really excited for this series. Probably haven't enjoyed anything on TH-cam this much since Petscop
You just reminded me of Petscop. I didn't remember the name
Interestingly if you convert this 'folder name' from binary to decimal you get 21, if you look that up on the ascii table it's stands for a character named 'Negative Acknowledge' 3:33
Arg time
Twenty one
Something that probably doesn’t get immediately recognized about the videos is the way the text format affects the tone of the video. Something about the dark reds of the notes, the font, and the way the text moves really gets under my akin.
This is bringing me back to the BEN DROWNED days with a dash of Marble Hornets thrown in. We need more stuff like this again. Analogue horror is starting to get stale.
Yeah, there's very few analog horror series which are interesting. The coolest one I found recently was The Real, it has weird esoteric philosophy shit and doesn't fall into the pitfall of copying the mandela catalogue
This isn’t analogue horror but yeah this is good and unique
Actually excited for each new video, been a while since I've felt this way about any videos.
My best guess for the weird map in the distance is the HL2 Beta Kleiner's lab with half-life 1 textures used in E3, seen from the re-upload trailer for their ad. Also for the cstrike demo models, Models in source have baked in animations so you could try opening the model for Leet in a model viewer
as for the weird TF2 flashing images, it's just a command to build cubemaps for the level
The weird map in the distance is actually hazflick, a variant of hazard01 from the WC Mappack
@@chocofrolik834 got proof?
Something about video game horror really resonates with me because of the true fear and uneasiness some games cause. All the way from early source games to a singleplayer Minecraft world. The thought of some entity within a video game that displays a strange ability to warp the game code and escape the boundaries of its world is quite terrifying.
the eida-mona screenshot purpose is to show the interloper or umbrella man glimpse and in the second screenshot is hard to see but if you look closely you can see the black appearance of the interlorper
i only saw one instance of the interloper in those. specificly the BigCity map. the first 2 rather seems like a paranoia of eida
The dod screenshot looks like nothing but a pole, the tf2 one is just a sniper with black texture or hes just standing in the shadows
That thing from TF2 when you enter the intel rooms is the sequence for generating cubemaps (aka reflections)
12:53: I love how that video was supposedly recorded in 2011 yet it shows a Windows 10 window
What I like about this series compared to a lot of other ones like this is that it actually explains stuff to the audience.
I love the interloper ARG. This is genuinely very interesting and it's fun and exciting trying to figure out the whole mystery. Can't wait for more 👍
The idea of creating an ouija board in hammer is so simple but creative. That's one of those oddly specific "Under what rare and specific contexts would that ever come up as an idea other than this?" As for what the map outside the map looked like, it almost seems like the TF2 intel room with the hallway. I mean, that DID have some interesting hammer data didn't it?
It's rare for internet horror to make me jump anymore, but that thing at 0:47 sent me to the moon and back. Good job.
This is a late and additional comment, I adore how much technical knowledge you have displayed about the Source engine in this series, it really shows!
I love how people in the comments are going along with it because the community feedback could play a part in future episodes
Thank you for not pulling a valve software and neglecting to make a third, good series.
I think by transitioning to another map it's demonstrating the fact that it's not trapped
and also my best guess for the map is that it is from nova prospekt or ravenholm
Maybe? I don’t know though the colors we see don’t seem to fit with either of those, and it looks like the 2011 investigation was done in HL2:DM.
@@cassyettetape im pretty sure it is hl2 dm because of the backround maybe we are missing something there? I dont know why hl2 dm would be any different than base hl2 though
@@mintman825 i was thinking it went to a different game entirely
@@MatthewT394 nope thats death match interesting why its that and not normal hl2 though
@@mintman825 how do you know it's deathmatch, it looks like dod:s to me.
This is my favorite web-series atm, and one of my favorite horror web-series ever, can't wait for part 4!
The map at the end of the 2011 investigation video seems to be a Half-Life 2 map, based on the skybox. Maybe one of the Prospekt maps?
Also, if you haven't already, maybe try opening the developer console in the main menu of Portal? If it works it'd give you the ability to activate sv_cheats and bind noclip and fullbright to keys, allowing you to be able to escape and properly see the room.
Update: No Nova Prospekt map in Half-Life 2 has that skybox, and I couldn't find an angle on any of the maps to get it to look like the one in the video. Since when the demo ends it goes to HL2 Deathmatch's title screen, maybe this map is a Deathmatch map? Or hell, it could even be from the leaked Half-Life 2 beta.
It does remarkably resemble the beach leadup to entering Nova Prospekt, from what we can see in the video. I can make out the suggestion of the guard towers along the beach.
@@entropic-decay It isn't. The skybox in the video is grey, while the one in d2_coast_12 is predominantly blue with a yellow strip. Plus the big electric tower thing that are used to transport cables are also missing.
The map at the end looks just like the hazflick demo from the half life 2 beta, it even has that same grey skybox surrounding the actual map itself.
@@wonkehcheetah1138 I'll go check that map, thanks for telling me about this.
Also what's the map's filename? I need it to actually be able to find it.
@@Gulliblepikmin Look up "Hazflick demo" The first video should be 'Half life 2 Beta - Cut Content - hazflick' by 'AymericTheNightmare', it has a flyaround the entire map file at like 8 minutes in or so. Further searching shows it's from the 2001-2002 mappack under the name 'hazflick', and is a modified version of the early 'hazard01' beta tutorial.
i am absolutely thrilled to get myself into this, the quality just as i start the video looks so intimidating! i'm sure this is going to be one of those that give me the "unnerving" horror feeling out of how close to actually being possible it gets...
Honestly, this might be one of my fav horror series on YT rn, i personally love horror stories that heavily rely on technical knowledge and are consistent with reality, they up believability so much for me.
16:30 after coming from episode A, i think the demo here is telling the truth. dmnpc spirits can move from game to game since it is all on the same field as shown by the gmod scout flying missions. in this demo by eida, the camera moves to the no region indicating it is not trapped, and eventually flies further
The mystery deepens... Great video!
Man I can’t wait for the next episode, I keep checking this channel waiting for the next part
Some stuff I thought of:
1.FSKY could be short for FAKE SKY or maybe FALSE SKY
2. Have you considered trying it on one of the source sdks I feel like with one of those it’d be easier to analyze what is going on in real time compared to analyzing it after the game has ruined it
3. Maybe see if there’s something in the hl2 beta files considering that they may have some other stuff that the retail source games don’t
It could also be
FS Key Service (Server?) Generator
What FS would mean in this case I don't know, but the broken skybox in fortress does imply it's False Sky instead.
Also the game crash when you attempt to enter red intel is likely the game attempting to generate, or regenerate, the enviroment cubemaps that you can see in the hallway where the scout model is.
Another amazing entry in this series, I do hope this mystery can be solved by episode 5 or sooner, but for now lots of new discoveries and more questions now have been opened…
this is the best arg ive seen in a while - and as someone who just watches the youtube videos about them instead of participating, this is perfection for that kind of video
i was expecting the uploads to be like yearly at most but nope just like less then 2 months is enough for you you absolute chad
I think you skimmed over a pretty important detail from eida’s investigation. “All you gotta do is connect to the IP and follow the steps in part one and two.” Now THAT is interesting. Since last episode I’ve had a theory that the demos might be somehow related to a server or something separate from your computer, though in what capacity i’m not sure. Perhaps the demos are being sent from this server, not generated by your computer. This is maybe a bit out there, but i do have some evidence. For one, the command uses the word pull, which is used when accessing or modifying repositories (github n shit). A separate server could also explain why the two type five demos seem to have so much missing now. That information is literally stored elsewhere. But I think the most damning evidence is the failed portal demo. At 6 o clock, when the demo goes all fucky, it says in the top left corner CONNECTION LOST. I mean come on.
If you do believe this server theory, there are two more questions we have to answer: is the server an FSKY server, and how is eida related to FSKY. Is the IP eida talks about his personal FSKY server, or is it just a FSKY server, or is it even FSKY at all? If it is his personal server, then it seems unlikely that we are accessing the same server as him, but if it’s just a server (FSKY or not) then it seems entirely possible that you and eida are both somehow accessing the same server. Anyway, thats just something ive been thinking about
I wonder if fsky and the dm editor were made by the same person. If its an actual cut valve collab with another company or just a really advanced community made thing.
Maybe it's FSKY server generation instead of service generation?
@@OperatorVanta From my software dev experience, I'd definitely go for FSKY server generated
@@kiwipete642 From my literary experience, I'd also go for FSKY server generated/generation, considering it's spelled SVR, not SRV.
The DM editor is also interesting, since the dmnpc things could be NPC's created in the DM editor, so if that is ever found then examining the data.bsp files in the editor could yield interesting results.
Oh hell yeah i love this this is seriusly unique.
Edit: ZAMN this is actually nice, id love to see mor efrom Eida mone and theres still time to uncover the first 2 episodes, this series is really refreshing and unique, also i need to add that i actually got a preatty nice scare from the episode 2, im looking foward to see whats next and maybe i can make some contributions to the comunity.
Imagine one of Valve's employees barge into the house forcing him to drop the investigation.
So excited to watch this!!!!
been 2 months since the last one already? damn, time flies. great job as usual, though
This is the first ARG I was lucky enough to stumble into right at the start, can’t wait for the next part!
18 years old ARG...
@@RewRTC Well, if you follow the narrative of the ARG, then sure.
man this is getting very interesting very fast, cant wait for episode 4 of this
I didn't know this released as I was willing to wait a year. This is exciting.
This is such an unique arg, man i love it, really you could trick someone with this for them thinking that it is real
although im not a source expert, i think there may be a way to explore the map you are stuck in with portal RTX: -console, and autoexec's!
-console makes the game START with the console open, and autoexec's execute commands as soon as the game starts! so if maybe you could do
"
sv_cheats 1
mat_fullbright 1
noclip
bind [letter you like] "+console"
"
with either a autoexec or with the console open, you should be able to explore this prison you find yourself in!
now that the message to the CANNON character is done, HOLY SHIT MAN THIS STUFF KEEPS ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT EVERY DAMN MONTH MAN! GOOD JOB!
The more of this I watch the more I feel that we are seeing something we were never meant to see.
GUYS!!! I have a theory! For all maps that aren’t type 5, (type 4 and below, meaning they aren’t related to the map), what if they instead are all for one, elusive map? What if, the map we see in the distance for the 2 hour long demo, is that map that all these non type 5 demos are made for?
type 4 maps may sound played to a AI
which it means not all source maps made in type 5 demos after recording
So theres a video about a youtuber discovered another type 5 demo
heres the video bellow th-cam.com/video/24thniOsdaM/w-d-xo.html
This is an amazing series. Keep it up!
NOW THIS is what a ARG is
its actually interactive unlike most source ARGs
I absolutely love the presentation of this series and I can't wait to see more.
This amazing! Looking forward to episode 4!
people should do more of these type of horror series, they do a good job at scaring a lot of people
When November 8th does come around and you can start pulling more demos, using a bot or algorithm might make the investigation much easier. It can drastically cut down on time by constantly inputting commands, while also doing so on multiple different games if your computer has the capacity for that, or if you can get multiple computers. It can also help with sorting through the demos. An algorithm could distinguish type 1 demos by tracking the camera’s and the POV models’ location, as well as the camera just wildly moving around aimlessly. For type 2s, it could track if the camera or player model is out of bounds, while type 3s 4s could be by whether or not the player actually move around. Type 5s might be the easiest to sort, given all of the weird stuff that goes on in the files of those videos.
Someone suggested using these commands in goldsrc game, and if it works in them, then this might be worth investigating quake, the direct ancestor of the source engine.
Cool arg, can’t wait to see more
I love the look of pitch black 2fort when walking out to the lobby, with the rays of light shining through the dust particles
Casually bringing out your Saxxy for a TF2 segment, the biggest possible flex.
Very good ARG, reminds me of my childhood. 😄
Also that map at 17:20 is a hazflick from Half Life 2 Beta
I literally said "OHHHHHH FUCK" when I saw this on my recommended page. OH BOY I wonder whats to come, I'm excited!
Okay. We won't find the juice here. There's more to discover over there. Honestly that does give a small sense of dread, having to look at this archive channel by myself rather than to be showcased it through this video essay style sequence. I'd hate to do a disservice by choosing not to look into it, I'm diving in the rabbithole.
CANT WAIT FOR pt4!!!
The music choices are really good at making the audience nervous
Huge props to you for this series, it's amazing!
My first thought with regards to investigating the Portal RTX route is to crack open the game's files and see what you can find. Maybe, if you have a separate machine, compare it to a fresh install?
Im not an expert with software but maybe running a virtual machine instead of a seperate device would be much easier
@@mintman825 And you can try rewrite time in bios.
But i don't know how it works
@@Minileesh i dont think that would work considering steam files run on the cloud and to cant roll back cloud files
I can appreciate this series a lot because it challenges my knowledge of the Source Engine.
Eida-Mona is the name, however, Mona is referenced in the zombie slayer video on the archive, could that mean Eida has something to do with Mona?
I assume since we also see in the description of the archive that Eida had a mental breakdown, could Mona have died or something? Maybe even from a consequence of the interloper investigation.
Also, has Anomidae tried adjusting the no-clip speed when trying to recreate the travel of the demo? There was a wind noise so I assume the camera was moving, extremely, extremely fast.
6:36 one year later i just noticed the distorted umb man ringing ._.
Cryptic shit.
I want more.
For those that don't know, the thing that happens with the Intel room is just the engine building cubemaps. Cubemaps are essentially just pictures used for reflections in different areas.
This is my favorite series
Please continue it
The console in Portal RTX may not work but have you tried binding commands to the config manually? Might be a way to enable noclip without ever needing to touch the console.
Also have you tested non-Valve source games yet like Dark Messiah, Zeno Clash, VtM:B, etc.?
a month late but he did test gmod 9
Bro got no Portal 4 life
Anomidae are the letters to make Eida-Amona. coincidence??
keep in mind that creature shoots/hits answers exact time
like stunstick x5
also i think he made/making ep 1 2,so we could find it around internet and send it to him
For some reason, this series has always gotten me to feel more anxious than most other ARGs that has come before it, I assume that it probably has something to do with the familiar environment and the scarily nostalgic feel of all of these videos, taking advantage of my nostalgia to really make an effective scare is honestly really effective whether or not it was intentional in the first place. Let's be honest, we've all had that one phase where we see videogames as planes with infinite possibilities with the age of Herobrine or Ben Drowned or even .exe to an extent.
There's something about the source engine that makes these videos feel so grounded in reality
The fact that the ragdoll seemed to be desperately attempting to inch toward 'yes.' Absolutely bonechilling.
Imagine making a haunted game series can remaking it 12 years later. Legendary move.
that portal scene gives me the creeps. the red tiled floor in a dark void reminds me of that old internet creepypasta about the tails doll
5:16 This scared the shit out of me when It was trying this map for myself.
I would feel exactly the same way.
Jesus, this give so big nostalgia, thank you!
I came from an analysis video to this series where I am now starting to go down a deeper rabbit hole of an arg
Sweet logic_case entity, my beloved.
Really good music in the video. Creepy and how
i love how portal rtx just has a scaled down floor texture
I wanna hug the interloper
last part got jumpscared and spooped all over the room locking everything
17:15 This map is the RED intelligence area on ctf_2fort, you can tell since it has six lights on the hallway, and it shows the respawn area. It seems the staircase and other areas have been cut off from it, which makes this even more interesting, since that is where we have been seeing fortress crashes-- only in the RED intelligence capture area.
The portal rtx thing is interesting ask that uses an older version of the source engine