I've got a few questions I was hoping someone might be able to help me out with. I'm pretty new, so I'm terribly sorry if the answers are out there, but I haven't found much by searching.

First: It seems unless I'm missing something, the only facial flexes for Chell are eye movements. I was wondering if there's any chance anyone has made a version of her model with more facial flexes or lip-sync. If not, would it be possible to do, and where would I start?

Also, is it possible to make custom animations or gestures for the player model?

Last one for now...is it possible, in first person, for something to trigger a third person camera view? I mean in the same way that when you gesture in co-op, the camera zooms out on your robot.

Thanks a lot.

(PS: I already know most answers are going to involve 'insane amounts of work'...but I'm interested)

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There is no version of flexes of chell since she does not talk.

True, but she could have had more expressions than starting into the middle distance.

I have the thing for decompiling, but what program would I use to make animations? (And any help on where to start would be lovely)

Still wondering on the camera thing, too. Thanks! =D

As for the software, I like Blender, since it's open source and it can do almost anything that commercial modelling applications do. The VDC modelling section (linked above) has a page about it, which describes how to import and export Source models and links to some tutorials.

All game modes have a built-in 3rd person view (the thirdpersonshoulder console command).
In single player there is an entity called a player_viewproxy where the player can still move the camera around, but it sets it's viewpoint at another entity. If you parent this to the player however, it will glitch out terribly and not work at all.

Anyway--I'll try to explain the camera thing better. I'm talking about singleplayer, but switching to third person at a particular event. Like how it will zoom off the robots at certain things.