Musopticon? Posted August 16, 2005 Posted August 16, 2005 Hrm indeed. Hopefully it's just that. A distribution contract. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
metadigital Posted August 16, 2005 Posted August 16, 2005 That is all according to the previous press releases: Valve and VU were set to part ways in August as a consequence of the legal battle that Valve recently won. I know EA is a 500 pound gorilla, but I doubt it's a hostile takeover ... Valve justs wants to maximise sales by having a standard distribution vector, as well as their spiffy new shiny Steam. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
alanschu Posted August 16, 2005 Author Posted August 16, 2005 I doubt they could use Steam to distrubte Half-Life 2 to consoles. They need a publisher. And EA is huge.
metadigital Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 ... And quite likely to leave them alone. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Musopticon? Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 Anyway, does anyone have an idea when Lost Coast is going to appear in Steam? I'm ravenous for more HL 2. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
metadigital Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 I have no evidence, but I would not be surpirsed if it was end of September / start of October (last Quarter of 2005, beginning of Winter / Christmas). That raises a question: I don't believe the Lost Coast will be available for the console version ... does anyone know for sure, either way? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Child of Flame Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 I have no evidence, but I would not be surpirsed if it was end of September / start of October (last Quarter of 2005, beginning of Winter / Christmas). That raises a question: I don't believe the Lost Coast will be available for the console version ... does anyone know for sure, either way? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not unless they ramp it down significantly. Lost Coast is being made as a game only for people with really high end machines. Valve are basically taking the engine as far as it can go with it and making everything look fancy. Lots of people who could play HL2 won't be able to play Lost Coast, myself included probably. Not to mention I don't have the bandwidth to download it. <grumbles>
metadigital Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 I have no evidence, but I would not be surpirsed if it was end of September / start of October (last Quarter of 2005, beginning of Winter / Christmas). That raises a question: I don't believe the Lost Coast will be available for the console version ... does anyone know for sure, either way? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not unless they ramp it down significantly. Lost Coast is being made as a game only for people with really high end machines. Valve are basically taking the engine as far as it can go with it and making everything look fancy. Lots of people who could play HL2 won't be able to play Lost Coast, myself included probably. Not to mention I don't have the bandwidth to download it. <grumbles> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not necessarily; assumptions of ass and you make, youngling: 9 August 2005 OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Child of Flame Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 I have no evidence, but I would not be surpirsed if it was end of September / start of October (last Quarter of 2005, beginning of Winter / Christmas). That raises a question: I don't believe the Lost Coast will be available for the console version ... does anyone know for sure, either way? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not unless they ramp it down significantly. Lost Coast is being made as a game only for people with really high end machines. Valve are basically taking the engine as far as it can go with it and making everything look fancy. Lots of people who could play HL2 won't be able to play Lost Coast, myself included probably. Not to mention I don't have the bandwidth to download it. <grumbles> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not necessarily; assumptions of ass and you make, youngling: 9 August 2005 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've seen that, I know. But last I read on the Steampowered boards, that was what they were saying about Lost Coast. Aftermath should be playable by nearly all though.
metadigital Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 Well, I seem to be above average, so I hope I'll be able to play it ... Something I just noticed, for all you linguists out there, what is the difference between Korean (Adult) and Korean (teen) ? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
metadigital Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 We get Blue Shift NEXT WEEK. Click Me OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
alanschu Posted August 21, 2005 Author Posted August 21, 2005 I'm glad I never bought it then I heard it was meh, so I didn't immediately jump onto it. At least it's something new for me
metadigital Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 It was pretty lame. It is basically the original Half-Life story, but from a Barneyesque viewpoint (hence the name). But the length is gimped, the gameplay nerfed and the enjoyment paled. But it's okay for a couple of hours. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
alanschu Posted August 21, 2005 Author Posted August 21, 2005 I knew that it was from Barney's perspective. Just like how Opposing Forces was from Sheppard's perspective. I'm kind of hoping for an Opposing Forces 2 addon as well, but Opp Forces wasn't a Valve game, so I'm not holding my breath.
metadigital Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 Someone will do it. I played another mod, with the lawyer Green as the protagonist (name escapes me for the moment), which I thought was better than Opposing Forces! OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
EnderAndrew Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 My question is that since Half Life Source used the old models and not the improved Blue Shift models, will they gimp the Blue Shift source models?
213374U Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 It was pretty lame. It is basically the original Half-Life story, but from a Barneyesque viewpoint (hence the name). But the length is gimped, the gameplay nerfed and the enjoyment paled. But it's okay for a couple of hours. I bought it. It was worth it, if only to get the HD pack. My question is that since Half Life Source used the old models and not the improved Blue Shift models, will they gimp the Blue Shift source models? Uh, you don't want to ask that. :ph34r: - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
metadigital Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 My question is that since Half Life Source used the old models and not the improved Blue Shift models, will they gimp the Blue Shift source models? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well the HD pack was an add-on; technically the Blue Shift models were identical to the Half-Life models. So, Yes, to answer your question. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
EnderAndrew Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 Is there a way to add the HD pack to Half Life Source?
alanschu Posted August 22, 2005 Author Posted August 22, 2005 Maybe we'll get lucky and the Blue Shift addon will do so, and improve Half-Life: Source. Clearly there are people that are disappointed with the character models of HL: Source, so maybe they'll try to rectify the problem.
EnderAndrew Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 And couldn't they use the nifty bump-mapping features of Source to make the models look even better?
alanschu Posted August 22, 2005 Author Posted August 22, 2005 They could. Although I would think that the textures would require the bump-mapping features on them themselves. Speaking from a position of ignorance, I would think that they would have to actually spend time creating new textures to take advantage of the pixel shading and bumpmapping effects.
EnderAndrew Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 I don't see why the model format would change with or without steam. Wouldn't it be a very simple mod given the SDK has been released to port the HD models from HL1 to HL:S?
alanschu Posted August 22, 2005 Author Posted August 22, 2005 They'd need to create new textures, not new models though. I'm pretty sure the textures need to support the bump-mapping and pixel shading effects, otherwise they would have simply turned them on since there'd be zero additional work for HL: Source (unless they current textures would look like absolute ass with the bumpmapping and pixel shading).
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