Half-Life 2 Interview & Video

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  What, no binary newsgroup post for this video? Unbeliveable! : rorshack
  • No pair of oiled up Swedish twin blonde chicks showing up on my doorstep naked and ready for friction wit... : MrLonghair

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• From what I've been reading on Half-Life2.net and elsewhere, the game's still on track- its just that aft... : mn3m0n1c
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  Pretty sad as we're approaching a year late. This says alot about that video card scandal. : Pneum0
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    What video card scandal? : MrLonghair
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      the one where they didnt announce the game was going to be delayed so they could sell more cards. : Pneum0
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        Right, because Valve and ATI have arranged a secret cabal to sell more video cards. Which Valve doesn't g... : sgtsanity
        • GOD BLESS THE INTARNET! : johnny rotten
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          You werent around last year when this happened? It's pretty obvious they should have said something long... : Pneum0
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            One of the reasons that I find it hard to believe in conspiracy theories is that most assume an unusually... : sgtsanity
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              It's not a conspiracy theory, it's blatantly obvious they should have said something ALOT sooner. I dont... : Pneum0
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                It is blatantly obvious that they should have said something earlier in hindsight. However blatantly obvi... : sgtsanity
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                  didnt they start telling magazines it wouldnt make sept 30th in june/july? before the big ATI=WINNAR even... : 60days
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                    Nope... : Pneum0
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                      well, that was fragmasters allegation. And he did turn out to be right, and no major magazines ran "next ... : 60days
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                        allegations whatever, it's what VALVE says that matters. : Bali
                        • umm. this whole thread is about what they said being wrong : 60days
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              I think you're thinking of Hanlon's Razor: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HanlonsRazor : freshview
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                Nope, he's not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor n its simplest form, Occam's razor state : SilverSnake
                • * WRONG * http://www.lowcostblades.com/quattro.jpg : Draco
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        half right, valve didn't say they weren't going to meet the sept. 30th date because they wanted to ensure... : brushbaron
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          either way, it's foolish to think they didnt screw the public with that move. : Pneum0
          • ati: : hey valve i want to sell a bunch of these new xt video cards but i dont really have an angle to se : ilem0n
  • I seem to recall the original Half-Life being a year (or close to a year) late...look how that turned out... : speon
• he'll pull the Walker Texas Ranger Lever during the conference call. : the archvile
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  Have you ever working with software development where you ship CDs that need to be localized for the worl... : VashTheStampede
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    no amount of patching is going to get users to keep playing it. Well, HL's uninstaller taking out your... : SiW73
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      Never heard of the HL uninstall taking out the entire drive, I have the original CD and its never done th... : VashTheStampede
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        Not alot of people had that bug. : Pneum0
        • more ppl than u know... : nova_x
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        It was something to do with a particular setup location with the Sierra Utilities, not HL itself, if I re... : Carnivac
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          Yeah, sierra utilites would remove the parent directory as well as the game directory. So if you installe... : n0v4
          • Firebird's installer has this problem too. It removes the whole directory it's installed to. So some guy ... : sgtsanity

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  Yeah, Quake 1 had that. I used to love watching team battles from that perspective. : Silent Sorrow
  • Quake aka Quakeworld has MVD demos, which are demos recorded on the server, which any client can download... : Dog-From-Duckhunt
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  I used to just set up a bunch of bots and position the spectator camera in a sweet spot on the map and le... : not work safe
  • that's hardcore. =) : Pneum0
  • yeah used to do that all the time with UT. That would be an awesome screensaver. : SenorSpine
  • Back then there was this screensaver that would play Q1 demos (it fired up q1 and played them, not a sepa... : rorshack
  • Hmmm... I don't think it would be too difficult to create a mod that acts as a Doom 3 screensaver... : spl
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    thats cool. I remember a screensaver that would activate any quake engine FPS and load a demo too. Years ... : Cygnus X-1
    • http://www.strangecompany.org/strangesaver/index.php?id=1 : dordy

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  jesus.... congrats on a lame post trying compare hl2 with doom3. : dilutedq
  • Actually, he was comparing Doom 3 with the original Half-Life. Nowhere in his post did he mention "HL2" ... : Ride-My-Rocket

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• check out http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm. or, if that doesn't work, you can convert them follow... : stock1
• no we cannot wee breath : ravvy
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  If you are unable to run a windows binary to playback the movie, how do you expect to be able to play the... : Cpt. Baseballbat
  • how do you know he doesn't want to play the game? : crinos
  • wow. good going, your logic is infallible. oh wait, but you don't actually know a damn thing about me. da... : ewdafa

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  Only ugly people. : mallrice
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    But you can upgrade it over the course of the game. Level 1: Babies Level 2: Midgets Level 3: Ugly P... : sgtsanity
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      Level 6: Couch Ladies : MrMethane
      • I hope a mod adds some couch-lady boss as the final battle in Doom 3. : sgtsanity
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  ........2 mehs.......... : swansong
  • congrats on this post. it was epic. : rockerbsf

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  Makes life easier for Valve on release day, and when the shit hits the fan you've already got the game si... : SenorSpine
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    I'm gonna buy HL2 off steam. No need for "what store?! How many copies left?!" : mc-fine
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      For sure, although I am a big fan of having the box and manual and all that. : SenorSpine
      • i just want the CD or DVD. I don't necessarily need the box or manual, but I should be able to at least i... : kevp
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  People on DSL, or worse, modem, would have to start downloading it now in order to have it on their drive... : carpediem
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    You do realise DSL connections go all the way up to 8mbit (and further?) : OrkO
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      Yes, so? I have 10mbit full duplex, but that's hardly what _most_ people out there have you know. : carpediem
      • 10mbit dull duplex? I hope that's not all for you.... : llamameat
  • On a pretty standard 1.5mb down DSL it would take about 4.5 hours to download 3GB. : pyrogen
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  Art assests get preloaded tomorrow. I'm assuming that when the game goes gold, the engine and other chang... : Serpico74
  • Assets, I mean. : Serpico74
  • Ahh, I never realized that. Guess I'll let Steam preload HL2 as well :P : DKo5

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• Hahahaha "esports". Woooo, that's a good one. You do realize that the competitive gaming scene was one... : mallrice
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  Uhh..having consistent setups for every user is more condusive to fair competition than not..right? : n0v4
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    This is the idea, yes. There are basically two camps to customization to this thing: 1. Camp one a... : VashTheStampede
    • Then fuck the few folk from #1 : MrLonghair
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      Long live #2 : johnny rotten
      • the "few folk"... who says theres a few folk... ? from the people i know... the one that truly has the fe... : nova_x
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      Thats a pretty broad statement. I'm part of #1 and #2. IMO if the developers have the functionality in th : DKo5
      • Yeah, i think there is a balance. Controlling it from the game engine's point of view isn't the best plan... : mallrice
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        you shouldn't be allowed to change any of that.. ESPECIALLY FOV.... i loved fov 140 and 120 in quake1.. ... : grindking
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          90 FOV is cheating because you have a larger target. It's NOT fair. Higher and lower FOVs have advant... : michae l
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            LOL. I like 110 but I've never heard any say 90 hurts their neck before! That makes no sense since no m... : Sludgehead
            • It's because I hold my head a different way. It might change if I always played at 90, but I'm not going... : michae l
          • if fov 90 hurts your neck, then don't play fps's... i don't know what is wrong with everyone that plays ... : grindking
        • That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Why is using a common cvar like fov that's been aro... : Silent Bob
    • To make it simple for you guys: #1 = Quake #2 = UT More or less. With regard to hitsounds, etc. ... : moonbreaker
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      so its 100% equal competition. That's ridiculous. It's never going to be equal for everyone because e... : michae l
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        and wallhacks and aimbots. (it IS cs after all) : Sludgehead
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          If everyone has wallhack and aimbot, isn't it then fair? : SeaLlama
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            Not if Bobby is using FOV 140 at 200 fps and Stan is stuck at 640x480@37fps. : Sludgehead
            • FOV shouldn't be an issue, it should be a standard menu option already. FPS I don't have a huge problem... : Turd Ferguson
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        most true... making the likes of #2 only available makes only certain people happy and others a lot less ... : nova_x
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          actually, since none of you apparantly actually played UT, i should remind you that the HUD was completel... : nuknuk
          • Haha, totally. UT was probably more configurable than any of the Quakes. Theres some WACKY console comman... : DKo5
        • You're the only one whining in this thread. : schneee
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      id has not and will not be going down the shitty route of #2. : nova_x
      • or at least i hope not :( : nova_x
    • #1 adds more depth to the game. : astral

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  Explain por favor. : Bob422
  • there is nothing to explain. I assume CS:Source uses the same security/encryption as HL2 will use (it's a... : scion
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  It wasn't hacked before it was unlocked for cafe use. THAT would be a problem. This happening after t... : Carnivac
  • The "hack" happened because someone running a cafe let out too much information in a screenshot. : MrLonghair
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    Can someone summarize this for me? HL2 (self explanatory) CS: Source (new engine but still CS?) HL: ... : sting7777
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      For the billionth time: Source is Valve's new engine. HL2 is built on it. CS:Source is a port of CS with ... : SpiderMonkey
      • you could have just said - yes. oh yeah - by the way - lick my applebag. thanks. :) : sting7777
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    I hadn't heard about this. Is there an article about it somewhere? : mallrice
    • http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=31849 : scion
• So, "CS:Source is hacked" because a few people copy & pasted some Steam cache files? I don't get it. : falkan

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• Battlefield 2 has. : ShekkyBoy
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  come on deekay, you werent' happy with UT's demo system? Every single patch made the previous demos inco... : nuknuk
  • Haha, not to mention the requirement to have every single stupid mod/mutator to watch 'em >:| : DKo5

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  want to play now =( : yAak
  • *wanted to play a year ago =( : yAak
• There is a difference between a developer saying "well it should be out in the next 3 months or so" and t... : Jackass1233
• what would be a big deal? Having it in your hands then somebody pulls a string and it's gone? Please...... : llamameat

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  Should have been a reply to #44! Can the mods move this? Wish there was a way to move mis-reply's. : VashTheStampede
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    It would break the database or something. Sander would turn green and grow large. : sgtsanity
    • and then the burnination would begin... : mn3m0n1c
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      Sounds like SANDER SMASH to me. : VashTheStampede
      • D'oh! : mn3m0n1c
  • I would think that adding a feature for this wouldn't be that terribly hard... but it would be oh-so-usef... : TheNiXXeD
• You know what would be nice? Letting us coupon holders play HL1:Source NOW through steam...that way we c... : llamameat

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• I think Gabe already said it will also ship on DVD. He also said there was about 25 hours of gameplay in ... : carpediem
• The Half-Life 2 Q&A article before this one mentions a DVD Collector's Edition. : janblood
• i hope you boys are rite : pyide
• collectors edition dvd for you (and me!) then. We'll have to pay more for it of course... : johnny rotten
• *insert image of HL2 on a huge bin of floppys* : Turd Ferguson

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• Avatar! Know that Britannia has entered into a new age of enlightenment! ...er sorry, where am I again... : speon

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  Dear Vivendi: Please release the game when it is complete and bug free, and no sooner. Thank you. : x-eyd|mary
  • Read the articles much? : MrLonghair

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• yes : johnny rotten
• Several people, including the main guy who invaded it (from germany) and people who later distributed it. : rorshack

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  Halo 2 will be so much better! : bargeld
  • srsly, HL2 doesn't even have akimbo guns! scoff : PUPSTAHS
• Admirable concept but the same shit goes on in threads for any game, including HL2 (unless people are act... : Carnivac

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  Yeah this will be a horrible game if it doesn't come out in september. *rolls eyes* : Haku-Jin
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    that's not what i mean ;) i mean, they should have just stfu'd about it like they were doing a year ago,... : simon_tack
    • Meanwhile, at 3D Realms... : sgtsanity
    • probably best to tighten things up and maybe write in a little more security when your source code gets s... : malloc
    • ia. they did soooo well keeping everything hush hush for so many years, its almost like they couldnt hel... : johnny rotten

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• ..and how many bugs showstoppers or minor and how many RC's they ask for.. : damndirtyape

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• Fall isn't that far away. We're already in mid-August. I was hoping it'd come out before school starts... : sigma