Half-Life 2 Q&A

"Doug Lombardi - TF2 is not dead at all. After we announced TF2 on the HL1 tech, we made the decision to move it to the Source Engine..."

Then they will make the decision to move it to their next technology right?

What is TF2 going to be like in the few years it comes out? Battlefield 2 looks like it will be just what TF2 was suppoesed to be. What terrirtory will TF2 have to claim?

I've just lost faith in TF2.

What I would LOVE to see is a real port of TF for Q1 (2.8? 2.6??) come to either Doom 3 engine or Half life 2

TFC just does not cut it. Well6 remake is a joke.. concrete walls?! green water?! overbrightness x 10!!! stick to the source, don't try and reinvent something that is perfect. sure it followed the half life theme, but it SUCKED ASS.

bah no hl2dm, this makes me very sad....

TF2 predictions:

Absolutely no TF2 news this year, despite Valve's statement that they'll release info after HL2's release.

PC Gamer exclusive preview in April 2005. Valve won't show off more until e3 and will give a "late summer" release date, which means of course November.

Woo, this probably means that nothing romantic and unneccessary happens in HL2. Yay!

HomeLAN - Is there any movement on the Half-Life movie, especially with the Doom movie about to begin production?

Doug Lombardi - We've met with folks in Hollywood to discuss the idea of an HL movie. But around the time we hear, "And then Gordon falls in love..." we usually head back to Seattle screaming.

MOST UNINFORMATIVE Q&A EVER!!

geez...Lombardi acted like the interview was a waste of his time and many of the questions were so retorical anybody could have answered. Are you happy with....? Of course they are going to say yes!

HomeLAN - Why did Valve decide to make the full version of Counter-Strike: Source available immediately to people who pre-order Half-Life 2 via Steam?

Doug Lombardi - Because it's ready.


What a load of crap. They must of had a trio of chimps testing this turd. I've been playing source since beta and have encountered exploit after exploit. Heres a sample: Right now at this very moment I can join any source server and with a simple nick change can clear the entire server of players. With a simple console command I can enable a wallhack, lambert style fullbright, or spiked models that show through walls. Now I understand that a few things get through, but hacks via console? I cant believe they wouldnt remove these things in a "ready" game. Valve has know about these exploits for over 2 weeks now and they havent said a single word about it.

Hate to rant, but it pisses me off when some dude says "its ready" when obviously it wasnt. My thought is that the CSsource release was used as a way to piss off Vivendi.

Lombardi says DoD is only announced as "forthcoming", but since it's part of the silver package and not the bronze package, it can also be accepted that it will cost $$$

Meh......

Doug Lombardi - In terms of graphics, Half-Life: Source is the most straightforward of the Source porting work done thus far. These ports began as tests to see what MOD authors would experience if they attempted to bring their HL1 MODs forward to Source. HL: Source was the first test, and proved quite informative. But unlike CS: Source, which included new art and audio throughout, folks here had pretty firm opinions about not changing the content in HL1.

HomeLAN - Will there be basic Half-Life 2 deathmatch and Capture the Flag modes released by Valve at some point or will the mod community have to create those products?



Doug Lombardi - Right now, we do not have DM or CtF modes for HL2 in production.

....that's incredibly discouraging news.

HomeLAN - Can you confirm that Trokia and Activision can not release Vampire: The Masquarade - Bloodlines until Half-Life 2 has been released for a period of time and if so can they still release the game as planned this fall?


Doug Lombardi - There is no time limit. It just cannot be released prior to HL2.

That's all I wanted to know.

OMFG HL2 WENT GOLD GUYS!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Could be the most uninformative interview of all time.

No HL2DM or HL2CTF?

WTF? No multiplayer AT ALL? I hope there is at least *support* for multiplayer... so mods can be made.