Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
The details of those buildings, the shadows... wow.
Holy crap does Half Life 2 took good
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The details of those buildings, the shadows... wow.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Ummm....I don't think that is the picture that you wanted to show us...
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
What engine is HL2 based on?
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Mercutio said:
haha, that's good for a laugh.
Damn those pics DO look good. I can't wait to go buy it! Who knows, we may be upgrading video cards too.
http://kevharper.dyndns.org/halflife.htm
http://kevharper.dyndns.org/halflife.htm
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
IMO, The best pics are the ones that show reflections/moisture in the eyes.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Judging by my spelling in this thread, I must've taken the brown acid again.
Reading the review, it sounds like there's real plot. I don't think that much time would be taken with facial expressions if the characters were just decoration.
I actually finished Half Life and all the expansions. Half-Life so far as been pretty good on a literary level.
Reading the review, it sounds like there's real plot. I don't think that much time would be taken with facial expressions if the characters were just decoration.
I actually finished Half Life and all the expansions. Half-Life so far as been pretty good on a literary level.
The JoJo
Wannabe Storage Freak
Mercutio said:
Funny
Nice pics! Can't wait to try out that game. Wonder what the requirements are for cpu/mem/gfx?
Clocker said:
You said it, Clocker!
Counter-Strike on the HL2 engine would be un-freakin'-believabe, to use the vernacular.
I'm quite confident we'll be seeing plenty of mods in the months following HL2's release. I can only imagine (read: hope and pray) that CS will be ported to or rewriten for the new engine.
Ants in my pants!
Piyono
zx
Learning Storage Performance
There's no plans for CS on HL2. Right now, the next step for CS is version 1.6 and condition zero. I can't see it ported on HL2 anytime soon .
At least, we don't have to get used to different gameplay ....for now.
. At least, we don't have to get used to different gameplay
....for now.
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
one of the things I find interesting is no one mentioned the sound on the original halflife. It was the first 3D game that I played where I was not only impressed by the graphics, but also by the sound.
It features great stereo seperation(if maybe a little too great), distance based sound loss, and environmental audio effects.
For example, when somebody walks on concrete outside and then they go inside on the same concrete surface, you can really tell exactly where they are and what they're doing. Being able to easily pin point someone's exact location is quite a feat in a 3D game.
The one disapointment about HL's sound engine is that it doesn't seem to work well with a3D or EAX. I'm hoping that HL2 will continue with the great sound, but will support these more advanced features.
It features great stereo seperation(if maybe a little too great), distance based sound loss, and environmental audio effects.
For example, when somebody walks on concrete outside and then they go inside on the same concrete surface, you can really tell exactly where they are and what they're doing. Being able to easily pin point someone's exact location is quite a feat in a 3D game.
The one disapointment about HL's sound engine is that it doesn't seem to work well with a3D or EAX. I'm hoping that HL2 will continue with the great sound, but will support these more advanced features.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I'm pretty sure Half-Life was one of the first titles to support EAX, blake. Seemed to work pretty well for me.
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
Mercutio said:
The EAX sound is awful in my opinion (SB Live or otherwise) sounds that are supposed to be coming from you sound echo and their positioning is wrong... sounds coming from others are ok.. but I think sounds are best when set to high quality with A3D and EAX turned off.