Half-Life 2 Update

[HankPym]

refux wrote..

.....TFC Source... hmmm.... maybe... but who cares? ......

I do, for one.



Also, I thought there was a general understanding (I have no source for this so I could be wrong) that other official HL2 multiplayer versions (read: deathmatch) would come along eventually. CS: Source was the only Half-Life 2 multiplayer at launch, but not permanently.



Can anybody confirm this? Cuz I might be lying through my teeth.

[VuLLrath]

a prize is coming soon to the community... rofl...

gee i wonder what it could be...

as for the patch for hl2 they still have 2 more bugs to go...



http://www.blep.net/hl2stutter/



:P

[[SXE]Sgt. Pepper]

cheetarah654 wrote..

the suprise will be that the sdk is delayed

Is that really a surprise tho if that happened?

[-:Nighthawk:-]

JunkintheBox wrote..

I never got an update and the stuttering is worse now

Haha, sorry... but despite feeling sorry for you, that is kind of amusing. :)

smonkyness wrote..

it cant be too much of a surprise..

think about the 56kers!!??? i aint one :) .. but they would have a heck of a lot to download for hours.

If you're on a 56k and you bought HL2 planning on playing CS:S or any other multiplayer online game, you kind of have to expect updates to take a heck of a time to download. They did back when we were downloading patches, and they still will.

cheetarah654 wrote..

the suprise will be that the sdk is delayed

Comedic genius, but not unfounded. :)

HankPym wrote..

Also, I thought there was a general understanding (I have no source for this so I could be wrong) that other official HL2 multiplayer versions (read: deathmatch) would come along eventually. CS: Source was the only Half-Life 2 multiplayer at launch, but not permanently.

Well, here's the deal. It definitely sounded like that a while ago, but then again, it also sounded like HL2 was gonna come out over a year ago. Basically, that was intended at one point in time, but we do not have any official word (that I've seen) as to whether that's still the plan, or if it was just decided that CS:S and DOD:S would be enough until the mod community kicked in.



I'm hopeful for HL2DM, just for the fun of trying it out, but as to whether we'll ever see it... yeah, we don't know for sure. Maybe that's why it's a surprise... :)



Either that, or it's the same kind of surprise as when a little boy gets the bike on Christmas that he picked out at Walmart's after-Thanksgiving sale, i.e. CS:S. :P

[quadir]

xlokix wrote..

I thought that it could be dod:source, however they haven't shown a single picture (or at least I've never seen one) of dod:s.

There's been 2 screenshots released, but they were mostly for techies.



valve erc website carried them, but they originally came from hlfallout. Where were you?



That being said, it's unlikely to be the suprise. I'm betting on hl2dm, media for upcomming game (tf2 or cs2 [ you do remember that goosy has been working on this right? We even saw an animation for it in an interview a few years back, before hl2 was even known, more recent, valve said people who had been pulled to finish hl2 will be returning to their projects.... ] )

[.b0w. Bushwacker]

Surprise!!! HL2 is actually the most advanced virus known to man, with the nicest ever UI!



It has infected your computer, your friends computer and every web server that you have visted!



From there it has spread to 20 more servers / seed



We plan to change every web page to michael strike



"muah ahaha!"



Although stupid... it would surprise me!

[xlokix]

quadir wrote..

There's been 2 screenshots released, but they were mostly for techies.



valve erc website carried them, but they originally came from hlfallout. Where were you?

Oh yeah I remember that one. But I was talking more about in-game action pictures.

[FaScO]

It could be DoD:S, maybe TFC:S/TFC2 but I think they would release more CS:S maps/models. Everyone wants to see elite crew. Think about the holiday, Thanksgiving....what do we eat on Thanksgiving? Turkey, what do 100s of people want in cs_italy CHICKEN!!!!! I hope there will be a chiken in that update, but I dont really think that would ever happen. They should release de_inferno, de_nuke, de_train and the official CS:S map they were talking about, and of cource some more kick ass models!!!!!!!!

[HankPym]

It's funny, I never liked/played HLDM, and I probably won't like HL2DM much better, but for some reason I really want the option.

[xlokix]

it's not tf2 shut up

[zeet]

Vehicles for CS:S?

[sushi]

Here's the surprise: A patch for HL2 that actually fixes the stutter problem.

[tspoon1066]

LOL



It would be the greatest thing ever, possibly even greater than HL2 itself, if they were to reintroduce the cs_italy chickens.



BRING BACK THE CHICKENS

[/2etribution]

zeet wrote..

Vehicles for CS:S?

hehe...you'll have to wait until Valve releases some CS maps specifically designed to take advantage of the Source engine.

[OldBloke]

How about a CS2 announcement? Where they promise to use the vastly superior CZ multiplayer as a basis. Where the players all walk like humans without genetic disorders. Where bullets fired = bullet hits calculated. Where the sound is accurately directional. Where ....