that video only looked over the top because it was supposed to. the purpose was to show off the shader and HDR effects, so they made it really obvious.
the bar was already swinging when i got there, but maybe it was supposed to be. the dumpster was done with physics. i threw my grenade too short, and it only broke one leg, so it didnt fall. i had to throw another to make it happen.
and the door didnt get knocked down for me O_o
i think those are just like test people :D with normal people, you walk up to them and hit them, they run away or they die.
but there are some models just standing there that dont talk or anything, and every time you hit them, they change animation.
i dont think its an engine thing, they...
btw, i think this rule about now beta discussion is pretty retarded. its a HL2 forum, how bout we talk about HL2. just sitting here and ignoring the beta isnt helping anybody. i liked it better when the beta had its own forum, then munro came along and changed the rules.
yeah, valve doesnt want the IPs of people who downloaded it. that just slows down their search for the real criminals. 10 of thousands of people have the beta, dont go around reporting all of them.
but if you know who hacked valve, go ahead and let valve know
the map in the beta has specular roof tiles or whatever, but its not as clear as in the demo vid, cuz the point of the vid was to make it obvious.
the ant lion was put in there to be an obvious example as well, it wont be in the final game.
yep, i saw no HDR
the real proof is that a lot...