It was obvious that HL2 wasn't going to make the september release, even before the 11th. They stole & released it to prove that they could. Simple as that.
It would be virtually impossible for anyone to discover that another piece of software had used parts of the source engine as they would only be releasing a compiled version (very hard to reverse-engineer) and not the source (unless they rely on microsoft products like valve).
I recently joined a photoshop users forums and I was amazed by how polite and patient the people were there. If anyone posted news that had already been posted no-body felt the need to comment. If anyone asked a really stupid question everybody did the best to answer it. Most of the users here...
I wouldn't try it if I were you.........
Just steer clear of the dodgy engine/code and you'll definately not be banned. Unless you spam, slander, lie, murder or claim on your insurance for things that weren't actaully in your house when it was burgled.
First off, brushes are nothing to do with BSPs.
A BSP tree is the major constuant of a HL2 map, even if you were to have everything in the map modelled as meshes there would still have to be a BSP tree. Note that the BSP tree is only part of the .bsp file the rest of it contains entity...
The HL .map format is very simple, and if the HL2 format is anything like as simple then there's not a lot they could do to make the old maps incompatible that a simple conversion program couldn't deal with.
Personally I don't see anything wrong with using the new editor for personal...
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No, I just use them on a 'friends' computer
Well my friend certainly does
Aparently most software development is used a process of creating revenue rather than trying to make progress. The way in which large companies abuse the patent system by getting in early and patenting things...
Errrm I think there as a leak as Valve have admitted it. Nothing has been said about any models/maps/textures being leaked/stolen. Even if you compiled the source, there would be no maps to play (unless you compiled hammer too!) and certainly no buggy models.
A lot of effort clearly went into...
Actaully over a third of computers use POSIX OSs (linux, mac, UNIX etc), a lot of very important websites (even microsoft, which clearly has no confidence in it's own products) use UNIX servers, so the operating system is a prime target for hackers. The reason people use it is because it is...
True, it's easy to say things with hindsight, but I stick by my earlier comment, the Ministry of Defence (in the UK) hold all of thier sensitive information on PCs that are not connected to the internet. They have an 'air gap' of several meters between any PC on the internet and any PC with...
Speaking of people who are wrong, Dr-X, I remember your posts form last night along the lines of 'Oh my God you people are soooo gullible and stupid there's no way that source code is real'....
Hey, Pot, you're black!
No-one who is serious about computer would argue the fact that Linux is...
If any doom3 source code did find it's way onto the internet it would most likely be via a graphics card manufacturer (mentioning no names...). Id develope their code in Linux, and they dont use Outlook express which is notorious for being succeptable to viruses and trojans. I hope Valve have...