Half-life 2: Episode 2 FAQ

Portal is still set within the Half-life universe. They have misread the information presented.
 
Samon said:
Portal is still set within the Half-life universe. They have misread the information presented.
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But what about...
Kim Swift said:
"The Portal device will only be used in it's own environment. Doing something new can be a really big risk and adding something innovative to something already exists can often disrupt and create new games,"
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...on the same site.

Sounds like they want to keep it separate from HL2 to avoid tampering with a good thing (HL2) and feeling the wrath of fans to me. I guess we'll have to wait and see, if there is conflicting information like this going around. I've seen the same sort of things being posted on quite a few sites now, and all within the last couple of weeks. I'll go by the most recent info, until I get the game and find out for myself I guess.

That is not the only site that says all this either. I'm pretty sure that so many sites wouldn't get it so wrong, and even if they did, they know how to edit their pages. Two weeks is a bit long for info to go uncorrected on so many sites. I'm just saying.
 
What they are talking about is keeping the portal gun seperate from Half-life 2. The Portal gun is the experiment and something they need to build a new game world for. They couldn't use it within the Half-life episodes, for instance. They aren't saying the games don't exist in the same universe, they are saying the Portal gun won't be given to Gordon Freeman, and they couldn't just use the Portal gun in Half-life 2; instead building a new game environment from scratch.
 
Samon said:
What they are talking about is keeping the portal gun seperate from Half-life 2. The Portal gun is the experiment and something they need to build a new game world for. They couldn't use it within the Half-life episodes, for instance. They aren't saying the games don't exist in the same universe, they are saying the Portal gun won't be given to Gordon Freeman, and they couldn't just use the Portal gun in Half-life 2; instead building a new game environment from scratch.
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Fair enough. Makes sense. I took that statement in the context that Portal would not add another story-line to the HL universe, but you're probably right - that it's just about the portal gun. So that quote doesn't really support (or tear down) the "Portal is not in the HL universe" thing.

However, when several sites say that Portal does not exist in the HL universe, I'll take that at face value until something else comes along. I'm not someone who hunts out every scrap of info I can on a new game, but I was curious about the story, so I did a quick google, and came across this. (I still don't know much about the Portal storyline though - or even if it will have one - it could just be a puzzle solving game with barely a story for all I know. That's why I was looking in the first place). So here we are now. No offence, but I'll take what I see on a few unaffiliated sites over someone saying they all are wrong.
 
Well, I'm sure we can get Doug to re-confirm. That said, alot of those sites just jumped on something one person misinterpreted and repeated it. I've reason to believe from what I've heard elsewhere that Portal still remains within the Half-life universe.
 
's all good. We'll see when it arrives.
 
Neither of those sites say that HL2 and Portal are set in separate universes, simply that the scenarios/weaponry don't overlap. 'Continuity' is different from 'universe'.
Planethalflife said:
It is still noted that Portal exists within the Half-Life universe.
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I was surprised at first that Portal was going to be set in the same world as HL2, but there has been nothing which suggests otherwise since they first made the announcement. No need to change the FAQ at least.
 
A tidbit of new info - there will be a Portal SDK.
A lot of the things we're doing for portal rendering and physics are special techniques that we've pioneered... they give us an edge over any competition that may be wanting to piggy back on the hype surrounding Portal. So at this point I feel like these are Valve's trade secrets that they have spent the time/money to research and develop. So while I personally would love to help aspiring programmers such as yourself, I don't feel comfortable talking about it for now.

After Portal is released there will be a Portal SDK update and a lot more info that we're willing to give out. Till then, have fun experimenting... you may end up with a technique that's better than what we came up with. Good luck! :)

-Jeep
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I'm pretty sure that at least one preview mentioned that Aperture Science plays a role in EP2 somehow.
 
Laivasse said:
I was surprised at first that Portal was going to be set in the same world as HL2
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Same reaction here mate. After seeing Portal's super-shiny puzzle architecture compared to HL's slightly dark and foreboding atmosphere it just didn't seem to fit. But I'm sure there's a logical and interesting connection in the works here.
 
Confirmed new weapons? As in, the weapon slots or as in Strider Buster and physics objects?
 
it is inevitable that someone will create a goddamn mod where u can use the portal gun in the ep2 game..
 
i hope ep2 isnt as short as ep1 cos that was really annoying, it was only like 1:30 long. I hope its like between half life 2 nd ep 1 that would b ok
 
Well i find that the strider buster will be interesting, along with all the other new features of the game.
 
will ep. 2 and TF2 and Portal play into Gmod? this would be 1337, but i m just groping and hoping here.
 
Some people on some forum claim Episode Two supports DirectX 10.
I say it doesn't.
Who is right?

EDIT: question asked, question answered ;)


I just love to be right :)
 
That means there will be no Directx 10 shader technology, right?

It is conceivable since EP1 itself supports no Vista(It crashes in Vista), it is not possible that Ep:2 makes use of Directx10 so suddenly. It's good as I don't want to buy any new graphic card. No money.
 
Ugh Patton hero-worship :(

Any news on who the playable Portal character will be?
 
Possible question about ep. 3 here....

McCoy here,

what noone has asked here, (or im just not paying attention), is the possibility of ep 3. will you go back to C 17 and find the remains of the citadel and mutated citizens? that would be odd eh? maybe find some CRAZY ASS SHIT or sumthin.

much obliged,

McCoy
 
McCoy said:
McCoy here,

what noone has asked here, (or im just not paying attention), is the possibility of ep 3. will you go back to C 17 and find the remains of the citadel and mutated citizens? that would be odd eh? maybe find some CRAZY ASS SHIT or sumthin.

much obliged,

McCoy
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Possibly my favourite post ever.


My FAQ that I FA myself is, why do we go to the Antlion Hive and why does this indicate a switch from Alyx to the Vort?
Either been answered?

I want to say Alyx gets stung by a Worker Antlion and we have to find the cure. But that just sounds like a bad mod idea...
 
bbson john said:
That means there will be no Directx 10 shader technology, right?

It is conceivable since EP1 itself supports no Vista(It crashes in Vista), it is not possible that Ep:2 makes use of Directx10 so suddenly. It's good as I don't want to buy any new graphic card. No money.
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Ok, well according to IGN, they stated that, "Episode Two is being targeted at high-end PCs and, of course, next-gen consoles."

So what do I do here? I already made a list of all the things I need to buy to upgrade my PC from being able to play HL2: Epi.One Maxed out to Playing well, anything released so far Maxed out lol. Basically this:
1) ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard
2) XFX PVT80GTHF9 GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
3) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600
4) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KSRTL 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
5) GIGABYTE GH-WIU02 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling


Yup. Total of a little over $1,300.

But anyway, will I need to upgrade to play HL2: Epi2 maxed out?
 
Reginald said:
I want to say Alyx gets stung by a Worker Antlion and we have to find the cure. But that just sounds like a bad mod idea...
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They could just put the HEV suit on her and it'd do it itself.
 
Wouldn't fit her. She's got bumpy bits on front ^^
 
Then how did the female scientists wear HEV suits during the "exploring quests" to Xen? :p
 
They used special female HEV's? You know, just like there are t-shirts for women... think, Ohcanep, think ;)
 
Lady HEV suits (from Decay):
 

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But I'm sure Alyx is propablly thinner than Gordon so it's win win
 
...not together, Gordon would take it off and give it to her, lol
 
I got a decent question...

If I get OB for the box over pc will I get screwed out of new mods that use the models and such from Ep 2?

Ep 1 was very glitchy on my pc so I ben thinking about grabing it for the box instead but I love my mods. >.<
 
Why are you ALL missing the point,dont it say FAQ thread,someone should either continue the FAQ subject or lock this...
 
Wow, this page's posts are looking rather... obsolete aren't they?

Granted, it wasn't a worker, but a Hunter. We still had to go get a cure right, and Valve pulled it off again.

Just like the escort bit in Episode One. You think it'll suck, but it's not so bad!

And the antlion hives. It was actually pretty fun!
 
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