halflife2.net FAQ - Ports to Other Platforms

[soundstruck]

This is a request for the HL2 staff, and before I start, can I say that as a new user to the forums, I was really put off by A) not being able to PM someone for the first five days of being a member, and B) Having to register to search the forums in the first place. I understand searches put a higher load on the database server... but still. Anyway, onto the request...

Could the staff look into putting something on the hl2.net FAQ about planned platforms to port to?

• I understand it may not be very cost effective to port to anything other than PC/XBox
• I understand that few people on the forum care about a Mac OS X port based on threads like these
• But I'd like to hear something directly from Valve as to what their plans are for this one, and have that information posted in the HL2.net FAQ

I'm still a Windows user at heart, but something tells me that playing any source-based games on one of the new 30" Cinema Displays would be a whole new world of pimp. ;-) This is really the driving force behind me asking this question.

Thanks for your time!

:: marc

 

[blahblahblah]

PM's were prevented because people were registering and sending spoiler PM's to random people. Very irritating as I was the recipent of one of them. The 5 day rule is to discourage such tards from doing such acts in the future.

 

[Chris D]

This is a request for the HL2 staff, and before I start, can I say that as a new user to the forums, I was really put off by A) not being able to PM someone for the first five days of being a member, and B) Having to register to search the forums in the first place. I understand searches put a higher load on the database server... but still. Anyway, onto the request...

Could the staff look into putting something on the hl2.net FAQ about planned platforms to port to?

• I understand it may not be very cost effective to port to anything other than PC/XBox
• I understand that few people on the forum care about a Mac OS X port based on threads like these
• But I'd like to hear something directly from Valve as to what their plans are for this one, and have that information posted in the HL2.net FAQ

I'm still a Windows user at heart, but something tells me that playing any source-based games on one of the new 30" Cinema Displays would be a whole new world of pimp. ;-) This is really the driving force behind me asking this question.

Thanks for your time!

:: marc

They've already commented a while ago saying that a linux (clientside) port won't be available and neither will a Mac port.

They have discussed PS2 in the past, and it's likely that one day, we'll see it on there.

We are working on a new FAQ however, I don't think we'll need to talk much about ports to other platforms, other than the XBox.

My apologies for your concerns about searching and PMing. The PMs is to do with the fact that a few like to spoil it for everyone and it means we have to take action like that.

 

[soundstruck]

chris/blahblahblah: thanks for the replies. Yeah, I kinda got that jist after poking around here a bit more. People PM'ing spoilers to everybody and the like. *shakes head*

If you guys are working on a new FAQ, great. If you could toss in "Ports to other platforms aren't being considered at this time.", then great! But hey, it's your website. :-D

Ciao!

:: marc

 

[ComradeBadger]

It's me and Chris working on the FAQ, and yes, ports of HL2 will be adressed