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Gabe Newell stated TF2 is still in the works but he couldn't say much more because it would compromise the Source engine and its use in Half-life 2. This suggest to me that TF2 will be out AFTER HL2.

However, this leaves things open to be interpreted in several ways:
a) no MP for Half-life (with TF2 being like a stand alone add-on when it arrives)
b) HL2 will have its own MP, but will be made defunct when TF2 comes out (by virtue of being a more specialist game)
c) TF2 is HL2's MP, and Gabe giving us more details would reveal that very fact.

I'm leaning towards b).
 
lol all it took was for some small bits of new info to be released and suddenly all those Valve hating people have shut up... for now.

ahhh the good old days.
 
alright here is the summary of the 3 page hl2 article in the latest PCGamer magazine...ill be editting this post as i re-review the article a bunch of times to make sure i get all the info that is there :)

NOTE: ill also be using Spoiler tags for story line related stuff :)

NOTE 2: also, just thought i would tell everyone, theres very likely many parts of the article youve already heard, so dont yell at me if theres something or lots of things you already heard about ;)


In the beginning of the game, Gordon will have no idea how or why he's where he is. You will, like in HL1, start out with no weapons.

-Valve says that City 17 will be a place that you could wander around for hours, at once point Gabe even says, and I quote: "Who are we to tell the player how to enjoy the game?"

One of the most frightening and "memorable" enemies that the playtester encountered, was an animal like attacker that patrols in groups, that appears to be some kind of abomible howler monkey. Which leaps down from high ledges, and slashes with claws and pounces on you.

In one of the levels the playtester played, you must accompany a priest named Father Gregori(mentioned in the E3 2003 video, while playing Traptown) on a night time race through an old cemetery.

The playtester also mentioned that one of the weapons would be a classic Colt .45 Revolver(im a bit of a newb when it comes to weapons, so i dont know if he means the USP Match or a new weapon). The current known aresenal in HL2, says the playtester, includes the Heckler & Koch MP5, Glock(the USP Match weve seen so much), a crossbow, and ofcourse, the crowbar.

-Also mentioned in the article, was that Gabe said, that the Secretary of Defense has been in touch with him, about lending the new Source Engine for the next gen in military training tools. Also and institute dedicated to autism is interested in using HL2's facial animation system for helping teach autistic kids about facial expressions.

-Also, I thought it was awesome to see that in the article Valve mentioned that each and every member of the Valve team has been working with a mod team, and when HL2 ships they will be "shepharding" their projects.

-Also, Valve mentioned that modders will love the new lip syncing technology, and said that all you have to do is drop in a .wav file of dialogue to be spoken, and then type out the dialogue in the editor. The editor will recognize the written dialogue and craft lip sync responses base on the text.

-And ofcourse, Valve says that HL2's SDK will be available sometime before E3 2004 in may.

-As for TF2, Gabe says he still holds regular meetings for the game, and the writer of the article suspects that Valve is alot closer to an unveiling than anyone suspects.


theres prolly more in the article i didnt cover but i dont feel like writing another 20 mins :)

also, for everyones information, there was 3 new HL2 screenshots printed in the magazine that have not yet been posted online...so if you get the chance to get a copy of the mag so you can see the whole article + the new screens =p

also, i tried to put all the parts of the article into my own personal words to make it a bit more legal ;)

hope you guys enjoy it...gg :) :imu:
 
Well. I don't think TF2 will be the HL2 Multiplayer. Since they have told us (In PC Zone) that TF2 would be released some time after the HL2 release. But It might be a downloadable mod from Steam when It comes :)
 
I have a site, send the screenies to me and I'll post 'em up as well!!!

C'mon people, I have 45 gigs of bandwidth to kill......
 
WOW!!! Nice coverage there! This game keeps looking better and better!
Especially that part about exploring C17, having enough stuff in it to go on for hours, too good to be true!!!!
:D :D :D
 
vegeta897 said:
WOW!!! Nice coverage there! This game keeps looking better and better!
Especially that part about exploring C17, having enough stuff in it to go on for hours, too good to be true!!!!
:D :D :D
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My house has been flooded with drool..
 
deathryuu said:
-Also mentioned in the article, was that Gabe said, that the Secretary of Defense has been in touch with him, about lending the new Source Engine for the next gen in military training tools. Also and institute dedicated to autism is interested in using HL2's facial animation system for helping teach autistic kids about facial expressions.
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I can't wait to see the next Americas Army game... USING SOURCE! :D

deathryuu said:
-Also, I thought it was awesome to see that in the article Valve mentioned that each and every member of the Valve team has been working with a mod team, and when HL2 ships they will be "shepharding" their projects.
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So that must have been what most of the team was doing for alot of the year.

Then that part about wandering City-17 is giving me images of wandering around like you could do in GTA3!!

Suddenly I am excited again!
 
Grr...I haven't gotten my copy yet (didn't come in the mail today) I hope my subscription didnt run out :x
 
V nice summary Death

The bit about TF2 inrested me the most tho saying they will unveil sumthing quiker then ppl anticipate (or sumthing like that)

So the TF2 as MP theory still stands as a solid posibilty :D
 
CrazyHarij said:
My house has been flooded with drool..
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Half of it is mine, I'll help clean it up in later.
;)

Another thing I was suprised by was the Secretary of Defence using the engine! That used to be a joke back in the day!! Wow! :D
 
well im happy everyone liked the summary :) my fingers so tired from writing it all =p

btw is it against the rules to scan the 3 unseen pics from the mag and post them here(after removing the text from the pics)? or is that illegal?
 
I dnt see the harm in posting them here 4 about 3 mins so that we can see , then edit them out


not sure if its right thing to do tho
 
Someone please send the scans to MrChimp. He can host them for us all allong with any others we find along the way. :D
 
yeah mr. chimp is the man with the scans :D send em to him
 
no one request anything on this forum ok?

Its against the rules

and i dont want this thread locked! so keep your mouths shut
 
marksmanHL2 :) said:
Someone please send the scans to MrChimp. He can host them for us all allong with any others we find along the way. :D
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That is requesting scans , im mearly asking wot a website is :)
 
no..

you're asking for the site with the scans

hes saying where to send scans to, not a direct link or anything..

now be quiet before a mod locks this place



Anyhow, I think its awsome how the military is using a computer game....

lol wow
 
Joeyslucky22 said:
no..

you're asking for the site with the scans

hes saying where to send scans to, not a direct link or anything..

now be quiet before a mod locks this place
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Yes Mom :LOL:

kk
 
They mean the edition that has only just become available in the last day or two.
 
alright guys i wont be posting the scans on the forum since its against rules and i dont wanna be banned...tune in to the irc channel(#halflife2 on quakenet) for info...
 
deathryuu send the scans to mr.chimp....he can post em up for us
 
Which Edition is it? May? I have the May one that I recieved like 3 weeks ago, with the 10 year anniversary issue cover. I'm thinking it is not this one?
 
Yeah. Since we're just intrested in HL2 it seems useless to pay so much money..

I can host the pics to, so if you send them to [email protected] they all will be aviable on a link ;)
 
Jadewolf5675 said:
Which Edition is it? May? I have the May one that I recieved like 3 weeks ago, with the 10 year anniversary issue cover. I'm thinking it is not this one?
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its the June 2004 issue acually... it has a big perrrdy concept art of Gordon shooting an MP5 and theres a thing on the left that says "HALF-LIFE 2 FIRST PLAYTEST"

edit: also, guys i found out that the 3 new screens i talked about were already printed in another mag :( sorry...

edit 2:
guys if u know mr chimps site, these 3 pics arnt anything that isnt already up there, so dont worry.
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what he said :)
 
guys if u know mr chimps site, these 3 pics arnt anything that isnt already up there, so dont worry.

Although id like to see the rest of the article with concept art lol
 
bAbYhEaDcRaB said:
- leaping crawling beasties that hunt in packs (monkey like) hmmm interesting
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Prowlers maybe?
 
Who wants to link me to a site that has the pics? Eh? EH? EHHHHHHH??!
 
Those monkey like creatures sound scary. Reminds me of some pre-historic form of human.

By the way, does America's Army have any kind of physics in it? Ragdolls at least?
 
munro said you can link to scans of pics, just not scans of info.
 
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