Hl2 Source Leak - A Modder's Dream

[Llevar]

So, leaving issues of legality for a minute let's consider what this leak offers to the future hl2 modders out there. Well, I think it offers quite a bit. First of all, modders get a huge head-start, they get to start picking the game apart months ahead of release and become accustomed to programming for source by the time the actual SDK comes out. Secondly, modders get to see implementations of functions they wouldn't normally see and thus get some inside info on data structures used and hence can optimize their own code to work well with those structures. The above would kind of be bad programming because you shouldn't rely on implementation specific details when writing code that uses an external library but if it means an extra few frames per second then who cares about good programming style.

Any thoughts?

 

[eish]

I'd rather wait until the final product if I was to do a mod for HL2, better chance for better quality in it. Plus some things might not even match when the final product comes out.

 

[Llevar]

Well, you obviously can't make a mod for something that doesn't even have resources but the ability to play with the code is definitely useful.

 

[eish]

I guess so, but still you have to acount for changes in the final product. Not saying it'll be much but you never know.