Internal HL2 rumor

[ColdWar Mod]

first of all:
I have heard this from internal sources, and i cannot tell any names.
It is up to you to believe it or not
If you have no clue of 3D business and marketing then you probably won't understand it.

The latest business rumor spreads word that Halflife2 will now be based on a slightly extended Unreal II XMP engine. Main reasons are the dramatic leak of the source code and the general instability of the HL2 engine. The engine was many months away from beeing finished. The source leak also extended the development time by maybe 5-6 months. So the HL2 engine would probably not be finished before end of 2005. At this time it will most likely be outdated. As a rescue sanction, the publisher Vivendi forced the project to reach gold status within 2004 to minimize the finiancial deficit resulting from the massive delays.

this info is not official confirmed of course

 

[Axyon]

Not a chance I'm buying that. Valve would never just give up on an engine they've been working on for years now.

 

[daveodeth]

hey stranger things have happened. why only yesterday the queen and four turtles told me the world was going to end. it must be true because the space monkeys told me to trust her.

 

[Dedalus]

that pretty much sounds like nonsense, although there's a very minute chance it's true (leaving myself a little clause here).

anyway, XMP has only been out recently, why would Valve suddenly drop their pants and use the XMP engine? doesn't make sense. even with source leak et al it sounds a little too far fetched.

 

[frances_farmer]

the engine was finished over 3 years ago. this is bullshit quite frankly, and i too have inside sources that can confirm that. Instability of the engine? Please stop creating bullshit posts for the sake of getting people riled. It just embarasses you.

addition: i dont believe you can call XMP an engine, its a game type the engine is still the Unreal 2 engine.

 

[Shuzer]

If you really believe that.. wow.

the engine was finished over 3 years ago. this is bullshit quite frankly, and i too have inside sources that can confirm that. Instability of the engine? Please stop creating bullshit posts for the sake of getting people riled. It just embarasses you.

addition: i dont believe you can call XMP an engine, its a game type the engine is still the Unreal 2 engine.

..the engine was finished over 3 years ago? Are you kidding? The engine was feature locked sometime last year, but it was in no way finished 3 years ago.

Edit: Anyone ever notice the "internal sources" people are always headcrabs, and its their first post?


Edit 2: Thinking on this topic, do you have ANY idea how much time and effort it would take to switch an entire engine? If they went from a nearly complete HL2 on source, then to U2's engine.. it'd cost a. money to license, and b. WAY more time than 6 months to get a fully functional game running on that engine.

 

[frances_farmer]

sorry i meant 2 years. i believe the engine was finished in the 3 years and then the content started on. At least thats what i was told.

 

[HybridM]

sorry i meant 2 years. i believe the engine was finished in the 3 years and then the content started on. At least thats what i was told.

At least he's sticking to his guns.

This post is crap, Valve aren't changing engines. Do I have 'internal sources'? Well, I like to call it common sense; Maybe I have internal gasses though.

 

[IchI]

tbh, the fact that u signed up and this is your first post. Just makes me laugh. It just seems to be that your blatently lieing about what ever u said, I read the first 2 lines and stopped and thought it would be more fun to insult u

 

[mortiz]

It's true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just like me being Jesus resurrected! Don't worry my friend, no one belived me either!!!

 

[Munro]

The latest business rumor spreads word that Halflife2 will now be based on a slightly extended Unreal II XMP engine.

And Gabe Newell is my love child.


Seriously I can't wait until the game is released, these 'rumors' are getting worse by the day

 

[Fender357]

NEVER trust anyone with only 1 post...... :sniper: :dork:

 

[Gorgon]

NEVER trust anyone with only 1 post...... :sniper: :dork:

The best post so far. I rate that.

 

[Kadayi]

LOL


First and last post hopefully :dozey:

 

[Cutey_Kaite]

NEVER trust anyone with only 1 post...... :sniper: :dork:

Hey, dont be so racist

 

[TheOriginalEvil]

Considering Valve just licensed the Source to that game company? Lol.

 

[theneb]

Rumour section maybe?

 

[Pol]

bullshit, theres no logical explanation to that.

 

[63]

Hey, dont be so racist

How is commenting on a user who has 1 post racist?

Back to the first post, I also have my own sources and they say that "all that is bs".

 

[Chris D]

Rumour section maybe?

The closed section sounds better.

Post some proof next time ColdWar Mod, or keep it in the right section.

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