lies in the info from valve thread

[Wraith]

what can you find? any lies/exaggerations/things they changed?

1. "I have another question. In the E3 technology demo, Gordon uses a different kind of manipulator (one that moves objects around with a blue beam as opposed to throwing them). Will this weapon be in the final game? Is it like a secondary attack for the regular manipulator?

It's a different weapon."

not quite a different weapon really...







2. "Are the pictures that you take in game. Are they still
going to be .bmps. Or are you going to try and do
.jpgs

BMPs. We assume people will have their own tools for image
management/conversion."


they are jpgs :-D






3.A problem in games that i have found is that when playing you will have a

large number of friendlys or enemies but they will all really look the same.

Which can really bore someone who likes variety. The charachters that don't
really matter such as a group of scientist though some of them may differ,
you will see the same charachter several times some times in the same place.

have you found a way to get around this problem?




"everybody looks different"



blatant lie








4. "In HL1 if a player shot at the G-Man, he would not be injured, in effect being invincible from player inflicted harm. How are such "player attacks" going to be handled in HL2? If I was to take a shot at Alyx how would the game react to this?



She'd shoot you back. It would annoy her. Dog would kick your ass."






ok well im sure there are more but im getting bored, i didnt make this thread to be a bitch or anything, its jsut fun to go back through what they said and see how much of it actually panned out, seems about 75%/25% truth/lies

 

[Direwolf]

You do know game development is a continous process? Things change as they go? Many of those comments are very, very old.

 

[Wraith]

You do know game development is a continous process? Things change as they go? Many of those comments are very, very old.

i know thats why i called it lies/exaggerations/things that they changed

i didnt make this thread to be a picky little bitch, i made it because it gives us some insight into how their development process worked, what they thought they could do, and how they changed it etc etc.

 

[Spartan]

not quite a different weapon really...

Semantics. It behaves differently, and looks different.

they are jpgs :-D

Big deal. What does it matter, anyway?

"everybody looks different" blatant lie

Allied fighters have very varying appearances. The Combine all look the same because they wear uniforms and gasmasks. So it wasn't actually a blatant lie.

 

[omlette]

2. "Are the pictures that you take in game. Are they still
going to be .bmps. Or are you going to try and do
.jpgs

BMPs. We assume people will have their own tools for image
management/conversion."


they are jpgs :-D

Incorrect, they are .tga's

 

[brisck1]

nope they are definately Jpgs

 

[poseyjmac]

i didnt make this thread to be a picky little bitch

you may be right about the picky part, but only that. the subject is 'lies in the info valve thread'. you didn't make this to be insightful, you made it because you are mad at valve at small things. why else would your subject line be something that is a stab at valve and also not true instead of being 'insight into valve info thread features that never made it' or something like that.

just because something changes in the development process, doesn't mean they lied about it.

 

[Wraith]

you made it because you are mad at valve at small things.

wow, thanks for delving so far into my psyche

seriously, i think i know why i made my thread, stop being such fanboy assholes and just find shit that they said which didnt turn up true. in other words, find LIES, CHANGES, ETC, and STOP FLAMING

 

[poseyjmac]

wow, thanks for delving so far into my psyche

seriously, i think i know why i made my thread, stop being such fanboy assholes and just find shit that they said which didnt turn up true. in other words, find LIES, CHANGES, ETC, and STOP FLAMING

well, i dont blindly follow valve, and you don't need to backpedal when you've been called out(although its quite humorous).

you made it to complain negatively, and to accuse valve of lieing. no need to be mad about it, just accept it. do you really think you could contradict yourself without someone calling you on it?

 

[Jackrabbit]

A long long long time ago when they first announced the game, a lot of articles were talking about cleaning your weapon. They said you had to do it or it would jam, and that you actually move the mouse around to clean the weapon.

 

[MiccyNarc]

I heard that aliens could smell and stuff.
There's a lot that cut out. Hopefully there will be some deleted scenes missions...

 

[Teddy]

1. "...Is it like a secondary attack for the regular manipulator?

It's a different weapon."

not quite a different weapon really...

oh yes, it is a different weapon, really. it qualifies as a different weapon, as it has it's own class code, it's own weapon script file and it's own model. even if it was cut from the final release of hl2, it's still a different weapon.

and on another note, STFU you noob.

 

[KagePrototype]

A long long long time ago when they first announced the game, a lot of articles were talking about cleaning your weapon. They said you had to do it or it would jam, and that you actually move the mouse around to clean the weapon.

That came from a fake article released on the internet. It had all sorts of rubbish in it.

 

[Gordons_nan]

Will the people flaming pls just shut up and/or get lost? This could actually be an interesting thread for a change instead of pathetic flaming from fanboys just because someone says something negative about HL2.

Grow up!!!

 

[Teddy]

Will the people flaming pls just shut up and/or get lost?

omglol!
dieplzkthxbi

 

[Adrien C]

We are having great fun with the HL2 multy player, the community will surely love it .

Gabe Newell I recall.

 

[Asuka]

While developing a game a lot of things change. This thread is pointless your proving nothing.

 

[zapper]

This is the worst damn thread ever, just delete it you idiot.

 

[Zorrander001]

Yes, some things change, and it's also obvious that many developers lie their asses off. Valve has proven it's not incappable of deciet many times over, they have a very poor record for being open and honest with the fanbase.

 

[Moto]

Seriously, a lot of you people are just retarded. This could be interesting to see the things that have been changed. HL2 got good reviews, it doesn't need any defense from you guys. Just quit flaming him.

I think there was a Glock that was supposed to be in the game. Either I haven't gotten to use it yeat, or they took it out. Also there were some odd weapons in the beta that didn't make it. The game used to start on a oil tanker, but Valve changed it to the train station --that's what they say in "The final Hours of HL2" at Gayspot.