I cant help but notice that in the second pic the shadows all go the same direction. This may help confirm the speculation that the pics with the shadows going different directions was probably an earlier build.
Is it just me or are those flames 2D sprites, and not 3D? (To avoid getting flamed, no pun intended, the flames DO look incredable, but I'm just curious if they are sprites)
FLAME FLAME FLAME
RANT RANT RANT
:flame: :flame: :flame:
Anyway, yeah...it kinda does. Though it's hard to tell. I'm pretty sure it'll be 3D in the final build, though. I have faith in Valve.
3d fire? do you realize how incredibly difficult that would be to code so it looks real? i'm sure they'll just stick with sprites since most people are willing to trade-off actual 3dness for quality.