Quake or Q2 tech?

[jimbones]

With which engine was HL made? Q1? If so I find it very interesting that the number one online mod is still enhanced quake 1 tech.

Think about it what valve (or gooseman) really have done with it..

 

[Chris D]

It's all modified Quake 1 technology.

Valve built some extra gubbins in there such as the skeletal animation system.

It is pretty outstanding really...

 

[Dux]

Uses a portion of Quake 2 also. It's all in the Cabal somewhere.

 

[She]

Eh?

Isn't HL using Q2 engine..and Valve MODIFIED it very Heavily??
yes.

 

[Top Secret]

No. HL is 90% Q1 engine with a little Q2 technology thrown in.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

as Chris said.. its pretty amazing that HL and its mods still attract gamers today.
with Q1 we are going a ways back...but it goes to show.. if enough hard work is put into something...it does pay off eventually.

 

[Mountain Man]

They started with the Quake 1 engine and heavily modified it adding things like a skeletal animation system, particle effects, colored lighting, and transparencies for things like glass and water. They then rolled a little bit of Quake 2 code into the build for additional effects that they hadn't written. All told, I think they said that the ended up with about 10% of id's code in the final build since they rewrote everything else.

 

[Nostradamus]

Ahhhh I remember so clearly making maps for Q1 oh the glorious days!

 

[jimbones]

All told, I think they said that the ended up with about 10% of id's code in the final build since they rewrote everything else.

whoa 10% that's not much. But I guess it's easier to learn to walk with some guiding rail than to start from scratch..