Screenshots of HL2 Effects

[UnmarkedOne]

Hey guys, just posting some screenshots of different Source engine effects for the people still stuck at work, or for those unable to run CS:S for some reason.

The first three shots are effects much like the shiny floor in Dust, though it's great to finally see some variety.

The last two shots are of the glass effects. The first is a pane shattering, obviously, and the second is of me walking through a damaged sheet of glass (if it's already cracked, you can use your momentum to break through it). Take a look at those super-sharp glass textures on the second glass shot... that's insane. Way to go, Valve

-UnmarkedOne

 

[Dsty2001]

Nice

 

[AL3X2112]

its so beautiful [ ;

 

[alehm]

Tanks a loot!

 

[Tork]

which map is dx9-1

 

[Reaperman]

i like the blood effects

 

[UnmarkedOne]

A few examples of destroyable models. The first two shots show how you can actually break chunks off of the flat-screens in the Office level. It looks good in the shots but amazing in motion, you'd have to see it yourself. The way the monitor sparks and falls off of the table realistically is really great.

The last three screenshots are of the fruit tables in the Italy market. I bet it looks great during a heavy firefight when fruit is flying everywhere with grenades going off and whatnot. You can shoot open the watermelons, as seen in the second pic, and even pop open the oranges and bananas. The designer's attention to detail makes it great.

-UnmarkedOne

 

[Mango]

Sa Wheat

 

[UnmarkedOne]

More pics:

Cover - Some cover (physicalized, of course) to hide behind in Office.

Decals - Nice shot of the detail they put into the blood decals.

Flare - The great sun/sky effects really make the levels seem alive.

Organic - The levels look SO much better with an upped poly count.

Vehics - Aww come on, they show us the vehics but don't let us drive 'em?

-UnmarkedOne

 

[Red]

Heres Some -

notice how the pc's in this game can be upgraded as and when desired.......

 

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

The blood decals look.....disgusting, but in a good way

 

[UnmarkedOne]

These first two shots show better how you can break models into smaller and smaller pieces.

The last three shots show off the water effects. Water1 is me standing in the water, and it's almost transparent up close (though in the game it distorts the ground quite a bit, so it's much easier to see) and fades to a non-reflective, dirty brown color in the distance. It's really cool how HL2 features many different types of water.

Water2 shows the really detailed splashes, which look even better than what we saw in early CS:S movies. And the last shot again shows off the transparency effect, except unlike Water1 where the water in the distance is flat shaded, this water reflects the archway nicely.

-UnmarkedOne

 

[HunterSeeker]

I have the game and I can play it but I dont have the hardware to see all those effects, fortunatly Im probubly getting my upgrade this weekend.

 

[f1r3b4ll]

I just wanted to mention this -

PC - DELL Dimension
Keyboard - Logitech Internet Surfer
Mouse - Microsoft Intellimouse

I find it rather funky they go to all this detail

 

[Alec_85]

OMFG! There are new WHITEBOARDS! Post pics damnit :E

Nice pictures too.

 

[Mango]

More More More

 

[FoB_Ed]

*drools*

this game definately surpasses Doom 3, perhaps not in raw technology but in pure beauty

 

[Red]

I just wanted to mention this -

PC - DELL Dimension
Keyboard - Logitech Internet Surfer
Mouse - Microsoft Intellimouse

I find it rather funky they go to all this detail

This office clearly has an impressive IT strategy - all the equiptment was new looking Dells with decent peripherals, no skimping eh

 

[cliffe]

Glad you guys are enjoying CS:S. We are very happy to get it out there into your hands.

Cliffe
VALVe

 

[briggsb2k]

holy shit is that really cliffe?

 

[Red]

Glad you guys are enjoying CS:S. We are very happy to get it out there into your hands.

Cliffe
VALVe

Thank you MR Cliffe,

One problem

No sleep!

 

[switch]

Glad you guys are enjoying CS:S. We are very happy to get it out there into your hands.

Cliffe
VALVe

Good job.
Are there any plans for the rest of the models or bots?

 

[joule]

holy shit is that really cliffe?

Yeah it is!

 

[Tork]

The marble flooring is sweet!! This is just tip of the ice berg though..

 

[alixharrison]

I swear valve promised us vehicles in the multiplayer, where is this?

 

[omni]

This office clearly has an impressive IT strategy - all the equiptment was new looking Dells with decent peripherals, no skimping eh

Bust up a computer and components fly out. I saw an ATI x800 gfx board, a Creative Audigy 2 sound card, two hard disks (they look to be Western Digital) and a DVD-ROM drive.

I can't tell which mobo is used or who makes the CPU, but they are probably recent.

The computer monitor also has an icon for Splinter Cell.

Nice details!

 

[theGreenBunny]

Nice screens, thanks for posting 'em

 

[Alec_85]

Cliffe: Can you explain why a creditcard number can only be used once? A friend tried buying this for me but it didn't go through ;( *sad*

 

[ailevation]

:thumbs: Safe to say CS:S ALONE PWNZ DOOM III!!!!!!

 

[hype.db]

Glad you guys are enjoying CS:S. We are very happy to get it out there into your hands.

Cliffe
VALVe

Damnit cliffe, how am I to resist not studying for my psych exam tomorrow with this sort of temptation.

 

[Arno]

Wow! The attention to detail in those screenshots is amazing, I love it!
Thanks for posting!

 

[Absinthe]

Fruit has never turned me on so much.

 

[Gorgon]

this is amazing.

wow

 

[B-MAn]

hw many maps are there?

 

[Edcrab]

Ha, awesome! Great for throwing in the face of aquaintances who are convinced HL2 looks like shit

Now I'm a Prowler! Woo! Although for all I know it went the way of the Hydra or is actually a fodder enemy...

 

[Jadewolf5675]

hw many maps are there?

Off the top of my head...

Office
Dust
Aztec
Cobble
Italy
Havana

I've seen servers with Chateau and Dust2, but I'm not sure if those were officially released.

 

[PvtRyan]

Off the top of my head...

Office
Dust
Aztec
Cobble
Italy
Havana

I've seen servers with Chateau and Dust2, but I'm not sure if those were officially released.

It's:
Office
Dust
Aztec
Cobble
Italy
Havana
Chateau
Dust2
Piranesi

 

[Robert]

Bleh. I wish I had money.. Or I wish my dad had money ;p

Damnit :/

 

[Gorgon]

Bleh. I wish I had money.. Or I wish my dad had money ;p

Damnit :/

I wish I had a computer.

/ME getting FX55 with ATI880XT next month

 

[UnmarkedOne]

Played a bit more, found some other nifty things to share. Check these body decal examples:

-UnmarkedOne