Was this Noticed Before? (Gamespy Screenshot)

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Just looking at the back catalogue of Gamespy Pics I found this 1

http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/492/492830/img_1984534.html

Now if we ignore the stunning scenery for a bit and look at the APC at the bottom of the right Column, did we ever notice this before? I remember there being a comment about an APC in a hammer screenshot, but I dont remember this being mentioned at any point. Anyway for people who havent seen it here it is.

Also that building at the back looks to be the train station, and what role do those 2 men on the top of the building play?
 
If I wasn't too stunned to speak by that stunning scenery, I would be un-stunned enough to tell you that the APC in this stunning screenshot isn't the same as the APC we have seen in the Hammer pic.

I'm simply stunned by that scenery, BTW.

Ok. I'll leave.


I'm stunned though.
 
I wonder if the green army APC (also seen in coastline vid) has been replaced with the gray weirdish looking APC.
 
The guys on the left look like they're being added from another pic. They don't match the rest of the screenshot
 
Seppo said:
The guys on the left look like they're being added from another pic. They don't match the rest of the screenshot
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on the roof of a building..............
 
Xtasy0 said:
on the roof of a building..............
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Huh? I can see that, yes. They are on the roof of a building
 
Seppo said:
Huh? I can see that, yes. They are on the roof of a building
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sounded like you thought they were cut/paste from a different screenshot into that screenshot.......but they're just on the roof alot closer to where the camera view was....
 
Yeah, I thought. But they're obviously not :)
 
you can also see the apc up close in the official half life 2 video
 
what should we notice in this screenie btw?
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looks like they are on the citadel wall to me...
 
Well I never noticed / cant remember the APC. However if everyone knows this and its just me then this thread is useless :)

APC in official HL2 Video, oh yeah the buggy 1 *slaps head* silly me :)
 
I cant remember this particular screenshot...first time ive seen this one, and ive been browsing for everything HL2'ish for over a year now..:eek:

Looks fishy
 
Hey, I just noticed I haven't seen it either! I thought it was this screenshot http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/screenshots/08.jpg but it's not.

I think it's the same scenery, but taken from the opposite direction. Look at some of the details in the two screenshots, and compare them...It's the same place! Man, the society tried to fool me, but sadly I wasn't to be cheated. I'm sorry this had to be shown by the hard way.
 
That APC is probably for transporting combine troops or the resistance troops.
 
:p

What the hell is wrong with the shadows in that picture? They don't really match up now do they...
 
faust said:
:p

What the hell is wrong with the shadows in that picture? They don't really match up now do they...
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Yeah, that was the dreaded "shadow bug" which was discussed a loonnnggg time ago. Supposed to be fixed now (although, one of the latest screens says otherwise)
 
Intamin said:
If you look at the shadows in the pic that Seppo linked to,http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/screenshots/08.jpg, you can see that there are no connecting shadows between the small poles in the main square, by the guy. Thought that was interesting; doesn't look right. But all this has probably been fixed by now...
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Yeah, I always worried about that, but look at this screen:
http://www.3dgamers.com/screenshots/games/halflife2/6.html
The ropes on the light have shadows

I'd assume that that's not a lightmap shadow, it'd be really lame to have a lamp like that hanging down and not be able to shoot it and see it wiggle around (even if it won't cast dynamic shadows)

Even if it is a baked on shadow, that's atleast fixed
 
ferd said:
I cant remember this particular screenshot...first time ive seen this one, and ive been browsing for everything HL2'ish for over a year now..:eek:

Looks fishy
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Yeah, maybe it's from the leak?
 
The apc was also in the e3 video.. where gordon got the rocket launcher from under..

No Beta Shots Dammit
 
Shuzer said:
Yeah, I always worried about that, but look at this screen:
http://www.3dgamers.com/screenshots/games/halflife2/6.html
The ropes on the light have shadows

I'd assume that that's not a lightmap shadow, it'd be really lame to have a lamp like that hanging down and not be able to shoot it and see it wiggle around (even if it won't cast dynamic shadows)

Even if it is a baked on shadow, that's atleast fixed
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I don't think it's a bug at all. I'd say that the city 17 ground simply doesn't have a high enough res lightmap for the shadow to display, and the wall in the pic you linked to does...
 
In far cry you can shoot the light and cast new shadows all over. Hopefully you can in HL2 too because it is a really cool effect.
 
The APC is best seen in the pre-e3 video where a combine is frisking a guy up against one while a scanner looks on.

It's not really clear whether the "rope" entities cast shadows. If so, it's likely something you can turn off for performance's sake, because there are TONS of them, and many seem capable of moving too. It might also be that the shadows are LoD's and in that shot we're too far away to see them.
 
The thing I find most interesting about that screenshot is that shadows of the men are going in a different direction than the rest of the scene.
 
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