Whats going on in this hl2 picture

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When I first saw this picture, along with its caption, I believed it was a wave coming off a ship, which would make sense. However Half Life 2's water doesnt move (as anyone whos played the leak will know, plus I think Gabe said the waters static to a degree).

Anyway. Upon further inspection it seems that its sand around the ship, and not a wave, however I could be wrong. If its a wave then the shot is mocked up, if its sand then why are those dorks on the boat and why did the magazine say it was a wave...

Opinions?
 
Yeah, I never get it why those people standing on a ship stuck in the sand....
 
they were captured and held prisoners by the combine, gordon set them free, they are happy and chearing at gordon "HAIL FREEMAN !! GORDON FOR PRESIDENT!!!"
and no that's not a wave, just a deserted place where they kept them prisoners :)
(it looks like a wave because of the sandbanks next to the ship, but the water is flat)

just my 2 cents :)
 
no they're yelling: "come on gordon we're ready to ship!" and he's like "yeah uh wait hang on my uh shoe's untied.."
 
its low tide.

the combine like salt water.

the retard captian couldnt read the map right.

3 reasons why this ship might be beached.
 
Fallout-esque occupation of an abandoned vehicle. There's another. Who says they wouldn't camp out on a huge lump of rusty metal to avoid persecution? :D

And maybe the magazine said it was a wave because they're daft.
 
In Half-Life 2, we have to remember we get to see the rest of the world as it was attacked by the aliens -- instead of being restricted just to Black Mesa. All these ships wrecked are a result of one of their invasions, I would wager.
 
Looks like the guys on the boat are pissed off that the guy with the crowbar has been smashing in the windows on their cars.

Just my observation on things.
 
I have yet to see a house in hl2 screenshots...maybe that ship is used as a house? I don't know.
 
It's pretty damn obvious to me it's not a wave.

Those people on the boat look wierd...
 
The ship is in the sand near the water. The ship is not in the water. I think those people are afriad because there is a water creatures called MOTHER ANT LOIN.
 
It is sand. I remember reading that one area HL2 takes place in is a dried up ocean. Which would make sense there would be ships stuck in the sand.
 
I heard that the seas had all dried up in HL2 ,,,, dunno if thats true or not,, but it explains why the 'sea' ships are resting on the 'sea' bed. with puddles of water around.
 
man,, those are some early screen shots, :p i reckon thats just after the Alpha. lol
 
Brian Damage said:
I thought it was called the Ant Lion Guard...
Click to expand...

Oh yeah thanks, Thats the name. Guard. :)

It lives in the water, as you can see the people are scared.
 
There is sea in hl2, but there is coast maps with dried out sea and boats stuck.

Some of the first shots are really ugly, the shot with the strider and people running, look at it closely, its hl1 mapping quality.
 
thats why I reckon its alpha material,, makes sense, :). and the E3 vids where beta. they looked much better :) but still a bit glichy with the physics, (mostly clipping) hehe your right look at there faces there flat maps,, :p this scene looks purposely built for a screenshot, perhaps for testing the striders programming..
 
Maybe Gordon moved the entire ship with the manipulator, and now the sailors want him to put it back in the water lol
 
I hate Hl2s shore effects (at least in the pictures they have shown us)
the water has no displacement (see farcry's water) and simply "colides" with land geometry.
theres no transition... its simply a straight line. (again see Farcry's Shore effects, water laps up against the sand)

wow the longer they delay the worse it looks.
 
lol, thats an early screenshot ill be suprised if they keep the water like that
 
Man I am so excited about the New final look of HL2. I just want to see the people's faces when they play the game. Man two months to wait I hop.
 
Looks like sand to me. But anyone who has watched to Docks video can see that waves are possible, as there were ripples in the water.
 
maybe posted above, but Gabe said that part of the game takes place in a dried out seabed. There is a ocean or large lake in the game though, and we already know about that icebreaker ship valve modeled, so im guessing gordon will travel alot in HL2.
 
I dunno if the ship would actually move. What if you fell off? That'd wreck things for you, I bet.
I'd guess it's more of a level, stuck in the dirt with an objective inside.
 
A little off topic, but look how sexy the crowbar looks, beautiful textures and lighting on it.
 
that crowbar is almost as sexy as your avatar
 
Well if you look at the docks in the background, they would be way to high for someone in a boat to get on. I think its low tide and the boats got stuck...
 
I'm curious as to why the oceans would dry up though....a new ice age? The combine are using the water for something (what in the heck would take that much water)? Or is the planet drying up for some reason?
 
someone pulled a plug?..... i apologise for that, i'll go shoot myself
 
ok, so this just came to me. not an explanation of why the water is gone, but just think about how significant that event is. what is so special about earth? it has the incredibly rare characteristic of a climate and atmoshpere capable of supporting water, the most crucial part of all life on earth. scientist believe that by finding evidence that water was present on mars at some time, the evidence that it supported life would also not be far behind. whatever it was that made the water go away, most likely combine influence, it is very serious. whether they are acting as a "combine" and taking our resources for their benefit, or they are taking away our life support in order to control/eliminate us, we better hope gordon comes out on top one more time.
 
when xen first went public with there invasion people didnt like how they manipulated powerful figures to do there bidding through means of parasiteing ones head by latching on and sucking the life out of them, so they were thrown in alcatraz luckily they drank there way out and the slaves turned into massive striders and knew bigger things and took 0var..... and then it snowed sand in alcatraz bwabwbawbawbwbbwabwab :| no but really I would personally rather not know what its all about thas why im gona PLAY THE GAME and can hardly wait
 
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