What's going on with reflections?
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Ok I understand that there will be no mirrors in HL 2 SP, but..
In any FPS game that has a mirror in the map, I will have a look to see how well the mirrow was done...if I was to not see a reflection I would be dissapointed. Its a small thing but none-the-less its something I notice, besides mirrors add to the overall gameplay if you can use them to spot enemies in SP and MP.
If not showing the models face was imperitive to the immersion factor, one could (as already mentioned) show the model in a full HEV suit, including helmet (like Doom does). It would look very cool if you looked in a mirror and you see the shine off the visor, prehaps throw in some random (or even linked to actual) HUD display showing through the visor.
The point is there are means to not show the characters face, but still retain the ability to show reflections off reflected surfaces - the case in point, mirrors, would be lame not to show a reflection on a obvious reflective surface.
In any FPS game that has a mirror in the map, I will have a look to see how well the mirrow was done...if I was to not see a reflection I would be dissapointed. Its a small thing but none-the-less its something I notice, besides mirrors add to the overall gameplay if you can use them to spot enemies in SP and MP.
If not showing the models face was imperitive to the immersion factor, one could (as already mentioned) show the model in a full HEV suit, including helmet (like Doom does). It would look very cool if you looked in a mirror and you see the shine off the visor, prehaps throw in some random (or even linked to actual) HUD display showing through the visor.
The point is there are means to not show the characters face, but still retain the ability to show reflections off reflected surfaces - the case in point, mirrors, would be lame not to show a reflection on a obvious reflective surface.
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Just in case this hasn't been clarified before, Uroboros has to do the eternity and blah blah blah, and he's a snake who is eating his tail.
It was just a little joke on his behalf about the universe imploding if you see yourself (like when people say if you saw yourself from the future if they came back in time, which of course is all garbage)
It was just a little joke on his behalf about the universe imploding if you see yourself (like when people say if you saw yourself from the future if they came back in time, which of course is all garbage)
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