[QUOTE=Lesovikk1;40099260]Hope valve just releases Half Life 3 with no warning or anything. And just goes BAM, front page of Steam. With a message from Gabe saying: How do you like them nuts?.[/QUOTE]
It's not going to happen and this notion is getting extremely old. I'm 99% sure they'll simply tease the game like normal, release some media and trailers, and release it on a specified date.
they can, however, announce the game without any announcement, just a trailer for the game and a press release on a random day, not a big reveal at a gaming convention.
[QUOTE=Claude;40102605]they can, however, announce the game without any announcement, just a trailer for the game and a press release on a random day, not a big reveal at a gaming convention.[/QUOTE]
They could, but it doesn't mean they [I]should[/I].
I'm really starting to wonder if people have followed video games very long, especially when I see crazy theories like this. Not announcing it? Come on.
what we can assume is that Source 2 will render using OpenGL, which is a smart solution and much better than Direct3D.
[QUOTE=Lyoko2;40129269]what we can assume is that Source 2 will render using OpenGL, which is a smart solution and much better than Direct3D.[/QUOTE]
this would be totally epic
[QUOTE=Lyoko2;40129269]what we can assume is that Source 2 will render using OpenGL, which is a smart solution and much better than Direct3D.[/QUOTE]
No, it'll probably continue to use DirectX, and just use the same "hack" that the linux / mac versions of SRC games do now.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;40140198]No, it'll probably continue to use DirectX, and just use the same "hack" that the linux / mac versions of SRC games do now.[/QUOTE]
that would be stupid if they do that, since their "steambox" is running linux.
has source really even been that successful as a development platform?...
i really haven't heard of but at most like 7 big games on the source engine. and that's just compensating (immensely) for my poor memory.
or is it used for a bunch of other indie/smaller games... and that's why steam is so big?
[QUOTE=NeoSeeker;40140639]has source really even been that successful as a development platform?...
i really haven't heard of but at most like 7 big games on the source engine. and that's just compensating (immensely) for my poor memory.
or is it used for a bunch of other indie/smaller games... and that's why steam is so big?[/QUOTE]
it's used really really sparsely outside of valve
what i thought...
i mean that's the case. all source 2 hype is, is hype over what valve is going to do next.
who knows what source 2 is going to be like, maybe it would be a completely different engine from source. who knows it could be more like that engine they use for gta (not euphoria that's just for animations)
[QUOTE=azgag;40140591]that would be stupid if they do that, since their "steambox" is running linux.[/QUOTE]
Works for what they do now, I don't see any reason for them to explicitly drop all their DX work and switch to Source 2 (Although maybe it BEING source 2 is a sign of that).
[QUOTE=NeoSeeker;40140639]has source really even been that successful as a development platform?...
i really haven't heard of but at most like 7 big games on the source engine. and that's just compensating (immensely) for my poor memory.
or is it used for a bunch of other indie/smaller games... and that's why steam is so big?[/QUOTE]
Yeah its an outdated engine and so there aren't many people who want to use it over something like UDK besides the ones who modded the source engine and want to stick to something familiar.
what if valve are waiting for games like CoD to die away so that more people will show interest in hl3
They're just slow with developing.
[editline]3rd April 2013[/editline]
Or they're working at some kewl shit to make their engine stand out again, like with the previous versions.
The only thing they could do with Source 2 or whatever it's going to be called, to make it as big a leap from Goldsrc to Source and at the same time make a huge milestone in engines, is implement real-time raytracing, honestly. That's really the next big thing.
They are probably doing real time ray tracing and are just waiting for technology that can handle it :3
There is an engine called Brigade that does just that, but it is REALLY in its infancy at this point. It gets 40 fps on dual Titans, and it's incredibly grainy. However, I think that it's without a doubt the future. I seriously doubt Valve will do that for Source 2, though.
You can read more about Brigade here: [url]http://raytracey.blogspot.com/[/url]
[QUOTE=Uberslug;40154110]There is an engine called Brigade that does just that, but it is REALLY in its infancy at this point. It gets 40 fps on dual Titans, and it's incredibly grainy. However, I think that it's without a doubt the future. I seriously doubt Valve will do that for Source 2, though.
You can read more about Brigade here: [url]http://raytracey.blogspot.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
Holycrap, the latest video reminds me of something outside my window...
[B][I]real life[/I][/B]
tbh that looks more valuable as a really fast offline renderer than a really slow realtime renderer.
edit: If anyone's got counterarguments I want to hear them.
[QUOTE=Uberslug;40154110]There is an engine called Brigade that does just that, but it is REALLY in its infancy at this point. It gets 40 fps on dual Titans, and it's incredibly grainy. However, I think that it's without a doubt the future. I seriously doubt Valve will do that for Source 2, though.
You can read more about Brigade here: [url]http://raytracey.blogspot.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
I could see them having some sort of "hidden" ability to Ray-Trace, theoretically you could mod source to ray-trace (Shitton of work), All you need to do is pass off the light entity information to something that interfaces with the world, then renders it, Bam.
[QUOTE=Uberslug;40154110]There is an engine called Brigade that does just that, but it is REALLY in its infancy at this point. It gets 40 fps on dual Titans, and it's incredibly grainy. However, I think that it's without a doubt the future. I seriously doubt Valve will do that for Source 2, though.
You can read more about Brigade here: [url]http://raytracey.blogspot.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
is it weird that i just masturbated to a tech video?..
[QUOTE=NeoSeeker;40179936]is it weird that i just masturbated to a tech video?..[/QUOTE]
That's normal since this is some sexy technology here.
[editline]6th April 2013[/editline]
I masturbate to very big GPUs.
Yeah raytracing in realtime like that is some amazing stuff. It won't be ready for any realtime serious gaming anytime soon though, if anything I think we're going to see the quality of realtime lightmapping and methods like LPV get much higher.
Voxel raytracing is also getting really popular, and you get realtime specular reflections with it, but it's pretty demanding on hardware.
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40147085]They're just slow with developing.
[editline]3rd April 2013[/editline]
Or they're working at some kewl shit to make their engine stand out again, like with the previous versions.[/QUOTE]
Its not only that they are slow.
I think they are waiting for new generation of consoles to make HL3 really something as groundbreaking as HL1 and HL2 were back in the day.
[QUOTE=.EDI;40193832]Its not only that they are slow.
I think they are waiting for new generation of consoles to make HL3 really something as groundbreaking as HL1 and HL2 were back in the day.[/QUOTE]
They shouldn't wait for consoles because they're simply not meant for games like Half-Life.
but all half-life games have been released on consoles
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40196079]They shouldn't wait for consoles because they're simply not meant for games like Half-Life.[/QUOTE]
[t]http://www.rotpod.net/rotpod/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/orangebox_360.jpg[/t]
[t]http://www.covergalaxy.com/xbox/Half-Life%202%20COVER.jpg[/t]
[t]http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/15/14393/466377_front.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Juniez;40197021]but all half-life games have been released on consoles[/QUOTE]
Of course they are available for consoles, but Source games are still way better when played on a PC. Consoles are for playing games with friends on the couch. You can't play Half-Life with friends on the couch.
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;40197305]Of course they are available for consoles, but Source games are still way better when played on a PC. Consoles are for playing games with friends on the couch. You can't play Half-Life with friends on the couch.[/QUOTE]
There are a lot of singleplayer games for consoles, mostly because the developers/publishers want a much wider audience than only PC gamers. Probably what Valve has in mind, perhaps?
But how would you aim
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