Half-Life and Portal series, general discussion (v6)

[Renafox]

When L4D3 comes out, I really hope singleplayer isn't just playing Co-op with bots again

[NicknineTheEagle]

Huh, apparently, HL2 has auto crouch-jump.
Use ent_bbox command on player and switch to third person, you'll see that player's hull becomes crouched when you jump. This also explains why player model teleports up when you jump and why you can easily get on top of obstacles.
EDIT: Confirming, found it in the code. Lasts 510 ms which is the duration of the standard 21 units jump.

[Doctor Smiles]

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;48290956]HL3 will only be released to the public as a 5 part Let's Play done by someone who doesn't like shooters or Half-Life.[/QUOTE]

It'll be a playthrough by Darksydephil. And he still doesn't understand crouchjumping.

[Pugsworth]

[QUOTE=Nicknine;48291546]Huh, apparently, HL2 has auto crouch-jump.
Use ent_bbox command on player and switch to third person, you'll see that player's hull becomes crouched when you jump. This also explains why player model teleports up when you jump and why you can easily get on top of obstacles.
EDIT: Confirming, found it in the code. Lasts 510 ms which is the duration of the standard 21 units jump.[/QUOTE]

Is there a reason why crouch jumping yourself still has an effect then?

[saintsim]

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;48290956]HL3 will only be released to the public as a 5 part Let's Play done by someone who doesn't like shooters or Half-Life.[/QUOTE]

I'd kill/cut myself. That would be the troll move to end all troll moves.

[Pirx]

[QUOTE=Killer monkey;48286859][video=youtube;50lSIaSR3zc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50lSIaSR3zc[/video]

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

You don't have to finish faculty of history (or even faculty of law!) to know that when someone is relying on [B]anonymous source [/B] it basically means nothing.
Well, to be honest - it's one of the world's oldest trick to spread rumours.

[W1LD]

[QUOTE=Killer monkey;48286859][video=youtube;50lSIaSR3zc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50lSIaSR3zc[/video]

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

A lot of them actually, an [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1477662]entire threads[/url] worth.

[editline]26th July 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=Pirx;48297004]You don't have to finish faculty of history (or even faculty of law!) to know that when someone is relying on [B]anonymous source [/B] it basically means nothing.
Well, to be honest - it's one of the world's oldest trick to spread rumours.[/QUOTE]

according to them though a storyboard has been finished and they have a "skeleton crew" working on it. They try to argue that means nothing will ever happen, I argue that means they are working on it (derp.)

But I think it is pretty obviously fake :hypeisnotreal:

[Consul]

[video=youtube;kdvzwXQcWoY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdvzwXQcWoY[/video]

[W1LD]

[QUOTE=Consulcast;48297147][video=youtube;kdvzwXQcWoY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdvzwXQcWoY[/video][/QUOTE]

"half-life 3 not being perfect would cause the worst internet backlash ever"

Not fucking kidding in the least

[NicknineTheEagle]

[QUOTE=vexx21322;48295404]Is there a reason why crouch jumping yourself still has an effect then?[/QUOTE]

Auto crouch jump only lasts for a short time so manual crouch jumping does make a difference when jumping long distances.

[XUZUL]

[QUOTE=KKram16;48297158]"half-life 3 not being perfect would cause the worst internet backlash ever"

Not fucking kidding in the least[/QUOTE]

That's why they're holding off I think

[MenteR]

the thing about half-life 3 that worries me is that now valve are too "sure" of themselves. you can compare how portal 2 was presented (i'm not saying it was a bad game by any means, it was great) to how half-life 2 was presented. when they developed hl2 it seems to me they took risks and didn't really know what they were doing, but by the time portal 2 was made valve knew pretty much exactly how to approach it.

my point is that half-life 2 felt ambiguous yet very immersive and believable and portal 2 had its universe explicitly set in stone. ambiguity is the way to go when you're dealing with half-life. this is another reason why i stopped liking tf2. it feels to me when the game didn't have absolutely everything about it explained it had a more convincing atmosphere.

[DrMelon]

When people point to the rumour that the HL team has been downsized since 2009, that doesn't mean that's a bad thing for the franchise; the original version of HL1 that was terrible and subsequently entirely scrapped had its team wiped completely.
Less developers working on a project may mean it takes longer, but also has the effect of making it more of a passion project.
As Marc mentioned, they're probably figuring out a way to make HL3 as groundbreaking in terms of technology as 1 and 2 were; VR does provide a platform for that, but so do multiple other recently-developed new technologies in the game development sphere.
HL3 will probably resemble HL2 about as much as HL2 resembled HL1, and that kind of change is definitely going to upset some people. Valve are probably holding off until they can be sure that what they're doing will be popular even though it will be considerably different.

[chipsnapper]

[QUOTE=KKram16;48297158]"half-life 3 not being perfect would cause the worst internet backlash ever"

Not fucking kidding in the least[/QUOTE]
THIS is the way the world ends.
People agree with VNN.

[Jackathan]

are these screenshots he took, or screenshots he found/got?

[Godrek]

those look like high-res screenshots of portal 2. are they supposed to be exciting somehow?

[Narry]

[QUOTE=Godrek;48300661]those look like high-res screenshots of portal 2. are they supposed to be exciting somehow?[/QUOTE]

That's the Portal 1 Alpha from the trailer

Edit:

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYcnO0sIks[/media]

[editline]26th July 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=TheRealRudy;48300545]look what a friend of mine got his hands on;
[IMG_thumb]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/26232054762202827/187B35F71A143A54C7D8C4627CE985976F415F5C/[/IMG_thumb] [IMG_thumb]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/26235308960755845/A495B2BCB237AA48D11FF935257ECD38FCF5D549/[/IMG_thumb][/QUOTE]

All right either you/he is lying or are there multiple builds as these aren't the same.

[editline]26th July 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=TheRealRudy;48300545]look what a friend of mine got his hands on;

[IMG_thumb]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/26235308960805066/2DAAFE94B352C49B34F712A1264DE9E71A9B6559/[/IMG_thumb] [IMG_thumb]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/26235308960846201/869A67B8512978D44F4F047108E5938906BFC8A8/[/IMG_thumb] [/quote]

Any reason the light is orange in one and purple in the other?

[quote][IMG_thumb]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/26235308960755845/A495B2BCB237AA48D11FF935257ECD38FCF5D549/[/IMG_thumb][/quote]

Also crosshair in some and not others?

[Minelayer]

[QUOTE=Pw0nageXD;48300689]That's the Portal 1 Alpha from the trailer

Edit:

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYcnO0sIks[/media]

[editline]26th July 2015[/editline]

All right either you/he is lying or are there multiple builds as these aren't the same.[/QUOTE]

Always thought it was funny they mixed Guard Down and Vortal Combat for the tune 30 seconds in

[Narry]

Any chance we can get a release or are you just gonna tease us :(

[Neuveuron]

[QUOTE=Pw0nageXD;48300755]Any chance we can get a release or are you just gonna tease us :([/QUOTE]

Yeah, I would definitely love to see that released.

[Jill]

I'm gonna need some proof that this is real.

[editline]26th July 2015[/editline]

if its real im going to need you to tell me where to get it

[Gar]

Seriously, I'd reinstall Portal and play it several more times if those get released; literally my only disappointment about the game was the portals weren't like in the trailer.

[Shier]

Also the default male test subject please

[Theuaredead]

[QUOTE=TheRealRudy;48300545]beyta portal[/QUOTE]

idk, I personally don't think its real.

The beta-ish photos look like Portal Project-Beta imo

Edit:
I'm only HALF retarded.

[Matsilagi]

It is, here's a comparsion for all of you in doubt:

[t]http://i.imgur.com/Al9DCIv.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/NfN18wX.jpg[/t]

Left one is the Beta ones, right one is the PB ones. The files are really from Valve. I can guarantee.

EDIT: NO MORE SCREWUPS.

[Demolisher]

There was guy here, who were learning mapping through recreating Portal 1 beta/alpha. I think he nailed it pretty good.

[QUOTE=PelPix123;47929137]To teach myself mapping, I decided to duplicate a beta level from Portal around August of 2006:

[video=youtube_share;M-KUq3FELfE]http://youtu.be/M-KUq3FELfE[/video]

I'm pretty anal.

[editline]11th June 2015[/editline]

Even the metal tiles are in the same place.[/QUOTE]

[Chris M]

[QUOTE=_demolisher_;48301776]There was guy here, who were learning mapping through recreating Portal 1 beta/alpha. I think he nailed it pretty good.[/QUOTE]

It's Project Beta/Alpha. The portals [I]are[/I] from Valve, because a Valve employee gave them the content (I assume). There's some additional stuff, like a few textures and some legacy code and old map files.

Really just email Gabe and be [I]really[/I] abusive and bossy and he'll do whatever you want (don't actually do this).

[Shier]

[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;48301793]It's Project Beta/Alpha. The portals [I]are[/I] from Valve, because a Valve employee gave them the content. There's some additional stuff, like a few textures and some legacy code and old map files.

Really just email Gabe and be [I]really[/I] abusive and bossy and he'll do whatever you want (d[B]on't actually do this[/B]).[/QUOTE]

Pity, was about to call him fat dipshit and ask for HL3. Oh well...

[Jackathan]

so, are you going to release the stuff ever?

[Trixil]

am i the only person that would like a portal sequel instead of a half life sequel