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Valve soft launches Source 2 with Dota 2 port, Dota 2 Xbox reticule found, L4D3 refs
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ashecitism
Member
they're good for leaks and news though
I remember the lighting preview from the Orange Box days. It was handy for all those baked lights when it wasn't completely broken.They finally added a god-damned lighting preview!?
OMG it's happening.
Stitch
Gold Member
Japanese devs will be happy
SteveWinwood
Member
oh yeah i check it for that stuff
some users are good people
but the majority of the site is just terrible and the top comment will always be hot nonsense
GameAddict411
Member
so, why are people so excited about this? having a new engine doesn't mean that there is a new valve game coming soon.
PuppetSlave
Member
So in just a few years time we will get Half-life
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1&2 remasters
Yes it does
We're one step closer to a new Valve game now.
Also, new Source 2 Hammer editor that replaces the old broken piece of crap that is the Source 1 Hammer is a biiiig exciting improvement lol
Working lighting preview man. I can actually use Source now.
SteveWinwood
Member
bahaha the documentation is under a huge load and is down
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Source is one my favorite engines ever. Not only for the games, but the aesthetics makes me feel cozy for some reason. Needless to say, I can't wait to see what masterpieces Valve crafts with Source 2.
kahboomkin
Member
I didn't think I'd live long enough to see this day.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I didn't think anyone alive today would see this day.
TheHollowNight
Member
UGH FINALLY. After using the Source Engine for 10 years, they have finally updated their interface to at least match most modern editors. My friends who do workshop content pretty much confirmed most of the news floating about. It's the Source 2 tools skeleton. It doesn't really use BSp brush geometry - you can, if you really want to - since it's now fully mesh based. Apparently there is some weird stuff like import in .obj files and messing with the vert/geo inside the editor.
Will keep my eye on it, but since I never made stuff for DOTA in Hammer I'm going to wait before plunging back into it. Valve has broke my heart too many times breaking their engine bases and tools over the years.
Will keep my eye on it, but since I never made stuff for DOTA in Hammer I'm going to wait before plunging back into it. Valve has broke my heart too many times breaking their engine bases and tools over the years.
Half Life 3 in 2020!!!!!
Left 4 Bread will come before Half-Loaf.
DOSA 3 before Left 4 Bread.
ok
As at the time of last year's second JIRA leak, L4D3's cabal had more sub-groups whereas Half-Life 3's just had a core team -- this suggests that L4D3 is further along in development, plus there's the various references to L4D3 in code here and there versus nothing for HL3 (although every once in a blue moon a reference to Episode Three rears its head). I feel confident in saying that HL3 won't be announced until 2016 at the absolute earliest whilst L4D3 could hit in Q4 next year.
I think they're just scared of when they announce it the code will get stolen again.
They don't want HL2 repeat.
I don't think a formal announcement would make much of a different on that front -- it's not secret at this point that Valve's working on the game to some extent.
SteveWinwood
Member
are you sure
because people seem to think it doesnt exist all the time for some reason i can never figure out
I checked the engine.dll from L4D2 and whereas some of the references are indeed leftovers some of the mentions seem to be new.
These are the ones only available in engine2.dll:
jediyoshi
Member
lol 2cute it's like you read the OP and thought it content from GAF
ashecitism
Member
You guys underestimate the power of appeasing fans through official messaging and how it effects public perception.
Nothing we know of HL3 has been official. Gabe saying Ricochet 2 on some podcast is not going to calm down people. On the other hand what Valve have been officially talking about for a while now are Dota and Steam Machines (and TF and CSGO through their blogs, they certainly don't drum them up as much as the former two). Of course people act the way they do. They're feeling left out.
SteveWinwood
Member
When this was officially launched I expected something that was a barely modified version of the current hammer tools. It would severely limit who could create things and hamper the scene but would be enough to make people happy as the dedicated people could still create some powerful things.
What we got, is so beyond that. People are creating things in literally 15 minutes that are making the existing mods (that people spent months creating) look like amateur hour, and the barrier for entry on creation is extremely low.
This is going to be a really exciting thing for years.
i kno rite
What we got, is so beyond that. People are creating things in literally 15 minutes that are making the existing mods (that people spent months creating) look like amateur hour, and the barrier for entry on creation is extremely low.
This is going to be a really exciting thing for years.
i kno rite
Do you really think that Valve formally announcing HL3 would see a marked increase in attempts to steal it? The people with the interest in the game and the know-how to have the inclination to do that are already doing it -- either because they want news or they read up on the JIRA leaks last year and realised it exists in some form.
Edit: I get the feeling you read my post but not the context.
thesuperfunk
Member
About time Valve!
ashecitism
Member
well
Would internally mean it's only for testing purposes though?
Second part of your post and Steve's response to that.
So you're responding to his comment specifically? "You guys" creates the understanding that your response is intended to address both of the posts you've quoted. If you were using my post to establish the context of his comment, then I would advise wrapping one in the other, like this:
And not using the plural form of "guy".
SteveWinwood
Member
secretly all games are dota 2 mods
TheHollowNight
Member
man I am confused as fuck in this new editor.
Yeah, I'd say it would ultimately depend on if they release the new version to the public.
If they keep the old one around they're not gaining the efficiency upgrade for their actual content support.
I'd guess that L4D2 is definitely a dead end that was just used for experimentation for L4D3 for example.
TF2 is kind of an interesting one since that one dates all the way back to having DX8 support, so moving to Source 2 might actually cause it to not have 1:1 support on all the same systems, whereas I think Dota 2 requires DX 9.0c at least.
TheHollowNight
Member
Holy shit the editor built the whole dota 2 map in just over a minute. Wow
ashecitism
Member
So you're responding to his comment specifically? "You guys" creates the understanding that your response is intended to address both of the posts you've quoted. If you were using my post to establish the context of his comment, then I would advise wrapping one in the other, like this:
And not using the plural form of "guy".
Both, because HL3 being an open secret is not trivial to everyone. I mean you see what gaffers post about it. But yeah, going to bold it.
I don't think Valve would sweat over killing DX8 support considering the latest hardware survey stats:
What you said has absolutely nothing to do with my post, though. "Sure, it's no secret, but people would appreciate confirmation!" is something I agree with, but it's completely and utterly outside of the context of the topic of a formal announcement and the increased likelihood of the game's code being sought after.