10 Days till Half-Life 2...

**WannaBe_80z** · 09-20-2003, 03:41 PM

So who is going to get it? has it preordered?...i think i will buy it and play it on my moms(yes hers is better) till i pay off my bills and build my new baby haha...

**kony2003** · 09-20-2003, 04:35 PM

woohoo cant wait, gonna be party time!

**WannaBe_80z** · 09-20-2003, 04:41 PM

going to be soo amazing...speaking of HL2..and well "The Source" engine it runs on...who else did Valve let have it to run their games? oh man it comes packaged with HL2..a whole modding kit..so sweet

**Covenent** · 09-20-2003, 06:39 PM

Wooot, woot woot! I thought it got delayed again until 2004, I obviously havent checked up on its release date recently. Ah excellent now I can play it on my new laptop when it arrives next week (3Ghz P4, 1024MB DDR RAM).

Woot woot woot!

**WannaBe_80z** · 09-20-2003, 06:50 PM

no way they better be sticking with thiere Spetember 30 release date...or ELSE

btw nice laptop specs...just don't leave it on your lap..or you will get burned haha

**the sherrif** · 09-20-2003, 07:11 PM

Originally posted by WannaBe_80z
btw nice laptop specs...just don't leave it on your lap..or you will get burned haha

youll get better heat dissipation if you put it on your lap, which is surely a good thing

**SmokeBombShoe** · 09-20-2003, 08:08 PM

Must breath... I almost forgot about Dr.Freeman.I'm going to get it the first second its out!
must... not... pass... out
*Passes out of excitement*

**Covenent** · 09-20-2003, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by WannaBe_80z
btw nice laptop specs...just don't leave it on your lap..or you will get burned haha

I have an usually low body temperature, so the laptop can double as a radiator as well!

I cant wait to play half-life 2. I was talking to the guys who wrote Havok (the physics engine) in Dublin a few months ago, and the stuff they were showing off was incredible even though it was beta stage. The rag doll physics were amazing; they had a demo where each time you clicked the mouse you threw a model of a man down an obstacle course with full physical effects on his body, and the whole thing ran at a full 60 fps even with hundreds of men on screen.

Along with amazing graphics and hopefully the gameplay of the original it should be fantastic.

I checked around quite a lot of sites for news on the released date. Some said September 30th, others October/November, and some even 2004. Anyone have any idea on the true release date? I see Amazon have it down as 30th September, and they are quite reliable - *prays to the Gods*

Edit:

Just went to Havoks website and saw this screen shot of the aforementioned demo

**nightwish** · 09-21-2003, 12:34 AM

Cant wait for Half Life 2 to arrive, but also, Im pretty excited about another game, the only one so far that uses the Half Life 2 Engine..... Vampire The Masquerade 2: Bloodlines, That game will rock! Have you seen the trailers and screenshots?!?!?!?!

**Markp.com** · 09-21-2003, 10:14 AM

Anyone know the machine specs? I thought it was going to run on even crappy computers?

**justice strike** · 09-21-2003, 10:53 AM

if you consider a geforce 4 ti4600 with a p3 1.3 ghz crappy then yes it wil run....

ofcourse on the lowest settings with 2 by 2 pixels it should be able to run on a tnt2 500 mhz athlon.

**onlinegs.com** · 09-21-2003, 04:32 PM

Heard it could run on 700MHZ with a tnt2 or rage 128, although thats probably not going to look the best.

I am just hoping my GeForce 2 will run it...I can't wait.

**WannaBe_80z** · 09-21-2003, 05:16 PM

Havok? i thought the engine was called "the source" ?

**Markp.com** · 09-21-2003, 05:31 PM

I just preordered mine!

Yay

**Covenent** · 09-21-2003, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by WannaBe_80z
Havok? i thought the engine was called "the source" ?

Half-Life's engine is called "The Source" but the physics in the game is from a physics engine developed by Havok. They develop physics engines and license them off to companies. Many game companies have used their engine, but they also license off the engine to animation companies. The Matrix Reloaded used Havok (remember the scene with all the agent smith's?), as well as other films like Black Hawk Down. A much scaled down version of Havok actually comes free with Director 8.5, and Havok is also shipped with 3D Studio Max 5.

I wish this thread never came up, because now Im going to spend the next week in anticapition for my laptop and Half-Life 2! Does anyone know if any special edition of it is going to be released, or if they are just doing a standard release.

**ViRGo_RK** · 09-21-2003, 06:47 PM

YES! WOOHOO!

PARTAY!
I can't wait...

I can't wait...

**Markp.com** · 09-21-2003, 07:50 PM

Is there a multiplayer online part to it?

There'd be!

**calpomatt** · 09-21-2003, 07:52 PM

Game looks pretty sweet. Check it:

ASF videos: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven

**ViRGo_RK** · 09-21-2003, 07:59 PM

Originally posted by Markp.com
Is there a multiplayer online part to it? There'd be!

Of course.

Just like number one, but ten times better in graphics.

**Markp.com** · 09-21-2003, 08:02 PM

Originally posted by calpomatt
Game looks pretty sweet. Check it:

Yup, seen em all before

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