HL2 is now on the OB engine

[Dives]

Would have been nice if it was the L4D2 version of source. I can't keep a smooth fps in Obox games, but L4D2 is just fine.

I'm pretty sure the reason is that the L4D2 version doesn't support DirectX 8, and they didn't want to break the game for those out there still using hardware from the stone age. Unfortunately, they still managed to break it regardless.

[Corigami]

They just released an update that changed something with scripted sequences. There's no official news on it yet though, this may or may not be fixed.

[Saxon]

I assume they didn't bother to compile all the maps again for HDR, or maybe it's just really dull.

Yeah the maps mostly appear to be without HDR. The first map of "Black Mesa East" seemed to have HDR, though it didn't look particularly special (just bloomed).

Personally I haven't noticed any difference in the Vortigaunt model, it looked like a splodgy mess to me

Fakefactorys is pretty much the same if not better

Eww. Fakefactory is garbage. Sadly a lot of fanboys on moddb are proclaiming it to be "the best HL2 mod ever" and are trying to bump up its low score.

I hate how noobs think stuff with tonnes of polies instantly makes something better. None of them seem to notice the terrible texture work

Blaming the mac would be a remarkably stpid thing to do. Nonetheless it does sound rather fun and therefore I will join.

Down with mac fanboys! Fight the power!

Joining too! Apple are now officially the evil empire. I don't recall people dying to make Microsoft stuff :<

[staberas]

Eww. Fakefactory is garbage. Sadly a lot of fanboys on moddb are proclaiming it to be "the best HL2 mod ever" and are trying to bump up its low score.

HOW DARE YOU ! TAKE IT BACK

[ErikKiller]

It's awesome minus the fact that damn Hammer crapped up again -_-
Totally dig the achievements.

[Jike]

Yay, I just earned all of the new ones!

And hammer doesn't seem to be broken for me... I don't know...

EDIT: I want achievements for Half Life 2 Deathmatch and ESPECIALLY LOST COAST. Best game evar!
I want them on Orange Box engine too and I want to be able to MAP FOR THEM, HELL YEAH!

Yeah, I know you can map for hl2dm

[stoopdapoop]

Yay, I just earned all of the new ones!

And hammer doesn't seem to be broken for me... I don't know...

EDIT: I want achievements for Half Life 2 Deathmatch and ESPECIALLY LOST COAST. Best game evar!
I want them on Orange Box engine too and I want to be able to MAP FOR THEM, HELL YEAH!

Yeah, I know you can map for hl2dm

Fuck man, if they port/update lost coast then they better optimize it, or something, it's unforgivably bad as it stands. It runs alright, but so much of the map is rendering at all times.

[Unstoppable Florence]

Rejoice! Rejoice! They've added HDR to Half Life 2! It looks so much better under OB. Shame everything is still fucked.

[marnamai]

Am I the only one that noticed that the HL2 skyboxes are all streched now because valve didn't recompile the maps? The sides are 512x256 textures streched to 512x512.

[Unstoppable Florence]

I think I saw that on the Plaza menu background, yeah. Try harder Valve.

[MNM]

Did npc's fade away instantly after death before the update?

[The Doctor]

Looks like the same old Half-Life 2 except the torch is blindingly bright now.

[Enraged]

Am I the only one who feels like we've lost something? Although most of the changes are small in terms of their affect when you play through the game, to me I kind of wish they would allow me to choose between playing the original from 2003/2004 and now. I obviously am thankful they do these upgrades for free, but I would also like to see some respect for those of us with high levels of sentimentality.

[source-maps]

its the same game with some minor tweaks... if you are that sentimental you should consider a sex change

[The Doctor]

its the same game with some minor tweaks... if you are that sentimental you should consider a sex change

It can be a bitch sometimes though. If you have a Steam game and it updates, and the update is a piece of shit that stops you playing or messes something up, then you can't do a damn thing about it. Updates are forced on us, like those brilliant SDK ones.

I wouldn't really want to go back and play the original Half-Life 2 though with all it's bugs and stuttering issues.