New HL2 E3 2004 Video

feylya

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/492/492830/vids_1.html#

L5

Its ok...theres a lot of still images in it though. Oh yeah and the release date announced it September 1st (2004 of course :P)

feylya

" lot of still images in it though" Ya wha? There 2 still images in it!"

Well, I thought it was good.

Stephen

Originally posted by L5
Its ok...theres a lot of still images in it though. Oh yeah and the release date announced it September 1st (2004 of course :P)

Can we start placing bets on some dramatic incident pushing it back another year when it gets close to September?

*valve headquarters destroyed by freak earthquake, HL2 source consumed by fire*

feylya

I think they're supposed to make some sort of big announcement later today.

Draupnir

it looks FooKin amazing from that video

bus77

I think it's gona be earlier than sept.

early july im bettin on

Jim

Originally posted by bus77
I think it's gona be earlier than sept.

early july im bettin on

Your gonna jinx it!

TinCool

I best start putting some cash away for a new rig then.

KdjaCL

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55526

interviews and stuff.

It's obviously very scalable. What's the absolute benchmark PC you'd need to run the game?

Doug Lombardi: Really the key there is GPU first, RAM second, CPU third. So, a Direct X 9 level video card - we're finding the best on the 9800XT, and is what we're showing the game on and what will be showing the game on at E3 - but any Direct X 9 level video card, so in ATi's world that's a 9600 or better. In terms of RAM, the min sys spec I believe is a 128 RAM, but once you get to 256 or so, you're gonna be good. Anything beyond that is just sort of gravy on top of that. And then on the processor side, the min sys spec is a 1GHz, but to really sort of have full functionality and all the bells and whistles and voodoo whatnot, probably a 1.4 or a 2.0.



kdjac

shinzon

just downloaded the e3 video and its renewed my faith in this game

me wants it and me wants it now

shin

feylya

I'm bittorrenting an interview with doug lombardi from this morning and the Nintendo E3 conferance

shinzon

All i can say is if this game is not out this September, I will personally kick doug Lombardi in the nuttz

Shin

feylya

Well, they've made/are going to make an announcement today with a set date. If they miss this date, I'm organising a Boards Doug Lombardi hunt. Who's with me?

L5

The official half life 2 site is now up

http://www.half-life2.com/

bizmark

So a Ati or Nvidia 9800pro/5900 ulta 512 meg of ram and a 2 ghz cpu and you can play HL2 on full detail ?

cool im sorted

KdjaCL

Originally posted by bizmark
So a Ati or Nvidia 9800pro/5900 ulta 512 meg of ram and a 2 ghz cpu and you can play HL2 on full detail ?

cool im sorted

Was wondering if my post was invisible there for a sec ...LOL

Think everyone sorted :Di is well sorted anyway.

kdjac

feylya

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55526

Early Summer Release

bizmark

I’m more looking forward to Doom 3 tbh and if HL2 can run on those specs im sure D3 will run on them too

So im a happy bunny

feylya

Torrent for today's HL2 and CS2 movie from E3

shinzon

holy crap early summer, right thats me gonna take 3 months off work, lock meself away in darkened room, only emerging for food and toilet, god my bones are beginning to feel like they did 5 and a bit years ago, all tingly and excited

Can the holy Grail be this close

Can Repititive Strain Syndrome be only a small step away


Lest hope so

Shin

User45701

what are the chances someone will die from palying either HL2 or Doom3 too much and no sleap and or lack of food/water?
didnt that happen to more than 1 person with CS?
1 person here in ireland in a net cafe neay about 8 months ago i think....

Creamy Goodness

Originally posted by User45701
what are the chances someone will die from palying either HL2 or Doom3 too much and no sleap and or lack of food/water?
didnt that happen to more than 1 person with CS?
1 person here in ireland in a net cafe neay about 8 months ago i think....

afaik that was in korea

a guy was playing for 36 hours straight in a cafe and they found him in the toilet dead.

jesus_thats_gre

This is very exciting...

Courtesy of Eurogamer:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55530

The legendary online FPS Counter-Strike is to receive a Souce-engine makeover and re-released this summer, Valve boss Gabe Newell revealed at E3 this morning.

Following the latest showing of numerous gameplay demos of Half-Life 2 (which will be available for download via Eurogamer later today), Newell surprised the 20-strong audience by showing off the Aztec level of Counter-Strike running in Source.

When quizzed, he said that the game would not be a free update, but would in fact be released commercially via retail and for download via Steam at the same time as Half-Life 2, at the end of this summer.

All other Half-Life content would also be made available in enhanced form, he said, including Half-Life itself, Team Fortress, Opposing Force and Blue Shift. It is not known what the retail price will be, but it is thought to be at standard budget price.

_CreeD_

"
Eurogamer: Was this just a case of rewriting parts of Steam effectively? Was the game pretty much done in terms of content?

Doug Lombardi: No, no, I mean we weren't done.
"

Like, nobody guessed.....

po0k

Originally posted by Cr3m0
afaik that was in korea

a guy was playing for 36 hours straight in a cafe and they found him in the toilet dead.

Weak fuck.

36hours is nothing.

tman

Originally posted by bizmark
So a Ati or Nvidia 9800pro/5900 ulta 512 meg of ram and a 2 ghz cpu and you can play HL2 on full detail ?

cool im sorted

sweet, i'll just get a cheap 9800pro/xt this summer... snorted:)

Big Chief

is that the same video as -

http://darklightning.mine.nu/itons/files/Half%20Life%202%20and%20CounterStrike%20E3%20demo%20movie.rar

which shows the new cs etc aswell?

feylya

Yes.

Stephen

Yeah. The quality is ****ty, and it really shows in the outside areas - lots of compression artefacts. Plus it was done with a camcorder.

feylya

Yet it still looks ****ing incredible.

n1ck

Originally posted by SyxPak
Weak fuck.

36hours is nothing.

I actually think it was something around 50 hours with no food or sleep playing Diablo 2.

tman

Originally posted by Big Chief
is that the same video as -

http://darklightning.mine.nu/itons/files/Half%20Life%202%20and%20CounterStrike%20E3%20demo%20movie.rar

which shows the new cs etc aswell?

cheers:)
most of the common video formats are blocked here

feylya

http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/140589.shtml

ATI and VU videos in one big **** off file. Oooooh, yeah. The VU video is different to the ATI one btw.

neXus9

Originally posted by feylya
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55526

Early Summer Release

Interesting reading. It's good to see that Valve won't let Half-Life turn into a crappy movie.

feylya

http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/1735/hl2_fulldemo_e32004-zip.torrent

There's a torrent to the full 600meg compilation of the ATI and VU videos. Hope torrents are allowed here.......

Ping Chow Chi

Originally posted by Stephen
Can we start placing bets on some dramatic incident pushing it back another year when it gets close to September?

*valve headquarters destroyed by freak earthquake, HL2 source consumed by fire*

My dog eat the source code!

po0k

Originally posted by n1ck
I actually think it was something around 50 hours with no food or sleep playing Diablo 2.

that's an improvement

I heard of a guy (was on ElReg a while back) who collapsed and died after ~72 straight hours of Evercrack.
Possibly the same netmyth.

mr_angry

It wasn't a myth, but you are all referring to the one story: The guy in Korea who played EverCrack online for 122 hours straight. He went to the bathroom complaining of a nosebleed and was found dead on the floor half an hour later. Grizzly stuff.

Stephen

Is there anything substantially different in the VU video than the ATI one? (ie is it worth the download? )

feylya

AFAIK, it's completely different to the ATI video. I'll tell you in about 4 hours.

jesus_thats_gre

[looks at watch/]

Eh its been 4 hours.. tut

feylya

Sorry, I was too busy watching it.

<CS Geek>

OMFG!!!!!!11111111!!!!!!!!! it fuxing r0x0rz!!!!

</cs>

Yes, it's worth getting. It's 2 different presentations of HL2 and it's absolutely incredible!

neXus9

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Originally posted by Cr3m0
afaik that was in korea

a guy was playing for 36 hours straight in a cafe and they found him in the toilet dead.

---

Heard about that aswell!!:eek:

jesus_thats_gre

Originally posted by feylya
Sorry, I was too busy watching it.

<CS Geek>

OMFG!!!!!!11111111!!!!!!!!! it fuxing r0x0rz!!!!

</cs>

Yes, it's worth getting. It's 2 different presentations of HL2 and it's absolutely incredible!

any http links?

feylya

http://195.70.51.208/hl2_fulldemo_e32004.zip
http://www.hardwired.hu/dl.hw?id=2282&dl=1

Try one of those.

jesus_thats_gre

Sweet chap!!! 200kb/sec too

feylya

Bah, I was only getting 56kbps today Three and a half bloody hours. But so worth it. Enjoy "working".

jesus_thats_gre

Man the source version of CS (CS2 for Feyla ) looks the dogs bollox. I am as excited about this and the reworking of the original as I am about HL2..

If this was the work they have been doing in the past year then it was a worthwhile wait I tell ya!!



CS2 CS2 CS2

tuxy

Originally posted by jesus_thats_gre



CS2 CS2 CS2

they didnt show or say anything about cs2 do you know something we dont? :rolleyes:

n1ck

Originally posted by tuxx
they didnt show or say anything about cs2 do you know something we dont? :rolleyes:

Im not sure if its that video that has cs2 on it but towards the end of one of them it shows cs2 and it looks very sweet indeed running through the water on aztec and them being shot at and the water spraying up. Looked very sweet indeed.