HL2 coming near completion?

[Pcjoe]

I don't know guys, I think Valve's serious this time around. They said the Cafe's will get CS : S on the 11th, and they have it. The 17th is two days away, and there shouldn't a reason to delay the preloading of textures/audio.
They constantly pushed back the release date before because the game wasn't done. Now that the game is obviously complete, they're just fixing last minute quirks in the code. I don't see how they can push the date back anymore then a month.

 

[SaiyanPrideXIX]

I still have an ominous feeling about the nvidia issues, personally.

 

[DBZFever]

I don't know guys, I think Valve's serious this time around. They said the Cafe's will get CS : S on the 11th, and they have it. The 17th is two days away, and there shouldn't a reason to delay the preloading of textures/audio.
They constantly pushed back the release date before because the game wasn't done. Now that the game is obviously complete, they're just fixing last minute quirks in the code. I don't see how they can push the date back anymore then a month.

Texture and audio preloading has already begun.

 

[Hibiki]

the fact that cs source is out to people means that the base engine is done so there isnt much left to do for hl2 just the models and game only code

 

[DBZFever]

the fact that cs source is out to people means that the base engine is done so there isnt much left to do for hl2 just the models and game only code

The engine is already completely done. The issue right now is the SDK.

 

[Hibiki]

the sdk is not gonna be give out the same day its released

it would be next to impossible to finish hl2 and make the sdk with out delaying


unless they got some side team working on the sdk i cant imagine that it would work time wise cause they would have to finish hl2 then start on the sdk which is why the sdk comes out after a game cause they release the game then start compiling a sdk

 

[DBZFever]

The SDK is finished, thats not the problem. At the moment, i'm not sure what is.

 

[Hibiki]

The SDK is finished, thats not the problem. At the moment, i'm not sure what is.

if the game is not finished then the sdk cannot be finished

that would be impossible unless they want to release a faulty out of date sdk

 

[Tassadar]

Counterstrike Source has been leaked. I'd take this as a sign HL2 is just about ready for release.

 

[GaZeeBo]

it's 100% sure that it will use steam.
i have a HL2 cd key with the ati promotion and they wrote that when HL2 goes gold it would "magically" appear in your "my games" list...
*ugh* they said the word magically...

 

[SaiyanPrideXIX]

Yeah, and it'll take six months to download. lol

 

[GaZeeBo]

yea i think so too lol.
everytime i reinstall my computer and download half life and stuff it takes like a day. seriously it keeps crashing and giving time outs... REALLY anoying.
i dont even want to think about how it will be when hl2 comes out
thousands of people downloading it at the same time ...

 

[Sicron]

well too bad i wont be playing hl 2 online then...steam crashes everytime i try to start it...bah why cant they just make something like the old won system too....so that more players can play online WITHOUT steam....and i got a ati promotion thingy too, and they said i just get a discount downloading would be kinda weird wouldnt it...they are trying to prevent downloading of games >.>

 

[DBZFever]

if the game is not finished then the sdk cannot be finished

that would be impossible unless they want to release a faulty out of date sdk

Ummm, the game is finished....

 

[Sicron]

CS:S didnt leak, its just out for cafe's and soon for all owners of condition zero,

hl2 is finished, but they are still fixing some bugs and in a few days from now(3 or 4 as far as i know) the preloading will start

Confirmed: Half-Life 2 preloads start next week

Valve's Doug Lombardi confirms assets for the long-delayed shooter will be loaded onto the developer's Steam service next week.
Two days after Gabe Newell obliquely mentioned it on the Half-Life 2 Fallout forums, next week's preloading of Half-Life assets has been officially confirmed. "Yes, we plan to start preloading next week," PR director Doug Lombardi told GameSpot.

Valve will only preload textures, audio, and "other stuff that doesn't change," according to Newell. However, the fact that the developer is moving finished Half-Life 2 assets to its Steam download service means the long-delayed shooter must be near gold status. The confirmation lends further credence to rumors that Half-Life 2 will complete its final debug next week and will be submitted to VU Games for approval shortly thereafter.

For complete coverage of the Half-Life 2 development saga, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
POSTED: 08/12/04 10:30 AM PST

 

[opensource]

I'm fairly sure the game is finished, and the SDK is actually slated to be released BEFORE HL2 goes gold, not just at the same time. So I'm sure they are just working on last minute technical aspects for both simultaneously. And the SDK wont be out of date or anything, they just have to port any last minute changes over before they release it, if they dont update it as they go.

 

[DBZFever]

Would be cool if the SDK comes out before HL2 goes gold, but any work you do before HL2 comes out will be impossible to test.