A little Nightwatch news

For those who are too lazy to click... (like me,.. until i clicked)

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I know that this question has been asked quite a few times in interviews and e-mail enquiries, so I'm going to put the speculation to rest.

Are you going to port to Source? and/or Will there be a Half-Life 2 version?

After careful analysis of the technology, the decision has been reached to offer a Source version of Nightwatch in addition to the current release plans. There are, at this time, no plans to abandon development for Half-Life 1, though. We're all very excited about the Source engine and would like those who have purchased Half-Life 2 to be able to enjoy Nightwatch in a higher-quality, more feature-rich environment.

I'll also pre-answer some likely fallout questions:

What will this do to the release date?

The mod's release may be pushed back slightly by this concurrent development process, although we are recruiting additional staff in order to compensate. We know people have waited a long time for Nightwatch, but this compromise will result in a more enjoyable end product for the great majority of players whose machines can handle the Source engine, while still allowing our Half-Life engine users to play the mod.

Will we be seeing Source media, then?

Yes. The next media release will hopefully include some of the new Source stuff in addition to original Half-Life engine screenshots. This obviously depends on what progress has been achieved by that time, so more info will be given about that as the date approaches.

Okay...but if you're doing this, why aren't you moving over to Source entirely?

A fair portion of our potential player base still hasn't moved over to Source, and we don't want to sacrifice playability for them. Also, a lot of very nice content obviously already exists for the Half-Life version, and it would be unfortunate to lose the stuff that can't be ported. If the potential user base situation changes significantly before release time, we may decide to drop the Half-Life 1 version, but there are no plans to do this at the moment.

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i have a feeling nightwatch is gonna pull a hlrally if it doesnt come out like now

Great to hear. I'm sure the mod will be just as fresh on a more modern engine, like Source.

I'm not against quality source mods, but wasnt part of the idea of nightwatch, being damn sexy on the half-life engine D:

I want my nightwatch now!

They should wrap nightwatch up and make something different on source.

cool

freakin great!

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Now give me nightwatch for hl1.

I find this news both encouraging and worrying :-?

So were not going to see the game ever

I have to agree with ol. Unless this mod comes out soon, it's going to end up being almost as big a flop as HLR.

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I have to agree with ol. Unless this mod comes out soon, it's going to end up being almost as big a flop as HLR.

HLR was a multiplayer racing-game.

NW is a singleplayer FPS. I'm quite sure people will play it, even if it isn't released soon.

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/me pets