The Half-Life 3 thread of closure and memorium AKA what Tyler McVicker just said on YouTube

Oh yes, please, any excuse to replay the series is welcome.

With HL3 nowhere to be seen/heard, remasters/remakes are back on the menu

https://80.lv/articles/fans-…-2-on-source-2/

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This looks reaaaaaally sweeet! It demonstrate how tf2s DA is top notch and that the game only needs an engine update. This lighting ❤️

I like the look but the materials look dated, could easily have told me it was still Source

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4 hours ago, FMPONE said: I like the look but the materials look dated, could easily have told me it was still Source

Probably still reusing TF2 source 1 VTFs? or placeholder materials?

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2 hours ago, will2k said: Probably still reusing TF2 source 1 VTFs? or placeholder materials?

Probably. I think good materials are really the secret sauce in Source 2, if you turn shaders off it loses so much charm.

Nothing there looks fancy enough to pass for modern physically based game art, it’s just some vague, abstract gloss, the chairs for instance don’t have any kind of grainy plastic specular. In a scene like that you’re going to want to differentiate the materials a lot between plastic, glass, metal etc otherwise it looks flat and dull

Those shots just look like TF2 to me. I'm not even sure what a "remaster" of TF2 would include tbh. Yeah, implementing current lighting and material setups/workflows, but Valve spent 10 years or something ridiculous trying to get everything, especially the art direction, nailed. Another decade from now, all the artist and art styles that influenced the art direction will instantly be seen and recognized. Would tossing it into the PBR world be all that much of change?

Better lighting is the only thing that can up the quality here. Really shows you how strong art style of tf2 is. I don't agree that the materials looks dated. Thats the art direction of tf2 and there is nothing you can do to make them "current gen" without loosing their soul.

damn this thread is still active since 2012!

Woohoo!

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On 8/10/2021 at 12:43 PM, will2k said: With HL3 nowhere to be seen/heard, remasters/remakes are back on the menu

https://80.lv/articles/fans-…-2-on-source-2/

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FYI: Here's a Video Showcase:

tf2.s2 looks great. Really hope valve has stuff like this in the works themselves though..

This came up on my lockscreen and I would be strongly convinced that it could have very well been on the reference moodboard for the Lighthouse level of HL2. In particular because of that pillar/structure closer to the camera... it really makes me think of the way Gordon escapes from the location (and from where he sees the buggy taken away by the Combine).

Is it just me?

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Until HL3 is a thing, this is the next best thing

TFS2, is promising the dev are really nice dudes and cool friend.

I've played L4D2 with a dev and it was amazing

tyler mcvicker needs to get in the sea

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2 minutes ago, Vaya said: tyler mcvicker needs to get in the sea

Never heard this expression before, is it like take a walk or meaning to drown lol

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Just now, blackdog said: Never heard this expression before, is it like take a walk or meaning to drown lol

it actually came from 'you clearly didn't evolve right, get back in the sea and try again' ?

Valve directly called him out for knowing fuck all and people are still listening to him, it's wild.

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1 hour ago, Vaya said: it actually came from 'you clearly didn't evolve right, get back in the sea and try again' ?

Valve directly called him out for knowing fuck all and people are still listening to him, it's wild.

Interesting, cheers for that nugget ? ~ Haven’t several of the rumours he reported on been then verified over time?

As for content goes, seems pretty harmless compared to other stuff you find online/on YT. And is not like he’s doing all this digging to ruin Valve but to hype it. Just like those that chase the latest iPhone rumour or whatever.