Valve admits that it was premature in its release hopes for Half-Life

zerodamage · May 10, 2004, 04:52 AM

"Valve kicked off quite a scandal last Fall when they chose ATI over NVIDIA for sponsorship of their upcoming guaranteed-hit, Half-Life 2. Such choices are made all the time, of course, but this instance was a little different. Valve's honcho programmer, Gabe Newell, publicly shamed NVIDIA and their then-current products at the time, saying that they weren't up to snuff for the new DirectX 9 code in beta (or alpha?) builds of Half-Life 2 (and technically, they weren't)."

Full Article: Ars Technica

Mazuko · May 10, 2004, 05:51 AM

Eh..nothing new there...just someone putting two and two together in published text.

Dom · May 10, 2004, 05:55 AM

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Originally posted by Mazuko
Eh..nothing new there...just someone putting two and two together in published text.

Pretty much.

BWX · May 10, 2004, 07:27 AM

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Newell is a big fat liar.

Pretty much.

**MIG-31** · May 10, 2004, 07:31 AM

looks to me,like another excuse to delay the game coming on!

~~HawK~~ · May 10, 2004, 07:34 AM

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Originally posted by johnybravo
looks to me,like another excuse to delay the game coming on!

Delay? what game

Danhill · May 10, 2004, 07:35 AM

Thank god for FarCry

SecretAgentMan · May 10, 2004, 08:42 AM

"Valve admits that it was premature in its release hopes for Half-Life"

Duh.

mainman · May 10, 2004, 08:47 AM

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Originally posted by Danhill
Thank god for FarCry

Could not have said it bether...

MythicaL · May 10, 2004, 09:35 AM

I'm just tired of Valve/Steam's bullshit...

1 - Optimize the freakin HL (Quake 1) graphical code
2 - Fix the fux0red netcode
3 - Release HL2 already

IamLakota · May 10, 2004, 10:05 AM

The shame of it all is Valve that the only other company ( Troika) who has leased the HL2 engine for it's game Vampire the Masquarde: Redemption,can't release the game until HL2 is released according to some mag articles I've read.
If I was Trokia games I would release my game on time and screw GabeNewell.

Zardon · May 10, 2004, 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by IamLakota
The shame of it all is Valve that the only other company ( Troika) who has leased the HL2 engine for it's game Vampire the Masquarde: Redemption,can't release the game until HL2 is released according to some mag articles I've read.
If I was Trokia games I would release my game on time and screw GabeNewell.

That is an interesting snippet of information, we will try and see if gabe will confirm that or any info on Hl2.

***Veridian3*** · May 10, 2004, 10:54 AM

Personally i dont think that the HL2 delay has affected this game, before e3 last year Troika were not keen to show the game because Valve hadnt shown HL2 really. Thats the only affect i've heard off. I read back at the begining of the year in a dev diary that Troika were still working on character animations etc so still have a fair bit to go then. I would imagine even if valve hits Summer 2004 as planned that Bloodlines will be a late autumn release at the earliest.

MSX · May 10, 2004, 08:46 PM

It's ok with me if Trokia is held back. I'm really hoping for the heck of it they implement a multiplayer storyteller mode. As it is its "deathmatch with vampires. CS style" (using an experience system purchasing armor and weapons).

Good for action fans, but for those that want to play vampire as an RPG are kind of screwed. I'm sure there will be a mod if they don't do it but still it would be nice if it had it right out of the box.

**MIG-31** · May 10, 2004, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by HawK
Delay? what game

its been either to long or too many delays i have now forgotten the tittle.

May 10, 2004, 04:52 AM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Valve admits that it was premature in its release hopes for Half-Life "Valve kicked off quite a scandal last Fall when they chose ATI over NVIDIA for sponsorship of their upcoming guaranteed-hit, Half-Life 2. Such choices are made all the time, of course, but this instance was a little different. Valve's honcho programmer, Gabe Newell, publicly shamed NVIDIA and their then-current products at the time, saying that they weren't up to snuff for the new DirectX 9 code in beta (or alpha?) builds of Half-Life 2 (and technically, they weren't)." Full Article: Ars Technica

May 10, 2004, 05:51 AM	#2
Mazuko DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Eh..nothing new there...just someone putting two and two together in published text. __________________ E-bay feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...me=STRK:ME:UFS

May 10, 2004, 07:31 AM	#5
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	looks to me,like another excuse to delay the game coming on! __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

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May 10, 2004, 09:35 AM	#10
MythicaL I like computers. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In front of a monitor Posts: 3,399 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	I'm just tired of Valve/Steam's bullshit... 1 - Optimize the freakin HL (Quake 1) graphical code 2 - Fix the fux0red netcode 3 - Release HL2 already __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

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SecretAgentMan DriverHeaven Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 98 Rep Power: 0	"Valve admits that it was premature in its release hopes for Half-Life" Duh.

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IamLakota HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Viriginia Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0	The shame of it all is Valve that the only other company ( Troika) who has leased the HL2 engine for it's game Vampire the Masquarde: Redemption,can't release the game until HL2 is released according to some mag articles I've read. If I was Trokia games I would release my game on time and screw GabeNewell. __________________ Harley Davidson: If You Have To Ask You Wouldn't Understand!!! System Specs: Mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2,intel i7 920,2x BFG GTX 250 oc in SLI,Corsair 6gigs tri channel pc12800CL8 2xWD Velociraptor's 2x74gig WD Raptor , X-Fi Fatal1ty Titainium,HANNS-G HG281HD 1080p 28" monitor,Coolermaster HAF/922,PC-PWR&Cooling Sliencer 750,CoolerMaster V8 HSF

May 10, 2004, 10:54 AM	#13
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,028 Rep Power: 182	Personally i dont think that the HL2 delay has affected this game, before e3 last year Troika were not keen to show the game because Valve hadnt shown HL2 really. Thats the only affect i've heard off. I read back at the begining of the year in a dev diary that Troika were still working on character animations etc so still have a fair bit to go then. I would imagine even if valve hits Summer 2004 as planned that Bloodlines will be a late autumn release at the earliest.

May 10, 2004, 08:46 PM	#14
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	It's ok with me if Trokia is held back. I'm really hoping for the heck of it they implement a multiplayer storyteller mode. As it is its "deathmatch with vampires. CS style" (using an experience system purchasing armor and weapons). Good for action fans, but for those that want to play vampire as an RPG are kind of screwed. I'm sure there will be a mod if they don't do it but still it would be nice if it had it right out of the box.