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What Half Life games or mods have you been playing in preparation for the release of HLX this month?
>Gmod HL2RP
>Half Life 1 VR mod
>Entropy Zero 2
All kino btw

I've watched a lot of HL lore videos and ones about the older versions of HL2 that never came to be.

WILSOOOOOOOOOOOOON

>>725267072 (OP)
My living situation went to shit part-way though playing Alyx and I never got back to it.

I loved playing it and I've forgotten what I was doing in the story so my instinct is to restart, but only if I can skip all the hacking puzzles. Even by the point I was at last time I played, they'd seriously worn thin. Maybe there's a mod that eliminates them, like with Prey (same problem).

Hunt Down The Freemans recent dev beta which actually fixes a lot of its shitter aspects. Surprisingly good.

even though I think an announcement is possible this month, it's not going to shadowdrop completely finished onto the store
I'll have a half-life marathon before the release, not the surprise trailer

>>725267072 (OP)
nigga, it's not getting released this month, at best you may be getting an announcement

>>725269943
I'll actually try to beat HL this time the part with the marines roping down the air duct and container courtyard fucks me up

>>725270013
>at best
an announcement would be like the second coming of christ fuck you mean "at best"

>>725270130
>esl moment

by at best I mean the best outcome you can realistically expect

Recently people have been speculating on the mid-November announcement, given the convenient gap of Steam sales activity at around that time. But I think they'll reserve that for the Steam Frame announcement instead to account for Black Friday sales for it. I don't think HLX/HL3 will be announced in tandem out of concern that people will perceive that it's a VR exclusive game, should it be announced alongside it. Regardless, even if I'm wrong about that, Valve is definitely going to do something in mid-November.

>>725270482
why not announce everything in one big package? Besides, isnt the Steam Machine more ready for release than Steam VR2?

Do you think Antonov worked on HLX, bros? He must've, right

>>725270482
Yeah it would make sense to announce HLX next week and then the VR headset a week or two after to avoid that.

>>725270848
considering the project started in late 2019, I think it's likely he could've worked on design for some time

>>725267072 (OP)
i replayed the hl1 trilogy, hl2 and lost coast and going through delta particles now

>>725267072 (OP)
Is this that the skibidi toilet guy?

It will be out... when its out...
mmmm... turn off your... ad... block..er...

>>725270559
It would take away the visibility of the product I'd reckon. People won't care about the new Valve VR hardware if HLX turns out to be a flatscreen game for instance.

I'm going to finally play and finish Opposing Force. I watched my brother complete it like 22ish years ago, and I've been meaning to actually finish it myself

I did the same with HL1 when Alyx got revealed, since I had only played HL2 at that point

>>725271152
but the gimmick of the new hardware is letting you play flatscreen games in VR with rendered depth
that's why they have a tracked game controller

People have died waiting for this game.

>>725271367
You could say they lived a half life

what happened to the remastered collection?

>>725271516
the RTX remodel? I don't know

>>725271516
Why bother when Valve updated their HL games anyway?

>>725271516
nothing because it never existed, Valve actually patch and fix their games so they don't need to be remastered unless they're being released on shitty consoles.

>>725271589
No the thing that's made by the hl2 update guy

>>725271589
>>725271516
the HL2 RTX project has nothing to do with Valve

>>725271882
Yeah but it was give Valves seal of approval.

Child Life games when?

>>725267160
>lose 1vs1 to any enemy in the game including headcrab

>>725271882
I can't wait to see how they recreate Alyx's model.

>>725270848
Bro...he left vavle before hl2 was even finished

>>725267160
the revolver animations in entropy zero 2 are orgasmic

>>725271231
>but the gimmick of the new hardware is letting you play flatscreen games in VR with rendered depth
I'm no VRfag but would that be enough as a selling point for VR people?

>>725272098
nah
I don't think it'll be enough for non-vr people either but valve has the money to do what they want

>>725267072 (OP)
>>725268934
>>725270130
>>725270482
There is no release, you got scam. Always the same fake Twitter nonsense that proclaimed a random date in the few months.

I would buy a VR headset for Ricochet 2 VR.

>>725272253
I will keep saying "this year" every year until my heart stops.

>>725272253
Even if there's nothing about HL3 or whatever it is, Valve is definitely planning something for November.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/507340830949770004

>“Is Steam crazy? They’re two months ahead of schedule!”
>Yes, we are crazy, and yes we are earlier than usual, but also that’s intentional

If HL3 does come out. I think I might look at the developer commentary before actually playing the game for real. They have a lot of explaining to do.

>>725272558
they recorded developer commentary and a documentary for the HL2 anniversary last year that goes into why episode 3 never got made

>>725272558
>Welcome to Half-Life 3
>After 19 years in development hopefully it would've been worth the weight

>>725272689
I know. I've seen that. But that doesn't delve deep into the development of HL3 and HLX.
I'm sure the Raising The Bar reprint might shade some light. Might buy that.

>>725272775
I want to buy it for the Episode 3 concepts. I wonder if they'll include Epistle 3 draft in it too.

>>725273104
Can't wait to see Source 2 Morgan Freeman

>>725273104
how could you have thrown it all away?

I'm working on a map for Alyx (rather ironing out/setting up all the nonstandard gameplay elements for it, like a handheld flashlight, water (Alyx Source 2 fork has zero water functionality at all, not even the basic brush entity), and some other stuff (some neat backpack prefab that I wanna use for a makeshift expanded puzzle item inventory
Only problem is that my halloween Bloodborne replaythrough is taking long because my hours are work are fucked

Mike Shapiro is the reason I believe you people this time.

>>725273542
I like how modding for HLA is still healthy after all these years despite it being niche. I remember Valve hired one of the modder recently and the John Wick mod turned into a full-fledged game or something.

>>725272835
>Epistle 3
In 2023 Marc straight out said that post for his vision of Half Life 3 was when he was going through a very hard, lonely time and he just sporadically made an ending to his story in a state of derangement. Valve has nothing to do with that ending.

I haven't touched half-life since 2004

>>725273695
He definitely knows we know he knows what we wish to know but cannot know at this time

>>725274135
touch it again

>>725274186
too old

>>725273710
Yeah, that Alyx/Gordon first person body mod is something I've wanted since the game came out

>>725274464
You just want to stare at blasian tits.

>>725274512
Y-no...
There are better games for that in VR anyways

>>725272424
You need to move on and accept the game is dead just like everyone else. There is nothing special about the deals or the date.

>>725274849
Never. Hope dies last.

>>725271516
Never going to happen

>>725273695
Prepare for the Valve opening

>>725275650
Kek. Not that. The 2024 new years wishes video is what put me on the cope meds.

>>725275698
I'm not sure if he ever gave us a bullshit tease in the past, so I sure as fuck hope he wasn't just trolling

>>725275885
He literally said, without saying it, that he worked on Half Life Alyx just before Half Life Alyx. He never updates his twitter unless its important.

>>725275990
yeah it's probably nothing deep, Valve probably just asked him to build hype and he did.

>>725272558
They explained it in the HL2 documentary, Episode Three was Left for Dead

denying HLX at this point is just denying reality

>>725277192
It's 100% real and coming out, it has been worked since 2019, the only question is when. I want to believe in the November rumors.
There's too much smoke
>Alyx's ending
>HLVR team not disbanding
>The consistent data strings
>Mike Shapiro teasing
>Valve admitting to what happened with Ep3 in the HL2 doco
>Headhunting Naughty Dog and Turn10 HODs for unannounced project
>Valve aim to release software alongside hardware, and the Deckard and Steam Controller 2 are very close
I genuinely believe if it is getting announced this year, it'll be exactly 2 weeks time.

>>725277743
They even teased the stuff in the HL2 commentary in the "bank roof mortar" commentary on the Combine Nexus, with the dev specifically saying that they might use the thing in the "future installment of the HL series"
https://youtube.com/shorts/1w61StChvcE?si=iZzJw1EReJO_f8Y6

What if I could offer you something you don't KNOW you want?
This is the future... this is the moment where you watch Laszlo... die...
Unless...
Unless you were to take matters into your own... hands...

>>725267072 (OP)
Research and Development. I REALLY want to try those Beta mods like Raising the bar but don’t know which one

>>725277192
This certainly reminds me of the weeks leading up to Half-Life Alyx announcement. Only that the proof of HLX being a thing is even more obvious not just from data strings.

>>725277743
They hired a lot of people who were in different AAA studios in key roles, such as Rockstar, Insomniac, id, etc.
They also hired back Richard Lord and Laura Dubuk who worked at Valve previously.

>>725279374
They fired people who worked on Alyx, stop making shit up. There is no announcement.

>>725279374
>Richard Lord
Oh shit. That means he'll be working on Aperture Science Investment ads again.
>This time it's Aperture Science ads about Borealis

>>725279574
Sounds like you're trying to convince yourself more than anything.

Why can't they announce it NOW.
NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW.

>>725279586
If the Borealis is going to have any influence on HLXs story, there will obviously be portal content. There has to be. It's a aperture science ship. I suspect we'll see like Portal turrets or something.
>entropy zero got it right
then again it was obviously already so

I've been burned too many times I can't believe it till I actually see a trailer

>>725279792
This
Until we get a trailer, screenshots or advertising on Steam, it doesn't exist

I can feel it cooooming in the air tonight.
Oh lord.

My most delusional hope is that they've brought back Kelly Bailey for HLX.

>>725281496
Mike Morasky already let slip that he's done work for more than one HL game.

>>725281496
Sorry bro. Mike admitted he made music for more than just HL:A for Half Life games. That was years ago.

>>725281607
>>725281610

Mikes music belongs in Portal and L4D. It can stay away of everything else.

>>725281610
There's always a possibility that both worked on it, I'd be alright with that

>>725281895
He also did the music for TF2

>>725281924
It happened in Portal 1 after all. So it can happen this time.

>>725281962
Mike made tracks for Portal 1? Which one?

kelly bailey is notable because he didn't just do music, he was also the audio design lead for the half life games
all those iconic soundscapes and enemy sounds and the like were him
and i know for a fact he never would've approved of the striders sounding like bayformers in alyx, what were they fucking thinking

>>725282051
https://youtu.be/EoYKdn-aMGY?si=E3WUczJxo7qu8A0m
This one

>>725281924
wasn't there a rumour about this being one last hurrah for old hl team? if thats the case i could see kelly returning desu

>>725282147
...oh yeah it's literally just L4D.

>>725282051
You can find out which ones here
https://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Portal_soundtrack

Well Marc Laidlaw has nothing to do with HLX. His Epsitle 3 fiasco was because he felt so alone from the Valve guys. It's quite sad.

>>725282083
He's not just an audio guy, he's the one who came up with the Resonance Cascade sequence, co-level designer on Questionable Ethics and Surface Tension and created Combine doublespeak lexicon, dude's a renaissance man for the series.

Thank you for assuming ze HLX ecurt submission position.

Someone made a HL3 Countdown that means it HAS to be real right

>>725281496
Nope. Valve now thinks they're "too good" for just remixing samples together. They demand bespoke composed music from Mike.

On the subject of Half-Life devs who will never work on Half-Life again, Marc Laidlaw has gotten into remixing samples into music too. It would never happen of course, but imagine the seethe that would happen if Valve ended putting Laidlaw's music into a HL3

>>725267072 (OP)
Played Swelter the other day funny enough, was a pretty solid hl2 mod. Thinking about playing through cry of fear or afraid of monsters again, once I knock out more of my backlog games

Gman is an anunnaki and that's why he has the briefcase, go look up the pictures if you don't believe me, they're all holding things that look like briefcases almost

>>725282449
During Half-Life development, Kelly Bailey was de facto lead of the "submarine" design cabal of John Guthrie, Dario Casali, and Dave Riller. Guthrie, Casali, and Riller would be working on the level editors while Bailey sat behind them on a sawhorse called "the throne of pain" because of how painful it was to sit for extended periods of time on it, bouncing ideas around with them as they worked on the levels.

For the Resonance Cascade sequence in particular, Kelly Bailey and John Guthrie worked the weekend without sleeping and surprised everybody Monday morning. Dario Casali remembers passing Gabe Newell in the hallway with Gabe remarking something along the lines of "gives you a new perspective on what's possible with level design doesn't it" with the biggest smile he'd ever seen.

>>725281607
>>725281610
>>725281924
It's definitely not Bailey, but there's an unnamed composer working on Deadlock that isn't Morasky. They might also be working on HLX, so it might not all be Morasky's stuff.

>>725273542
I have played every map on the Alyx workshop, I played one recently that spoofed water really fucking well, not deep water but puddles
The new Alyx full body mod includes an expanded inventory system just so you know

HUNTING DOWN THE FREEMAN, BABY.

>>725267072 (OP)
>Entropy Zero 2
what about 1?

>>725273542
please no hacking puzzles

>>725283342
Not him but I liked 1 a lot because it was more combat focused. 2 has all sorts of puzzles and unskippable cutscenes.

>>725283243
Yeah I know about that one, I'm using a tweaked version of that with a custom ground material and footstep sounds for wading noises. Unfortunately there is no swimming so I can't do deep water/underwater stuff like I could in Source 1
And yeah I also know the body mod has the extra nade/healthpen slots, but I am using the backpack system mod to store and recall items needed for puzzles as they are needed (you can only pull a puzzle item out in the vicinity of the puzzle it's needed for, otherwise your backpack gives you your ammo instead)

>>725283428
yeah that's why I asked, 1 was good too, I liked both of them

>>725267072 (OP)
Vampire Slayer, Wizard Wars, Action Half Life and other HL1 multiplayer mods with bots many of which had some awesome user made levels for them that are almost impossible to find now. Would anyone know anywhere I could find any archives of user made levels for those mods?

Do you think HLX will live up to your expectations?

>>725282449
>Surface Tension
Nta but that's based, Tension was my favorite chapter in 1

>>725283357
I would love to implement something like Fallout hacking or a terminal like Talos Principle for note/image viewing where you physically type commands but I think that's beyond my ability

>>725283717
>Unfortunately there is no swimming so I can't do deep water/underwater stuff like I could in Source 1
Well thank god for engine limitations, you wanted to add underwater fucking puzzles?? You fucking monster??

>>725284396
All I want is the feeling of half life 2 for the first time again, so I think so, yeah

I just want to kill combine soldiers.

>>725285342
Obviously I would have fudged a longer oxygen meter with negative O2 damage trigger_hurt or inf aux power so the time pressure becomes slightly less onerous
Would have been fucking amazing pantsshittingly immersive in VR too
I could still do it, it just won't be as graceful as it would be in Source 1 because I would have to completely fake swimming movement, which is exactly why I won't

>>725284396
I don't have any expectations. I just want the wait to be finally over.

>>725284396
As long as they listened to some of the criticisms of Alyx I think it'll be good.

>I wait for the next Tyler Mcvicker/Gabe Follower video
>...
>I wait for the next Tyler Mcvicker/Gabe Follower
video
>...

>>725270341
>Becomes canon

>>725286318
Sadly, Valve Corporation has not arrived at that level of based.

None. I don't want HLX. I want Artifact.

Valve screwed over the Artifact fanbase by cancelling the Artifact 2.0 beta without even allowing users to invite friends like they said they would in January 2021 and does not deserve your financial support for these gross consumer-unfriendly practices.

>>725273215
>Gordon why are you sniffing combine cocaine?

>>725284793
A lot of Surface Tension was made after the cabal-based reboot when they realized the best work were ones with multiple level designers stacking on top of each other, so it was't just Bailey on it. A lot of the raw geometry had originally been set up by Brett Johnson, and Dario Casali was the final level designer responsible for putting everything together into the final shipping version.

On a side note, Xen being the weakest levels had a lot to do with Brett Johnson having to work on them almost entirely as the only level designer. Basically every other section had multiple contributing level designers to refine the design.

Dario Casali in his play-through of Half-Life remarked that Kelly Bailey was sort of like a "product lead," and Brett Johnson in an interview said he considered Kelly Bailey the "MVP" of the team, because in addition to the sound and music work, Kelly's role in the level design team was heavily focused on stitching together the work of all the other level designers into a coherent product with a logical flow from one to the other. In the Half-Life documentary, Jay Stelly also recalls that the entire cabal reboot idea originated from conversations between him and Kelly on trying to catalog all the cool stuff that had been built in the first year and turn it into a single product.

>1 filtered post
It's him isn't it

Attention Protection Team. You have been rewarded with non-mechanical reproductive simulation.

>>725286439
kek

>>725286651
Who?

>>725286651
Yes, it's him.

>>725287021
Shartifact schizo

>>725287074
Don't know who that is.

Think about the gorgeous source 2 water effects with all that fecal matter and debris floating at the top combined with zombies and a dark abandoned building.

>>725287225
CS2 water is so fucking sexy dear god
The epitome of 'Nice Water'

im excited to see what they do with the combine i love how they look in alyx

>>725283336
I am genuinely amazed by how good HDTF is now. They ripped out all the dog shit sections of the game and completely redesigned the good ones or important ones. The zombie sections of the game are genuinely good. Of course, the game is only being held together my a small group of rogue devs who somehow have control over the games steam page but it's actually worth the money it asks for now. I no longer feel retarded for buying it for the joke.

>>725287516
I liked every design except the Charger. The Suppressor was a more reasonable take on a heavy Combine unit and the Charger should've looked more similar to him.

>>725287516
>>725287697
weird that you never actually fight metrocops in alyx, you don't even see them up close.

>>725287769
You do, in the part where the city is going into lockdown and again during the van ride before Russel blows them up

>>725272693
He doesn't spell his email like he used to. People made fun of him for too long.

>>725287074
In March 2018, Gabe Newell held a presentation on Artifact claiming there would be regular expansions, an eventual mobile release, and a $1 million tournament, all of which ultimately failed to materialize.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mERhtoD21rU

In August of that year, Gabe Newell repeated the claim of an Artifact tournament during the opening of The International: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X4xYOmUwad0

In March 30, 2020, Valve announced Artifact Beta 2.0, stating they planned for a closed beta (which happened), transitioning to an open beta and later full release (which didn’t).

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/2102558993190369210

In December 17, 2020, Valve stated they would allow users to invite friends to the Artifact 2.0 beta in January.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1269260/view/2951510987408670526

In March 4, 2021, Valve formally abandoned Artifact. No expansions, no mobile version, no million-dollar tournament, not even something as basic as allowing users to invite friends to the beta in January like they said they would.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/3047218819080842820

>>725287769
You do see them up close when you meet up with Olga and when you get put in the prisoner car. But it also makes sense that you don't see them in the Quarantine Zone since that's supposed to be a highly restricted area, it's not something you trust the beat cops with.

>2 filtered posts
No one cares, my dude.

>>725288081
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing. Apathy is not a virtue.

No one cared about it, very little people played it and Valve was justified (and correct) in cancelling it

>>725288309
But what about the story of the Vhoul Rebellion and Battle of Roseleaf?

>>725267128
links?

>>725288081
Then I can say whatever I want without consequences. Valve is awful.

Genuinely why is everyone so sure that something is happening soon? People have been diving into weird game files and Steam pages for years now finding Half-Life hints, what's different this time?

>>725289575
Because HLX only started development after Alyx. HL3 was originally cancelled we know it was cancelled. This specific project has been consistent and has constantly been worked on. It doesn't look like it will be scrapped. It's been 5 years and the coding is showing taletale signs of being at a stage where Valve is just polishing it.
Plus Valve hasn't been this active in developing software and hardware in ages.

>>725289783
"Cancelled" is probably too strong a word. The way Erik Wolpaw described it in one of his interviews, projects at Valve don't have strictly defined "start" and "stop" points. It's more like teams form, ramp up as they gain momentum and attract people, and ramp down as they lose momentum and lose people.

This happened in the past with Portal 2, where the "F-stop" era of the Portal 2 project lost momentum and the team shrank down to 3 people. One could say Portal 2 was "cancelled," because the 3 person team even stopped working on the project and pivoted to working on the XBox port of Portal 1, but that project inspired them to take another swing at a Portal 2, which gained momentum, and Portal 2 did eventually ship.

>>725289575
trailer in production (source trust me bro)

do I have to play Half-Life IX before this one?

>>725290658
he looks tired

>>725291329
Well he has been trapping his autistic wife inside the house so she can't leave or talk to anyone without him around to supervise in case she tries to leave him

>>725289575
>Half-Life: Alyx's ending was a teaser for HL3
>Valve's all but stated in employee interviews and in the dev docs that they're working on a new Half-Life game
>Mike Shapiro, G-Man's voice actor, teased on his Twitter that something Half-Life related would happen in 2025
>we've been consistently getting strings in other Source 2 games for a game codenamed HLX for 5 years now, akin to how we got HLVR strings from 2016 until Alyx's reveal, and we've gotten more strings for HLX+related features than any Valve game up to this point
>Valve's been hiring a bunch of devs since 2021, most of them skilled senior devs with years of industry experience
>leaks and datamines have revealed that Valve's working on a trifecta of hardware also predicted to come out soon - Deckard/Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset (with new controllers codenamed Roy), Triton, a new Steam Controller (basically a Deck without the screen), and Fremont, a new Steam Machine
>Valve conspicuously moved their Autumn Sale from November to September/October this year, and deliberately made note of it and said it was intentional but didn't explain why
>November is a common month for Valve releases and announcements
I predict that after the Steam Animal Fest sale ends on November 17, we're going to get an announcement of something.

hunt down the freeman - the quintessential half life fan project

>>725291661
>new Steam Machine
Does that include a desktop SteamOS?

>>725291745
YOU FUCKED UP MY HALF LIFE

>>725292037
SteamOS could technically run on a desktop if the hardware supported it. But, out of all the hardware projects Valve's been working on, Fremont's the one we know the least about. Some analysts think it's a low priority project at Valve so it might not ever release, or it does it'll be much later.

reminder to help him before the sequel gets announced

>>725293198
Find your own rocket gnigger

>>725293198
I sent him to the Vault instead

>>725289575
at the beginning of the year the voice actor for gman hinted at something

Still haven't gotten Gnome Chomski through Dark Carnival

Hoping to god they replace Eli's voice actor with someone closer to Guillaume and that whoever they have to replace Tony Todd with also doesn't suck.

>>725293745
Gordon can handle anything. With the possible except of you!

So Mossman is a rat? Or has some personal agenda that only the Combine can help with?

>>725287942
>GayBen@valve.com

people who were younger than gordon freeman in 2008 are now older than gordon freeman

>>725296079
I know :)

>>725268934
A lot of the map design is still aids though. Props to the volunteer dev trying to make the most of it though.

>>725296984
Some of them are. The main problem with HDTF is some of the maps are stupidly empty and way too large. They've changed practically everything about the first few maps. The hospital is better, the whole Albuquerque part is way better - the zombie parts especially reminded me a lot of Black Mesa. They removed that god awful vehicle part completely. The Black Mesa East and Ravenholm bit is very good. The annoying bits is the factory level which hasn't changed much and all the Nova Prospect shit. And they need to seriously get rid of the City 17 entrance part.

>>725279175
both RTBR demos and DI are good and short enough. DI really surprised me with how open its take on Route Kanal is. here's me playing RTBR on Hard.
ignore the fucked up font, i'm running it on proton

>>725293198
I did but Steam deleted my achievements

>>725270130
>fuck you mean
He means it won't be released this month as was originally claimed, you illiterate cunt.
I can't believe people who literally shit in the street, wipe with their bare hand, and then don't wash it because they only eat with the other hand are allowed on the internet.

The true citizen knows obsession with HL3 is perfectly healthy and isn't crazy.

>>725293745
Is this the result of alien exposure?

>>725297661
it magically occurred when the suppression field stopped

>>725277192
Anon, people coped about similar shit almost 2 decades ago. This is just HL3 rumor mills again, I'm not coping for another 15 years. I actually want the Steam Controller 2 and Deckard to come out ten times more than I want HL3 at this point and I am not holding my breath for those to exist within the next 10 years either.

>>725298098
>ordinary .45 rounds can penetrate combine armor

>>725298558
well ackchually that level takes place a few years into the combines rule

>>725298682
Mitch...please...

>>725281496
>>725281607
>>725281610
>>725282561
he made original Half-Life music for a CS:GO sound pack, but that was years before HL:A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8dRJDzYNN0
kind of hit or miss quality

>>725297394
wow that subtitle font is eyerape

>>725299173
The thing is Mike could easily replicate this sound. But he doesn't. Only a few Half Life Alyx tracks sound Half Life-y.
>>725299243
I was about to say that. Just because you're making a beta-aesthetic mod doesn't mean the subtitles have to look beta also.

>>725299243
>>725299306
read the spoiler

>>725299173
Still a lot better than Morasky's Alyx work

>>725299306
>>725299574
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI9gBniW_DE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MXIPtTqzpE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNdn1pO_J8
they should just hire fans, these are way more Kelly than anything in Alyx

>>725291745
why is HDTFs music so good? especially the ambient tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypwZqLogRQ

>>725297252
I'll just keep waiting until it's "done". Spent a pity dollar on it awhile back for the poor guy whittling away at it after the main crew bailed post-launch.

>>725299848
>project borealis
is that out yet
I'm looking forward to this too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwF3PRbVtY

>>725299848
These sound even less like Half-Life than Morasky, you've got to be joking
These sound like generic indie game tracks

ENTER Black Mesa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OacXUzTNXo

>>725279374
Didn't they specifically hire Rockstar engine devs who had experience with Euphoria integration? It was kinda buried, but with all the leaks suggesting a focus on systems and physics in particular, that definitely stuck out to me as being actually somewhat exciting since Half-Life 2's ragdolls are incredibly basic and definitely contribute to the combat not feeling all that great.

>>725299173
In retrospect there's a strong possibility he originally made it for previous attempts at HL2Ep3/HL3 and just released it for CS:GO after the attempt failed. In some ways it was probably Bailey's "epistle three" moment.

>>725301213
They hired the lead physics programmer for Rockstar who was there from 2011 to 2023

>>725267072 (OP)
Not currently, but replayed the original games + a shit ton of mods on the workshop and Steam store earlier this year. All amounted to 3 months of HL gaming, was pretty sweet

what stuff from hlx leaks do you like the most?

>mario galaxy style local gravity modifiers
>advanced vehicle physics + multi-npc vehicle combat
>lots of material physics related to fire and gravity

>>725271468
Lel

>>725267072 (OP)
>this month?
anyone who genuinly believes this is a dumbass retard

>>725301658
I'm addicted to Hammer and pretty much all the features showing up in leaks/FGD finds are making me salivate

>unskippable cutscenes in Entropy Zero 2
come on why, some of them last like a minute

>>725297916
You know I actually kind of like the idea of the suppression field somehow also having like an anti-drunk effect on people where everyone looks ugly and unattractive, meaning you wouldn't want to fuck them anyway

>>725301825
it's some of the worst writing i've seen in a mod too

breadman is good at level design but please leave him out of the writer's chair

>>725301658
All the new NPC and NPC AI stuff which seems to indicate they're going in deep with making NPCs smarter and more varied
Let's just hope it's not all wasted by the level designers like what happened with HL2

>>725301979
>dude I'm pro-combine cause I hate people lol
I don't even hate the story gameplay wise as your playing. It's just the cutscenes. Please let me through your several minute monologue about hating humanity and let me shoot rebels in the face.

>>725267072 (OP)
There's no way it's getting released this month. Announced MAYBE, but not released. If it does get announced I'll do a playthrough of the whole series

Procedural generation bugs me.
I mean I get it. Making a Half Life thats infinitely replayable sounds fun - but I don't want the lineality of seamless transitions from scene to scene to be ruined.

>>725302224
It can be done right with the correct parameters.

>>725302224
I'm sure they figured something out, since the last iteration that seemed completely focused on it got abandoned

Fuck that, if HL3 gets announced this or next month I will play every source/gld source game in my steam library from beginning to end (if it has a campaign or single player mode). So for me that's HL1, Apposing Force, Sven Coop, HL2 (and episodes), Portal, L4D2 (both campaigns), Portal 2 and then all the HL2 fan games I have.

>>725302224
The focus on procedural generation was a thing with the HL3 attempt back in 2013, there's no indication it's a big focus now with HLX.

>>725292413

didn't some hardware benchmarks get posted recently coming from fremont?

What's HLX? A HL2 remake like Black Mesa was for HL1?

>>725302389
I wonder what the 'hook' will be for this one

>>725302557
HLX is the codename for HL3.

>>725302558
Gravity and weird shit relating to certain materials.
So Source 2 apparently is going to make it so certain models ascribed to a "material" (wood, concrete, metal etc.) will react differently to water, fire and other things. So the idea is if you dip something in gasoline, it will burn like a motherfucker, but if its wet nothing will set alight as easily.

>>725302713
sounds like act-react from the dark engine on steroids

>>725302558
Judging by the leaks, it seems less like there's one big hook and more that they're going to try and push a bunch of different things at once. Sort of like how HL2 didn't just push forward physics but also animation and facial animation, baked lighting, character interactions etc.

>>725302516
I think that's how we learned about it in the first place.

>>725290658
I'm glad he looks like this, he's an absolute weasel and his one skill is getting people to respond to him for things he wants.

>>725302713
>>725302784
What if they're hiding something big though? They obviously know we're digging through these codes all the time

>>725302557
This post from a prior thread should get you up to speed
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/725012720/#725023542

mmmmm soup

>>725302946
I think the PsyGun will be replaced by a weird gravity gun. Or maybe you'll get both I dunno.
This is just me guessing. But I'm instantly thinking that Gordon finds a gravity gun in the bowls of the Borealis. It fits Aperture perfectly.

>>725302868
Even that's not really a skill, he just badgers people until they give him something to shut him up, like a kid who constantly whines for candy.

>>725302953
>https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/725012720/#725023542
Oh shit, thanks

>>725301658
Whatever gets us more source 2 features that trickle down into the mods that are going to be our real source of entertainment for the next 20 years I'll be happy about. Especially if they keep VR features in the engine and refine them.
What I really want more than a Half Life game is Source 2 SDK that can be licensed out, we need something to free us from Unreal Engine 5's bullshit. S&Box doesn't count yet, it's too buggy and crashy in the dev build.

>>725303624
>S&Box doesn't count yet
It never will because of Garry being Garry™

>>725303695
I was trying to be more focused on what I was talking about rather than sperging out about Garry but yeah you're right honestly I'm worried about S&Box's future with the way it is now because Garry acts like such a huge faggot. The fact that he wanted to get rid of addons to have everything be it's own self contained package of sort and not do anything about de-duplication of assets under an addonless system in the early days of S&Box is so fucking retarded it feels like a parody of a badly managed project, I heard that got rightfully reversed when everyone was like "Hey, that's fucking retarded." I keep only a very light eye on S&Box, will only boot it back up like once every 6 months.

They're always datamining but HL3 never arrives. And when the data does leak, it never shows when it will arrive so they're always datamining... but HL3 never arrives.

>>725270341
>last name is shepherd
>everyone calls him sergeant mitchell
considering the franchise was MIA for like a decade it was HTDF was particularly soul crushing.

>>725304023
The problem is by now Garry's ripped out 90% of Source 2 for his own systems. Hell, as far as I remember he's trying to rewrite everything in a different programming language and the thing doesn't even use Hammer anymore.

>>725304729
>he does not have access to the information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrNbaCOiKko

>>725287516
Maybe they can add Cremator finally, third time's a charm.

>>725294338
I thought she was being earnest of trying to help the resistance? Anyway it doesn't really matter because there's another female scientist villain to deal with in the next game.

>>725306540
She's in Half Life Alyx talking to a Combine Advisor. Assuming its her. Sounds like her.
>female scientist villain to deal with in the next game
what

>>725306637
That's not Mossman.

>>725306736
Well it fucking sure sounds like Mossman.

>>725294338
>>725306540
The goal according to Marc Laidlaw's commentary was to portray her as the stepmom who wants to do what she think is best for Eli and Alyx.

There are also some cut lines from Episode Two where Eli says that he sent Mossman to spy on Breen but Breen managed to turn her (presumably by letting her see just how scary the Combine can be and then taking advantage of her wanting to protect Eli from them).

>>725302946
>What if they're hiding something big though?
They are. HL2 commentary teased about how we might be able to use the Combine mortar in the next game yet there's no line of such present in these leaks. They definitely have more things in store.

>>725302713
So Valve is trying to make Digital Molecular Matter all by themselves?

>>725307010
Sounds like it. Gordon will have the ability to change gravity and elemental powers.

Man, I feel like I'm Gordon Freeman!

Play Blue Shift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2SnOyOqII8

>>725307582
hey catch ya later i'll buy ya a beer

>>725301658
For me it's how the NPCs can traverse even in complex level geometry, from moving platforms to shifting gravity and such. That could be a big deal for making the combat much more fun, depending on how Valve implements those dynamic meshes though.

>>725301995
Maybe they can finally make the squad mechanic good this time. I still can't get over how botched the squad mechanic was in HL2. You can't even tell them to fuck off, they always come running back and follow you again.

All I want for Christmas is Half Life 3

>>725308675
>bug bait but for humans

>>725308682
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS TO KICK YOUR ASS

>>725308968
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS (YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU)

i hope they pre-announce the reveal trailer on twitter a few days prior like with HL:A, that week in 2019 was crazy on /v/

only the one free man can make /v/ good again

>>725310025
the opposite's going to happen unfortunately
the moment hl3 gets announced we will never be able to have a good half-life thread again

>>725310159
Nonsense. I will make the threads good. I got the skills.

>>725310025
The right man in a /v/rong place can make all the difference in the board...

That's right, Geoff. Today we're announcing Ricochet VR: Electric Superstar

>>725267072 (OP)
They Hunger. It’s great, most mods have an inherently amateurish stink that’s hard to get away from, but They Hunger’s B-Movie aesthetic leverages that and turns it into a virtue

Cry of Fear (finished it), try it!

>>725267072 (OP)
Played Metastasis Minerva recently. I can see why Valve hired the guy who made it, but goddamn do the infinitely respawning enemies sucked.

ive been waiting for like 13 years, when the trailer drops it is going to be so weird to me, man time flies fast too fuck

>>725313531
I've been waiting ever since I got my hands on the orange box. I miss those days

its going to be weird living in a world where I'm not anticipating HL3
its like trying to conceptualize a world before TV or something

>>725314643
i remember being very excited when ep2 ended... :(

>>725315206
Fuckin'
SAME

I never wanted a HL3 and will never feel hyped for it. I just want HL2Ep3.

What are your
>hopes
>fears
>expectations
for HL3?

>>725271105
When did the Lightbringer start developing HLX

>>725287942
He just really wanted to emphasise the N, to tell you he's a real nigga

>>725315616
so you prefer a 3h episode instead of a full fledged 25h game?

>>725287942
he does it differently on every commentary track as a joke probably

gabes email will crash when hl3 commentary mode drops

>>725315974
>hopes
Source 2 SDK full release, Also an ending that isn't another 15 year cliffhanger, actually wrap up half life's story and make new franchises from this point forward, spinoffs are fine but end gordon/alyx's story definitively
>Fears
live service sloppa with crates/gambling such as what CS:GO and TF2 have instead of a definitive single player story.
Instead of the Source 2 SDK, we get "Half Life 3 Workshop" like what alyx had where you can only make mods within the framework of what is possible for a half life game's combat loop, no weird shit like Underhell or SMOD: Tactical will be possible with Source 2
>Expectations
That this will never, ever come out and all of this speculation for HLX is the same hopeless bullshit that we went over almost 2 decades ago with HL3, lots of rumors, lots of "leaks", no actual releases or announcements.

>>725316982
It'll already crash when hl3 gets announced

>>725316984
>no actual releases or announcements
Anon, the fact that valve is willing to talk about the cursed 3 number again is a great indicator that they really want it to be finally done and move on from it after almost 2 decades

>>725317659
>dude if you really read hard into this and treat it like an ARG where you assume artist intentions to piece together a narrative then HL3 is totally confirmed
Been through this exact shit like 15 real life years ago, not doing this again.
I'd be extraordinarily happy if I was wrong about this, don't get me wrong. But there does not feel like there's any hope for HL3 anymore.

It is absolutely coming out, but also nothing worth getting hopes over. The people who made the OG special are gone.

>>725318303
But it's still being developed by some of the best developers in the industry so i'm sure they'll do a decent job

do you think headcrab tastes like chicken or ham

>>725318303
There are still plenty of oldheads left at Valve - Jay Stelly, David Spreyer, Dave Riller, Robin Walker, Randy Lundeen, etc.

It was massive layoffs shortly after Portal 2 that fucked Valve up. It needed a transfusion of new blood to go back to making shit.

Source 2 ports of HL2 where

>>725319223
Dario Casali came back too, maybe, judging by his lack of HL2 playthrough despite his promise.

>>725322162
There could be any number of reasons for that. It's really reaching to say it must be because he's back at Valve, right after he left.

>>725319325
They are busy with HL2 RTX.
At least the assets are supposed to be reused between projects and both source 2 and rtx remix require pbr materials.

Will he finally make a debut or will he never see the light of day?

>>725316581
Yes. Quality over quantity.

>>725319223
>>725322162
Bring back Wedge and Choryoth.

>>725302985
howyoulikethathowyoulikethathowyoulikethathowyoulikethat

>>725273695
Also the HLA composer slipped up in an interview and mentioned 'both half life games'. HLA is the only half life game he's worked on

>>725325880
The thermal physics shit might give him an in

>>725282975
>Gman is an anunnaki and that's why he has the briefcase
huh

It's most likely gonna non stop jerk off new technology and there won't be much weapon and enemy variety, same as it was with HL2.
>replaying HL3
>another cum swap puzzle that shows off new liquid technology and interactions

>>725327984
There's Houndeyes this time at least.

wtf is HLX?

>>725326719
In which interview?

>>725330243
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92w2633MCPI&t=1942s

>>725327984
Alyx may not have had much in weapon/enemy variety due to its nature as a VR spinoff, but of the weapons and enemies it did have, they were more functionally different than many of the weapons and enemies in HL2. So I have hopes that HLX should at least be better than HL2 on that front.

>>725315974
I just want something that feels like it's pushing gameplay design forward again.

Cute asian girls!

>>725334579
schizo

Do you think Alyx is going to get an update for the release of Deckard?

>>725335069
what release of deckard, shit's never coming out

>>725330737
They're definitely going to add weapon customization. It works in HLA and they've been wanting to add that shit in HL3 since the 2013 prototypes. I just hope it'll be even more radical with it than adding more ammos and such.

>>725325880
>have cover
>this fucker charges and FWOOSH's all over your cover which melts due to high heat
>you no longer have cover

>>725335069
At best it might finally get a full SDK release with source code.
Which'll make the potentiality of HL3 not having VR (at least at launch) sting less
And probably HL3 features can be backported to Alyx mods
I would hope HL3 is playable in VR too

I'm predicting the upcoming half life game will come out on pc around the same time gta 6 releases

Alyx sex correction when

Come back please...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3rNAXE3Scg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s22XqGkuIFw

>>725340785
they say gordon's face is a composite of a bunch of valve devs but he always really looked like him

>>725267072 (OP)
hi nathan

Just pushing through denial and putting it out there in the universe:
New Orange Box (don't wanna call it 2 because...)
Half Life 3
Portal 3
Team Fortress 3
$99

Valve would reign supreme for years to come.

>>725343127
i assume OB2 would actually contain Deadlock as the multiplayer component

>>725343180
Wait I got it
Orange Cube, or Orange3

I want to believe in the november announcement so bad, I know the game is real and coming but god I hope it gets announced this month.

>>725343127
If Valve ever did another box, I think they'll reuse The Black Box name.

>>725343127
I want them to revive their Stars of Blood game.

>>725339681
>I... assure you, Ms. Vance is... well cared for? Hm. Under the supervision of my... employers.

I hate Tyler McCuckold so much it's unreal he is so fucking lazy
every single video he says 'sorry I haven't put anything out guys my life has been super busy"
the worst is that time he said "I have so much data to look through don't expect a video for a while" and then the very next video he opened with "special thanks to so and so for going through the latest counter strike update for me while I was busy moving or whatever the fuck"
He is such a pig I hope he dies before the new half life trailer drops I don't want him to see it with his sow eyes

>>725267072 (OP)
bump

I've been playing Abiotic Factor. It's not a mod or anything, but it's a homage to HL1, so I think it counts.

kinda want to replay Field Intensity on Hard. would probably be CBT due to how combat intensive it is.

>>725272098
They don't need to sell to VR people. They need to sell it to non-VR people so they have a headset and then might turn into VR people, while VR people are going to care almost solely about the specs of it because they aren't going to use it to just play flat games.

>>725349654
That mod felt really long even though you can beat it in 3-4 hour. The constant combat made it really stretched out.

half life 3 is not real and it will never happen
valve will never make a 3rd entry to any of their ips
as long as gaben is alive

>>725301658
Where i read these leaks

Everyone itt has to be newfags who fell for the gaben worship memes or something right?
If you were in your 20s when hl2 came out you are in your 40s now. I refuse to believe someone in his 40s going literal s𐐬yjak face over fucking hl3 confirmed memes anymore.

>>725350434
No? We got a new Half Life game after EP2 in Alyx, which means there's hope for ANOTHER Half Life game. And most people in this thread have very tempered and realistic expectations.

>>725350573
You know how people claimed hl games are tech demos? That's what hl alyx was actually. btw source 2 engine is a meme.

>>725350727
I don't put much stock in reductivist arguments like that. HL1 is a tech demo in the same way a Honda NSX is a garden ornament.

>>725350854
Some people (/v/) has to learn everything the hard way looks like

>>725267072 (OP)
>voiced Gordon with Millennial Writing (made with AI)
if this doesn't exist, it should

*pokes tyler*
make a video. daddy needs his cope fuel

>>725267072 (OP)
when hlx officially gets announced, I'll start playing the entire series a month before it gets released

>>725351046
what if the announcement comes out and HL3 is coming out the next day
will you play all the games in 24 hours

>>725351134
Yes.

alyxes purple panties

>>725267072 (OP)
i have been playing codename: gordon
its peam!

if it's VR shit, I won't bother
I'm not spending hundreds of eurodollars on tech just for watching porn and playing two decent games
fucking meme tech

>>725350973
What would you do if they give Gordon a voice and he talks to himself like Ethan in RE8?
https://youtu.be/x02KVQq_Nss&t=222
>DEAD BODY? IN THIS ECONOMY?

>>725351296
well good news, its not going to be in VR according to the leaks

>>725350727
you're a real sore sport :(

Come in, anon. Do you copy? Anon, do you read me? Forget about Freeman. We're abandoning the board. If you have any last HLX datamines mark them on the HL3 thread. Otherwise, get the hell out there!
Repeat! We're pulling out and commencing board strikes! Give us targets or get below!

Don't give me hope.

>>725351431
and going where?
you didn't think this post through, did you anon? :(

>>725351296
holy fuck you're a whiny loser
I bet you couldn't even buy a vr headset if you wanted to

I will only buy a VR headset once Valve develops a Ricochet game for VR.

What are some essential HL mods that I should play while waiting for the big announcement

>>725351204
What did Gabe mean by this?

Fatfuck gabencunt is not gonna release anything this month. Forget it.

>playing HL2 with mods
nah, unless its like a mod that makes the revolver even more sex to use

>>725340785
I remember hearing sector sweep from the final episode 2 trailer and being so hype. that was almost 20 fucking years ago kek

>>725351519
[Chair clattering noises]

>You're lucky you got that hazard suit, this waters nasty!
>Got room for two in there?

>>725351383
that's a shame

>>725351938
>>725351519
Now try playing this part in VR

>>725352140
Humping Alyx in a hazard suit is not safe.
Maybe you should wait until you've taken it off, Gordon?

Why is Eli trying to set his daughter up with his 47 year old colleague?

>>725352228
27
But then again, Eli doesn't know that does he.

>>725352279
No he knows
he's the one who contracted with Gman to bring Gordon to C17

How does Breen know about Gman? How did the combine know? Why did the Combine deliberately let Gman free (as the bitchy lady implies).

>>725352140
I could never, it's been 2 decades since i was hugged

>>725352228
Slim pickings in the post apocalypse

Im dating a 18 year old, im 27, and my sister has been screaming at me all week about it and I cant stop fucking laughing in her face. Shes physically attacked me three times today saying retarded shit about me being a predator LOL. Why are women like this.

Gordon is the only human left who doesn't have some mangy disease from living in a rotten apartment, shack or sewer all day.

>>725270482
Valve doesn't do Black Friday deals

>next steam fest is animal fest
guys is Half Life 3 an animal game?

I really hope that the Combine is more like HLA where they had personality, you could actually understand what they were saying, and they had more variety beyond palette swaps

>>725301658
I like the voxel destruction stuff. Just blast your own way into rooms

>>725352839
They did good trying to differentiate the different classes of Combine soldiers in HLA. I think that should be the way they do things in HL3.

Major
Gullibility
Detected
>BEEP BEEP BEEP
Automatic
Psychotic
Systems
Engaged
>FZZZZT
Copium
Administered
>BEEPBEEPBEEP
Warning
Hazardous
Speculation
Levels
Detected
>BEEPBEEPBEEP!!!
EMERGENCY
Anon
Disappointment
Imminent

>>725353389
have a very shit day

>>725350174
https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVINqBTwM=/

ONGOING SECTOR SWEEP
BIOTICS CONFIRMED

>>725267072 (OP)
>release of HLX this month

>>725291661
>>Valve conspicuously moved their Autumn Sale from November to September/October this year, and deliberately made note of it and said it was intentional but didn't explain why
nigga they moved it because people rightfully bitched that autumn and winter sales are too close to each other

>>725335069
there was a video from gamertag with sadlyitsbradley, the first guy said that some vr devs said that there is a HLA build working natively on arm chip. And deckard supposedly will have an arm based cpu and valve did something with x86 on arm emulation.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>725267072 (OP)
Waiting for the Entropy Zero VR mod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZ79SziLow

I'm glad they waited all of this time, if they released HL3 in 2015 or 2016 it might have sucked, as many games did during that time. The same team that made Alyx on Source 2 went straight to developing this game so they are experienced and have basically been building the ground work for this game since 2016.

>>725356095
Techlet here, what's with the hype with these ARM chip and x86 emulation thing?

>>725356720
I don't know myself, like supposedly arm chips are way more energy efficient than x86, so that's why facebook and valve chose them for their standalone vr headsets. And the whole tech industry slowly, really slow, moves from x86 towards arm so a robust x86 on arm emulation would help them?

>>725356662
Yeah, the silver lining with HL3 being made right now is that Valve aren't flying blind with Source 2. They already have experience with using the engine after years of applications in multiple games and all that's left is iterating, building upon the foundation instead of starting over from scratch. Plus they should have a lot of gameplay ideas in mind since all the way back from the Episode 3 days.