Screw Hackers!! Half-Life 2 Delayed Until April 2004

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Jazar

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Originally posted by: klah
Originally posted by: Elitebull
Whoa, can anyone confirm this?
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From #halflife2@irc.efnet.org:

http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/HL2_icon.JPG
http://hitmen.fragwhore.com/HL2/hl2-1.jpg
http://hitmen.fragwhore.com/HL2/hl2-2.jpg
http://hitmen.fragwhore.com/HL2/hl2-3.jpg
http://hitmen.fragwhore.com/HL2/hl2-4.jpg
http://hitmen.fragwhore.com/HL2/hl2-5.jpg
http://hitmen.fragwhore.com/HL2/hl2-6.jpg
http://www.uploadit.org/files/071003-ithinkitsnotfake.JPG
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged1.JPG
http://gtwy.hl2arena.com/images/hl2-real.jpg
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged3.JPG
http://www.uploadit.org/files/071003-hl1_monster.jpg
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged4.JPG
http://www.knake.info/knakezooi/_images/bikini/Image1.jpg
http://www.knake.info/knakezooi/_images/bikini/Image2.jpg
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/maps.jpg
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/files.jpg
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged8.JPG
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged10.JPG
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged9.JPG
http://upl.mine.nu/uplfolders/upload8/tagged12.JPG
http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/halflife2/shot5.jpg
http://www.unreal.dk/hl2/hl2img4.jpg
http://www.deejay-fuzion.net.nz/hl2-WORKING.png
http://www.deejay-fuzion.net.nz/hl2-version.png


Looks like it is true.
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Not sure how those bikini images got in there but i like :p
 
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PanzerIV

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They can release this game Spring of 2008 for all I care. Battlefield Vietnam is where it's at for me and it's due around the same time! ;)
 
silverpig

silverpig

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I really hope it's not delayed. I just bought an R9800 AIW so I can play this thing...
 
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dr150

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ALL YOU GUYS NEED TO GET A LIFE IF YOU DEFINE YOUR HAPPINESS BY THE RELEASE OF A BUGGY VIDEO GAME
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nodoubts2k

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It looks like the networking stuff is included in the 1/3 stolen. I might be wrong though, im no expert.
 
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thatsright

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Well if HL2 is delayed until April, or even past January I think I won't care anymore.

I have HL2 on pre-order and I will just cancel it or let it lapse. But if it does turn out that HL2 is delayed till Spring, and with Doom 3 also coming out next Spring, the only big game left this fall for PC's seems to be Unreal Tournament 2004. But this game is not even DirectX 9.0 native, so if we have to wait till next spring for full DX9 titles, that will REALLY BLOW!!
 
Muadib

Muadib

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Originally posted by: thatsright
Well if HL2 is delayed until April, or even past January I think I won't care anymore.

I have HL2 on pre-order and I will just cancel it or let it lapse. But if it does turn out that HL2 is delayed till Spring, and with Doom 3 also coming out next Spring, the only big game left this fall for PC's seems to be Unreal Tournament 2004. But this game is not even DirectX 9.0 native, so if we have to wait till next spring for full DX9 titles, that will REALLY BLOW!!
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Means no PC upgrading for me, so that should make the gf happy.

 
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BaboonGuy

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can't believe you guys are saying "i dont care about this game anymore"... seriously.. this game is going to be revolutionary, its the first next gen game (or doom3 whichever comes out first) thats coming out. this thing is SICK, do you remember that gameplay movie!?

once this comes out everyone will be changin their tunes
 
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OulOat

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Originally posted by: XZeroII
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Originally posted by: XZeroII
What kind of crappy company doesn't do regular backups? They are lying.
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You can't seriously be this stupid. Of course VALVe has copies of the source code - it isn't like the hacker deleted the code off their machines. The problem is huge portions of the network and engine code is freely available on the internet. I imagine VALVe might be rewriting portions of the code to tighten security and close holes in the program. A sort of pre-emptive strike against hacks based off the old codebase.

Once again: This is all a rumour, and until we hear anything from VALVe it will stay a rumour.
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What you are implying is that it was fully of security holes and such. Why would they release it like that anyway? My point is that they are making excuses.
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Ugh, you obviously never coded anything big before. Programmers take shortcuts, cause it saves time. Coding is always a battle against time. And these shortcuts are secure enough, as long as no one has the source. If someone does somehow figure how to exploit them, patches can be released. But since the source is completely laid bare, they have to scan and change everything.

One example, wallhacks - a cheat that allows you to see through walls. Gives a huge advantage in mp since it allows the cheater to see everyone. Since walls are generated clientside, any coder with the source can write a program to disable that.
 
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