No AA in Half Life 2?
I've just installed Half Life 2 and there doesn't appear to be any AA enabled. I've got 6x selected in the settings, but it doesn't look that great, and I can't see any real difference if I select AA disabled. I have an Nvidia 8800GTS graphics card with the latest drivers and I'm running Vista 32bit...
Half-Life 2 System Requirements
Okay, since a lot are asking if their computer can RUN half-life 2, I'll be posting the minimum and recommended system requirements. If you're asking if your pc can play this game on a good fps rate, read the recommended requirements. Anyway, can someone make this a sticky? I'm not sure if I can do ...
Introduction Thread
New here? Well then you can introduce your self! Hi my name is not logged in and i love this game. My fav weapon it the blue gravity gun and the crossbow. ...
Failed to Lock Vertex Buffer
Half Life 2 loads fine and I'll be in deathmatch and then all of a sudden it exits out and I get this message: "Failed to lock vertex buffer in cmesh DX8::LockVertexBuffer" After doing my personal research I came across no solution. Most people are saying that there is no solution which is just aw...
Recently, Neoseeker held it's first Annual Neoseeker PC Gaming Awards, an event which will hopefully be continuing beyond this event alone and come back in the coming years. The award sections were varied, ranging from awards based on genre, to ones on aspects of gaming, and ending up with the favourites being listed. All the awards were chosen by Neoseeker members (becoming a member is free) and the most popular presented after two weeks of voting.
Half-Life 2 was one of the more successful games in the awards, gaining itself a spot in all three categories. Not only did it win itself a spot in the Favourites list, but it also won Best Action/Adventure and Best Plot!
Mishtram, the person who organized the event this year, plans to bring it back next year.
Having already made a name for itself on PC, Half-Life 2 is now ready to earn its FPS stripes on next-generation consoles. Specifically, the PC release of HL2: Episode 2 will joined by versions for both Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. The console ports will include content from previous HL2 releases including Episode 1. As rumored earlier, all versions of the game will include Counter-Strike: Source as well as the once-elusive Team Fortress 2 project as new multiplayer modes.
On top of that, Episode 2 will come bundled with a new, episodic shooter game called "Portal" which involves the use of, well, portals which players can create in environments as they see fit using special weapons.
Valve has released an update for Half-Life 2: Episode One. The changes, announced on the Steam website, are due to the result of statistics gathered as players made their way through the game.
Half-Life 2: Episode One update
Added some more health for players to pick up
Added more cinderblocks and barrels for physics ammunition
Added some extra shotgun shells at start of the fight
Slightly reduced the number of zombies attacking the player
Only 25% of Half-Life 2: Episode One gamers have managed to complete the game, despite taking on average, just five hours to complete! The anonymous data, was taken using Valve's Steam game service, spanning the fortnight of June 10th to 25th, and says that there were nearly 900,000 game sessions in total.
Other points of interest from a gameplay report released by Valve included the fact that less than 7% of gamers have played it on the hardest skill setting, the average total playtime was just under three hours, and 70 per cent of gamers played it with HDR enabled.
The August issue of PC Gamer will feature the world-exclusive first look on Half-Life 2 Episode 2 -- including screens, inside information, and everything about Half-Life 2's exciting new direction into episodic gaming and fiercest predator, the Hunter.
The August 2006 issue of PC Gamer is available in the US from June 27th.
Gamesradar are reporting that the next game of Half-Life 2's episodic trilogy will have a new a new multiplayer mode, according to a post on the official Steam forum. It is suggested that it will be a remix of the Half-Life teamplay mod Team Fortress and will be set during the Seven Hour War, which occurred before the events of Half-Life 2.
The post also lists a collection of new details for Half-Life 2: Episode Two, taken from the latest US edition of PC Gamer magazine, which include:
A new feature will beef up the Gravity Gun
We'll find out more about the mysterious G-Man
Gordon will wield a new 'Strider buster' weapon
There will be huge, battlefield clashes with loads of enemies and allies fighting at once
Bellevue, WA, June 1, 2006 - ValveŽ, developer of the blockbuster series Half-LifeŽ and Counter-StrikeTM, announced Half-LifeŽ 2: Episode One is now available via Steamgames.com for just $19.95 and at retail outlets around the world.
The first in a trilogy of episodic games, Episode One reveals the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launches a journey beyond City 17. Episode One does not require Half-Life 2 to play and also includes a first look at Episode Two, which will ship by year's end.
In addition to the new single player experience, two multiplayer games are included. And those who purchase Episode One will have free access via Steam (www.steamgames.com) to Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, the interactive technology demo that introduces High Dynamic Range lighting to the SourceTM Engine, Valve's award-winning game technology.
As Episode One is now available, there are updates being released already. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Fixed the game's difficulty defaulting to "Easy" instead of "Normal" when starting a new game. (If you've already played Episode One, you can change the setting manually by selecting "Options" from the game's main menu.)
Apparently, a clever "h4xx0r" has managed to extract the trailer for Half-Life 2: Episode Two from the recently released Half-Life 2: Episode One. View the trailer here!
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is due out for release later this year.
As reported earlier today on Neoseeker's homepage, Episode One has gone gold. Valve is also marketing a new teaser trailer which can be downloaded from here.
"Given the rapid changes in PC gaming, we expect episodic games will have thesame impact on single-player gaming that Counter-Strike had on multiplayer,"said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "The frequent releases ofupgraded technology and new content works better for both consumers anddevelopers, and is one of the key reasons Counter-Strike grew to be 80% of theonline action market. We decided that a follow-up to Half-Life 2 delivered in 18months with our first episode was more in tune with what our customers want thanwaiting 6 years for another monolithic product."
Episode One is designed to be four to six hours in length. Stepping into the hazard suit of Dr. Gordon Freeman, you face the immediate repercussions of your actions in City 17 and the Citadel. Alyx Vance and her robot, Dog, will accompany you in your efforts to aid in the human resistance against the totalitarian menace of the Combine.
The full press release from Valve can be found here.
Episode One is set to ship June 1st and it will also contain a sneak peek of Episode Two which is scheduled to be released before the end of the year. Stay tuned for a review from Neoseeker's very own Gabriel Vega sometime next week.
