About The Half Life 2 Source Code...

[Jet Set Willy]

No, the SDK thing was just an idea that some people threw around to rationalise what happened. The game engine was leaked, not the SDK (or not JUST the SDK).

[Jay]

This made some sense to me.... although I ussually know little about what I'm saying.

The concern I've seen voiced about the stolen source code is that the game will be a non-stop carnival of cheating and hackery because of it, and I'm not any more worried about that now than I was before. Half-Life 2 will attract top-tier hacking talent because it's going to be a great market for their "services." Imagine a shadow market that exists as a reflection of trends in the actual one, total user base being the key figure - the work that these dark developers do has much greater potential to distort games and such in a context rich with players. Call me crazy, but I have a feeling HL2 will do alright at retail. Like the source code itself, the compiled game's online community will be an irresistible target for stupid, evil assholes. The best minds of the aforementioned shadow market will be hard at work trying to ruin our fun, and even a head start doesn't alter that fundamental principle. At least with this delay, there's a chance Valve can move the target a bit.

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The downside:
HL2 is probably fucked for life
Steam will probably be a hotbed for viruses and information theft

The upside:
How to make a good 3D engine just got a whole lot cheaper
Crash course in game making... prior knowledge of coding required

[Danny]

Originally posted by Waz@Oct 9 2003, 02:48 AM
No, the SDK thing was just an idea that some people threw around to rationalise what happened. The game engine was leaked, not the SDK (or not JUST the SDK).

My post was referring to Beefs Post.

wasnt the original HL source code given away so mods could be made anyways? why wouldnt they do the same for HL2?

[Jet Set Willy]

Again, I wasn&#39;t reading properly. My mistake.

[Danny]

Have you gone soft again? I was hopeing for some abuse.

[Jet Set Willy]

Seems pointless to abuse you. You didn&#39;t annoy me, I annoyed me. Go see some replies to Neko&#39;s posts for abuse.

[Not-Spekkio]

Is that abuse option still open?

And now, for some ontopic chatter.
If what 1447 h4x0r, or whatever the hell he calls himself, speaks the truth, valve is really sucking some big-ass balls here and hl2 is going in the direction of doom3, big words, little actual work being done.

[Zach]

Steam is a piece of shit anyway.

That&#39;s my opinion.

I was looking forward to HL2, however. For the story more than anything

[El Fugitivo]

Oh, come on. Everyone is making such a big deal of it, but the fact the source code is out there is going to really just affect multiplayer play, not individual users in single player mode. I mean, yeah, it looks like a fucking amazing engine, but really I think the people who are most passionate about the game value the single-player story (or a co-op multiplayer story mode if there were one) over the engine itself and the possibilty of mods, etc. They could at least release a single-player only version for now and then use the next four months to focus on a multiplayer add-on patch or something. I mean, after all, most people who want multiplayer want it for the next Counter-Strike, not Team Fortress or built-in multiplay.