Iroquois on 16/8/2009 at 00:30
No ETA. But the mod's been in development for a good 3-4 years now and "2009" in general sounds promising seeing how we've more-or-less got through over half of it.
Aja on 16/8/2009 at 03:06
As long as we're talking, I have a question too: is Episode 2 much more demanding, graphically, than Ep. 1? I was thinking about picking it up from the sale, mostly so that I could play some of these mods you guys recommend. But if the game itself wouldn't work very well (on a Core 2 Duo 2.10gHz, Geforce 8600Mgt and 3GB of ram) then I won't bother. I can usually get away with high detail settings on HL2/Ep.1, with minimal anti-aliasing.
Renzatic on 16/8/2009 at 03:36
It is, but only just. Basically, if you can run HL2 and Ep.1 at full settings, you're about set up for Ep. 2. I played through it the first time on my old 7900GT, and all I had to do was knock AA off to keep it at smooth 45+ FPS at all times.
EvaUnit02 on 16/8/2009 at 05:38
Yeah, all of the Source 2007 (Orange Box) build games should be perfectly playable on a C2D 2.0GHz, 8600GT @ 1440x900. You might want to only use 2xAA, knock off the bloom and not use the "reflect all" option.
oudeis on 16/8/2009 at 08:11
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Is there an ETA yet cuz that trailer is oldhat now?
BMS devs (
http://twitter.com/BlackMesaDevs) say before the end of this year.
DarkForge on 16/8/2009 at 09:08
Quote Posted by Aja
As long as we're talking, I have a question too: is Episode 2 much more demanding, graphically, than Ep. 1? I was thinking about picking it up from the sale, mostly so that I could play some of these mods you guys recommend. But if the game itself wouldn't work very well (on a Core 2 Duo 2.10gHz, Geforce 8600Mgt and 3GB of ram) then I won't bother. I can usually get away with high detail settings on HL2/Ep.1, with minimal anti-aliasing.
I would say as long as your card's compatible with an up to date Direct X, you should be fine. My GeForce 3 ran HL2 and Ep 1 very nicely, but I couldn't play any of the new Orange Box stuff until I upgraded.
Quote Posted by Iroquois
Yeah, I'd advise against getting HLS as well. The only thing it does is butcher a perfectly good retro fps with half-assed "improvements"... Stick to the original (and call me elitist, but I'm against the HD pack that came with Blue Shift as well)
Heh, and there I was thinking I was the only one who's never touched the HD Pack! :cheeky: I've also never been interested in HL: Source for basically the same reasons. Whenever I boot up old games for another playthrough, regardless of how outdated the graphics may be, it just gives me that "nostalgic" feeling that I love. Sure graphics technology improves over the years, but if we didn't have any problem with HL1's graphics when it came out, why fix what was never broken?
Aja on 16/8/2009 at 11:35
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Yeah, all of the Source 2007 (Orange Box) build games should be perfectly playable on a C2D 2.0GHz, 8600GT @ 1440x900. You might want to only use 2xAA, knock off the bloom and not use the "reflect all" option.
That's totally fine for me (I don't really have a problem playing at 1280x800, even). Thanks!
Enchantermon on 17/8/2009 at 03:44
Black Mesa...holy crap! I hadn't heard about it before either...it looks sweet!
Of course, I don't have any Source games yet... :erg:
Keeper_Andrus on 17/8/2009 at 14:21
It's $3, just buy it.
ZylonBane on 17/8/2009 at 19:11
Quote Posted by Renzatic
It is, but only just. Basically, if you can run HL2 and Ep.1 at full settings, you're about set up for Ep. 2. I played through it the first time on my old 7900GT, and all I had to do was knock AA off to keep it at smooth 45+ FPS at all times.
The big boss fight at the end got seriously chunky for me, but then I'm running a CPU that hasn't been upgraded since 2003, even if the video card is relatively new. So all things considered I couldn't complain.
