a surprise for the community

Steampowered news says that valve are releasing a supprise for the community. What will it be?

I think it's HL2 DM. At which point, all the HL2 DM mods are going to whine.

#1, they got it right the first time, why not a second :smile:

Hot pictures of Alyx naked!!!!~1

Er ahem. DM. Yes.

Wheres "expansion pack" option? There has been a buzz lately that valve is going to put out a expansion pack for HL2.

Wheres "CSS expansion"? Its a given fact that valve is putting out 2 original cs maps plus 1 new map, and different player models, maybe they are putting it our early.

But hopefully it will be something HL2 related.

coop HL2

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting wacokid</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>coop HL2
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Also called Sven-Coop2 :razz:
I have a feeling that's it. The Sven team has been talking about Sven2 for quite some time!

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fraggard</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Hot pictures of Alyx naked!!!!~1

Er ahem. DM. Yes.

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You can get that stuff anywhere:
http://www.thekickback.com/images/hl2/d1_eli_010003.jpg
http://www.thekickback.com/images/hl2/d1_eli_010004.jpg

(form steam forums)

/edit GB valve and sven are different, the surprise wouldnt be sven in any way.

G.Ballblue said:
? quoting wacokid
coop HL2

Also called Sven-Coop2 :razz:
I have a feeling that's it. The Sven team has been talking about Sven2 for quite some time!

Sven Co-op is not affiliated with or partnered with Valve, no matter what they'd have you believe. This is the team that made a gargantuan 'press release' about a so-called 'partnership' after just getting the tidbit from Valve that they would continue to support -all- mods the same way they did with HL. Apparently the first version of the 'release' made it sound like Valve had bought them. Hooray arrogance and overconfidence!!!

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting omegaslayer</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Wheres "expansion pack" option? There has been a buzz lately that valve is going to put out a expansion pack for HL2.

Wheres "CSS expansion"? Its a given fact that valve is putting out 2 original cs maps plus 1 new map, and different player models, maybe they are putting it our early.

But hopefully it will be something HL2 related.

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http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=1&topic=2415&3

This is like a 19 page article but its really good... towards the end Gabe says they already have teams workin on expansion missions and such.
But I bet my life the "suprise" is definitely HLDM, I mean how can the all time king of online dm not release a dm mode in the follow up game....It would be utterly ridiculious

Well I hope its hl2 DM becuase that would make it easy to base a mod off of. Instead of going from nothing perhaps cs source would help. I sure do hope its hl2dm though.

i went with option 3, extra modding resources, mainly due to this surprise being mentioned in the same sentence that states the full sdk will be released at the same time. i'm thinking along the lines of a barebones mp mod, or how to use the sdk to build one.

Yay, I wasnt the only one who voted 6.

Fishy I might have to agree with you there. I doubt they would actualy make a hl2dm mode but hell......we dont know that.

Come on we all know its MPDM! :biggrin: Thats what everyone knows was missing out of the game and nowadays a game without MP is just crazy! Yes I know there was CSS but CS is CS in any engine! We want sweet maps that gives full potential to the new HL2 stuff. Heres hoping!

bleh, multiplayer sux tbh, make a cool singleplayer mod then :biggrin:

They're going to add upgrading options for hl2 owners and release the entire back catalog as well as all upcoming mods. They also got Vivendi to remove this rediculous cd rule.

In addition they're releasing a HLDM version with the Phys-Gun included and several amazing maps. They're also releasing OP4 source, Blue Shift Source, and replacing all the HD pack over steam.

The SDK will come with satellite access codes so you can have a laser scratch your ass any time you like.

bleh, multiplayer sux tbh, make a cool singleplayer mod then

It's called Half-Life 2 ...

I think it will be the CS:S update. They said they would release more maps in december. Hopefully I'm wrong, but hey at least the full sdk will be out.

JFry said:
I think it will be the CS:S update. They said they would release more maps in december. Hopefully I'm wrong, but hey at least the full sdk will be out.

But, if they already mentioned maps were coming in December that wouldn't very well be a surprise now would it?

I'm fairly sure they knew how pissed people would be if there was no HL2DM, I mean, how many months have they been going, "No, CS:S is the MP for HL2" ?

I hope you're wrong too :smile:

Wheres "expansion pack" option?

That's why there's a 'something else' option.

Let's say I hope it's going to be HL2DM, although I think it's some extra modding stuff. Wich wouldn't be a bad surprize either.

Or Hammer available outside Steam... :smile:

Probably be more maps for CS:Source :/

They haven't given a release date for DoD:S yet have they? Could be
that. Another thing I'm inclined to think is the release of more CS:S
stuff, since as Omega said, they have announced more is in the making.
The final most likely option, and what I hope it is, is HL2DM, which I
can imagine both AG2 and the unofficial HL2DM will be a bit annoyed at
making an appearance (less so AG2, who could just turn it into a match
mod like AG1 and still enjoy some success).

You have to admit though that it was a bit silly doing any major work on a DM mod before the SDK is out....

lol so hard to decide.. its either CSS stuff or HL2DM.... either of the two I wouldnt mind :biggrin:

Major work? I don't think any of the DM mods could be criticised of
doing that to be honest, everything done so far is just design work
really.

So they have nothing to be annoyed about, do they :smile:

Takes away both team's opportunities to take their place as the
unofficial yet "official" DM choice for HL2. It pretty much entirely
destroy's the HL2DM teams mod idea, but at least AG2 were never
planning on making it just a DM mode for HL2.

Eh, it's better to have one official mod than two unofficial ones. It'd just lead to a bitter rivalry and senseless forum wars or some random crap with time.

Also, no offense to either team, but I'd trust Valve to set up the base mechanics like speed, movement, damage, etc. etc. and THEN letting mod teams do their own adjustments from there over letting other teams arbitrarily make those decisions from the start.

I hope its MPDM

but it could be an official announcement of Half-Life? too ...

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fraggard</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Hot pictures of Alyx naked!!!!~1

Er ahem. DM. Yes.

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Alyx is rather attractve for an NPC, no?

But i think that they will say "HERE'S THE GREAT SURPRISE: EXTRA SECURITY FEATURES THAT MAKE IT SO VAC SUSPENDS YOU FOR ADDING CUSTOM MAPS TO YOUR GAME!"

YAY MORE STEAM-ING PILES OF DUNG
I hope it's HL2 DM that was the main reason i bought HL2 and i didint know i was gonna get gyped.

Nobody mentioned this but now I think of it, it seems kinda obvious. It
is quite possibly some TF2 news, perhaps even a surprise release?

I dunno Reno. TF2 would surely be a great surprise, but I think Valve may go with an HL2DM.

Or perhaps, CS2?

I always toyed with the idea that TF2 may end up being set in the HL2 universe...that would be quite nice. :smile:

I'd kill for TF2, but I doubt it's going to come about through valve.

CS2 wouldn't be so soon after CS:S, I think that will be a few years
down the line to be honest. Valve have already said that TF2 still
exists, so I wouldn't doubt it TOO much TwoKnives (I feel
so...dirty...calling you that) :smile:

TF2 would be awesome, but ever so unlikely, but we have to wait and see!

Thank god for RSS news feeds and mozilla thunderbird!

TF2 ... /drools.

CS2 wouldn't be so soon after CS:S, I think that will be a few years
down the line to be honest. Valve have already said that TF2 still
exists, so I wouldn't doubt it TOO much TwoKnives (I feel
so...dirty...calling you that) :smile:

I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I just know if I get my hopes up they'll be crushed like a car getting cubed.

they had better not attempt to introduce any other MP crap until they have released HL2DM

TFC was s**t before, it will be s**t again, i am not keen on waiting for HL2DM just because of it.

also, no updates on CS either, they already treated everyone to CS/S, its time for some quality HLDM now.. I want the FULL SDK, or whatever it will take to get a valve sanctioned DM map made.

i agree wholeheartedly, orph. i played tfc a little when i first bought
condition zero, and i didnt really like it. but i guess that wasnt
during its hay-day was it? oh well, if i could choose what this
"surprise" would be, HL2DM would be it... well maybe the full SDK, but
only so the mod teams could finish with their versions of HL2DM. im
tired of waiting. this is taking too long. its like giving a starving
person a dried-up bone to chew on... cruel.

/edit

but then again im discontented in general...

The full SDK is definately coming next week, so the surprise for the
community that is coming with it is definately something else.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting ReNo</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>The full SDK is definately coming next week, so the surprise for the community that is coming with it is definately something else.
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Yays! No more buggy lighting! :biggrin:

You hope :smile:

Although I hope the surprise is HLDM, (I'm sure they have noticed the wave of people shocked, that there is no HL2DM) I also get the feeling that TF2 is now set in the HL world. If you look at the team battles in Hl2, you see alot of ideas there that directly bleed into their TF2 stuff (different team classes, plantable mines, dropships, gunships..etc). Plus, everyone and thier mother is doing a WW2, Vietnam, Desert Combat, style team-warfare game. This would really set TF2 apart from other games, and allow them the freedom to really create some cool s**t.

Yeah, TF2 becoming that sort of a Wolfenstein Enemy Territory thing (in the same universe, but separate from all those events) would be really cool.

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<DIV class=quotetext>Yeah, TF2 becoming that sort of a Wolfenstein Enemy Territory thing (in the same universe, but separate from all those events) would be really cool. </DIV></DIV>
after HL2DM of course, right?? :wink:

KungFuSquirrel said:
Yeah, TF2 becoming that sort of a Wolfenstein Enemy Territory thing (in the same universe, but separate from all those events) would be really cool.

I thought they were just taking what they already made (like two years ago) and porting it to source with some tweaks. I do know they're fully developing TF2. It'll be stand alone (last I heard) with it's own SP and MP. Which will justify the $50 price tag. (This what I've heard and observed over the last few months)

Bah, if that's true then I wouldn't have bothered buying hl2. Humbug!

Yeah, TF2 becoming that sort of a Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
thing (in the same universe, but separate from all those events) would
be really cool.

DoD source, my good sir.