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Default A Far cry from what we are used to, modability of HL2 - 09-18-2003, 02:38 PM

I was reading my Oct. edition of PC Gamer last night. Thought I would post a few of the comments made concerning multiplyer and the modability of HL2. This was an interview with Gabe Newell, the head man at Valve.

-Doors are being opened to mod teams a month before HL2 ships.
-" more than anything, we pay attention to what has the attention of the community.If thre's a lot of activity on the various Half-Life websites, then we try to give attention to the mod team creating the enthusiasm."

-"to simplify the migration from HL to HL2- we've converted a bunch of the content ourselves from the original."

concerning mod tools- "Face poser is the best we've seen for facial animation and creating VCD's." "Hammer's great at world geometry and entity logic" "XSI is where we build a lot of our static props, and we're working with softimage on better integrating work flow and on getting XSI into the hands of mod teams via Steam." " We will have a much better environment for people in XSI because of Softimage's commitment to mod teams." "People using SDK will be able to do a lot more in Source than was possible in the past."

concerning the mod community- "It's been a huge part of the success. many people at valve have come out of the modding community, and we feel the importance of being part of a larger effort to build and sustain gaming." " Valve wouldn't have existed if it weren't for the modability that id software put into it's designs."

These were just some of the notable statements in the article. I just thought how ironic it is for valve to be so pro-mod and supportive of the community and for EA to just leave their communities with a couple of scraps from the table.

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Default 09-19-2003, 08:37 AM

a question that comes to mind though is: how can you mod when you can't enter the game and see what your changes look like?
  
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Default 09-19-2003, 08:40 AM

Maybe the SDK will provide a test level from where you can test your mods. Who knows.
  
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Default 09-19-2003, 12:49 PM

[quote="Sgt Stryker":ff40f]a question that comes to mind though is: how can you mod when you can't enter the game and see what your changes look like?[/quote:ff40f]

I was too lazy to type the whole thing, but here is the answer. "part of what a mod team will have to do to get access" ( He is talking about early)" to the SDK is show up at our workshop in Seattle."
  
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