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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by RaTcHeT302 on October 26, 2015, 10:24 AM »

Just wondering, if the project does fall through, will any of the content created for it be released?

I posted a similar answer into another thread but anyway, no, seeing as not a whole lot has been made anyway, and most models or textures are pretty poorly done. Corgi probably released some of his character textures from what I do know, but otherwise most textures are pretty terrible and you might as well make them yourself.

If you ment in the future, I don't know, if I make anything for the mod I'm keeping the source files myself, but anything else can be extracted from the game. I doubt everyone is actually waiting for Source 2 to come out, they are probably doing other things meanwhile and probably for the better.

I still want to work on the project, but I think the lack of any creative freedom really ruins everything to most seeing as the big issue with this mod is that we can't really change a whole lot, I honestly would rather keep the development closed if it actually resumes, I'd rather post sneak peaks and that's about it, it would suck for the playerbase but, eh. I don't know honestly, the biggest downside is that you might lose some decent feedback, but I often self-critize myself to the point where most external feedback is kinda useless to me.

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by Hideyoshi on October 26, 2015, 02:40 AM »

Just wondering, if the project does fall through, will any of the content created for it be released?

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by Glitchvid on October 25, 2015, 01:19 PM »

If it's cancelled or anything like that, could we ever have a download in its current state, Doing that at least the mod wont be totally dead doing this, It's one of those "It's not Half-Life 3 but i'll take it!" things. There have been people following this mod for a few years with the same internal question, "When is it coming out?!", and hearing "It's Dead, Jim." is really off putting, this is one of those unique mods, and maybe it would spring new life, more HALF of the current LIFE it could bring, Bug Posts, putting Devs on a fun little bug hunt... something?

The announcement still fairly well conveys the state of the project: http://hl2em.com/forums/index.php/topic,2494.msg2870.html#msg2870
Most of the primary developers (The people who were making models, modifying levels, textures) are in contact, but nothing is being made right now.  The project is in hiatus, if Source 2 comes out and we don't pick back up, then the project will probably be dead, if not then it'll come back; we're all waiting on Source 2 to see what happens.

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by AgentAgrimar on October 24, 2015, 04:54 PM »

At this point I've started working on my own game, I just need to fix my sleeping schedule though.

But otherwise the project is pretty dead, I don't think there's enough determination to pull this off, if I wanted I could but I mainly took part into it to learn a thing or two and maybe give some aid, but I've realized that my time is probably better spent somewhere else. Even if it ever somehow gets revived the end result might either take years and it'll probably not be too impressive anyway. If we had actually worked on this with the current team day after day I think we could've easily been done with this in maybe two years. But at the current pace it's going to take 20.

It's a bit of a shame seeing as such a project could've opened quite a few jobs for anyone working on it really. But yes I think this is the last time I'll ever post here, even if Source 2 ever comes out I don't think much will happen, most people will get bored pretty quickly if they somehow end up working on this again.

I personally enjoy making games but I suppose it's not for everyone. I don't know maybe I'm horribly wrong and it'll actually work out well, but right now it's not really worth the wait.

Sorry I'm just a little bit dissapointed, I had higher hopes for this but eh, whatever.

Even if Source 2 ever comes out, considering how inept Valve has been overall, I really don't know what the hell is going to happen, I really wish I had an answer though.

If it's cancelled or anything like that, could we ever have a download in its current state, Doing that at least the mod wont be totally dead doing this, It's one of those "It's not Half-Life 3 but i'll take it!" things. There have been people following this mod for a few years with the same internal question, "When is it coming out?!", and hearing "It's Dead, Jim." is really off putting, this is one of those unique mods, and maybe it would spring new life, more HALF of the current LIFE it could bring, Bug Posts, putting Devs on a fun little bug hunt... something?

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by RaTcHeT302 on October 20, 2015, 10:38 AM »

At this point I've started working on my own game, I just need to fix my sleeping schedule though.

But otherwise the project is pretty dead, I don't think there's enough determination to pull this off, if I wanted I could but I mainly took part into it to learn a thing or two and maybe give some aid, but I've realized that my time is probably better spent somewhere else. Even if it ever somehow gets revived the end result might either take years and it'll probably not be too impressive anyway. If we had actually worked on this with the current team day after day I think we could've easily been done with this in maybe two years. But at the current pace it's going to take 20.

It's a bit of a shame seeing as such a project could've opened quite a few jobs for anyone working on it really. But yes I think this is the last time I'll ever post here, even if Source 2 ever comes out I don't think much will happen, most people will get bored pretty quickly if they somehow end up working on this again.

I personally enjoy making games but I suppose it's not for everyone. I don't know maybe I'm horribly wrong and it'll actually work out well, but right now it's not really worth the wait.

Sorry I'm just a little bit dissapointed, I had higher hopes for this but eh, whatever.

Even if Source 2 ever comes out, considering how inept Valve has been overall, I really don't know what the hell is going to happen, I really wish I had an answer though.

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by Glitchvid on October 12, 2015, 05:19 PM »

    Man, that's harsh. It's a shame to see such a good idea get stuck because nobody wants to do the work they're assigned and nobody wants to trust anyone else to do the same.

It's something mods and even indie games suffer from commonly.  It's something I plan on getting more experience in, barring Source 2 coming out suddenly this or early next year.

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by Mr. Someguy on October 12, 2015, 03:42 PM »

    Man, that's harsh. It's a shame to see such a good idea get stuck because nobody wants to do the work they're assigned and nobody wants to trust anyone else to do the same.

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by Glitchvid on August 24, 2015, 06:53 AM »

I didn't realize that post was from April, but anyway there's some very huge trust issues from what I've seen, which is why the mod is pretty much stuck where it is. Also some people simply do not to as they are told, which is really annoying but I already said that in the previous post.

I think it was also an organization issue, we need to have people group up, such as having teams that can focus on specific areas (such as per-level) and implement assets. Assets don't even need to be finalized, as long as the level is openable in the game, and you can preview and do more work on it, it's fine; finalization should be done in waves.

With organization there also needs to be goals and loose deadlines, just so people get things done in a timely fashion.  There are benefits to a do as you please system, but I think we do need more team oriented goals.

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by RaTcHeT302 on August 24, 2015, 06:47 AM »

Sorry if I'm ranting again but I'm just bored waiting for things to happen :v

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HL2EM Discussion / Suggestion Sanctum

« Last post by RaTcHeT302 on August 23, 2015, 11:21 PM »

I didn't realize that post was from April, but anyway there's some very huge trust issues from what I've seen, which is why the mod is pretty much stuck where it is. Also some people simply do not to as they are told, which is really annoying but I already said that in the previous post.