SneakyStephan
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No tech demo? You know what that means : they can't show the tech demo yet because it's a level of
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Valve Officially announces Source 2. (+ Steam Link + Steam Lighthouse)
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Sounds like they will do it for all active games. DOTA2, CS:GO, TF2, Portal 2 (perhaps with it's perpetual testing stuff). Exciting!
It also means they will likely be more active with updating them all once that transition happens
HYPE
They will definitely save sort of stuff for later. Too much info to take in.
1. No it's not. GDC is for developers, not consumers.
2. No it's not. HL3 showed up on Valve's project tracker and Gabe's been indirectly talking about it for a while now and has explained why we haven't seen it yet.
3. They'll probably announce L4D3 first since that's what they showed on those leaked Source 2 presentations and it had more people assigned to it when we got a glimpse at Valve's project tracker.
Stratosphere
Member
Fair enough, gives me more time to finally play the first two anyway.
It just seemed to make sense to me that they would reveal their new engine with the long awaited HL3.
Yeah this is what a lot us were trying to do by using Amazon Fire TV or any other android based media device. Finally we can buy 1 product and know that it will work right out of the box for steam streaming. Sold!
what if I don't want to have to upgrade my rig to play games that I already own and can play tho
Then don't upgrade them, but realize that's not really how multiplayer games work.
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Deleted member 80556
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Best year of gaming confirmed! We're getting a Valve shooter after so many years!
Almost 100% certain that they won't look graphically different / will still be as capable at the low end as before
Compsiox
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Why don't they have an E3 conference?
Intheflorsh
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Compsiox
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I think you misunderstood. They meant game developers, mod developer, and asset developers. Not community created games.
You shouldn't have to. Source 2 is not a Frankensteinian abomination unlike Source and will be well optimized and scalable. Your games should actually run better.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I would buy that steam link right now if I could.
Buggy Loop
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Typically you have a demo to show for a new graphic engine... oh valve, always different..
Not particularly interested in in-home streaming, and I can't really get hyped for an invisible game engine. Even a couple of screenshots of Black Mesa running in Source 2 would have been enough.
Oh well, I'm sure they'll have something to show eventually. I just hope I'm alive to see it.
Oh well, I'm sure they'll have something to show eventually. I just hope I'm alive to see it.
eh.. for every Minerva there are ten dino d-days...
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
And usually new engines are announced with tech demos or games to showcase them...
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
steam link could be good considering I don't really have a portable device to do in home Street in anymore and it is a very attractive proposition for $50. Source: who is the real news here and I am eager to see it on my machine.
Netrunner2k2
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Because they are a highly acclaimed developer who has won hundreds awards for their great work. Why wouldn't people want games from one of the industry's best?
blacklotus
Member
And i still haven't played the episodes..
sineclamor
Member
There are people in the valve ARG irc.
We are on watch here, people.
We are on watch here, people.
Netrunner2k2
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balladofwindfishes
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Intheflorsh
Banned
I hope there's some way to use a DS4 with the Link. I'm not sold on their controller yet.
huh?
The Dear Leader
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Can't wait to see a tech demo, the original Source tech demo that was showed years ago blew me away. It's probably dumb to say but, I think it's happening guys.
I believe in the Freeman.
I believe in the Freeman.
Compsiox
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Yes you can click out of the game.
What I do is add chrome to steam then launch it. Click out of window. Open a nonsteam game or file.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Awesome announcements.
Going to be one hell of a holiday, holy shit.
Going to be one hell of a holiday, holy shit.
jaundicejuice
Member
If they're just porting existing games--Dota 2, CS:GO and TF2 most notably--into Source 2 and not launching with an actual new game, I'll be pretty disappointed. I'm not interested in Valve the hardware developer. At all.
ashecitism
Member
This is a press release, there's no presentation.
It'll support streaming. People found those parts in the Dota 2 workshop tools.
scarybore
Member
Really looking forward to seeing Source 2 being put through its paces, presumably by L4D3. Will also be nice to try out all the new creation tools as well, Source engine as it stands is pretty awful for that.
Would be nice, though my biggest hope would be that Source Filmmaker gets a Source 2 version. Getting transparent materials to work properly with ambient occlusion, as well as being able to use better models in general due to changes in S2 would be fantastic.
Gonna be a super exciting year in any case.
Would be nice, though my biggest hope would be that Source Filmmaker gets a Source 2 version. Getting transparent materials to work properly with ambient occlusion, as well as being able to use better models in general due to changes in S2 would be fantastic.
Gonna be a super exciting year in any case.
There's usb on it, but the games would need to be programmed to use it(note you can plug it in and navigate through steam). I'm hoping that the steam controller api extends to supporting 3rd party controllers like the ds4 as SteamVR does with the Rift. I don't think they'll talk about it at GDC though. Hardware seems like its more important to discuss.
Compsiox
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You can't input video into a laptop
Yeah these are some of the questions I also want to know, Im happy to pay a Extra $50 to build my own Streaming/Media Device, but perhaps this isn't for people like myself and made for a simple solution for game streaming only.