Portals
Created 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:04:00 UTC by
SpaG
Created 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:04:00 UTC by
SpaG
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:04:00 UTC
Post #190674
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:12:16 UTC
Post #190676
GOD DAMN! Leave it to Valve to make revolutionary gameplay advances! (ALthough PREY did this before, not with a gun, but they must of got the idea from them.)
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:17:40 UTC
Post #190677
Ah glad someone made a thread about this.
I thought about this earlier and thought well what happens when a player makes a portal on a wall where there is nothing but the void behind it...
I'm guessing you just end up on the opposite side...Realistic...
I thought about this earlier and thought well what happens when a player makes a portal on a wall where there is nothing but the void behind it...
I'm guessing you just end up on the opposite side...Realistic...
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:18:42 UTC
Post #190678
That is fucking insane...
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:36:27 UTC
Post #190681
That is just...amazing.
I am just speechless, that is incredible.
I am just speechless, that is incredible.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:45:46 UTC
Post #190682
an impressive addition to the source engine, but you could never put that gun in a game, its too open to exploitation in the same way as red factions 'destroy anything'. Also shameless motion blur, use real footage ya bastards!
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 16:56:06 UTC
Post #190684
Its for a puzzle game called 'Portal' thats coming out / you have to buy with Episode 2.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 17:11:17 UTC
Post #190685
I agree with Jobabob. It couldn't really be implemented into a game as it would just leave the game completely open and non linear. Players would escape out of maps and it would probably end up ruining game play in the long term.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 17:18:38 UTC
Post #190688
I dont know what this talk is about: "Going in the void, and escaping the map". IF you watched the video, you would see it requires you to create an entrance and an exit WITHIN world geometry. There is no way to get out of the map. And how could one make such an assumption with just a video anyway?
Also, is this a seperate game, or just a part of Episode 2?
Also, is this a seperate game, or just a part of Episode 2?
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 17:50:31 UTC
Post #190701
Cool! Someone code this for HL1! NOW! 
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 18:10:04 UTC
Post #190708
It keeps saying "Attempting to reconnect" after saying "Playing" for me 
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 18:54:53 UTC
Post #190710
Its a mod made by valve thats being released with episode 2 along with Team Fortress 2
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 19:06:21 UTC
Post #190712
it could work as a multiplayer fun mod, but itd still be so comically exploitable, just because it looks simple doesnt mean its not immensly comiplicated coding and liable to break
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 20:02:10 UTC
Post #190724
Have to break it to ya, but "portals" where used in Quake 3.
Not too new
Not too new
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 21:08:53 UTC
Post #190729
Xyos : I mean, in Half-Life 2 say, there are plenty of places you can see, but you can't get too.
Now if you could just create a portal say half way up a building that you can see, but not reach by normal means, then you'd just be breaking the game play and escaping the map, and basically be runing around in the backstage of a map.
Now if you could just create a portal say half way up a building that you can see, but not reach by normal means, then you'd just be breaking the game play and escaping the map, and basically be runing around in the backstage of a map.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-18 21:36:16 UTC
Post #190730
Thats where the new coding for portals comes in G_KID. Dont forget they have software enginners of the highest calibur working with Valve. I would suspect either they design the map to avoid such occurances, or place brushes similar to player clips in source, but it would be "portal clip". No portal exits/entrance can be made behind one.
Valves technology is very good when it comes to glitches. They dont usually have any bugs related to code.......
Valves technology is very good when it comes to glitches. They dont usually have any bugs related to code.......
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 03:47:33 UTC
Post #190753
Valve are great programmers - thats why halflifes installer deleted your c: if you put it in c:halflife and why hl2's installer doesnt work if you dont install CS:S. Stop being such fucking fanboys, jesus.
You cannot code for every eventuality and something like this puts immense strain on mappers as well. Imaging trying to make any kind of challenging puzzle where the user has this kind of power.
You cannot code for every eventuality and something like this puts immense strain on mappers as well. Imaging trying to make any kind of challenging puzzle where the user has this kind of power.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 03:53:07 UTC
Post #190755
i'd imagine that portal takes place entirely indoors to aviod that kind of thing.
and you gotta admit that trailer looks good. (but im sure you will find some reason that it isnt, jobabob)
valve are geniuses. installers have nothing to do with programming. look at steam. the best content delivery system out there.
pull the pineapple out of your ass kthx.
(PS it comes with ep2 hahaha oh it all comes to the surface now...)
and you gotta admit that trailer looks good. (but im sure you will find some reason that it isnt, jobabob)
valve are geniuses. installers have nothing to do with programming. look at steam. the best content delivery system out there.
pull the pineapple out of your ass kthx.
(PS it comes with ep2 hahaha oh it all comes to the surface now...)
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 04:26:29 UTC
Post #190758
Actually, i'll probably buy episode 2 because of TF2 (if they get this crazy new style right) not because of OMGPORTALZ.
Valve are good programmers, but saying they can do it where everyone else has failed 'becuz they is the best' is a bit silly.
Steam is the best content delivery system I'll have to agree with you there, but I'd still rather buy a boxed game that doesnt require the internet to work thanks.
Valve are good programmers, but saying they can do it where everyone else has failed 'becuz they is the best' is a bit silly.
Steam is the best content delivery system I'll have to agree with you there, but I'd still rather buy a boxed game that doesnt require the internet to work thanks.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 04:34:14 UTC
Post #190759
true, offline would be good
also, its based on this game, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbacular_Drop - valve employed some of the people who made it, its pretty good (short) for a 25mb download.
also, its based on this game, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbacular_Drop - valve employed some of the people who made it, its pretty good (short) for a 25mb download.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 04:35:20 UTC
Post #190760
Yeah, I want Episode Two for TF2 tbh, the new style looks awesome. I also want Ep2 for...Ep2. 
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 04:47:10 UTC
Post #190761
i want it for all three.
ep2 = awsome ourdoorish gameplay and hunters
tf2 = killing frenzy yet again
portal = innovative gameplay and puzzles! yay puzzles!
ep2 = awsome ourdoorish gameplay and hunters
tf2 = killing frenzy yet again
portal = innovative gameplay and puzzles! yay puzzles!
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 04:58:00 UTC
Post #190765
I'll give that narbacular drop game a try, its annoying when an innovative concept is only innovative because its in a mainstream game
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 05:12:26 UTC
Post #190766
Portals looks uber cool.
tf2 looks uber bad.
Ep2 looks awesome.
Verdict, I wanna play portals and ep2.
tf2 looks uber bad.
Ep2 looks awesome.
Verdict, I wanna play portals and ep2.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 06:01:45 UTC
Post #190768
its called Portal, not Portal<S> kthx
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 07:05:41 UTC
Post #190772
ZOMG I NEED TO PLAY THIS! it looks like so much fun!
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 07:40:52 UTC
Post #190774
its also TF2 not tf2!1
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 07:41:22 UTC
Post #190775
but I'd still rather buy a boxed game that doesnt require the internet to work thanks.Seconded!
I think TF2 just looks...awful. It just looks cartoony. TF was awesome, grizzly looking and things didn't look like plastic.
I mean if this is what it is gonna look like:
http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/07/team_fortress_2_group_photo.jpg
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 07:50:47 UTC
Post #190778
wait till the vid tomorrow, thatll be when i make my decision to wait for TF2 or Fortress Forever
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 07:58:38 UTC
Post #190780
coool! i love this game so much!
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 08:21:34 UTC
Post #190782
Heh, that Narbacular game is pretty neat. 
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:13:32 UTC
Post #190796
This looks awsome!! I can't wait to get my hands on it. I couldn't help but laugh at the turret caught in the infinite loop on the floor.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:17:26 UTC
Post #190797
That's awsome!
DarkKilauea : yeah, but that didn't work the same at all.
You couldn't make your own
DarkKilauea : yeah, but that didn't work the same at all.
You couldn't make your own
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:31:28 UTC
Post #190800
"Have to break it to ya, but "portals" where used in Quake 3."
Before that they were in Prey 1997 (I think thats the correct date)
Before that they were in Prey 1997 (I think thats the correct date)
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:39:24 UTC
Post #190801
g-kid, TF2 isnt supposed to be TF/C. If you want that then you should probably wait for FF.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:41:35 UTC
Post #190802
Ah. FF does seem..better.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:42:17 UTC
Post #190803
Fortress forever? What a silly name! 
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 10:54:08 UTC
Post #190807
I look forward to EP2 because with it comes the floral rendering system, which is basically a system that uses long draw distances; meaning you can have huge outdoor landscapes (as we all know this is one of HL's current downfalls).
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 11:35:23 UTC
Post #190812
you can still fake large draw distances quite well though with skyboxes, unless you are talking flight-sim-in-halflife
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 11:43:36 UTC
Post #190814
TF2: IMO the Pixar Toy Story style is much more interesting than the gritty realistic look we've seen hundreds times before. Thumbs up to VALVe for being able to make dramatic artistist decisions, both in the good and the bad.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 11:47:06 UTC
Post #190815
http://www.valvesoftware.com/ep2/teaser/tf2_teaser01_720p.wmv
They've turned it into noone lives forever 2, now I have to buy ep2 goddamit!
They've turned it into noone lives forever 2, now I have to buy ep2 goddamit!
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 12:02:37 UTC
Post #190816
Looks good.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 12:14:39 UTC
Post #190819
I just finished playing the game that Portal is based on and it was good...The trailer for Portal helped with this game
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 12:49:22 UTC
Post #190822
I watched the teaser. Those animations were great but I doubt most of them have much use beside the odd idle animation or taunt. Impressive never the less.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-19 15:54:31 UTC
Post #190852
Portal gun=Kick ass, truly amazing.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-20 01:57:05 UTC
Post #190894
it better have a damn crosshair...
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-20 03:08:25 UTC
Post #190898
I wanna get EP2 so baddly because of all 3, but I want EP1 because I dont want an out-of-place story line!
Time to start mowing lawns.
Time to start mowing lawns.
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-20 04:25:48 UTC
Post #190908
yah i saw that, made me lol
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-21 01:58:07 UTC
Post #191078
You just gotta love the quotes from that video, and even those only flashed before our eyes for a few milliseconds!
(again I changed the thumb to link strait to the image, so no shitty Imageshack page for you!
(again I changed the thumb to link strait to the image, so no shitty Imageshack page for you!
Posted 18 years ago2006-07-21 07:14:15 UTC
Post #191101
I wonder if it will have a crosshair...The older game didn't because you can hold the left mouse button and see where the portal would be before it fires.
I'm sure more people will map for this due to the demand for hard puzzles and the fact that it doesn't require too much detail.
I'm sure more people will map for this due to the demand for hard puzzles and the fact that it doesn't require too much detail.
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