Aftermath and others....

[Excesos]

Hi, nice to meet al of you... i've got a few questions about this game, and i would aprecciate you answers:

1) What is Half Life 2 : DeathMatch ? Which innovations has this pack?

2) What is Half Life 2 : Lost Coast ? Which innovations has this pack ?

3) Do you know where can I find some videos of the HL2:AFTERMATH and HL2EATHMATCH ? (Free)

Thanks for your help.

 

[pomegranate]

um..
from Wikipedia:

Deathmatch:

Half-Life 2 was released without a multiplayer component of the game and was instead packaged with Counter-Strike: Source. This later changed on November 30, 2004 when Valve released the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch component (HL2DM) along with the full SDK as a free download to all Half-Life 2 owners.

Like other deathmatch games, the aim is to kill as many other players as possible, using a variety of means, in either free-for-all or team matches. The player spawns with a gravity gun, a pistol, a sub-machine gun, and grenades. All weapons included in the single player portion of Half-Life 2, with the exception of the pheropod/bugbait, are available and scattered randomly around the maps. Players can be killed in a number of ways, including gunfire, explosions, or through contact with physics objects traveling at high speeds.

HL2DM's February 17th update is of particular note as it introducd a new map dm_steamlab and three new weapons that had been missing from the game previously, or cut before it shipped. The crowbar and the stunstick depending on the player model (Rebel or Combine); and the SLAM, or Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition, a real-world weapon which can either be thrown and detonated or planted on walls to produce a 'tripwire' laser which detonates the device when touched.

Lost Coast info at Wikipedia

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

1: Half Life 2 Deatmatch is a multiplayer version with most of Half Life's conventional weapons. Most packs featuring Half Life 2 comes with this.

2: Lost Coast is a one level game to test out the new HDR system. It comes with Half Life 2.

3. Google it. Video google has the Aftermath trailer and some Deathmtach moves ( http://www.video.google.com )

 

[M1CH43L]

Although now HDR is implemented into Hl2 itself if you didn't notice.

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

No, I didn't notice. My graphic card doesn't support HDR.

 

[jondy]

Although now HDR is implemented into Hl2 itself if you didn't notice.

When did that happen? I was under the impression that it require a rework of most all art assets, and wasn't feasible

 

[Przemek]

No, HDR is not implemented in HL2 itself. Yes, the game supports it, but HL2's content remains "LDR".

 

[TheGMan.]

1. Multiplayer basically. You can download it if you open up your steam account.

2. It was a missing part of the game, so VALVe put it back in to show off the graphics. Downloadable with your steam account.

3. http://pc.ign.com/objects/740/740555.html

 

[ríomhaire]

HDR is in the maps, HL2 doesn't have it, though I think it does have bloom.