Mirrors

[D_tunisia]

Will you be able to see yourself in....

ONLY JOKING!

What I really want to know is would a mirror be able to reflect a light source? Has Valve said anything about this?

So, for example, could I hold a mirror up to a light and create a refection on the wall?

 

[blahblahblah]

Will you be able to see yourself in....

ONLY JOKING!

What I really want to know is would a mirror be able to reflect a light source? Has Valve said anything about this?

So, for example, could I hold a mirror up to a light and create a refection on the wall?

Doom 3 doesn't even do that (I know from playing around with its map editor). So I can't imagine HL2 will.

 

[Head_Crab_04]

why would you want to do that in a game, when you can do it in real life. :imu:

 

[Tyrsenus]

"You could do it in a mod"

...but it would murder your fps.

 

[D_tunisia]

Doom 3 doesn't even do that (I know from playing around with its map editor). So I can't imagine HL2 will.

Well, I'm not buying it then!

I just thought it could make for some interesting puzzles.

 

[ManHacks]

Well, I'm not buying it then!

I just thought it could make for some interesting puzzles.

ya, i agree, im not buying it becuase you cant play as Sonic the Hedgehog.

 

[Naudian]

Originally Posted by blahblahblah
Doom 3 doesn't even do that (I know from playing around with its map editor). So I can't imagine HL2 will.

Are you insulting Half Life 2? Or saying Doom 3 is better? Why cant you imagine HL2 doing that if D3 cant? I mean I know HL2 prob wont be able to do that but its just the way you said it - makes you seem like you think D3 is better :frown: I hope you dont think that...cuz if you DO!! :sniper:

 

[blahblahblah]

Are you insulting Half Life 2? Or saying Doom 3 is better? Why cant you imagine HL2 doing that if D3 cant? I mean I know HL2 prob wont be able to do that but its just the way you said it - makes you seem like you think D3 is better :frown: I hope you dont think that...cuz if you DO!! :sniper:

Yes, I am insulting HL2. That is why I have 2000 plus posts in this forum. I also give out semi-decent hardware advice in the hardware forum here to help people prepare for HL2.

That's it, I hate HL2. I'm really a Doom 3 fanboy in disguise.

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They would have to radically change the way mirrors works in games. Right now, mirrors basically take a scene and render it again (in the mirror). To have a light properly reflect in a game, you would have to use a dynamic light and a mirror to reflect that dynamic light (which means you have 2 dynamic lights in a scene). I don't think the extra visuals would be worth the performance hit.

 

[Kazuki_Fuse]

Yeah I noticed that in Doom 3, when you shine the flashlight in a bathroom mirror it doesn't reflect back. I doubt HL2 will even have mirrors in it, apart from reflective water. 'Cause if they don't want the player to see freeman then how could they do it if you walked in front of a mirror? Leave it invisible? I'd be surprised if there were any mirrors in HL2.

 

[Naudian]

Ya I agree the whole mirror thing aint something well see in source...well maybe we COULD see it in a future source-powered game but not in HL2...I wanna see DoD source

Some_God...ew

 

[Vordrax]

I have a big imagination... want to hear more? On second thought I will get banned if I post the things that I am thinking now... Mmmmm *Gman and gordon...* EHHEMM.... anyway. :stare:

What, no striders?

 

[DvS]

Alyx: Is that a third leg or are you just happy to see me?
Strider: It's my third leg *BLAM*