New engine for HL3?

[Alientank]

What do you guys think? I would have no problem them doing a sequel on the Source engine, but realistically, would they make us wait another 6 years for the new engine? It might not take that long to get a new one going, Doom 3 engine took 4 years.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

No, I think they'll use Source 1.5 or sumthin like that.

 

[Wraith]

source was made to be easily upgraded. hell, us CSS beta testers already went through like 4 different versions so far. in theory, it will be upgraded to be on-par with other comparable games when hl3 comes out, and as a bonus, that means hl2 will automatically hav been upgraded using the new source files as well.

 

[Ansur]

..., Doom 3 engine took 4 years.

Yeah but these days, it'll surely take more time to get a good engine running.
Look at the Unreal3 Engine, if you want to compete with that, starting from scratch, well good luck

 

[The Dark Elf]

They said they'd just use Source but updated to fit the technology of that year, or somesuch stuff.

 

[lans]

They'll probably upgrade source. It's quite expensive to make an engine.

 

[Murray]

Heh, imagine VALVe making an entirely new engine after 6 years of work of this engine and then just "flush it down the toilet" in order to make a new one for Half-Life 3. Talk about waste of good engine. :O

 

[Javert]

They said they'd just use Source but updated to fit the technology of that year, or somesuch stuff.

Yeah. I'm assuming higher-res textures (something PC Gamer was complaining about) and everything in DX 9 now will be taken for granted is my guess.

 

[Asuka]

What do you guys think? I would have no problem them doing a sequel on the Source engine, but realistically, would they make us wait another 6 years for the new engine? It might not take that long to get a new one going, Doom 3 engine took 4 years.

They will use source for hl3. They said they will keep updating it. The great thing about source is it could get updated to look like unreal 3.0 over time.

 

[Kanehdian]

If Valve sticks to Source, HL3 should be available in half the time it took to make HL2, which should be about 3 years. Maybe they will add per-pixel shading and dynamic lighting like in Doom 3?

 

[Kali]

I heared that HL3 should come with a modified Source Engine.

 

[Alec_85]

Heh, imagine VALVe making an entirely new engine after 6 years of work of this engine and then just "flush it down the toilet" in order to make a new one for Half-Life 3. Talk about waste of good engine. :O

Well they can still sell the engine to other companies which they will make a lot of money on.

 

[DavE0r]

they wil simply mod source.

They have said its expandable..like forever. you can add more lighting effects etc.

I mean look at Bloodlines, they have added a whole new lighing system to the game for their own purposes!