Why the Citadel doesn't appear to get smaller.

[kestrel7e7]

Flynn(Snarkpit) was right. Valve used a little map trick but didn't adjust the size of the Citadel to compensate and can be noticed by those with acute observation skills.

 

[Narvi]

Hmm. Eh. It hardly matters. Scale in HL2 is gameplay wise.

 

[Jintor]

gg. Citadel still goes up the ****ing clouds, although with about half of it missing i'm not sure how scale is effected...

 

[Piers89]

Here we go again....

 

[pomegranate]

Dude, when a thread is locked ffs don't start it again.

 

[Asknoone]

Interesting stuff Kestrel.

 

[Narvi]

You might as well complain that the scale in the levels are not the same as the scale shown in the maps.

 

[Stene]

Flynn(Snarkpit) was right. Valve used a little map trick but didn't adjust the size of the Citadel to compensate and can be noticed by those with acute observation skills.

I was just going to post the same pic

Valve was kinda smart in these things, the teleport is when the first explosion comes so you don't mention the teleport so easily. They used same thing when your Gravity Gun came back to normal, if I remember right.

 

[ScroogeMcDuck]

Neat trick, very smooth teleporting.

 

[Tagaziel]

Yes, indeed...

I wonder, is the 0.7 km limit hardcoded in the game or can it be expanded?

 

[Stene]

Yes, indeed...

I wonder, is the 0.7 km limit hardcoded in the game or can it be expanded?

The Ship expanded it someway, but they have the full sourcecode.

 

[Que-Ever]

I still don't get why people care.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Conspiracy.

 

[CyberPitz]

None of this thread makes sense to me!

 

[Ashitaka]

None of this thread makes sense to me!

Me neither! DD: -hugs Cyberpitz-

 

[kestrel7e7]

Yes, indeed...

I wonder, is the 0.7 km limit hardcoded in the game or can it be expanded?

An interesting thought, Episode 2 has been advertised as being less linear than HL2 with larger maps.

 

[GFree]

Well... I couldn't quite determine whether this was interesting information or going into the excessively-attached-HL-fan region, so I decided to be polite and stick with the interesting comment.

That, and the fact that kestrel7e7 is using Internode (noted from his use of the users.on.net host for the images), and since I'm also a node user, he automatically gets a few extra points in my eyes.

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

Using info_landmarks and such, teleporting in mapping looks instant. Think of Ethernal Silence, you're teleported into an off-map location when you fly into the hangars.

 

[ríomhaire]

I actually noticed the teleport, well, not so much noticed as suspected

 

[Stene]

I actually noticed the teleport, well, not so much noticed as suspected

Yea, the trainstation disappears and then there will be big Fog coming to you and cars flying ;F