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"GFree" <neon@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ben Cottrell wrote:
>> GFree wrote:
>>
>>>>> Anybody have any idea when this add-on for HL2 will be released? I
>>>>> believe it will be a free download from Steam, correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can't answer your question sorry but one question of my own - what do
>>>> you mean by add-on? - far as I'm aware Lost Coast isonly one level cut
>>>> from HL2 and about to be released to demonstrate HDR. Do you mean
>>>> Aftermath which is an expansion? Just didn't want you to be
>>>> disappointed when it does come out.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Aftermath is a tech demo, and the level was made for the demo (i.e. NOT
>>> cut from HL2). It's self-contained.
>>
>>
>> I think what he meant by "cut from HL2" was that the level was originally
>> supposed to be a part of HL2, but for some reason was not included..
>> either something to do with storyboarding or maybe short dev time trying
>> to get the game out onto the market before HL Fans kicked up even more of
>> a stink than they already had been doing for the previous 18 months
>
> I know what he meant. I was just under the impression that the level was
> specifically designed to show off the HDR capabilities, as in, the level
> was designed on it's own and was not part of the HL2 development phase
> until after the game was released.
IIRC it was a level that was planned to be in the game (and the fisherman
was also meant to be in HL2) but was never made for whatever reason. It has
now been made as a tech demo for HDR. Seems to me we are both correct? The
point however is that it is one level only - I didn't want Frank to be
expecting (and then be disappointed that it isn't) more.
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