mattking Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Ok, here is something not necessarily new (its been floating in rumours for a while) but my friend's mother works at Vivendi and they recently learnt of the final PLANNED timeline for Half Life 2. So here it is but remember this is only the plan which does not mean it will match exactly and may be changed altogether depending on Valve's progress (or lack thereof) in the next few days. (Point 5 should be taken with an even greater pinch of salt as this was only mentioned, it was not part of the memo.) 1. Valve are shooting for one more preload next week however it may be 2 depending on bug analysis which may hence lead into the week containing the 30th of september. Vivendi are prepared either way and are leaving the decision up to Valve considering the importance of the title. (hey, what's one more week!) 2. Once the product has gone GOLD it will be released on Steam ASAP (nothing to more to be done, so why not ASAP) possibly a couple of days before the planned September 30th CD RTM release depending upon how much Valve get done before Friday the 24th, I guess its there call. 3. The 30th of September release is still the date Valve hope to have released the gold version to CD Production, but if necessary it will be pulled back and will hence spill into October this also applies to Steam until the Gold version is set. I will leave you to guess how long it will be before it arrives on the shelves after the GOLD version is released to CD Production. 4. Following the recent issues with CounterStrike Source, Valve have been updating code for both games and this should be mostly implemented in the HL2 Gold release if not entirely the update should be available within a week or so via Steam. 5. At the present moment Valve & Vivendi are tinkering with the CD Key/Steam/Multiplayer/Singleplayer situation and it looks like LAN Servers can play under 1 CD Key but they are planning a cap (something like 6 - 8 players), internet is a different story. It also seems that the singleplayer can be played offline (steam running, but not online) but you will need to inform Valve via Steam once (e.g. like Microsoft Office or Windows Product Activation) Hope this sparks some interest, if I learn more from my cool Vivendi Source I will update this post. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w33zy Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I Would Believe it. But like this.. their are many rumors. its good you heard it. people may or may not believe it. Most of all say i believe it when its out. we all know coming out very soon cause there alrdy 3 preloading done. So we hope btw tnx for the info. i believe you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Its still very vague. :unsure: Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattking Posted September 13, 2004 Author Share Posted September 13, 2004 Jerry: What did you expect from the final PLAN?, it wasn't the memo saying all is done and these are the FINAL dates! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Yeah I understand, but still there's that ever unsatisfying wish of knowing a genuine release date. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Valve should throw it on Steam ASAP, that way they get most revenue. They get near to 100% cash money from sales at a non-competitive price, and all the fans are happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickFinlay2 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 yeah that would make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l77Il7H Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 people don't get your hopes up. we can't even trust this member yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNuTs Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 My great uncle ben-chi-loi works with Gabe, and he says it'll hit the street tommorow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 2. Once the product has gone GOLD it will be released on Steam ASAP (nothing to more to be done, so why not ASAP) possibly a couple of days before the planned September 30th CD RTM release depending upon how much Valve get done before Friday the 24th, I guess its there call. That's illegal and breaches Valve/VU's agreement. I don't think this is real.5. At the present moment Valve & Vivendi are tinkering with the CD Key/Steam/Multiplayer/Singleplayer situation and it looks like LAN Servers can play under 1 CD Key but they are planning a cap (something like 6 - 8 players), internet is a different story.A cap for LAN players? Yeah right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Lol, Keep the flames at bay until more info. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNuTs Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 A cap for LAN players? Yeah right. With a single key he means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 This is pretty sweet. I've been waiting a long time to play this game! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 With a single key he means Oh I see...you need 1 key for each client to login so that's actualy completely wrong!:pp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo003 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Inshort it's the same f**king sh*t we already knew like what month ago :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNuTs Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Oh I see...you need 1 key for each client to login so that's actualy completely wrong! :p Do you know how Valve is planning with Steam in the future? and what upgrades? Didn't think so. So we'll see what they got up their sleeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Right. So they're going to do a complete u-turn and let people play without their own unique key? I don't know what will happen in the future, but I do know it won't be anything as stupid as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted September 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted September 13, 2004 Fingers crossed - I like the sound of this plan. End of the month for this would suit me fine now that I am up and running on Steam :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo003 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Valve better make sure about the game if they mess-up lot's I mean LOT'S of people will be VERY disappointed. And then I don't think Gabe will need a diet plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Valve better make sure about the game if they mess-up lot's I mean LOT'S of people will be VERY disappointed. Profound words indeed. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpark6985 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 so for those of us who have the free key from an ati card, does that mean we can download it right off of steam? i have had that lil card i got with my ati card for almost a year now, i want to use it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 so for those of us who have the free key from an ati card, does that mean we can download it right off of steam? i have had that lil card i got with my ati card for almost a year now, i want to use it!!! Of course it will work with Steam... that's what they were meant for anyways. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattking Posted September 13, 2004 Author Share Posted September 13, 2004 That's illegal and breaches Valve/VU's agreement. I don't think this is real.A cap for LAN players? Yeah right. 5. At the present moment Valve & Vivendi are tinkering with the CD Key/Steam/Multiplayer/Singleplayer situation and it looks like LAN Servers can play under 1 CD Key but they are planning a cap (something like 6 - 8 players), internet is a different story. A cap for LAN players? Yeah right. Well my friend must have intepreted this wrong from his mum, only relaying information can't verify anything so don't blame me if the info is not entirely correct, not trying to get people angry or start wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 My friend's uncle's father's second wife's son who lives in states and works at Valve as a cleaner overheard Gabe Newell saying that their plan at making everybody believe in that HL2 will be out this year has succeeded. And that the game will not be out this year as they have yet to come up with a good story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 six degrees of seperation...... sitll interesting if true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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