FREE PORTAL IS FREE - It's actually HL2:EP3 in disguise but don't tell anyone

undeinPirat · March 2010

well true about other publishers

but i am pretty confident after seeing valve's prior actions for so long that they will let you download mac client source engine games free if you own the game

Athenor · March 2010

See, the thing is this: Valve on Mac is gonna open up such a larger base of gamers that it alone should recoop the costs. Or, if Valve is not feeling so generous, again I point to the Orange Box (2). After all, the Orange Box did include Hl2 and Ep1 along with everything else...

General_Win · March 2010

Isn't the Source engine made with Microsoft's DirectX?

It'd be interesting to see if they recoded everything or if they just added a layer of emulation above the Directx.

Emulation would make the most sense as you wouldn't have to bug fix two different things, but I wonder what the performance hit would be.

maximumzero · March 2010

If Apple was smart they'd ink a deal to have The Orange Box pre-installed on all new Macs in the future.

I miss when Apple would throw in a free game or two with their new computers. I wouldn't have played THPS4 otherwise.

Professor Snugglesworth · March 2010

I have nothing to add to all this ARG awesomeness, except that I hope the reveal isn't Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

But is in fact Half-Life 3.

Icemopper · March 2010

Professor Snugglesworth wrote: »

I have nothing to add to all this ARG awesomeness, except that I hope the reveal isn't Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
But is in fact Half-Life 3.

And HL2:Ep 3

And Counter-Strike 2

And Blue Shift 2

Professor Snugglesworth · March 2010

Team Fortress 3.

Ah, I'm talking crazy talk, aren't I.

reVerse · March 2010

Where's Counter-Strike 2, anyway? Source is getting a bit old.

.kbf? · March 2010

Professor Snugglesworth wrote: »

Team Fortress 3.

Ah, I'm talking crazy talk, aren't I.

Not before my engie update!!!

Undead Scottsman · March 2010

reVerse wrote: »

Where's Counter-Strike 2, anyway? Source is getting a bit old.

Left 4 Dead 2 seems more than adequate for a modern day game.

Honk · March 2010

What? Nooo!

This ARG business is probably just about ports to Mac? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that's exciting for lots of people, not at all for myself though.

elliotw2 · March 2010

General_Win wrote: »

Isn't the Source engine made with Microsoft's DirectX?

It'd be interesting to see if they recoded everything or if they just added a layer of emulation above the Directx.

Emulation would make the most sense as you wouldn't have to bug fix two different things, but I wonder what the performance hit would be.

They would have to recode it to use OpenGL. Emulation or even just wrapping the DirectX calls to OpenGL is horrendously buggy and slow. Take this from someone who works on Wine

Undead Scottsman · March 2010

Honk wrote: »

What? Nooo!

This ARG business is probably just about ports to Mac? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that's exciting for lots of people, not at all for myself though.

So no evidence of this. I mean, it may be true, or they may just be totally unrelated and are only happening at the same time because A. They're both being announced at GDC or B. Valve really like screwing with us. (I vote B.)

august · March 2010

For the love of Pete, Valve is teasing plot details for Portal 3. There's no way in hell it's just for this mac stuff. Don't even waste posts entertaining the idea.

reVerse · March 2010

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

reVerse wrote: »

Where's Counter-Strike 2, anyway? Source is getting a bit old.

Left 4 Dead 2 seems more than adequate for a modern day game.

I meant Counter-Strike: Source, not the engine.

subedii · March 2010

Athenor wrote: »

See, the thing is this: Valve on Mac is gonna open up such a larger base of gamers that it alone should recoop the costs. Or, if Valve is not feeling so generous, again I point to the Orange Box (2). After all, the Orange Box did include Hl2 and Ep1 along with everything else...

I have it on good authority from my Mac owning friends that games are for kids, and Mac owners naturally don't care about them but are more concerned other more important things. :P

Undead Scottsman · March 2010

reVerse wrote: »

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

reVerse wrote: »

Where's Counter-Strike 2, anyway? Source is getting a bit old.

Left 4 Dead 2 seems more than adequate for a modern day game.

I meant Counter-Strike: Source, not the engine.

Oh. Heh.

Can't really argue with that, then.

elliotw2 · March 2010

subedii wrote: »

Athenor wrote: »

See, the thing is this: Valve on Mac is gonna open up such a larger base of gamers that it alone should recoop the costs. Or, if Valve is not feeling so generous, again I point to the Orange Box (2). After all, the Orange Box did include Hl2 and Ep1 along with everything else...

I have it on good authority from my Mac owning friends that games are for kids, and Mac owners naturally don't care about them but are more concerned other more important things. :P

Such as bootcamping into the "worse OS" to play their "kiddie games"?

Impersonator · March 2010

Hahaha.

http://www.apple.com/aperture/

Also, MacWorld has the sixth image.

Peewi · March 2010

New portal update!

Added valuable asset retrieval

Honk · March 2010

My great intelligence tells me that if this was only for Mac ports, a lot of people would be pissed at being cockteased, and I think Valve understands this.

Ergo, they are announcing My Little Pony 4.

4rch3nemy · March 2010

Just got a portal update!#!

Jintor · March 2010

Confirming Portal update.

GODDAMNIT I HAVE TO GO TO UNI NOW

Guess I'm tracking this from the labs. Good luck ya'll

Impersonator · March 2010

Dino22 photo is a photo from the Apollo program. http://redirectingat.com/?id=629X1198&url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.steampowered.com%2Fforums%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1173283

Links for the lazy:
Dino22: http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6657/dino22.png
Apollo program thingy: http://redirectingat.com/?id=629X1198&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Ftwosevenoneonenineeightthreesevenatenzerosix%2F4316759727%2Fin%2Fset-72157623315938604%2F

Facepunch.

Better image:

Athenor · March 2010

There are 3 valuable assets that I can think of: The companion cube, a GlaDOS sphere, and the Cake.

Impersonator · March 2010

Hahaha, yes. People have confirmed that this is indeed the work of Adam Foster, the creator of the Minerva series, currently working for Valve.

Check his flickr stream, another photo has been confirmed to be dinosaur23.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

dinosaur23

Professor Snugglesworth · March 2010

.kbf? wrote: »

Professor Snugglesworth wrote: »

Team Fortress 3.

Ah, I'm talking crazy talk, aren't I.

Not before my engie update!!!

But in TF3 you get a superior class: The Construction Worker!

Buildin' the Devastator!

Impersonator · March 2010

OK, two new dinosaur fizzle sounds with the latest update.

To the SSTV machine!

edit:

New map as well: maps\escape_02_l_0.lmp

edit2:

Latest BBS stream, check out line 20: http://pastebin.com/aB9wmxeV

Damn.

Robman · March 2010

Transformer, goin up!

Peewi · March 2010

Athenor wrote: »

There are 3 valuable assets that I can think of: The companion cube, a GlaDOS sphere, and the Cake.

The portal gun itself. Could be something at the end of chamber 19. I'm going through the entire game just to be sure. Shouldn't take long when I don't have to think about radios.

Lagnar · March 2010

Portal updated again

"Added valuable asset retrieval".

EDIT: Oh woops, im slow!

Impersonator · March 2010

New sound file as well, body_drag_01.wav

What the hell does that mean.

Also, the lmp file is a patch for a current map, escape_02 is the final map...

Impersonator · March 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVH75XVu5Go

Professor Snugglesworth · March 2010

Robman wrote: »

Transformer, rollin' out!

Fatty McBeardo · March 2010

Honk wrote: »

My great intelligence tells me that if this was only for Mac ports, a lot of people would be pissed at being cockteased, and I think Valve understands this.

Ergo, they are announcing My Little Pony 4.

Read this aloud in the voice of GlaDOS.

Impersonator · March 2010

Contents of the lmp file, which is a patch for the final map:

"origin" "256 48 152"
"volstart" "0"
"targetname" "AG_body_drag"
"spinup" "0"
"spindown" "0"
"spawnflags" "49"
"radius" "1250"
"preset" "0"
"pitchstart" "100"
"pitch" "100"
"message" "outro.bodydrag"
"lfotype" "0"
"lforate" "0"
"lfomodvol" "0"
"lfomodpitch" "0"
"health" "10"
"fadeoutsecs" "0"
"fadeinsecs" "0"
"cspinup" "0"
"classname" "ambient_generic"
"hammerid" "1496485"

&

"origin" "264 16 152"
"targetname" "outro_camera_relay"
"StartDisabled" "0"
"spawnflags" "0"
"classname" "logic_relay"
"hammerid" "1496480"
"OnTrigger" "escape_view_controller,SetParentAttachmentMaintai nOffset,attachment_1,0.5,-1"
"OnTrigger" "escape_view_controller,SetParent,outro_camera_mov e,0,-1"
"OnTrigger" "escape_view_controller,Enable,,0,-1"
"OnTrigger" "outro_camera_move,SetAnimation,move,24,-1"
"OnTrigger" "AG_outro_voice,PlaySound,,18,-1"
"OnTrigger" "AG_body_drag,PlaySound,,24,-1"
"OnTrigger" "escape_view_controller,Disable,,34,-1"
"OnTrigger" "AG_body_approach,PlaySound,,13,-1"
"OnTrigger" "escape_fadeout,Fade,,26,-1"
"OnTrigger" "escape_fadein,Fade,,0,-1"
}
{
"origin" "288 48 152"
"volstart" "0"
"targetname" "AG_body_approach"
"spinup" "0"
"spindown" "0"
"spawnflags" "49"
"radius" "1250"
"preset" "0"
"pitchstart" "100"
"pitch" "100"
"message" "outro.approach"
"lfotype" "0"
"lforate" "0"
"lfomodvol" "0"
"lfomodpitch" "0"
"health" "10"
"fadeoutsecs" "0"
"fadeinsecs" "0"
"cspinup" "0"
"classname" "ambient_generic"
"hammerid" "1496488"
}

Athenor · March 2010

Yeah, after I started re-playing Portal again just now, I realized the Portal gun is the biggest asset. Unfortunately, as I have switched comps since 2008 I don't have a save at the end, and I'm currently in chamber 18. So I can't go poking around.

cwapfobrains · March 2010

Impersonator wrote: »

New sound file as well, body_drag_01.wav

What the hell does that mean.

Also, the lmp file is a patch for a current map, escape_02 is the final map...

maybe somebody drags Chell's body away at the end? She could be an asset to be retrieved.

Impersonator · March 2010

Full list of updated/new files with the latest update:

escape_02_l_0.lmp
dinosaur_fizzle2.wav
dinosaur_fizzle3.wav
body_drag_01.wav
p1_drag_intro_01.wav
new PartyEscort.wav

Rumor: <Eran> WHEN YOU FINISH THE GAME, YOU HEAR A ROBOT SAYING "Please enter the party escort submission position" and you're dragged away from the burning AS building

edit:

Not confirmed new title screen.

edit2:

New ending confirmed.

You are lying on the parking lot, you are getting dragged away by a robot who says:

Thankyou for assuming party escort position, or something along those lines

You don't see the robot, your camera is just getting dragged away

There is nothing different otherwise

reVerse · March 2010

Did Chell die at the end? I hear people say it but I never saw that happen.

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