Comments on: Amateur Content Delivery http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/ Finishing Half-Life is just the beginning! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-108677 planetphillip Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:43:43 +0000 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/#comment-108677 <blockquote>Whoops sorry - didn’t mean to use that word :)</blockquote> Don't worry. I know you meant it in the "messing" sense not the sexual sense. You are right the idea isn't perfect but it's certainly a working draft and I honestly believe that at some point in the future developers will wake up and realize what a fabulous resource they have available to them in the gaming community as a whole.

Whoops sorry – didn’t mean to use that word :)

Don’t worry. I know you meant it in the “messing” sense not the sexual sense.

You are right the idea isn’t perfect but it’s certainly a working draft and I honestly believe that at some point in the future developers will wake up and realize what a fabulous resource they have available to them in the gaming community as a whole.

]]> By: AI http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-108517 AI Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:25:27 +0000 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/#comment-108517 These things of changeing textures, weapons, and others are already being done, two of the people Dafama2k7 does alot for Doom3, Quake4, and others. The other is FakeFactory for HL2. Both, and I'm sure there are others are excellant designers. I think Steam would be a good way for people like them to get their mods out to a larger crowd! These things of changeing textures, weapons, and others are already being done, two of the people Dafama2k7 does alot for Doom3, Quake4, and others. The other is FakeFactory for HL2. Both, and I’m sure there are others are excellant designers. I think Steam would be a good way for people like them to get their mods out to a larger crowd!
]]> By: Splatzone http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-108490 Splatzone Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:22:49 +0000 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/#comment-108490 Whoops sorry - didn't mean to use that word :) The sudden rush of ideas prevented me from stopping and thinking straight for a moment... Whoops sorry – didn’t mean to use that word :)

The sudden rush of ideas prevented me from stopping and thinking straight for a moment…

]]> By: Splatzone http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/comment-page-1/#comment-108489 Splatzone Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:21:27 +0000 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/amateur-content-delivery/#comment-108489 Very neat idea. But would valve want people screwing with the base game like that? I think they'd only allow it if somehow there was a way to create a separate instance of hl2 in steam, purely for these modifications. If valve was to endorse mods like this, then *some* people may question the fact that they are still working at their highest level. Also, if this was to happen, wouldn't the whole continuity of the HL universe be threatened? What I mean is, some inexperienced players may be confused by the fact that in hl2 the combines are a certain color (for example) but in their other HL games the combine are the bog standard colors. Also, say your localization point; If a Half-life movie came out. There would be an unspoken obligation for valve to create different versions for the individual cultures. I've also just thought of something else: If a mod was to use, say, content from the HL2 beta without the permission from valve, and it was put onto this portal, wouldn't it seem that valve was endorsing it? Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept. I just feel that some refining would be needed for this to work on such a large scale. Very neat idea. But would valve want people screwing with the base game like that? I think they’d only allow it if somehow there was a way to create a separate instance of hl2 in steam, purely for these modifications.

If valve was to endorse mods like this, then *some* people may question the fact that they are still working at their highest level.

Also, if this was to happen, wouldn’t the whole continuity of the HL universe be threatened? What I mean is, some inexperienced
players may be confused by the fact that in hl2 the combines are a certain color (for example) but in their other HL games the combine are the bog standard colors.

Also, say your localization point;

If a Half-life movie came out. There would be an unspoken obligation for valve to create different versions for the individual cultures.

I’ve also just thought of something else:

If a mod was to use, say, content from the HL2 beta without the permission from valve, and it was put onto this portal, wouldn’t it seem that valve was endorsing it?

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great concept. I just feel that some refining would be needed for this to work on such a large scale.

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