Code: Blue Developer Interview feature

Interesting, but to say the source engine is obsolete is a bit sad I think. Plus there are so many great mods released for source, I cant say I know of any truly impressive ones released for any of the games you mentioned.

BJBlazkowicz can you please stop being an utter prick ive seen u post twice now about how games are no were near as good as the engine stalker uses and in all honestly stalker is not even a good game graphic wise to say the source engine is obselete is complete nonesense have u played left 4 dead have u played episode 2 these games beat stalker graphically hands down and i think most people would agree with me
back on topic the pics are very nce i like the mountain one very much

There are still being mods released for HL1, have you seen Cry of Fear?
That looks awesome.

It's no where obsolete.
I've been playing thru Hl2 with a friend, it still looks better then a lot of games now a days.

U got me wrong. Stalker has great maps part because pretty high brushes "resolution" and part because the mappers. I did not mention Stalker for its engine capabilities because I don't thinl stalker engine is that great, but I was mentioning stalker for the work put in the maps.
So all referrings to stalker say about the quality of the maps (level of details u got there) and not the engine.

this guy is obviously a troll. this is the second time ive seen him bitchin about how something isnt as good as stalker. get a life.
i bet when galaga came out, this guy was probably complaining about how the level design wasn't as good as pacman.

I was not talking about the hl2 engine only, but about many other things. Like: childish player animations, childish linear action with superscripted AI, yet stupid stupid AI (hl1 has better enemies, I guess), and BS goes on and on.
I was also doing level editing in source and the first map I made I found out the editor limitations already. On the first map! I had to give up on the map, because it was not possible to create a simple quake3 jumpad replica, without doing a mod for this. I asked a lot of source mappers at that time there and none was able to give me another advice -the common answer: u have to create a mod for this. What kind of next gen engine is this if even its editor is so retard not even able to make a freakin' jumpad? I was forced to make use of function button to obtain some push effects, yet it didn't function as a q3 jumpad. So after I completed 90 about the map, I had to give up or mod it. Why am I telling you this story? To show you that I know a little bit about the deeper characteristics of the engine.
This engine definitively sux. The only remarkable thing it has is the shaders on the metal material.
Modders please be smart and don't use it anymore.

ok, this is what I can make out of your remark. Say about the AI what you want, to me it's fine. Having alot of scripted sequences is not stupid, it's just a matter of taste. You obviously do not like how valve did it's AI, sure that's ok. Saying it's stupid is what is laughable. If you come up with a better code yourself then I will shut up, but you havent. And I ask you this, why in gods name would valve program jump pads into a game, where they would never ever have a use fot it ? You completely mis the point that valve has made the source engine in a way that it is easily, and heavily modable. If you want a jump pad, get a coder, or learn how to code. But maybe half life 2 shouldnt be your first choice. ever thought of umm, quake4? or unreal tournament ? have you given the engine itself much thought BEFORE you went into developement? anbd if so, have you maybe ever thought about the fact that what you where aiming for, is not withing your abilities?

Seriously, I don't mind you not liking this engine, but the way you're putting it down is just really dumb. I chosen this engine first off because im familiar with it, second it has a very huge player base.
Quake3 had jump pads because they NEEDED it. don't blame a friggin developer because the entities you need are not in the SDK. Look at the game and what gameplay it supports from it's base instalment, exactly. regulair multiplayer, no quake, or ut style gameplay. even cs is far from an arcade kind of gameplay that you where after.

"If you come up with a better code yourself then I will shut up, but you havent."
This is the dumbest argument ever. You can't say about an sucking ball engine it sux, when every retard over the Internet think it's good. You consider Microsoft Windows sux? How about you make your own OS? Is it so bad if you point the fact that things can be better? Way to make your statement valid. Dumbass.
Prince of Persia 1, created in 1989, has better human fluent animation, than this game. And the game is 1 megabyte. You'll say hl2 is 3d? This is not the point anyway.
I was entering this page to search for the link someone over here was giving me to some so called cool stuff made with source, else I would not read your replies anymore. So keep free to reply to my middle finger or prove the whole world how smart you are. Be my guess.

Once again I have to repeat myself: I said about the details in stalker dm maps, which is not an apology for stalker engine but for stalker mappers.
It seems you people do not agree with me yet everyone here come and gives me again the retard replica about stalker engine when I was giving it as a good mapping example not particles shaders shit.
It seems to me you people don't even know the difference between elementary things about this (or maybe you did not observe).

The only engine I was saying it don't even gives the mappers the possibility to create such detailed games, is source, and by this it doesn't mean stalker engine is best, but source engine is weak. Once again, so you people maybe will bear this in mind: the minimum distance between two coordonates on a brush is too big for nice brushes constructions. Hell, even quake3 engine is superior on this aspect, because you have the possibility to create curves there.

lmfao you couldn't create curved srufaces in source? seriously how much time you spent in there? and tbh, source has been made to be updated over time, ever looked at L4D? have you seen the black mesa trailer? what do you think valve is doing with ep3 ? seriously you make asmuch sense as a vacuum cleaner on a beach.

ohh yeah and what about the fact that the source engine is kind of a tad older then all the other games youve mentioned. you really have no idea that because of valves history towards modders is why there's somany mods for source.

Um, u forgot to mention "so many BAD mods for source"

"lmfao you couldn't create curved srufaces in source? seriously how much time you spent in there?"
Before you reply like this you should check how do quake 3 arena deal with curves. I spent much less time on the editor than you, yet I observed these important details pretty fast. But I guess other have slow brain disorder.

"Valve's Hammer world editor is actually not the right tool to use in order to create objects with this level of detail. Hammer is no good at curves, or at measurements of less than one inch."
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/weblog/2006/05/4215/
Are you laughing with some boyfriend close to you too? Idiocracy all the way.

I'm sorry that you are not talented or clever enough to actually learn to use the source engine. The stalker engine is terrible and difficult. Source is years old, but the newer engines, used for EP:2 and Left4Dead crush all other engines no matter how old it is.

The interview is awesome, and BJBlazkowicz (God damn that is a stupid name) you need to learn how to use it, and actually research before you speak, and also this is not a discussion about the engine, its about the interview you f**ing spaz.

The name is a reference to the main character of Wolfenstein 3D, which is pretty ironic since he's talking about how out of date the source engine is but he is using a handle referring to one of the first FPS's that still gets modded.

I think for a first interview, the questions where very well. ofcourse you'd expect them, but they cover all the major if not all aspects of what you would need to ask. very good indeed.

What are the differences??
Compare these images, from a mapper perspective,
http://www.gamingonthecheap.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hl2_deathmatch.png
http://www.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/Jan26.2005/img/cs_compound_ingame.jpg
with these images
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/490/stalker.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/Genexi2/GAMES/STALKER3.jpg
http://stalker.filefront.com/screenshots/News/15286/3 (check the goddamn destroyed corner at that building, and it's not just a singular case, details like this you see in stalker maps all around)

The architecture of maps in stalker shows the love for detail. For christ's sake, even the floors are not just one simple perfect flat plane, like you see in crappy hl2 maps. HL 2 maps have just a few flat cubes, they put some prefabs, a few models, and there we go: "great map" all the way.

I will pick one more random statement you come with: "i mean i have a high end rig and can run this on the max graphical settings and to me the maps are not as polished and cared for as those created on the source engine."
When I repeat myself on commenting about Stalker maps, this mean the very best about the MAPS, and not about your "max graphical settings" eyecandy you say there. Half Life have great illumination techniques, yet if you will go and create a hollow cube with a light and a playerspawn rigth in the middle, it won't be a great map. Or will it be ?Considering your high IQ it might be, easy as cake. I consider the rest of your arguments are as dumb as this. So keep on laughing, you and your boyfriend.

"After selecting what you want to take into the Zone, you spawn into a very detailed beautiful environment. It takes a while to get used what you see and to be able to spot your enemies, the camouflage blends well into the surroundings. The first thing that struck me was the details of the surroundings, just looking at the buildings, the sky, the fences and that movement just over there followed by my body flopping to the ground. And that was all before I even moved!"
(http://stalker.filefront.com/news/Stalker_MP_First_Impressions;15286)

It's great when rookies like you start commenting on artistic expression.