Half Life 2: Lost Coast (HDR!!)

[Seedler]

OMG this add-on is just jaw dropping...

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2005/09/14/lost_coast_screens/1.html


check out the insane system requirements:

2.4ghz cpu

1 gig of ram

nvidia 6800 or x800 if u want smooth game play, anything less gets choppy on higher resolutions


My friend has a amd athlon 64 3200+, 1 GB ram, and Nvidia 6800GT. He gets around 40 fps at 1280 by 1024 with high details, so that should give you an idea as to how power hungry the game is

I played the game at a friend's house, and it looked absolutely stunning... I love source engine, it's so realistic. If fact, real life graphics suck, so life shud run on source engine

[S!X]

Yeah its nice, My comp cant run it tho :(

[silent h3ro]

Yes the HDR does look amazing but I won't bother dling it even though I have Steam and acess to it. I hear that the new Counter Strike Source maps will include HDR. :D

[S!X]

In the update news it says de_nuke will be the first cs source map to have HDR lighting.

[silent h3ro]

Yea thats the one. I thought there were 2 CS maps that were to have HDR tho. W/e its all good. :)

[S!X]

Im not sure but the new DODS map thats comming may have hdr too which would be sick :cool:

[silent h3ro]

Yea dude, sounds really cool. :cool:

Btw, when are those damn updates supposed to be released? They are supposed to be released today but I have a feeling that they won't be. :cry:

[orcho]

its sound cool my comp to weak for this =(

[cpt_azad]

my comp can run it yay :D so do i just dl using steam or do i have to pay for it :( (in that case...torrentspy?)

edit: hmmm when i click install in steam, it says itll only let me download a demo? i thought it was a full version, and it says that i dont meet the system requirements (wtf):

Recommended:

CPU: 2.9 Ghz
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: DirectX 9 Capable

Your System (mine):

CPU: 2.4 Ghz (AMD)
RAM: 2GB
Video Card: ATI x800

perhaps a glitch, because i have a 3800+ but it shows up as a 2.4 ghz (which it is) they'll prob. fix that soon enough, and it also says this:

Lost Coast is a free update for owners of Half-Life 2 which has been built to showcase the latest in real-time graphics, including HighDynamic Range lighting. As such, it has unusually high system requirements.

so my question is, is it only a demo or is there a full version out there?

[silent h3ro]

You can dl this game off torrent sites also. :D

[S!X]

Yea dude, sounds really cool. :cool:

Btw, when are those damn updates supposed to be released? They are supposed to be released today but I have a feeling that they won't be. :cry:

I checked this morning also and there shit all :cry: I hate when they give exact dates and dont come through :dry:

[silent h3ro]

I don't think Valve has ever released on time. :dry:

[S!X]

NICE!
Unfortunately, Valve was unable to release de_nuke in today's update for unknown reasons, but Valve was able to release dod_argentan for Day of Defeat: Source. It appears that de_nuke will be released tomorrow. Also included in today's update is a fix to a small bug in Rag Doll Kung Fu. The full change-log is below.

* Day of Defeat: Source:Added new map dod_argentan

* Rag Doll Kung Fu:Fixed not being able to play past the second level transition

No cs map :( Gotta check this DODS shit out fo sho.

[silent h3ro]

Yea, lol, I just played the map and it's great. I think its definitely up there with avalanche.

[S!X]

Yea, lol, I just played the map and it's great. I think its definitely up there with avalanche.

Noice :D

[cpt_azad]

LC was pretty fuckin sweet, although really short (not even a demo, i guess it was more on the tech side with the commentary and all), pushes gfx to the max.

[dante2003]

woooow exelent graphics

[oxygenuk]

omg imagine half life in a few years if this is what its like now *has orgasm*