Half-Life 2 Stuttering Update, SDK & Surprise Plans [Nov 25, 2004, 12:21 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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offers an update on the Half-Life 2 stuttering bug, as well as promised of the
release of the Half-Life 2 SDK and a "surprise" soon:
The changes in this release are directed at reducing the problem some users are experiencing with sound stuttering. The sound stuttering is not indicative of a sound problem, sound stuttering is only a symptom of texture thrashing on your video card or AGP memory. For information on how to reduce texture thrashing visit this link on our support site:
http://steampowered.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=280
This update will fix sound stuttering that users were experiencing that would last for longer than a few seconds during normal gameplay. This update will also eliminate this same behavior following a quicksave or autosave. There will still be a short pause while the autosave happens, but not the more drawn out stuttering behavior.
We are still investigating another performance problem on some hardware, which will manifest where the game is getting into a state where performance drops to less than 5 fps and does not recover or crashes.
Next week we will be releasing the Source SDK, along with a surprise for the community.
hey never offer a game that is hands down better than it. ... HL 2 is hands down the best single player FPS of all time, and I think it's foolish to deny that
Okay. Assertion: Far Cry. Evidence:
1) It just more fun than Half-Life 2 and Doom 3.
2) Sprawling outdoor maps allow you to take hugely distinct paths to your goal. Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 are very linear -- there's always exactly one turn to make or one door to open.
3) The vehicles in Far Cry are more diverse and more well done than in Half-Life 2 (and Doom 3 doesn't have vehicles).
Counter evidence:
4) Both Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 have better voice acting than Far Cry. Turns out this didn't impact the fun factor for me.
Yes, you are a fan boy, because you provided no evidence as to why you think Half-Life 2 is better than anything else out there. I'm an id fanboy at heart, but it doesn't cloud me from seeing the better game. Good job being exactly what you're flaming others for.
Okay. Assertion: Far Cry. Evidence:
1) It just more fun than Half-Life 2 and Doom 3.
2) Sprawling outdoor maps allow you to take hugely distinct paths to your goal. Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 are very linear -- there's always exactly one turn to make or one door to open.
3) The vehicles in Far Cry are more diverse and more well done than in Half-Life 2 (and Doom 3 doesn't have vehicles).
Counter evidence:
4) Both Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 have better voice acting than Far Cry. Turns out this didn't impact the fun factor for me.
Yes, you are a fan boy, because you provided no evidence as to why you think Half-Life 2 is better than anything else out there. I'm an id fanboy at heart, but it doesn't cloud me from seeing the better game. Good job being exactly what you're flaming others for.
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