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Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked
Pyroman[FO] writes "Gamers with Jobs is reporting that the Half Life 2 source code is floating around the net right now. It looks to be about a month old. There's no official word from Valve on the source code leak yet. Unfortunately those who want to use it to cheat already have it, we need to get the word to legitimate customers to educate them about the situation." Update: 10/02 21:51 GMT by S : Valve's Gabe Newell has an official statement, via ShackNews/HalfLife2.net, indicating "infiltration of our network" and appealing for information on the culprits.
Is'nt Half Life 2 built using MS technology (ie: Direct 3D)? Then its worthless, its junk, trash, crap, shit, I would'nt even wipe my ass with it. Not worth a dime, so I could care less if someone steals their crappy MS-only game. Everything build using MS tech is crap. Cant be used on Linux, UNIX or even MacOS-X.
few days later the source code is released.
NVIDIA screw job?
Here is the ATI announcement:
Valve teams up with ATI Valve Software has also stepped up its commitment to ATI's recent video card technology by showcasing its upcoming Half-Life 2 game: ATI Technologies Inc. today announced that Valve, a leading game developer, has named ATI as the preferred graphics card partner for its upcoming game Half-Life 2. As a part of this agreement with Valve, ATI customers will get the full Half-Life 2 game free1 with the purchase of select RADEON products. Valve's Half-Life 2 is among the most anticipated games in history and caught the attention of the industry and gamers alike winning Best of Show at this year's E3. It is the first game to make full use of Microsoft's DirectX 9 programming interface by taking advantage of features like high dynamic range lighting, bump mapped characters, soft shadows and improved full scene anti-aliasing. As such, it provides an excellent demonstration of the full capabilities of ATI's DirectX 9 hardware.
Built from the ground up with new shader-intensive games in mind, ATI's DirectX 9 hardware, like the RADEON 9800 XT and RADEON 9600 XT, has proven to be ideal development and gaming platforms for Half-Life 2.
"ATI has been a great partner on the engineering front. Our work with ATI has enabled DirectX 9 functionality that wouldn't have been possible with any other company," said Gabe Newell, Founder and Managing Director, Valve. "ATI's hardware gives our customers the best experience with our software. So we've chosen to extend our relationship to include marketing initiatives that will showcase both Half-Life 2 and RADEON products."
You're a fucking moron. You and your other accounts.
Why are there only 19 people folding@home for slashdot?
Now... putting aside the moral issues of downloading and reviewing the code, why not help Valve out? If you know how, review the code and look for flaws. Treat it like an open source project.
The bad people already have the code and they are already working hard to do bad things (cheats and exploits). We can't stop the code from spreading. However we CAN work against the jerks that take a potentially great product like HL2 and ruin it. Be a cheater yourself, only tell Valve how and give them suggestions for fixing it.
anyone actually downloading this can fucking die. Valve has been a staple in the gaming industry and Half Life 2 and its engine are going to completly change the market of FPS's in other words your pretty much sticking your fucking face in the powder the holy grail once was (Indiana Jones) so do me a favor take a note and go FUCK your self.
You have been sig'd
http://www.aderkach.org/hl2_src.rar 32MB
http://aderkach.pigstuy.com/source/ Another source :D
From the valve response
"If you have information about the denial of service attacks or the infiltration of our network, please send the details."
Then Gabe goes on to say
"Important: Just to be clear, it's ok to talk about the leak and the possible implications, however we'll nuke you and your family if you even make the most slight clever hint of where to download it or even screenshots of it."
What? You ask for help and then you threaten?
Suck my nuts Gabe! I downloaded the source from BitTorrent, and anyone else who is remotely interested in finding out if this is the real deal should do the same.
After behavior like that, I wouldn't tell you who infiltrated your network even if that person had cracked into my system and deleted all of my pr0n.
LK
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