Sorry, I should have made it clear in my earlier post.
The leaked source compiles and runs. There are no maps, models or content, but the engine works. It wasn't finished, and there are bugs. That's why it wasn't released yet, right?
All people needed to do to create a working HL2 mod was create the custom models and maps.
And, of course, the continuing claims from the looneys who say that there was no code theft and that the entire story was made up to hide the fact that the code just wasn't ready.
The HL2 source has been quite widespread, and isn't terrible to find. Several people I know have studied the code. It's definitely not made up.
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The leaked source compiles and runs. There are no maps, models or content, but the engine works. It wasn't finished, and there are bugs. That's why it wasn't released yet, right?
All people needed to do to create a working HL2 mod was create the custom models and maps.
And, of course, the continuing claims from the looneys who say that there was no code theft and that the entire story was made up to hide the fact that the code just wasn't ready. The HL2 source has been quite widespread, and isn't terrible to find. Several people I know have studied the code. It's definitely not made up.
Better my laptop's life than my future children's lives. I remember hearing about what the heat from your laptop can do to your fertitlity.