This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I'm not totally sure here (to truly know all the coders would have to tell us), but haven't most of the "new" engines all evolved from another pre-existing one.
See the Origins part of the Source Engine here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_engine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_engine> An image from the Quake engine page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Familytree11.png<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Familytree11.png> Also I read somewhere that the Havok Physics engine was based on a previous engine. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeremy Swigart<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com<mailto:hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Source SDK Update Is Released - the patch file -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I think if the episodic stuff proves successful there won't even really be a "HL3 engine". Source will recieve technology updates over time as an evolving engine, they aren't going to stop to make a new engine for another few years when they can use introduce new enhancements as an additional selling point of the episodes. On 8/5/06, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Thats what I was trying unsucessfully to say earlier. I think that > because of the popularity and sucess of episodic content > (ep1,ep2,ep3,ep..). If there is a hl3 it will probably wait until the > source engine gets severly outdated and the new engine will be pushed > out with hl3. Concidering that the source engine is very good, that > most video cards have trouble keeping up with it at higher > resolutions, and that valve continues to make vast improvements to the > source engine. the hl3 engine might not arrive until 2008-9 at least. > > On 8/5/06, Michael Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > Episode 1 2 and 3 are Half-life 3...according to Gabe, so wouldn't we be > > waiting for Half-Life 4...? > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders<http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders<http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders> > > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders<http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders> -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders