Not releasing it means you don't get to make your portal inspired mod, I don't think that hurts Valve in anyway since they get to maintain full control over how the tech they developed for portal is used.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If someone is big enough to sell it, they are probably big enough to > write their own portal gun code. > > Not releasing portal gun code, only hurts small modders, and players, and > valve. > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Olly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If valve released the sourcecode for everything, then someone could just > > recompile it with a different name, and then sell it. > > > > Thats why they dont release it. > > > > 2008/7/7 Patrick Neese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> :P so other than HL2 no other source is released... awesome... > >> ...*shakes head* > >> > >> Anyone know why that is? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Olly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Code for retail games is not released (i.e; CSS, DODs, Portal, TF2, > etc) > >> > > >> > 2008/7/7 Patrick Neese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > > >> > > So I just downloaded the new BETA sdk > >> > > And I can't Find c_prop_portal.h which is inside a precompiler > section > >> > for > >> > > PORTAL. > >> > > > >> > > Have these cpp and header not been released yet so we can modify > code > >> for > >> > > the Portal "mod"? Or am I just extremely daft? > >> > > > >> > > I added > >> > > > >> > > #ifndef PORTAL > >> > > #define PORTAL > >> > > #endif > >> > > > >> > > to see what would happen...um...definitely gave me some errors :) > >> > > > >> > > Building maps for Portal is fun and all...but modifying some NPC's > to > >> > work > >> > > with HL2 maps and portal gun... that would be amazing. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >> > > please visit: > >> > > 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 > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > 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
