If I remember well: At E3 2003 (or shortly after it) they said they would release the SDK before the game, but after all the delays and all, they came in E3 2004 and said that releasing the SDK before the game would spoil the experience for the players.
But .. there is a but! They said they may release parts of the SDK before the Release of the game, and then release the rest of it some time after the game has been released. I think they did release an important part of the SDK .. well not really, but the XSI|EXP for HL2 is in effect -one way or another- part of the SDK. On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:49:03 -0400, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well they surely have designed many levels so the hammer for HL2 must be > stable. > Why not release that now? > What would be the harm? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey "botman" > Broome > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Mod Idea. > > K. Mike Bradley wrote: > > > Yes what is the ETA on the SDK? > > I think Gabe's latest reply to this question was something like "some time > shortly after the game is released". > > There was some blurb earlier (a couple of months ago) about Valve possibly > releasing the level editor (Hammer?) and some documentation on creating maps > before HL2 was released to give the level designers a head start on creating > level content for HL2 MODs. The engine and SDK source code would not be > released until after the game was done. I have heard nothing recently that > confirms or reaffirms this statement (which I believe was also from Gabe). > > -- > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > _______________________________________________ > 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
