-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Theres no way you'd be lookin at a million for Source. UE3 would probably be around 650k-ish for a 'next-gen' engine (probably a little less now that we've seen engines like CryEngine 2), so ~250-350k would be a reasonable estimate for Source IMO
On 7/20/06, Charles Solar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > In my 100% honest opinion, no engine is worth close to 1 mil, and > definently > not the source engine. Why big mags are always saying 'tremendous source > engine' is beyond me. I played Prey at wsvg and that game has the coolest > gravity system I have ever seen. Then you have Fear, doom, quake. > In my opinion the source engine is just havok, then the rest is hard coded > to leave modders a lot of greef. > What does havok go for these days anyway. I heard that source code that > was > 'hacked' from valve actually had a lot of those professional 3rd party > application in there. I looked for an copy when I first heard about it, > unfortunetly after hl2 was released I deleted the rar I got. The cd is > lieing around here somewhere, wonder is the havok engine is worth cleaning > my room... nah. > > On 7/20/06, Thomas Vollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for all your estimates, which are certainly helpful. The > higher-ups > > are > > going to inquire with Valve directly to find out for sure. But if it's > > even > > anywhere near that number I don't think they'll want to shell that > out... > > > > Thomas > > > > --- Teddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I hear it's about five times that much. Better start saving! > > > > > > On 7/20/06, Skillet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -- > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > > It probably depends on what kind of project you're doing, but > $200,000 > > > would > > > > be a reasonable estimate. > > > > > > Regards, > > Thomas > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Matt Stafford (Wraiyth) http://wraiyth.freesuperhost.com NightFall HL2 Mod - http://nightfall.nigredostudios.com -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

