More portal is better for everyone. The only way valve would benefit from not releasing some portal code, would be if valve plans to release more singleplayer, or some sort of multiplayer/co-op game. I haven't heard anything about that though.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Andrew Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
