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Let's Chop Cats!
10-27-2005, 07:02 PM
http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=472
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Available Now
October 27, 2005, 4:10 pm · Alfred Reynolds
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is now available for play for all Half-Life 2 owners.

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, a single-player level custom-created to showcase High-Dynamic Range lighting (HDR) in the Source engine, is available now to all owners of HL2. As a technology showcase, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast's system requirements are very high. During installation, Steam will prompt you if your system does not meet the recommended configuration. We hope you enjoy it.


Expect millions of screenshots by 11pm EST.
moe.
10-27-2005, 07:09 PM
Just downloaded it myself. Trying it out now.
Doop
10-27-2005, 07:16 PM
Great, It get released the day I get a ****ing book report. :(
When I get the chance I'll put up some screenies as well.
edit- refl at the offical steam HL2 forums, theres like 30 identical threads.
Arucard
10-27-2005, 07:24 PM
Wow, my system requirements don't meet the graphics. This is gonna be a laugh :\
Let's Chop Cats!
10-27-2005, 07:26 PM
I post on Steampowered, but I stay away during game launches as it gets flooded with idiocy. My mouse is tarding out right now, so I'm going to shower while it's downloading then come back and play it.
Sleeper
10-27-2005, 07:39 PM
It looks pretty cool, but not until i get my new vid card.
Doop
10-27-2005, 08:01 PM
What the hell, the old steam downloaded at like 900kb/s. Im getting 100 ****ing kb/s right now!
Arucard
10-27-2005, 08:15 PM
Thats because everyones leeching of it....

I just completed the level, it was cool. I couldn't get any of the commentary though. I was running it at medium graphics with no trouble atall. Heres a cool little shot i took towards the end :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/_HeAvYArMs_/lost_coast.jpg

The level was annoyingly short though, i need Aftermath now. Well, i might need to go to bed, its 2:15am :\
incubliss
10-27-2005, 08:21 PM
It's downloading now. Shiiit I have work tomorrow, but I want to play it so bad. I'm 500mhz short of Minimum.

:(
Let's Chop Cats!
10-27-2005, 08:29 PM
Wow, worst ****ing time for my computer to die. I'm going to kill the assholes who put this together.
Doop
10-27-2005, 08:34 PM
Wow, worst ****ing time for my computer to die. I'm going to kill the assholes who put this together.
Ouch.
Only 40 seconds left for me.
Arucard
10-27-2005, 08:42 PM
The old fisherman guy is cool to talk to.
Doop
10-27-2005, 09:10 PM
My advice, if you don't have the hardware to fully experiance HDR, its probably not worth it.
AA-12
10-27-2005, 09:21 PM
Oh man, I just played it and it ran great. 1024 x 768 with everything on Maximum. The level itself was a bit meh though, gameplay wise.
NJSpeedbeast
10-27-2005, 09:26 PM
Yeah, I just finished it. I wish it was longer, but the graphics were amazing. A very nice demo. My computer ran it fine...not great, but fine.

Everything on medium, HDR on full

Pentium 4 2.40 GHz
512 Ram
Ati Radeon 9550


Not too shabby for my setup...
Let's Chop Cats!
10-27-2005, 09:51 PM
All settings up, 1024x768 res. I managed to fix it. Played through twice, second time doing the commentary.

The HL2: Lost Coast Screenshots album I made. Took 35, these are the 15 that made the cut. I'll post the actual screens in the Image thread.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v161/Sk8SkaNJ/Screenshots/HL2%20Lost%20Coast/
ThePatient
10-27-2005, 10:04 PM
Wow, that looks incredible. I really need a videocard. Really, really, bad.
Maggot Dream
10-27-2005, 11:05 PM
That was awesome. Just played through it, amazing graphics. I liked the chapel and the stainglass windows the best, that was incredible.

I ran it with everything on high, with AA on 4X. Specs:

2.4 GHz Pentium 4
1.5 GB RAM
Nvidia 6800 GT 256MB

Ran pretty smoothly, looked great.
Zakath
10-28-2005, 12:10 AM
Lookin good REINER.
Arucard
10-28-2005, 03:12 AM
This is why i need a good video card. REINER, i have about £200-£250, what should i buy that supports HDR and all that?
The Digital Pimp
10-28-2005, 05:24 AM
Played it through...It's pretty cool what they can do with this HDR thing, like simulate your iris adjusting to different levels of light, refraction through windows and light diffusion and all that...
hotcod32
10-28-2005, 06:03 AM
ha, i need about another 500mb of ram... but i'll have a go at running it anyway... i don't think it will be very prity, and if it is it will be a danm slide show
Phalanx
10-28-2005, 06:09 AM
im downloading it now
hotcod32
10-28-2005, 07:54 AM
put up most of the stuff past where i should have it, and it stutterd a bit... but my god its worth it... its just stunning
Mr.Shankly
10-28-2005, 07:57 AM
http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=472
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Available Now
October 27, 2005, 4:10 pm · Alfred Reynolds
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is now available for play for all Half-Life 2 owners.

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, a single-player level custom-created to showcase High-Dynamic Range lighting (HDR) in the Source engine, is available now to all owners of HL2. As a technology showcase, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast's system requirements are very high. During installation, Steam will prompt you if your system does not meet the recommended configuration. We hope you enjoy it.


Expect millions of screenshots by 11pm EST.

is it free?
Phalanx
10-28-2005, 07:59 AM
it is if you own HL2
surfordie12
10-28-2005, 06:04 PM
/still downloading..... day 2 of ???
RyMac59
10-29-2005, 10:02 AM
I was underimpressed. I thought the lighting was going to be more dramtic than that. It looked nicer, but I dont think it was quite a big of a jump as they claimed it to be. The actual level wasnt all that fun, but i guess thats whyt hey cut it from the origional.
Mazeppa
10-29-2005, 03:12 PM
Just got done playing it, 'twas good fun if short. My computer is short of the recommended specs but it ran smoothly albeit with some bizzare graphical errors.
Kithkin
10-29-2005, 04:32 PM
Do you get to kill ****?

Cause if you don't, I'm not going to bother.

I don't give a crap about shiney graphics.
NJSpeedbeast
10-29-2005, 04:41 PM
Yeah, there are some Combine soldiers, three poison headcrabs, and a Combine Helicopter.
Let's Chop Cats!
10-29-2005, 04:57 PM
Do you get to kill ****?

Cause if you don't, I'm not going to bother.

I don't give a crap about shiney graphics.
Hahaha you kill some Combine and a helicopter, and a few headcrabs. Don't play it if you're looking for gameplay/killing.
Prince of Darkness
10-29-2005, 05:50 PM
The lighting effects in Lost Coast looks impressive. I dont want it though. I prefer sitting in a dark corner crying.
BassVirtuoso
10-29-2005, 05:51 PM
ILY Geforce 3800GT
Lord of Sword
10-29-2005, 10:24 PM
this was never meant as a proper level or mini expansion, hence why it adds nothing at all to the story. it's just a tech demo to show off the HDR lighting. i played up to the church anyway, and then once i killed the headcrabs, my pc froze and i haven't tried it again since. but i've played dod source with HDR a few times, so the lighting wasn't anything new for me. it does make you wonder though how far they can take simple 3d games, now that they even replicate your own eyes. accurate physics, reflection/refraction effects, normal/specular mapping, and all done in real time. it doesn't seem like there's much more for them to do in games anymore (besides more detailed graphics, obviously).
Kithkin
10-30-2005, 02:56 AM
Yeah, but the HL2 demo was essentially meant to show off the gravity gun. That doesn't mean that level wasn't really fun to play.

Wooo double negative.

Anyway, the helicopters are fun as hell to fight, so I might grab this when I finish F.E.A.R.