Valve on multhicore/threaded application to games

Fuse

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/11/02/Multi_core_in_the_Source_Engin/1.html

pretty nice write up on a private presentation that valve did regarding Multicore cpu's and specifically QuadCore...

a few low rez videos of demos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwD6u960joI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hvVcxruVeMk

it'll be interesting how far valve pushes gameplay once again and how long will Source hold up until they'll need a total visual overhaul ...

Although i think it still looks great, so they might stay on the updating pipeline for a long while ..

open for discussion

EarthQuake

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it'll be interesting how far valve pushes gameplay once again and how long will Quake1 hold up until they'll need a total visual overhaul ...

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adam

Yes because Quake 1 and Half-Life 2 are visually the same thing, dumbass.

Yes I know about the engine's history, you're still a dumbass for doing that.

malcolm

Hahaaaaaaaa, and now you know why Valve's environment pipe is so shit compared to engines that were developed after 1996.

adam

I've known all along why it's shit!

rooster

I was under the impression source was a total rewrite from hl1s engine, no?

CheapAlert

nope, it wasn't a rewrite at all, the whole "from scratch" claim was all a lie at e3 2003. Even the null texture and player physics is carried from hl1 (which was also carried from the original quake)