Half-Life 2 (and Episodes) update released

[Feels Good Man]

Updates to Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Half-Life 2
Added support for Mac
Added Steam Cloud support for save games
Added new achievements
Improved graphical effects

Half-Life 2: Episode One
Added support for Mac
Added Steam Cloud support for save games
Added new achievements
Improved graphical effects

Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Added support for Mac
Added Steam Cloud support for save games

Note: Save games for Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One will go through a transition. The current level you are on will be saved, but not the exact position in the level.

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I wonder what the graphical updates are

. It's probably HDR lighting and stuff

 

[EnigmaXtreme]

Update includes:

Episode 3 Trailer

....no....FUCK!

 

[gameboy13]

This makes me happy.

 

[Hadrian]

Ahem.


SERIOUSLY WORKING ON THIS INSTEAD OF EPISODE 3??

Alright I accept a Mac version, those guys should play this gem but shit its good looking enough and I don't need anything else to improve the games. Spend the time on Ep3 because us twats wont shut up about it until its out.

 

[Neko]

Ahem.


SERIOUSLY WORKING ON THIS INSTEAD OF EPISODE 3??

Alright I accept a Mac version, those guys should play this gem but shit its good looking enough and I don't need anything else to improve the games. Spend the time on Ep3 because us twats wont shut up about it until its out.

Valve got multiple development teams.
The Team who made EP1 are working on EP3 while the rest is doing stuff like this I think. Sadly it seems the EP1 Team froze in time or else we would already be playing EP3.

 

[DeadLocked]

Shame albeit glad that Episode 2 needed no update apart from support.

(A little offtopic): Is it just me or can anyone else run Half Life 2: Episode 2 on their laptop on full graphics with no lag hardly whatsoever. I'm surprised because the graphics are pretty detailed and yet the Audio/Video recommends full and high on everything.

This is weird to me considering I can't run L4D or Borderlands very well on this yet Half Life 2 with the same graphics runs flawlessly.

 

[Neko]

Shame albeit glad that Episode 2 needed no update apart from support.

(A little offtopic): Is it just me or can anyone else run Half Life 2: Episode 2 on their laptop on full graphics with no lag hardly whatsoever. I'm surprised because the graphics are pretty detailed and yet the Audio/Video recommends full and high on everything.

This is weird to me considering I can't run L4D or Borderlands very well on this yet Half Life 2 with the same graphics runs flawlessly.

The difference is that L4D has got a newer version of the engine and due to the zombies more stuff is going on. Also L4D needs a much better CPU then what EP2 needs because of the AI Director.
L4D got lots of small graphical updates which most people don't even notice.

 

[Joe88]

Shame albeit glad that Episode 2 needed no update apart from support.

(A little offtopic): Is it just me or can anyone else run Half Life 2: Episode 2 on their laptop on full graphics with no lag hardly whatsoever. I'm surprised because the graphics are pretty detailed and yet the Audio/Video recommends full and high on everything.

This is weird to me considering I can't run L4D or Borderlands very well on this yet Half Life 2 with the same graphics runs flawlessly.

it just shows how good the source engine is optimized

compared to engines which are horrible inefficient like the cryengine which would probably make your laptop explode