Book or Google :s

[jammy_666]

i got the SDK... and i found this book on the internet to tell me how to program the levles proply... is it worth buying the books.. or just find some random info on the internet?!?


tnx

jammy :D :bonce: :bonce: :bonce: :bonce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Forceflow]

There are tons of newbie tutorials around.

[A True Canadian]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933097132/sr=8-1/qid=1154096206/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1866360-7801619?ie=UTF8 <<-- I've been waiting for that one for a long time (it keeps slipping further and further back, likely to include the stuff Valve has added recently like HDR). My hope was to have this book two months ago and start modding over the summer. Oh well...

Yes, I could just go to some websites and follow the tutorials there...but I think the book would be more fun. ;)

[Samon]

My hope was to have this book two months ago and start modding over the summer. Oh well...

Same.

[jammy_666]

That is the book i was thinking of getting... im gunna order it in with the ISBN.. but hay im gunna use both!... i need some reading material :D hehe


this book tell you how to do evrything you need to no about making the fan levels? and dose it actuly tell ya how to make a complete seprate game on the HL2 build? ;)

[jammy_666]

i whent into Waterstones book shop and asked if they had the HL2 book in stock.. they sayed its not published untill augast :( so that may be why your book hasnt arrived yet!. but its shit :( but u people mite no that but hay


Love


Jammy :D

[A True Canadian]

i whent into Waterstones book shop and asked if they had the HL2 book in stock.. they sayed its not published untill augast :( so that may be why your book hasnt arrived yet!. but its shit :( but u people mite no that but hay


Love


Jammy :D


It was first supposed to be out around the same time as Raising the Bar.

Then it was delayed to around April of this year.

Then it was delayed again to a publishing date of June 1st.

Now it's been delayed again until August.

I think we'll be lucky to get this thing by Christmas...

[Ennui]

who the hell needs a book to mod hl2

just do it anyway

interlopers.net ftw

[Samon]

The book > Interlopers.

I'm talking in terms of handyness too.

[A True Canadian]

True, you don't need the book in order to mod Half-Life 2. Just like you don't need a book to do any other kind of programming.

But it's still nice to have something like that in front of you. Books tend to be more organized than the tutorials on the web anyway.

I also view this book as kind of a collector's item, much like Raising the Bar.

[Ennui]

The book > Interlopers.

I'm talking in terms of handyness too.

at the first line i bristled, second i calmed down :P

to be honest, books are harder to do PC work out of than a webpage

[A True Canadian]

to be honest, books are harder to do PC work out of than a webpage

Maybe for someone who knows what they're doing. But for beginners like me, a book can seem less overwhelming.

[Samon]

I'd just prefer to work from a book. It's a matter of preference.