Half Life 3

**cucubelu** · Aug 16 2013, 11:34 PM

According to John Lowrie, a voice actor who has worked on several Valve games including DOTA 2, Left 4 Dead, Half Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, one of the main reasons behind half Life 3 delay is that Valve is waiting for better motion capture technology.

John is not really a technical guy, but he's got his info from developers close to the project. Characters in Half Life 2 look directly at the player when talking to him, but that is not possible when using motion-captured animation. Once a motion is captured using current tech, in-game characters will repeat it exactly without being able to modify it. This works great for movies, but not for interactive media such as games.

"As far as I know they are not developing HL3 now for several reasons, among them the mo-cap issue," the voice actor said in a comment on his personal blog. "Sorry for any confusion. What they might decide in the future depends on lots of different factors. I hope they do, personally, but it has to make sense for them."

Source: http://megagames.com/news/valve-voice-ac...pture-tech

**JayCat** · Aug 17 2013, 02:19 AM

Didn't you know? Valve never comes out with a 3. None of their games have a 3 in them. People have been asking for 3 this and 3 that for years.

**cucubelu** · Aug 17 2013, 02:45 AM

JayCat, post: 100470, member: 2104 Wrote:Didn't you know? Valve never comes out with a 3. None of their games have a 3 in them. People have been asking for 3 this and 3 that for years.

Valve has on several occasion confirmed that a HL3 will happen, but they haven't began developing it yet rofl. I guess they are too busy earning money! Sad

Moriarty · Aug 17 2013, 09:08 AM

cucubelu, post: 100472, member: 15378 Wrote:Valve has on several occasion confirmed that a HL3 will happen, but they haven't began developing it yet rofl. I guess they are too busy earning money!

No, they are busy throwing them at strippers!

**cucubelu** · Aug 17 2013, 09:22 AM

Moriarty, post: 100478, member: 9168 Wrote:No, they are busy throwing them at strippers!

I want strippers too Sad

ceddeeoo · Aug 17 2013, 06:35 PM

we wont see hl3 until like 2015

**JayCat** · Aug 17 2013, 08:49 PM

ceddeeoo, post: 100491, member: 9052 Wrote:we wont see hl3 until like 2015

More like 3094

**cucubelu** · Aug 17 2013, 11:06 PM

JayCat, post: 100500, member: 2104 Wrote:More like 3094

You are an ancient now...by that time you will be that huge tree outside one's house...waiting...anticipating the release of HL3 so you can retake human form!