Half-Life: Alyx - Locomotion Deep Dive 

I find it even weirder that dev commentaries are available outside of a valve game

@Faylum1 boohoo your daddy wont buy you a vr headset boohoo

Valve remembered their RU-vid password.

@Faylum1 All the Vr units were sold out and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive what you on about

@Faylum1 They sold out on Valve Index's. What the hell are you on about?

Maybe they will add them if there's enough demand :)

What about TF2, Valve N-bot Killers , those bots are ruining the game.

@@snackermantm105 dead game

Snackerman TM i can’t stand those bots, i was once in a round that lasted (roughly) an hour and i got 70 kills when one of those bots joined the game and crashed the server right before the match was over.

@@prorussianman No U! , *Pow Haha* , You are DED, not big surprise.

"Thanks and have fun"

“ Welcome to Team Fortress 2 “

"After nine years in development"

"Hopefully it was worth the wait"

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Lightning is pre calculated on valve's game. That's why we don't see "open world" from valve It's also not expensive on processing power

@@houghwhite411 Lightning or lighting? I thought there was some dynamic lighting. Shadows of objects are crisp and beautiful. Glow of the gun and item pickups is clean. Some areas have dynamic lighting. Maybe mixed in with some static lighting.

@@SolDizZo in steam engine, most ambient light is baked in, but there is dynamic lights from objects too Probably they put the pretty and expensive ambient as "baked in" and leave the rest as dynamic

Hough White Valve used Dynamic Shadow and lighting in their every games since Portal 2, even Half-Life 2 has dynamic flashlight shadow since 2004. They’re also make the new lighting system of Source engine 2 for Half-Life Alyx that you can see the shadow from the game will blurring when the objects near or far from it, just like how shadow in real life work. And it’s called “Source engine”, not “Steam engine” btw. The reason why you never see any open world games from Valve that because they don’t like to made Open world games, with all of boring shit open world games today, i’m glad that they don’t even give a fuck about them and stay with story driven games, btw Source engine 2 already support level streaming system since 2014, so you can even created an Open World game with even bigger than Rdr2 with it. You don’t play any of Valve games since 2004 don’t you?

Why does a guy have to be aggressive prick I don't see a point being aggressive except if youre the dev of the source engine lightning Also, all csgo maps is still using static baked lightning

*_H o l d u p_*

Yes, just like the dev commentaries on older valve games, love the fact they still do that

Not to worry I found a a way already

@@horrorhunter5064 record and upload

I feel bad for the guys doing the speedrun, must be really nauseous!

@@Seskoi it is I only found out you could do it by having shift and let it move continuously on a object then it would just launch you out of the world lol it was a 50%chance of you died or at the end of a level,or part of it

Imagine when VR actually requires walking, running or jumping. The speedrunners would get buff.

Heavy Update confirmed

Sandvich make him strong

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I think she’s very small

Absolute unit.

They actually simulate the whole body as well, they just decided to "hide" it all because playtesters kept getting caught on things without realizing it.

The sound design in this game is for sure my favorite part.

Furry

@@bluebird8440 yea?

Lishak furry alert

Is he making the music with his hands? :D It's flush with the music track.

@@VRinRL breathinginformation beckons

Lmao this is the MVP comment

your allowed more direct freedom in movement

@@armydawg1292 the first time i used continuous, i hated it. but after many hours its fine and i can play for hours without too much nausea, you have to get used to it

@@eth_r1 I mean, I don't have to - I can just stick to blinking around like a wizard. I like it - it's out of my way, and I don't have to think. I can understand you liking continuous, but please also try to understand that I like teleporting

Same, but I definitely appreciate the added options for people. My sister gets motion sickness and having teleport movement options (blink teleport especially) makes thing much more tolerable for her.

I prefered a mix of both, walking when I was exploring a room and teleport when I actually needed to move quickly.

InferiorToYou The Lost Coast was released to show off the HDR lighting... I’m guessing you’re talking about the commentary, but that’d be like asking for a L4D of HL:A and mean weird SFM videos.

Lost coast is Also i think is cut map or Maps from hl2

They were planing on releasing the sdk for HL:A but they haven't done it yet.

Tf2 to

Yea And?

WOW OMG TOP 10 MOMENTS YOU MISSED IN VALVE VIDEO, OMG OMG

@@SensPiotr I just thought that was cool

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep it is.

Is that even a thing? I always just pronounced it W-A-S-D

W-sad

ESDF master race

ZomBeats their way of saying it is shorter which probably helps when your job is making / discussing video games

@@DNB_connoisseur god no

True words from the gods, Give this man a 🙌

it dont always feel like they are working tho

Artifact

@Phenom Gacha H3VR, Hot Dogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (Meat Fortress Addon) is here.

"unique and new" they abandoned TF2 man.

The body is really static unlike boneworks.

I use sliding movement in most other vr games but it feels slow in half life alyx, so I use the blink teleport movement

Valve games are made to be played slowly so that you have to look around and explore

it feels a lot more grounding but sometimes i do wish I could move a little faster. i appreciate the environment more tho

@@mooglp2373 You can still teleport in continuous

why are you brining rick may in here for no reason

Love the continuous move

Valve compren lilithgames

Dog, these mechanics are years dated compared to real inventors in this space.

mate shut the fuck up im talking about vr tech for games

Is this supposed to be a witty comment? It’s like something the emo kid who dreams of being a writer says while the REAL writer in the class is actually writing.

As someone who DOES listen to their feet when they walk, I can appreciate their effort, also you should listen to your steps it's fascinating :)

that's the sign of a good game right there, when you don't even notice some of the things that you wouldn't in real life, like footsteps, but you will if you listen for them.

As someone once said, "good design is invisible".

Lol....how to beat half life alex in just 5 minutes

He's gonna prop fly in real life

The fucking speedruns feel like a DeSinc video

you can't run. you can use launch commands to make the walk speed faster but there is no way to switch between walking/running, you are always walking.

Joystick movement is pretty fast and the speed conforms to how much you push the stick...

Trust me, if the continuous mvmt was any faster most players would be blowing chunks within minutes

@@mvnkycheez It is faster in most VR FPS. Or at least there is "run" option which is much faster.

Alyx was my first VR game. It felt so natural and I really liked the controls, however I noticed what you noticed almost right away. I found myself using a combination of continuous motion and teleport to "run." I thought it was kind of weird that there was no run or faster continuous motion. However after finishing Alyx and moving onto Boneworks, boy let me tell you, the run option in Boneworks makes my stomach turn. So I now appreciate my movement speed in Alyx.

God Bless him

How the fuck rick may is related to this video?

@@springus3887 Half-Life is made by Valve, which also developed TF2 and Rick may is a voice actor for soldier

@@springus3887 now dont rude

@@waw1537 still, seems a bit unrelated

The difference between an old CRT display, and a new OLED or LCD panel Edit: Since I need to explain. We were told not to sit too close to TVs as a kid because the old CRT screens were actually harmful. They leak small amounts of radiation since it works by firing rays at the viewer to make pixels glow. Modern flat screens don't use technology like this, and when you're in VR, the lenses focus the screens as if they're anywhere from 6' to infinity away from you. You're more susceptible to just eye strain from light in VR compared to other damage fears of older technology

@@JamieVatarga I do feel immersed

@@JamieVatarga CRT radiation is one thing, from what I heard, what makes VR not strain your eyes in the same way sitting with a screen on your face would is that these headsets trick your eyes into focusing on a "distant object", so to speak - they're not constantly focused on a plastic box 10cm away from your eyes.. Not sure how true it is but makes sense to me.

Despite all the comments comparing CRT's to LCD and OLED displays(which is true btw), it actually does have negative effects on younger people whose eyes that have not yet fully developed. Technically this should not be a problem since it is rated M 18+ and only people over 18 should be playing this game but it would be naive to say that the M rating stops people who have underdeveloped eye vision from playing VR games. It's not fully researched and understood by scientists, but as of now, as long as your eyes have fully matured, you should be safe from any severe eye damage.

@@mr0o that is very true considering I'm 17 and still made it rain on valve the VR totally made the game better, valve got it right, only thing that sucks is I can't play for more than an hour before I get a headache

*ofc its worth the wait*

Justin7885 it definitely has been!

I actually thought that Gabe Newell started talking in the video

thx and have fun

Its worth it twice

Developer commentary has always been a big part of Valve's games.

Johnny McLarren _n o_

Valve is a he confirmed.

amiibler turns out the Valve logo guy is actually all of Valve

Just because they havent been talking about HL doesn't mean they haven't been talking. They communicate far more than the average developer. Think of the public face of Origin asking you for personal emails and actually replying.. yea.. I didn't think so.

Doop™ this is completely how I feel

Interesting. I'm getting Half-Life:Alyx today maybe, so it will be quite interesting to see how it goes. I'll try shift teleporting first.

@@HeavenlyCelestia How did it go?

I get your point, but I still prefer the walk, giving the choice is probably the best option

you can still shift teleport in continuous movement mode

Hello Gordon!

*LOOK, GORDON! ROPES, WE CAN USE THESE FOR BIG PITS!*

I’m gonna COOOOOOM!

@@natethegreat7967 cringe

How do you think Gaylord Perry feels?

Do you have your passport?

We can use those to help with pits!

HELP ME GORDON!

HELLO GORDON

@Francisco A G Helped make Half-Life 1. He's got a locker in the Black Mesa locker room! :D

It's time to move on.

munkycheez no... never

@@mvnkycheez no, screw u.

@munkycheez lmao no

munkycheez There’s nowhere to move on. Other games are trash and have horrible communities

Or you use your arms like jogging to be faster during the continious movement

running at continous movement will immediately start a headache and nausea while you dont run in real life i think

@@orxanaliyev4913 no not for everyone. Some of us have our vr legs and would like to travel faster in games like this without having to teleport.

yes.

absolutely

Jake the Astronaut we‘re just gonna forget that that.😬

@Jake the Astronaut I don't know anything about Artifact, but I'd bet the main reason it was DOA is because of the expectation of something bigger, i.e. a new Half Life game. If not for that, it might have done better than it did. Knowing Valve, it's probably still a decent game on its own, it's just not what anyone wanted.

LukeDude759 yeah. It was this exact reason. And a lotta people already played virtual card games like Heart Stone.

I saw u on swipez video

I did not know Fallen Order, Diablo 4 and OW2 were mobile games.

@@Masilya111 fanboiiiiiiii

What about CSGO, TF2, and especially Artifact? There are use monetized items.

haha ea bad *cries in Artifact*

@@bychop Are they pay to win mobile games? Didn't think so.

Yeah do something

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R.I.P

Guys. we can't forget that maybe, they don't want to, not out of disrespect, but more respect, I imagine so many people at Valve knew Rick, and maybe they don't want to talk about him, it's a sad, depressing thought that you lost someone to something they couldn't control one bit, I imagine even Gabe is having a hard time getting over this, so don't, stop trying to make them do what we want, let them, Valve, humans like you and I, do what they believe is their best idea, if they make a video to honor Rick, then they will, if they don't, then it was to hard to handle and it's early for that I think, let some time pass, I can't imagine they don't care, that would be ridiculous, but remember that it's always hard to talk about losing someone, so let them take their time, if it never happens, then it doesn't, And if it does, it does.

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She was probably in chapter 7

don't spoil anything guys.. many people including myself have yet to play it

@@adxo Then stop reading youtube comments, terrible idea. You'll probably get pm's spoiling just because of that.

@@adxo yep, definitely do not watch any half-life content until you play it because the spoilers are everywhere rn... I was lucky to play it one day after release.

SpazzMellow lmao imagine

cool

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It's a conflict I've heard often, whether you should say "was-d" or "w-a-s-d"

@@pillgrimm wasda

1. "wasduh" 2. "W, A, S, D." 3. "wasdee" 4. "dubaysdee"

every time i moved more than a few feet a time i was begging in my head for a sprint action or even just an increased overall movement speed. ended up having to use the "jump" as a teleport especially during fighting cause continuous is just too slow in those moments

Yep VR devs are still fullly tone def to that fact that ACTUAL VR GAMERS. Don't need all the hand holding BS they keep forcing into games. I get they want it for the noobs, That is fine. But for gods sake why do all the most high budge VR games have to act like no one can handle movement??? It isn't a problem for actual VR gamers.

the game wasn't design for fast movement, beside you still can teleport in continuous movement option for faster navigation

@@srt7248 If the game was not designed with fast movement why can you move rapidly via teleportation?

I'm pretty sure we'll be able to change this with a console command soon.

I know, right!

Holy shit I forgot the lockers in HL2 were actually Valve devs

And im watigng alyx disks

Same

Same dont let TF2 dead

Why cant tf2 community Accept that a Game cant be given content forever

rEmOvE rAnDoM cRiTs PlEaSe ThEy ArE bAd FoR tF2

how dare they only support the game for 13 years

Im late but you dont have to buy the index to enjoy alyx, there are headsets that cost less than a console

Yikes lmao did he get to meet Jeff yet?? hahaha

@@Kyezie131 Holy crap. I can't imagine being 12, being THAT immersed in a game, and meeting up with a towering Jeff. I was a year YOUNGER than Aaron's son when HL2 came out, and I thought Ravenholm was the scariest thing ever, back then. Just. couldn't. imagine.

@@rms1493 haha oh man, I think I was about 13-14 when I first played HL, if I remember correctly. I was so enveloped in that game, it still brings back so many memories playing it now and showing my son!

@@Kyezie131 Oh he sure did. He played and beat the game well before I did. He kept saying "did you meet Jeff yet?!" haha

Aaron Mello Impressive lol

Open world games are finally dying, I hope. They were never a particularly good type of game in the first place, bar a few exceptions such as Morrowind.

Open world games are boring shit since GTA5 come out, i can’t even finished that game because it’s fucking boring, nonsene storyline. Don’t know why people get hype for those boring shit games like Cyberpunk 2077. Graphics and gameplay don’t even look that good.

It was sad to see beloved franchices like Mass Effect go open world and lose all the well paced, crafted and continiously engaging linear story telling that they used to do.

@@mvnkycheez they arent even dying

There are some great open-world games out there, but that quote is objectively false. I was never a big fan of open-world games, until I got into The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Assassins Creed, Borderlands, etc. Games like those are prominent in the open-world genre. Although those games are great, there are a lot of other amazing games out there, that have a more direct way of storytelling, such as Doom and Half-life. Personally though, the open-world genre is just another river flowing into a sea of games.