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Higher quality WAV and OGG support, and chrome textures and mirrors for brushes #3115

Open UnizoneDev opened 3 years ago

UnizoneDev commented 3 years ago

What I (and a few others) want is for the GoldSource engine to support 44.1khz stereo WAV files, and perhaps the first step in supporting OGG files for music. Also, I would like chrome texture support for brushes, so as to make metallic textures shine, and maybe some reflective surface support as well, so that mirrors could be made.

This is all for now...

Bandock commented 3 years ago

If support for OGG were added, I think it would be great to support the Opus audio codec (especially, as of late) due to great audio quality at almost any bitrate.

UnizoneDev commented 3 years ago

If support for OGG were added, I think it would be great to support the Opus audio codec (especially, as of late) due to great audio quality at almost any bitrate.

Good idea Bandock, but there's a problem for me that I would like someone from Valve to answer.

What if I wanted to make a standalone game on the Goldsource engine, would I have to ask Valve to license the engine in some way?

Bandock commented 3 years ago

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife/issues/3115#issuecomment-881871190

That would be correct.

BlackShadow commented 3 years ago

If support for OGG were added, I think it would be great to support the Opus audio codec (especially, as of late) due to great audio quality at almost any bitrate.

Good idea Bandock, but there's a problem for me that I would like someone from Valve to answer.

What if I wanted to make a standalone game on the Goldsource engine, would I have to ask Valve to license the engine in some way?

I'm not from Valve but i do know the answer. If you going to make your mod commercial then yes, you do have to get license from Valve. If you're going to release it on Steam and it's non-commercial make sure there's no copyrighted material in your mod as well.

sabianroberts commented 3 years ago

Also, I would like chrome texture support for brushes, so as to make metallic textures shine, and maybe some reflective surface support as well, so that mirrors could be made.

You forgot to mention bumpmaps ;)

I know modders have got bumpmaps to work, but it requires replacing some engine-side DLLs which Steam (or VAC) then replaces again with the original.

UnizoneDev commented 1 year ago

I was awaiting for the release of the GoldSource engine code as well, but if it's going to take some time, I understand.