Valve has replied! [Archive]

Armadillo of Doom

05-12-2008, 06:00 PM

Well, kindof. I just received this email from Robin Walker.

Hi Daniel.

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to summarise the requests of the mapping community. It’s extremely useful to get it in this format. We’ll do our best to get some of these features into TF2. Most likely, they’ll show up in bits & pieces as we get them done around the main content features we’re shipping.

Robin.

Not exactly the big enthusiastic response we were hoping for, but at least he did acknowledge the effort to try and add some of our requests. And for future reference, the organized list format is the way to go. On the plus side however; we got a reply from the lead TF2 designer that he would try to include some stuff we asked for!!! I think this calls for a little happy dance :D http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/style_emoticons/default/fing05.gif http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/style_emoticons/default/bubbly.gif http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/style_emoticons/default/ahhh.gif http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/style_emoticons/default/foodndrink.gif

05-12-2008, 06:03 PM

w00t

VelvetFistIronGlove

05-12-2008, 06:11 PM

Bloody beaut!

Juice

05-12-2008, 06:12 PM

lol :D
better fix ma func_rotate

Trypto

05-12-2008, 06:14 PM

Cool, hopefull they'll add some class filters and other fun stuff!

drp

05-12-2008, 06:21 PM

hot damn, that was fast :D

Vander

05-12-2008, 06:34 PM

Whooooh!!!

dirtyminuth

05-12-2008, 09:29 PM

Excellent! We put our concerns out there, let's see what happens!

R3dRuM

05-12-2008, 10:32 PM

hopefully he doesnt fix func_rotate, that will just lead to shit maps.

AWESOME-O

05-13-2008, 01:22 AM

nah, func rotate can be very usefull, and for a fun arena, rotate the whole map :D

Juice

05-13-2008, 04:49 AM

Redrum, why are you always a dick to me? :<

05-13-2008, 05:11 AM

in light of the last few posts by him, I'm begining to think someone much more immature has stolen redrums account...

AWESOME-O

05-13-2008, 07:45 AM

well, just another,

thank you for caring about our product, bye bye, till never mail.

drp

05-13-2008, 08:21 AM

Rofl!

drp

05-13-2008, 08:22 AM

Redrum, why are you always a dick to me? :<
its a bit easier to traverse the internet if you take what other 'interneters' say with a grain of salt :)

Shmitz

05-13-2008, 10:26 AM

I don't see the response as being anywhere near as dismissive as some seem to think it is. It's quite encouraging, and is about as close as a promise as anyone's going to get from Valve. Sure it would be nice if he'd hit up a few specific points so we had a better idea what's going to get addressed sooner rather than later, but that'd just be the cherry on top. What we got is still a pretty darn good sundae.

AWESOME-O

05-13-2008, 11:04 AM

Redrum, why are you always a dick to me? :<

Hmm, nah i wont post that, than i will be a dick to R3DRUM

Sorry useless post :D

MangyCarface

05-13-2008, 11:42 AM

Any response that's not automated is a good response

ryodoan

05-13-2008, 11:58 AM

I also feel that it is far from dismissive, they basically said, "Thanks for the email and bringing these concerns to our attention, we will try to get them into future patches"

Armadillo of Doom

05-13-2008, 12:26 PM

I'm with you guys. When Valve says they'll do their best, that's usually a good sign.

VelvetFistIronGlove

05-13-2008, 12:34 PM

Translation: It'll still take five years, but they'll get them done.

TheDarkerSideofYourShadow

05-13-2008, 01:36 PM

Nice Velvet. Hey, it could always be worse, it could be Blizzard or their customer support. Btw, Valve and Blizzard are (or were?) sister companies, correct? I think I heard that once somewhere.

Vander

05-13-2008, 02:13 PM

I think Valve just had a publishing partnership with Sierra. Vivendi owns Sierra and Blizzard.

R3dRuM

05-13-2008, 02:25 PM

Because i feel like it? I vote no rotating "fun" maps...

drp

05-13-2008, 02:29 PM

Because i feel like it? I vote no rotating "fun" maps...
part of the rules for participating on this site is good fellowship.

R3dRuM

05-13-2008, 02:52 PM

part of the rules for participating on this site is good fellowship.

k.

grazr

05-13-2008, 03:28 PM

That's about as an optimistic response as anyone could have hoped for i think. Shmitz is right. There's no need for them to divulge specific information regarding development, you'd have to be a pretty important or maybe a fancy games critic like i dunno, Yahtzee for that.

He was privy to observing the creation of the "Meet the Scout" movie clip :o It's a pretty private process and i'm not surprised why. I think that's a great response though. I'm not sure of any other game dev team would have even replied in acknowlegdement of such concerns.

ZargonX

05-13-2008, 05:23 PM

Well, the proof of the pudding and all that...

Sean of the Dead

05-13-2008, 05:54 PM

W00T!!!
C'est tres chouette!
Es ist sehr schön!

:D

VelvetFistIronGlove

05-13-2008, 06:16 PM

There's no need for them to divulge specific information regarding development, you'd have to be a pretty important or maybe a fancy games critic like i dunno, Yahtzee for that. He was privy to observing the creation of the "Meet the Scout" movie clip :o

To be honest, Valve actually seems to be pretty open to people visiting them, but they don't go out of their way to publish what they're up to. I remember reading about a couple of fans who were in the area, and emailed Gabe to see if they could visit, and were allowed to, and got to playtest portal (this was before its release). Neither of them were "fancy games critics" (nor is Yahtzee, to be honest :) ).

Brandished

05-13-2008, 09:35 PM

That's a pretty swift reply. When did you actually submit the reply, the 8th? It's nice to know they still like to keep in touch the custom content community.

TotalMark

05-13-2008, 10:16 PM

That's a pretty swift reply. When did you actually submit the reply, the 8th? It's nice to know they still like to keep in touch the custom content community.

The message where he said he sent it was on the 12th, yesterday at the time of this writing.

Maybe someone lent Valve a time machine, because a turn around of one day seems very fast for them.

Sacrifist

05-14-2008, 01:49 AM

Well, Im pretty sure they will be adding at least 1 fix.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=676760

TotalMark

05-14-2008, 05:05 AM

Well, Im pretty sure they will be adding at least 1 fix.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=676760

Very good find.

TFC could apparently do a lot of different things (never played it myself), and I would like a system like this to come to TF2. It would extend the games longevity indefinitely.

I have a gamemode test level all set up and the only caveat is the fact I can't set a certain team to damage func_breakables.

They're having a discussion with Tony Sergi about a damage filter that can be configured for TF2, since the one we have doesn't work.

05-14-2008, 08:01 AM

To be honest, Valve actually seems to be pretty open to people visiting them, but they don't go out of their way to publish what they're up to. I remember reading about a couple of fans who were in the area, and emailed Gabe to see if they could visit, and were allowed to, and got to playtest portal (this was before its release). Neither of them were "fancy games critics" (nor is Yahtzee, to be honest :) ).
In that case lets plan a day trip to valve HQ. wouldn't that just be the most epic even of the century [so far]

Seattle here we come!

Snipergen

05-14-2008, 08:11 AM

Im up for that, actually, the chance is that we visit seattle next year with our school.

AWESOME-O

05-14-2008, 08:42 AM

Im up for that, actually, the chance is that we visit seattle next year with our school.

sweet

Snipergen

05-14-2008, 08:49 AM

Our school visited valve already a few years ago, and with the thing I study now (aimed at games) there's a huuuge change :D
I would probably freak out there when I would enter their building :p OMG OMG GABE NEWELL (pointing and jumping)

efciem

05-14-2008, 09:30 AM

Any response is a good response.
I would expect that while they already have changes in mind for future tf2 updates.. the list if not giving them new ideas.. at least helps them prioritize what they already thought would benefit us.

MacNetron

05-14-2008, 12:01 PM

impressive... with a little bit of luck, we can use Blender in TF3

Colt Seavers

05-14-2008, 12:28 PM

World Of Frisbee Crisis

05-14-2008, 02:13 PM

W00T!!!
C'est tres chouette!
Es ist sehr schön!

:D

Ja, es ist! :thumbup1:

Sacrifist

05-14-2008, 05:28 PM

Very good find.

TFC could apparently do a lot of different things (never played it myself), and I would like a system like this to come to TF2. It would extend the games longevity indefinitely.

I have a gamemode test level all set up and the only caveat is the fact I can't set a certain team to damage func_breakables.

They're having a discussion with Tony Sergi about a damage filter that can be configured for TF2, since the one we have doesn't work.

Didnt have to really find it. Im the one that challenged Tony to show us how to get it to work, which it didnt lol.

TheDarkerSideofYourShadow

05-14-2008, 06:23 PM

Hah, nice. I had seen that a while ago while looking for an answer to why my achievement was stuck at 10/10, and read the first page or two of the post. Best part was "you can do all of those things if TF2" followed by "so, how do you get a third team?".

And yes, TFC you could pretty much do anything you wanted. And it supported 4 teams (go yellow and green!).

Corion

05-17-2008, 06:21 PM

In that case lets plan a day trip to valve HQ. wouldn't that just be the most epic even of the century [so far]

Seattle here we come!
Only if we Cosplay the entire trip as a Payload map.
Anyone got a mine cart with a comically huge bomb on it?

05-17-2008, 06:25 PM

Only if we Cosplay the entire trip as a Payload map.

Oh that would be awesome, can you imagine 20-30 of us turning up on valves doorstep one day (posibly all dressed as blu team) with a payload cart.

I think they'd shit themselves, laugh for about 4 hours solid, then give us all the respect it would be posible to give.

ryodoan

05-17-2008, 09:11 PM

lol.... that would be.... Ultimate.

AWESOME-O

05-18-2008, 04:41 AM

lol.... that would be.... Ultimate.

ditto, i lol´d

Foreverkul

05-25-2008, 11:29 AM

Only if we Cosplay the entire trip as a Payload map.
Anyone got a mine cart with a comically huge bomb on it?

http://rockpapershotgun.com/images/tf2halloween2.jpg

I think that would be weird but go for it if you want to.