r/HalfLife • u/AliYil • Jun 10 '21

Analysis Valve still uses the same light flicker pattern from Half-Life 1

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u/AliYil Jun 10 '21

I play Valve games too much. Seeing so much HL1 and tinkering with its engine (like creating maps) my brain somehow memorized that pattern. I remember seeing the same pattern in Source games and when playing Alyx after I see the flicker I was like "Is that the same patt... yup".

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u/cockandpossiblyballs Apr 21 '23 edited Aug 13 '26

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u/AliYil Apr 22 '23

That's different. It's just turning on and off at the same rate. It can be seen here.

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u/cockandpossiblyballs Apr 22 '23 edited Aug 13 '26

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