Half Life 2 Beta: Highway 17

Half Life 2 Beta: Highway 17
Taking a look at the 2002-2003 d2_coast maps from the leaked beta.
BGM is a self-made track, and I'll upload it when I make the next music compilation.
Intro Video (Credit To Ruffvan):
• [SFM] Gordon's Friday ...
Play the Beta Levels Yourself (Thanks to HL2 Project Beta Team):
hl2-beta.ru/in...
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[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

Coast 6 looks like a racing track lol

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

Pinned down? Thanks bro!

[@johnpot]

True

[@sometimesidreamaboutcheese]

yeah, lol, something like Usui Pass (Usui touge), I had that feeling

[@Klonoa1488]

Motorstorm: Source

[@timotejantaek412]

U got big luck getting pinned

[@DawidO-mg8zn]

1:48 Ah yes Rad's most important priority EQUIPING THE MP5K

[@gasmaskcitizen6364]

Mp5k is god weapon

[@Leviathan_imo]

Sand structure i assume is the antlion burrow, and a cut npc that looks similar to it is the sand barnacle.

[@lambdalabs7807]

Wait nvm I read the comment wrong

[@unoriginalperson72]

Rest in peace RPG guy, he was a real one.

[@Turbs94945]

Ay yo rpg guy a real one

[@baghead3130]

odessa cubage is his name

[@zenx3855]

@@baghead3130 He’s referring to the cut rebel.

[@baghead3130]

@@zenx3855 the one in the beta ?

[@anueutsuho7425]

The one time a gunship ever used its belly cannon.

[@lonewolf6693]

2:28 This is something called Antlion Hill

[@Gwynlordofcinder1234]

Its still in the game but its more like a volcano shape

[@MrEhmedxlambda1904]

It call sand barnacle

[@bouribou4073]

i really like this kind of beta stuff, we often see the cut beta stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with retail, but it's really intresting to see the stuff that also just evolved into what we know.

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

Well...technically pretty much everything that was in retail existed as far back as the 2000 and 2001 versions of the game. That's what I like about the HL2 Beta is how if you break it down the plots are nearly the same. It's just the context they exist in is drastically different. Hell even in the OG Beta maps from 01 there are certain aspects that show in the Wasteland levels of which arguably were the loose predecessors of what appeared in Highway 17 such as the map where you had to cross the bridge over the ravine and then a train comes by and nearly kills you basically just being a real simplified version of the bridge section that ended up in the final game.

[@bouribou4073]

@@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 you're right, but what i mean in this comment is that these maps are litteraly older vertions of the new ones, they were modified to become what we know today, not completely remade keeping only vague ideas.

[@gasmaskcitizen6364]

I think the change in textures was good because its actually looks more like a bit dried ocean

[@manformerlypigbukkit]

I’ve always wanted to see someone stitch together the beta highway 17 maps into something playable, they’re the most interesting to me lol

[@turretslayer2251]

2:28 that's the beta antlion hill/den, you're thinking it's a sand barnacle

[@YZYE]

I liked the original coast maps, I remember seeing a gunship go down (similar to the retail game but it doesn’t blow up into pieces).

[@kupatmakingvids]

2:28 idk feels like a sand barnacle to me.

[@perfectlynormalhuman5473]

Epic Forgon Greeman moment

[@aqua8584]

when you cordon part of the map, its stops all other parts of the map from compiling. say you want to test 1 room without compiling the others, you surround it with a box in hammer and it only compiled what is inside the box (in this case, the room). the reason the gunship is invisible (and also possibly the reason that things are popping in and out) is an outdated vvis compiler, which calculates visibility to increase performance

[@flying6476]

2:18 sand barnacle i think

[@Raphipod]

3:38 Yo that pickup animation on the GUI though!

[@crowdarnoldsen2933]

Coast_06 is pretty much minecraft

[@Gwynlordofcinder1234]

No shit sherlock

[@wolfcl0ck]

And now for another "additional beta facts" segment, hosted by yours truly: To begin, the cut enemy you had mentioned but couldn't quite remember the name of was the "sand barnacle." These strange fellows never got a legitimate code version, as far as I remember, but it's not like it's hard to imagine what they would have done. The model is left over in the leak, but its accompanying textures aren't applied by default. It should also be noted that d2_coast_03 *is* used in the leak if you aren't using the fixed leak maps mappack, which is included by default in Megabuild now adays. The map is hard to look at, but you can actually circumvent the issues of culling by going into the console and using the command "r_novis 1" to disable the weird visleaf issues. Again with dx60, the main issue is a weird over optimization effect that's forcing things not to load when they otherwise should be visible to the player. Its other issue is that the usage of "area portals" is too intense. Some portals that *should* be open are refusing to open in appropriate places. Unfortunately, Leaknet does not have the "r_portalsopenall" command, so the only way to disable this over optimization effect that's causing things to go invisible is to recompile the map without area portals. I could absolutely do that myself if anyone would like. Alternatively, going out of bounds renders the entire map. Finally, d2_coast_06. An interesting piece here, it helps show how Valve made the coast. See, some other maps in the wc mappack have the entirety of highway 17 constructed as a little tiny blockout, which was then sliced up in different areas to signify which parts would be used for which maps. coast_06 looks to be one of those early points when a piece of the highway was sliced but before anything else was done to it. It's neat stuff if you know the history of it. It's always fun watching these videos of yours, I especially enjoy how you do those long shots of different maps, showcasing them from far away.

[@wolfcl0ck]

@Dragonwing 190000 I imagine there's only so many things they could've done

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Ay thanks wolfcl0ck :) That's some nice info right there.

[@judsongaiden9878]

Highway 17 is such a unique chapter! It's fun having some Mad Max/Damnation Alley action going on in a Half-Life game. 9:49 That machine gun kinda looks like an S&S Glorious Havoc from Borderlands 1 (w/barrel4). Also kinda looks like the machine gun from Do0m Eternal.

[@flying6476]

3:00 RPG MAN!!!!!

[@sinor_be9814]

The cut enemy you can’t remember is the sand barnacle

[@ironpainting1210]

HL2 beta has alot more content than I thought huh

[@TheConsulC17]

Well, my day just got better.

[@ashtray378]

A true citizen likes and subscribes to Radiation Hazard

[@edryctan672]

No, some guy named Gordon Freeman is coming. Btw, we meet again(remember beta consul theme?)

[@ABC-jg3pv]

The dirt structure is an antlion mound, its the model name

[@johnpot]

The map is really interesting, the decoration is also nice too, but sadly is unfinished and I actually like the beta version of the scout car cause it had more detail compared to the final version of the scout car

[@Jakubix12345]

Another awsome video

[@hhuuuk]

Valve should make alternative universe half life basicily rescrap 2001 era hl2

[@tehcooler]

If you enjoy the video, please consider subscribing to the channel, cuz if you do, they might replace Muscle car for Jalopy (Btw Congrats on 5K! :)

[@Hyperio606]

what?

[@tehcooler]

@@Hyperio606 You don't know what Jalopy is?

[@ashtray378]

the Japoly is gonna run me over if i dont like the video :(

[@drkx2]

highway 17 is so far the most eerie missions to go down in hl2

[@drkx2]

@Dragonwing 190000 yeah it is

[@SilverTounge85]

Sand barnacles were to appear in this area, as well as Houndeyes

[@idioticed4379]

The dirt structure thing was an antlion nest, and the cut enemy that was reminecsent of the nest was the sand barnacle I think

[@matijajovic8125]

Missed your videos Rad Haz! Great beta content as always! 😎

[@mason5746]

6:40 dx60 i think refers to directx 6 versions, a software used for graphics processing in Microsoft designed machines. this level could perhaps be used for older versions of directx. for comparison, hl2 launched with dx9 in mind.

[@bipolitthefighter2599]

The music is fitting It reflects the feeling of being lost I can get from half life 2

[@brannanz]

cool a new video to watch!

[@Matzu-Music]

not the vid I was expecting, but it's welcome

[@RadiationHazardYT]

"That" will be soon 👀

[@pointrecall6729]

D2_coast_06, is lost coast, info in an half life iceberg video.

[@ezajayy]

Yes I woke up to a new radhaz video

[@XanderNiles]

That's really cool to know. Never got to see how the coast levels in the beta were until now.

[@membroaleatoriodgrove1]

it is very interesting to understand that several of HL2 were in BETA only had changes in Level Design and Textures and also changes in the positions of the objects and much more, but one thing you can see is that in the final HL2 there is no coast 02 and 06

[@Matthew-di4lv]

great video. there are 2 missing d2_coast maps in retail there are a mystery

[@havoc3-243]

d2_coast_03 because we know why and d2_coast_06... idk.

[@JackBradley07]

You know you're gonna start your Friday off good when Rad releases a new vid

[@SkacikPL]

dx60 means it's a fallback with visual features/complexity targetting DirectX 6, launch version also supported DX6 until some engine update.

[@ElmeriThePig]

d2_coast_04_dx60's problem is either the fact that, the guy who made the map just forgot to turn off the cordon state. Or there's some sort of areaportal glitch. Fun fact: d2_coast_02 is actually unused in the retail game. d2_coast_03 is the map where you meet Odessa Cubbage. d2_coast_02 is still in the game's files. But the map's file size is 0KB. So you cannot open it trough console. Or decompile it into vmf file.

[@Luther7718]

Based on the name d2_coast_04_dx60 was probably made for the cut DirectX 6.0 version of the game, in the end Valve decided to make DX 7.0 the minimum required version

[@FreemanBgTV]

Nice video mate 🤘🤘🤘

[@rorov1]

why do people comment before watching the video... oh wait i just did 😳😳😳

[@Kingofstones1]

Its a tradition

[@oocreeperloveoo4269]

2:30 That right there is one of the beta models for the Antlion hill. Your assumptions were correct. Also, I believe the enemy you were referring to was the Sand Barnacle. Besides this, great content as always!

[@Neonhorn]

Cordoning in hammer is like drawing a box around geometry and telling hammer to only build that. Anything outside will be culled and not built. This map may be cordoned based off of how it cuts off like that, but the gunship most likely wouldn’t be affected by that. I’ve been going through some beta maps myself lately, mostly in source 2 though, and notice some things have their alpha values set so they’re invisible. It may be that. If this map is in the WC map pack I would go study that to see if there’s anything up with that gunship and if the map really is cordoned or if it’s just like that.

[@The_psp_secret]

Coast 06 for me is pretty damn okay, i think this is what people expect from adventure to another pretty far away place. Not every map we meet smth dangerous, rather some road trip.(i like road trips:D)

[@cxoll.8563]

The Dirt hill thing is actually an early version of the antlion hills (basically is just an early version of the model used in retail).

[@fightfortrump3905]

4th section now feels like much more sensible then retail one with different approach from other side rather then strangely cut path through mountains

[@ryzinprime3049]

Is it just me Or the Music And his Voice match, He Be rappin tho. And rad haz i tested OBS in 2020 i Tried to Connect my Nintendo Switch and It B R O K E (Not The Switch, the Studio)

[@slitthroat6209]

It's always a good day when Radiation Hazard post:)

[@threepunchguy]

I'm pretty sure you were thinking of the sand barnacles.

[@Uptxred]

2:28 It’s called the sand barnacle

[@treystephens9218]

Great video as per usual

[@tehcooler]

I think in the retail game 4 and 6 is not in the game files, I don't know why the don't rename them but I think it would cause problem's with map change and time consuming

[@deadlocked278]

The gunship actually used the belly cannon. Nice

[@bluenoob4787]

mfw (my face when) Radiation Hazard uploads a new video

[@Hippie_Holmes]

New video pog

[@DangerousWomann]

The cut enemy your reffering too is the sand barnacle.

[@_cfmca]

I can’t tell if it’s a good thing or a bad that you’re the best youtuber in my feed.

[@ne-wf7zf]

Hl2 beta maps have weird good feeling

[@EliteGordon1337]

Thank you for the video dadhaz! edit : btw what you were referring to at 2:40 was the alien fauna

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Ay glad you liked it :) Yeah, from the comments I remembered its name. The Sand Barnacle. That thing in the video is a Antlion Hill.

[@Gwynlordofcinder1234]

@@RadiationHazardYT its also still in the game

[@RadiationHazardYT]

@@Gwynlordofcinder1234 yeah I checked afterwards. It looks different though.

[@Gwynlordofcinder1234]

@@RadiationHazardYT looks like a volcano

[@Lambdagon]

i think that rock was like a sand barnicle thingy

[@gaming-98]

Your performance has gotten a lot better. there is a lot more pep in your voice, you no longer sound like Gman's son. But i do feel like the music can be a bit overpowering at times. any ways lets talk beta: personally i think that the setting is to depressing. with all of the plants and grass being dead (even tho its right next to water) generally i think that changing the aesthetics was a good choice.

[@R3TR0--93]

I like the music that you're making for your videos

[@MrEhmedxlambda1904]

I really like this channel tell stories about half life 2 beta .

[@DanielTejnicky]

I liked coast part of half-lfie2. I also remember seeing early footage of wast stretches of wet beach that player was approaching the dock with the crane. there also were traintracks on gigantinc poles stretiching over the sea and there was this weird building up on the rocks with tracks comming out of it - that entire area is cut, but it is famous conceptart made by Antonov.

[@cuanta9441]

2:35 the Sand Barnacle?

[@Jwave52171]

love your videos :-)

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you!

[@jking4854]

That cut enemy was the Sand Barnacle.

[@narrowgauge0727]

he installed hl2 beta again! also, do you be talkin about the sand barnacle

[@mirmir8116]

Also i dont think that anyone else (besides you and the hl2 beta channel) has went this deep into the beta

[@dsg3012]

Good job 👍👍

[@AmelpsXett]

the music makes it feel like you rap

[@AceOfCrowbars]

3:46 "There is a coast_03 in the leaked files, but it's not used." Figures.

[@cacohat]

My brother and I thought you sounded like you were rapping to the instrumental lol I'm tempted to make a rap version of this video

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Lmao. I swear, a lotta folks say that I try to rap the words with the music but honestly that's not my intention :D

[@128wk]

Coast 08 has to be one of my most favorite levels in gaming.

[@Letterbrush64]

Maybe the sand barnacles were supposed to be here but due to the sand barancle being just a instance model, it dosen't make a appearance in the highway 17 maps

[@Infarlock]

Damn this video was released on my birthday and I didn't even get to watch it until now

[@Interloper314]

2:28 i think you are talking about the sand barnacle

[@Kingofstones1]

Highway 17...get it?

[@ElephantsDoingCrack]

Amazing

[@StormyMike35]

I like that highway

[@achromicfederalagentiv8014]

Wait what, i never knew that coast maps were developed in 2002, I'm pretty sure most of them are either from 2003 pre retail or late 2002 to early 2003 pre retail

[@victobe]

The Highway 17 are the true remainings of the hl2 beta, the only differences is the... Well, textures.

[@victobe]

But it still sad (cuz of the abandoned house, you would expect people living in it) and the drained ocean, this chapter explains very well what combine did to earth

[@Drebin416]

s a n d b a r n a c l e

[@deadfool179]

The mp5 feels super out of place, the areas feel almost retail and yet we have a weapon from the early builds of the game. edit: I'm assuming it's added by Rad himself and doesn't actually belong there. Just feels like we should already be using the MP7 so late in development.

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

With whoever made the guns being such an HK fan I am surprised the shotgun stayed as the alternate universe spas 12 and not something like the CAWS. Like in the beta/release you got USP Match, MP7, MP5k, HK 21and the OICW which also is a HK product. Pretty much every "normal" firearm in the game apart from the revolver in this game is a HK gun.

[@denifnaf5874]

2:40 sand barnacle maybe

[@mabs9503]

Afaik anything "cordoned" off in Hammer doesn't exist. If there were _anything_ -- brushes, gunships, or any other entities -- outside of the cordon you would not see it in a compiled version of that map. You'd have the terrain inside the cordon surrounded by a box and it'd be very obvious where that box is. I think it's more likely that this is a different version of the gunship entity that draws on different models and doesn't have flight paths set up, or uses different flight paths than what's set up in the map. I can't be super sure though because I seldom make maps big enough to make use of the cordon feature, but from my understanding of how it works this probably isn't the cause of the invisible gunship.

[@mr.illegal5268]

hey man love the video man! Oh and before I forget, I would like to know what music you used in the They Hunger Video. That would set my soul at peace.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thanks dude! Lol, that track was "Nightmarish Waltz" from Silent Hill 4.

[@mr.illegal5268]

@@RadiationHazardYT Thank you so much man.

[@pedroramires7051]

will you be covering the Air Exchange maps/history? (also, do you have anything on eli's lab?)

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Yes, I'll be doing an Air Exchange video soon. And most of what I knew about Eli's lab, I showed that in the HL2 Beta Story video.

[@Lambdagon]

7:30 its just a qucik skybox the devs made

[@Rudeness-l1f]

Yes

[@swollengoods]

I told you, your channel would blow up lol ;)

[@UrikaTractor]

the 1st map looks like a more run down version of the final

[@wildan494]

Ah yes more Beta content, *Dark & Gritty*

[@achromicfederalagentiv8014]

these maps were made during 2003. in 2003 it was long ago decided to shift away from grittiness, even during 2002 development you could notice that they weren't really interested in that

[@ashtray378]

Oh no, im not brave enough for Beta Maps

[@male_0757]

My man is BACC