Competition 31 Created 12 years ago2011-09-18 00:28:59 UTC by Strider Strider

Created 12 years ago2011-09-18 00:28:59 UTC by Strider Strider

Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 09:40:31 UTC Post #300967
Cool song, Daubster.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 14:13:18 UTC Post #300971
Gawd nuggits! I've been fighting with leaks and "leaf saw into leaf" problems because I used the tetrahedron technique too much. I cant really say it is worth the trouble compered to the normal triangle technique. Ended up making it all into func_wall and enclosing it with some other blocks (think sky box) and finally after trillions of recompiles it worked :D. Now I just have to finish the rest. Done with 60% of the map perhaps :S.
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Tetrahedon buggy walls turned into func_wall
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Outer solid shell, kinda like a small skybox

Anyways, hope I can finish in due time. Good luck everyone and fighto hardo!
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 15:08:28 UTC Post #300972
My friend the competition ends in two days, you must hurry up! ...and that cave looks very good, good job! I personally never learned tetrahedron method, only ever made these things with triangles.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 15:20:31 UTC Post #300973
Wow, not bad.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 17:13:56 UTC Post #300974
that looks sick doggybag.

@skals: afaik, "triangles" and tetrahedron are the same ;P

I'm almost done with mine, but dang; my kingdom for a time extension.... ='( ',',',',',',

Can't wait to see the final turnout though, as it seems like there should be a loot of top-quality entries!
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 17:15:51 UTC Post #300975
You guys were given two entire fucking months. How could you want a extension.
Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 17:25:22 UTC Post #300976
It's one of those things: i know as soon as the deadline is up i will never, ever go back to this map to update it, and that is sad, because i am having so much fun with it ='(
(look at the tear!!)

i mean i'll finish, but there is so much more i'd like to do if i had the time... naw mean? Are you entering btw?

edit: Congrats to Deathan on being the first uploader to the map vault for compo 31!

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Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 22:56:11 UTC Post #300983
@Trollo: You have no maps in your map vault. Just sayin'

@Captain: Deathan didn't think about it properly and uploaded his map for everyone to see and get inspiration from. I personally stole all his ideas! JK, but that could happen if the map had some great ideas in it.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-22 23:18:47 UTC Post #300984
That would imply he has had no great ideas.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-23 03:20:56 UTC Post #300987
Well, that is the downside with posting screen-shots (or the map) early, other people can get inspired and maybe steal your ideas. Also it's kinda like spoiling the end of a movie.

But of course it's nice to see what others have accomplished too as the competition is ongoing but it's better not knowing IMO.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-23 10:54:22 UTC Post #300990
hiho
can u tell why can i see black brushes throw the sky textures?? is it possible to fix the issue without compoling a map in FULL VIS mode?
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-23 11:47:00 UTC Post #300991
@Ninja deff
You have to do FULL VIS or do VIS-blocking (or both) or change the layout of your map. If the engine draws it then you can see it through sky blocks.

Full vis is always good for final compiles though.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-23 12:07:49 UTC Post #300992
Yeah I've had that problem once ninja. My solution was to expand they skybox so that area wasn't concave
Tetsu0 Tetsu0Positive Chaos
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-23 22:05:29 UTC Post #301001
EUGH. Not going to be able to get my entry in on time guys , I've got a shitload of essays and shit to do the next few days. Might just have to enter my single hallway :L
Instant Mix Instant MixTitle commitment issues
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-23 23:24:50 UTC Post #301003
put quick finishing touches on best you can and submit! you never know and you have nothing to lose! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 00:44:15 UTC Post #301004
Ouch, I had so much more planned, if only my mod didn't keep stealing my time away. I better start touching up my 3 maps for the compo, they are in serious need of Hammering away at! =]
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 08:10:25 UTC Post #301007
I keep getting AllocBlock: full. :( ... and my maps are not too big for goldsource (3072 x 2048 x 172)... so now I've got to go scale down the textures in the wad and then go back into hammer and scale them up so they fit! (and then I have to finish building my maps... :lol: )
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 10:16:39 UTC Post #301008
i am rushing now i have to finish just 2 rooms
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 18:20:09 UTC Post #301016
Unfortunately, I abandoned the compo. Here's my unfinished compo if you want to see:

Link to the map vault.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 18:42:04 UTC Post #301018
Ok, there's still time to start one!
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 19:09:42 UTC Post #301019
Yeah, 4 hours and almost exactly 50 minutes from the moment of this post.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 20:00:59 UTC Post #301021
gonna make as many updates to mine as possible before the deadline. 'Tis excruciating tho, waiting an hour to compile, make 30 seconds of changes, and wait another hour, only to find it is still fucked up.

)

Soon as i'm done i plan on running through all the entries in the vault so far.. can't wait! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 22:17:31 UTC Post #301022
Why abandon competition when you have already done some work? I don't see point in this.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 22:57:34 UTC Post #301023
Oh crap
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 23:10:06 UTC Post #301024
Shit typhoon is coming. We best haul in the jib before it gets covered in shit.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 23:25:51 UTC Post #301025
Final compiling now, hope it's not gonna crash or take too long :S. Ive got a a shitty compile as back up but I'm soooo nervous gaargh!
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-24 23:38:37 UTC Post #301026
Sames here. I think I'll have 15 minutes of wiggle room to upload, I hope..

)

Haha this is exciting =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 00:01:31 UTC Post #301027
Aw balls, managed to finish the final compile in time but it had some annoying clipping errors all of a sudden. It will have to do :S hope it doesn't affect too much of the outcome.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 00:03:55 UTC Post #301028
You know, I think I'm in with a chance of winning the "worst entry ever" award! I had 2 months to do it, I managed to spend 2 days on it, mostly on a small but complex entity thingy. It's really big, open, plain and smells of skybox.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 04:36:56 UTC Post #301035
Haha, I wouldn't worry commie, mine comes off as extremely bland. I seemed to have wasted much of the 2 months regarding this compo. ;]
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 13:27:20 UTC Post #301042
yeah.. couldn't enter :(
Good luck to everyone else though!!!
Tetsu0 Tetsu0Positive Chaos
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 13:32:26 UTC Post #301043
Couldn't finish mine in time due to my CPU running a little too hot during compilation. Hopefully that will be fixed today.
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 14:49:34 UTC Post #301048
I would love to see what you guys would have done with this compo, you both have some really cool maps in the back pack ^^. Hope you can fix it Atom even if it's too late.
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 19:36:47 UTC Post #301060
heck ya, i too would encourage everyone to submit your unfinished entries!

I'm gonnna playtest the goldsrc entries when i get home. Unfortunately, my ep2 is not installed atm, so maybe i can quick preview them in crafty or something?
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-25 21:51:20 UTC Post #301068
Ahaha. Oh well , i'll upload my single hallway up to the vault for people to look at.
Instant Mix Instant MixTitle commitment issues
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-26 08:58:35 UTC Post #301080
heck ya, i too would encourage everyone to submit your unfinished entries!
Yeah, that's what I felt I should do. But it seems that some people would do anything to discourage this, because they're so almighty. (interesting fact: my map doesn't even take space on TWHL since it's hosted on gamefront, so I haven't wasted space showing my unfinished work).
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-27 00:07:12 UTC Post #301094
Since i didn't knew that i had from 25 oktober - 25 november.. i didn't start mapping because of little amount of time.(saw the competition on 10 november)

Isn't there any notifications for this? ex. e-mail ?
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-27 22:40:24 UTC Post #301130
Just wow. THANK YOU to everyone who commented on my map (my most popular map to date in terms of ratings).

I know I pm'd a few people to check it out, but many more than that gave me some nice comments and ratings, which i FULLY DID NOT expect, due to how unfinished it is!

who else entered who is not in the vault?
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malle: I agree, optional email notifications would be a nice reminder! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-30 12:37:15 UTC Post #301193
Sorry to ask this question but how is it going with the judging and when is it likely to be finished?

This is my first competition so I'm not familiar with how it usually works. I know I will get the results when all is done but I'm just curious when that could be :).

Thanks
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-30 12:43:30 UTC Post #301194
It tends to take a few weeks.
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 12 years ago2011-12-11 11:15:46 UTC Post #301446
Yahoo! Great thanks to the judges, and congrats everyone who participated! ='P
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-12-13 05:44:05 UTC Post #301535
Congratulations mah man Captain Terror! Great entry sir! And to skals and ninja defuse and the rest that participated. Also to the twhl crew for making it happen so quick, how nice! I'll be sure to download all the entries and review them. From screens i'm suprised rim didn't place with his awesome map. Hope i'll have time to enter the next one. I also enjoyed your map doggybag.
Posted 12 years ago2011-12-13 11:20:15 UTC Post #301539
I made this, but the rest of my map was useless:
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