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monster_urby11 hours ago2025-03-23 02:11:57 UTC 0 comments
That's right. We have a new competition on our hands. Go check it out and get to planning.
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TWHL Synthesis

A blast from the past

For this, the 44th competition here on TWHL, we are asking you to look back at our long and varied history of mapping competitions. With a wide selection of challenges spanning over two decades, there's no shortage of themes to chose from. That is what we are asking of you. To create an entry to one of our previous competitions!

Well... it's not quite as simple as that.

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Combiner 1P7 hours ago2025-03-23 06:19:09 UTC 0 replies
Exactly five years ago, on March 23, 2020, one of the most amazing Valvе games was released.
This post is dedicated to the anniversary of the game, and just wants to inform all forum members.

Damn...
monster_urby11 hours ago2025-03-23 02:06:53 UTC 0 replies
Here's the place to discuss, ask questions, or show off your work-in-progress screenshots for the TWHL Synthesis competition!

Best of luck, I can't wait to see what you come up with!
The issue with this tutorial is that it says to export the file as a .wav, which will kill the quality of the music
Cartoonduck21 hours ago2025-03-22 16:49:23 UTC 24 replies
Thanks, I will try that
Erty1 day ago2025-03-22 09:12:34 UTC 13 replies
Great to hear, congrats! 🥳

For scaling the model, you don't even need to do that in the editor, just adding a $scale x command in the QC where x is the scale factor and recompiling is enough. A...

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