Commented 11 months ago2023-07-24 21:44:40 UTC
in journal: CushionsComment #105444
I tried that, but the sound effect is still attached to it. Plus I think my way, though more complex, can lead to more interesting gameplay opportunities
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-24 17:31:00 UTC
in vault item: Code Lock ExampleComment #105442
It's really cool you can actually do stuff like that in Half-Life with just the tools the editor gives you, and it makes you think what other kinda machines and mechanisms you can make. Also I liked how you hid the code.
我很期待您能成功。我会用在func_tank实体，因为当实体使用模型时不能正确的俯仰。
I look forward to your success. I'll use it for func_tank entities because entities don't pitch properly when using models.
So what I was testing was vertex coordinate rounding (to keep CSG happy, of course) and while it worked okay enough on certain other models (they had relatively low poly densities), HD Barney from SC had a higher poly density which was dramatically affected by the coordinate rounding.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-23 10:49:32 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105437
@kimilil I will consider that for the future. Even after I finish v1.0 of Map2Prop I still have two mapping projects I'm working on I want to finish first before starting a new project.
@cindor That sounds similar to the concept Kimilil was talking about.
Someone in the Discord came up with the idea to use custom entities that would be turned into models and put back in the map. I guess one could call a program at the start of the compile process that'd extract these entities from the .map file and run Map2Prop on those (once I finish the .map format support) and then replace these entities with cycler_sprite or whatnot (possibly give it a CLI argument) before overwriting the .map and let the rest of the compile process go as usual. It wouldn't have Kimilil's baked lightmaps, but could been an alternative way of doing this.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-23 02:09:35 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105436
Wow, nice tool! thanks for sharing.
Months ago I had the desire to create a script/tool that would allow me to do that, but I abandoned it. It's good that you made it possible.
The idea i had in mind was basically converting the brush in an entity called "brush_model" with some keyvalues. Then during the compiling process (before zhlt tools process) the script/tool would convert the "brush_model" entity to mdl (using external tools) and then automatically inserting it into the map as a cycler_sprite. I never got around to implementing it, i just coded a few lines to parse the .map file in a basic way.
Here concept map of the idea:
I was planning to use many external tools as possible to make the code easier and avoid having to code complex tasks like extracting wad textures or converting to smd, since my knowledge of programming is very basic.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-22 18:36:50 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105435
Haven't tried this yet as I've been out of my mapping streak.
This program is a step forward to make goldsrc propmaking workflow better, for sure. For one, it eliminates the need to use Blender+plugin for the obj to smd conversion.
I really hope you explore the possibility of extracting compiled .bsp models as .objs, which you can feed into the toolchain, as the lightmaps can then be baked into the textures of the props, suitable for larger props e.g. 3d skyboxes.
What this would make possible is a single compile workflow: csg, bsp, vis, rad, bsp2prop.
Again, this tool being at the end means it has rad's lighting information to work with.
I know unrealkaraulov's newbspguy fork has this exact feature, but it's not accessible in the CLI (in fact his fork's CLI is completely broken) and he's been on radio silence as of late.
Crafty can export .bsp as .objs as well but only the whole .bsp. Again, UK's newbspguy comes in a clutch with its ability to export individual brush model as a standalone .bsp, which you feed into Crafty. But again, the problem with these programs are that they have no command line interfaces.
Thank you! This is exactly one of the two reasons why I wanted to get those specifications on the wiki here. So more knowledgeable people like you and Penguinboy would be able to add to it and make corrections.
That way we can have a more complete and correct picture which will very much help with my second reason for doing this: Make the specifications available and easy to find so other people wanting to use these to make cool apps would be able to do so ^^
Regarding wad files, as far as I know palettes are always preceded by a color-count int16, and the color-count + palette colors should be padded so they're 4-byte aligned. In practice most if not all palettes just contain 256 colors, so I'm not sure whether textures with smaller palettes would even be accepted by various tools. But yeah, `Palette[width][height] palette` should be `char[colors_used][3] palette`, and each mipmap is 4x as small as the previous one.
Hey Psy, indeed you might be right. To be honest, the best setup for this kind of map wasn't entirely clear to me, so I went for these settings. Might be a more convenient way indeed to have set this up.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-22 01:45:53 UTC
in vault item: tm_relic（环山遗迹）Comment #105429
Great map!
There's a few minor issues I have with it, such as a little hole in the floor showing the skybox at the bottom of the map or the odd texture choice for the massive opening near middle on the door frame pillars, other then that, stunning job!
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-21 14:48:57 UTC
in wiki page: item_antidoteComment #105426
The item_antidote can be found in only one Half-Life map, the multiplayer map datacore. However, due to a glitch, it immediately falls out of the map. It can be retrieved using noclip by flying directly below the stairs in the room with the longjump module. The item_antidote was replaced with an item_battery in op4_datacore, which does not fall out of the map. The antidote is not found in Opposing Force, Blue Shift, or Decay.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-21 14:40:14 UTC
in wiki page: ammo_9mmboxComment #105425
The ammo_9mmbox, also referred to as chainammo, was not used in any Half-Life or Blue-Shift maps. The entity was used by Gearbox and can be found in Decay in ht07signal (x2), ht10focus, and ht12fubar (x2); and in the Opposing Force multiplayer maps op4_park, op4_repent, op4cp_park, op4ctf_chasm (x2), and cp4ctf_dam (x3)
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-20 16:43:17 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105422
On the outside it's mostly just a smaller filesize for the executable. A bloated library was refactored out to make that happen, and a lot of the math functions it provided were replaced with standard library ones or rewritten by myself.
Also found and fixed a bug related to reading .obj files with ORIGIN brushes.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-20 04:46:56 UTC
in journal: One Map at a TimeComment #105420
I'll for sure look into it, would be pretty awesome to test maps as well. I'll probably try it out tomorrow morning on jump arena se, or maybe I'll finish the full version first...just need to add lights, weapons, and more spawns shouldn't take too long...I'll let you know though.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-19 17:10:33 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105417
It was compiled on Win10 so it's possible it might not work on Win7 (it not being supported and all that).
The size is mostly due to a library I used for a lot of the math functions, and I agree it's unnecessarily large. Been working on refactoring out that bloated library since last week and should have a new version ready pretty soon. 🙂
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-18 07:39:47 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105408
Definitely! It basically lets you use your level editor to create models.
I hope it's useful to those that don't want to learn to use a 3D editor but still want to make model props for their maps. ^^
You shouldn't blame yourself for JD stop responding to you. As you said, Nightdive Studios were in contact with JD about purchasing the SiN franchise at the time, and it's not uncommon for the buyer putting a claim on any content related to the purchase and have related persons sign NDAs. It's possible JD just isn't allowed to speak to you at all about any of that content.
In other words, it's not a failing on your part. Things outside your control happened.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-15 15:37:26 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105401
我最近很有可能有体验的机会，十分感谢您的工作和爱。爱来自中国。
I am very likely to have a chance to experience it soon, thank you very much for your work and love. Love comes from China.
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-14 20:21:54 UTC
in vault item: GoldSrc Map2PropComment #105397
Earlier today I was thinking about trying the maps to models process and low and behold I see this.
I haven't had a chance to try the tool out yet, but I am endlessly grateful that you're working on it!
Commented 11 months ago2023-07-14 18:04:20 UTC
in journal: Last Day as a DoctorComment #105396
I hope you can have your first commercial flight soon. It must be so exciting. I would have liked to get into it too, but with ADD it's a bad idea. But I will try to fly a plane for the first time soon. The local club has a day in August for people who want to try.
How do you think mental health problems affect Asians differently?
I look forward to your success. I'll use it for func_tank entities because entities don't pitch properly when using models.
@cindor That sounds similar to the concept Kimilil was talking about.
Someone in the Discord came up with the idea to use custom entities that would be turned into models and put back in the map. I guess one could call a program at the start of the compile process that'd extract these entities from the .map file and run Map2Prop on those (once I finish the .map format support) and then replace these entities with cycler_sprite or whatnot (possibly give it a CLI argument) before overwriting the .map and let the rest of the compile process go as usual. It wouldn't have Kimilil's baked lightmaps, but could been an alternative way of doing this.
Months ago I had the desire to create a script/tool that would allow me to do that, but I abandoned it. It's good that you made it possible.
The idea i had in mind was basically converting the brush in an entity called "brush_model" with some keyvalues. Then during the compiling process (before zhlt tools process) the script/tool would convert the "brush_model" entity to mdl (using external tools) and then automatically inserting it into the map as a cycler_sprite. I never got around to implementing it, i just coded a few lines to parse the .map file in a basic way.
Here concept map of the idea:
This program is a step forward to make goldsrc propmaking workflow better, for sure. For one, it eliminates the need to use Blender+plugin for the obj to smd conversion.
I really hope you explore the possibility of extracting compiled .bsp models as .objs, which you can feed into the toolchain, as the lightmaps can then be baked into the textures of the props, suitable for larger props e.g. 3d skyboxes.
What this would make possible is a single compile workflow: csg, bsp, vis, rad, bsp2prop.
Again, this tool being at the end means it has rad's lighting information to work with.
I know unrealkaraulov's newbspguy fork has this exact feature, but it's not accessible in the CLI (in fact his fork's CLI is completely broken) and he's been on radio silence as of late.
Crafty can export .bsp as .objs as well but only the whole .bsp. Again, UK's newbspguy comes in a clutch with its ability to export individual brush model as a standalone .bsp, which you feed into Crafty. But again, the problem with these programs are that they have no command line interfaces.
That way we can have a more complete and correct picture which will very much help with my second reason for doing this: Make the specifications available and easy to find so other people wanting to use these to make cool apps would be able to do so ^^
I'll make the corrections to the WAD format 🙂
I wanted to point you to https://github.com/LogicAndTrick/sledge-formats/tree/master/Sledge.Formats.Map/Formats , but it looks like Penguinboy already started updating some of the wiki pages. He knows more about the various .rmf file versions and figured out the meaning of several more .jmf fields.
Regarding wad files, as far as I know palettes are always preceded by a color-count int16, and the color-count + palette colors should be padded so they're 4-byte aligned. In practice most if not all palettes just contain 256 colors, so I'm not sure whether textures with smaller palettes would even be accepted by various tools. But yeah, `Palette[width][height] palette` should be `char[colors_used][3] palette`, and each mipmap is 4x as small as the previous one.
Thank you for your feedback. Could you please take a screenshot?
There's a few minor issues I have with it, such as a little hole in the floor showing the skybox at the bottom of the map or the odd texture choice for the massive opening near middle on the door frame pillars, other then that, stunning job!
There is no reason to launch it as a multiplayer game though.
The models look indistinguishable from their brush counterparts.
Amazing job with the program <3
Also found and fixed a bug related to reading .obj files with ORIGIN brushes.
Thank you for the suggestion,
JJ
The size is mostly due to a library I used for a lot of the math functions, and I agree it's unnecessarily large. Been working on refactoring out that bloated library since last week and should have a new version ready pretty soon. 🙂
The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
That's on Windows 7. Why is the executable so massive?
I hope it's useful to those that don't want to learn to use a 3D editor but still want to make model props for their maps. ^^
You shouldn't blame yourself for JD stop responding to you. As you said, Nightdive Studios were in contact with JD about purchasing the SiN franchise at the time, and it's not uncommon for the buyer putting a claim on any content related to the purchase and have related persons sign NDAs. It's possible JD just isn't allowed to speak to you at all about any of that content.
In other words, it's not a failing on your part. Things outside your control happened.
I am very likely to have a chance to experience it soon, thank you very much for your work and love. Love comes from China.
I haven't had a chance to try the tool out yet, but I am endlessly grateful that you're working on it!
How do you think mental health problems affect Asians differently?
Do you want to fly?