News posts
Good news, everyone! Captain P, Daubster and MuzzleFlash are now assisting Ant and I in marking up tutorials. Hooray! This will mean a quicker turn-around from draft to release.
Good news, everyone! I've put the Biographies section of user profiles back. Some of you oldies may remember them. They were replaced by our Journals, but I think they're worthy of seperate inclusion for more permenant babble, so have stuck 'em back.
Righty, the Transport Hub competition results have finally been posted: Dr. Mapper got the gold by default, as nobody else entered!
On a cheerier note, the new competition is MuzzleFlash's HLDM one. Have a look.
On a cheerier note, the new competition is MuzzleFlash's HLDM one. Have a look.
The Transport Hub competition closes in a day and a half. Send in your entries if you haven't already done so... even unfinished, they'll be likely to win you a trophy.
If you're banned, go away. If you keep making accounts Alex and I will be forced to initialize the super-banstick on you, and it doesn't feel very good.
Within a day or so of each other, both our long-awaited Source server, and a suprise HLDM server, have both become available. MuzzleFlash is the owner of the HLDM server, which he has kindly made public. He even put "TWHL" in the name so you can't miss it. Have a look at the details.
TheBlackViper is, in turn, just finishing work on the Source server, which will be playing CS:S, HL2DM, and other games. Its details are here.
Both server owners are, of course, accepting map submissions from TWHL members! Take the opportunity to playtest your map with your forum buddies and get some real-time feedback.
TheBlackViper is, in turn, just finishing work on the Source server, which will be playing CS:S, HL2DM, and other games. Its details are here.
Both server owners are, of course, accepting map submissions from TWHL members! Take the opportunity to playtest your map with your forum buddies and get some real-time feedback.
The Map Vault Review-a-thon has ended; here are the results.
... to all our Scandanavian members, who celebrate it today, on Christmas Eve.
Hyv?? joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
God jul!
Gl?delig jul!
Glendelig jul!
Heh, those ones are pretty similar.
Hyv?? joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
God jul!
Gl?delig jul!
Glendelig jul!
Heh, those ones are pretty similar.
There's a little community competition for a Map Vault Award going on at the moment to try and get people more active in the 'Vault. All you have to do is write some good reviews before Christmas. Have a look at the forum thread for more information.
I've finally finished off habboi's Physics in Source tutorial, which was our hundredth! Hooray!
Other tutorials to be marked up are:
<ul>
<li>Diagnosing Map Problems</li>
<li>Mapping in Notepad</li>
<li>Planning your Maps</li>
<li>Using Speakers</li>
</ul>
Other tutorials to be marked up are:
<ul>
<li>Diagnosing Map Problems</li>
<li>Mapping in Notepad</li>
<li>Planning your Maps</li>
<li>Using Speakers</li>
</ul>
I've added a little checkbox to toggle the forum indicator key and (new) forum descriptions being shown. Go and have a look.
Beta versions of the ZHLT for 64-bit OSes are now freely available at the official site. Along with the 64-bit build there is a nice addition for those who map for Spirit, with Cpt_Andrew adding an env_sky fix to the code.
Two new tutorials for you to salivate over:
Unpluggable TV for Source
Modifying the HUD for Half-Life 1
This new tutorials come courtesy of Madcow and Daubster respectively.
Unpluggable TV for Source
Modifying the HUD for Half-Life 1
This new tutorials come courtesy of Madcow and Daubster respectively.
Along with the little avatars, people with small screens will now be shown fewer posts per page in the forums and similar.
Now the "big screen" checkbox in one's profile determines whether the reduced-size avatars are used on the forums next to peoples' posts. Nice, I hope.