Forum posts
People call it Vulcans cause it's easier that way, but his username is actually "vluzacn". I might compile a list of changes he's made to the tools in the future, I've been talking to the guys on those forums for a while, finding out about all the new entities and features he added, I'll pass that knowledge to you guys a bit later on.
Lol, I meant the .bsp size when it's compiled.
Don't forget the fact that with VHLT ur map's size is also 50% smaller, and you can add entities like func_detail. Btw you're just finding out about vhlt? D:
Don't forget to upgrade your hammer with ze latest vhlt 
I guess ninja defuse is remaking de_train.
Ah cheers guys. I proposed a tutorial for 'counter-strike map layouts', To inform people on how to best layout their maps for good gameplay and so on, that is if you guys will accept it.
A question just crossed my mind, are there any rules against testing the gameplay of my map before the competition ends, to improve it? Is there nothing stopping me from getting a server up with the beta version of my map and then taking what I've learned from that to improve gameplay and do better in the competition?
I'm not saying I will do this, but I want to know, if this is allowed or not.
I'm not saying I will do this, but I want to know, if this is allowed or not.
Can winnars of this competition get a youtube map review thing? Like you guys used to do for MOTM?
If I get a top place in this competition, The beta key can go to someone else cause I already have cs:go beta.
...and yeah my theme is havana.
...and yeah my theme is havana.
Where is Havana on that list of official maps?
whats an es_ map? and yeah oilrig was very very depressing, and the whole vip thing was a cool idea but I guess nobody liked it. Either that, or the only map that had it was very depressing :D.
Well if you had to choose a sunny warm desert map or a metalic oilrig in the middle of the ocean and to add to that the sun has nearly set so it's dark and you can hear a lot of wind... It's an obvious choice.
Well if you had to choose a sunny warm desert map or a metalic oilrig in the middle of the ocean and to add to that the sun has nearly set so it's dark and you can hear a lot of wind... It's an obvious choice.
No... I think the rules are that you take the theme, and recreate it. There are no medieval town maps for cstrike, so there is no such theme. The only thing closest to that is maybe de_storm.
I am going to do a Havana theme (I love that theme ever since I did that sea side map). I will start with a completely new layout though, and It will be set in a slum area of Havana with many compact buildings rather than the Big central city areas like in the original havana map. I think I will use same textures as havana in cs, but I might import the css ones or something.
I hope you don't mind, I posted about the competition on gamebanana, incase anyone from there feels up for the challenge too (might bring us some popularity) here are the threads:
http://www.gamebanana.com/threads/180296
http://www.gamebanana.com/threads/180297
http://www.gamebanana.com/threads/180296
http://www.gamebanana.com/threads/180297
Yatta! This is really good. But I have one question I must get straight:
Am I remaking the theme, or the map itself?
Uh how do I explain. I know I must remake a map from counter-strike, but what are my limitations? What if I create Havana for example, but this time I recreate it with a completely different layout than the previous map, creating something like Havana 2 instead. Will that be an acceptable map since it's the same theme as Havana? Will there be no problems with the fact that it has a completely different layout?
Am I remaking the theme, or the map itself?
Uh how do I explain. I know I must remake a map from counter-strike, but what are my limitations? What if I create Havana for example, but this time I recreate it with a completely different layout than the previous map, creating something like Havana 2 instead. Will that be an acceptable map since it's the same theme as Havana? Will there be no problems with the fact that it has a completely different layout?
Where's the wings?Lame.
Cool model skals. What program?Ty. 3DS Max 2011.
Because Dimbark is like 10 and he might find it funny to do so.
Hi guys, I know some of you are interested in 3D Modeling, so I taught I might post this here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jayesh15
My college tutor who teaches me 3D Modeling has put together a youtube channel with various tutorials on 3DS Max Modeling. If anyone is interested, or needs help, check out these videos!
He's got some good tutorials on UVMapping there and unwrapping.
Also please don't be a dick and post crappy comments my teacher made these in his spare time in good will.
http://www.youtube.com/user/jayesh15
My college tutor who teaches me 3D Modeling has put together a youtube channel with various tutorials on 3DS Max Modeling. If anyone is interested, or needs help, check out these videos!
He's got some good tutorials on UVMapping there and unwrapping.
Also please don't be a dick and post crappy comments my teacher made these in his spare time in good will.
I'm not sure if I posted it here, but here is my first car model (and first plane model):
There you go archie, don't make claims you cannot back up.
Right, now go find a 2D sprite rpg game creator and create your game!
There's your problem.Cs 1.6 still has a couple thousand servers.
Multiplayer Goldsource mods are pointless now because multiplayer games require several active servers to remain active and Goldsource just doesn't have the playerbase required for a new mod to break into the "market".
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Omg Urby is awesome. I know someone who is in Skrim.
Why did you put those hideous filters over some of the images?
Yeah the mods are great, make it so much better. Remember to support those modders by endorsing their files when you download them! it helps for future development and improvement of their mods!
Being a Skyrim modder I simply know this.
bevel is gay when it comes to complex geometry, sometimes I have to replace it with null 
Skyrim is a beautiful place, but the engine itself is pretty disappointing graphically imo.That's because there is a bug in Skyrim, all the games 2048x2048 textures and 1024x1024 are failing to load and are instead replaced by their crappier 512x512 counterparts, making the game look 2/4x worse than it should be. The developers are trying to figure out why the proper textures aren't being rendered so in the future patches this will be fixed.
I was expecting to be blown away and instead it just feels exactly the same as the fallout 3 engine. Low res textures and all. It's also fairly terribly optimized in places.
The best tools to use are the latest VHLT tools, which are vhlt 25. I use these. Lighting/Shadows and map size is far better than latest shlt (3.9) and zhlt doesn't even compare, since shlt and vhlt are both upgraded versions of zhlt 3.4.
This seems like the appropriate place to place these:
Latest VHLT:
http://forums.svencoop.com/showthread.php?t=38059
Latest SHLT:
http://forums.svencoop.com/showthread.php?t=36733
When mapping for Goldsource, always make sure you have the latest and best tools available, or you may be limiting yourself to how bad the tools you use are.
I have one question, a weird one maybe. I know texture scaling affects game performance and compile times, but what about the scale on null and bevel textures? Will it make a difference if all my bevel and null textures are scaled to 3.0 for example rather than 1.0?
Also, what is the maximum scale i can go to before errors happen?
Latest VHLT:
http://forums.svencoop.com/showthread.php?t=38059
Latest SHLT:
http://forums.svencoop.com/showthread.php?t=36733
When mapping for Goldsource, always make sure you have the latest and best tools available, or you may be limiting yourself to how bad the tools you use are.
I have one question, a weird one maybe. I know texture scaling affects game performance and compile times, but what about the scale on null and bevel textures? Will it make a difference if all my bevel and null textures are scaled to 3.0 for example rather than 1.0?
Also, what is the maximum scale i can go to before errors happen?
Or better yet; He's a kid, that's why he said all that.
No, print-screen is on print-screen button, and f13 
Why can't you print screen? :S
...and Skyrims mapping is really cool, If you had to recreate an entire country I think you'd mess up in 1 place or another.
...and Skyrims mapping is really cool, If you had to recreate an entire country I think you'd mess up in 1 place or another.
Ah yes, for realistic purposes they add mountain ranged and trees behind the invisible walls just to make it appear like there is actually something there, but when you go past the horizon there is probably nothing there at all. Why would there be? It would be a waste of development time and game performance.
In goldsource, if your geometry is really weird or off the grid, it can end up disappearing in game once compiled, that might have been the case for your map, but since you remade that area you probably made it properly this time around so it no longer disappears.
Skyrim is not designed to be hard or challenging. If you want a challenge go play Dark Souls.
Not as good as full daedric legendary with 100 smith skill using +40% upgrade potion, and enchanted with 100 enchant skill with dual enchantments and grand soul gems for each enchant
I didn't say anything about skyboxes
This is a great idea. We can put all our knowledge together for everyone to be used.
These are the methods I use while creating my maps:
-Null/Bevel brushes for all invisible faces.
-not allowing any prop objects to connect to avoid unnecessary face cutting.
-Connecting all wall edges together like this \ If you know what I mean.
-Not using func_water. Func_water can always be seen in your map no matter how many objects it gets blocked by, it will still be drawn on the screen, making it something you shouldn't really ever use. For water use func_illusionary instead and make the contents water, it should create water effect and still be seen through, but illusionary isn't drawn when behind other objects like func_water is.
What I haven't really learned properly is the hint brush, the tutorial we have here hasn't really cleared things up for me.
...and the sky brush optimization. I heard somewhere that it does something concerning polys but I'm not sure.
These are the methods I use while creating my maps:
-Null/Bevel brushes for all invisible faces.
-not allowing any prop objects to connect to avoid unnecessary face cutting.
-Connecting all wall edges together like this \ If you know what I mean.
-Not using func_water. Func_water can always be seen in your map no matter how many objects it gets blocked by, it will still be drawn on the screen, making it something you shouldn't really ever use. For water use func_illusionary instead and make the contents water, it should create water effect and still be seen through, but illusionary isn't drawn when behind other objects like func_water is.
What I haven't really learned properly is the hint brush, the tutorial we have here hasn't really cleared things up for me.
...and the sky brush optimization. I heard somewhere that it does something concerning polys but I'm not sure.
Why abandon competition when you have already done some work? I don't see point in this.
He's had that avatar for years.
I like how not only Dimbark killed everyone, but he also undressed all the women and piled them on top of each other. He is going to grow up to be an axe wielding murderer.
I do. But he's not as bad as one of my friends, me and my friend went to the eurogamer expo earlier this year and we played Skyrim beta there, the first thing he did was grab his destruction spell and try to burn all the little children to death. There were people looking at his screen shouting oh my god what the hell are you doing? Because there was a long line there.
If you think that's bad in MW2 in no Russian mission he searched the entire airport for this little girl hiding with her Teddie bear then found her walked up to her and just went BANG!
If you think that's bad in MW2 in no Russian mission he searched the entire airport for this little girl hiding with her Teddie bear then found her walked up to her and just went BANG!
@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.
@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.
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.
I'm getting a lot of constant freezing as I enter the open world area. about every 10 seconds or so the game would freeze for two more and then go back to normal, no frame-rate drops though. Only happens in the open world, not sure of the problem, the only thing I can think of is Skyrim has some weird way of drawing objects onto the screen and everytime it draws some new ones my game freezes.
In other news, I've been making mods and re-textures for Skyrim lately, here's the most popular one I've made:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=319&tab=3&navtag=/modules/comments/comments_ajax.php?tid=462441|:|fid=319
In other news, I've been making mods and re-textures for Skyrim lately, here's the most popular one I've made:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=319&tab=3&navtag=/modules/comments/comments_ajax.php?tid=462441|:|fid=319
Skyrim has some of the funniest glitches ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awm6lNOpGq8&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HXy3PA6os&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awm6lNOpGq8&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HXy3PA6os&feature=player_embedded#!
Brendanmint, don't talk like you don't do it, we know your dirty little secret muahaha.
...and yeah habboi I just went through that place too, very beutiful, but I did have the item
...and yeah habboi I just went through that place too, very beutiful, but I did have the item
Yeah! You're missing out on big-boob mod!