I go with multiplayer.
My friend has a server and i get all sorts of imput from the players who play the levels. Constructive critism. I never released any of them in the vault here, why.. i dunno but i definitly like multiplayer more than single player. I often times detail 2 or 3 rooms then just.. run out of ideas. With multiplayer maps. CS mostly... you can always just stick another box here, move the bombsite here, etc etc.

That box or bombsite movement can affect the entire gameplay, and thus the quality of the map.

MP = +5
SP = +1

HL1 = 3 times, once trying to do it fast. my quickest time was somewhere around 2 hours :
Hl2 = .7 times
i still havent gotten around to beating it.

Hey guys. Anyone wanna name my map?
i need some ideas for decoration also. It is said that it's nicely designed, nice and big. Its a complex complex (if u get it) and its empty.. you can almost feel the lonliness. Also the textures are boring in that REALLLY big room, cuz its all steel, and i havent the inspiration to texture it correctly....

http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=3543

theres the link to the level, last update has been a while, but i didnt do anything to it. because.. im outta ideas. those boxex dont fit, i need a bombsite or 2 also. so any imput?

no.. theres a light env in there... i think its close to the back wall, next to the nexus

well they're both main characters.. but i mean c-mon.. tetsuo destroyed much of neo-tokyo with his MIND! oooooh...

anyway. on topic. i got the vespene guysers finished. Ill upload the update in a bit. im in school right now.... and... getting yelleda t but i dont care.

To gargantua, im workin on it. I just wanted to finish up the main layout and the mian building design bewfore i carry on any further with detail. =] Thanks for the support

seventh, you have double my ram, and a higherclass videocard.
lol..
well.. ill take a look at that tweak guide when i have some time to actually sit down.

Gj tycell
btw keneda said that

im going to bed. im pming coffee with the answer so the game can carry on without me. its open to guesses until its correct!

holy sheep shi....
i GOTTA try that

Yeah i took that picture after we rocked battle of the bands.

now guess the damn movie

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HINT BIG TIME: look at my name

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lol..

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bawls in the grass

o. wow thanks
dam im dumb

just went..

no the 200usd is just those 3 upgrades.. computer was like.. 2grand i think

allright allright lets go with a movie quote

"He's our friend, we should get to kill him"

Tell me the movie, and character who said it.

i spent.. 200 USD on my comp... wireless mouse/keyboard, ati 9500 and an extra 256 ram

oh dam. my bro listens to eminem all the time
white america man

mr.good. dont judge a book by its cover. hit up www.myspace.com/breakingbenjamin and listen to their songs
anyway.. on with the game

omfg!
YEA!!
my favorite band!!
i wil like.. be youre best friend if you didnt google that

wow you guys really dont know good music
this is one of their most popular songs too

ooo, its a great band, born out of willks barr pensylvania.

only clue

thanks strider.. and coffee.

i concur

but.. like.. whats a page file? or the HDD?
im not really keen on computer acronyms

SONG: "Just stay away from the white line, I can tell your worst side's your best side. I never heard anyone, I never listened at all"

page file?? HDD? WTF?

no
im not overexadderating.
like.. it takes me long enough to load the level.. if i shoot my gun i see the muzzle flash for like 2 seconds.. dont even get me started on the little arachnid thingys, anytime i shoot, do something... i can walk fine.. in a corridor with nothing happeneing lol

hazardous, how do i switch off those antiscoptric filterings whatevres... like i got that ati menu thing near my clock, but it only lets me change the settings not realy disable it. My friend had the SAME card and he runs everything on high detail except for model, and he has like.. wait no he doesnt lag
im pretty sure he has the same ram as me too..
maybe it is my processor..

gump, forrest gump, tom hanks.

ok open gl.. but WHY?
what's the difference

ok. i havent messed around with these because i break things when i mess around. ask anyof my friends who own computers.
anywaymy machine is.. ok.. 512 ram, pentium 4 1.6ghz, and an ati radeon 9550 graphics card.
im wondering which mode i should run it in... direct3d or opengl.. because i have no clue what the differences are.
if someone can explain a little bit of it?
im just curious because it seems my comp's gonna explode when i run half life 2. i even tuned down EVERYTHING to low, including res to 800X600 (as low as im willing) and im still skippin around like a schoolchild on a playground.

I got ad-aware, spybot, and norton 06' they're all updated and i scan regularly.. so spyware/virus' are out of the question..
oh yeah i got a dell if thats any help..

basically.. will switching either the card mode or the engine mode affect gameplay? if-so, why and how?

thanks

Is there a way to have a brush rotate forever?
like a door_rotating or something?

so what you're saying is, from each part of the map, in wireframe, see what areas i can block off from where?
im in school so i gotta go quick, just got yelled at. ktnx bye

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Later that day...

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OK wow.. that hint brush took nearly 750 wpoly's off one part of the map.
Just... ok here are some pics.

THANKS ANDY FOR THE HINT TUTORIAL!

Before...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/tetsuosho/hl_before.jpg

and After...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/tetsuosho/hl_after.jpg

Thats crazy.
OK i got to go to work. Im out early tonight, so i'll edit some more when i get home

Allright. I read the Tutorial on HINT brushes and that applys to corridors. I even went as far as to look at the Pyramid Hint Brush Extention. hence Extension, that also applys to corridors. Im not sure exactly how i would go about placing a hint brush in the nexus' walls...
Or anywhere else in my map for that matter, its completley outdoors.
Eh, im too tired ill think more tomorrow.

Thats such a great idea!!
yeah the broken seige tank can add some cover fire also.
Im not too familiar with hints.. Ill check out the tutorial.
Until then, anyone wanna give me a crash-course?
or is there no such thing?

Thanks for all the input

LOL thats exactly what i was talking about.. theres a generator in one of those screenshots.

Just updated the map.
HAVE NOT UPLOADED YET!

this due to extremely low r-speeds.. laggy as all hell.

im not even done yet cries

here's a link to the newest picture, ill update the map later

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/tetsuosho/de_creep.jpg

DUTY
sorry
didnt proofread

If its a dam, its probably a hydroelecric plant.
Why not stick some generators in there? That should make for some interesting gameplay.
Imagine "Call Of Dudy" If you have ever played that game, the level where you're actually inside the dam. Im not saying copy it exactly, but draw some inspiration.
Hope it helps

The Nydus canal is just a straight foward teleport.. i was thinking of making an actual tunnel underground with a bunch of func_push's, but i deemed it too much for a counterstrike map.

Ill check out alexb911's map.. i dont think im going to have much else than a teleport.

and a blinky green light

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EDIT

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no its not going to anything like that.. im picturing a lot of green and much more... dimensional.. (circular) no offence alex
but again, im probably going to stick with a teleport, and if gameplay deems it necessary, ill make a cave. Ill actually make 2 versions of this map. one with, one without. See how it affects the gameplay whatever, But in the meantime, back to my spawning pool.

sorry, this is a protoss/zerg map.
If you guys really want to see some Terran Archatecture, Let me know, ill crank out a hl-dm map or something.
some tanks, couple of spider mines, maybe a missile turret here and there.
whatever.

Yeah im gonna put the vespene on hold right now, and gonna start the Spawning pool, where ironically, the Terrorists will spawn.

]

ill keep you guys posted.

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soon to come (hopefully if i find time)

Custom textures.
and if anyone would like to make some for me, ill give you 50% credit on the map. Because looks ARE everything
Except gameplay and r-speeds

if only you can just draw maps and have them function..
it would look sweet just in b/w

this map is enormous >.<

test compile times with rad running on fast are taking like 7 minutes!!

Well, whatever. Its renamed Creep and i just updated it
With a functioning Nydus canal.. ooh..
ANd im working on modeling the vespene guysers right now, but those arent coming out to well.. anyway i got to head to work. Check out the new update.
any questions.. concerns..

ok ok ok
i apologize for not checking my sources, this is now renamed: de_Creep
because of the creep duh

I have a new map in the works. Im still building it and the level so i didnt put in the CS entities yet. Im testing in Half-Life just for the look and feel.
Its a level based off Star Craft. Poses Good versus Evil; Protoss Versus Zerg.
Protoss base features many sniper positions, and a quick entry and exit to the SINGLE Bombsite. This presents new challanges, but there are few choke points to get caught up in. Zerg features inclue Nydus canals. For all you guys who are unsure of Nydus canals, they teleport you from one destination to another, and back again. Useful for quick retreats, or attacks. There is (will be) a decent amount of... things on the map... Such as a skeleton of a huge animal... a vespene guyser... Y-forked river used for transport and cover. Tunnels through the rock walls..

If anyone has any imput on this level, please let me know, you can also give some constructive critism, tips, blah blah.

Map link = http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=3650

And i just updated today

Enjoy
-Tetsu0

sweet, thanks

oh well..
I did fix that problem, i did the replace textures thing, but instead of replacing the textures, i marked them all then deleted them, i can always re-make them later. i really just wanted to test compile it.

some more problems surfacing in my map right now:

the conveyor on my waterfall.. the texture goes in 3 directions.. none of them are correct...
Vis doesnt like me

ill upload my map to 'unfinished stuff'
it'll be called nexus , and ill edit this post with a link when im done

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Link to map = http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=3650

Ok As you read from the Topic, When i compile, theres a brush with a coplanar face, but when i go to Map>Go to Brush Number, the Brush doesnt exist. I read through a forum post, and it said something about deleting an origin, and i had a func_wall with an origin (it was a door_rotating but i changed my mind) so i deleted the origin and re-assigned that to a func_wall.

I download HLFIX, which sopossedly fixes these sorts of errors before actually compiling the map, i switched the HLFIX to #2 in line in the expert compiler. I THINK i set it up right. But im getting a messgae "Access is denied"

heres the log:

** Executing...
** Command: Change Directory
** Parameters: "C:SierraHalf-Life"

** Executing...
** Command: hlfix_exe
** Parameters: "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"

• Could not execute the command:

hlfix_exe "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"

• Windows gave the error message:

"Access is denied."

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlcsg.exe
** Parameters: "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"

hlcsg v3.3 rel 3.3 prerelease (Oct 9 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (amckern@yahoo.com)
--- BEGIN hlcsg ---
Command line: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlcsg.exe "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"
Entering c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus.map

Current hlcsg Settings
Name | Setting | Default
--------------------|-----------|------------------------
threads [ 1 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ off ] [ off ]
estimate [ off ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 4194304 ] [ 4194304 ]
max lighting memory [ 6291456 ] [ 6291456 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

noclip [ off ] [ off ]
null texture stripping[ on ] [ on ]
clipnode economy mode [ on ] [ on ]
clip hull type [ legacy ] [ legacy ]
onlyents [ off ] [ off ]
wadtextures [ on ] [ on ]
skyclip [ on ] [ on ]
hullfile [ None ] [ None ]
nullfile [ None ] [ None ]
min surface area [ 0.500 ] [ 0.500 ]
brush union threshold [ 0.000 ] [ 0.000 ]

Using mapfile wad configuration
Wadinclude list :
[zhlt.wad]

3 brushes (totalling 24 sides) discarded from clipping hulls
CreateBrush:
10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...Error: Entity 24, Brush 3, Side 3: has a coplanar plane at (549, -1847, -32), texture XENO_6FLR
Error: brush with coplanar faces
Description: The map has a problem which must be fixed
Howto Fix: Check the file http://www.zhlt.info/common-mapping-problems.html for a detailed explanation of this problem

(6.33 seconds)

--- END hlcsg ---

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlbsp.exe
** Parameters: "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"

hlbsp v3.3 rel 3.3 prerelease (Oct 9 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (amckern@yahoo.com)
--- BEGIN hlbsp ---
Command line: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlbsp.exe "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"
>> There was a problem compiling the map.
>> Check the file c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus.log for the cause.

--- END hlbsp ---

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlvis.exe
** Parameters: "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"

hlvis v3.3 rel 3.3 prerelease (Oct 9 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (amckern@yahoo.com)
--- BEGIN hlvis ---
Command line: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlvis.exe "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"
>> There was a problem compiling the map.
>> Check the file c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus.log for the cause.

--- END hlvis ---

** Executing...
** Command: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlrad.exe
** Parameters: "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"

hlrad v3.3 rel 3.3 prerelease (Oct 9 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (amckern@yahoo.com)
--- BEGIN hlrad ---
Command line: C:PROGRA~1VALVEH~1hlrad.exe "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus"
>> There was a problem compiling the map.
>> Check the file c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus.log for the cause.

--- END hlrad ---

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "c:program filesvalve hammer editormapsnexus.bsp" "C:SierraHalf-Lifevalvemapsnexus.bsp"

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
"The system cannot find the file specified."

any suggestions?

New areas!!!

1) Hallway from room 6 - t-spawn's stairs

2)T-spawn and outside completed

http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=3543

That is my new level.

There are lots of catwalks and the level is wasy to get the hang of.
It's based off a lot of ideas. You can see inspiration from inferno, dust, piranesi...

The layout is all drawn out, but im willing to make changes based on your imput. I host my own server, so i'll debut it on that. (i actually get some players.)
I just really need some obsticales or eye candy to make the map better. i know its really boxy right now, but thats where the collective (you guys) comes in. Give it a d/l. i included everything in there, bsp, map, max, rad, blah blah blah.
yeah. If u could help with details?
im open to any suggestion. texturing, whatnot.

thanks!!
-Tetsu0