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You don't need a logic_relay for this. You can do this with one trigger or multiple triggers. You said you want the lights to turn on AS you walk past them right? So set up multiple trigger_once's, each next to a light. And set it to "OnStartTouch > Light1 > Turn On" Then go to the second light and do the same thing except set the outputs to, "OnStartTouch > Light2 > Turn On" Ect.. Now if you want the lights to turn on at intervals by themselves, just use one TRIGGER. And do "OnStartTouch > Light 1 > Turn On >With Delay of 2" Then in the same trigger just do the same thing except make the numbers higher. "OnStartTouch > Light 2> Turn On >With Delay of 4"

Hope that helps.

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If you didn't get the host_timescale command to work you should check out Strider's example map on it, it's a really cool effect

It is not that I didn't get the host_timescale to work, it is I didn't get the bind to work. I figured out point client commands cand do bind.

Looking cool so far. A good idea for the slowdown effect is to bind "host_timescale 0.3" to a key. And then bind "host_timescale 1" to another key. I tried to do this before with a client command but it didn't work. So maybe telling the player to do that.

Why are the pipes squareish?

Here is one of the models I made. It is the VALVES, NOT the pipes.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/572/valveshowav6.jpg

But it is easier to buy more RAM than it is to mod a HL2 looking HL1.

Why not just make it in the source engine?

It's not that CS needs more weapons - it just needs different weapons. Honestly, throw in a nailgun, flamethrower or RPG in there.

Duh, it wouldn't be Counter-Strike if you threw them in there. It would be more like TFC. Also it would be noobish as hell considering it doesn't take much to kill a person in CSS. (Talking about health not about skill.) You would get complaints in every game. Plus for it to make sense only the terrorists would get them. Then that leaves the CT's at a disadvantage.

lmao! Nice job!! That was funny as hell!!

What A weirdo.

The Steamball was from the movie "Steamboy" It contains infinite steam that can power the whole Steamcastle. The whole 360 thing he did was a joke to show both of his models. And he didn't make the 360 EXACT size, and even if he wanted to he could just edit the .qc file and recompile.

We are not going to make the Steam Ball Explode. It was just a test for Xyos to learn how to do it.

Your gonna add (alot) more detail and get rid of the point lights, right?

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I wrote a big tutorial on Optimization, as soon as ant Finishes it Ill send you the link.

Exos, its 'seconded' not 'second'

Like Xyos said, it is from scruffy the janitor from futurama. I know a little esoteric, but anyways it IS "second", Because saying second is short for "I second that."

People probably avoided the name because it's so obvious and unoriginal.

As for the "real" name, it's truly an uncommon name. I don't know anyone in real life named Gordon.

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To be honest... Quite an ugly motif. And only applies to some engines of mapping.

All engines (in terms of mapping) are basically the same. They ALL can have leaks. Half-Life (2) 's engine isnt the only one.

(HAHA YOU COCKFAG. Don't bag ZombieLoffe, you hypocrite. Seriously, go suck another wang.)

How am I a hypocrite? That makes no sense. Yeah and zombie maybe that was a little harsh, so sorry about that. Right now I am getting out of this flame war and going to play HL2DM in my server.

66.55.154.3:27015

Join up if you want.

Also Zombie your maps are CRAP Compared to Kasperg. You are in no position to bash, or give seriouis suggestions to him.

stop sucking his wang.

THAT shows that you think everyone who likes his maps are just saying so because he is the "great almighty Kasperg" Trust me if it was a bad map I would say so. It also shows that you want you be different and put him down, because you THINK that HE thinks he is the greatest, which is most likely not the case.

Whatever Exos, I'm too tired to argue with you atm. It's people like you who put him up there anyway.

That also tells me that you do not like him, and you are just bashing his work for the singular reason of you don't like him. I think in your eyes you will do anything you can to put him down. And that line shows it.

Do I need to say it again!? No. It is so obvious that you do not like Kasperg.

Damn you penguin boy! Now I can't fix my Quote mistake because of your STUPID Post.

Whatever Exos, I'm too tired to argue with you atm. It's people like you who put him up there anyway.

That also tells me that you do not like him, and you are just bashing his work for the singular reason of you don't like him. I think in your eyes you will do anything you can to put him down. And that line shows it.

[quote]Of course everyone's comments are their own opinions[/quote}

Then don't say it like it is a fact, and you know everything.

Are you guys crazy! I think the lighting is superb! The whole effect of the light shining in through the skylights is awesome. And you say it is critisizm, but you can at least do it in a more civilized way, instead of saying "prop work is poop, texturing is HORRIBLE" say "You need some props" And then Explain WHY the texturing is bad. What you would do to fix it. What props you would use, where to put them. ect.

Looks terrible.

Explain why YOU THINK it looks terrible. I think alot of you (NOT ALL) just for some reason don't like Kasperg or are jealous or something, and just are bashing his work for the singular reason of making him think he is horrible.

I think it's about time someone took away your pedestal, because you're not THAT good.

No where has he proclaimed that is was really good, I do not think he has ever mentioned his skills, and there is no way you could know that he thinks he is a godly mapper.

I think it's about time someone took away your pedestal

That line right there tells me that you are just bashing his work for the reason that you don't like him.

Good lighting is colourful and spotty

How can all good lighting look like that? Considering in Real life not all light is like that. What if you were making a map that was night time? And it was outside. It would be really hard to make it "colourful and spotty." Also that is not a fact, it is your opinion; it would be more appropriate to say 'In my opinion good lighting is colourful and spotty."

As for MY critisizm....

I think the map looks awesome. The lighting is awesome, and you got some unique architecture going on. SOME textureing spots could be better. Like Ant mentioned before, in that pic where concrete meets plaster wall, I would make another concrete texture that is more blueish. I think you should add more props as well, in a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch map you need alot pf phyics objects. Try to make at least two or three physics object in each room. (Not EVERY room just like the main ones.) You need them for the Gravity Gun fights. In a normal map is someone is getting mowed down with a AR2, he can quickly put up a radiator or something and blast it in the other guys face. If there is no props he will attempt to kill him with the SMG and get pwned. If you are worried about performace issues use occluders INSIDE the walls. That way when you are in another room, when you go behind the wall ALL the props behind the occluder will not be rendered. Also using "props/vollight" would look good with the bright map you have created. I think is looks awesome, and I am definitely puttingi t on my server when it comes out.

I hate Gmod, it is SOO BORING! Like every month I go "Hey maybe this time ill like this game this time!" I play it for 5 minutes, get bored, and then map.

Satchmo, I can't believe that is hand made! Your wife is teh pwnzorbs!!!!

Take multiple pictures of a can and then merge them together with photoshop.

Also the itchiosaur has TONS of animations and it only uses one of them and is only in the game for like 3 seconds! Seems like a waste.

Why arent they adding new weapons to HL2!? hey are making TONS of models and other crap for Episode 2 why not make a new gun? I THINK they wre going to have a sniper in HL2. Type in "box" in the model browser. YOu will see a model that says 'Items/ammo/box/sniperrounds" or something like that. And also flare rounds!? What happened!? And why is the crabsynth only in the game for like 2 seconds?! It has like 20 animations including like "attack" and "charge". Was it becuse of that guy stealing the Source code?!

Search for a definition of life. Living cells are alive. The question is not whether you are killing a living being (which of course, you are) but if you are killing a human.
Take a cell of that "being" and compare it with yours. It will most probably have the same amount of chromosomes than you >> it is human.
According to a lot of people here, a foetus becomes human "one magical day" which is undefined. Up to that unknown magical moment, it has no human rights.
To some people, "life" begins the day the baby is born. If for any reason the child is born prematurely, how much do we wait to consider it alive and human? Is a baby of a 9-month birth more human than a 7-month born?

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Matt

1. Beef
2. Chicken
3. Pork
4. Duck
5. Lamb

Or the child might grow up to be the next president! Also saying, "It is the womans body it is her choice!' Doesn't make sense because the baby isn't her body it is the baby's body. A living being. It doesn't matter whether the baby is sentient or not, it is a living being. A hampster isn't sentient and we don't kill them, because they are living organisms. I think most of your people are just repeating what either someone else says or the news says. Think for yourself. People should think before having sex. It is their fault for being an idiot. Who are they to decide whether something lives or dies.

I have an update firmware in my router settings. When I click it, I get a search box that asks me to search for a file to upgrade. Will the file be on my PC, or all of them, or only one that it was first set up on?

EDIT: Never mind, I did it. I needed to go to the site, download the update, then browse for it in the router settings.

Thanks for the quick response Ill try that out

How do I update my firmware on my Linksys router. The model no. is WRT54GS. I don't have any experience with this, so I need some help.

My newest HL2DM map! Check it out! A unique gameplaye feature is a train comes by every so often, so you have to play and watch out for the train!

http://twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=4139

Okay I am going to try to help this guy out, not like the previous posts.

What kind of model was it? Try hitting "Refresh SDK content" in the SDK menu. I remember when I used to map for CSS when I added a hostage entity, as soon as I looked at him in the 3D window it froze. So I just didn't look at him.

I figured this out, (read journal) this should be deleted.

Wow point spot lights (if not properly used) can make your FPS HORRIBLE! Just like Satchmo said. I had a map that was like 10% done before, The FPS was like 120, as soon as I added a point_spotlight it went down to like 30.

There is no evidence that each mosel takes up -1 fps. No one can prove that considering the FPS is dynamically changing constantly, also considering that the engine doesn't render models sometimes, (if properly optimized.) so therefore a model would take up nothing. Models arent very expensive. When I made my dm_ravenholm map I basically put occluders everywhere and it incressed my FPS by like 10. I had ALOT of models. (And no I didn't go nuts placing occluders.)

I recently sent a tutorial on optimization to Seventh-Monkey I am just awaiting him to put it up. So maybe you can read that when it is up.

Hey thanks! It worked!

You need to optimize better. See "Controlling Visabillity and compile times" in the Valve WIKI. The engine is probably rendering the whole map at once.

Also 60 FPS is good. Anything below 40 isn't good. And 20 is REALLY bad. And of course anything above 40 is good.

Wow I just got a random update for HL2DM, DOESNT EVEN say it in the "view update list." Now I can't join any servers because it says "Server has different class tables" How can I fix this!? I wish Steam wouldn't FORCE you to update, I also wish that when they update something it Doesn't cause problems!

Is there anyway that I can change the opacity of glass (or any texture) IN HAMMER?? I want my glass to less opaque so the players can look out the window and see the scenery easier. The texture I am using for my window is "glass/glasswindowbreak070a"

I am going to write a new tutorial. As soon as The admins respond to me PM. You will see what it is about when I finish it.

Occluders are brush based entities that hide model geometry dynamically in game. Read up on them in the valve developer WIKI.

Try using occluders to hide some of the models.

So you want the prop_static to move when you break something? I don't quite get it either.

I just finished my new Half-Life 2 death match map. It is a Ravenholm theamed map. Here are some screenshots..

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3464/rholmpegyz7.jpg

You can download it here.

http://twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=4125

No oblivian has the stupid slow ass sword fights that arent very exciting. This is fast pace and it so fun! Play the demo.