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No worries! Clearly it was planned for Barney (and the assassins) at some point but never finished.
If you look at hgrunt.cpp you'll see a CheckAmmo method and checks on CheckAmmo - it seems to be part of CBaseMonster and it's all a bit complicated with the schedules and tasks but it's all there.
What's in your mod's liblist.gam file?
That's HL bytheway, I don't know whether this behavior has been removed in TFC.Probably the Team Fortress Classic player class extends CBasePlayer - it wouldn't be the only Team Fortress Classic code in the Half-Life SDK anyway.
Do you have a screenshot?
Also, there are notes about on Github about some function in the Half-Life SDK having the wrong signature which you'd need to fix to change the hull size.
Posted 4 years ago2020-05-13 11:01:15 UTC
in Where can I find a complete SDK for the expansions? Post #344204
in Where can I find a complete SDK for the expansions? Post #344204
Blue Shift only has three extra entities from memory - the helmet and vest are easy to do yourself and you can probably find env_warpball in an open source mod somewhere.
WIP pics of a single player mod I'm working on. Would love feedback. Really hoping it feels like black mesa. (Also first post so hello!)Is that GoldSource?
Yeah I see references to an mextrasurf_s but that looks like Xash3D stuff - not sure how regular GoldSource handles it.
Hm, and it doesn't look like the global palette array is exposed to client.dll - in that linked code it looks like raw pixels get copied right after the texture_t for some reason? Possibly that still happens in GoldSource?
I wasn't planning on playing with this in software mode but I assume the GLQuake texture_t is the same as what is in GoldSource though?
Maybe it isn't possible to modify the raw texture data at a runtime - IEngineStudio.StudioSetupSkin looked promising but it looks like it only loads the texture (https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com&q=subject:%22%5C%5Bhlcoders%5C%5D+p%5C%2Fw+model+skins%22&o=newest&f=1) so I'm not sure why it's even exported to client code.
I wasn't planning on playing with this in software mode but I assume the GLQuake texture_t is the same as what is in GoldSource though?
Maybe it isn't possible to modify the raw texture data at a runtime - IEngineStudio.StudioSetupSkin looked promising but it looks like it only loads the texture (https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com&q=subject:%22%5C%5Bhlcoders%5C%5D+p%5C%2Fw+model+skins%22&o=newest&f=1) so I'm not sure why it's even exported to client code.
Any luck figuring this out? I poked around again and Mod_Extradata returns raw model data - maybe the offsets work on that point for .mdl files, but not sure about .bsp or .spr files.
Any luck figuring what they offset into?
Ah right - didn't even think on playing with gl_texturenum
Looking at texture_t though I see offsets and paloffset which I guess give access to the texture data and palette but as I look now I'm not sure what the offsets are relative to - any ideas?
Looking at texture_t though I see offsets and paloffset which I guess give access to the texture data and palette but as I look now I'm not sure what the offsets are relative to - any ideas?
Yes ask here - one of the few places where GoldSource modding chat still happens.
Posted 4 years ago2020-04-07 23:23:38 UTC
in How to add spectator option to existing mod Post #344043
in How to add spectator option to existing mod Post #344043
No, just the .dll - I guess those notes are about moving from SDK 1.0 to SDK 2.x
Nice work.
I guess that you are limited to the same size texture though? I assume the file is memory-mapped and that overwriting the texture data with a larger texture would overwrite the data that follows it?
I guess that you are limited to the same size texture though? I assume the file is memory-mapped and that overwriting the texture data with a larger texture would overwrite the data that follows it?
Posted 4 years ago2020-04-05 05:33:08 UTC
in How to add spectator option to existing mod Post #344015
in How to add spectator option to existing mod Post #344015
Jumbot is closed source (and I think I emailed the author many years ago - he no longer has the source).
Fun fact - the bots in Wanted! are based off Jumbot.
Fun fact - the bots in Wanted! are based off Jumbot.
It's GoldSource - just the back-ported VGUI stuff from the Steam version.
Posted 4 years ago2020-03-29 07:15:30 UTC
in How to add spectator option to existing mod Post #343989
in How to add spectator option to existing mod Post #343989
I think it is possible - Jumbot is I assume a server only mod (if not this probably won't work).
If you use it with an up to date client.dll, you should be able to write a plugin that loads and passes through to the Jumbot .dll, but in your plugin capture the spectator commands and copy their logic from hl.dll
Hopefully that makes sense.
If you use it with an up to date client.dll, you should be able to write a plugin that loads and passes through to the Jumbot .dll, but in your plugin capture the spectator commands and copy their logic from hl.dll
Hopefully that makes sense.
Ah of course! And the same should work for sprites as well.
And yeah it doesn't look like client.dll has any per-entity callback (looks like they're mostly per-frame). Too bad but better than nothing.
And yeah it doesn't look like client.dll has any per-entity callback (looks like they're mostly per-frame). Too bad but better than nothing.
I thought there were text files somewhere in gfx/ that controlled this? Nothing in the Steam version that I can see...
At that point I'd probably do a MDL and SPR parser, if I just wanted to read the texture data. It'd be easy too, there are several open-source apps doing that stuff, so, we can use it as a reference / steal the code.Oh agreed - I was just hoping the data was modifiable at runtime.
I never got through all of Wanted! but I did like the concept. The bots were pretty good too (they were based on Jumbot from memory).
Hm, I thought they were specified in valve/resource but maybe not? marlett.ttf is in that directory but it's all symbols.
I thought Verdana was used but maybe it's for Steam? The halflife Github has some stuff about fonts (specifically on Linux) so that might have some information.
I thought Verdana was used but maybe it's for Steam? The halflife Github has some stuff about fonts (specifically on Linux) so that might have some information.
Yes that's what I thought - the client gets a read-only view of entities, and I remember trying to get the texture data for models or sprites but couldn't find a way.
Nice work with the big maps - looking forward to the tutorial.
Nice work with the big maps - looking forward to the tutorial.
Posted 4 years ago2020-03-01 05:04:56 UTC
in "SV_StudioSetupBones: sequence 0/0 out of range for model bogus" Post #343832
in "SV_StudioSetupBones: sequence 0/0 out of range for model bogus" Post #343832
Is there a model entity with no model set somewhere in the map?
Posted 4 years ago2020-02-29 05:52:07 UTC
in Gilding the lilly: selective types of sttack Post #343820
in Gilding the lilly: selective types of sttack Post #343820
STRING(pEnemy->pev->classname) or something like that should tell you the enemy type.
In studiomdl.c there are seven different texture flags - do they all work in regular Half-Life?
Oh I meant model_t.entities would be read only but a lot of the others should be modifiable.
Interesting - I figured not all of it would be read-only (though I feel like not all texture data is exposed? some of it must be a summary). Entities would be read-only for sure.
Posted 4 years ago2020-02-16 07:01:34 UTC
in What is the purpose of a texture with the prefix ~, by the way? Post #343750
in What is the purpose of a texture with the prefix ~, by the way? Post #343750
Hm, I wonder why it was software only.
Posted 4 years ago2020-02-15 05:40:25 UTC
in What is the purpose of a texture with the prefix ~, by the way? Post #343746
in What is the purpose of a texture with the prefix ~, by the way? Post #343746
The last 32 colours - did the Quake engine use the ~ prefix or something else?
Yeah not sure - there is lighting data in the model_s struct in client.dll but I suspect it's read only (maybe?) and you'd need to write your own lighting rendering to use that data.
Or you could use dynamic lights but I haven't played with them enough to know their limitations.
And with the map coordinate bounds I thought that server to client messages 1 through 64 (or whatever is handled by the engine) might have clamped coordinates - is that right?
Or you could use dynamic lights but I haven't played with them enough to know their limitations.
And with the map coordinate bounds I thought that server to client messages 1 through 64 (or whatever is handled by the engine) might have clamped coordinates - is that right?
Interesting - I hadn't considered the problem of .bsp files needing different lighting. I guess that's not controllable via client.dll
I'd be very interested if you manage to track down a 2005 build of the Source SDK as I looked a few years ago and couldn't find anything.
Ah thanks - I'll have to take a closer look at the qcsg code.
Never used Milkshape myself (probably should try it out - never done much with modelling).
@cindor what game/mod is that for? Looks very much like Gunman Chronicles.
@cindor what game/mod is that for? Looks very much like Gunman Chronicles.
Posted 4 years ago2020-01-23 10:43:31 UTC
in "abs: ambiguous call to overloaded function" Post #343683
in "abs: ambiguous call to overloaded function" Post #343683
I think I just changed them all to fabs when updating to the latest version of Visual Studio and that worked.
I couldn't see any cur_ textures in Half-Life's .wad files so I guess they're not used in any official maps? Is there any documentation on them like http://www.the303.org/tutorials/gold_texture.htm?
What modelling program are you using?
How do you draw the AABBs? I think it's r_drawentities for the hitboxes.
How do cur_ textures work? Where are they used?
Posted 4 years ago2020-01-12 07:23:15 UTC
in Is it possible to make a monster follow another monster? Post #343600
in Is it possible to make a monster follow another monster? Post #343600
I think you should be able to debug a release build if the .pdb file is in the same directory as the .dll?
Anyway, you should copy your changes into a clean project so that things are set up correctly (probably too hard to recreate Debug - I'm sure Visual Studio takes care of a lot of stuff).
Anyway, you should copy your changes into a clean project so that things are set up correctly (probably too hard to recreate Debug - I'm sure Visual Studio takes care of a lot of stuff).
Would using a light_spot with a small radius/brightness work?
Posted 4 years ago2020-01-01 01:37:23 UTC
in Problem: IDLE anim plays between scripted sequences. Post #343545
in Problem: IDLE anim plays between scripted sequences. Post #343545
I don't know - probably do some debugging and see what is setting the idle animation in the code.
Not without changing the code I think - CFuncTank::FindTarget takes a player parameter (which is the player that is in the tank's line of sight) and returns that player.
Is it undertow in Half-Life Deathmatch with the flowing water that ends at a waterfall?
The uncorrected proof of Raising the Bar talks about it a bit - some of the team worked at Valve with other Valve employees to finish the game.
Posted 4 years ago2019-12-29 04:39:24 UTC
in Problem: IDLE anim plays between scripted sequences. Post #343528
in Problem: IDLE anim plays between scripted sequences. Post #343528
I doubt the map editor is the problem. Did you write your AI from scratch or copy it from something else?
Has anyone tried unit testing their mod or plugin's code?
I've been trying to add some unit tests to Sandbot using Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework but the TEST_METHOD macro specifically seems to interfere with the loading of the .dll (the engine complains that it can't get the dll api).
Possibly another test framework is a better idea but at the same time, the implementation of another framework is still prone to change. I think tests are better off being a separate project too but that seemed like a messy approach given how the code it layed out.
I've been trying to add some unit tests to Sandbot using Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework but the TEST_METHOD macro specifically seems to interfere with the loading of the .dll (the engine complains that it can't get the dll api).
Possibly another test framework is a better idea but at the same time, the implementation of another framework is still prone to change. I think tests are better off being a separate project too but that seemed like a messy approach given how the code it layed out.