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Posted 19 years ago2005-10-10 12:06:13 UTC
in silent death Post #140700
that's what i'm doing in my compo entry.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-10 11:55:29 UTC
in silent death Post #140697
yes, and a minimod is a good way to start, lets you use any style you want, and not worry about other people's mapping style.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-10 11:37:51 UTC
in Free web hosting Post #140693
Max. upload size?
for tekcities, it's 5mb. Not a problem for me, I like to compress everything anyway. And killer, yes i'll pm you when the server move is done. Actually, if you feel like checking yourself, goto tekcities.com/shp.php and if they're done moving, it'll ask you to login.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-10 09:35:45 UTC
in Free web hosting Post #140671
yeah, tekcities rocks, just that you won't be able to create an account for a while, they're moving everything to a new server. And the ads are tiny text ads, no popups, 5gb space, 10gb bandwidth! For free!
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-10 09:32:45 UTC
in Windows Installer Post #140670
you're screwed, then. Get linux. Actually, just reinstall windows.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-09 22:47:42 UTC
in CPU problems Post #140584
IE sucks and lets in tons of viruses and spyware.
IE sucks in tons of viruses and spyware! Yes, use firefox or opera, remove spyware, and if that doesn't work, reinstall windows. As a last resort, of course.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-09 22:43:43 UTC
in Windows Installer Post #140583
uninstall windows installer. Then you'll have no problems. That's what I did, and I had none whatsoever. Then if you ever do need it again, get v.3.5.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-09 22:41:46 UTC
in silent death Post #140582
email me if you need a beta tester (or an alpha tester for that matter)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 13:20:10 UTC
in The Anything Thread Post #140094
On the topic of animal cruelty check out these sites:
peta.org - people for the ethical treatment of animals
mtd.com/tasty/ - people eating tasty animals
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 13:11:39 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #140092
i'm talking from experience here. My old laptop could do video editing no problem, my new one sucks at it. (of course, my old laptop had crappy cooling and fried the mobo 4x!)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 13:00:52 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #140088
Athlon64 is a marketing scam
Unless, of course, you use them, and then you realize that "hey, that athlon64 worked better than my p4 did, and it was slower! wow!" although hard drive speed is also an issue. But a 1.6ghz athlon64 outperforming a 3.2ghz p4 in any situation is just nuts!
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 11:30:30 UTC
in Education Post #140072
actually, I live in northern Wisconsin, not the UK. And yes, I know people like that, who take "advanced placement" classes (but not any who have actually moved up a whole grade.) cool.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 11:24:03 UTC
in Education Post #140070
I am currently 17 (October 14th i will be)
What? you're 17, but october 14th you'll be 17? Don't you mean 18? Because I'm a senior, and will be 18 nov. 26th.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 11:06:09 UTC
in Half-Life Sentences.txt Editor Post #140056
tekcities.com

What language did you use for that?
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 11:05:27 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #140054
Athlon64 is the way to go, if you can afford it. Then, when more 64 bit apps come out, you'll be able to use them to their full potential. (just don't get one in a laptop!)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-07 09:38:18 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #140034
I think it is a gigantic step from Windows 98-Blue-screen-of-death.
Windows 98 SE is a hell of a lot more stable than anything else, in my experience! (except for winxp, which is pretty good, too.)
As so many people have said, windows is the way to go, because unless you are m0p, who apparently plays hl without windows, you'll need it to run hl/hl2/steam. My suggestions: Defrag your hd often, it will improve performance, get a good hard drive (fast) , and remove programs like msn messenger, any of that stuff that loads when your os does. If you know what you're doing, or have a friend who does, you can get by just fine with a somewhat inferior computer.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 19:46:41 UTC
in Links page Post #139956
elon, you're thinking of fileplanet.com, not fileplanet.us. Check it out! btw, fileplanet.us is pretty new, so maybe wait a bit with that one. Also btw, it's from the same guy as tekcities. (my website host)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 19:44:27 UTC
in Education Post #139955
14 years, 9th grade.
ahh, the joys of being a freshman! (not)

I'm a senior this year, after I graduate, time to go to college and get drunk (I mean, go to class)

It's interesting the age range we have here at twhl, probably 12yrs-40yrs! And elon, 15 years old, daubster, 14? never would have guessed! wow. You guys are good mappers/nice+helpful people for your age.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 19:39:30 UTC
in Links page Post #139953
definately put an alternate free hosting site. preferably without forms and subscriptions.. people wont want to register on every site
fileplanet gives you 1gb of free hosting! and savefile.com (I think that's right) gives you unlimited space, 60mb max file size. (you have to register there, too)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 16:17:24 UTC
in Change decal color? Post #139921
The only problem with this that I can see is that all of the decals are in decals.wad, and the only thing that differentiates the decals from the transparent textures is the wad file that they're in! So, I'm not sure if you can do custom decals. Maybe try it with a custom wad, see what happens.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 16:00:57 UTC
in Avatars Post #139917
your avatar pwns, because it contains teh greatest saying in all of video gaming history.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 15:59:13 UTC
in Avatars Post #139915
I don't like that idea, personally! changes avatar quickly
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 15:56:07 UTC
in Links page Post #139911
http://fileplanet.us/ For hosting maps >2mb
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 13:19:26 UTC
in Splash screen Post #139850
actually, it's just like hl 1.0.0.9 (unless you update it) why would they call it the lan version unless it only worked on lans?
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 13:16:26 UTC
in Splash screen Post #139844
you mean the non-steam version?
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 11:09:48 UTC
in Education Post #139781
Lots of money in that field of work, and high demand
My thoughts exactly. Plus, it's fun.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 09:42:50 UTC
in trigger_once problem, wtf? how noobish.. Post #139756
lol! look up at evilsod's post!
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 09:39:20 UTC
in trigger_once problem, wtf? how noobish.. Post #139752
well you're working with just a trigger_once and a light, delete those two, and recreate them. Actually, delete them, save your map, close hammer, and reload it. I've had some trouble with brush based entities and hammer.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 09:31:37 UTC
in trigger_once problem, wtf? how noobish.. Post #139750
delete the entities and start over! Sometimes that works.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 09:30:14 UTC
in trigger_once problem, wtf? how noobish.. Post #139748
well, i've never had problems with that... does the trigger_once have a property called "trigger state"? that has to be set to "on" (I think) And make sure that you have the names right (i'm sure you do, but triple-check, just in case!)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-06 08:22:51 UTC
in Education Post #139726
w000t! work for microsoft! I hate microsoft, but I wouldn't mind working for them, If I got paid well...

Anyway, I'm almost 18, senior in high school (USA) and taking a web design technical certificate at a local technical college. But after high school, I'm looking for a hardware related job (not programming; it drives me nuts :nuts: ) like networking, or I could get into level design :badass:
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-05 23:15:25 UTC
in Change decal color? Post #139630
I'm guessing that it is the last color in the palette of the decal that determines it's actual color, much like the transparent color of other images. But maybe i'm wrong. I never checked.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-05 15:48:24 UTC
in Conveyor Belt - texture going wrong way! Post #139544
you use the compass in entity properties to set direction that you move, and use the texture application mode to change the rotation of the texture
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-05 12:43:25 UTC
in Difference between a 128mb and a 256? Post #139504
me=stupid right now. You're right, I think. But I do know that the video memory on the card is used for pages, anyone who has ever written graphical applications knows that you have to use page flipping or you get a crappy framerate. I don't know much about gfx cards either, but I do know that unless your game (i.e. hl2) has to load an absolute shitload of textures, having a card over 128-256mb is probably overkill (at least now.) My card has 128mb, and can almost run hl2 @ 1600x1200, and a slow hd. So a 256mb card should last you for a while, anyway. :)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-05 12:31:25 UTC
in Difference between a 128mb and a 256? Post #139498
Most of what that memory is for is for "pages", where the card draws the screen before actually putting it on the computer screen. Here are some memory requirements for 1 "page" for various resolutions
800x600 - 1.37mb (all @24 bit color)
1024x768 - 2.25 mb
1280x960 - 3.51mb
1280x1024 - 3.75 mb
1600x1200 - 5.5 mb

Keep in mind that the video card probably will have several pages in memory at once, and that there will be other things in memory as well.
btw, if you have a different resolution the formula for the space taken up by a page is: ((xres*yres*3)/1024)/1024 (in mb)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-05 09:42:51 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #139478
don't like this thread? don't post! then everyone is happy. And ansith, i'll bet you got windows xp service pack 2 (if you have xp) because I had to reinstall windows after I installed it the first time.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 12:25:33 UTC
in Discussion of Half-Life's Crowbar Post #139312
yes, but he added a crowbar! and that makes all the difference...
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 11:52:14 UTC
in mis-translating my avatar Post #139307
all hail daubster, master of the exploding player models

You can explode scientists with the hornet gun, too! shoot them twice with the left mouse button, then hold the right mouse button! cool!
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 11:49:09 UTC
in Discussion of Half-Life's Crowbar Post #139306
w00t! That's all I do in hlsp now...
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 11:11:42 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #139295
and if you do buy from a major computer company, don't buy from gateway/emachines. My first laptop was emachines, mobo toasted itself 4 times! Then I got a sony. They're good.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 11:01:54 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #139289
Oh, and don't underestimate hd speed (especially if you're lacking in ram) because a slow hd slows everything down! Get as fast a hd as you can afford (>=7200 rpm)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 09:46:34 UTC
in Competition 17 Post #139275
How does one going about making a source splash screen? Come to think of it, can you get an old copy of hl1 (v1.1.1.0) to work w/source? Or is it an entirely different build of the game?
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 09:41:38 UTC
in Discussion of Half-Life's Crowbar Post #139273
If it's removed or replaced - HL won't be HL anymore..
You said it. Maybe it's not the most powerful or efficient weapon, but it certainly is... unique.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 09:34:41 UTC
in Half-life:dead labs Post #139271
yep. And I have a friend who could do some voice acting if you need it, just send me a script, i'll post the files somewhere
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-04 09:32:38 UTC
in buyin a computer soon and... Post #139266
For a decent PC, you're gonna be looking at nearly two grand.
no. wrong. I got a laptop with an athlon64+60gig hd+15.4" screen+512mb for $1500.
Depends what resolution. Even a 9800xt + 3.4GHz P4 + 1GB of RAM should be able to play HL2 with everything at max
radeon igp, 3.2ghz p4, 512mb ram shared with video card, and I can run hl2 @ 1280x800!

Spend some money, ansith. It'll be worth it in the long run, because you won't have to spend as much on upgrades later.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-03 21:54:41 UTC
in Avatars Post #139114
You're clearly all crazy gun nuts.
wtf?? no, I don't much care for guns (outside of fps games, that is) I'm more of a knife/sword/flaming thing person myself (pyro)

That gives me an idea for a new avatar...
jeez, this thread is helpful!
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-03 21:50:40 UTC
in Half-life:dead labs Post #139112
ok. got it.
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-03 21:49:49 UTC
in Your instrument Post #139110
Sounded dull as shit.
Try some new pickups. I've never been very impressed with the ibanez line, they always seemed cheap to me. Pick up a rickenbacker once, you'll never truly like anything else ever again...
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-03 17:14:31 UTC
in Your instrument Post #139068
hey, that's ok, our school has "band geeks!" (go figure)
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-03 15:53:48 UTC
in Your instrument Post #139038
you a jazz addict? w00t! I love jazz, especially jazz piano. That's what I play piano (keyboard) in, btw.