So were taking turns now?Seriously!
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Did anyone else play the demo for this game? It is the newest game on steam. I usualy don't go for those Medieval sword games but it is a first person sword game that actually does it right! It is so fast pace and awesome! I am loving EVERY bit of it! It was made by Ubisoft and it is INSANE! You guys gotta check it out! 
Damn, what the hell. Why can't they have 2 competitions at once? One in HL1 and one in Source. They can be different. I mean it doesn't take 2 months to think of an idea for a competition.
Ohh yeah I can see where that can be an advantage.
There should be more competitions! One comes up like once a every 2 months. When I don't know what to map I should be able to go into the competitions and be like "Ill join this!" I REALLY want to join a Source competition.
I am not saying Put one out every week. But the last competition has been over for like a month and there still isn't another one.
I am not saying Put one out every week. But the last competition has been over for like a month and there still isn't another one.
Did you make sure the brightness isn't 0?
Also do you have a big prop or a big prop in the 3D sky box? Props like the citadel or something big. They could be casting a shadow on the map. If you do disable receiving shadows.
EDIT: Also! You have the start menu on the side of the screen!? That's weird!
Also do you have a big prop or a big prop in the 3D sky box? Props like the citadel or something big. They could be casting a shadow on the map. If you do disable receiving shadows.
EDIT: Also! You have the start menu on the side of the screen!? That's weird!
All you have to do is make a small brush into a func_tracktrain (Textured in NoDraw) then get the bird model and set it to a prop dynamic and parent it to the brush. Then set up the path. I did it in my DOD Source map.
What you do is make an areaportal window in the middle of a func_illusionary. You texture the areaportal window all in NODRAW and the func_illutionary all NODRAW except for the face you want to be white. You texture the face you want to be white, like sky/fakewhite or something like that. Then you go into the properties of the areaportal window and set it's rendered window to the func_illusionary. Then go into the func_illusionary and disable the shadows. Set the distace for the fade blah blah blah. And that's it.
It definitely incressed my fps. But it increesed it by like 10, but I am happy with that. All I need to do is regular compile, i'll do that tommarow.
Did you set the settings of the func_areaportalwindow, and did you tie it to the func_illisionary?
Is your light_enviornment inside a brush or wall?
Did you surround your level with the skybox texture?
Did you surround your level with the skybox texture?
Okay I'll test it out. Thanks.
Ohh yeah!! Thanks man! I'll check it out now.
EDIT: THe highest is world rendering, the second highest is Static prop rendering and world prop rendering. So maybe an occluder will still help. But I don't know if you can use them in multiplayer.
EDIT: THe highest is world rendering, the second highest is Static prop rendering and world prop rendering. So maybe an occluder will still help. But I don't know if you can use them in multiplayer.
Wait, can I put occluders in A multiplayer map? Because in my budgets highest bar is "Model Textures"
Hmm, I'll check it out, if I remember correctly when the FPS first started to get low, I had just added this destroyed building. It has a lot of vertex manipulated brushes. They are all snapped to the grid, I made sure of that; but It is still alot of brushes. Maybe that is the problem? But I don't want to get rid of it.
ALSO, Which sides whould I texture with HINT?
ALSO, Which sides whould I texture with HINT?
I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to make the FPS any better. Because of the reason that it is Donut shaped. If it was single player then I could use areaportals, but it is HL2DM. The worst it gets is 30 fps :(. Thanks anyway you guys.
Actually kasperg I did that EXACT thing. Although I didn't think to mention it. It still renders the whole thing.
ALTHOUGH! I didn't texture the entire brush with the HINT texture. I am a little confused on which sides to texture HINT. Right now only the sides are textured with HINT and the top and bottom ones are skip. Is this right?
ALTHOUGH! I didn't texture the entire brush with the HINT texture. I am a little confused on which sides to texture HINT. Right now only the sides are textured with HINT and the top and bottom ones are skip. Is this right?
I didn't think "always open" areaportals did that, but Okay. I need some ideas on how to make the FPS better.
I just finished my Half-Life 2 DeathMatch map and it kinda has low FPS. I usually am pretty good with optimizing but nothing I try works. Here is a picture of my HL2DM map from an overview.
I have made just about EVERYTHING that is worth being a func_detail a func_detail and no I didn't do overboard. I even tried areaportals, but they arent working! Here is what I tried. The redish line represents a big areaportal.
For some reason they didn't work. I check in "mat_wireframe 1". I want it so when you are at the one end of the map (Bottom in the picture) the other end of the map (top in the picture) isnt rendered. The areaportal I used was "always open". I put HINT brushes but I am still a little sketchy on when and where to place them. Can anyone give me some tips on a better way of optimizing. I even turned the lightmap scales down on the textures! (By down I mean made the number go up )
)Well yeah, it is the blades that are in ravenholm. When you punt them with the gravity gun they stick inside the wall.
EDIT: Also the error only appears when I shoot them in the wall. It doesn't make it crash or anything, it just appears in the console.
EDIT: Also the error only appears when I shoot them in the wall. It doesn't make it crash or anything, it just appears in the console.
I think when you use the buggy entitiy, it comes up as a square, you have to choose the model you want as the buggy.
Uhh, yeah there is but it is more of an advanced move. I have never done it myself but I believe you are supposed to decompile a model open it up in XSI and then scale it down. Anyone correct me if I am wrong. 
Why couldn't they have combined Half-Life 2's and episode 1's hammer editor together! So you don't have to decide if you should map in episode 1 or in Half-Life 2. I mean they have the entities in HL2 but they don't work. What a waste.
I am making a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch map and Have the blades from Ravenholm in them, when ever I stick them in the wall I get this error in the console.
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
It this a major error? Or can I look past it and forget about it?
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
Changing collision rules within a callback is likely to cause crashes!
It this a major error? Or can I look past it and forget about it?
This is exactly what I did when I added the env_fire.
First I added it, then went to the flags and checked..
Infinite Duration
Start On
Start Full
Visable From Above
First I added it, then went to the flags and checked..
Infinite Duration
Start On
Start Full
Visable From Above
When I add an env_fire to my map it crashes. What is wrong?
I CAN NOT, get him to move! I tried a surplus of, info_node_air_hints, info_node_airs, info_node, info_node_hint, you name it. I tried like all of em' it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
I also have another question, what about getting the Strider to move? I tried the same thing, path_tracks and path_corners. He just wont move.
Crap sorry for the double post, I forgot I can edit.
Crap sorry for the double post, I forgot I can edit.
Ohh okay, thanks!
Thank you Kasperg. It works now. And it was path_track. I have a question though, if I put ino_node_airs, will it fly around better? Or just it just stay next or around the track?
I believe if you rename the model the exact name as the one you want to replace, all you have to do it put it in the models folder and it will work.
How do you get a gunship to move? I tried setting it's initial speed to like 500, I tried putting tons of "info_node_air"'s and I tried giving it alot of space to fly around. Nothing works. So can any of you guys help me?
Func_walls are obsolete in Source. And you can just put an overlay on the wall for the projection, and for the specs of dust, use a "func_dustmotes." (Brush based entity)
I can't find an "env_overlay" are you sure that is what it is called?
You know when you first use the teleporter in klieners lab? And it malfunctions because of lamar? And you go teleporting all over the place. Throughout the whole time you are teleporting you have this cool vision effect. How would I do this?
Ohh okay, thanks you guys!
You know in the later levels of Half-Life 2 where you get a squad and they follow you around and you can like command them to go where you want. How would I do that?
If you compiled it without entities and it worked, then obviously it is the brushwork. Because that is the only thing left. Microbrushes maybe?
Do you have any area portals in your map?
Do you have any area portals in your map?
I got it to work, I just typed in ai_disable 0 and it works now. Thanks!!
When people don't include custom textures in their maps. So it is just checkered purple and black boxes.
No problem.
Never mind, I figured it out, In the outputs I had to set it to "toggle."
Thanks!
Thanks!
Set the prop as a prop_dynamic. It's last property is "Start Disabled" This means it will be invisable until activated by A trigger. So set it to "Yes."
How do I hook it up to the logic_timer? Put them in the outputs??
I remember in Half-Life 2 there was this obsticle where steam would come out of a pipe and it hurts you if you touch it. It would turn on and off so you would need to move when it turns off to avoid being hurt. How would I do this?
What if I put a point_client commmand that automatically puts ai_disable 0??
Also, so it is not a problem with the map? I could send it to my friend and it wont happen?
Also, so it is not a problem with the map? I could send it to my friend and it wont happen?
I recently just made a single player HL2 map, and when I reload the map, or die and respawn, it says "AI: Disabled..." on my screen and the AI is disabled. What is wrong!? Can anyone help!?
It can be a large number of different things. It usually helps to read through the compile log and see if there are any discrepancies. If you don't know how to do that, then copy and paste your compile log in here.
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I need help getting my npc_template makers to work. Can anyone give me a good tutorial on how to use this?