Forum posts

«
1
2
...
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
...
44
45
»

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-29 21:22:52 UTC
in Great Maps. Post #160431

hear the howls and see the fast zombies jumping from roof to roof against you - pretty nervwrecking.

For some reason, even though the gunship or the strider is probably a lot more dangerous than a fastzombie, those fleshed-out things scared me more than any other enemies. Perhaps it's because they just look crazy, and they jump all over the place. They also swarm in hordes, and that makes them very hard to shoot.

But I liked Unreal II more than NOLF 2. NOLF 2 just felt very repetitive after a while, and I gave up after running around in those Russian bunkers for so long.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-29 16:15:35 UTC
in High School Drop-outs Post #160344

Yeah, if you really suck, the high school actually kicks you out.

But I mean, those people will not show up in class for more than two months at a stretch, and they fail all of their courses.

What else can you do with them?

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-29 15:10:19 UTC
in Great Maps. Post #160328

I agree with Kasperg on Unreal II. The night-time level in the alient forest was amazing, especially with the sound effects. The level where you had to protect your ship from invading female warriors (a meadow-looking place with huge boulders) was wonderful too.

However, Ravenholm and the underbelly of the steel bridge in Half-Life 2 were also groundbreaking.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-29 15:00:45 UTC
in High School Drop-outs Post #160327

I was reading a newspaper article on the high drop-out rates in the United States for high school students.

It's really pathetic. Nearly half of the high school students drop out from school, and most will never attain an equivalent degree. Almost all of them end up in dead-end, menial jobs. And statistics show that they will die nine years earlier than high school graduates.

They are also more likely to commit crimes and end up on government financial support. They lead miserable lives in general.

And what's difficult for me to relate is that they have such profound apathy toward learning. Most high school students have no desire to achieve anything, and they have no pride in their accomplishment.

I cannot fathom their mentality. For me, being anything less than the best simply wasn't an option. It's like releasing a full-bright map--it's just not acceptable.

Anyway, I have a grim view of the future if the world is going to be populated by these underachievers. I hope everyone at TWHL will never go down that road, because it's dark and cold.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-29 00:59:54 UTC
in Hostages Post #160185

No, not path_corner or info_node.

You have to generate a navigational mesh. Source hostages use the mesh, just like the bots.

Just type "bot_add" from the console, and wait a long time for the mesh to be automatically generated.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-29 00:55:07 UTC
in Free Alienware pc? - say it ain't so Post #160184

Alienwares are fine...but you do pay a ridiculous amount of money for the machine.

You can generally bulid the exact same one yourself with half the cost...and you don't have to settle for some component you don't like or want.

You pay for the convenience.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-27 21:31:49 UTC
in TWHL Source Server - Its here! Post #159975

Is this server dead?

Its status is always "disconnected" when I checked.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-25 16:44:35 UTC
in Behind the scene at Turtle Rock Studio Post #159534

Here is an interesting link from Turtle Rock Studio on how they developed the map for de_inferno. It's very educational for any mapper, in my opinion.

I couldn't decide whether this is the right forum for this post, but it's not a mapping question, and it's not about any custom map in particular. So I posted it here.

** WARNING **
The screens do take forever to load, but patience pays off at the end for the fascinating development timeline.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-24 19:27:03 UTC
in New map,de_Dam with screen: Some idea&#3 Post #159406

Imagine "Call Of Dudy" If you have ever played that game

I've never played "Call of Dudy", but I usually ignore my Dudy when he calls.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-23 21:33:39 UTC
in Fatal1ty on 60 Minutes Post #159295

I have never heard of anyone who actually bought anything from the Fatal1ty brand.

I wouldn't say that he sucks. If you have seen the demo movies, he has incredible reflexes.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-23 13:39:50 UTC
in Fatal1ty on 60 Minutes Post #159226

You won't be the best foreve,r and what are you going to fall back on when you can't win any tournaments anymore?

You can say the same thing for any professional sports.

Those professional football and basketball players either become drug addicts or criminals once they retire. They have no real-life skills that's useful other than tossing a ball very far.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-23 03:19:48 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #159170

It was just one of those experiences. I was so impressed by this map, I pulled my wife away from her TV show and forced her to walk around in it.

It's amazing.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-23 02:28:57 UTC
in Fatal1ty on 60 Minutes Post #159166

Most likely, you have heard of Jonathan "Fatal1ty" before.

He's the legendary gamer who won more than $300,000 a year from CPL championships. He's the best of the best. You'll never want to fight him in a deathmatch.

However, he's gone mainstream now. His story was featured on "60 Minutes", a CBS news show in the United States. There's a snippet in the show about a seven-year-old deathmatcher who won more than $2,000 in prize money, dueling against adults. I thought that was most amazing.

You can watch the show segment online.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-22 14:25:02 UTC
in Gamers suicide, JT says 'get a life& Post #159097

I don't quite understand. How is that poor guy's suicide related to video games?

There are thousands of people who end their own lives everyday, and most of them have never touched a game.

So it must be the cheese then. I am sure they all have eaten cheese at least once in their lives. So down with cheese. Kill all the cows! Burn dairy farmers at the stake!

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-20 03:02:56 UTC
in new Source SDK ownage Post #158714

I like the new (or old beta) model browser. You can use the filter to get to the model you want quickly.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 19:25:41 UTC
in Most Ridiculous Way To Die In HL & HL2 Post #158691

In "Opposing Force", I used my crowbar to smash a shitload of crates, trying to find anything useful in them. I just held down the primary fire button and kept going...

...until I smashed a crate that contains a rocket launcher, and because I was still holding down the fire button, I launched a rocket at my ankle.

It wasn't pretty, but I laughed out loud. I bet that was a trap the mapper intentionally placed in there.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 19:20:24 UTC
in Chinese Backstreet Boys Post #158688

Okaaaay....

That video was just about the most strange thing I've ever seen.

I don't know what to say.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 19:14:29 UTC
in Outside lighting?? Post #158687

No such thing as too big.

Well, it's possible, but I haven't seen any map that exceeds the limit yet.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 16:30:07 UTC
in Chinese Backstreet Boys Post #158669

Yeah, I know about [Edit], but I decided not to use it because the new link might get lost in the shuffle.

Those are two completely different topics anyway (one about Counter-Strike, and the other is a new movie).

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 16:23:43 UTC
in Chinese Backstreet Boys Post #158665

More college students screwing around...well, not literally.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 16:21:02 UTC
in Chinese Backstreet Boys Post #158664

The guy in the background is playing Counter-Strike (de_dust). You can tell from the scoreboard popping up, and he spectating the round after he's been killed.

The fact that he's completely oblivious to those singing guys is part of the funny theme.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 15:15:08 UTC
in Chinese Backstreet Boys Post #158645

a.k.a. "The Moto Twins"

You probably have already seen this already. But did you know that Motorola has signed these bafoons as their official spokespersons?

Man, they got a contracting deal out of goofing around. Why can't that happen to me?

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 14:46:17 UTC
in Outside lighting?? Post #158643

Read my tutorial.

I bet you only textured a single surface of the ceiling brush with the "tools/toolsskybox" texture.

Light_environment is useless if you did not texture the whole brush with the skybox texture.

Don't worry. It's a common n00b mistake.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-19 03:18:02 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #158572

Of course. Everything in the official maps are up for grabs.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-18 02:53:58 UTC
in Fears Post #158390

-losing my hard drive contents.

Make a backup.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-18 00:16:25 UTC
in Fears Post #158382

Death.

I don't want to die. Life is so beautiful and sweet, and there are so many wonderful people in this world. I hate to ever have to leave it.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-16 20:00:00 UTC
in looking for HL solo missions... Post #158204

Have you seen my old HL1SP maps yet? I wouldn't say that my maps are as good as the HL1 official ones, but at least they are fun.

Escape from Black Mesa takes about twenty minutes to beat.

Museum Lockdown lasts about fifteen minutes.

And lastly, Two Towers is a very small and short map. It was created only for demonstration purposes. But you can still play it.

They are all very challenging. So be prepared.

And Minimicus is one of the most creative single-player custom maps I've played.

Captain P's Playtest has very good architecture, and it simply looks beautiful.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-16 17:08:49 UTC
in Any Vertex Manipulation Tips? Post #158178

If you don't know the basics yet, read this tutorial first.

But I agree. Occasionally, the appearance of the brush is different from within the editor and in-game.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-16 16:45:42 UTC
in any1 like to share ur opinion Post #158173

True gamers (particularly FPS gamers) would never settle for the console experience. The control is simply inadequate.

Consoles are designed for casual gamers who don't know the difference between a AGP and PCIe. Consoles are easy to set up, and pretty much mindless to install. Those are the advantages.

But in the process, you sacrifice graphics, ease of control, and mod-ability.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-14 22:37:59 UTC
in Most Ridiculous Way To Die In HL & HL2 Post #157986

Did you guys know that if you made the ceiling too low, and you place a prop_physics on the floor, you can die from being squashed vertically when you walk on top of the prop_physics?

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-14 22:32:40 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #157985

Today I saw the screenshot of the upcoming CS_militia, and I think those trees would look great in my map!

You know, the funny thing is when I looked at the screenshot of de_militia, the first thing that popped to my mind is your "Fallingwater" map. I said to myself, "Wouldn't those tree models look great in Kasperg's map?"

And I almost cried when I saw your layout screenie. It's just so beautiful.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-14 00:07:18 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #157854

No worries. If anything, it'll be nice to look at.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 21:14:02 UTC
in Gordan Freemen Post #157829

I think people do pay special attention to spelling and grammar when they're posting in this thread.

Either that or they intentionally misspell words.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 21:11:32 UTC
in Most Ridiculous Way To Die In HL & HL2 Post #157828

In CS:S, use quick weapon switch to last weapon used, except that the last weapon wasn't the Deagle, it was a frag grenade. It bounced against the wall and exploded in my face.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 20:37:13 UTC
in Gordan Freemen Post #157821

Typos and misspelled words always bother me, but I know I am an obsessive-compulsive freak who gets annoyed at every little things.

However, I try not to impose my compulsion on others. People have different standards, and we're talking about a gaming forum here. I don't take things too seriously when it comes to gaming.

As long as I can understand what they're trying to say, I just let it go. In fact, sometimes I even quote bad grammar and typos in my posts. I figure the writer should have the ownership of the post I am quoting, so I resist the temptation to modify them.

And 1337 speak is another matter. You're suppose to type certain words the "wrong" way when you're typing 1337. For example: "That was teh pwn!"

I think I am the only one who types complete sentences with proper punctuation and capitalization in the middle of a firefight in CS:S. Maybe that's why I die so often.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 20:18:13 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #157812

I can't wait. My brother loves architecture too, and I'll show this to him when it's done.

What about the CS scenario? I was thinking:

Radical eco-terrorists have taken architectural graduate students hostage at the famous "Fallingwater" Kaufmann house. The S.W.A.T. team has arrived to rescue them and eliminate the extremists.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 19:56:52 UTC
in How long will HL1 last? Post #157805

HL will not die until its uncompatable, and even then some die-hard mod-makers'll still use it

And even after that, there will be software emulators so the engine can still run on far more advanced (but incompatible) machines.

Just look at those DOS games that are still being played by some die-hards.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 14:28:56 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #157738

That looks truly great. I love the fireplace.

And if you have the time, I would love to play cs_kaufmann in CS:S.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 14:25:06 UTC
in How long will HL1 last? Post #157735

I believe CS 1.6 is still being played more than CS:S. So yeah, HL1 is alive and well.

It will last virtually forever. I will be playing it when I am in my 70's. Perhaps I'll be mapping way into my 90's.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-12 23:28:27 UTC
in Reflective/Shiny textures? Post #157656

Even in Hammer? Wow, I've never noticed that before.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-11 21:50:21 UTC
in Your first map Post #157548

And since I had not played HL1 yet, I thought Gargantua is a minor boss, so I used it liberally in my custom single-player maps.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-10 23:10:08 UTC
in Your first map Post #157395

I posted my first map at TWHL more than a year ago. It was made of two rooms with two pillars in each. There were about six headcrabs and a zombie, plus a Gargantua in there. I must have played that map myself over fifty times. I thought it was just the most clever map ever. The player had to lob grenades over a pushable barrier in order to kill the Gargantua.

I was so proud of it...until I saw what other people were mapping.

I deleted it from the vault a long time ago. But man, those were the days.

It was the best feeling though--getting your first map compiled and running. And getting RAD to compile for the first time was very awesome too (for some reason, the initial compilation setting for Worldcraft set RAD to "off").

And "Escape from Black Mesa" was the first reasonable map I released. I was still figuring out how to use Worldcraft at the time. I completed that map before ever playing HL1.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-10 18:39:16 UTC
in TWHL Source Server - Its here! Post #157352

Valve finally fixed the specularity problem.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-08 13:49:21 UTC
in Can't Run Away From Your Past! Post #156882

Something about a blood-something or rather.

I just scanned my whole HDD, and it didn't find any virus.

Perhaps a false alarm. But still. It freaked me out a bit.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-08 13:03:26 UTC
in Can't Run Away From Your Past! Post #156864

How come I got a virus warning when I went to m0p's site?

Now I have to deal with that!

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-08 13:00:35 UTC
in TWHL Source Server - Its here! Post #156863

I tried to play just now, but the server is down.

Any idea when it might be up again? I want to play some CS:S or HL2DM.

[EDIT]: Where is the server located anyway? My ping is around 100 or so, and I am in the U.S.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-08 11:30:20 UTC
in The Fraud - Exposed Post #156842

OMG, it's the most deranged discussion at TWHL, ever!

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-07 16:52:04 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #156735

I think there is a way to include custom models in .BSP. I've seen other people do it in their HL2DM maps. But I don't know how it's done.

Framerates is irrelevant, because it's not really for gameplay anyway. You can always use a bunch of hint brushes and areaportals to optimize it, of course. And the props can be optimized by changing their viewing distance and by using occluders.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-07 16:33:40 UTC
in Professional architect mappers Post #156732

The waterfall picture looks stunning. If I squint, I could almost pretend I'm looking at a photograph of the actual house.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-07 16:29:50 UTC
in TWHL Source Server - Its here! Post #156731

Man, had some great fun at the server just now playing HL2DM.

Of course, Spooky pwned me many times with his RPG. I did manage to kill him a few times too with my shotgun.

Good fun!

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

«
1
2
...
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
...
44
45
»