Like they are advising, do a full compile often and errors will be easier to solve. Sometimes I even compile a map just to see how a recently made rope looks like
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I wonder what kind of map would make you guys reach the borders of the Hammer4 grid...
Like they are advising, do a full compile often and errors will be easier to solve. Sometimes I even compile a map just to see how a recently made rope looks like
Like they are advising, do a full compile often and errors will be easier to solve. Sometimes I even compile a map just to see how a recently made rope looks like
of course it is 
the surf texture has to be placed only in ONE side and the rest should be nodraw
I havent gotten around to making volumetric light yet, and I also get those black and pink squares
I havent gotten around to making volumetric light yet, and I also get those black and pink squares
env_cubemaps are used to calculate enviroment cubic maps to be used in refections: metallic surfaces, glass, windows etc (not water 
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they are compiled with the "buildcubemaps" command via the game console. There's more info in the Source SDK FAQ
)they are compiled with the "buildcubemaps" command via the game console. There's more info in the Source SDK FAQ
I dont regret any of those things not making it to the final game. In fact, I only remembered those things when I rewatched some videos and the beta screenshots a month after playing the game. But as I said before, maybe the hydra will show up in the future expansion
Or Opposing Force 2: where you play the role of Aurelian Serpherd, a poor Combine soldier stuck in City 17 that fights humans and a mysterios race called "Race Y" 
I meant forgot the English word for "globo terr?queo". Atlas is the same word in both English & Spanish
But an Atlas is a book, right?
I'm talking about this type of things:
http://www.fcq.unc.edu.ar/site/i/GLOBO_TERRAQUEO.jpg
http://www.habanaelegante.com/Summer2001/mundo2.jpg
But an Atlas is a book, right?
I'm talking about this type of things:
http://www.fcq.unc.edu.ar/site/i/GLOBO_TERRAQUEO.jpg
http://www.habanaelegante.com/Summer2001/mundo2.jpg
So I expect it'll make its appearance in the official HL2 expansion
When countries cross the border to dictatorship it ceases being communisticSo Stalin's and Castro's regimes are not considered communistic?
Kasperg, the thing is that Globo does not only mean balloon but also "World" or "Planet"I was born in Spain almost 21 years ago, so I kind of know what it means
Globo is sometimes used in the expression "globo terr?queo" which is the spherical representation of a world map (I forgot the name in English)
Of course, that's just how its used in Spain, but there are many other Spanish speaking countries in which it might be used in a different way.
"TWHL es la mejor p?gina web del mundo!!"
I think I've never left any multiplayer map unfinished, just one cs map that was too big and mostly singleplayer maps where the story just gets boring...
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Different elevation levels connected with ramps, stairs. For future maps, you could also think about a piece of terrain and how your layout would get adapted to it. Think about a river --> bridges A high hill --> ramps etc
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Too many layout and performance issues that have already been discussed (no offense here Rabid )
What was the other map Habboi?
Too many layout and performance issues that have already been discussed (no offense here Rabid
)What was the other map Habboi?
yes it is. It's a nice thing he got mentioned since the map is very nice, but it was off-theme and wouldnt get the prize. Avalon would probably be better for Unreal Tournament.
you mean dm_overwatch... It does look similar...
I'm not going to ask where you got the inspiration
I'm not going to ask where you got the inspiration
yeah, specially if we consider their theird official DM map is just a remake
I dont know If I said so in my journal long ago, but the initial CD verification thing, along with a buildcubemaps malfunction, reduced my mapping time to 30% of what it could have been.
At least the swimming pool project I also made during Christmas allowed me to pass one subject at university.
At least the swimming pool project I also made during Christmas allowed me to pass one subject at university.
While I'm mapping, I'm thinking how it will look like after compiling.
While compiling, I'm thinking what I will do next while mapping
While compiling, I'm thinking what I will do next while mapping
yeah, maybe next time
i find it insulting that you would compare bush to hitler. hitler was far worseThe fact that there was someone far worse in history should never be used as a defensive argument . It's like saying you can kill your neighbor because someone else has killed 30 people, and that makes your crime be good. riiight...
Well, it doesnt really matter if people want to beleive this or that, the fact is that political power is the lowest form of power: transient power. The world is ruled by money (as in banks, oil companys etc) and they are the ones who really decide on the most important things. It's nothing new, it has been happening for a very long time
this time I'll be able to submit a map, finally!
There were some nice rain sprites in an older version of Day of Defeat, they look nice and yes it's a cheap method.
When you talk about minimod format, I suppose this would be a zipped folder that would be place along valve, dmc, ricochet etc in the Half-life folder, and it would be loaded via the custom game menu, right?
I'd like to know if this must be done the normal way (liblist.gam etc) or is there anything new that must be done with STEAM? I'm asking this question because I'm using a HL installation independent from STEAM.
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I'd like to know if this must be done the normal way (liblist.gam etc) or is there anything new that must be done with STEAM? I'm asking this question because I'm using a HL installation independent from STEAM.
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There are ways to make random things to be triggered, beggining with the oldest of ways, the odds of where or how an object lands when tossed (dice and similar stuff)
Imagine, for example, a floor with different triggers that kill teleport destinations.
You could have several func_physics blocks that fall into the room once a player is killed, get hit by a fan in the middle and randomly end up falling in one of the triggers, which is then disabled.
It's a very strange way to do it, but also fun!
Imagine, for example, a floor with different triggers that kill teleport destinations.
You could have several func_physics blocks that fall into the room once a player is killed, get hit by a fan in the middle and randomly end up falling in one of the triggers, which is then disabled.
It's a very strange way to do it, but also fun!
I have played the first part of FFV and FFVI, finished FFVIII and FFIX and gotten halfway through FFVII. I got bored though, since I had seen too many friends playing FFVII now & then and I get discouraged whenever I have to play a part of an RPG I've already seen someone else play 
I think it'd be nice that people that have been mapping for a long time shared some of their personal knowledge, the type of things that are rarely seen in tutorials but are the ones that really make maps be good
If there are no fog effects in your map, I think this is caused by using a texture with a shader but not having built your cubemaps. Try texturing it differently to see if that's the problem. It happened to me in my first HL2 map
I could write a tutorial on "How to make an average map look good: an introduction to the wonders of texturing and texlights"
Or just some unspecific techniques or tips to make maps look good while keeping r_speeds down, the balance between speed and detail, etc
Or just some unspecific techniques or tips to make maps look good while keeping r_speeds down, the balance between speed and detail, etc
My first map was my school, my second map was Black Mesa's Area7, then I made the USS Voyager from Star Trek etc etc
it's plain yes, but the desktop is a gateway to different worlds, not a world in itself. I dont spend too much time just looking at it, so I keep things simple
Isnt that the composer for Toy Story etc? brother of Thomas Newman?
not everyone has spirit (Pocahontas would disagree with that ) and I guess the map has to work with normal HL like they said, the game I think we all have
) and I guess the map has to work with normal HL like they said, the game I think we all have I think this is done by using numbers lower than 1 but higher than 0, and the sprite size will be multiplied by this factor
0.5, 0.1 etc
0.5, 0.1 etc
The effect will be the same as if you had the city at 1.3 scale and 10 times bigger. The number of faces will be the same, VIS and RAD will take just as long as before. The only thing that would happen is that it would take up less grid space in hammer, and you would also have to resize every sprite you wanted to use in that part of the map.
If it's not a miniature you want the player to interact with, you should probably just build it in normal size somewhere in the map.
If it's not a miniature you want the player to interact with, you should probably just build it in normal size somewhere in the map.
Same here, but no explosions so far. The map has to be unique, but I hope there'll be extra points if it's also well built and designed
So it was just a texture problem after all
I guess so, but make sure it has an info_player_start since it will probably be loaded via the game console upon review, and not in a LAN game
Error: No visibile brusheslooks like a problem with the textures you are using, post it in the Problem Maps section if you want us to take a look a it
Description: All brushes are CLIP or ORIGIN (at least one must be normal/visible)
Howto Fix: self explanitory
contest rules say it must work in the console of HL v 1.1.1.0, so I guess a source map won't do...
There are cool things I could do in source but I guess we can still make a unique map for old HL
There are cool things I could do in source but I guess we can still make a unique map for old HL
you can see the coordinates (as you move the mouse around) in the lowest part of the screen.
Can you post the log of another map that gives you the same problem? It sounds quite strange...
Can you post the log of another map that gives you the same problem? It sounds quite strange...
yes, that error is causing the loading problems as it prevents the compile process to actually write into the BSP
ZHLT stands for Zoner's Half Life Tools, which are better than the standard valve programs. Google for them, although they wont fix your problem...
ZHLT stands for Zoner's Half Life Tools, which are better than the standard valve programs. Google for them, although they wont fix your problem...
********** ERROR **********There's an error, go to those coordinates and see if there's anything wrong, because that's what's causing the problem
Found an entity with ONLY an origin brush near(-327,219,-680)!
and Easter Holidays begin this Friday for me, hehe
this will be the first compo I enter, which means it will be special for me. I already did some brainstorming and have come up with more than a 12 ideas, the hard part will be to put them in one map.
Does the map need to be coherent or is that a free choice?
Does the map need to be coherent or is that a free choice?
just use "-wadinclude urban" without the .WAD
(by the way, there's a BSPZIP tool in the source sdk bin folder that helps you add custom files to your hl2 bsp)
(by the way, there's a BSPZIP tool in the source sdk bin folder that helps you add custom files to your hl2 bsp)
Well, the one in tp_sacrifice is a computer drawing.
There are two real drawings in tp_ritual, and another one in a little golden statue in tp_matrix
There are two real drawings in tp_ritual, and another one in a little golden statue in tp_matrix
do I get plus 5 respect points for the 3d podracer ? 