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Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-11 13:16:09 UTC
in Drawings? Post #96347

Drawing is one of the most important skills needed in architecture, so I have to draw even if I dont want to. Its true that I've disguised some HL screenshots and used them for some projects.

I draw as a hobby since I was 4. Of course, I also had my time of 3d drawing etc. Some examples

Manga chicks:
http://www.geocities.com/jm_ameyugo/cieloazul.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/jm_ameyugo/colorchick28.jpg

Drawings for University projects:
http://www.geocities.com/jm_ameyugo/P2_3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/jm_ameyugo/vd7.jpg

3d (bryce):
[url]http://www.geocities.com/jm_ameyugo/blue1.jpg [/url]

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-10 13:33:19 UTC
in Help an Urbanebula :) Post #96170

I should probably have to post this in the hl2 mapping questions forum, but does anyone know of an equivalent -material_include parameter for HL2? What is the standard procedure for that?

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-10 04:25:15 UTC
in Completely OFF TOPIC!!! (Music). Post #96109

"La m?sica rock es lo mejor del globo"

if you translate it, it would be "Rock music is the best of the balloon"... the correct thing would be "...es lo mejor del mundo"

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-09 16:24:27 UTC
in Stuff to map Post #96052

sometimes it helps to see a film for inspiration

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-08 11:30:14 UTC
in HL2 texture problem Post #95852

I'll give it a try, thx

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-08 08:10:55 UTC
in HL2 texture problem Post #95824

I've read the Source material tutorial, and managed to make custom textures for HL2... However, I am having trouble giving my new textures custom properties. For example, I have a texture that should work on a conveyor, but the old way of naming the texture "scroll...." and using it on a func_conveyor doesnt work in Source
I've searched many websites but I cant find how to give that property to my texture

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-08 07:22:40 UTC
in Honestly, where did I go wrong? Post #95818

you don't need brilliant architecture to have a great atmosphere

(but it does help from time to time)

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-08 04:34:12 UTC
in doom 3 kind of graphics are creepy Post #95797

Doom3 graphics are okay, given the fact that most enviroments consist of cramped halls and rooms, where you can put lots of detail with less hit on performance.
HL2 graphics are simply beautiful. Even though they are less extravagant than Doom3, Unreal2 etc, lots of other things apart world geometry make the game good.
Far Cry is also astonishing in terms of beauty and freedom to move around, but the story hasnt caught my attention the way HL or HL2 did

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-06 06:27:46 UTC
in funcwall and splitting Post #95418

They only carve if your func_wall consists of more than one brush and they are overlapping. If you make each brush a separate func_wall entity, there wont be any polygon splits

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-05 18:07:43 UTC
in Honestly, where did I go wrong? Post #95289

In HL2 you can create great looking maps effortlessly, in HL1, it requires much more skill to create an amazing map

Is that why I take 3 days to make a nice looking HL map and 30 days to make a nice looking HL2 map? I think it's the other way around

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-05 13:10:50 UTC
in Honestly, where did I go wrong? Post #95229

You are indeed right to be angry, I think most answers to your HL models question were too harsh. And you are right, HL can handle a huge amount of polygons, it's just a matter of what computer you are using.
But it is also true that the HL engine will have a much worse performance than Source using the same model. It's not only about physics and nice textures, a lot of things have been greatly improved.
On the r_speeds part, I think it's really not a question of how much does your computer lag with 1000 polys or 2000 polys. Computers today can handle very high polycounts, but not the same as 6 years ago. So when making a "Half-life map", I always make maps that will work with any computer that played the original game with decent performance. Presenting a map to the public that has potential problems in some computers isnt the perfect thing to do. There's ways to make nice brush work with control over r_speeds.
So 6 years after HL came out, we all want to make bigger maps, more r_speeds and put in more detailed models. And the logical way to do so is using the source engine, in my opinion

I agree that we could do without STEAM, but source mapping is just as fun as normal HL mapping, both hammer editors start with an empty grid, and it's just a matter of filling it up. Slaves and Grunts are cool, but combine soldiers, cables and high res textures can be fun also!

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-04 18:24:56 UTC
in Is there a program that... Post #95066

Annoying? I think it's pretty much the same thing, but with more control over lighting, skyboxes and a big big etc

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-04 13:59:43 UTC
in New Competition Post #95024

can judges make contest submissions? I mean, If they know the theme in advance and then participate, would that be fair?

I hope I can enter a twhl compo at last...

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-04 12:25:44 UTC
in Are there any additional sky textures? Post #95011

the names of all the sky textures can be seen in the hammer texture browser with the rest of the game textures. Just type "sky" in the filter and you'll see them

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-02 07:51:16 UTC
in de_fallout is beautiful [closed] Post #94561

Floor textures used in walls, beds that look like tombstones... I cant really give a full opinion until I see it and play it.
Just one thing, only after I saw water in a flooded bathroom in one of the screenshots, did I notice this map was for a Source Engine game.

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-01 06:37:57 UTC
in another reason why Steam sucks Post #94372

"Do you really want to know what STEAM is? I cant really tell you, you have to see it for yourself
If you take the red pill, you will find the truth about autoupdates and source.
Take the blue pill, and you'll wake up in WON, beleive whatever you want to beleive"

from the same film:

Kasperg: "Am I the One?"
Oracle: "Sorry, you have potential but..."
Kasperg :"But what?"
Oracle:"Maybe in the next mapping competition...sorry"

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-01 06:26:53 UTC
in CCN Report Says No Plane Hit Pentagon Post #94370

you are right, and the invisible wings of the 757 actually did some invisible damage where they supposedly crashed... weird...

The aluminum nose of the plane would break/vaporize before crashing through multiple sections of the solid pentagon building...
the dna structure of 97% of the passengers and crew wouldnt have survived the temperature they said was responsible for the vanishing of most metalic debris, and yet they have recovered it...
Maybe The Combine has something to do with all this :

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-01 05:32:30 UTC
in CCN Report Says No Plane Hit Pentagon Post #94367

I dont really think Bush has anything to do with a possible conspiracy plot, if something was done that day, it could've been ordered by someone else. I still remember something Rumsfeld said:

Here we're talking about plastic knives and using an American Airlines flight filled with our citizens, and the missile to damage this building and similar (inaudible) that damaged the World Trade Center

It could've been a metaphorical use of the word missile, or an unintentional revelation, we might never know...

(the image of my new avatar is found in the HL2DM t-shirt that they sell at the VALVe store via Steam. I dont have the t-shirt but I thought it looked funny)

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-28 20:57:20 UTC
in CCN Report Says No Plane Hit Pentagon Post #94313

wait a minute...

I saw the WTC planes on TV, they did exist!!, but they were not escorted... blame it on igNORAD!!! :
It's kind of strange when all the emergency precautions and procedures fail the day they are most needed...

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-28 20:42:25 UTC
in CCN Report Says No Plane Hit Pentagon Post #94311

No offence jazhel, but the crahs hole is big enough for a boeing

Firefighters destroyed a section of the wall because of the inminent danger of collapse. The hole you are talking about is not what the "craft" initially made

NORAD was likely ordered to stand down because they wouldn't shoot down a commercial plane just because it was hijacked

The normal procedure is to take off and escort the hijacked plane, not to shoot it. They did none of those 2 things

and your conspiracy stuff is written by a guy whom makes a life of it

Just one guy? not really... And the "official" version is also told by people who make a life of it

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-28 17:26:11 UTC
in monkey Post #94213

maybe the number of monkeys in twhl will eventually grow up to be "12 monkeys"

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-28 15:47:27 UTC
in Valve Mapping Contest Result Post #94190

Hey, imagine I'm one of the 3 winners, LOL not gonna happen though...
dm_resistance is a good map but I doubt they'll pick it

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-28 11:49:59 UTC
in I hate you Post #94137

Yeah, there are a lot of FPS out there that work well and dont need anything like STEAM... I kind of prefer the old update method (update it when you decide it's time to). And let's remember we're not always talking about updates, but mostly of fixes of bugs in the game(s)

My biggest complain is the amount of time hammer needs to open a map and load materials (more than 90% of which I dont need for my map...)

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-27 17:54:26 UTC
in Under-Appreciated Maps Post #94028

I dont really know any lost maps out there, but I still remember Carbaseus, a map made by K7, it's worth checking out if any of you haven't seen it yet.
I'll take a look at de_priory, the screenshot looks nice but I have lots of doubts on the r_speeds part

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-27 06:16:22 UTC
in Poll: Half-Life or Half-Life2? Post #93876

I think the problem is inside each person's head. Some people that played CS a lot, have ended up shooting their classmates in real life... could you blame that on the game?? no way
I've see a lot of videogames with female characters and I dont expect real women to climb high ledges and carry uzis like Lara Croft

HL2 doesnt need hot chicks in it because the game is good and aims towards a certain "realism". The counter-example would be the Dead or Alive series, that features

a bunch of slutty looking chicks

as one of the games main interests.

And remember, it's all about how people react. I dont think Aida from Unreal II was a 'hot chick'. She was just a pretty arrangement of pixels and vertices in a computer file

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-26 12:12:05 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #93758

I know that these browsers are better than IE because they block spyware and adware more efficently, but in what is one better than the other?
Out of the box, Opera had a big add and the adress bar was way lower than what I like to have it... Firefox looked more like the Internet explorer I've been using for years... But that's just my opinion, of course

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-26 10:35:08 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #93729

I tried Opera and then Firefox, I dont know which is better, but I'm using FireFox because I'd rather spend my free time in mapping rather than tweaking a browser and learning how to use it in a non-noobish way

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-25 13:25:28 UTC
in Poll: Half-Life or Half-Life2? Post #93495

HL1 > HL2. HL2 is homosexual

HL1 had a vast majority of male characters (Gina from the training map holograms is in fact the only female character in the original HL1) so it should be the other way around

I still prefer Aida from Unreal II better than Alyx...

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-25 13:15:59 UTC
in Valve Prize Thoughts Post #93493

If there was something interesting that I'd really like to see in a map, I would have already tried myself

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-24 20:16:27 UTC
in Another spec thread Post #93353

2.00 Ghz Intel P IV
512 DDRAM
Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4200
148 Gb HD space in total

the rest isnt that relevant in terms of game performance

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-24 18:39:34 UTC
in Valve Prize Thoughts Post #93319

I'd rather have them make custom textures and props for me and then I'd map.

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-23 07:33:28 UTC
in Poll: Half-Life or Half-Life2? Post #92771

Whatever you did was because of your actions

Yeah, everything Freeman does is also because of your actions. He only shoots when I choose to shoot etc..

I think one of the best aspects of Half-life 1 & 2 is that there's a world in which you move, but it doesnt depend on you. This is opposed to games like Sonic or Tomb Raider, where the scenarios are taylor-made for the character you are using.

the verification issue makes it lose all of its glory

I bought HL2 2,328 hours ago, and the verification and downloads have taken at most 2 hours of that time. It was a painful installation procress but I forgot about it the first minute of gameplay

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-22 21:04:33 UTC
in Poll: Half-Life or Half-Life2? Post #92678

Is there a game where you can do something that hasnt been written??
I think that only happens in those role games you play with dice, not in videogames.
There's nothing wrong with the game being an interactive movie or being linear. Some games are linear (HL, Doom, RE), some games give you more freedom (Far Cry, GTA), others are based on being repetitive (strategy, sports) and they have to be valued for what they are.
Both HL games are great if not the very best of their kind, with HL2 being more interesting in terms of mapping due to the superior technology it uses.

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-22 19:34:47 UTC
in Poll: Half-Life or Half-Life2? Post #92669

but you never end up leaving the City17 area. HL1 took you around alot of places

mmm... I remember a town called Ravenholm, a coastline highway,a bridge, a seaside jail... I think Hl2 takes you around more places. But it is true that HL was more unpredictable, and it had more of a surprise factor (In hl2 you could sort of guess what was coming up next. Nothing painful like the StarWars Episode I film though

)

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-22 08:23:50 UTC
in Poll: Half-Life or Half-Life2? Post #92514

Let's say HL1 was a great game in its days and same thing happens with HL2
The HL1 theme is a nice one, but we all now that if HL2 took place in cramped Black Mesa labs and halls, people would say the sequel is just a copy of the original with pretty graphics.
I think it's good to have an engine that works so much, much better with big outdoor scenarios than the original. And that's one of the things I like about Hl2, big maps and locations.
when it comes to mapping, I think Hl1 was friendlier if you wanted to make a map completely out of the game's theme (like most of my maps) and HL2 helps you decorate your work with all those props...

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-21 19:16:38 UTC
in Favourite Game 1990 - 1998 Post #92376

I agree with ZombieLoffe, S&K was my first console game ever!!!! (I played Doom and Simcity before having a sega genesis)
1996 Tomb Raider and 1997 Age of Empires were also some of my favourites (both have this "ancient" thing about them, it shows in some of my maps too)

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-18 13:19:48 UTC
in VALVe's Steamlab map Post #91484

As some of you have already seen, Steamlab is in a fact a full remake of datacore. Apart from the obvious texture changes and prop additions, the map layout is almost completely the same (some stairs instead of a ladder, a couple of small new hallways with items)
It looks ok, I wouldnt mind seeing a remake of subtransit or an official crossfire sequel by VALVe

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-18 12:37:07 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #91481

Opera is the one that has adds at the top, they are both similar in the other aspects. I downloaded Opera and Firefox the other day, and I'm staying with FF. It's less of change if you're coming from IExplorer

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-17 16:11:05 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #91266

Opera and FireFox are both fast, but I prefer FireFox, no add on top of the window and cleaner presentation

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 16:39:41 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #90835

I know its AdAware, and I know I dont have adware...
I'm using Opera right now and it's fine... nothing to write home about either...
Specially that big annoying Ad on top of the screen that makes the adress bar be lower than what I've gotten used to in the past 8 years of my Internet Explorer quests... can I change that somehow?
Also, gmail wont work without ActiveX and says I need Internet Explorer...

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 16:19:01 UTC
in Skybox Post #90831

I suppose your focal point is the map origin and the sky_camera entity...?

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 15:37:40 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #90811

thx, ill try it out

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 15:03:37 UTC
in GRR MICROSOFT! Post #90798

yes, they are indeed stupid, but rich. so rich... :

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 14:50:25 UTC
in GRR MICROSOFT! Post #90795

I tell you, my friends dont use yahoo or IRC, so It would be pointless to logon to something other than msn if want to talk to them. It's just like that "linux instead of windows" thing. Yeah, linux is better, but most games and software I use are windows compatible and have problems with linux, so I just keep using windows. It's not really about what I like or I dont like, it's about being practical.
Messenger programs and Operating Systems are just tools. I'll use the bad tools because they still do their job.

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 14:40:49 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #90790

lavasoft's adware tells me my system is clean, If you are talking about that

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 14:19:24 UTC
in GRR MICROSOFT! Post #90782

I never said msn was my life... It's just that my friends logon to msn. If I used something like yahoo messenger, there wouldnt be anyone to talk to, it's understandable

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 14:09:02 UTC
in GRR MICROSOFT! Post #90779

something wrong with msn? I dont have the lastest version (I think it's 7) and I can login perfectly... In fact i'm logged in right now

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 14:05:51 UTC
in Valve DM mapping competition Post #90778

I wish it was me. Not going to happen though, I couldn't even get the cubemaps right in my hl2dm entry, so they'll obviously throw my submission to the recyling bin, both physically and in computer terms

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-15 13:20:55 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #90765

can someone post the actual advantages of those other internet browsers?
I mean real advantages, not the fact the they are non-microsoft programs and have none of the security problems that my IE is supposedly having or the fact that they can load web pages some milliseconds faster than IE.
Is there anything else that should make me download them?
thanks for any suggestions

Kasperg

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-14 14:04:25 UTC
in TWHL and Opera Post #90467

The advantages of using a different browser other than IE have not yet convinced me enough to download a new program. (same happens with windows media player, I dont have winamp and rarely use musicmatch etc)

Kasperg