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this will attract more votes to singleplayer maps than DM maps. start making SP, rim! ;o

I got a whole mod on the way!

not over a really large area.

but I'll look into that.

spirit has a load of new entities to use so read up and study those.

I hope 6D can maybe expand upon Spirit a bit. :/

I'm still dwelling on this water issue. But i hear me on some logic:

The Func_Shine uses a sprite as its graphic ingame. Sprites can be animated up to a certain number of frames. High as I have gone was 39. Either way, it can be animated. The shine doesn't play the animation, it sticks on the first frame, but what can be done if it did play the animation?

I think I could manage something out of it if I had this feature available. Since I will likely be using it often to compensate for the lack of shader water.

Also made a fun new smiley.On a scheduling note: I want a demo in 2 months, and the whole thing done by the end of the year. Hopefully, but still, no promises since I do not know how well things will go. Like I said before, all this is still built on theory.

I may need some favors from people soon, given there are some voice-acting stuffs to be done. Please note there are spoilers in the lines. On the side, I'm planning everything out, such as mapping and exposition to the story. Running all that by some friends on my end and getting criticism on all that. I got good comment from Joe,

[/quote]Story works perfectly with the game mechanics, like that of Deus Ex.[quote]

...k

I guess they like it. Other criticism had mention of Halo, given there are so many Plot holes in a good story, 6D doesn't make those same mistakes. Also, everything has a history and a adherence that most games don't and is told in a way that isn't "In your face" and yet understandable, like that of HL1 and HL2.

Another satisfying grab on the scenario is that the game starts at the beginning as much as it can. Most games stick you in the middle to immerge the player immediately into the action. 6D doesn't do that but it makes that up with a mild blend of tension that gets you thinking about the setting and why things are, which get answered, and of course that leads to more cause and effect.

On a more interesting note, I recorded more time lapse, but I'm not finished with it yet. When I started costuming, I wasted a load of time since I wasn't quite sure how I was going to make it look. Plus the poly count is borderlining my budget. (3000) In turn, it looks even more confusing on the video since I add and delete stuff for like 20 minutes. I'm on a good roll now in texturing it.

Stay Faithful.

if thats the case, get one of those nifty mufflers that makes it sound a lot bigger than it really is.

showing off the water first thing huh?

It looks so fucking nice... I still want it but I wish it wasn't so heavy.
anyway, awsome job so far. You should port your water over to The Artifact later.

sunden has 1 point?

wow.

i was thinking sancefar would have some points or something. oh well.

Full Name : Ben Erwin Benson
Age: 21
Hometown : Thief River Falls
Born in: Minnesota
Self Classification: The Beast
Education: Bachelors of Fine arts in Media Arts

(Interests)
Game Development
Level Design
Computer Drawing
Women

Favourite Films (1st 2nd and 3rd):
1st) 300
2nd) Constantine
3rd) The Fountain

Least Favourite Films (1st 2nd and 3rd):
1st) Van Helsing
2nd) Matrix Reloaded
3rd) Aero Trooper

Favourite Meal:
Biscuits and Gravy

Favourite Actor:
None

Favourite Actress:
None

Favourite Game to Date:
Besides HL, Diablo 2 with Expansion.

Game you're most looking forward to:
6D... yes self advertising.

Favourite Bands:
1) Metallica
2) Crystal Method
3) Loreena McKennit

Favourite Drink Hot/Cold:
EggNOOOOOOOOOOOG!

Favourite Alcohol:
Besides Eggnog, Smirnoff Green Apple.

Hobbies:
Drawing, Game development (I know, polar opposites)

(Other)
well, im proud 5 out of 7 smilies i made are being used.


Girlfriend/Boyfriend Yes/No?:
No... I think. A really crazy weird girl has interest in me, don't know what to do....

Past Girlfriends/Boyfriends:
2

Things that make you smile:
When I help someone out and it works.

Things that make you really laugh out loud:
Random Anime edits on Youtube.

Things that annoy you:
Spanish people with no respect for my culture.

Things that well and truely piss you off:
Spanish people with no respect for my culture who say Captain America is gay. They should be deported outright and their family by proxy.

Picture:

Wins.

You can do that with arches and it works the same.

Are you going for that holographic look where its all tron-like? I can make you some great textures for that.

Well holy crap i really didn't expect that anyone would do anything about it, but you did and thats really friggin cool.

The Shader for that has some problems and leaks, i say someone fix it up and become a hero to the goldsource modding community. Who ever decides to tackle that task.

As compensation, Penguin you can be on the Alpha testing team for the demo.

I hope twhl3 does this automatically by choosing the highest rated out of the motm maps only. That way we don't have to do this.

concept for a new monster_type?

Naturally resourceful but lacking resources, naturally.

ASAP, I'd love to be able to map over winter break.

won't be til TWHL3 i think.

I agree with Blitz, but hell....

Think total number of colors.

Fuck it. It doesn't work for me. If it doesn't run on my laptop, its not useable. Not going to blow computers up here.

Either way the thread isn't going to get edited and why fuss over something broken. My I argued with my roomy and he convinced me that im better than fancy visual gimmicks. I still have spirit, I still have a slew of tools at my disposal, but I see the 6D water to be nothing more than a really nice texture and the shine effect.

edit: heh, just got a nice comment from someone.

"Master of Antiquated technology"



but still... i don want it to look like "I am Rimrook I don't need fancy water to make my maps look good."

Tender Loving Care makes map good, should know that.

It may not look like 6D is my gateway into the industry, but I am 6D's gateway into being something everyone will enjoy, however big or large.

I am responsible for everything 6D and I want whats best for it.

Its like a pirate's treasure. Anyone can find it, anyone in the world. I managed to find it. Stupidly, I exposed it for anyone to get now. Like I said, should've kept it a secret.

For once i get a lucky break and i fuck it up, again for like the 4th time lately.

uhm.... what? We're on page 17.

Yeah i know. "Cry me a fuckin river"

Even though someone else developed it, its not common. Anything uncommon thats this good is appealing.

If I could code, I'd do the whole fuckin mod myself, but we all can't be that lucky now can we?

[u][i]I just FUCKED UP SO RETARDEDLY BAD!!![/u][/i]

By sharing my "Treasure"-like find, I may have cost me the extra boost in reputation for 6D that could help me get a fuckin job at a company down the line. I may have already sacrificed thousands of dollars to share it with you guys and not such as a thanks from anyone. To my misfortune, I didn't know where the code was, I thought I had to contact the creator for it, and I didn't know it was included in the mod folder. No one said anything, no one fucking tried the mod to tell me it was worth the trouble. Chickfist proves that anyone can easily implement it. To put it simple:

The better reputation on this mod, the better the chance I get hired.

Pablo Picasso once said:

Poor artist copy, Great artists steal.

This will hurt the rep of the mod if it looks like I "Copied" this code. In reality, I did but given its open source, it was easy. I would have paid a good amount of money for the code if it was open source. But its free and now I opened Pandora's Box. That's what you fucking get for being a nice guy. As far as its use in 6D, I'll give full credit to the creator.

I need help from the admins to erase all mention of Mechmod and the links to the site where its located. As far as Flat-Life goes, I don't care if he uses it, in fact 6D is open source after final release. The difference is that 6D is a huge part of my portfolio. This need to echo as hard and loud as it can because if its get famous, Valve may pick up on it and thats a job I would like.

God I feel so fuckin stupid!

edit: Whats the use, Karma better get on her knees and blow me over this. Admins don't do many favors around here.

Chickenfist already has it in Flat-Life.

Whatever doesnt blow up Ants computer should do nicely

~lol~

But now that its available.... who can use it the best?

AW! Rickroll faggotry. i got rickrolled.

If you want, I can add a texture vault at Maprookie.com for you guys. That and a model vault, map vault, modeling tutorials, downloads, and all the usual stuff you find around normally on every content site.

JESUS CHRIST THAT WAS FUCKIN FAST!!!!!

was the code in the mod folder?

WHERE THE FUCK IS DAUBSTER!?

You owe Guarav Verma for making it and you owe me for finding it you l33t bastard!!!!!

...working on it...

But before that, has anyone tried the high-jump thing yet?

~lol~

~lol~

EDIT: Go ahead Chickenfist i'd love for this to become a mainstream thing. Really surprised it hasn't leaked out before.

Map from base, I might be in on this one.

its not color based, its the last color in the set of 256 colors that is transparent when using the solid rendermode. The color itself could be anything but the pure blue is notorious.

i wish, but i was just gonna use some clever spritework that didn't work out. Particle system isn't as sophisticated as it should be.

I wish i could get some dynamic water

any way. the jump beta is here.

After trying it out, im very skeptical of keeping it. Yeah it opens up the mapping a bit, but it may be abused some way and all that. given its a puzzle game, leaving it out would leave in more puzzle for moving the player upward. Though how many puzzles can there be, and stacking stuff could get boring. I still think it would be nifty, but maaaaaaaaaybe not for 6D.

Can't copyright ideas, so the idea of the high-jump module can be used for something else if needed.

oooooh.... i should also test my new water. Not sure if it works yet.

I just pm'd him. Like usual, the little things are adding up. Concerned about getting the necessary stuff done absolutely first for the demo. To prove there is a solid foundation for the project.

I'm going to prototype this in spirit and release an example map. That will be a good indication, tho the version I'll make won't be too smooth compared to a coded one. It'll get the point across.

how does that sound?

you do realize this mod is built on theory, right?

I'll ask daubs. :rly:

ok. If you're crouching and you jump, its a normal one. (or it should be)Kinda like when you're crouch-walking and jump, its not a long jump.

Minor blips of fall damage isn't going to harm the player all that much. Not with the systems involved with upgrades and all that.

The jump itself would be high but not damagingly high. Like 270 units or so. Enough to jump a clearly unaccessable area. This doesn't effect the normal longjump either. Since the normal jump is altered so you can easily jump at least 70 units high, the lonjump has a bit more boost to it. Or at least i hope so.

Also, i won't add it if it isn't fun.

What do you think?

heh, time to pitch in

As we are all very familiar, the long jump boosts your ability to leap large gaps. In description, its power assisted movement.

The Thesis: whether or not to add a high-jump addition to the Longjump module. A longjump while standing idle in place would perform the High-Jump, which would be a considerable height gain in comparison to normal jumping ability.

The Reason: open up the mapping a bit more to its possibilities. I believe this would have a better and more versitile use than that of a wall jump and would likely be easier to code in.

The Problem: Potentially not necessary, but i think it is. The only other problem is the increase in work for Daubster. He is the one man army behind the code on this project and has feated some incredible achievements so far.

Discuss it.

Whatever codec you used on that top down video sux huge. I can't open it anywhere.

oh well... i'll just download the update.

yet it still qualifies as "Flat"

It tried to be eli.

Speaking of the Vaults, Yay or Nay on the Model Vault?

Sound likes a good system, given that the ratings can be done honest enough.

(No one noticed my Eli Vance smiley )

What? A really long while back I got HL, CS, DoD, TFC, and all that crap for free for some reason, now they cost money? That faggotry...

I would say I'd race you in building a site since I got mine to do, but you got a huge lead already.

Can the Individual map earn awards like the MotM. The way it looks now, you can only earn a MotM once. Its just a thought.

Wait no longer, time lapse is done.

Time Lapse Part 1 (69 mb)
Mirror at Maprookie

A few odd difficulties but its a start. Its 5 minutes because in 3 minutes it moves so fast you can tell twf is going on the whole time. Its uncut except for the time speed up.

There will be a few more parts as the model develops. Next chapter is costuming and textures, then Animations.

Also, my first attempt at this, i recorded a very lovely Max crash.

I hope everyone enjoys watching the video more than me making it.

Work on proportions and the sizes of thing. Study a chair, study a table and build them, not representations of the general shapes of them.

Also, add a small trim along the bottom of the wall. Will look more real-like.

muzz....WHAT THE FUCK!?

Particle is ahead by 1 i think. never saw that coming

Where can I get camtasia?

I got editing stuff (necessary for school) where I can grab the end and squish it into a decided time. No lame cutting and posterization.

And yeah, I'll do both eventually. But Modelling is faster and more intriguing I think.

Speaking of the devil.

Glizard max file for those with max that want to play with it.

EDIT: oh yeah, the alien dude is only mildly furry. their homeworld is mostly arctic and the prime living areas has the climate of Canada. Minus the Canada. So they have a skin and spotty layers hair ontop of their arms and such. Like how Humans have fuzz in various parts, only we've evolved far beyond the caveman days.

Just speculation from the group on my end of the project. I think everyone likes the design so far to some extent. So I don't think I'll change it for any reason other than believability, which isn't easy with anything alien.

YAY MAOR EDITING: I found a simple screen recorder here

Its not as amazing as camtasia, but it'll do the job. Just like the free version Fraps for in-game movies.