Eurrgghhhh
why is it that when I should've been revising for my exams I had a massive burst of motivation to map, but now i'm bored shitless stuck in a shitty little town I have 0 motivation?
I've accepted the dropbox thing btw
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schrodinger's cat is not a valid form of explaining quantum physics, it was actually thought up to show how incredibly stupid quantum physics is if it were upscaled to macroscopic levels ( a cat obviously cannot be dead and alive at the same time)
/quantumfactz
/quantumfactz
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I've tried making one set of env_lasers and another of env_beams. They're all parented to the central func_rotating ( but other things have behaved incredibly odd when parented to a func_rotating ).
If I parented it to a train or something that went around a circular path, I would, but because it's not exactly circular at some point the lasers would go out of sync.
If I parented it to a train or something that went around a circular path, I would, but because it's not exactly circular at some point the lasers would go out of sync.
Yep Urby, I am the almighty shitposter "Mr. Good Map". Looked back on some top quality posts back in the day.
9 year old me had a way with the ladies.
Back on topic, HL2 and hammer is being a massive bitch.
In the game I am only triggering 4 env_lasers, however in game this causes the middle lasers to turn on and point at some random position, and it's really pissing me off. I've no idea why it's doing this as there is certainly no I/O problems.
Back on topic, HL2 and hammer is being a massive bitch.
Horrendous attitude rufee! Don't be like that.
When I first joined TWHL my name was "Mr. Good Map". This was, hilariously, not the case. But I was shit and still contributed to the community.
You're making yourself the opposite of this case and instead of being stupidly arrogant about your work like 8 year old me, you're putting yourself down when you really, really shouldn't be!
Everyone here would love to see a contribution from you rufee, even if you don't think what you have will be up to par - because whatever you make will be!
When I first joined TWHL my name was "Mr. Good Map". This was, hilariously, not the case. But I was shit and still contributed to the community.
You're making yourself the opposite of this case and instead of being stupidly arrogant about your work like 8 year old me, you're putting yourself down when you really, really shouldn't be!
Everyone here would love to see a contribution from you rufee, even if you don't think what you have will be up to par - because whatever you make will be!
I'm not going to explain exactly what it is at it'll spoil the surprise. I'll release it separately when it's been submitted to Rooms: Source.
It's a boss of some sort.
It's a boss of some sort.
There's a GIF I will post in a bit explaining the transfotmers. Personally I believe there is no tight or wrong way to use props ; the more the merrier.
Tets, what do you mean by the "normal use of props"? Any usage of props is a normal usage of props.
WIP for rooms source
Very metroid prime inspired, it's up to you to guess what it is.
So did we decide on a universal door or are we just going with whatever the author has placed in the map? as I can tell you right now my entrace & exit will be fairly unique
I don't think the single volume rule is in effect but I believe the "don't spam as many corridors as you physically can" rule is.
Spam.
Props keep spawning at the origin which is really, really odd. This is all you'll see for now.
The rooms can be interactive can't they, rather than a simple room? Thinking back to Worldcrafter's room in the original Rooms ( Absolutely amazing map )
So.. This starts now, until a month of no uploads to which then it is deemed finished?
I am very much willing to enter this, sounds like it'd be a fantastic idea
The individual rooms I think should be entirely down to the users choice as it would open up the possibilities of rooms. Basing it on one theme would lead to a lot of common items appearing in each room, reducing the contrasts given by each individual member.
The individual rooms I think should be entirely down to the users choice as it would open up the possibilities of rooms. Basing it on one theme would lead to a lot of common items appearing in each room, reducing the contrasts given by each individual member.
so PB, I've not even touched engines so I can't comment on anything, but how possible would it be to implement an INCREDIBLY basic light raytracer view? Wouldn't obviously mimic rad but it would give a vague idea as to what the final product may look like without having to compile it.
We can't really do an I/O system as goldsrc is literally a "trigger" system rather than source's multiple output system.
Here's another little nice idea. Apologies for the shite ms-paint drawing, photoshop has decided to corrupt itself.
Basically the texture browser would have a folder tree panel to the left hand side, which would allow you to manually select the contents of each wad. As well as the "root" folder, custom texture folders could be created that you can add individual textures to; so you could create yourself a "nature" folder that contained your own favorite grass / tree / rock textures, and "triggers" or "floors" or "weird computer shizznizz" and so on.
I doubt a new panel with a folder tree view would be that hard to put in as I believe it's one of the default window panel things.
I doubt a new panel with a folder tree view would be that hard to put in as I believe it's one of the default window panel things.
"I could add something that could try to perform the vertex rounding on the selected objects, but if it creates an invalid brush, it doesn't round anything. I'll look into the options."
Something like that would be fantastic, but make it a user-selected option rather than something that happens automatically. Either that, or something similar to the "check for problems" window that comes up, and you can select the individual brushes and select fix.
If the vertexs snap to the nearest 1x1 grid, then it shouldn't create any invalid brushes. Someone must've been mapping terribly in order to create a situation in which it may create invalid brushes.
Something like that would be fantastic, but make it a user-selected option rather than something that happens automatically. Either that, or something similar to the "check for problems" window that comes up, and you can select the individual brushes and select fix.
If the vertexs snap to the nearest 1x1 grid, then it shouldn't create any invalid brushes. Someone must've been mapping terribly in order to create a situation in which it may create invalid brushes.
"How would something like that work when snapping the vertices to the grid will create non-planar vertices?"
Having trouble understanding what you mean PB, surely not snapping them to the grid would create non-planar faces.
This issue is plaguing me in hammer right now. By rotating objects, or flipping them, it's making the vertices go onto a microgrid, out of the normal grid. and this is creating weird artifacts everything and it's annoying as hell - especially when it was originally on grid.
It's merely a point of using a round function on every vertex. If it's stored as a plane or face in a VMF, surely some mathematical jiggery pokery could be used.
this sort of crap
it may not be an issue for GS or source to render, but using it as a reference for other objects , or simply surrounding the brush with other brushes , creates an issue
Having trouble understanding what you mean PB, surely not snapping them to the grid would create non-planar faces.
This issue is plaguing me in hammer right now. By rotating objects, or flipping them, it's making the vertices go onto a microgrid, out of the normal grid. and this is creating weird artifacts everything and it's annoying as hell - especially when it was originally on grid.
It's merely a point of using a round function on every vertex. If it's stored as a plane or face in a VMF, surely some mathematical jiggery pokery could be used.
it may not be an issue for GS or source to render, but using it as a reference for other objects , or simply surrounding the brush with other brushes , creates an issue
can someone PLEASE make a program that moves all vertices to the nearest grid point.
I remembered why I dislike source hammer so much, even though everything was done using vertex manipulation ( and on grid, I might add ) - saving and reopening, everything fucks up again. Ugh.
brownie points to whomever recognizes this hallway
I remembered why I dislike source hammer so much, even though everything was done using vertex manipulation ( and on grid, I might add ) - saving and reopening, everything fucks up again. Ugh.
Penguinboy, have you thought of support for image overlays? Similar to blender and 3ds max and that in which you can overlay an image on the orthographic viewpoints
Made a thread for you on Facepunch PB, give it a look sometimes. The FP'ers seem to be fairly interested in it after it got published on gamebanana
For any quick icons penguinboy I'd strongly suggest downloading and using Metro Studio 2. You need to register but it's entirely royalty free, and can export to SVG and png and stuff. Quite handy for small icons.
It's artistically specific to metro-style apps but i'm sure you can crowbar it in or something
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LaVolpe - Bevel is better than Null in almost every case. The exception to this is curved surfaces , but otherwise, start out with bevel rather than null
So exactly how many people are entering?
Ah, cheers for using my icon :L Just incase you edited the one I linked to on twhl, here's the actual full logo
And with Alpha
When is this starting then?
I'm in.
Is it possible to submit two entries for reasons?
Didn't realise you were a fan of Frank Klepacki, stojke. Definitely agree with you for the red alert 2 stuff.
Is it possible to submit two entries for reasons?
Didn't realise you were a fan of Frank Klepacki, stojke. Definitely agree with you for the red alert 2 stuff.
That would actually be cool stojke, totally agree with that. Something fun.
CT :
No way.
Nooooo wayyy.
Generic click sounds, maybe, but not welding and shit :L
No way.
Nooooo wayyy.
Generic click sounds, maybe, but not welding and shit :L
People should be allowed to choose their own song, and link to it or whatever along with their entry.
However if it is a single track we all use, definitely make it something by two steps from hell.
However if it is a single track we all use, definitely make it something by two steps from hell.
You don't have a logo yet do you?
Just thought of a modernised version of the existing hammer logo. It's so hard to try not to type "Sledge Hammer" as well.
Also may I suggest updating the colour scheme of the UI to something more like the new version of photoshop? Makes it look more ~artistic~.
Just thought of a modernised version of the existing hammer logo. It's so hard to try not to type "Sledge Hammer" as well.
I've done you a favour Penguin and mentioned on Facepunch. I know you guys think it's a cesspit of filth (which it is) but some of the mappers there are pretty talented people. It's gathering quite a lot of interest there.
What about instances? If you've got this far, I'm sure implementing instances shouldn't be that hard.
There's just something so nostalgic about goldsource that you can see in every picture that I'll never unfeel
So.. We aren't having an exterior.. each floor is an individual level? I'm not sure. I think we should have a "base" floor design that people can build in and around - rather than everything being totally different
It's a considerably greater pain in the ass to work with though, Stojke
Sorry for double posting but this is so I don't waste another 10 minutes for a ninja'd edit
Anyway , my idea is that we go modern and go quite blocky-basic but still keeping some odd greeble out there. The Burj al Arab is way too curved ; good luck keeping the windows and rails and walls and such on-grid together.. It'll take forever to do.
So yeah, here's my "inspiration":
I know this is minecraft but you still get an idea of what it's general features are
Anyway , my idea is that we go modern and go quite blocky-basic but still keeping some odd greeble out there. The Burj al Arab is way too curved ; good luck keeping the windows and rails and walls and such on-grid together.. It'll take forever to do.
So yeah, here's my "inspiration":
But.. but goldsource is old and clunky 
Also I was just about to post a tonne of nice looking skyscrapers for inspiration but Stojke ninja'd my edit
Also I was just about to post a tonne of nice looking skyscrapers for inspiration but Stojke ninja'd my edit
Holy christ we are using GS? Woah. Woaaahh.
i'll help with lobby & general skyscraper design
i also like lifts
vents
maintenance rooms
lifts
and also lifts
i also like lifts
vents
maintenance rooms
lifts
and also lifts
Yet even more corridors that i'll try and attempt to make the rest of and give up.
Procrastination for my exams in two days does a magical thing.
Procrastination for my exams in two days does a magical thing.
Usually I hate you with a passion Dim, but i'm actually really liking the look of that factory so far. Keep it up!
I would like to think that my texturing has improved
I'm really good at taking timed selfies. I'm on the far right by the way
At least it shows where half of the unseen textures in the retail halflife.wad were used, such as all the drkmlt stuff