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Jessie/Zeeba
I'm logging off Steam now, get in touch with me through:

google hangounts; captain0terror@gmail.com

IRC also seems like a good option if you wanted to meet there. Meantime I will install Skype and look for you Myles

Orange's avatar reminds me of a brain-sucking amobea

I'll be on steam in an hour or two zeebs if that works for ya. I don't use facebook really but I'd be willing to install skype if need be

Google talk(now hangouts I think?) is another convenient way to keep in touch if you never used it.

Archie
Cool, thanks for letting us know. We'll be here in case you changed your mind and wanted to join in

And, lol! xD I've clearly stated why I can't enter the contest in the first post, in the P.S. at the end. tongue -

Apologies for your computer situation and Durr on me for not reading the whole post.. If you are good at making textures you could be our designated skin artist or something? I'll be on Steam tonight if you'd like to chat about it.

BTW, your new GB avatar looks pretty awesome homie

Invite sent! Welcome Zeeba-G =)

Feel free to upload any of your concept ideas to the dropbox folder. Hopefully we get one or two more people

Btw, where is a good place we could all chat and discuss ideas?

Zeeba, Rimrook, etc
Let me know if you decide to join Jessica and I, and we'll send you an invite to the dropbox folder

The way Team.Twhl has worked in the past is you devote what time you can; I'm sure whatever time you'd be able to contribute in the time we have would be fine.

And yeah it's hard to notice the "I" in the first post--before PB edited it--is a hyperlink that points to my profile. If I had rights to edit the first post, would have modified yesterday to make it more clear

I've never seen them restrict a contest to 1.6 only before, very interesting! We could also gangbang out a Team.TWHL entry if you guys wanted

I would've liked to team up with you but... Damn. unhappy -

Aw, maybe someday we can work together homie.. is this because you're helping admin the contest or because I smell like cabbage?

sounds awesome!

Team based entries are allowed, however the entrants will have to agree how to split any prizes awarded.

There is no possibility I'd have time to finish this on my own, but if anyone would like to team up for this, get in touch with me!

Congrats m8!!

Glad you fixed it, and thanks for letting us know your solution What was the original texture scale btw?

WHERE WE'RE [REDACTED], WE DON'T NEED [REDACTED] TO [REDACTED].

There's no func_detail in goldsource

Yes there is Stu, it's available with the new VHLT tools

Bruce
Didn't notice those pillars are like 14 sides, which is a lot for them being so small, nice catch 12 sides are the maximum I ever use for 95% of my cylinders and arches

Really great information Archie! Maybe crank out some super-deluxe GS tutorials, while the all the info is fresh in your brain from working on The Core

Those screens look very smexy Archie, soooo pretty!

I look forward to this release much more than BM:S, since it's gurlsource and homegrown. I STILL haven't played BM:S yet(don't yell at me!), so maybe it would be apt to play these epic remakes sequentially

Kids and pets are welcome at Camp zeeba-G?

Can we have a set schedule of events, e.g.:

5am
Early-riser fishin' with grandpa-G at the main dock.

8am
Gourmet breakfast buffet prepared by Penquinboy at the kitchen nook. The importance of Bacon keynote address immediately to follow by Urbanebula.

10am
Team challenge: Potato launcher minicompo at the shooting bench. Winners of this event receive +1 magical protection from shots of Devil's Spring(150 proof peppermint schnapps)

What a perfect spot! I hope there will be guns to shoot(I don't think I can bring mine on the plane)

They need to bring back supersonic airliners for you poor Aussies.

Maybe as a TWHL imagineering project, we could could design a really big slingshot OR catapult, and fire you guys back/forth individually in padded barrels(at low cost)

Long flights are the WORST, especially in coach and the plane is full.. ='(

A road trip quest from New York to Texas would be fun, but it's a bit far

Maybe we could rent a big camper for a week and drive it from NY to to TX, picking up TWHLers along the way

Rufee: That's not a bad ticket price at all! If I still lived near the city I'd invite you and DiscoStu out for a tour.. Tetsu0 is just up the road in Connecticut, and I think JeffMOD lives close north of me in Ontario, CA??

I would be down, never been to Texas before

Your WIP are intriguing as always zeeba-G, teasing us with these frameable wireframes..

^ I see these when using Sculptris, except they are pornographic

If a brush is glitching in any way, ALWAYS rebuild it. Also after encountering any glitch in Sledge, it's probably a good idea to restart

^ I bet that's an interesting exercise TJB. Plaese distill your knowledge you take into a nice tutorial for us maybe

Lajron
Looking good as always m8. I admire your patience how methodical you are at doing everything just right ;p

Take it from someone who uses them a lot, you don't ever want an object part of 2 visgroups. Doing so belies the whole purpose, which is the ability to quickly isolate(hide/unhide/select) like objects in your map.

If you want to isolate specific object types, say every func_detail or light entity in your map, that's what 'Auto' Visgrouping is for

Sometimes you want to hide/unhide particular groups of things and a group of brushes may belong in more than one such group for a particular purpose.

That's what Quickhide(H key) and Quickhide Unselected(Ctrl+H) are for

You have the most awesomest practical projects zeeba-G

This also reminds me I always wanted to do a Jetson's map. Btw, did you see the platform houses they used for the movie Oblivion?

^^

That would be a fun mapping contest?(y/n)?

Rimmeh
That sounds really neat. Someday if I get the money, I want to build a sustainable ranch complex in the desert someplace.. I'll have to invite you guys over when it gets built

If there was a TWHL Mansion, we could do many things.

We could get drunk on champagne, take off all our clothes, and LAN on the roof until morning

The people who have posted in this thread are in:

Scotland, UK
Scotland, UK
England, UK
Ireland
Poland
Romania
Lithuania
Lithuania
Sweden

Canada
N-E USA (Maine)
N-E USA (Connecticut)
S-E USA (Florida)
S USA (Texas)
USA
USA
USA

According to the potato map, almost half are from the US and Canada

50ms won't kill anyone, just use the cheaper option?

Why not make this a monthly thing?

I'm sure we can get enough donations to cover the hosting costs? I'll paypal $10 to the server fund Ruf if u taking donations

Our first real, is-girl female member, hooray for Jessie!

Happy New year 2015 you fucks! =P

I don't make resolutions because then it's automatic I won't do them.. So, my attainable anti-resolutions are:

• Learn Blender.

Use RMF format if you use Visgroups, because VMF is still extremely buggy with them, i.e., closing down Sledge with a group hidden will cause that group to be hidden indefinitely...

Export or Save As RMF(both work afaik), and all will be well again

Ctrl+A request
Possibly make it an option(or default preferably) that Ctrl+A closes/minimizes the compile window and sidebar? perhaps as an alternative, you could "autohide" them instead after 10-15 seconds of non-use or something?

Another Visgroup request
Visgrouped objects that are also then grouped(Ctrl+g), are unable to be changed to a new visgroup without being a part of the old group too, UNLESS you ungroup(Ctrl+u) them first. Afaik, you would NEVER want an object to be a part of 2 separate visgroups, so this shouldn't be able to happen.
Hammer will also let an object be a part of 2 groups, but if you can prevent this in Sledge,it would be a good thing

Change default save type to RMF
Until the problems with visgroups are fixed, you should really change the default save type to RMF, not VMF, so people don't experience the aformentioned disappearing visgroup error. I know that 90% of people probably don't use them and won't ever notice, but it's very frustrating for those who do

Texture alignment bug
Specifically but not limited to 360 degree arches and cylinders, proper texture alignment is a real pita in Sledge atm. You should be able to select a face, and apply the texture/values to the next face, working your way around for a perfect alignment, but this is not the case. Create a 12-sided 360 arch and try it yourself to see what I mean. For example, Sledge is making my life really hard atm just trying to properly texture these simple 7-sided 360 arches:

2 Cents concerning WADS
Even after all these years, I STILL find myself leaving WADS out of my released GS maps.. Of course this is me not being careful enough, but the fact I still continue to do this proves--I think--the default way wads are handled is a PITA. Consider changing the current default -wadautodetect to -nowadtextures, so noone ever has to worry about this again? YES the filesize will be bigger AND YES it's wasteful, but that's better than not being able to play the map imo; more advanced users will readily know how to change it, keeping their filesizes down..

Hotkey reminders
Show hotkey combination reminders on hovering over things like grid snap, texture lock, etc., like you already do with the tools.

ONE RECAP TO BRING THEM ALL, AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM

Kitteh is scart, but kitteh will watch.. Thanks for making these, Urby! =P

The problem is you trying to use Hammer when there is something better...

Try Sledge Editor instead. Enhanced features/flexibility/tools, and highly-customizable interface make it a cut above Hammer. Also, setup is WAY easier

For compile tools, make sure you're using the latest VHLT for best results.

They put a Bateman on the moon! LUNAR DUBS

That setup looks really wicked TJB! DiscoStu and I expect some more "heavenly bodies" pics the future

Love the sunrise/sunset pics in here. I take these shots all the time out my car window to/from work, and sometimes they turn out decent.

Archie
I want to fight you for your girlfiend.

I had a GF like that once(chained in my basement), who was both very nice and very pretty; It's a rare combo

Mapping prodigy LAJRON vs. the unconventional genius of TREMPLER, in a no-holds-barred cage match. WHO WILL EMERGE VICTORIOUS?

Id love to have a TF2 tourney next, just to not give Dim a chance to play CS:GO smile -

I think he is probably good at TF2 as well tbh =)

SO, when are we having the next tourney? If we decide to do CS again, maybe Dimbark would be kind enough to write us a general CS tips tutorial, so that some of us might have a fighting chance at some payback

I'm good for $20 in steam games for the next tourney's prize kitty too, Ruf.

Over 24K 25,000 views on that album, looking great Lajron!

Some of us have fat fingers and a penchant for buggery

Edit blocked again, here we go: 5..4..3..2..

UPDATE THE FUCKING SITE ALREADY PENGUINBOY! EVERY OTHER FUCKING FORUM ON EARTH HAS GLOBAL POST EDITING YOU SONOFBITCH!!

It's called pride Striker, perhaps you've heard of it?

^

Now I'm kinda glad I missed most of the tourney, for exactly the above reason TJB mentioned =P

Next time maybe we can save some of the prize money for expressly for Urby, for his selfless work on these great recaps

TF2 would be great fun. Must be some way you could work out the scoring..

Maybe we could couple the next tourney with a compo, say Re-invent A CS Classic 2?

It could be our first CSGO competition, and we could vote on the winners after playing all the maps, or have the traditional judging of course

Hah, I feel like Dim was soft playing us yesterday because I was actually getting kills on him, and then today: POUNCE!

I got out of work way too late to see most of it, can't wait for the highlight footage as well

I suck at every map.

Yeah that was painful