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I'm writing a tutorial on Texture Lighting today. That's it. Just in case anyone cares

Nah, that's just a copy of a TFC map, innit Jobabob, even got the same readme

I love people who don't understand basic sarcasm, or 'psche' as they call it in america for some stupid reason :S

ooo

u serious, u actually paid someone to make u a map? I dont beleive it.

That map cost me ?500, I expected at least bronze. Last time I hire Levelord to make anything for me! >:|

You'll be wanting Environment - http://cariad.co.za/twhl/tutorial.php?id=6

And yes, there will be a new contest soon. Likely to be sooner than a month as well...

There's a tutorial on it here somewhere. Have a look through 'em, you'll find it.

right here:
http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=level_transitions

lol i know i wouldnt have a chnace i just need a goal for a map otherwise they suck =) . but like how would you get it to look like natural lighting like in dust1/2 and stilll have the dark tunnel?

Where can I find a tutorial then???

Same as the car in 3DMike's ts_bikini. Anyway, look in the Example Maps section, there's another of mine (lol, well, it was my idea), showing one-way glass.

yeah how do u do a shiny reflective texture? i noticed in one of the specialists mod map the texture was shiny, as if it was reflecting the light. Anyone else seen it, have a look at the tm_corporate map and look for one of the big N logos in the map, on one side of the logo you will see NASH CORP writing on it and it will look reflective when you move around.

I didnt think that the halflife engine could draw shiny textures?

Right, trying NOW

for some reson in map prop my default lighting is messed, ive tryed 0, 100, 1000, and it all seems about halflit. dunno why, suggestions? (ps, get another competition going!)

That was me, btw. I'll try tommorow, sorry, watched the Italian Job (lol)

Yes.

You mean you want to make a one-way pane of glass, one side transparent and one side not? I can show you how if that's what you mean.

Is it possible to make reflective glass? I've got Spirit if it's necessary. It doesn't actually need to be reflective, it just needs to be transparent on one side and opaque on the other.

yep thats correct, a tutorial on actually making the transparent texture maybe in photoshop or any graphics program for that matter.

why does the env_glow entity when in game, from far away its not very bright, but depends on how you look at it or when you come close to it, it just all of a sudden turns on, it just switches on brighter when you get close to it?

This is for the specialist mod. the properties are render fx:constant glow, render mode:glow, scale:2

Also this glow is being seen through a func_wall that is render mode:texture, fx amount:225, so its a bit see through.

When the env_glow is not being seen through the func_wall its fine.

Anyone know the reason why an env_glow being seen through a func_wall has this affect and can it be fixed?(apart from deleting it)

Yes, he does (we discussed it yesterday on IRC)

Do you mean transparent as in with the blue mask?

Well, if we email people on TWHL and tell them to get spirit, and to tell others about it...actually, that wouldn't work that well. However, even though I've got spirit, I don't use it that much, 'cos not only does it not make models appear in the 3d view with Hammer 3.5, but scripted_sequences don't seem to work properly half the time. I'm sure I'll figure it out though...oh wait, that's because the sequence I was using wasn't supposed to be looped constantly.

I've just had an idea on how to fix the problem!
If we submit maps for Spirit, make it obvious that it's for Spirit. Tell people where to download it if they don't know already, and that should work OK.

Problem is: who actually has Spirit, except a few of us?

Hell, I'll just use spirit.

wait untill the game ships - then upgrade your pc.
in the meantime save up as much as you possibly can if you want any sort of chance at a game of hl2

the editor used will be a new edition of VHE - it wont be able to do hl1 maps or so i hear, but you can import them into the new hammer - you'll have to re-texture everything though, hl2 uses 'materials instead if 'textures'

... so much for my text diagrams... look at this:

http://collective.valve-erc.com/data/docs/1037474528-90629700/files/chlevel01.gif

try this for your level change problem:

1. make sure the level names are all lowercase - v.important!!

2.!!!!!this is very important!!!!! - when testing level transitions, you should not run your map from VHE or a front end compiler. Compile the map(s) without running the game, then load Half-Life manually and load the maps from the console.

3. Are you getting this error message?

CHANGE LEVEL: map1 landmark1

This problem occurs because the area in map1 where the player would spawn is already occupied, in whole or in part, by another trigger_changelevel. When setting up level transitions, it is a good idea to put a bit of dead space (that is, space not occupied by a trigger_changelevel) around the landmarks

i'll try to do a diagram:

_ = wall

• = info_landmark

| = trigger_changelevel

MAP 1:
___________________

|
|
|

*         |
          |

direction of |
movement -->> |
________________|__

MAP 1:

___________________
|
|
|
| *
|
| direction of movement
| <<--
__|________________

5. is the level transition a 'One-Way Transition' ?

A one-way transition is any transition where you go from the origin map to the destination map, but you cannot return to the origin map. This is the type of transition that usually gives people headaches. Logic would seem to tell you that you don't need a trigger_changelevel in the destination map, just the info_landmark. For some reason, this isn't correct. The destination map must have a trigger_changelevel in it that correctly references the previous map in the New Map Name property, and identifies the info_landmark in the Landmark Name property.

if you are still having problems i sugest you post up your maps on the vault or go here to get some example maps and more info on level transitions:

http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?doc=1037474528-90629700

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now as for your console problem : i don't know how to fix it but i did have the same problem with OpFor.
try updating hl to the latest version (1.1.1.0)

phew!! that was one long typing session!!!

Is there a tutorial on how to make lever transitions?
If not, that would make a fine addition to our tutorial section. Also because I need to know how to create it.

Make a mod about something you've liked. It's sp right? so there's no need to go over mp ideas. Have you seen some movie you think would fit or should you make a mod in style with HL uplink? I'm sure you will find a great idea for a mod.

How many people will be able to play Hl2 when it comes?
I heard the specs are outrageous.

And think of the the map editor it will use. OMG

What, 7th? I don't understand that.

it is l33t!

Just email the stuff to atom. Also, I could do a guide on a few of the entities from opfor, but I haven't got the time to write a whole encyclopedia on them.

You can get it on spirit.valve-erc.com, and it's not that difficult at all, however, for some reason, I didn't start in my info_player_start. I ended up to the side. I think I know what I did wrong, though.

It's a bit short for a tutorial, isn't it? I know atom or Andy mentions it in one of their tutorials, anyway.

Has anyone suggested a tutorial on making transparent textures?

never heard of it, otherwise im sure i would have been using it. Never heard anyone mention it before apart from Andy but didnt relise that it was a mod.

www.city-17.net - also has a lot of media from up and coming hl2 mods - the game's not even released yet and people are allready modifying it!!!

No - it's a mod, but I can't personally see the point of at, as few people other than other mappers actually have it! It is incorporated into other popular mods though, according to Andy (DoD and another one :))

Is Spirit of HL just an FGD file with special new entities and entities with new properties? I once saw something in this forum saying that spirit was really complicated and you needed to be an expert mapper to use it, but I was looking through the entity guide on spirit.valve-erc.com, and it doesn't look that difficult really. Of course, I could quite possibly be wrong, and I've seen stuff saying that some things are quite buggy with it, but I just dont think it looks that difficult. Please correct me if I'm wrong, and if you think I'm over confident, please give me the kicking I deserve.

For all those people who didn't know, Half-Life Two is soon to be released. It's an official sequel. For more information, I recommend www.planethalflife.com/half-life2

Anyone else know any good links?

It might just (have)be(en) your connection or a temporary problem with the server

Barney isn't that bright... he doesn't know how to use things, so you have to create the effect.

nope, i don't see one

are you logged in???
is the map greater than 2 megs???

is there a prob