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You could simply use the "Options" menu:With RT lighting enabled I was getting 50-40 fps, so I had to leave the projectile dynamic lights only. But to make the playthrough more authentic, I turned them off too.
You could turn the dynLights off, just as I did.
BEVEL can cause clipping bugs if not used properly. Make this doorway in the editor, compile it and then try to pass through. You'll see what I mean.
Sadly, my English is not good enough to describe the bug.
@abbadon
The map itself is epic. Can't believe you made it using player_starts as a measure...
The map itself is epic. Can't believe you made it using player_starts as a measure...
@Trempler
I have an idea...
I have an idea...
@rufee
"I love the idea of RPG's I just hate playing them, unless its a series a really like."Totally agree with you.
Added fake HDR effect:
Now the suspicious wall is even more suspicious:
Added the third ramp along with a boulder with a RL on its top:
Some additional detailing:
Only in Knights of the old Republic II you can make a Jedi Master that destroys his enemies with force lightning and uses two blaster pistols instead of a lightsaber. I love that game. Best RPG I ever played.
Morrowind seems boring to me. Maybe that's because I'm more an RTS player. The only RPG games I liked are "Knights of the Old Republic" games.
"I won't lie, I got some inspiration from Deadlands by Windawz. :3"Aww, it's so nice
But I still suggest you to use light_surface or at least info_texlights.
Making texlights with lights.rad is obsolete.
There's also a light_surface entity. It's basically an improved info_texlights, but you need to place a separate light_surface for every texlight.
There's also a light_surface entity. It's basically an improved info_texlights, but you need to place a separate light_surface for every texlight.
Sorry, I meant you need to place that entity. It comes with new ZHLT/newer VHLT compilers.
To make a texture emit light, you need to create an info_texlights entity.
Then you need to go into it's properties and turn off SmartEdit. After that you need to create a new key.
The name of your new key must be the name of the texture you need to emit light. In the "value" field you need to specify the amount of Red, Green, and Blue color (with the cap of 255) and the brightness.
There are some other methods, but this is the most newbie-friendly one.
Also, I suggest you to read ALL the Half-Life mapping tutorials on this site. They are really useful.
And check this thread.
Then you need to go into it's properties and turn off SmartEdit. After that you need to create a new key.
The name of your new key must be the name of the texture you need to emit light. In the "value" field you need to specify the amount of Red, Green, and Blue color (with the cap of 255) and the brightness.
There are some other methods, but this is the most newbie-friendly one.
Also, I suggest you to read ALL the Half-Life mapping tutorials on this site. They are really useful.
And check this thread.
This post was made on a thread that has been deleted.
I remember how I told you about the problem with the spawnpoints, during the first playtest session (I played some rounds with bots before the session started).
Interesting. Do you have to manually add it to the FGD?
@Trempler
@Admer456
"Maybe we should do a map compo or challange some day"Well, the current compo has still not ended.
"If you like such shit"Of course I do.
@Admer456
"I overhauled the T spawnpoints because two people have complained that their bots always die for no reason"Am I the one of these two people?
"I fixed a major issue here, the buyzone is at the gun shop"Hmmm, I don't recall any problems with the T spawn buyzone.
Xenonauts is the best TBS I ever played. When the sales start I swear I'll buy it on Steam.
Great job. Newbies and some experienced mappers will obviously need it! Thank you.
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AFAIK tetrahedrons affect the performance more, and not in a good way. Yet I can't remember why.
@SourceSkyBoxer
We probably have misunderstood eachother. I know how to make terrain, I almost mastered this process =)
Also, I have read in some thread that triangular prisms are in some way better than tetrahedrons (triangle pyramids), so you better use triangular prisms instead.
Triangular prisms have a big advantage over pyramids. If you want to make a cliff, it's easier to do with triangular prisms than with tetrahedrons:
We probably have misunderstood eachother. I know how to make terrain, I almost mastered this process =)
Also, I have read in some thread that triangular prisms are in some way better than tetrahedrons (triangle pyramids), so you better use triangular prisms instead.
Triangular prisms have a big advantage over pyramids. If you want to make a cliff, it's easier to do with triangular prisms than with tetrahedrons:
The 5th screenshot looks good. This map needs more decals
@SourceSkyBoxer
There was a trigger_hurt before. But I overcame my laziness.
"But but you can't make terrain, right?"I'm exactly the opposite:
Played original Deus Ex the first time in my life. Was listening to the main menu theme for about 30 mins. Lol.
CoD 2 was one of my first games. I played it recently and got stuck so I'll probably go replay HL 5 more times or play CS:GO with bots even more.
I also just came back from a Deus Ex 1 stream so I'm going to try this game out. It appears to be even more interesting than I imagined.
As for industrial maps, well... it's not my style. If you're making an industrial/lab map then every room must have a purpose (like storage room, control room, protosuperblackholeenergy testing room, etc) so designing a layout is critical. While making various castles/temples you mainly focus on the architecture rather than on the layout.
I also just came back from a Deus Ex 1 stream so I'm going to try this game out. It appears to be even more interesting than I imagined.
As for industrial maps, well... it's not my style. If you're making an industrial/lab map then every room must have a purpose (like storage room, control room, protosuperblackholeenergy testing room, etc) so designing a layout is critical. While making various castles/temples you mainly focus on the architecture rather than on the layout.
@SourceSkyBoxer
Yeah, if you specify a model in cycler_sprite's "Sprite" field then Hammer will crash. But this happens if you use Hammer Editor (Not Jack- or Sledgehammer) and if you map for Sven Co-op (tried to put some shotguns on the weapon rack in SC with cycler_sprites and got a crash).
As for the original HL1, I succesfully placed skull, skeleton and bone models with cycler_sprites on my map.
Russian mapping community is a good one, believe me. Thanks to this site (which is dead, but there's an another one still alive) I learned the basics of mapping.
Yeah, if you specify a model in cycler_sprite's "Sprite" field then Hammer will crash. But this happens if you use Hammer Editor (Not Jack- or Sledgehammer) and if you map for Sven Co-op (tried to put some shotguns on the weapon rack in SC with cycler_sprites and got a crash).
As for the original HL1, I succesfully placed skull, skeleton and bone models with cycler_sprites on my map.
Russian mapping community is a good one, believe me. Thanks to this site (which is dead, but there's an another one still alive) I learned the basics of mapping.
@SourceSkyBoxer
Thank you. Such words encourage me to make more good-looking maps.
As for now, I need to take a break from mapping. Can't say when this break is going to end though.
I'll probably just wil be playing CS:GO with bots xd.
Thank you. Such words encourage me to make more good-looking maps.
As for now, I need to take a break from mapping. Can't say when this break is going to end though.
I'll probably just wil be playing CS:GO with bots xd.
@Trempler
Glad you like it =)
Now it's more obvious that the lights aren't torches. I changed the color so it's not pure white and the sprite to an animated one:
You can see that I also changed the ceiling texture.
@Snehk
I suggest you to use NULL instead. BEVEL really is glitchy.
Glad you like it =)
Now it's more obvious that the lights aren't torches. I changed the color so it's not pure white and the sprite to an animated one:
@Snehk
I suggest you to use NULL instead. BEVEL really is glitchy.
@SourceSkyBoxer
A model placed with cycler bleeds with gray blood when you shoot at it. Cycler_sprite-based model doesn't bleed, but it also doesn't have collisions at all, so you have to use CLIP-brushes.
Don't know if there's such an entity as env_model in Sven Co-op. At least vanilla HL doesn't have one.
Cycler_sprite is commonly used to place a model in CS 1.6 or HL. Even russian mapping communities suggest to use cycler_sprite.
A model placed with cycler bleeds with gray blood when you shoot at it. Cycler_sprite-based model doesn't bleed, but it also doesn't have collisions at all, so you have to use CLIP-brushes.
Don't know if there's such an entity as env_model in Sven Co-op. At least vanilla HL doesn't have one.
Cycler_sprite is commonly used to place a model in CS 1.6 or HL. Even russian mapping communities suggest to use cycler_sprite.
Can't download your map atm, but try using info_texlights/light_surface instead. The .rad files are obsolete now.
It also can be that your textures aren't dividable by 16.
It also can be that your textures aren't dividable by 16.
@Snehk
@Dr. Orange
Well, the lights aren't torches at all. They are rather... Magical? Anyway, common torches are boring. But you're right about pure white. I'll give them a toxic tint.
"It'd be hard for me to reach this level of proficiency"Thanks but it wasn't too hard to do. The overuse of brushes also affects my Source mapping skill, so I often forget to use props instead of complex brushwork.
"Will post some screenshots once it's worth taking any."Would be very interesting to look at them =)
@Dr. Orange
Well, the lights aren't torches at all. They are rather... Magical? Anyway, common torches are boring. But you're right about pure white. I'll give them a toxic tint.
Here you go:
Tweaked the outdoor lighting:
Thanks. If not you all, I'd probably abandon this map.
Tried to make the map as gauss-friendly as possible. There are gauss ammo packs everywhere, but to get them you have to use the gaussgun itself. All players initially have a shotgun, but there aren't any ammo for it since in certain locations it feels too overpowered. I wanted to hide a crossbow somewhere but on such an open map it would be even more overpowered than the shotgun.
Also, it looks like BEVEL is indeed a bit buggy, so I had to use NULL instead in certain places. Because of BEVEL ammo and weapons sometimes fall through the geometry.
Now all I need to do is to scatter some human bones around the map and add the ambience sounds. Maybe I will also place some grass.
Tried to make the map as gauss-friendly as possible. There are gauss ammo packs everywhere, but to get them you have to use the gaussgun itself. All players initially have a shotgun, but there aren't any ammo for it since in certain locations it feels too overpowered. I wanted to hide a crossbow somewhere but on such an open map it would be even more overpowered than the shotgun.
Also, it looks like BEVEL is indeed a bit buggy, so I had to use NULL instead in certain places. Because of BEVEL ammo and weapons sometimes fall through the geometry.
Now all I need to do is to scatter some human bones around the map and add the ambience sounds. Maybe I will also place some grass.
I'm so sorry xd.
That's what happens when you try to make every single corner look smooth.
I didn't compile it at full VIS and without the -extra parameter for HLRAD so it doesn't look too good.
That's what happens when you try to make every single corner look smooth.
I didn't compile it at full VIS and without the -extra parameter for HLRAD so it doesn't look too good.
I think it's time to compile the map. Finally...
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4500 wpolies at some spots.
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Alright Snehk, I'll try to make something like that.
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Looks better now?
Looks not saturated enoughThat's exactly what I'm trying to achieve.
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Did some really basic work in photoshop and here's what I have:
The map is not too far from the first compile:
I will later change the hue of the sky so it will look more greenish.
I guess I should also credit the Counter-Strike dev team since I use their skypics and textures.
I guess I should also credit the Counter-Strike dev team since I use their skypics and textures.
But isn't Additive render mode supposed to make all the black color become transparent?
Hammer will still render all the black parts anyway, even if you change the render mode and the FX amount. All you have to do is to compile your map.
Hammer will still render all the black parts anyway, even if you change the render mode and the FX amount. All you have to do is to compile your map.
"But don't worry an xmas one should be happening this year."Wonderful.
"I believe Rufee is the one who arranged those previously."Oh... Sorry, I thought it was your idea xd. Thanks anyway. I'll be waiting.
Oh, will we have any CS tourneys like before? It's so bad I didn't know about TWHL back then.
It looks like this time it will not even be a tower. And I hoped for a skyscraper... Lol
I'm in.
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What about a CS 1.6 mapping collab? Like, every participant makes a separate section of a de_ map (Plant A, Plant B, Mid, etc.) with a specified size and a specified .wad file.
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What about a CS 1.6 mapping collab? Like, every participant makes a separate section of a de_ map (Plant A, Plant B, Mid, etc.) with a specified size and a specified .wad file.