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Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Is it at all possible to have an apache spawned via a monstermaker follow a path_corner path?

I know teleporting an apache in would be more reliable, but I need to be able to spawn an indefinite number of them. If we can confirm that monstermakers are rubbish and can't do this, I'll just have to scrap this idea.

Searches on this site would suggest it can't be done, but I'd like to be sure.

All I got was the dull sting of Urby's sarcasm
Nah, mine's getting there. Only one more touch to make on the detail/layout before I get to touching up the lighting and ambience. Then gameplay, then done. I'll see if I can find another good snap with the map in its current state, seeing as I probably already gave away what map I'm doing.

I finally have a teaser for y'all. Still WIP, o'course.

I was starting to potter around doing odd jobs and lose focus on the map as a whole, so I've made a to-do list to keep me on track.Nothing that can't be achieved in 10 days

I reckon the extension, if given, should be two weeks, not a month. Seems like it's been mostly an issue of inspiration, and now that everyone is getting into it, the creation process should be a lot smoother. (IMO)

I may end up needing a couple of extra days. Maybe. Leave my opinion out of this unless I'm sure

I was getting .wad errors too.

I can see this slipping into an anti-vax argument so smoothly.

Make it a little more general and that is then my bread and butter.

Mine looks a whole lot like the original, i.e. way shitter than Archie's. But that's pretty much what I was going for.

Pengu said he wanted to expand the time.

He may have been being facetious.

Yes. Please disregard all work and family obligations you may have and chain yourself to the Sledge of your choice for two weeks.

Got the last bit of layout laid down, even if I'm not especially happy with it. Just want to do some lighting before I take any snaps.

Yeah, I know I've been saying I'll take a screenshot for the last 3 thread pages. I'll get there.

As a wery old, I can fathom the scene to be with me.

The question don't make sense, and I get the feeling it's not a worthwhile one even if it did.

Cool it. He spoke in jest, not in derision. If you know why it looks the way it does, and it's not your fault, it's hardly worth the worry. Just do what you do

That said, if you just said the only jokes you want to experience are memes, the door's just over here. link

Compilation achieved! Getting there

One or two small graphical and clipping quirks here and there to sort out (later). Otherwise, onto making some details! (And figuring out how to connect those pipes to that doorway...) I'll prepare a screenshot soon. -ish.

Nevermind, it seems to have fixed itself.

[s]This weird error has cropped up in the last half hour or so (highlighted below). I have no idea what's causing it, because it was compiling fine before that (well, I was hunting for leaks, so not fine, but you know what I mean). I don't see anything in that log that would be causing it to not create whatever file it is that it's looking for there. Help appreciated!

[quote]hlcsg v3.4 VL33 (Feb 2 2014)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (vluzacn@163.com)
--- BEGIN hlcsg ---
Command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sledge Editor\tools\hlcsg.exe" -wadautodetect -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Arguments: -wadautodetect -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Entering C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Using mapfile wad configuration
Wadfiles not in use by the map will be excluded
Wadinclude list :
[zhlt.wad]

CreateBrush:
(9.88 seconds)
CSGBrush:
(2.64 seconds)

added 6 additional animating textures.
Including Wadfile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Sledge Editor\tools\zhlt.wad

• Contains 1 used texture, 5.00 percent of map (19 textures in wad)

Using Wadfile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\liquids.wad

• Contains 1 used texture, 5.00 percent of map (32 textures in wad)

Using Wadfile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\halflife.wad

• Contains 18 used textures, 90.00 percent of map (3116 textures in wad)

Wad files required to run the map: "liquids.wad;halflife.wad;"
Texture usage is at 0.36 mb (of 32.00 mb MAX)
12.71 seconds elapsed

--- END hlcsg ---

hlbsp v3.4 VL33 (Feb 2 2014)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (vluzacn@163.com)
--- BEGIN hlbsp ---
Command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sledge Editor\tools\hlbsp.exe" -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Arguments: -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map -chart
SolidBSP [hull 0] Warning: Ambiguous leafnode content ( EMPTY and SOLID ) at (384,160,-1184)(-224,384,-992) in hull 0 of model 0 (entity: classname "worldspawn", origin "", targetname "")
500...690 (0.12 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 0, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 1] Warning: Ambiguous leafnode content ( EMPTY and SOLID ) at (368,176,-1148)(-240,400,-956) in hull 1 of model 0 (entity: classname "worldspawn", origin "", targetname "")
500...827 (0.20 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 1, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 2] Warning: Ambiguous leafnode content ( EMPTY and SOLID ) at (352,267,-1152)(-256,416,-1024) in hull 2 of model 0 (entity: classname "worldspawn", origin "", targetname "")
500...748 (0.17 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 2, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 3] Warning: Ambiguous leafnode content ( EMPTY and SOLID ) at (368,218,-1166)(-240,400,-1010) in hull 3 of model 0 (entity: classname "worldspawn", origin "", targetname "")
500...838 (0.22 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 3, no filling performed for this hull
Reduced 2476 clipnodes to 2314
Reduced 1337 texinfos to 33
Reduced 20 texdatas to 2 (1996 bytes to 1204)
Reduced 73266 planes to 1622
FixBrinks:
Increased 2314 clipnodes to 2382.

Object names Objects/Maxobjs Memory / Maxmem Fullness
---------- ------------- ------------- ------
models 4/512 256/32768 ( 0.8%)
planes 1622/32768 32440/655360 ( 4.9%)
vertexes 244/65535 2928/786420 ( 0.4%)
nodes 707/32767 16968/786408 ( 2.2%)
texinfos 33/32767 1320/1310680 ( 0.1%)
faces 189/65535 3780/1310700 ( 0.3%)

• worldfaces 40/32768 0/0 ( 0.1%)

clipnodes 2382/32767 19056/262136 ( 7.3%)
leaves 32/32760 896/917280 ( 0.1%)

• worldleaves 13/8192 0/0 ( 0.2%)

marksurfaces 204/65535 408/131070 ( 0.3%)
surfedges 817/512000 3268/2048000 ( 0.2%)
edges 435/256000 1740/1024000 ( 0.2%)
texdata [variable] 1204/33554432 ( 0.0%)
lightdata [variable] 0/50331648 ( 0.0%)
visdata [variable] 0/8388608 ( 0.0%)
entdata [variable] 822/2097152 ( 0.0%)

• AllocBlock 2/64 0/0 ( 3.1%)

2 textures referenced

Total BSP file data space used: 85086 bytes

Wad files required to run the map: "liquids.wad;halflife.wad;"
1.18 seconds elapsed

--- END hlbsp ---

hlvis v3.4 VL33 (Feb 2 2014)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (vluzacn@163.com)
--- BEGIN hlvis ---
Command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sledge Editor\tools\hlvis.exe" -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Arguments: -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Error: Portal file 'C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.prt' does not exist, cannot vis the map

--- END hlvis ---

hlrad v3.4 VL33 (Feb 2 2014)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools -- Custom Build
Based on code modifications by Sean 'Zoner' Cavanaugh
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to (vluzacn@163.com)
--- BEGIN hlrad ---
Command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sledge Editor\tools\hlrad.exe" -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map
Arguments: -low -estimate -noinfo C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.map

There was a problem compiling the map.
Check the file C:\Users\Jessie\AppData\Local\Temp\c1qubfpp.cgk\dm_hydroelectric.log for the cause.

--- END hlrad ---

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Been forcing myself to spend a couple of hours working on my entry the last couple of days so I get back into a rhythm. Almost at the state where I'll post a screenshot

Doesn't make it right for him to be there.
Does America not have any kind of contingency for getting rid of someone that the public has no confidence in? Seems like that will have to be invoked sooner or later if there is.

Ideally, however you distribute it you would be including any required textures anyway.

Hey, now there's a competition idea...

I would imagine a game_counter that increments as you "click" each thing. Each thing targets the penalty/trap except the first, which targets a multi_manager that in turn targets the game_counter and a trigger_changetarget on the next thing. trigger_changetarget makes the next thing target the next multi_manager (set up like the first one). (To make repeatable, penalty/trap also triggers a game_counter_set that resets the counter back to zero, and trigger_changetargets that reset the things' targets.)

If that was confusing, I could try to elaborate.

Overwatch is still fun, yo.

Could you - and this would depend on how your doors are constructed - could you make the walls of the door conveyors (+ func_illusionary for aesthetics) so that tripmines get brushed off them?

No idea if that would work, just throwing it out there. Don't know how you'd make that work for the floor, either (without pushing the player around).

They're also real dark. Might want to crank the brightness up a little. (Keep different gamma levels in mind.)

We're right about to hit the halfway mark on this competition. (5 minutes from now, to be precise.) Anyone who hasn't started needs to start making a move now, and the rest of us should get back into it! (Myself included.)

Would there be some way to have it touch the ground then be teleported/pushed/etc. to where it needs to go? Or would that just deactivate it again?

I did up a quick Half-Life-related mad-libs-style thingy for anyone who is interested. I've always thought these were kinda lame, but hey, I'll give anything a shot once! If you want in, just post a reply replacing the following grammatical terms with your example of such. Y'know, mad libs. Make sure you don't miss any. I'll pick one or a couple after some have come up, then post the results.

noun
adjective
noun
verb
verb
plural noun
noun
noun
verb ending in "s"
verb
plural noun
plural noun
plural noun
noun
verb
active verb
adverb
plural noun
adjective
noun
noun
noun
noun
adjective
noun
noun
noun
active verb

Glossary examples for reference:
Noun: HEV suit, headcrab, scientist, rocket launcher
Plural noun: HEV suits, headcrabs, scientists, rocket launchers
Adjective: cold, long, comfortable, predictable
Adverb: quickly, madly, godly, calmly
Verb: climb, run, swim, shoot
Verb ending in "s": climbs, runs, swims, shoots
Active verb: climbing, running, swimming, shooting

I've recorded some more, but YouTube is refusing to let me upload them for an ambiguous reason Nevermind, got it going. Some low effort pulls here. link and link

Since I'm here though, been playing Rhythm Paradise Megamix again (still great!), Overwatch (I should stop!), Dark Souls (should probably move on to the others in the series sometime!) and Hitman (still great!). I've been thinking about getting Steamworld Heist for the 3DS lately, but I haven't been pushed over the brink yet. (Anyone played it?) Also grabbed Nom Nom Galaxy because it looks alright, yet to try it though. That said, I am compelled to punch myself anytime I say that name. I also was convinced by certain sources to grab Solitairica so I have something to do when my phone is all that is available. So far? Probably worth the 6 bucks or so. Lastly, I went and downloaded Construct 2 with plans to tinker around with the idea of making a little something myself...

Ugh, I've hit the hump of my map, methinks. Can't work on it for more than half an hour without getting bored. But I'm so close to getting past this boring bit ><

A brief search of a certain site I know suggests that while John Romero was probably the one to coin the term "deathmatch", Doom was not necessarily the first game to feature it.
Not sure why anyone would care, though.

Overwatch is fun, yo.

Well, we're right around the one-month mark. What's everyone got to show off? (I'm sure Christmas has thrown some people off, myself included.)

Did you not reference an FGD file when you were setting up Hammer? That's where all the entities are defined, so you do need one.

If you did, then I don't know.

There better be secret snarks somewhere.

Nope. Even in the texture image you posted there, I can prove that it is not all 255 blue:Here's a hot tip. Take your texture image, and make the transparent parts some other colour, like hot pink or bright orange or something. Then when you import it into Wally, go around and turn the pink/orange/whatever parts 255 blue. That way, you know they are all 255 blue, and if you miss any bits, they'll stick right out.

The site layout can be varied by window size (a la Steam) to work on both mobile devices and computers, you know. I don't know if that's the kind of effort Pengy is looking to put in, though (nor do I know how much work that is).

Man, if only the university course I took that was partially about this very thing actually prepared me for this!

I'll try to be back here tomorrow with something(s) for you.

Mine's coming along slowly, but it's getting there. Almost through the tedious part, and to the bit where I can start detailing.

If I knew what the hell I was doing, I'd help out with Sledge It all seems so complex though, with my limited programming experience...

"crossedwire"

Once I find a good shot of mine that doesn't give too much away (not easy), I'll put some progress up.

Man, every bit of landscape I'm doing on this map is more complicated than the last...

Mine is coming along nicely. Getting through some of the more complex architecture. Most trouble I'll have is justifying some of the layout I'll be adding to it...

It's got a tiny bit of funkiness around VM, but not enough to stop it from being all I use.

So I'm having a problem where Hammer is not saving my map file with an RMF extension unless I specifically add it when saving for the first time. The problem is that I was working on a map for 5 hours and forgot to do this. It's been saving it, just as the file with no extension.

I think Hammer has always done this. I seem to remember it doing so, anyway.

As for rescuing the map, Pengy is the only person I can think of who might have enough knowledge of the formats to help

If you have any more issues/questions, might be best to make a separate thread for them so this one doesn't get clogged up.

I believe ambient_generics loop by default. If it's a custom sound and it isn't looping, I think it has something to do with cue points, which someone else should be able to help with.

As for location, you could make your own folder in valve/sound and put your custom sounds in there. As long as the entities reference the location correctly, it's all good. (I think.)