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Posted 3 years ago2021-08-29 18:15:30 UTC
in Sending signal to server from game Post #345902

I assume you will be using HLDS, in that case you will need a back-end service to collect information from the server and communicate back to it if needed. Since HLDS lacks any sort of web standardized communication (http, websockets etc...) doing it from the front-end is not possible.

I've done a similar thing years ago using built in HLDS features: logaddress and rcon.
If you issue this command to the server (via config or console)

logaddress <ip> <port>

The server will start sending its logs to the IP and port you specified, logs come in as UDP packets so you will need some sort of listener ready to go.
e.g. https://npm.io/package/hlds-log
The core of all the HLDS log readers is the regex used to parse the logs, so essentially you can use any language you like.

RCON can be used to send/receive commands from the server (to kick someone, change map etc...)
Something like https://www.npmjs.com/package/rcon though plenty of different implementations exist.

If you have custom features they have to log output to the server console for this method to work.

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Posted 4 years ago2020-04-07 09:10:09 UTC
in Half-Life: Alyx Post #344036

Iv'e watched the whole playthrough and imho I found the story lacking.
It never felt like a Half-Life game to me, more like a game with HL's props thrown in for the sake of calling it Half-Life. Obviously I didn't play it "how you are supposed to", but even given that I don't think much would change, unless you are looking for action which I was not in this case.

This is more of an "experimental piece" and I'm excited for what a HL2 equivalent to HL:A could be.

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Posted 4 years ago2020-03-18 19:37:57 UTC
in de_dust2 map without errors Post #343927

Oh the texture name problem, yeah I had that once when I converted Quake 2 textures into wad's. Originally they were separated by different folders e1m1, e2m1 (or something thereabouts) but some textures inside share the same name from other textures in other folders. In gsrc textures are unique by name and not by what .wad they are in and texture name, only texture name. This did not apply to Hammer tho, hence why you could get some brushes with different textures.

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Posted 4 years ago2020-03-18 07:55:58 UTC
in de_dust2 map without errors Post #343925

Not really, in legal terms you had "Access" to it and so did a million other people as a result it would never pass as an original work.
Not that you need to, you won't be distributing it for profit and good lord there's like thousands of dust remakes out there anyway.

@Stojke compiling the same dust2 with no optimisation on VHLT would still produce a more optimized result than the existing dust2. Besides if you can't run it what are you even running cs on?

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Posted 4 years ago2020-02-25 21:42:22 UTC
in Texlights, only for brushes? Post #343792

What are we talking about, viewmodel or worldmodel?
As far as I know both with some exceptions for worldmodels are lit with the color of the lightmap under the player/model.

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Posted 4 years ago2020-02-25 12:24:52 UTC
in Shameful mapping confessions Post #343785

Back in '06 when I was just exploring the capabilities of all the tools out there I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to place a brush in Hammer (Worldcraft back then) I could get the outline there but then nothing would happen.
Until I found that right clicking had the option "Create brush", I used that for a year or two until I must have pressed enter by accident and saw that it also creates the brush.

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Posted 4 years ago2020-02-11 08:37:47 UTC
in What is the purpose of a texture with the prefix ~, by the way? Post #343736

I think its mostly used for textures that came with the mod/game to separate them from normal textures. You can define your own texture lights by using lights.rad or even better by making a point entity info_texlights and entering the info there, having "~" before the name is not required for this to work.

https://twhl.info/thread/view/18303?page=1#post-312739

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Posted 4 years ago2020-02-02 09:21:58 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #343715

Looks like a Golf mk1, either that or some Fiat.

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Posted 4 years ago2019-12-18 12:41:30 UTC
in Youtube or Vimeo? Post #343480

Depends on what side you are on.
If you are not a creator then probably there isn't much anything you can do about it besides not going on YT.

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Posted 4 years ago2019-12-07 07:58:20 UTC
in Proposal: A community code of conduct for TWHL Post #343446

I'm not against anything stated here, but I kinda feel like we are overreacting a little bit.
Most if not all of us understand what "Be nice" entails without going into details, those who don't are probably not welcome here in the first place.

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Posted 4 years ago2019-11-30 15:40:12 UTC
in Half-Life: Alyx Post #343417

It´s not normal to push people to spend 1500$ or more just to play an only game

The mobile industry has been doing this for years.

Whatever the outcome Valve will come out of this with more $ before they entered and they know it. If it turns out great other devs will jump on board and we will have more AAA VR experiences, if it doesn't this will show that VR may not be worth pursuing.

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Posted 4 years ago2019-11-22 14:14:53 UTC
in Half-Life: Alyx Post #343388

I agree with Urby here.
Unlike when Crysis released and nothing could run it on acceptable rates, this will release to hardware that actually can run it.
If anything can bring the VR industry up its probably this.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-11-21 19:08:47 UTC
in Half-Life: Alyx Post #343369

Look who came to visit!

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Posted 5 years ago2019-11-12 18:35:24 UTC
in half-life still updating with necessary features Post #343355

I can understand the entity limit and maybe rendering to certain degree. However for the life of me I can't see any need for more HW accel, you really need a machine from the 2000's to not be able to run HL, but I digress.
BG maps is a full fledged feature only a dozen mods would really take advantage of and is way beyond the scope of "quality of life" updates HL should be/is getting.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-11-12 12:56:28 UTC
in half-life still updating with necessary features Post #343350

-Support for background menu maps.
-Full GPU rendering posibilities.

Ehm, Source?

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Posted 5 years ago2019-11-11 09:40:52 UTC
in half-life still updating with necessary features Post #343343

Since its predictable it can be argued that the weapon has a learning curve associated with it. The better you are with it the less you will "shoot yourself in the foot"
I always thought of it as a "feature" and since its been around it can stay.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-11-10 18:54:37 UTC
in What's new for HL1 in 2019? Post #343338

Bruce might be right, I remember there was a comment that VHLT might not auto detect number of threads on the machine, which would cause it to run on one core.
Try running it and then take a look at CPU usage with htop or something.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-10-21 08:05:35 UTC
in Hammer Editor problems... Post #343241

Guess he got lucky.
Jack is basically the same editor with some improvements bolted on. All the tutorials that worked for Hammer are applicable to Jack.

If you really want to figure out what the issue might be and possibly find where the wad list is stored use this:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon
You will have to sift through piles of log lines, but it will be there.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-08-26 13:05:17 UTC
in VR + cheap-ass movement detection device Do you think it´s a good idea? Post #343086

So what you basically thought up was this

with capacitive touch detection instead of pressure points.
Mechanically anything that can be rolled up and stored will not last very long so it would have to have a solid base, which makes it bulky and expensive.
There might also be a problem of knowing where the pad is once you have an HMD on, personally I tend to wander off and start hitting walls (good thing there's the grid) whilst in VR, and constantly looking down to see a wireframe of the pad would get annoying fast.

I don't think there's a real solution to the VR FPS problem apart from strapping yourself on an onmitread or the likes. My personal solution to this is to strap WASD keys on your palm and "emulate" key presses like you would on a normal keyboard.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-08-09 12:34:15 UTC
in Change level Trigger and Landmark Not working!!! :( Post #342984

Read this https://twhl.info/wiki/page/Tutorial%3A_Changing_Levels maybe you missed something.
Also don't autorun the game from after the compile step.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-06-25 09:38:03 UTC
in Black Mesa Xen Post #342796

Certainly looks like a better version of Xen than what Valve had come up with.
HL for me always ended at Xen because its just annoying jumpy bits and half baked organic geometry which the engine wasn't made for.

Have to a agree with 23^^ those chapters were quite short.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-06-16 19:39:00 UTC
in Locking a .BSP file? Post #342745

Decompiling will still yield subpar results at least on GS, it takes a while to clean everything up, usually ppl just give up way before.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-05-01 11:41:37 UTC
in Gauss deadly/mortal glitch... How to fix? Post #342550

So self gauss was never a feature?
I've always thought of it as a punishment for not handling the gun properly

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Posted 5 years ago2019-04-18 18:01:34 UTC
in SharpLife - Dot Net Core based modding p Post #342488

Heh, Valve decided to get some work done for a change.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-04-14 13:29:27 UTC
in VHE's crashing Post #342470

Just use a newer editor, they are all compatible with 1.6.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-04-13 21:36:43 UTC
in Do you love playing with crossbow in HLDM as well as me? Post #342461

Well that's what its supposed to do either you nade someone straight up or bounce a nade off the wall and wait for it to detonate. While I love sniping I hate the xbow for the ridiculous fov it gives while its zoomed in, that's why i prefer the magnum.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-04-07 20:58:13 UTC
in Turning ladders on and off ? Post #342428

I'm not sure, but maybe func_wall_toggle would work: https://twhl.info/wiki/page/func_wall_toggle_%28Half-Life%29 ?
If it modifies collision and not just turns invisible then placing it around the ladder would prevent it from being used.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-03-21 17:11:40 UTC
in The Gildryte Chronicles Post #342293

You had me on space.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-01-23 17:52:38 UTC
in Half-Life: Why has there been no spiritual successor? Post #341804

Im leaning towards the artistic side here. You can have all the bells and whistles you desire, but if the core gameplay and/or story is shite the engine wont save it. While it is a big part of the game and does influence how everything comes together and works in the end its just a tool.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-01-22 16:48:06 UTC
in Half-Life: Why has there been no spiritual successor? Post #341787

Tell that to Nintendo.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-01-22 12:20:14 UTC
in Half-Life: Why has there been no spiritual successor? Post #341780

Instant Mix pretty much summed it up, the right game in the right time made all the difference, it may have just been any other game who knows. I think that Valve are taking a correct stance in not pursuing HL3, the time of Quake like FPS'es is quite literally over at this point.

Its not a secret that Valve is interested in VR and there are rumors that a prequel to HL2 is in the works and its supposedly a VR title? This would allow them to avoid living up to the HL3 hype and maybe produce a proper VR title in the process.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-01-21 13:08:03 UTC
in Post Your Desktops Post #341759

Same here, never had an issue with W10. While it does nag me at work sometimes it never rebooted without consent.

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Posted 5 years ago2019-01-16 13:21:06 UTC
in SharpLife - Dot Net Core based modding p Post #341692

While I think it is possible to have different map formats, I believe you are missing the point. The idea is to have a drop in replacement engine that is compatible with existing assets and later build on top of it as Solokiller said, so having legacy compatibility is the main focus now.

What you are suggesting is having completely different formats and methods for rendering, basically requiring making an engine completely from scratch.

GS mapping is pretty simple for new people to get going with, but as with everything it takes time to master. Same with Source and any other engine (the newer the more complex it is).

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Posted 5 years ago2019-01-14 06:23:03 UTC
in The Hype-o-matic (Upcoming games) Post #341642

Rage 2
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
DOOM: Eternal

Really hyped for those.

I cant see why Factorio isn't "out" yet, the game has been feature complete for quite a while now.
Maybe the GUI, but that really doesn't matter compared to how good the game is.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-28 20:16:40 UTC
in Sven Co-op forums shutting down Post #341504

Due to various security vulnerabilities

This doesn't seem a valid reason to shutdown when you can switch to a different more secure bulletin board platform...

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-23 12:49:38 UTC
in The Cafu Engine Post #341482

Because it actually is Doom 3?

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-22 17:48:28 UTC
in The Cafu Engine Post #341477

I grew a huge interest in it

Same huge interest as the last one?

Would have been nice if you provided a link to it. https://www.cafu.de for those interested.
I wouldn't say its unfinished, looks miles ahead of the last engine you showed us and giving that the last commit happened a few days ago id say its pretty well in development.
I'm guessing this is a personal project since the engine is named after the author himself, tho I find it eerily similar to GS/Source.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-14 07:04:19 UTC
in VHLT source code cleaned up Post #341448

Iv'e used Stalkfire https://twhl.info/vault/view/6170
Takes around 5-7 mins. Though custom textures are necessary.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-12 06:46:48 UTC
in How about really effective GoldSrc BSP decompiler? Post #341434

Seems to work well with GS maps too, certainly better than bsptwomap. Logic behind it seems to be to create a brush from existing faces and extend the back of it until it hits another brush or the farthest point in the mesh thus making the map look like a rectangle box with the playable part carved out of it. Textures are applied nicely and most brushes seem to be damn close to the original.

I'm not sure if you would be able to derive the texlights from the lightmap.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-11 06:54:21 UTC
in How about really effective GoldSrc BSP decompiler? Post #341425

True, data loss happens, but this should not be an excuse for actual backups. Certainly takes less time to copy a few map files to a flash drive than to decompile.
Some people do not want to share sources and I don't see any problem with that, everyone has their reasons. If you are willing to take the time to fix up a decompiled map that is OK with me and tools already exist for it however imperfect they may be.

I would rather put money into better and faster compile tools.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-10 16:57:29 UTC
in How about really effective GoldSrc BSP decompiler? Post #341420

I for one am glad that you can't recover a 1:1 CSG representation of a BSP map.
The only reason you should do this is to take reference of some interesting brushwork or something that helps you learn to make something similar to what you see represented in game yourself thus improving your overall skill as a level developer/artist.
Having non perfect tools gives somewhat of a protection from blatant copies, you have to put hours of work into polishing something when decompiling with bsptwomap or whathaveyou and your average script kiddie (couldn't come up with a better name

) usually does not have the patience for it.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-10 09:38:34 UTC
in VHLT source code cleaned up Post #341415

Granted I did test on a 7700K which only has 4 physical cores. Once I get a chance to test with more I will report on my findings.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-10 08:48:48 UTC
in VHLT source code cleaned up Post #341413

Iv'e always been interested in getting the tools to work with GPU's, though obvious lack of knowledge etc...

Anyway what parts could be ran in parallel and what potential gains could we be talking about?
I've ran benchmarks on various CPU's some time ago and noticed that increasing the core count past 4 offered no tangible decrease in compile time (4 - 10 sec).

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-04 19:50:59 UTC
in Laptop For Friend Post #341387

Durability wise I fourth that, I have fallen on my T450s with my whole weight also ramming the charge brick right on the back of the screen and apart from a few purple spots on the screen (which are hardly noticeable) the thing works fine.

If you are really looking for something to work with 3D and Photoshop, you definitely need something with a decent GPU and RAM if you are going to use it as a daily driver then I'd fork the cash out for a Lenovo P1 or similar.

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Posted 5 years ago2018-12-02 21:52:12 UTC
in VHLT source code cleaned up Post #341380

I was literally talking to Bruce the other day about the mess that is the code for compilers.
Now the only thing that;s left to do is figure out the process...

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Posted 5 years ago2018-11-30 19:10:06 UTC
in It is possible to exclude texture that I'm not using ? Post #341362

If you just want to merge some wads, use Wally. Its as simple as opening a few wad's and dragging the textures you need into the new wad.
Or compile your textures into the bsp with -nowadtextures?

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Posted 6 years ago2018-11-14 14:36:23 UTC
in 3DS Half-Life Post #341244

Xash has (or had) a renderer for Android if you really want to run Half-Life on a mobile device.

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Posted 6 years ago2018-10-09 08:33:12 UTC
in HLDM Server! Post #341012

I think having a status or just a link to the server on the front page would help

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Posted 6 years ago2018-09-04 17:06:29 UTC
in Restore HL1 moving camera from WON Post #340790

Maybe this will help: reddit

I'm not sure if the cvars are present in Steam HL though.

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