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DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-29 19:53:03 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #325112

To make it fair on people who can only attend one, maybe only the tickets from one of the events would count for people who attend both; whichever one they earned more in.

Or tickets for people who only attended one could count twice. Either way sounds interesting.

For a bestest time of the day, I'm going with any time on a weekend. If specifics are needed, I'd say from 15:00 Saturday all the way to 05:00 Monday.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-29 07:55:36 UTC
in Problem with making ladders Post #325095

I truly don't understand how at least half of your posts on this site are stubbornly telling people they're wrong about something you are even more wrong.

I however have much fun watching Jessie prove you are wrong every single time.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-29 04:24:25 UTC
in Problem with making ladders Post #325089

You collide with the func_ladder entity

I never really understood this. You collide with it yet it's invisible. It would make more sense to me if:
1) If solid, but visible, you could make the ladder-textured brush a func_ladder and be done with it.
2) Invisible and not solid, it could be like an area trigger where if you're in it, you climb up any vertical surfaces, like the ladder-textured brush you're standing in front of.

When I was just getting started in the world of mapping, I first assumed (1). Noticing it was invisible after compiling, I assumed (2), and immediately imagined all sorts of dynamic ladder contraptions involving func_doors moving into the right place.

Turns out it was neither. It would have been awesome to have movable ladders, though.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-29 04:19:00 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #325088

Approximately 48 hours.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-29 03:34:05 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #325085

Not like he released The Core or something.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-29 01:26:13 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #325082

I request another tourney to experience this in real time.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-28 20:45:43 UTC
in Problem with making ladders Post #325078

The above is only partially correct. It doesn't matter what colour the transparent parts are, only that the colour is the 255th in the colour table. Pure blue just happens to be used the most, but its RGB values don't matter.

The rest is good. The texture's name must start with { and the brush must be set to an entity whose render mode is solid and render amount is 255. Any entity will do, not just func_walls (any entity that has render mode/render amount values, to be precise). Func_wall tends to be the entity of choice for ladders, though.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-27 02:28:36 UTC
in Help with (ridiculously sexy) windows Post #325029

Aren't these windows just solid, perhaps with a mildly light-emitting texture, but definitely non-transparent brushes?

That or you mean a different thing than what I understood.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-26 20:05:18 UTC
in [mod] Transmissions: Element 120 - Teste Post #325026

So you just want people to make sure it's playable?

DiscoStu

This post was made on a thread that has been deleted.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-25 23:55:55 UTC
in Competition Proposition Post #325003

Only because it's you, you can do it for Wolfenstein 3D.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-22 21:33:42 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #324935

It shall remain a secret.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-22 03:54:42 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #324897

Ohhh shit, how could I forget about this? I totally had the feeling it was next week and went out for dinner with my mum. I knew I should have written it down.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-21 03:09:34 UTC
in C++? Post #324826

I think it was built for C++ 6.x, but as it's been noted on other recent threads, any version will do. You just have to follow the instructions in the compile errors to fix some details and it'll run just fine.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-20 22:46:30 UTC
in Halloo! An Introduction Post #324817

Hi, welcome!

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-20 16:57:48 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #324808

Well, noone publicly objected to it in the other thread, which was exactly for that.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-19 20:13:56 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #324794

The G3SG1 and the SCAR-20.

These are full auto sniper rifles. No need to pause and cock the bolt. Just aim and hold the trigger.

Oh those. I was thinking some sort of autoaim and couldn't figure out how would anyone use autoaim.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-19 01:16:20 UTC
in TWHL Tourney Post #324780

Uh... what are autosniper kills?

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-16 19:40:37 UTC
in Post Your Photos Post #324748

It can be an art too.

But yes, a side effect of something being available for everyone and their mother is that it will be available to everyone and their mother.

(this post brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department)

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-15 20:04:59 UTC
in Your characters Post #324734

I most often play as myself, because the easiest decision path is my own. However, the first time I played Fallout 3, I thought I'd try something different and started to play as Cindy, a good hearted but slightly naive brunette. I even took the time to collect various outfits and fashionable accessories. It slowly died out back into my own personality as I grew increasingly lazy around coming up with decisions that were not undoubtedly by me.

That was my grand adventure at exploring characters that were not me.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-15 19:56:10 UTC
in Post Your Photos Post #324733

I'm all for it, Archie.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-15 02:42:06 UTC
in Now Gaming: ... Post #324722

I look at these screenshots and think everything is too shiny, too colourful, the colours are too saturated and it's so lifeless. It doesn't have the same quality at asset design as, say, Sim City 4.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-14 17:37:46 UTC
in Post Your Photos Post #324710

Dat sky.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-13 20:26:12 UTC
in Post Your Photos Post #324683

If you insist. Meet the sweetest girl in the world:

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-13 20:07:59 UTC
in TWHL Spring Tourney Post #324681

1) It's FRIDAY.
2) It was originally 23 hours from now.
3) It was rescheduled to next week.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-13 02:19:31 UTC
in TWHL Spring Tourney Post #324660

Higher than the last time? D:

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-12 02:40:07 UTC
in Now Gaming: ... Post #324649

It's really colourful, but I'm still sticking with SC4.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-11 16:46:43 UTC
in Built a Website, w/ WP Post #324632

The card logo is only marginally better. I still think there's too much going on in it. Maybe the compass needs to be a simpler, stylised version of one, and the welding gun looks like from a different logo to me. I'd probably go with stylised versions of both, they are too different otherwise (there's a lot of detail in the compass and very little in the welding gun). The spark also adds clutter.

I'd suggest you design an alternative, simpler logo.

I'm aware I sound like a total arse saying these things. But they're meant with the bestest friendliest intentions

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-11 05:31:23 UTC
in TWHL Spring Tourney Post #324625

A tourney on equinox day makes it more mystic.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-11 05:27:19 UTC
in Built a Website, w/ WP Post #324624

The chair looks real nice, maybe a bit small though. Is it comfortable? Because the model sitting on it doesn't look like it is.

80lbs... without looking it up, some 35kg? It's a lot for mail

The website looks bland, generic and slightly disorganised to me. In a prefab way. It kind of looks like it's missing something, there's a lot of empty space around the logo that makes it look incomplete. The nav bar looks like it doesn't follow any rules, so "cart" and "checkout" are between "about" and "contact" and then "my account" is after that, etc. there is no grouping by purpose. And the fact that it's JUST slightly wider than my resolution and "shop" wraps around and falls alone in the next line is weird.

The logo by the way sucks. There's too much going on in it. It's like you tried to put everything in it and everything competes for attention. It definitely needs to be simpler.

Okay start, needs refinement.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-11 02:27:43 UTC
in TWHL Spring Tourney Post #324615

It may not be the latest news, but it might work.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-07 01:44:38 UTC
in locked door button unlock Post #324555

Uh... I thought this was possible with vanilla HL, or am I wrong?

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-05 18:58:15 UTC
in The Core Post #324531

But then I'd have to register.

I have a second question: Does this question count as the best question?

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-05 05:24:51 UTC
in The Core Post #324523

Can said questions be asked in this thread?

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-03-04 02:04:15 UTC
in This is a title Post #324508

Slaks

That's a different guy

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-26 17:52:22 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324436

Chairs! Litter on the floor!

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-25 16:48:44 UTC
in Coding/ Programming help. Post #324411

I never liked cout. I prefer printf();

Not that I used either outside schoolwork in these fancy Windows days.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-25 04:40:08 UTC
in Impossible Polygons Post #324398

Actually that shape is the basis of the Wankel engine.

Speaking of impossible geometry, I remember a documentary I saw some time ago... gonna try to find it and post it here.
[Edit]Taken down due to copyright infringement. Oh well.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-24 04:16:23 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324379

I'll see what I can come up with. I think I never made a scripted speech so I'll have to see if there are any tutorials on that.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-24 04:15:03 UTC
in Coding/ Programming help. Post #324375

One of my first proper incursions into the world of code were in QBasic. While such a thing is probably pretty outdated, I do believe that console-based software is pretty transparent for the very basics of programming, because you can focus on proper syntax, logic and control structures without yet worrying about the graphical part, which can be a bit confusing when you don't know anything. After you get the above right, moving on to a GUI-based platform like Visual Basic or C# should be the next step.

This is, of course, from my personal experience. Lots of people hate console-based programs because they're ugly and want to move on to the pretty stuff right away. Then fail miserably.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-23 21:00:06 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324374

Who would do the voice acting? You?

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-23 04:38:00 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324358

Ooh that's really interesting!

But it's your idea.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-23 03:55:25 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324356

A power generating toilet maintenance fetish brothel for midgets on the 7 1/2th floor? LOL

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-22 22:54:40 UTC
in This is a title Post #324348

Best of luck with your non-TWHL life, Albert!

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-22 21:11:49 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324346

I still have no idea what to do. I keep trying to come up with something but all I get is a blank stare back from my brain.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-21 22:31:53 UTC
in TWHL Spring Tourney Post #324330

Bitch, what? Do you KNOW who I AM!?

You're the man who's going to burn my house down with the lemons?

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-21 07:50:04 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324287

Make it two maps with a trigger_changelevel in the void between the floors

Now that I think of it, if Urby happens to put them in a different order than one directly on top of the other, it could be an Antichamber-type mindfuck.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-21 05:36:29 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #324283

sounds like steely da..ohhhhhhh

I thought exactly the same

Isn't it something special?

I totally knew that if anyone here knew what it was, it was you.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-21 03:50:09 UTC
in TWHL Spring Tourney Post #324281

I imagine there'd have to be an official SnC word on it.

DiscoStu

Posted 9 years ago2015-02-21 03:49:33 UTC
in TWHL Tower Post #324280

Do it and extend the stairs a second level

Why do you get to work with imported models and I as a photographer don't even get to talk to national models?

DiscoStu