reflections Created 20 years ago2004-05-12 05:34:04 UTC by baadu

i recently saw a matrix lobby map...one thing that really struck me was the high quality reflection detail on the floor...it was amazing....guys can anyone tell me how to get that effect in hammer...????

also how can we have guns just lying around the spawn points like in iceworld map...??????

they simply copied and flipped everthing that's mirrored and put it below the floor. the model reflection is done via coding. no way to get this into cs. the guns can be with the amoury_ent.

Ehm, I'd say model reflection can be faked too, place a cycler underneath the floor to act as the reflection, and trigger an env_render when you pick up the real weapon to make the reflection of the gun invisible.

But I'm not well known with the way things are reset after a CS round, so it might not work in multiplayer. Try it out!

How does that work with the sky, Say I wanted to create a lake,do you just take the "skynameup.tga" and make it into a texture?

Two example maps for reflection arehere. Mine (the red chair) has a little walkthrough.

Also, here's an example map for the weapon stuff.

Where can you find this matrix lobby scene map?

Here, and v2 is here.

that map is way to wide!!! and wtf are those beams? whoever made this map needs to be shot, matrix style! lol

way to wide?? what do you mean with that

Pepper made the map?

the collums are to far apert across!

omg, teh end of the world.

rumage!

OMG.
ever seen a lobby map?? it isnt a hall of pillars

I think Pepper did a good job with it, just one thing, I think He should have used env_beams for his light beam, But other than that, It pretty amazing and cool.

how env beams??

Did you ever see how people used env_beams for headlights, If you want I can do an example map and show you it, Its pretty neat and looks alot realer, the env_beam even fades out the farther away from the light source, its perfect for stuff like that, here I get an example map in sometime soon..

Hehehe... I have even a lot cooler looking method but it has so it's disadvantages... Check it out:

http://www.websamba.com/captainp-home/custom/vis_test.zip

Framerate drastically drops down when you look straight at it, it costs a lot of polygons and gives a strange pattern-like anomality when you look right into it, but it fades slowly when you walk away, and slowly fades away the further it comes from it's light source.

Check the wireframe view to see how it's done. Not really intended for the HL engine but it CAN be doen... It's a method used in newer engines.

NNNNice! Post the RMF as an example map!