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New Site !
Yeah, well, I want to make a site "a la Half-Life" and the best solution is a blog. A heavily modified blog...
I'm using blogspot.com because it's much more flexible than any other blogging solution. As you can see the theme I'm using is not present under blogspot.com templates, I downloaded it from the web, modified it, and then uploaded to the blog.
Maybe you'll notice the ads : yes, I plan to make some money, invest them in some space on a webhosting and making a ... real site. I already bought a html book, but I'll only learn the basics now( that's why I knew how to modify basic things in the xml document
)
Visit here : http://hluniverse.blogspot.com/
And a word for the slow net guys : I'm using a 6mb/s(that's bit not BYTE, which is smaller) and it takes 1-2 seconds for the site to load. Which, in my opinion is not bad.
Yeah, well, I want to make a site "a la Half-Life" and the best solution is a blog. A heavily modified blog...
I'm using blogspot.com because it's much more flexible than any other blogging solution. As you can see the theme I'm using is not present under blogspot.com templates, I downloaded it from the web, modified it, and then uploaded to the blog.
Maybe you'll notice the ads : yes, I plan to make some money, invest them in some space on a webhosting and making a ... real site. I already bought a html book, but I'll only learn the basics now( that's why I knew how to modify basic things in the xml document
)Visit here : http://hluniverse.blogspot.com/
And a word for the slow net guys : I'm using a 6mb/s(that's bit not BYTE, which is smaller) and it takes 1-2 seconds for the site to load. Which, in my opinion is not bad.
this week was an extrodinary week for me indeed.
first of all, i got this huge 23' new pc screen (my old one was 17' lol) and now im very happy. im using dual monitors now
second of all, i got this strange friend invite from a guy i dont know, this is what he said:
oh and, i got swine flu. 
first of all, i got this huge 23' new pc screen (my old one was 17' lol) and now im very happy. im using dual monitors now
second of all, i got this strange friend invite from a guy i dont know, this is what he said:
So I was looking through the SWTOR forums for any news on Fridays update etc and came across a thread that linked to the engine that the game is using.
Eventually I found a video on the website that shows off a level editor that lets you design levels with other people at the same time.
http://www.heroengine.com/world-building
Quite interesting and something I wish Hammer would have. I mean let me ask you programmers out there, is it possible for a third party to program some sort of online tool that would allow people to join your hammer? Logic says that since something hasn't been made in all the time Hammer has been out, I'd say it isn't possible without Hammer's Source code? I'm just guessing since I have no real coding knowledge.
I like how one guy was working on the environmental lighting while the other two worked on landscaping and adding foliage
Eventually I found a video on the website that shows off a level editor that lets you design levels with other people at the same time.
http://www.heroengine.com/world-building
Quite interesting and something I wish Hammer would have. I mean let me ask you programmers out there, is it possible for a third party to program some sort of online tool that would allow people to join your hammer? Logic says that since something hasn't been made in all the time Hammer has been out, I'd say it isn't possible without Hammer's Source code? I'm just guessing since I have no real coding knowledge.
I like how one guy was working on the environmental lighting while the other two worked on landscaping and adding foliage
In other news, got my first semester results back for uni, 3 HDs and a D. Not bad, was one 1% off getting 4 HDs though.
At least I get to keep my scholarship! Hell yeah, free education.
This is your 4000th login
Yay.
And i just had a thought.
To upload a bunch of my unfinished maps with weapons and enemies and no storyline, but when you get to the end of one, you teleport to another..
Take all my unfinished / experiment maps, and make a stupid little mod out of them.
Of course i'll polish them a bit and add SOME detail and lighting elements, and i'll make the stop point just.. wierd.
Idk could make for an interesting mod? No?
Tetsu0's Castle
What do you think?
This was the first compile.
I still need to fix the draw distanc..
Then add in all the rooms.
I'm having trouble finding my graveyard maps... i might have purged them.
Tell you what.
Send me a graveyard map and i'll throw it in there. Credit goes to author.
The mario picture - world teleport will be your avatar.
So give me a 128x128 vers of that too.
Yay.
And i just had a thought.
To upload a bunch of my unfinished maps with weapons and enemies and no storyline, but when you get to the end of one, you teleport to another..
Take all my unfinished / experiment maps, and make a stupid little mod out of them.
Of course i'll polish them a bit and add SOME detail and lighting elements, and i'll make the stop point just.. wierd.
Idk could make for an interesting mod? No?
Tetsu0's Castle
What do you think?
I still need to fix the draw distanc..
Then add in all the rooms.
I'm having trouble finding my graveyard maps... i might have purged them.
Tell you what.
Send me a graveyard map and i'll throw it in there. Credit goes to author.
The mario picture - world teleport will be your avatar.
So give me a 128x128 vers of that too.
Just a screenshot that made my day.
Mini crit...?
So tell me, when you see this ad from Burger King, what is the first thought that comes to your mind after seeing it and reading it?
Is this what it has come down too now? I guess BK must be desperate about competing with McDonald's and Wendy's for them to resort to this kind of risqu? advertising.
Hey guys.
So as some of you know I failed my driving test first time, I'm taking it again on the 20th. I'm sticking by "70% of people don't pass their test first time, and the ones that do are involved in more crashes" as this makes me feel better I've been learning since January, so for me to give up now would be very stupid, I wanna be able to ride around with shades and loud music gettin' all the girls yo.
My survival map; Wetwork will indeed be tilted, and as I learned yesterday func_details don't cut up visleafs, I never knew this, so I was wondering why the infected were spawning in rather gay places. SO! I put nodraw walls inside of the func_deatiled walls (which is allowed by the way, Valve do it) and the infected started spawning in much much better places, and a constant lag I had with the level dissapeared thanks to the visleafs.
I now also have a poster, courtesy of Huntey. - http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3927/wetworka.jpg
It is indeed pwn.
And a hot girl I know broke up with her boyfriend.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY.
So as some of you know I failed my driving test first time, I'm taking it again on the 20th. I'm sticking by "70% of people don't pass their test first time, and the ones that do are involved in more crashes" as this makes me feel better
I've been learning since January, so for me to give up now would be very stupid, I wanna be able to ride around with shades and loud music gettin' all the girls yo.My survival map; Wetwork will indeed be tilted, and as I learned yesterday func_details don't cut up visleafs, I never knew this, so I was wondering why the infected were spawning in rather gay places. SO! I put nodraw walls inside of the func_deatiled walls (which is allowed by the way, Valve do it) and the infected started spawning in much much better places, and a constant lag I had with the level dissapeared thanks to the visleafs.
I now also have a poster, courtesy of Huntey. - http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3927/wetworka.jpg
It is indeed pwn.
And a hot girl I know broke up with her boyfriend.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY.
Good Day to you all.
[i]MEET ARCHIE...[/i]
Now with waving action!
Yeah, so after the tragedy with Mizzi, my fiancee and I decided the house was too empty without him. It order to fill the hole that he left, we aquired a 5 week old kitten (he hits 6 weeks today)
He so cute but is a lot to handle at the moment with litter training and getting him used to the house. He's been here for a week and so far has explored 2 of our 4 rooms. He is currently adventuring on and around the sofa and is very affectionate to people.
More soon.
[i]MEET ARCHIE...[/i]
Yeah, so after the tragedy with Mizzi, my fiancee and I decided the house was too empty without him. It order to fill the hole that he left, we aquired a 5 week old kitten (he hits 6 weeks today)
He so cute but is a lot to handle at the moment with litter training and getting him used to the house. He's been here for a week and so far has explored 2 of our 4 rooms. He is currently adventuring on and around the sofa and is very affectionate to people.
You should know about this, me not because I'm a poor mapper. Anyway, you have the chance of winning some money :
http://www.dm2sp.com/. It's source mapping. Go for it.
http://www.dm2sp.com/. It's source mapping. Go for it.
So I had my cylinder head all torqued down correctly on my car just now, as I had finally received some of the parts to put my car back together today. I then realized that I had forgotten to put the intake manifold gasket on, which is impossible to install with the head bolted down. So then I had to take all the brand new bolts off again, along with the new head gasket, and scrap them, as they are single-use parts. I have now re-ordered the parts, which will probably be here in two weeks time. Previously today, I also ruined another part that came with the order, and rushed to the auto part's store for a replacement. The order that originally cost me just under $60 has now cost me upwards of $120. Oh, and I also trashed the interior surface of my headlight while attempting to de-fog it. Unfortunately, I'm about out of money now, so I can't afford to be a complete retard anymore.
So I decided to take the risk and bought Fallout 3 for the PC. I have it on the PS3 but I wanted the updates. I was very worried id have to put it on lowest settings, get crap visuals and all because my laptop would choke but to my surprise that was not the case. Fallout 3 detected medium settings, and they ran superb in vault 101, I noticed a significant improvement in animations and models from the PS3, once I got outside and revelling in the glory of the open world, I quit and boosted the settings. I put on High, went back and to my utter shock, loaded my game and it ran without a lag!! In my confidence I went back and boosted them to ultra high, went back and to my surprise there was only an ever so slight lag!! it was playable but a slight quarter of a second delay between response times! I can't believe my laptop could even cope!! I was sure it was gonna choke and die! I love this thing!!!
Project Source Development: Week 3
Well i have the bulk of the terrain detail finished, Now i just have to work out the kinks and get everything looking how i want. I can almost sit back and work on entity work alone. Which would be a good thing. I'll have a full 2 weeks just to work out gameplay and lighting. But that's still going to take a long ass time to do.
Every time i look at the map i just wonder how i'm gonna finish it all.
One area at a time... one area at a time.
So progress is good. And it's speeding up at last. Maybe i'll actually be satisfied with a map this time around!
In other news:
That half life 2 RPG is on hold until the compo is over. I'm still open to ideas.
Well i have the bulk of the terrain detail finished, Now i just have to work out the kinks and get everything looking how i want. I can almost sit back and work on entity work alone. Which would be a good thing. I'll have a full 2 weeks just to work out gameplay and lighting. But that's still going to take a long ass time to do.
Every time i look at the map i just wonder how i'm gonna finish it all.
One area at a time... one area at a time.
So progress is good. And it's speeding up at last. Maybe i'll actually be satisfied with a map this time around!
In other news:
That half life 2 RPG is on hold until the compo is over. I'm still open to ideas.
My son showing more of his musical talent.
I wrote this a few hours ago but the oldies came home and asked me to do house work so Axel's driving test doesn't apply anymore cause he failed but here it is:
It's been a while since I updated the "Journal".
Just thought I'd wish Livewire good luck with his driving test today. You'd think I'd be driving since I'm older but I never really had a desire to learn and I stopped after my 13th lesson.
Livey told me he is more determined because he wants to get away from his hometown. You should see the pictures of his old school
In other news, I've been enjoying my summer off so far and have been learning the tricks and trades of 3D modelling. Some of you may know that I modelled some props for Hunter's Glasgow map which by the way looks really good and needs to be released soon.
I've also been helping Livewire with his COD4 Wetworks recreation for L4D by coverting some brushwork rails into models so he can flip the boat. It's looking great from all the webcam feeds I saw despite the gay glare.
At the moment I've gone back to my horror map for EP2 because my third year university project requires me to write a dissertation and I chose to analyse how sound effects affect the players actions and psychological aspects in the horror genre so I'm using my old map as a base. I managed to find my gut wrenching sound effects which I got off freesounds.
Lastly I "was" going to attempt a TF2 map involving water elements where the players would have to make the water rise and change direction in order to get to the next capture point. Think Water Temple from Zelda: TP with the water slides. I managed to get water to scroll and faked it by flipping a water brush upside down. It worked pretty well but I lack the skills to create a TF2 map so meh. I owe Kasperg for the texture anyway since I ripped it from his BSP and made my own with his VMT. Mwuaha.
It's been a while since I updated the "Journal".
Just thought I'd wish Livewire good luck with his driving test today. You'd think I'd be driving since I'm older but I never really had a desire to learn and I stopped after my 13th lesson.
Livey told me he is more determined because he wants to get away from his hometown. You should see the pictures of his old school
In other news, I've been enjoying my summer off so far and have been learning the tricks and trades of 3D modelling. Some of you may know that I modelled some props for Hunter's Glasgow map which by the way looks really good and needs to be released soon.
I've also been helping Livewire with his COD4 Wetworks recreation for L4D by coverting some brushwork rails into models so he can flip the boat. It's looking great from all the webcam feeds I saw despite the gay glare.
At the moment I've gone back to my horror map for EP2 because my third year university project requires me to write a dissertation and I chose to analyse how sound effects affect the players actions and psychological aspects in the horror genre so I'm using my old map as a base. I managed to find my gut wrenching sound effects which I got off freesounds.
Lastly I "was" going to attempt a TF2 map involving water elements where the players would have to make the water rise and change direction in order to get to the next capture point. Think Water Temple from Zelda: TP with the water slides. I managed to get water to scroll and faked it by flipping a water brush upside down. It worked pretty well but I lack the skills to create a TF2 map so meh. I owe Kasperg for the texture anyway since I ripped it from his BSP and made my own with his VMT. Mwuaha.