Journals

I'M ON FIIIIIIRRREEEE!!!!
THIS IS FOR MY PEOPLE, MY MOTHERFU&KIN' PEOPLE!!

Well Art class is going great first assignment was draw a self-portrait with a mirror, I did wicked, second assignment, draw somebody from you imagination.. that did'nt go so good. Likin' the course though. It kicks ass.

While helping out Spike by trying to find a palm tree model I found my old mod folder XD I'm sure some of you remember me announcing such an ambitious mod project. Obviously it died

Thought I'd share some pics I kept in my HDD...

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4489/characterconceptdavidlc3.png
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8830/bodyclothes11ij5.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7172/face1xw2.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5941/birdcomparelx0.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7016/sotcmodtribalsword01ze0.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4917/spearandshieldzd5.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/149/nimetntx4.jpg

(We were gonna upgrade sword to spear as you progressed :P)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5320/dogconft9.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5025/birdconqt8.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1650/characterin4.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2789/faceslh6.jpg

(The last one might make you laugh)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5530/furmb6.jpg

(A guy even offered to help get the fur shader working)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/869/posterideaho7.png

(Poster idea...Done in 5 mins by artist. He was really good at drawing and coming up with ideas.)

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4025/sotcmodmainweaponey8.jpg

(We came up with ideas for weapons.)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5825/swordcombinedck7.jpg

(I actually got a modeller but he let me down :< and left.)

In the end the mod died cause of my lack of leadership skills and the fact my modeller left me and no one wanted to help XD I had so many ideas. Folders filled with references, pics of Kaspergs maps funny enough cause they inspired ideas and such. I even mapped the intro which was a desert island. Just for scenes between each fight but it was rather crappy.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8716/socintro0009fb0.jpg

I hope the pics interested you. I enjoyed working for the short time. Oh don't worry I set myself a mod I can actually finish

Anyway here is a concept by The Hunter

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/405/lolcyclopsni8.jpg

Enjoy

now i have spirit of halflife. now i can enjoy lots of different entities!!! whooo!! hooooooo!!

TWHL3 Development Diary Thingie #3

Here I am again with another edition of the TWHL3 development diary! This time I will have a quick chat about the graphical updates to the site, and because that won't take very long, I'll talk about what to expect when it's time to update.

Changes to the HTML code has already been talked about in #1 - The table layout has been scrapped for the new-age CSS layout, and the site is generally less ugly. Strider is making up some new graphics like a brand new logo, download buttons, etc etc. Eventually he will remake the smilies so that they fit in better.

Ummm, yeah. Design isn't really my forte, so this is what will happen when the time comes to upgrade:

1. TWHL will be closed off to all users.
2. TWHL is upgraded to TWHL3 and admins will start testing it.
3. The site will be reopened once the upgrade is complete.

The entire process will take quite a while and could be anywhere between 1 to 3 days. The page that you will redirect to will tell you any major updates, an expected re-opening date, and a link to IRC so you can get up-to-the-minute updates.

Pretty much nothing has been done on TWHL3 since the last journal, I'm taking a little break. It's at 95.4%.

I uploaded all of my Source screenshots to Picasa.

....Really excited about going to Chicago and New York, staying with some folks for the 4th of July

Seriously though, I really need to be saving up good and proper.

Yo!! building my map........ so........how's yours??

TWHL3 Development Diary Thingie #2

Hello again, and welcome to the second instalment of the TWHL3 development diary! This time, I will be discussing future upgrades to TWHL after the release of TWHL3, but first, a small correction to last post:

I said that PM's are now like mini-forums, but I had to change it back. The practicality of it died. Who deletes the thread? If it's deleted, that forces every user to lose it. What if they want to keep it, reply, archive it? It messes with the system, so I scratched it. PM's are the same as they are now.

Now, on to future upgrades:

The first major upgrade is, as I've already discussed, a wiki system for entity guides and the glossary. The wiki system works like this:

The user must be logged in to edit. Once an edit is made, the entry is then locked off to any further edits until a moderator approves it/rejects it. I'll give wiki users a little "approval rating" that is a ratio of approvals to rejections. users with a low approval rate may have to plead their case to not have their wiki edit privileges removed.

History of all edits to the wiki are retained and can be reverted by an admin or moderator at any time. Moderators are alerted to any edits that need checking, so edits will be processed quickly. There may be new positions available for wiki moderators if need be.

Using the same wiki system, an error guide will be added. Most of the information will have been......borrowed from other sources such as tommy14. There is also a HL2/CS:S/DOD:S entity guide in the works.

Moving on to the next upgrade, which is something new and exciting. Projects! A project is a mod, a program, a map if you want, a drawing, anything you want! But, projects are generally limited to mods and programs such as my Twister or muzz's Compilator.

Each Project gets its own private forum for team members, their own news reel, and maybe even their own shoutbox (replaces current one), or a public forum. But I want to keep public forums out if I possibly can. Projects will get limited (if any) storage space to upload screenshots (probably will just link to imageshack).

There will be a 'Project quick news' news update on the right of the main page, and a bigger version on the main project page. This is much like the news feed thingie on sites such as Facebook ("Twister has uploaded 3 screenshots","Half-Life: Hostage Situation has posted 1 news update","6D has provided 2 new downloads", etc).

For the moment I can't get very detailed with Projects for the moment as no planning has gone into it yet.

The next new thing to hit TWHL will be reviews. A user can review a map, mod, film, game, book, anything. They write their review, give it a rating out of 10(? 100?), and then they can list pros and cons, and a (possibly humorous) "better than" and "worse than" scenario. Reviews will also be included in an update module ("Penguinboy has reviewed Far Cry","Ant has reviewed Batman Begins",etc) and so on.

Both Projects and Reviews will be included in the user profile.

Well, those are a few things that are planned for TWHL in the future. If you have any other suggestions (not a texture vault, please) don't hesitate to PM me with your suggestions. Just to note: the order of release for these is: Source Entity Guide, Wiki, Error Guide, Projects, Reviews.

Oh, and I almost forgot, TWHL3 passed 95% yesterday, and is currently sitting at 95.1%. PM's are complete. Next time, since I'm running out of things to talk about, I will run though the upgrades to design and graphics.

Well guys, as of yesturday I have started college, in a newly introduced course named "Introduction to Video Game Art and Design."
which covers Storyboards, concept art, and covers 3DS Studio Max.

It's a 20 week course and once complete, you are accepted into the new 2-year course starting in september. I'm very excited about this opportunity. I really hope my student loan goes through.
If not I have to find another way to pay it.

Perhaps I'll have to move back in with my parents.. ... ...on second thought... I'll survive.

TWHL3 Development Diary Thingie #1

Well hey there! It's been a while since I've personally indicated any form of TWHL3 progress, so I thought that in the weeks until release I'll do a little development diary updated every few days.

TWHL3 is currently going very well, and right now it is 92.9% complete. Note that this percentage only includes the "modules", if you will, of TWHL3 that include database entries, so there are bits and pieces that still have to be done that aren't included in that total.

Most of the "big" modules are done - forums, vault, shoutbox, entity guide, glossary, news, users, journals - and the only priorities are PM's, Competitions, and Tutorials. For all three, most of the visual parts are complete, its just the background bits that need coding - the tutorial edit system, competition judging and creating, sending PM, etc.

TWHL includes a select number of improvements on the user end (the meat of the upgrades are in the admin system), but regular users get a thread tracking system, "alerts" that admins can send out to users, MOTM (not coded yet at all) much more integrated than it is now (think voting from the map in the vault), and small upgrades to existing operations as well.

It is important to realise that TWHL3 contains absolutely nothing from atom's (modified by seventh) current TWHL code. The functionality is similar, but the code is much more efficient and easier to upgrade. The current layout (all with tables) has been scrapped for a nice CSS approach that I'm told is Web 2.0 and all that (table layouts are so 1998).

Forums have been modified just a tiny bit: old threads cannot be bumped, but a user can easily request to have it bumped by an admin if the post is considered worthy of the bump. Also, a thread can be bumped by an edit of the last post.

The vault is much the same, but it has a nice advanced filter option as well as support for RAR files to be uploaded. The 2mb limit remains.

Entity guide and Glossary are nearly exactly the same, but soon after release I'm going to be implementing a wiki system for them, and for a new error guide as well. Source entities are in the works and will be added around the same time.

Tutorials are almost a wiki system, with the exception that only the tutorial author can edit it. All edits will be referred to a moderator before going live. The proposal system is much better too, and it pretty much guarantees a response from the mod team quickly. You can also write and save your draft on the site, and using special bbcode for the tutorials.

PM's are now like mini-forums, and a conversation can be held with only one PM "thread", so to speak, going to your inbox. Some users, as rewards, or prizes, will be allowed a custom title under their name for the forums.

There are lots of small things I've added, but the way I've written the code is a bit "all over the place", so on release expect a few inevitable bugs. When this time comes don't hesitate to use the PM system, the "contact us" system, or anything to make sure we get onto it quickly.

Well now that you have a reasonable idea of what to expect at the launch of TWHL3, PM me if you have any suggestions that you think should be added to TWHL3 before it goes live. Just small suggestions, because I'm struggling with the Tutorial system at the moment, and it's very fiddly work (checks and double checks all over the place, editing, constant database work, etc.)

As a final note, I apologise to everyone who wants to take a look at the Beta Site and found themselves staring at The Governator's ridiculous tie. Ant requested the site be completely blocked off after TWHL3 reached 90%, so you're all surprised or something (even though you've probably seen it before).

Next time I will indulge your minds with my plans for future additions to TWHL after TWHL3 has been released. This is where it gets really exciting people, so tune in next time!

Six Feet Under has been updated with the second path. Since people seem to want outdoor environments I'll do something almost completely outside next. Maybe something mystical or abstract. Also the best Japanese rock band ever has just released their 6th MV.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v3391726hSyd69FD?searchId=2098704741219362204&rank=0

Journal time!

The Compilator is still going strong. Version 1.0.4 will soon be released with some new features and many fixes. Here are some of its newest feats:

• Real batch compiling (compile multiple maps in a row)
• Added HLFix as a default tool
• Added abbility for adding additional third party compile tools
• Something else that is still being worked on by our Daubster...

I also got me a 500 GB external hard drive for all my backups (think Mythbusters episodes).

As for gaming, im currently playing Serious Sam 2 again.
Im also playing with Space Shuttle Mission 2007, a Space Shuttle Simulator in wich you can fly real Shuttle mission, including the historical very first flight of the Shuttle (STS-1) on April 12, 1981, carried out by Orbiter Columbia (destroyed in Feb. 2003). Yesterday i finished mission STS-1 after trying to land the Shuttle for about 100 times.
My avatar shows the mission patch for STS-1.

536th login.
Crysis on twhl.
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum , and I'm all outta gum

Brushed death last night. It sucked... don't want to really talk about it... and yes I made an update on the 6D thread before this...

Dedication Bitches.

Anyway, I had a crazy headache and didn't get any medication, it was later at night and the store was closed. I could sleep so I stayed up all night working on homework, the next day I had class then I was at work all afternoon, and then put in an additional 2.5 hours 'cuz the guy that covers the next shift was late as hell. Near the end, a friend gave me some Ibuprofen, which normally does weird things with my chemistry for some reason, maybe allergic i dunno. Whatever I took it because I was little desperate at this point. I got home feeling only tired, my killer headache was gone, but I found out I had a ruptured vein... After a while i felt weird and weird went into some cliche as hell life flash before my eyes type mind lapse. Wasn't sure after that, all I knew was that I was going to die alone in my room.