Journal #7133

Posted 12 years ago2011-03-30 22:07:36 UTC
Thinking about making maps based on my favorite books. The ones I'd like to most right now is one based on Jurassic Park by Micheal Crichton and even more than that The Mist by Stephen King. I'd really like to do The Mist but instead of taking areas already in th book add new new ones. One area i think would be cool to do would be the military base that the "Arrowhead Project" had taken place at and is responsible for the disaster. I'd of course being doing in HL1 or maybe Op4 but Goldsource none the less. My current idea for creating the mist itself would be to create large func_illisionary brushes and use a custom texture for the fog and make it slightly transparent but I'm not sure that this would be the best way to go about this. Is there anther better way to create fog in Goldsource?

PS: How do I lock doors without assigning them a button?

10 Comments

Commented 12 years ago2011-03-30 22:35:38 UTC Comment #66347
just set the name to "omygoshIjuststeppedonabuganditlookslikepoo". I doubt there would be a button you make called that.

Also, you should read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's a great story about a child who was raised by dead spirits in a graveyard. I loved it.
Commented 12 years ago2011-03-30 22:39:19 UTC Comment #66349
I'm not sure I follow you, I want to lock a door without using a button, just locked.
Commented 12 years ago2011-03-30 23:56:20 UTC Comment #66343
"The Mist but instead of taking areas already in th book add new new ones. One area i think would be cool to do would be the military base that the "Arrowhead Project" had taken place at and is responsible for the disaster. I'd of course being doing in HL1"
Of course, since that makes perfect sense. (BM was originally based off that same base from the mist, back when HL was codenamed Quiver)
"I'm not sure I follow you, I want to lock a door without using a button, just locked."
Name it nevergonnaopen. that's what they named the locked door for the G-man office in the AM labs (As seen in the HL SDK) and I've used it since then. Works perfectly, as long as you don't mind it never opening.
Commented 12 years ago2011-03-31 00:33:49 UTC Comment #66350
Hm I wasn't even aware that Quiver was based on that base, and thanks I would have never figured that a naming it something special would work.
Commented 12 years ago2011-03-31 03:10:25 UTC Comment #66344
To lock a door, just give it a name without targeting that name with any other entity. Once doors have a name, they can't be opened on contact, they must be triggered.
Commented 12 years ago2011-03-31 17:48:38 UTC Comment #66348
If you want to open it by walking through it on a certain side, make an aaatrigger by it.
Commented 12 years ago2011-03-31 22:23:03 UTC Comment #66345
haven't you all watched the movie version of The Mist already? It had an epic ending.
Commented 12 years ago2011-04-01 01:02:59 UTC Comment #66351
Ugh don't remind me, everything leading up to that remained nicely true to the book, except the end.
Commented 12 years ago2011-04-01 05:44:50 UTC Comment #66346
it may not be true to book but I think king was impressed by that ending too. I don't think I've remember any other movie with such a twist
Commented 12 years ago2011-04-02 02:32:28 UTC Comment #66352
Personally I thought the twist was a bad idea.

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