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Bumping the thread doesn't really seem worth bugging the admins for at this point, so I'll just toss this here.
A few screenshots of some models I've edited for Colony 42, poorly put together courtesy of my lack of image editng skills
Of special note is the shotgun, which I reanimated thanks to gearbox rigging the stock on their default HD model. It now gets flipped up into proper usage position when drawn, and goes back onto the frame when holstered. Looks damn nice ingame.
Maps on the other hand, have not being going so quickly. I just can't seem to get motivated to map for anything at all, let alone this project I've been doing since late '08. I need to learn how to map at a decent speed.
Bumping the thread doesn't really seem worth bugging the admins for at this point, so I'll just toss this here.
A few screenshots of some models I've edited for Colony 42, poorly put together courtesy of my lack of image editng skills
Maps on the other hand, have not being going so quickly. I just can't seem to get motivated to map for anything at all, let alone this project I've been doing since late '08. I need to learn how to map at a decent speed.
A neat look at the design process of Cendark3 - one of my maps for The Core. Note that this video begins when the map is around 2 days into development already, then continues through three days of additions and tweaks.
I really like this method of showing changes, and I'll definitely be doing it on future maps!
http://youtu.be/qXUMCS1t4xo?hd=1
I really like this method of showing changes, and I'll definitely be doing it on future maps!
http://youtu.be/qXUMCS1t4xo?hd=1
Last night I had a very strange lesson to learn for today's math semestrial test. It was about polynomials, specifically solving algebraic equations with complex roots.
Hopefully, I knew at the test. I'm so relieved now!
Hopefully, I knew at the test. I'm so relieved now!
While we're on a dream journal binge...I'd like to stop mine. I wouldn't go as far as to say they're nightmares, but they're not pleasant either, and they keep waking me up. Been having them for about a business week now. They all have to do with things falling out of my control, going too fast, people moving on while I'm left behind. Most of them end up having to do with my friends.
I think it's anxiety from the fact that we'll be graduating soon, and most of them will go to university while I'm doing an extra semester next year. Things are going to get mighty quiet in my social life, and honestly, I think even with the friends who are staying to do what I'm doing, I'll be pretty lonely.
I don't want them to leave me behind, and it's making me lose sleep.
I think it's anxiety from the fact that we'll be graduating soon, and most of them will go to university while I'm doing an extra semester next year. Things are going to get mighty quiet in my social life, and honestly, I think even with the friends who are staying to do what I'm doing, I'll be pretty lonely.
I don't want them to leave me behind, and it's making me lose sleep.
Ok, new dream. Certainly more disturbing that what I'm used to.
I've got a new job, on a production line, skinning live cats. Now now, don't jump for the "sick fuck" responses just yet. The cats were fine. Underneath their fur and skin, they had more fur and skin. It was as though cats were meant to shed their skins from time to time, but the process just would not occur naturally. The thing is, the cats fur was identical underneath, same colours, pattern etc.
I go home and decide that I might as well skin my cat while I'm at it.
I run a Stanley knife down the side of my cat, peel away the top skin, but the fur underneath is black. The black cat, kicks and thrashes out of the outer skin and scurries to the other end of the room, then sits in the corner and hisses at me.
Then I woke up...
I can only assume that this means my cat is a spy.
I've got a new job, on a production line, skinning live cats. Now now, don't jump for the "sick fuck" responses just yet. The cats were fine. Underneath their fur and skin, they had more fur and skin. It was as though cats were meant to shed their skins from time to time, but the process just would not occur naturally. The thing is, the cats fur was identical underneath, same colours, pattern etc.
I go home and decide that I might as well skin my cat while I'm at it.
I run a Stanley knife down the side of my cat, peel away the top skin, but the fur underneath is black. The black cat, kicks and thrashes out of the outer skin and scurries to the other end of the room, then sits in the corner and hisses at me.
Then I woke up...
I can only assume that this means my cat is a spy.
I had a curious dream the other day. It was a quiet summer morning and I happened to be right across the street from the small building where my grandparents live on the first floor (of 3). There was a vacant lot with tall grass (in reality, there has been another 3-story building since before I was born). My grandmother was leaning on the balcony railing, looking down, and I talked to her as if I didn't know her.
- Excuse me, could you tell me what year is this?
- Certainly sir, it's 1985.
- Thank you.
- Don't mention it sir.
I generally have the most average dreams. People always describe awesome adventures in their dreams, not me, my dreams are pretty much little tidbits of everyday life. These dreams are also few and far between, I often wish for more exciting/more frequent dreams but they never come.
I thought this was interesting though, a dream from two nights ago that was based on TWHL. Again it wasn't very exciting but odd. Basically I loaded up the site and decided to check out a recent journal posted by Stojke. In his journal he described having frequent dreams about TWHL. He brought it up because in a past journal Striker had written about having frequent dreams about TWHL.
Apparently in my dreams everyone dreams of TWHL.
I thought this was interesting though, a dream from two nights ago that was based on TWHL. Again it wasn't very exciting but odd. Basically I loaded up the site and decided to check out a recent journal posted by Stojke. In his journal he described having frequent dreams about TWHL. He brought it up because in a past journal Striker had written about having frequent dreams about TWHL.
Apparently in my dreams everyone dreams of TWHL.
Found this, and for those who haven't yet, go to google translate and copy-paste these letters into the FROM section.
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change the FROM language to GERMAN and press the audio button in the bottom right of the box so the text is read.
Listen.
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change the FROM language to GERMAN and press the audio button in the bottom right of the box so the text is read.
Listen.
How incredibly coincidental that my hard drive dies at the same time my exams begin to start.. maybe I should do some revision for once... exams have already started. Grand.
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I had a very vivid dream last night. Well 2 actually. In my first dream I was having to go away on business for a month, to the other end of the country. The thing is, I had to leave my house in the early hours of the morning so my wife was fast asleep. I kissed her on the forehead and left my house, knowing I wouldn't see it again for some time. I felt genuinely emotional and was so relieved when I woke myself up at 4am.
The second dream happened between then and when my alarm went off at 6:30am. I was in my house again, during a torrential downpour and there was a leak in the ceiling. I went upstairs to check it and the entire upper floor was sodden, the carpet cold and full of water. Same with the bed. The place was a mess.
I looked up both of these things online this morning. The first dream apparently symbolises that my life is changing, moving forwards. Not reluctance to do so, just an awareness that change is coming.
The second one tickled me a little:
"To see a leak in your dream symbolizes loss, disappointments, frustrations and distress. You are wasting your energy on fruitless endeavors."
Then I went to work.
The second dream happened between then and when my alarm went off at 6:30am. I was in my house again, during a torrential downpour and there was a leak in the ceiling. I went upstairs to check it and the entire upper floor was sodden, the carpet cold and full of water. Same with the bed. The place was a mess.
I looked up both of these things online this morning. The first dream apparently symbolises that my life is changing, moving forwards. Not reluctance to do so, just an awareness that change is coming.
The second one tickled me a little:
"To see a leak in your dream symbolizes loss, disappointments, frustrations and distress. You are wasting your energy on fruitless endeavors."
Then I went to work.
I got the Luke Skywalker FX lightsaber for Scott's 5th birthday.
LUCKY SEVENS!
All mine! Hahaha!
Just a quick thought. Counterstrike fy maps are sometimes some of the funnest to play maps and a nice break to the typical large defuse maps.
It just questions me how undetailed they usually are. The maps being so small could easily have tons of detail and offer a nice contrast to the otherwise dull undetailed maps. Here's a nice example, though I haven't test played it yet. http://www.gamebanana.com/cscz/maps/107977
Imagine what depth of detail and intricasy you could add to fy_iceworld/ etc.
It just questions me how undetailed they usually are. The maps being so small could easily have tons of detail and offer a nice contrast to the otherwise dull undetailed maps. Here's a nice example, though I haven't test played it yet. http://www.gamebanana.com/cscz/maps/107977
Imagine what depth of detail and intricasy you could add to fy_iceworld/ etc.
I don't sleep. I'm sure I've mentioned this before. I usually get 4 hours sleep a night during the weekend, 6 or less during the week.
We have a 3 day weekend this week thanks to May day (No idea what the actual occasion is but an extra day off is aces in my book). Anyway, I decided last night to get an early night. Got about 10 hours sleep in total. Then I woke up.
"GUARGH!!! WHAT THE F-"
I had the worst migraine I've ever had in my life. If you've ever experienced waking up with a headache, you know it sucks. However, take that pain, times it by 3 and add severe nausea. Whoo. Long story short, everything I put in, including painkillers, came flying back out at high speed.
Basically lost a day of my three day weekend while I slept it off. Woke up around 8pm in the end. So I managed to eat something, stayed up with the wife until she went to bed at midnight. It is now 4:30AM and I have been working on The Core since then. Not tired at all now having slept most of the day.
Just thought I'd share.
We have a 3 day weekend this week thanks to May day (No idea what the actual occasion is but an extra day off is aces in my book). Anyway, I decided last night to get an early night. Got about 10 hours sleep in total. Then I woke up.
"GUARGH!!! WHAT THE F-"
I had the worst migraine I've ever had in my life. If you've ever experienced waking up with a headache, you know it sucks. However, take that pain, times it by 3 and add severe nausea. Whoo. Long story short, everything I put in, including painkillers, came flying back out at high speed.
Basically lost a day of my three day weekend while I slept it off. Woke up around 8pm in the end. So I managed to eat something, stayed up with the wife until she went to bed at midnight. It is now 4:30AM and I have been working on The Core since then. Not tired at all now having slept most of the day.
Just thought I'd share.