Why not? I'm talking about max 1-2 competitions open at the same time.Dude, if and average of like 5 people enter the MONTHLY compos, why the hell would people join random usermade (and probably shitty) competitions?
Meh
Forum posts
Meh
Yeah, I can imagen the amount of people who would enter those
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Yes.
Yes.
I spend a lot more than that using the computer, just not playing games.Yah same here.
I use the computer for faaar longer then 3 hours.
For once I agree with Ghetto.
They should have made an experimental separate orange box SDK first.
Then when everything works fine, put HL2 and all those old source games into the new SDK, and remove the old one.
They should have made an experimental separate orange box SDK first.
Then when everything works fine, put HL2 and all those old source games into the new SDK, and remove the old one.
I was gonna work on the examplemap playbus suggested, but HL2 mapping doesn't work at all.
Guuh.
Guuh.
I want satchmo to reply :>
Age: 15
Children: No srsly
Country: Sweden
1. Action games and shooters.
2. Far too much. Maybe like 21, around 3 hours every day.
3. Playing the piano, Martial arts (spell plox)
4. I'm not an agressive person, no. I rarely get into fights.
5. Oh come on, no one follows it anyway. And it does NOT work. I bought 16 rated games when I was 13 from the store.
And over all, I think it's up to the parents to decide what's appropriate for their children.
6. That's a really hard question. I will raise my children to resist violence and stuff like that, and if I can make sure that they are not in anyway affected by the videogames then I guess they can keep on playing them.
I would still not allow any of my children to play violent games untill they are over 13.
7. My father told me that what happens in games, is in the games, not in reality.
When I had that clear for myself, I could start playing mildly violent games such as warcraft 2 and AOE, this was when I was around 5-6 years old. when I was 10 years old I started playing more violent games such as Half-life where you shot people.
8. Err.. no.
It's all the parents.
If you can't handle having kids, then DONT HAVE ANY.
Use a god damn condom
Children: No srsly
Country: Sweden
1. Action games and shooters.
2. Far too much. Maybe like 21, around 3 hours every day.
3. Playing the piano, Martial arts (spell plox)
4. I'm not an agressive person, no. I rarely get into fights.
5. Oh come on, no one follows it anyway. And it does NOT work. I bought 16 rated games when I was 13 from the store.
And over all, I think it's up to the parents to decide what's appropriate for their children.
6. That's a really hard question. I will raise my children to resist violence and stuff like that, and if I can make sure that they are not in anyway affected by the videogames then I guess they can keep on playing them.
I would still not allow any of my children to play violent games untill they are over 13.
7. My father told me that what happens in games, is in the games, not in reality.
When I had that clear for myself, I could start playing mildly violent games such as warcraft 2 and AOE, this was when I was around 5-6 years old. when I was 10 years old I started playing more violent games such as Half-life where you shot people.
8. Err.. no.
It's all the parents.
If you can't handle having kids, then DONT HAVE ANY.
Use a god damn condom
D: After 180 grains of rice I had a VOCAB level of 7... meh
eh, that explains all the weird stuff that happened in hammer half an hour ago..
I can now only map for the orange box, not HL2, D:
I can now only map for the orange box, not HL2, D:
Am I the only guy who had no problem finnishing the first maps until the airboat at all?
D:
I found the HEV and the crowbar before encountering any enemies, without any problems.
I'm not stuck at the airboat part, it's just that I saved and quit there, Im gonna continue later today.
It was a bit dark
Oh well, it wasn't very hard to figgure out anyway
D:
I found the HEV and the crowbar before encountering any enemies, without any problems.
I'm not stuck at the airboat part, it's just that I saved and quit there, Im gonna continue later today.
You did notice the combinations written on the walls next to the doors. Right?There were? D:
It was a bit dark
Oh well, it wasn't very hard to figgure out anyway
But in dev commentary they said, they SAID, that the bridge was dynamic and calculated in game.. (and by bridge I mean the first bridge which breaks during the portal storm)
Strider: Sure that is possible, but the bridge was infact totally dynamic.
The houses.. could have been done the way you say.
And fearian.
When they make animations of things exploading and shit flying everywere, they know how the map looks, and that is why the gibbs appear to be physical, if that's what you ment.
The houses.. could have been done the way you say.
And fearian.
When they make animations of things exploading and shit flying everywere, they know how the map looks, and that is why the gibbs appear to be physical, if that's what you ment.
Yeah, so much for dynamic cinematic effects. :<
At least the bridge was dynamic.
Good example there Muzzymoo
At least the bridge was dynamic.
Good example there Muzzymoo
WARNING MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS
I've been experimenting around with Episode 2 now, and I'm quite dissapointed at some things.
It would seem as if the advisors had in the earlier stages of Ep2 it's own AI and were like bosses.
They could pick up things and throw them at the player.
All that is removed.
If you place an npc_advisor in your map it will just hang there with it's silly idle animation.
I also tried to trigger a row of outputs directed at the advisor.
Turns out they have been removed too, and so they did nothing.
So Im guessing that everything the advisors did in Ep2 was scripted, there were no dynamics involved at all.
The strange thing is that I did not find the tounge animations of the advisor.
I thought that maybe the tounge was a separate model but I could not find it.
I also found some other advisor models but they had pretty much the same animations.
Another thing which is strange is that Gman still has his little suitcase.
I placed him out in a map and compiled and there it was.
I found no settings which removed the suitcase.
Maybe Valve hasn't put that in yet, OR, it is done in another way, I didn't try very much.
(And yes, the suitcase is there when he animates too)
I also noticed that most of the houses exploading were not dynamic either, they are animated.
I've been experimenting around with Episode 2 now, and I'm quite dissapointed at some things.
It would seem as if the advisors had in the earlier stages of Ep2 it's own AI and were like bosses.
They could pick up things and throw them at the player.
All that is removed.
If you place an npc_advisor in your map it will just hang there with it's silly idle animation.
I also tried to trigger a row of outputs directed at the advisor.
Turns out they have been removed too, and so they did nothing.
So Im guessing that everything the advisors did in Ep2 was scripted, there were no dynamics involved at all.
The strange thing is that I did not find the tounge animations of the advisor.
I thought that maybe the tounge was a separate model but I could not find it.
I also found some other advisor models but they had pretty much the same animations.
Another thing which is strange is that Gman still has his little suitcase.
I placed him out in a map and compiled and there it was.
I found no settings which removed the suitcase.
Maybe Valve hasn't put that in yet, OR, it is done in another way, I didn't try very much.
(And yes, the suitcase is there when he animates too)
I also noticed that most of the houses exploading were not dynamic either, they are animated.
I've never had any problems with it so Im not sure.
...Did you set it up to do any damage?
It's rather easy to do, just type a number after the label "damage per second" or whatever it's called.
More info please.
It's rather easy to do, just type a number after the label "damage per second" or whatever it's called.
More info please.
Madcow: can we expect any Orange Box examples from you? You've made some great examples recently, very handy stuff for beginners and long-time mappers. :><3
Since you asked :>
Matter of fact I have the first one right here..
Uploading it tonight!
Edit: Done.
The portal map start elevator example can be found here:
http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=4863
And also, I am always open for requests.
It's not easy figguring out examples if I do not know what the community wants
You edited you shit D:
NOW STOP IT.
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NOW STOP IT.
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Ant: I thought you finnaly had gone fruitcake
Ghetto: What?
Ghetto: What?
Half-flat made me rofl
In the gcf files. For portal, it's in "Portal content.gcf" in the folder called "particles" (duuh)
Oh and when you want a certail particle effect such as the field in portal which removes boxes and stuff ( particles/cleansers.pcf ) then you do not tell hammer the path to the particle effect file, but the name of the certain effect.
There are many effects in every particle file.
Example, the portal field things name is "portal_cleanser", so that's the information you give the entity.
All the names can be found in the GCF. portal/particles/particles/manifest.txt
Oh and when you want a certail particle effect such as the field in portal which removes boxes and stuff ( particles/cleansers.pcf ) then you do not tell hammer the path to the particle effect file, but the name of the certain effect.
There are many effects in every particle file.
Example, the portal field things name is "portal_cleanser", so that's the information you give the entity.
All the names can be found in the GCF. portal/particles/particles/manifest.txt
You made it sound wrong Mooboi!
The ENTITy "info_particle_system" is included and works fine with the original particles.
But you can't make your own yet.
I've used the entity, and it appears to work fine, exept that instead of just being a purple box in hammer, it appears as the huge scary error sign. D:
The ENTITy "info_particle_system" is included and works fine with the original particles.
But you can't make your own yet.
I've used the entity, and it appears to work fine, exept that instead of just being a purple box in hammer, it appears as the huge scary error sign. D:
Why does everyone want to remake CS_assault?
There's plenty of good custom versions already, and there is also like a ton of crappy versions.
Make your own maps, don't modify others, that's for cowards.
There's plenty of good custom versions already, and there is also like a ton of crappy versions.
Make your own maps, don't modify others, that's for cowards.
that's cuz if there were, they would be in the gcf...
And just google for overview CSS tutorial
And just google for overview CSS tutorial
Either it's a texture with the same name as the map, or it's simply a tga picture with the same name as the map in the same folder as the map.
How do you make it "sync" with the real map? I don't know.
Google it.
How do you make it "sync" with the real map? I don't know.
Google it.
Even DX10 is overrated. Remember the link Madcow posted? I used it to get supposedly DX10 only features in the Crysis demo on XP. Crysis just greyed out the highest settings if you weren't on DX10, but with the power of Notepad this was easily bypassed.Yeah, everything can look just as good on DX9 with just some extreamly small differences which one only can spot when comparing two screenshots with extream detail.
Which means that for some reason, developers are saving the highest quality stuff for DX10, even though you don't even really need it...
What if DX10 just is a minor update of DX9, and in fact most things that are supposed to only work in DX10 works in DX9 aswell (and I don't mean just crysis)
I mean, if DX10 wouldn't have come with vista, then almost noone would have bought vista.
DX10 was just a way for Microsoft to make money, and it turned out to be half-fake.
Remember that this will remove, if there are any, all custom mod configs.
But most people do not have any.
If you do, and you for some reason need to reset your configs, you can go into the steam files and backup your mod configs
But most people do not have any.
If you do, and you for some reason need to reset your configs, you can go into the steam files and backup your mod configs
Click "Reset Game Configurations" in the Source SDK menu.
Eh, what are you on about Espen?
Yes it is
NO!
No carving!
Use the clip tool!
Tutorial here:
http://twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?id=83
Please, check the tutorials before asking random questions which can easily be found and answered in the tutorials!
No carving!
Use the clip tool!
Tutorial here:
http://twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?id=83
Please, check the tutorials before asking random questions which can easily be found and answered in the tutorials!
CTRL + B to snap to grid Mooboi ?
Well, I just think that light volume effect is too, uhh.. unreal and plain.
But maybe if you combine them, yeah.
But maybe if you combine them, yeah.
It's not always working as it should Blitz.
It didn't for me D:
It's still easy tho.
If your Source SDK hasn't provided you with it's own automatic setups, then you can look for "Reset Source SDK setups" (at least I think that's what the label is) .
This will automatically check which source games you have, and create setups for those games available.
Notice that doing this will remove any custom setups.
It didn't for me D:
It's still easy tho.
If your Source SDK hasn't provided you with it's own automatic setups, then you can look for "Reset Source SDK setups" (at least I think that's what the label is) .
This will automatically check which source games you have, and create setups for those games available.
Notice that doing this will remove any custom setups.
IMHO, but I think that effect looks like shit.
I suggest using a dust effect instead.
You know, those dust particles which flies around in the air.
Was used in Counter-strike Source - De_dust2 I believe, in the big room.
That technique is fine when talking GoldSrc, but this is Source.
I've forgotten the name of the entity to use when you are making dust particles, but I think that the name of the entity is rather obvious.
Anyways, that's just my opinion.
I suggest using a dust effect instead.
You know, those dust particles which flies around in the air.
Was used in Counter-strike Source - De_dust2 I believe, in the big room.
That technique is fine when talking GoldSrc, but this is Source.
I've forgotten the name of the entity to use when you are making dust particles, but I think that the name of the entity is rather obvious.
Anyways, that's just my opinion.
If I were you I would wait until I'd get some more money, and then buy something which will last for more than 2 weeks.
There is always some way to make money, don't be lazy
There is always some way to make money, don't be lazy
How can you type 1/2life faster than just HL?
It just doesn't make any sence.
On topic.
Was the TF2 dedicated server tool released today?
I haven't noticed it before.
You'd think that the orange box SDK would come with it D:
Edit: Oh and another thing since I do not want to start a new thread for it.
Is there a way to build cubemaps in portal without building them in another game?
You'll get the error "Vtex.dll not found", would it be possible to move Vtex.dll from, say, HL2DM to Portal?
And in that case, where would I find this DLL?
It just doesn't make any sence.
On topic.
Was the TF2 dedicated server tool released today?
I haven't noticed it before.
You'd think that the orange box SDK would come with it D:
Edit: Oh and another thing since I do not want to start a new thread for it.
Is there a way to build cubemaps in portal without building them in another game?
You'll get the error "Vtex.dll not found", would it be possible to move Vtex.dll from, say, HL2DM to Portal?
And in that case, where would I find this DLL?
Then scrub all the floors in Hyrule!
THEN DON'T WASTE ANYMORE TIME AND STOP WORKING ON IT
GUUH
GUUH
Well I have actually :>
But I'm on my laptop
But I'm on my laptop
Why won't anyone understand what I am saying???
Imagen the hole, right!
It has a hinge over it, RIGHT!
BUT
What if we put a prop_physics NEXT TO THE HINGE!
It is not on top of the hinge, it is not under the hinge.
It is next to the whole thing!
If we use a push then sure it will push up the hinge, but it will not affect what's around it, and does therefore not act like an explosion.
Env_physexplosion solves this. And I do not understand why not to use one, it will work perfect
Imagen the hole, right!
It has a hinge over it, RIGHT!
BUT
What if we put a prop_physics NEXT TO THE HINGE!
It is not on top of the hinge, it is not under the hinge.
It is next to the whole thing!
If we use a push then sure it will push up the hinge, but it will not affect what's around it, and does therefore not act like an explosion.
Env_physexplosion solves this. And I do not understand why not to use one, it will work perfect
No no no, that's not what I ment.
I mean, the trigger push, pushes UP (in this case it does).
That would cause the derbis around to go up too!
And we don't want that, right?
I mean, the trigger push, pushes UP (in this case it does).
That would cause the derbis around to go up too!
And we don't want that, right?
But a push does not act like an explosion!
I mean, what if the player puts a physical object next to the platform, it SHOULD move.
I actually thought of the invisible brush thing too mooboi. But it would need to be able to respawn, and Im not sure if that can be done with a template spawner.
But it should work since you can respawn a physbox using a template spawner, and a physbox is also a brush based entity
And it should not be able to be reached by bullets, but I guess that wont be much of a problem if the brush only is one unit^3
I mean, what if the player puts a physical object next to the platform, it SHOULD move.
I actually thought of the invisible brush thing too mooboi. But it would need to be able to respawn, and Im not sure if that can be done with a template spawner.
But it should work since you can respawn a physbox using a template spawner, and a physbox is also a brush based entity
And it should not be able to be reached by bullets, but I guess that wont be much of a problem if the brush only is one unit^3
Dude, yesterday I wrote a huge reply to this thread!
Now it's gone D:
I forgot to copy it.
Oh well.
No matter the mass scale, the player is too heavy to be propelled up into the air by a small nade.
You will need to somehow make the explosion of the grenade trigger an env_physexplosion.
But now I've forgotten how :<
Now it's gone D:
I forgot to copy it.
Oh well.
No matter the mass scale, the player is too heavy to be propelled up into the air by a small nade.
You will need to somehow make the explosion of the grenade trigger an env_physexplosion.
But now I've forgotten how :<
That would ruin the whole thing
DINNER
I mean, how?
Can I use sound forge for this?
I've heard it works somehow with goldwave too.
I have both
EDIT: Thanks for your help, problem solved.
I mean, how?
Can I use sound forge for this?
I've heard it works somehow with goldwave too.
I have both
EDIT: Thanks for your help, problem solved.
Mooboi just told me to add cue points, one in the start and one in the end.. I guess Ill try that.
Yes I did make them myself. ;>
Yes I did make them myself. ;>
Right. Valve time.
I've started mapping for Portal, and I decided to put some custom sounds into the map.
They are Mono 44kHz wav files just as the original ones from the game.
The problem is that once triggered they won't stop!
They just keep on looping.
I've checked "Is NOT looped" but that doesn't work.
I've also tried stopping the ambient generic using the output "StopSound" which didn't work either.
This has NEVER happened to me before, so Im guessing that this has something to do with my custom sounds, I just can figgure it out.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
They are Mono 44kHz wav files just as the original ones from the game.
The problem is that once triggered they won't stop!
They just keep on looping.
I've checked "Is NOT looped" but that doesn't work.
I've also tried stopping the ambient generic using the output "StopSound" which didn't work either.
This has NEVER happened to me before, so Im guessing that this has something to do with my custom sounds, I just can figgure it out.
Any ideas?
Thanks.