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Why should I compliment something I don't like? I say only truth. Compliments are pretty useless. Only criticism allows one to improve. Reality isn't always nice, Archie. And I already spoke to noSICK and complimented him and I can say he is very nice and very talented guy.
Anyway, as I said the map is interesting and the atmosphere is nice too but it's completely nonsense. And I'm sure noSICK agrees. Anyway, I guess this is just some kind of sci-fi architecture experiment.
Anyway, as I said the map is interesting and the atmosphere is nice too but it's completely nonsense. And I'm sure noSICK agrees. Anyway, I guess this is just some kind of sci-fi architecture experiment.
Interesting but totally nonsense. What the hell is it?
Yeah, it's easy, it only takes time. And the only problem is the lighting and clipping bugs when you're making something like this on GoldSrc, however new vluzacn's compiling tools (vhlt) should help a lot.
How else? You can't make a structure like this by hand. I don't know Source too good but it's made either with a crushed half of a torus or with displacements. But I can guarantee the process is automated.
Yeah, use only triangles and just practice...
You can try zhlt_noclip 1, it makes any brush entity non solid, however it still blocks bullets.
There are a lot of ways to do it but it depends on exactly what you need.
If the target is static then you could make the scene completely staged with only a single tank and a bunch of env_explosions and sprites or whatever instead of func_tanks. You could also use 2 separate func_trains for the tank, one for the tank itself and the second to rotate the cannon on top of the tank.
A dozen of env_renders.
5 minutes of total nonsense
Player: shoots you, Ally: defends you, Random: shoots everyone
Try to avoid such situation. Terribly unrealistic 
But yes, like Urby said, try trigger_push.
But yes, like Urby said, try trigger_push.
Models are lit by using brightness and color values from the surface beneath them. But they only can take it from world brushes, they can't take it from brush entities. And since there is no ground beneath your bridge, the model don't have where to take those values and thus is pitch black. If you would have ground (road, sidewalk or something) instead of sky then your models would take the values from it. You can also try to put a NULL brush inside the bridge.
Sounds have nothing to do with textures. It the same as not allowing to use custom architecture or custom lighting. Allow it.
It's ludicrous not to allow to use custom sounds.
Because -lightdata is a shared option and must be set with the same value on both BSP and CSG.
bla bla bla are you done?
You're lucky I haven't quit by myself.
Don't cry you pussies. Learn to empty your god damn clouded mind and accept the truth.
And who the hell are the judges? This is all bullshit. Everyone in the community should be the judges. Or at least let us choose them from time to time.
No, they're pretty good. I just mean that all the entries are going to be random because the textures doesn't have any theme and there is nothing to aim at for the mapper... So like zeeba-G said (dust, aztec) we need something more thematic or a short description of the map along with your themeless textures.
Is there going to be a poll?
This is pointless. If there are zero rules and restrictions then why couldn't we use our own textures? This is only going to restrict our imagination yet the maps are going to be totally random because there is no restricted theme at all.
To tell you the truth, most of these textures look too TF2-ish
Well then tell us the theme.
If there is dozens of all kinds of textures in the pack then it becomes pretty pointless because the maps are going to be completely random. We need either a basic concept of the map or a smaller texture pack with a more fixed theme.
That's your fucking problem.
and I'm right all the time.
Haha, what an idiot. That's the purpose of desktop.
One more idea:
most beautiful 10 000 w_poly
most beautiful 10 000 w_poly
My new Windows 7 PC:
Just make a god damn poll.
I meant not necessarily a story, but at least a simple description where the map is set and how it looks. The colors, the atmosphere, just about everything. We would write a lot of small details on how it looks. And we can either use our own textures or a texture pack. With a texture pack it would be easier I guess.
Oh, you lazy man. We aren't rushing anywhere, are we? We can do something more interesting than that.
I always wondered if we could together write a description or story of a map, how it looks, plays and so on. Then everyone of us would recreate the level from our own imagination and finally we would vote which map reflected the description the best.
Sure, I would love to see that!
1024 space is total crap. Texture pack is better but I think we can come up something more unique.
Tried something with metal. From this:
To this:
v2:
A friend taught me a bit how to draw textures with Photoshop.
I used this as a base:
And this is what I came up with:
I used this as a base:
Try using hl2.exe from the game folder as shortcut instead of Steam shortcut.
What you mean exactly by light errors? Sounds interesting.
That's no what I mean... I mean if you have a brush with some faces textured and some texture with BEVEL then those normal textured faces which shouldn't be non solid sometimes become non solid.
what an idiot...
what an idiot...
I rarely use BEVEL because it's very problematic. Some faces, especially curved can become non solid or you can just fell in the ground where it's a bit more complex geometry and so on. However, it can help in some places.
After a bit more calibration:
Also, to not be mistaken by the size of it:
You wanted to see it compiled, so there you go:
The shape of curved structure itself is made by removing and connecting certain segments of a simple circular arch. The curved slopes are made of triangles to avoid any invalid structures. To texture it nice and seamlessly I used a very simple trick: flatten the whole structure, apply texture to world and expand again.
Some experimenting with stained glass:
It's done by making the glass opaque to block light and using zhlt_customshadow to change the color of the shadow.
Some experimenting with stained glass:
Are you blind? I have explained how to do everything I ever showed. Why the hell do you think I'm doing this at all? All I want is to show you something interesting and have a nice discussion. Can't you wait a bit till I explain how it's done? You fucking lazy ignorant bitches.
There is no problem creating a whole map with such quality at all. You just need experience to be able to make everything as efficient as possible.
As one man said: "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
What I mean, is that you can create a map which will look 100 times better than a map with 100 times more polys. It's all about efficiency.
As one man said: "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
What I mean, is that you can create a map which will look 100 times better than a map with 100 times more polys. It's all about efficiency.