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To all the people who keep changing their avs: don't. Pick one and stick with it at least for a while. The more you change them, the less people recognise you.
Bah, I'll bite the bullet and set up steam tonight, if only to get the screenshots.
Steam (setting up hammer, running maps through steam etc)
Hammer (Viewing models, multiple cameras, and the roll (not working right) bit.)
Can anyone think of anything else different?
Steam (setting up hammer, running maps through steam etc)
Hammer (Viewing models, multiple cameras, and the roll (not working right) bit.)
Can anyone think of anything else different?
cough http://www.cariad.co.za/twhl/tutorial.php?id=10 cough
So essentially you're CS is the best mod statement was based on you not playing any other mods? That was a bit daft, eh?
Yes, internally, nothing should appear there just for the hell of it, it needs to at least look like it has a purpose, e.g generators, sewerage systems etc. I think internal architecture should reflect this.
Outside areas, the opposite should happen; things that serve a purpose & events should be fitted in around the architecture; all too convienently shaped cliffs etc just look dumb. I don't think there IS a happy medium for making synthetic/organic architectures, its either one or the other.
Outside areas, the opposite should happen; things that serve a purpose & events should be fitted in around the architecture; all too convienently shaped cliffs etc just look dumb. I don't think there IS a happy medium for making synthetic/organic architectures, its either one or the other.
Hey! I never said that *I* would do it lol. I'd need help with the setting up for steam, since I have self-imposed steam embargo but hey, why not? 
Jahzel doesn't rip ppl off...I regularly google sentances from his text just to see if I could catch him out! No joy though.....yet
I suppose if events were made to fit the map, then it would make it look more 'organic' if you will. Captain Ps method would probably suit external parts of maps better, and my way would suit internals better. I should start experimenting with CPs way, see if it helps me finish maps.
google would disregard it, being such a common word.
Ne'er a wiser word spoken, zombie.
Luke doesnt win anything. The officials disqualified chow for have such a sucky first name.
Hell, lets try MAKING the map first...clever titles can come later... 
Interesting...I like to make bits and sequences then build around them.
call it*
Just thinking, if I DID have him in this style of map, I'd have to call in "The Ping" instead.
I'll maybe drop the killer plasticine penguin, but a surreal horror in the arctic is going ahead (if I can actually finish something for once).
I was thinking about the game 'the thing' and thats the exact same atmosphere i want...but with LESS weapons.
I might map it for opp-force instead of traditional hl, an abandoned military outpost would be good, having parts where you have to run practically blind through a blizzard in parts. I'll have to plan this all out properly, but any suggestions would be helpful.
I was thinking about the game 'the thing' and thats the exact same atmosphere i want...but with LESS weapons.
I might map it for opp-force instead of traditional hl, an abandoned military outpost would be good, having parts where you have to run practically blind through a blizzard in parts. I'll have to plan this all out properly, but any suggestions would be helpful.
I won't buy anything...but I could trade you for these magic beans...
Which way do people map: entities to suit environment, or build an environment to suit entities? I prefer the latter.
Thats not strictly as random a question as I was expecting. A 'proper' random question is this:
What the hell was the first guy doing when he discovered that milking cows and drinking it was a good idea?
What the hell was the first guy doing when he discovered that milking cows and drinking it was a good idea?
Old threads like "The TWHL FAQ" are definitatly worth reviving...that one was a real lively thread :
I can safely say that i NEVER carve.
Well said...CS???
*blindfolds rowleybob and hands each TWHL member a rifle.
*blindfolds rowleybob and hands each TWHL member a rifle.
Since HL2 is nigh, and im guessing that hammer and such wont be updated for hl1... is it now time to update the tutorials once and for all?
As hl1 shall diminish, there will probably be less hl1 mappers newbies, and I suppose that the tutorials will be there more for posterity and quick reference.
So, on the eve of hl2 i propose that the tutorials are brought up to speed.
Basically these points need to be addressed:
How to set up the newer hammer so that you can view models
How to set up the hammer with steam.
also while im on the point, the environment tutorial mentions a lot about skyboxing and then simpy says 'dont do it, its rubbish' at the end. Mentioning how you can put patches of sky just outside windows etc would be helpful to beginners.
Anyone else know of anything that needs a good updating? (its probably the last call
)
As hl1 shall diminish, there will probably be less hl1 mappers newbies, and I suppose that the tutorials will be there more for posterity and quick reference.
So, on the eve of hl2 i propose that the tutorials are brought up to speed.
Basically these points need to be addressed:
How to set up the newer hammer so that you can view models
How to set up the hammer with steam.
also while im on the point, the environment tutorial mentions a lot about skyboxing and then simpy says 'dont do it, its rubbish' at the end. Mentioning how you can put patches of sky just outside windows etc would be helpful to beginners.
Anyone else know of anything that needs a good updating? (its probably the last call
)Errr....by general mapping questions you left yourself open to the advice an support of other people.... If you are going to be nasty when someone answers a question with a reply or suggestion then maybe you just wont get one! be nice
be niceNo...seriously... the only map that counts is a surreal horror involving PINGU the penguin in a mock version of "The Ring"..... If your up for that lol c'm fishes cmon lol
Damn....that shoulda been an OBVIOUS compo
Damn....that shoulda been an OBVIOUS compo
G_kidd even....
lol
lol
the race is on gman....
whoever makes a surreal horror concering pingu first wins!
whoever makes a surreal horror concering pingu first wins!
btw....If I CAN i WILL make this mappack! It did start out as a bored at work random joke in my head, but I think seeing it through would be great as my first upload to the mapping world!
Someone HAS to have made a model of him...that said, Pingu would 'theoretically' easy to make if noone else has.
it would be hard, what with his lack of elbows and all...I envisage him just throwing the guns away and pulling out better ones, in a Matrix stylee. 
You are at home, and you watch a myserious tape...its a modeling clay animation full of bizzarre imagery. Soon after the phone rings. You hear a muffled trumpetting sound...then "oh, and you will die in seven days by the way". You trace the tapes origin back to the North pole and travel there to unravel the mystery before your time is up. This is obviously based a little on a certain cult japanese horror film.
I was thinking of calling it "Pingu"
I was thinking of calling it "Pingu"
Like Jesus, or a clean scottish person.
lmao jahz!
i like to thinks so, gus :
Actually Jahzel, I'm making a decals out of the kitten at the mo... If I could model and skin THAT well (or at all) that'd be a good idea!
TWHL folk say that some days around this very time, if you listen carefully, you can still hear old Cap'n P rattling his chains and giving quick & concise answers to general mapping questions...
shudders
shudders
Whatever happened to captain P? You know sometimes if i look at the screen, its almost as if i can still see him posting....sigh what a tragedy that hes gone now too...
Well... i still think its too early to file a missing members report to the cops. Maybe they make a point of not logging in when your here just to worry you. Or maybe they have lives? The former is more likely.
Seventh was here yesterday round this time...
I'm sure the elusive SlayerA is somewhere too.
I'm sure the elusive SlayerA is somewhere too.
Anyways...since TWHL is so popular and has quite a few hits, I reckon someone should look for all the holes, unlinked but accessable pages and errors on the site and mail them to atom.
looks roughly in the direction of jaardsi
looks roughly in the direction of jaardsi
Gus, if you start saying that then you could have put in
Mephistophiles(737)
Mephistopheles(103,000)
as elongated versions of my nick.
Mephistophiles(737)
Mephistopheles(103,000)
as elongated versions of my nick.
Model pro: You can rip...err import 'em from other games.
Model con: I still cant use milkshape (which is prolly expired by now)
Model con: I still cant use milkshape (which is prolly expired by now)
Spawning monsters wouldnt be that bad if it only happened for a certain ammount of time when the alarm is raised, a la Metal Gear Solid. But as captain P said, clear objectives are imperitive to gameplay. Thats the difference between stealth infiltration and lurking in someones garden at night...which i...dont do....-anyways I reckon a mission briefing would be a good introduction, like Hitman....I didnt realise i had so many stealth games for playstation!
*points to the "prnt scrn" button to right to F12.
Its all good then. Please give a hev suit before weapons, I hate seeing the HEV suit arms in weapon models when you havent got it on!
Please give a hev suit before weapons, I hate seeing the HEV suit arms in weapon models when you havent got it on!wonder if that list includes chatbear...
err...theres wierd german people and kids on neopets who have my nick also...but im the 'real thing'; like coke, but with less tooth rotting powers. I've had this nick nigh on 10 years btw.
I increased your population by like 20% when i got an account lol
I name them pretty simply, but also by their location eg.
Crab1_corrA
Hgrunt2_power
Pretty boring, but handier for scripted seqs and such.
Crab1_corrA
Hgrunt2_power
Pretty boring, but handier for scripted seqs and such.