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Wasn't the founder of scientology a science fiction writer?
"Are you ready to join the Army? We promise it's just like Half-Life!"
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Hahahaha!
Next time you take medicine or get operated on, make sure you say that, just to make you sound like even more of an idiot.
Will you two shut the hell up before I ban you?
Nikka Costa - So Have I For You
Uhh, no prob.
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Sounds good to me.
Yeah, you don't need to create the cup as such from the get go. So long as your map is sealed when you want to compile it. However, as RS said, it's good practice to do so: trying to seal your map properly after you've filled it full of crap tends to get confusing and frustrating as all these little leaks start appearing.
By the way, research the cordon tool. It effectively puts a virtual box around whatever section of the map you want. Anything in that box will be compiled and anything outside it will not. It's essentially a giant skybox, so it's good for testing small areas.
By the way, research the cordon tool. It effectively puts a virtual box around whatever section of the map you want. Anything in that box will be compiled and anything outside it will not. It's essentially a giant skybox, so it's good for testing small areas.
Delete clientregistry.blob in the main Steam folder and let Steam rebuild it. Probably won't do anything, but it can't hurt to try.
Just do the regular Source/Steam fixes first.
Trapt: I did.
Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde
Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde
Dave is right. The Source engine is terrible at rendering large open areas because of its incredibly outdated rendering techniques. As such, anytime you enter any area with empty space, your FPS will take a hit (if you've got a high-end machine, you'll need to look closely to spot it, or turn on the FPS counter and see for yourself).
Now, when designing an "outdoor" environment, a mapper (well, the good ones) will try and minimise the amount of empty space in an outdoor area. Usually they'll do this by not making large outdoor areas, surrounding the area in buildings or something similar, and good mapping techniques. For example, surrounding the entire map in a giant box is not going to get you anywhere. However, simply putting the sky texture on a single brush to 'cap' an area will work quite well. Think of a cup for a moment: the bottom of the cup represents the ground, the walls of the cup represent the surroundings, and the top of the cup is obviously the sky. Now, encasing the entire cup in a box just to block off the hole is inefficient. Putting a cap just on the top of that cup is much better.
Hope that helps.
Now, when designing an "outdoor" environment, a mapper (well, the good ones) will try and minimise the amount of empty space in an outdoor area. Usually they'll do this by not making large outdoor areas, surrounding the area in buildings or something similar, and good mapping techniques. For example, surrounding the entire map in a giant box is not going to get you anywhere. However, simply putting the sky texture on a single brush to 'cap' an area will work quite well. Think of a cup for a moment: the bottom of the cup represents the ground, the walls of the cup represent the surroundings, and the top of the cup is obviously the sky. Now, encasing the entire cup in a box just to block off the hole is inefficient. Putting a cap just on the top of that cup is much better.
Hope that helps.
What type of graphics card do you have? I used to have this problem running on a GeForce 2. It was an issue that Valve recognised with users running on DX7/8 that I thought they fixed. As you said though, simply inverting the alpha in Hammer will "fix" it.
Reset Game Configurations?
You have to turn on "Default to 15 degree rotations". It means you don't have to hold Shift when you want to lock the rotations. Holding it after you've ticked this options toggles it off so you can freely rotate.
Ween - Ocean Man
Look, I'm a poor Uni student. Paying for stuff I already, even if its only a $20-30 price increase is still incredibly annoying. As well as that, I'm paying for a game that runs like batshit for some retarded reason (refering to Episode One here).
Zero 7 - [The Garden - #08] - This Fine Social Scene
Exactly. And I'm still going to buy it, that's what annoys me. I want TF2, but since Valve are money grabbing asswipes, they want to force everyone to use their convoluted system.
Valve have said that people who get an extra copy of Episode One and HL2 will be able to give it away to someone who doesn't have 'em, free of charge. WHOOPIE DO VALVE, THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL BETTER.
While I've been fairly supportive of Valve in the past, they can kiss my ass now. Thanks to them, everyone who doesn't want to use the bloated cesspool of treachery that is Steam has to pay extra for games already owned. When Valve find out a way to charge us for not only loading Steam, but booting up, it will be a sad day.
While I've been fairly supportive of Valve in the past, they can kiss my ass now. Thanks to them, everyone who doesn't want to use the bloated cesspool of treachery that is Steam has to pay extra for games already owned. When Valve find out a way to charge us for not only loading Steam, but booting up, it will be a sad day.
Pixar - A Bug's Life
Cordon compiling is incredibly fantastic. I use it all the time, saves heaps of time messing around with a physical box.
He divided by zero.
Sprites over the top of water can also give you some basic ripple effects.
Oh shutup, Urb. I'm ill and it was late! 
Scissor Sisters for those pink scissors.
Looks interesting! Might be interested.
If anything, a more pertinent issue is the server that TWHL is actually hosted on. As was mentioned, getting donations would be somewhat difficult.
The Simpsons - [Season 8 - #09] - El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer
Futurama - Robot Hell
WIN
WIN
Enough.
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Hans Zimmer - Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?
What specs you got on your machine btw? The compile programs are fairly resource intensive...
Tetsu0: Lucky they don't get many problems!
Aside from that, if something fucks up on your laptop, what possible repairs could you possibly carry out on it? Not like the parts in 'em are commercially avaliable for anybody to use. Besides, once the warranty is finished on a Mac, you can do whatever you want, like any warranty.
Aside from that, if something fucks up on your laptop, what possible repairs could you possibly carry out on it? Not like the parts in 'em are commercially avaliable for anybody to use. Besides, once the warranty is finished on a Mac, you can do whatever you want, like any warranty.
Oblivion runs fine on my MacBook Pro, and that's only got an X1600 onboard. But yeah, if you're looking at price, I wouldn't go for an Apple. Go for an Apple if you want OS X and Windows, not as a powerhouse solution.
oh, and you do?Enough to know that 10MP is a fairly small picture and will produce decent A4 prints and nothing more.
lulz.
They take pictures? I only use crap like exposure if the sky is washed out.I rest my case.
Clearly you know nothing about cameras.
Yes, there's finally hope for you. Background is a little bit wild, but it works nicely. Good contrast with the red against the blue-y green background.
I like!
I like!
Agreed. I've been watching this mod for a while. Source is completely the wrong engine to do this on. No way I'm paying 5 bucks either.
Elliott Smith - [New Moon [Disc 1] - #01] - Angel in the Snow
I agree with fourthgen. For the ridiculous price you pay for them, Converse make some incredibly crap shoes. Yet, I still wear them!!
Colorado shoes are far more comfortable.
Colorado shoes are far more comfortable.
Is Steam still running when you say 'Nothing happened'?
Hans Zimmer - The Simpsons Theme (Orchestral Version)
You'll really need to scale your brushwork. Working to exact measurements, be them metric or imperial is not a great idea when mapping. The mapping in HL was all scaled perfectly for Gordon's height, so it didn't look weird. Can be a bit time consuming, but it should produce better results.
Camille - [Le Fil - #02] - Ta douleur
IRC. For the lulz.
Yah, wait till you start getting 12 hour compiles. 