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MotM: October reviews have been posted!

MotM: October reviews have been posted!

Best of 2003-2006 score
Half-Life: Uplink Extended (HL1 MOD) - [m]23[/m]
Minimicus (HL1 MOD) - [m]19[/m]
Life's End (HL1 MOD) - [m]14[/m]

Orb (HL1 SP) - 12
Timefall (HL1 MOD) - 7
Intake (HLDM) - 4
Carbaseus (HLDM) - 3
HLywood (HL1 MOD) - 3
Sidney Harbour Bridge (HL1 SP) - 3
Tribute (HL1 SP) - 3
Kaufmann House (SOURCE SP) - 2
Ruled By Insanity (HL1 MOD) - 2
Star Wars (HL1 MOD) - 2
Sunden (HLDM) - 2
Day 13 (SOURCE MOD) - 1
GunGod (HLDM) - 1

Srry: You've got a point, though some people haven't played enough MV maps/mods to be able to choose 5 worthy of the award. Any vote is valuable and I don't think forcing others to spend lots of time searching for more quality stuff is a good idea, so unless more people find this unfair, the rule stays.
Sure, there's always laziness, but I'm sure at least most of our old-timers will manage remembering 5 of their favourites.

Thanks to everyone who voted so far!

Tried Tetsu's method yet?

You might want to look at the cockroach code too. It has a pretty simple random movement algorythm; I'm sure you could make your crow fly around and land on random objects with a couple of additions.

Try changing the pitch value to something over -90 and see how that works. Also, you might want to change your Yaw value for more interesting effects.

Possible with some AMX(X) plugin, seen lots of servers doing that. However, personally, I hate being forced to wait for over 5 minutes just to download those extra models.

You might be having multiple leaks if LeakMarker doesn't work properly. As for the barrel texture used in the sewers - there's a decent variety of higher-resolution rusty metal textures. Just search halflife.wad for "babtech" or "silo" textures. You'll be sure to find a more decent texture still fitting your theme.

Wow, it's amazing no-one started bitching about "gas guzzlers" by now.

Anywho - if I had the cash, my first car would definitely be a good old American Muscle one with the rust and worn off parts taken care of.

Should we expect more votes? :rly:

Best of 2003-2006 score
Half-Life: Uplink Extended (HL1 MOD) - [m]23[/m]
Minimicus (HL1 MOD) - [m]21[/m]
Life's End (HL1 MOD) - [m]19[/m]

Orb (HL1 SP) - 12
Timefall (HL1 MOD) - 7
Intake (HLDM) - 4
Carbaseus (HLDM) - 3
Sidney Harbour Bridge (HL1 SP) - 3
Tribute (HL1 SP) - 3
HLywood (HL1 MOD) - 2
Kaufmann House (SOURCE SP) - 2
Ruled By Insanity (HL1 MOD) - 2
Sunden (HLDM) - 2
Day 13 (SOURCE MOD) - 1
GunGod (HLDM) - 1

Well, finally, there's some competition showing. ;o
Keep em' coming.

EP4/HL3 will probably have Gordon with the Portal gun taken from Borealis fighting in the combine world.

I think you can achieve it without any coding, just hud.txt.
Here's how you'd (probably) do it.

From hud.txt

title_half		640 640hud4	0	226	256	30

The first number is for resolution, then there's the name of the sprite used. The other four numbers are coordinates for both opposite corners of the area to cut out from the whole sprite image. The first two are for the upper-left corner of the area, while the last two specify the size of the texture area to use(256x30). So, to get a bigger starting title image - make the biggest one you can and edit the coordinates to match it. Also, in order not to lose the other sprites stored in hud4/hud4 - you might have to make a separate sprite for them all and make apropriate changes in hud.txt.

EDIT: Heh, this should be added to my Hud Editing tut. ;o

Best of 2003-2006 score
Half-Life: Uplink Extended (HL1 MOD) - 13
Timefall (HL1 MOD) - 7
Life's End (HL1 MOD) - 5
Minimicus (HL1 MOD) - 5
Intake (HLDM) - 4
Carbaseus (HLDM) - 3
Orb (Compo 20) (HL1 SP) - 3
Tribute (HL1 SP) - 3
Kaufmann House (SOURCE SP) - 2
Ruled By Insanity (HL1 MOD) - 2
Day 13 (SOURCE MOD) - 1
GunGod (HLDM) - 1
Sunden (HLDM) - 1

Thanks for voting, FresheD. Some very nice maps I've never seen before in your list. Should check em' out later. ;o

Ditto Masta Killa.

Quit using capslock, it doesn't make you look.. oh, wait - how bout an example?

QUIT USEING capslok IT DUSNT MAEK U SMRATER!!1 ZOMG XAMPLE HER LAL>.

Can you find 10 differences?

I HERD U LIEK IT LOLO.

LOL DODGE.

If it's not on the list - there's no such entity.

I'll try and look at everything, but I don't know if I'll have time.

You really don't have to do that.. unless you haven't played much maps from the MV. Just try remembering what you enjoyed the most, play it again, if necessary and vote. :>
You can change it later anyway.

We have an Entity Guide, it's right there in the site menu, sheesh.

Thanks for extensive explanations and linking to the maps, Srry. :>

Best of 2003-2006 score
Half-Life: Uplink Extended - 8
Timefall - 7
Life's End - 5
Minimicus - 5
Orb (Compo 20) - 3
Tribute - 3
Kaufmann House - 2
Day 13 - 1
Sunden - 1

You can update/change your votes anytime, so don't hesitate voting!

The NULL texture stops the face it's aplied to from being rendered. That reduces compile times, r_speeds and overall performance of the map. Using NULL textures is the most common technique in optimizing maps.

You can apply the texture to any object; outside and inside the map, entity and world objects and so on.

So if i get my current mapping project in the vault before 08 it'll be accteped in the voting for best of 07?

Yes. Any map/mod posted in 2007 will be accepted in MotY.

True, it won't be easy. That's why I started the votes early.

Map of the Year 2007 Score
Alpestrine (HLDM) - [m]8[/m]
Day 15 (SOURCE MOD) - 7
De_Mon (CS 1.6) - 6
The Citizen (SOURCE MOD) - 2
Cs_Abscond_Pro (CS:S) - 1

Best of 2003-2006 Score
Minimicus (HL1 MOD) - [m]41[/m]
Life's End (HL1 MOD) - [m]31[/m]
Half-Life: Uplink Extended (HL1 MOD) - [m]30[/m]

Orb (HL1 SP) - 29
Timefall (HL1 MOD) - 16
Carbaseus (HLDM) - 13
Issues (HL1 MOD) - 13
Star Wars (HL1 MOD) - 11
Dm_Poisongarden (HLDM) - 8
Tribute (HL1 SP) - 7
Operation Overlord (TFC) - 6
Sidney Harbour Bridge (HL1 SP) - 6
De_Spirits (CS:S) - 4
HLywood (HL1 MOD) - 4
Intake (HLDM) - 4
Dm_Crete3 (HLDM) - 2
Kaufmann House (SOURCE SP) - 2
Ruled By Insanity (HL1 MOD) - 2
Sunden (HLDM) - 2
Annopus (HLDM) - 1
Day 13 (SOURCE MOD) - 1
GunGod (HLDM) - 1
Talking Scientists (HL1 MOD) - 1

Long-winded Prologue
We've had loads of quality maps and mods in the Map Vault no matter when they were posted. From short but unique experiences to the most epic mods you remember a long time after playing, each one of them added to the bustling and growing database, showing how TWHL helped some of the now-skilled or even legendary mappers.
So, if current creations recieve awards for excellence, it's only fair to do the same with the older stuff, especially when there's such loads of quality work to choose from.
Here's how it all works:

Best of 2003-2006
Having to point out one creation from over a thousand available is quite a challenge, so instead - you are to choose 5 submissions you find worthy, list them from the very best to still worthy of winning and post them here (each will get 1-5 points according to their position in your list).
The Top 3 maps will all recieve extensive reviews, while the authors get their awards and a load of praising upon.

Best of Rules:
? The entry must have been posted in the Map Vault's completed maps section by its respective author between and including 07-06-2003 and 31-12-2006. (from cs_canbunk to krAzY)
? You can vote for 3 to 5 entries.

As for 2007 - MotY voting will be held to determine the best of this year.

Map/Mod of the Year, 2007
Same as above, only you get to vote for 3 submissions instead of 5. Only one winner here.

MotY Rules:
? The entry must have been posted in the Map Vault's completed maps section by its respective author between and including 01-01-2007 and 31-12-2007. (from fy_magic_fountain to de_dome)
? You can vote for 1 to 3 entries.

Rules applied for both MotY and Best of..
? You can't vote for a map/mod you've posted.
? You may only vote for a map from HL1/HL2/EP1/EP2 or one of their respective official mods. (Portal, HLDM/HL2DM, CS/CS:CZ/CS:S, DoD/DoD:S, TFC/TF2, BS, OpFor) or Spirit. (applies to maps only).
However, if a map was made for a non-official mod (e.g The Specialists, Natural Selection), which is currently available for download - you can vote for it too.
? You can vote for previous MotM or Competition winners.
? You can update/change your vote any time, so don't hesitate.

When voting - be sure to let us know what you're nominating the maps for (MotY or Best of, bolded or colored if you can).

Example votes

MotY
Mod A <-- Recieves 3 points
Map B <-- Recieves 2 points
Mod C <-- Recieves 1 point

Best of
Map X <-- Recieves 5 points
Mod Y <-- Recieves 4 points
Map F <-- Recieves 3 points
Map T <-- Recieves 2 points
Mod W <-- Recieves 1 point

You can also vote for less than 5 or 3 submissions..

Best of
Map A <-- Recieves 5 points
Mod B <-- Recieves 4 points
Mod D <-- Recieves 3 points

MotY
Mod Z <-- Recieves 3 points

We'll be accepting multiple guest reviewers for both competitions, chosen randomly from everyone who's voted here.
Hope I made the rules clear enough. These ones really count, so do take part.
[m]May the voting begin![/m]

P.S: Merged Best of 2003-2006 and Map of the Year 2007 in one thread to avoid spamming the forum with MotM stuff. If having both in one thread's too confusing - let me know, I'll split it up.

P.P.S: Don't forget about MotM: December! :>

+1 for Armazenamento.

Apart from the drama, I'm really happy how this is turning out. 22 votes in 12 days, yay!
Glad you're all taking part in this.

Yay for texture vault then too? (you could merge model & texture vaults into one custom content or resource vault)

2 game modes? Win.
downloads

Absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to see this textured.

This thread is now
[fail]

Thanks, Kas.

I'm afraid I won't be able to help with MotM anymore

Too bad it turned out like this. However, do as you wish.

Now, let's be done done with this and [m]get the hell back to voting![/m]

Current Score
The Citizen - 9
dm_particle - 8
dm_Armazenamento - 1
dm_biological - 1
pls_fy_deak_square - 1

those who didn't like dm_particle above the rest, and voted it just because it was in a position to overtake The Citizen.

You're missing the point that everyone's free to like or dislike TC. If they indeed don't like it and vote for a map, that's capable of winning - where's the problem? Should they stop voting?

Can you quote anyone saying that? Nope.

Metaphore. Penguinboy, for instance, gave you more than one reason to stop complaining about how people vote, yet, judging from your posts - you've ignored them all.

It's only the lame anti-vote attitude

What happened to expressing your opinion? Sure, some of them didn't provide much reason to why they voted for a different map, yet it's entirely their choice. Be the reason "LULZ IT SUX", it's still a valid vote. Naturally, since by voting you give one point to the map you liked the most, all the other maps you could've voted for recieve sort of an "anti-vote", since the voter didn't find them worthy of his vote. So, if what you're saying is right - every map posted between 01-31 Nov. has already recieved loads of anti-votes. Maybe the other authors should stand up for themselves too?

DoD Tutorials

One of the first sites found in Google. Search before posting threads like this.

Current Score
The Citizen - 9
dm_particle - 7
dm_Armazenamento - 1
dm_biological - 1
pls_fy_deak_square - 1

Oh, and what the fuck?

Well I really don't care too much what happens here. I know that many people, including many whom I don't know personally, have spent many hours enjoying Citizen. And that's all the reward I need.

But, I think that if Citizen doesn't win this .... well Jesus. You'll have to take a long hard look at the reputation of TWHL. Because any mapper with any skill can see that Citizen is not even in the same league as it's competitors here. It's far more accomplished than all of the other contenders put together - in every way - and whether you like Citizen or not, you can't justify denying that.

.. what? Honestly, either accept people's opinions, or don't release your work. Obiviously, no matter how good you think your stuff is, there will always be people, who dislike it or criticise it.
I mean, I've always seen you as experienced mappers, smart people, but fuck, plugging your ears and shouting out "NYANYA, I CAN'T HEAR YOU! CITIZEN PWNS!!" isn't quite the most mature way of reacting to votes against your awesome mod. Sure, there's loads of effort put in it, but that doesn't make it instantly superior to everything released in the MV, does it?
Anti-votes? Bullshit. Some people just don't like The Citizen and they're voting for what they think is the next best release. Call that immature and stupid, eh?
People have opinions, whether you like it or not. Get the fuck over it. :

Still voting for The Citizen, since I did enjoy it. I'm one step from voting for particle, though. I really can't stand shitty immature arrogance.

Singleplayer or Multiplayer?

Definitely Vista.

Online? Never. Who the fuck gave you that idea?
[fail]

Well, if you intend to finally sort this out - go right ahead. Voting's not over yet. :>

That's the same card I had in my old PC. It ran HL2 and CS:S, though I doubt it could handle EP1, not to mention 2.

The engine's updated with every Episodic release, meaning more power required to run it. I don't think an MX440 could handle the fancier effects in TF2.

Tried the tutorial?

You can play it online, since there's loads of nonsteam servers, supporting pretty much everything Steam 1.6 would support.
The only problems with Nonsteam are that you're not able to play on Steam servers and the shitloads of cheaters everywhere.

It's too big. HL limits texture size to 512x512, so anything over that might cause errors. Resize the texture and see if that fixes anything.

What's the texture name and size?
Both might be causing the error (invalid characters in the name, texture too large)

You can always vote. (I wouldn't give particle my vote if I were you, though ;> )

Wow, that's quite a load of concepts..
Nice work with the charger, the temp textures look horrible, though.

Nope, having multiple faces on one plane also causes errors. You'll just have to split both large textures and the solids they're on to avoid this.