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Well I'm glad SOMEBODY got it.
Well, Night in the Office used a flashlight sprite like you said in lieu of the real-time lighting. It looks like crap in my opinion. I could never understand why they switched to the inferior "fixed" method in HL2. HL1's flashlight was so realistic in its behavior, but then they went and downgraded it. Probably they thought it distracted players, but it was so cool...
I'd heard of it, but only because I used to frequent Ten-Four. I've never heard it mentioned anywhere else...
one of the oldest and most well known maps in Half Life mapping historywat
saw1833: Yeah, but a splint could simply restrict movement in a certain direction while allowing for rotation... which I assume is what it does... but I don't know. A splint is just a support.
How is Rotator Splint an oxymoron?
You're trolling aren't you.You got a problem with vertex manipulation? You scared man? What are you scared of?
I would totally take on this challenge if I had the time. It doesn't even look that difficult, the base architecture is very plain and barebones.
keramic tiles.I think you mean Ceramic, with a soft C.
I can't seem to tell from the videos, are the gymnasium facilities local within the structure of the "house" (whatever constitutes as a house), or is that from another location?
Edit: Dumb question, nevermind.
Edit: Dumb question, nevermind.
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Now imagine saying that with an English accent. THESE BLOODY PHYSICS, THEY'RE RUINING MY LIFE!!!
You need something with an odd name. Remember Poke 646? Of course you remember Poke 646. Everybody does. Know why? Because "Poke 646" is not part of our everyday vocabulary. It's strange and different. It's not a series of commonly used words. It stands out from the crowd. Open up a dictionary and find an interesting word. It might just work for your mod.
Also: Maintenance*
You should really spellcheck stuff before implementing it into the mod, where it'll just look silly.
Now imagine saying that with an English accent. THESE BLOODY PHYSICS, THEY'RE RUINING MY LIFE!!!
You need something with an odd name. Remember Poke 646? Of course you remember Poke 646. Everybody does. Know why? Because "Poke 646" is not part of our everyday vocabulary. It's strange and different. It's not a series of commonly used words. It stands out from the crowd. Open up a dictionary and find an interesting word. It might just work for your mod.
Also: Maintenance*
You should really spellcheck stuff before implementing it into the mod, where it'll just look silly.
Anyway, I was going to say that the title is kind of crappy. "Opposing Force", for example, works because it is in equal ways scientific and intriguing, and conjures images of military warfare. Potential Study isn't exciting or intriguing in any way, it's just kind of bland. And not very sciencey either. I recommend distancing your mod from the official games an expansions by discarding "Half-Life" from it. Reason being, it's boring and overused, and ultimately forgettable. I don't know about you, but I don't want people to forget the name of my mod ten minutes after they hear about it.
I mean, imagine if I came on here with a new mod, and it was called "Half-Life: Third Quarter Exams." WOULD YOU BE HYPED ABOUT THAT OR WHAT?
I mean, imagine if I came on here with a new mod, and it was called "Half-Life: Third Quarter Exams." WOULD YOU BE HYPED ABOUT THAT OR WHAT?
So nobody else is going to start with unhelpful banter and put-downs?
Okay, fine...
What the fucking hell is this mod about?
Okay, fine...
What the fucking hell is this mod about?
Like I said, it was just the OBVIOUS CHOICE.
I mean...
I don't know...
I could make something up though.
Anyway, I had used the email address srryimso1337@***.net previously (sorry I'm so 1337? God that was friggin' dorky as hell.) So I just shortened it. To srry. instead of Sorry. You know, just for the sake of originality. And I left it all lower-case for that internet effect. Thus, srry.
Make sense to you?
Nah, me neither...
I honestly have no idea what was going through my head.
I mean...
I don't know...
I could make something up though.
Anyway, I had used the email address srryimso1337@***.net previously (sorry I'm so 1337? God that was friggin' dorky as hell.) So I just shortened it. To srry. instead of Sorry. You know, just for the sake of originality. And I left it all lower-case for that internet effect. Thus, srry.
Make sense to you?
Nah, me neither...
I honestly have no idea what was going through my head.
Windows 3.11And I thought my Windows 98 machine was old-school...
Our usernames have origins? Gee... I dunno about that man...
Mine is just an obvious choice if you ask me.
Mine is just an obvious choice if you ask me.
I had a lot of fun on that server. It isn't like it didn't get any use while it was up. Just not recently...
I think we'd be more successful with impromptu personally hosted games than paying out the ass for server subscriptions. Like, if you wanted to host a game, you'd just let everyone know well beforehand and post up the IP address in a thread, shout, journal post, whatever. Due to our overwhelmingly multinational community, shit-tier ping rates just come with the territory. There's no good way around it... except to move everyone to the U.S.
I think we'd be more successful with impromptu personally hosted games than paying out the ass for server subscriptions. Like, if you wanted to host a game, you'd just let everyone know well beforehand and post up the IP address in a thread, shout, journal post, whatever. Due to our overwhelmingly multinational community, shit-tier ping rates just come with the territory. There's no good way around it... except to move everyone to the U.S.
Any evidence that Obama knows anything about games at all, or has even bothered playing any? I mean, you do realize he reads off prepared speeches, right?
I doubt the guy would have enough time, even if he wanted to. That's like 30 minutes to an hour of the president's time every week that he most likely doesn't have.
I doubt the guy would have enough time, even if he wanted to. That's like 30 minutes to an hour of the president's time every week that he most likely doesn't have.
Oh, I didn't mean the Goldeneye dam map, that one was understandably omitted. I'm referring to de_deadravine, which was already almost completely optimized, and compiled extremely fast for me. w_polys never even got above 1000, if I remember correctly.
Hey, where's all the maps I sent you? I haven't even played it yet (awaiting inclusion of tetsuowad.wad), but just looking through the maps in BSPViewer, there's only one of them in there... you left out the big outdoor one? That was like, the best one... and practically complete. 
That does seem like something you'd make up. I'm fine sticking with this explanation.
I think if I had your kind of income I wouldn't have to worry about such trivial matters, that's what I think.
Well, mine were just abandoned... no good reason, really.
You probably won't be able to get all the maps that I sent you working, thus why I sent you so many. Don't be afraid to omit the worst of them.
o u.
Wow, I had no idea Unquenque was still in the HL mapping/modding business. I remember reading your map reviews on Ten Four back when that site still made updates.
If you think about it, TWHL has been a lot more successful than a lot of other sites that everyone ended up leaving after 3 or 4 years. It's not profitable, its userbase hasn't really increased much (just as many people cease to come here as join, it would seem), but it's a real wonder how we've successfully entertained so many people for so long...
It's slightly unfortunate, but I never really utilized the VERC forums for much anyway. They were practically dead by the time Chatbear shut down, anyway. VERC was a much greater loss, there was just so much great information, and images, which may never be recovered.
That dude just destroys his house...
You have some low standards, kid...
Actually, Tetsu0, that's what it is. It's just one of many paintings by Alex Grey. I guess Tool used it for that album or something.
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It's hard for me to tell the scale, but that area doesn't really look big enough for a whole forest. Maybe a small patch of trees, but indeed I was picturing something like dod_forest when I first heard about it. You should do what skals suggested and put trees atop the rocks so it actually looks like you're surrounded by trees. Also, have some overhanging brush-based branches/leaves sticking out from the rocks (also much like dod_forest) and that should complete the feel.
Basically, just look at what they did in dod_forest and copy it.
Basically, just look at what they did in dod_forest and copy it.
Sounds like an aspiring level designer who doesn't like any of the aspects of level design or the game he's chosen to map for, and has some odd hangups about HD space allocation.
Why don't you just pick another engine if you're going to get all worked over over dedicating 5GB to so-called "pop-culture hype"?
Why don't you just pick another engine if you're going to get all worked over over dedicating 5GB to so-called "pop-culture hype"?
Taken tonight from our hotel room in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sorry if it's a little dark, no editing was done and increasing the exposure time any further created an unnatural bloom effect.
Hmm... too bad you already solved it, this kind of thing can be fun when you're trying to figure out the problem.
No, I don't like them. I wouldn't buy any car as a fashion accessory, and I feel that's mostly what they were going for with this one. It's also going to look severely outdated 5-10 years from now, although at the rate people seem to go through new cars that may not be a problem. However, despite my lack of research, I haven't heard of anything inherently bad about them as a car.
THESE SMOOTHNESS IS JUST THE MOTION BLUR EFFECTSmooth.
A playable nightmare would be pretty difficult, considering you can't really control your movements when you're dreaming.
Also:
Also:
A well rounded cliff-scape could be difficult in goldsourceBS. Unless you don't know how to properly use vertex manipulation.
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BAHAHHAHA!
I didn't even check back on this thread until now. That is awesome Rimrook.
I didn't even check back on this thread until now. That is awesome Rimrook.
Starting a Halo thread on a Half-Life forum was an idea doomed from its inception.
Although I did have a problem with this:
Although I did have a problem with this:
Consoles limitations also basically halt the advancement of graphics as developers have to scale down everything to work on non-upgradable plastic boxes.It doesn't really halt the advancement of graphics, it just forces the developers to find more clever ways to work with what they have to achieve better results, much like people are still doing with the Goldsource engine. If more developers worked like this all the time, maybe we wouldn't have to upgrade hardware at such an insane rate to play the latest games. I mean, if you compare PS2 games that were released near the beginning of the console's life-cycle to some of the last games that were ever made for it, the difference is absolutely outstanding. Same with Playstation 1 games, if you look at some of the total shit that came out at the console's release, and then look at games made in ~2000, it's incredible. They're able to throttle more and more out of these machines as time goes on and technology improves, and developers become more accustomed to working with the hardware and development tools.
Thanks Stu, it had the potential to be better though, but I was lazy and didn't want to set my tripod up in the middle of the communal driveway at night. It's a bit blurry.
And yeah, Luke, he is. He really is. He lays like that about half the time.
And yeah, Luke, he is. He really is. He lays like that about half the time.
Yeah, I kind of overlook little stuff like that as typical corny action movie nonsense.
My main problem with the movie was that the humor was either pretty good or really terrible, nowhere in between, and pacing was pretty much nonexistent. Also, I was among a very sparse audience of maybe ten people at most, and at every joke where nobody laughed it just felt awkward as hell.
Plus, the move made you feel like a little 12-year-old pervert every time it shoved Zoe Saldana's wiggling ass in your face. And it did that a lot.
My main problem with the movie was that the humor was either pretty good or really terrible, nowhere in between, and pacing was pretty much nonexistent. Also, I was among a very sparse audience of maybe ten people at most, and at every joke where nobody laughed it just felt awkward as hell.
Plus, the move made you feel like a little 12-year-old pervert every time it shoved Zoe Saldana's wiggling ass in your face. And it did that a lot.
Saw The Losers. It had its moments, but it was pretty inconsistent and not real memorable. I'll probably forget about it in a few weeks. Didn't have much to set it apart from any other generic action/adventure shit, but at least it didn't take itself to seriously. That'll really bring a movie down.
Fifth element was dildos.