I've always wondered this. You can see this in some of the original Half Life maps.
I wish I had screenshots of it at hand, but I can't find them at the BMS site (even if I know I've seen them there) and I don't remember what the chapter is called (or even where it is in the game), but it's where you come out of an underground parking lot just to see a gargantua fighting some soldiers, a plane flying overhead dropping bombs on them and a tank with a handful of grunts around it at the far end of the road.
When you get into the building closest to the road (where you find a Barney in the locker room) there are small windows through which you can only see the skybox from the inside, and a black brush from the outside. Yet they are the same windows and there is no map change in between the areas.
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Love seeing this type of research, even if it's a 15 year old game engine. Wonder if there are people doing this with newer engines too.
Never made sense to me either.
Time to dig through the HL source code
Time to dig through the HL source code
I do, sometimes.
Not only I agree with you Urby, Red Cell also agrees with you.
You'd also need to download it.
When supply is high and demand is low, price falls.
I got one randomly too. I haven't played it yet.
I got one randomly too. I haven't played it yet.
My question was if the problem is that ALL sounds in game are quiet or just your custom sounds.
That's odd, really. Does this happen to ALL in-game sounds or just those specific ones?
Have a look at this test map, it might shed some light on the configuration.
Have a look at this test map, it might shed some light on the configuration.
There are some creative uses for round start triggers. The most prominent ninja mindfuck I can think of right now is cs_havana - I always got lost in it, I thought there were lots of places that looked very much like other places and I could never find my way around it... until I noticed it was a rather simple map that just changed a few things on every round (doors and windows opening or closing, holes appearing in walls, fences appearing and disappearing). I really hated it.
Ninja, those renders look oddly un-contrasty, despite the shadows. No idea if you tweaked the images after rendering, but there is something very wrong there in terms of contrast curves that my brain doesn't like.
Ninja, those renders look oddly un-contrasty, despite the shadows. No idea if you tweaked the images after rendering, but there is something very wrong there in terms of contrast curves that my brain doesn't like.
You mean "new" as in 15 years old?
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A proxy should get you around the block anyway. But yeah blocking a country for any reason is a dick move.
...what's gamefront?
How about everyone gets a gun when they get their drivers licence. That would ensure everyone, rich or poor, can defend themselves when the situation arises. Yeah.
Do you have a Tardis across the street?
What I'd like to know is how would different urban environments blend in this project. What I mean is, houses in some neighbourhoods (possibly like Captain T's) are several metres apart from each other, whilst in other neighbourhoods (i.e Manhattan) there is no such space in between buildings and their facades line up forming a (mostly) continuous and uninterrupted surface. Or people that live in apartment buildings.
What I'd like to know is how would different urban environments blend in this project. What I mean is, houses in some neighbourhoods (possibly like Captain T's) are several metres apart from each other, whilst in other neighbourhoods (i.e Manhattan) there is no such space in between buildings and their facades line up forming a (mostly) continuous and uninterrupted surface. Or people that live in apartment buildings.
So I come back to find a new competition. Maybe I'll do something for it...
What about the blood?
Oh you silly americans and your halloween costumes. Zeeba, that one is sweet.
I vaguely remember wanting to have a costume party last year, but I didn't have time or even an excuse. I don't even remember what I wanted to be at the time, but I sometimes thought of borrowing my uncle's police uniform.
An easy one is a grey suit and a briefcase. To some people, lawyers are scarier than anything else out there!
Gordon Freeman would be pretty awesome, but I'm not sure how I'd make an HEV suit. Perhaps just having a labcoat as an alternative.
I vaguely remember wanting to have a costume party last year, but I didn't have time or even an excuse. I don't even remember what I wanted to be at the time, but I sometimes thought of borrowing my uncle's police uniform.
An easy one is a grey suit and a briefcase. To some people, lawyers are scarier than anything else out there!
Gordon Freeman would be pretty awesome, but I'm not sure how I'd make an HEV suit. Perhaps just having a labcoat as an alternative.
Purple XMLThese silly devs always trying to cram XML into things.
A little over two years but less than a thousand threads later, the question is asked again.
I like how some of you are telling different stories.
I like how some of you are telling different stories.
NPCs "can't walk over the grating" or "fall through"? Because if they willingly don't walk over it, you might need to add info_nodes.
I'm looking for small and lightweight, the price isn't really that different between the two.
[Update:]
Why is it that when I find a pretty decent model for a reasonable price, it is completely unheard of in the manufacturer's website? What's the point of having a website at all if you're not going to list all available models?
I found several models on vendor's sites that are mentioned about nowhere else on the internet. Not even in the manufacturer's official website. The lack of some details kind of pisses me off. And this happens with many models and brands.
I hate shopping for things.Clothes, computers, photography gear, anything. I hate it.
Anyway.
Seeing what's available, I think I'll most likely get this one:
Acer Aspire AS5750 ($400, down from $530)
[Update:]
Why is it that when I find a pretty decent model for a reasonable price, it is completely unheard of in the manufacturer's website? What's the point of having a website at all if you're not going to list all available models?
I found several models on vendor's sites that are mentioned about nowhere else on the internet. Not even in the manufacturer's official website. The lack of some details kind of pisses me off. And this happens with many models and brands.
I hate shopping for things.Clothes, computers, photography gear, anything. I hate it.
Anyway.
Seeing what's available, I think I'll most likely get this one:
Acer Aspire AS5750 ($400, down from $530)
- Processor: 2.3GHz Intel Core i3-2350M Dual-Core Sandy Bridge
- Memory: 4GB upgradeable to 8GB for I don't care how much because I'll do it anyway
- Screen: 15.6" LED
- Hard Drive: 500GB 5400RPM SATA
- Battery: 6-cell 4400mAh, 4.5 hours
- USB 3.0
- 10/100/1000 ethernet (very few models seem to have it)
Great! Can't wait to see.
Yeah if you break it up a bit, with some debris and junk inside it'll be looking awesome.
I think it's looking great. The only bit that kind of irks me is in this picture:
Being unfinished, the edge of that wall on the right is too straight and neat and tidy. I'd break it up a bit, or recede it a bit, or deform it a bit, or all three.
I have not the slightest idea of what I am looking at in that screenshot.
@Archie:
I suppose those are placeholder textures because THOSE ARE THE WORST VEHICLE TRACKS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
The cliff, however, looks pretty good.
I suppose those are placeholder textures because THOSE ARE THE WORST VEHICLE TRACKS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
The cliff, however, looks pretty good.
@Urby: I do have 200 quid. But I intend to spend them on a Canon 85mm/1.8. I'm thinking of borrowing the extra 200 from my father
I never quite figured out nipples. Of course, I never had a laptop with that so I haven't really had many opportunities to test them.
So what I have so far is:
Netbook:
+ small form factor / light weight
+ longer battery life
+ much better processing power (good for photoshop and occasionally gaming)
I never quite figured out nipples. Of course, I never had a laptop with that so I haven't really had many opportunities to test them.
So what I have so far is:
Netbook:
+ small form factor / light weight
+ longer battery life
- bad processing power
+ much better processing power (good for photoshop and occasionally gaming)
- half the battery life
Everything is relative really. Does the world really move around you? Does the world really fall upwards and is only held in place by you? It all depends on how you think of it.
If your rendering test is doing the opposite of what you expected, just invert your variables.
If your rendering test is doing the opposite of what you expected, just invert your variables.
You don't understand statistics.
These are percentages, they are independent of the number of units out there.
These are percentages, they are independent of the number of units out there.
Checked back and they stocked a new model today.
For the same price it gets a 2.3GHz i3 dual core and 500GB hard drive, although a slightly shorter battery life.
The idea of a notebook is growing on me but I still like the long battery life part. Stupid batteries.
For the same price it gets a 2.3GHz i3 dual core and 500GB hard drive, although a slightly shorter battery life.
The idea of a notebook is growing on me but I still like the long battery life part. Stupid batteries.
YES IT IS. And it is even better live.
HP do suck. I stay away from anything HP due to bad experiences with their products.
Yes sir, much better. What's that on the right? Light bugs?
I mainly thought of a netbook as a means to interact with my camera and pull all the pictures I'll be taking into a hard drive. I was thinking of it more like a portable hard drive with its own screen and keyboard than a full-sized computer. Internet access being only a side effect. The ability to function as a music player with a six to eight hour battery was also a bonus for long flights.
Small form factor and a very light weight are things you start to consider seriously when you already are carrying other equipment for work. With camera, flash, lenses, batteries, chargers and other necessary items, my camera bag weighs in at about 6kg in average work days. And very often I have to carry it around on me, because leaving it somewhere is not an option.
Netbooks can have largish hard drives, iPads (or any tablet) run on SD cards with a capacity that is nowhere near the capacity of a hard disk. So that would require me lugging around an additional external hard drive. Every gram adds up.
A notebook on the other hand can provide extra processing power for the occasional Photoshop session, although I am not sure how often that would happen. Notebooks also have more ports and an optical drive, which netbooks don't.
Small form factor and a very light weight are things you start to consider seriously when you already are carrying other equipment for work. With camera, flash, lenses, batteries, chargers and other necessary items, my camera bag weighs in at about 6kg in average work days. And very often I have to carry it around on me, because leaving it somewhere is not an option.
Netbooks can have largish hard drives, iPads (or any tablet) run on SD cards with a capacity that is nowhere near the capacity of a hard disk. So that would require me lugging around an additional external hard drive. Every gram adds up.
A notebook on the other hand can provide extra processing power for the occasional Photoshop session, although I am not sure how often that would happen. Notebooks also have more ports and an optical drive, which netbooks don't.
@Striker: What's special about the Atom? Or was that a TWHL joke?
@Penguinboy: Why is 2GB RAM a joke?
...I'm suspecting it's related to me not seeing the problem with my rolling ball no-scrollwheel mouse, right? hides
I don't have a big problem with having a small screen, but I'll bear that in mind.
@Penguinboy: Why is 2GB RAM a joke?
...I'm suspecting it's related to me not seeing the problem with my rolling ball no-scrollwheel mouse, right? hides
I don't have a big problem with having a small screen, but I'll bear that in mind.
You can still use the old desktop monitor.
Striker's thread just reminded me I wanted to ask for advice too. But I'll make my own thread to avoid stealing his.
I was considering the acquisition of a cheap netbook to be able to download the insane amount of pictures I expect to take while in the US. And get internet access while I'm at it. I originally thought of a Raspberry Pi because it is cheap+portable but I read they have some issues and also they are taking ages to deliver them.
So I went to the B&H site and looked up the list of netbooks, ordered by price. The cheapest was an Asus EEE PC that doesn't even have audio out jack, so I skipped that one. For a small difference, I found this:
Acer Aspire One AOD270-1410: $270
Then a friend came along and suggested I get a notebook instead, to replace my ancient desktop. About all of them are more powerful than what I have right now. But the cost goes up. I looked again and found this:
Acer Aspire E1-531-4444: $390
I mainly need a thing to download my pictures into while I am away from home and the occasional internet access, and I intend to get a new desktop later this year if I can so replacing my desktop is not a real priority. But since I don't know a lot about current hardware, I ask for advice so as not to do something stupid.
As always, thanks for your attention
I was considering the acquisition of a cheap netbook to be able to download the insane amount of pictures I expect to take while in the US. And get internet access while I'm at it. I originally thought of a Raspberry Pi because it is cheap+portable but I read they have some issues and also they are taking ages to deliver them.
So I went to the B&H site and looked up the list of netbooks, ordered by price. The cheapest was an Asus EEE PC that doesn't even have audio out jack, so I skipped that one. For a small difference, I found this:
Acer Aspire One AOD270-1410: $270
- Screen: 10.1"
- Processor: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N2600 Dual-Core
- Memory: 1GB DDR3 SDRAM, upgradeable to 2GB for some $20
- Graphics Card: Integrated Intel GMA 3600 with 64MB Dedicated
- Hard Drive: SATA 320GB@5400RPM
- Battery: 6-cell, 4400mAh, about 8h charge.
Then a friend came along and suggested I get a notebook instead, to replace my ancient desktop. About all of them are more powerful than what I have right now. But the cost goes up. I looked again and found this:
Acer Aspire E1-531-4444: $390
- Screen: 15.6"
- Processor: 2.1GHz Intel Pentium B950 Dual-Core
- Memory: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, upgradeable to 8GB for some $25
- Graphics Card: Integrated Intel HD Graphics with up to 128MB Shared
- Hard Drive: SATA 320GB@5400RPM
- Battery: 6-cell, 4400mAh, about 4h charge
I mainly need a thing to download my pictures into while I am away from home and the occasional internet access, and I intend to get a new desktop later this year if I can so replacing my desktop is not a real priority. But since I don't know a lot about current hardware, I ask for advice so as not to do something stupid.
As always, thanks for your attention
Wow you've been doing your homework.
I have no idea if they are or not, but I'm slightly inclined to believe they are in some cases.
Like rufee said, don't think about "future upgrades". They most likely won't happen. You will completely forget about them. And if they do happen, they'll be something you are not thinking about right now.
I also second what he said about the screen. It's a laptop, you will probably be lugging it around. The larger/heavier it is, the less you will want to.
I have no idea if they are or not, but I'm slightly inclined to believe they are in some cases.
Like rufee said, don't think about "future upgrades". They most likely won't happen. You will completely forget about them. And if they do happen, they'll be something you are not thinking about right now.
I also second what he said about the screen. It's a laptop, you will probably be lugging it around. The larger/heavier it is, the less you will want to.
What is this greenlight thing? I tried to have a look at it but it took forever to load and I went to do something else.
That just looks odd.
I am going to shoot two things. That's how badly I am looking forward to it.
HAHA if you must!
I never really liked Xen but it's a part of the game. It's what makes it a complete product, and part of what made Half Life epic. It might be my least favourite part, but taking it off would leave Half Life an incomplete product, with an unfinished storyline. It's a part of the whole.
I never really liked Xen but it's a part of the game. It's what makes it a complete product, and part of what made Half Life epic. It might be my least favourite part, but taking it off would leave Half Life an incomplete product, with an unfinished storyline. It's a part of the whole.
I still can't see it even if I turn my screen 90 degrees.
GAH 14 SEP?! But I am leaving on 15 SEP and won't be back home until 4 OCT!
cancels US trip
cancels US trip
Instead of upgrading his audio hardware, Skals upgrades his hearing. Like a boss.
I beat all of you.
Integrated sound chip from motherboard + Genius HS-04A headset.
What did you say? It was about being high end, not low end? Aw.
Integrated sound chip from motherboard + Genius HS-04A headset.
What did you say? It was about being high end, not low end? Aw.