As for my room, this is where I left off.
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Alright, while I put my room map on hold I began mapping my lost_tech_2. Usually when I make a map I do it one area/room at a time and it takes me forever as I don't know what will come next. With this map I drew out the entire floor plan and now im mapping out a basic version of it to get all of my scaleage right. I've never mapped so fast before, the entire map is pretty much already mapped out and I only started a few hours ago!
As for my room, this is where I left off.Thats right, reflective animated mirror biznitches! And fish in my fish tank.
As for my room, this is where I left off.
Nice setup. Someday soon ill do a mini cribs of my room and post it in a forum. That your bike rim? You hit any trails?
Alright, finally got around to it and found my charger. Here she is!
My lamp clamp broke but I think I have another one in storage..
sounds good ill give her a try 
That would be weird but no it doesn't.
@psilous, its kinda hard to make a map look over grown and left behind without grass or tree models.
@psilous, its kinda hard to make a map look over grown and left behind without grass or tree models.
It crashes my hammer too.
I've found that a monster_generic works the best for me for now... And when set to not solid it doesnt even bleed!
I've found that a monster_generic works the best for me for now... And when set to not solid it doesnt even bleed!
Well this worked but when I put a monster_fruniture on an irregular ground the little yellow dots come floating around it as if I put a monster half way in the ground.
Hmm that works good enough for me. Looks a little bit strangs, I wish I could get my sprites to work but thanks.
You put an env_sprite into your map and in the sprite name field you put a model's name. I used to do this and the reason for using it instead of a cycler is that it makes the model illusionary and you can't shoot it to have black junk shoot out of the model. For example I have a grass model but when I use it with a cycler in my map I cant walk through the grass but if it was used as a sprite the player could walk straight through it. And I wan't the player to be able to walk through my bush models as well. Really though this used to work but it crashes my hammer now. Does it work for anyone else? Isn't there like an fgd. that allows it to work or something?
Alright now for some reason when I take an env_sprite and enter a model name into the sprite name field my hammer crashes. I used to be able to do this so how come I can't any more? Do I need a different version of hammer? I have 3.4 but im pretty sure I used to do it with the same version. And I don't want to have to enter something into the compile because I don't do custom compile I just want it to work in hammer.
So that I can use the tree models. The blue/black part wouldn't dissapear when compiled without the correct dlls.
Awesome thanks guys. Sorry for reposting but this was an old forum and I didn't like the title. It seems I already had the dlls in my halflife folder but for some reason they didn't work and by replacing them with the new ones it did. Well now I can get back to work on my map!
I need the halflife dlls that allow models to be maskable. Can someone host theres somewhere for me? I really want to see tree models the way there supposed to be. You could even upload them as a map and I will download them and than you can delete it.
Can someone just host the dlls I need to have masked models. You could host a map that is nothing but the files and than delete it after I download it. I'd really appreciate it.
Oh ok I was going to say the halflife team has a really strange way of mapping.
Yea well im learning its not even worth it anyways. The half life team maps in such a weird way and there maps are all fulllll of bugs and invalid_solid_structures. And when they make a map they drag every outer surface shape of the maps outward to form a giant cube. Its really strange but I guess it saves space. Ive learned a lot of cool things so far. I should have done this a long long time ago.
Im finding out so much by decompiling maps! Does anyone think it would be ok to decompile a map and turn it into a deathmatch map for the server? Ill prolly do this with the first xen map...
Cool, thats what I did. I just downloaded WinBSP v1.4. I didn't think it would be so easy!
Edit: Lol I just totally copied it and pasted it into my map. Life is good!
Edit: Lol I just totally copied it and pasted it into my map. Life is good!
Can anyone help me find out exactly how to reproduce this light used in the xen levels?
I've tryed before but it didn't look the same. And im trying right now but maybe someone else can tell exactly what they used. Right now im messing with some x and z beams and x smoke with high texture scroll rate and around 15 noise. All I need is the jet part, the rest is simple. It may also have something to do with the plasma sprite.
My brother has the flu and went to the doctor and the stupid doctor asked my brother what swine flu symtoms were.
Very creative dude!
Yea it is kinda a weird hobby, but still really cool!
Thanks luke, yea im extremely proud of it! Just wate until I make cups for it and glaze it!
Back when my twin and I were younger and took ceramics in high school we wanted to make a teapot that was strange enough that someone would use it for shroom tea. My brother made one that wasn't very functional and ever since I wanted to make one in the back of my mind. I'd never actually do shrooms it just was the inspiration.
When making teapots if the person making it will put the extra work into it to make the lid not fall off when tilted I believe it adds value to it. Always worrying that my lids will fall off I was inspired to design one that couldn't even if tilted upside down or shaken. This bad boy will hold your tea!
Back when my twin and I were younger and took ceramics in high school we wanted to make a teapot that was strange enough that someone would use it for shroom tea. My brother made one that wasn't very functional and ever since I wanted to make one in the back of my mind. I'd never actually do shrooms it just was the inspiration.
When making teapots if the person making it will put the extra work into it to make the lid not fall off when tilted I believe it adds value to it. Always worrying that my lids will fall off I was inspired to design one that couldn't even if tilted upside down or shaken. This bad boy will hold your tea!
Thanks, Its the lid. Notice that its off and on the floor in the second pic. The whole thing allows the lid to be slid into the top of the teapot and the clip holds it on. Also notice how im pushing it back to pull the clip up in the second pic. This releases the lid and makes it slide out into your hand. The rubberband won't be there as soon as I replace it with wire.
The second teapot is one I finished today. I just have to wate for it to dry and sand it so that the lid will fit into it snuggly. Im going to glaze it orange with some green speckle like a pumpkin. Its for my mom for christmas.
Thanks for the site 3898 thow I didn't find yours..
38_98 can you tell me where you got yours so I can use it too? Its awesome!
Penrhyn Castle.
That would be retarded I'd feel like a perverted douche bag if I was mapping boobs. Have yall ever played penis island on counterstrike? Really though, should I come up with some ideas or will yall just throw them into the furnace to keep warm?
Go see it with someone! It was good!
Well our partys tommorow and I finally found my camera charger so ill take some pictures of our decorations when im out there and post them. We built an entire graveyard "we cut the tombstones out of wood, painted them, got gothic letter stencils and sprayed darker grey through them for the lettering, attached pipe holders to the backs of them, put them all in a field and shined a green spot light at them." Last year we built the paper mache devil that will be under the bridge when you first pull up. We learned to tie a 13 knot noose and built a dummy with a head we bought and are gonna hang it under the bridge. Were building a goblin dummy with a mask we have and are gonna put it off in the woods with a fake fire by it. Halloween lights and christmas lights are everywhere. And tons more. Its really neet out there. My cousin's band is gonna play out there at the cabin btw and were bbqing hotdogs and hamburgers. Very unfortunately a few days ago I got a major soar throat but luckily after gargling non stop and 11 hours of sleep last night I feel better even though I don't sound better. And im dressing up as freddy krueger 
Edit: Well our party was freaking awesome, wish yall coulda been there. There must have been fifty people there at one point. Everyone was gone, we had five coolers full of beer and punch. I'll post some pics from the party when I get around to it. When I was jamming to the band for some reason I repeatedly punched a tree trunk that supported my cabin so my hands all jacked up and some how I have a huge slit on my thumb. I laughed, I cried, I fought my older brother, yea it was awesome!
Edit: Well our party was freaking awesome, wish yall coulda been there. There must have been fifty people there at one point. Everyone was gone, we had five coolers full of beer and punch. I'll post some pics from the party when I get around to it. When I was jamming to the band for some reason I repeatedly punched a tree trunk that supported my cabin so my hands all jacked up and some how I have a huge slit on my thumb. I laughed, I cried, I fought my older brother, yea it was awesome!
Will I be able to help decide the next competition? I can come up with some ideas...
Thats a good little idea, I might use it in the woods. Also I just learned how to tie a noose knot and were going to hang a bunch of them in the trees. And well use one for the hanging dummy under the bridge. And for 25 bucks we bought a torn off girl's head with scary buldging out eyes that well use for the head of it. Its gonna be very scary! Ill take lots of picks!
I meant decorated like one. 
We are building a little cemetary with tombstones we made out of wood. And we decorated all inside and outside it with cool lighting and stuff. Were gonna have green trashcan punch and craploads of beer. Right when you first go under the bridge to get to our land were making a dummy hang from it by a noose and the evil will be under the bridge in the dark staring at you.
We are building a little cemetary with tombstones we made out of wood. And we decorated all inside and outside it with cool lighting and stuff. Were gonna have green trashcan punch and craploads of beer. Right when you first go under the bridge to get to our land were making a dummy hang from it by a noose and the evil will be under the bridge in the dark staring at you.You guys are too logical lol. And wtf jeff?
yea well this gas would get you free beer, bbq, pool table, beer pong, live band, haunted cabin sorta, and hot girls lol.
Yea well have to meet up some day or something. Whats a few hours anyway besides the fact that I hate driving.
Is'nt someone else here from Tex? If so you should get a friend or come by yourself to the party, its gonna be cool! Same goes for you Grim, tell uni to suck it, tell your boss your sick, tell your mom your going to your friends house and hit the road. 
Well if not that well go fishing some time or something.
This is the creek under the abandoned bridge by our cabin. My bro
Heres a life size devil paper michet we made just for the party.
Well if not that well go fishing some time or something.
This is the creek under the abandoned bridge by our cabin. My bro
Lol. Yea definitly reefer actually im haveing a halloween party the 24th at my cabin in columbus the 24th. Wish you could come if you were in the area.
Yea I live in Houston sort of by katy, where do you live grim? Yea well I gotta give it to you hot dog, your map made me really nervous! I really thought you might win almost for sure. Youve always had an edge on me and beat me, I just went really big with this map.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOO yea. AWESOMENESS!!! Wow im so excited I won. I felt it was really close with hotdog and I! And I felt Moab was gonna place too. Congrats to the all of you! I had to call everyone and wake them up to tell them lol.
Making suggestions is complaining?
Who said I was joking? Jk lol.
Rimrook, whats it take to qualify?
Mapping skills and understanding is all, I really believe.
Not just "an appoint of authority"
Do not you and I qualify to judge maps being that we both map a lot and have a great understanding of what makes a good or bad map?
Why not message say Kasperg and Captain p to judge them? They both have an understanding of gold and source mapping and have proven it.
Mapping skills and understanding is all, I really believe.
Not just "an appoint of authority"
Do not you and I qualify to judge maps being that we both map a lot and have a great understanding of what makes a good or bad map?
Why not message say Kasperg and Captain p to judge them? They both have an understanding of gold and source mapping and have proven it.
http://twhl.co.za/vault.php?map=5314
You can play it in the server.
Seriously why haven't they been judged yet?
If the judges are too busy why don't they just appoint someone else to judge? Usually when someone can't do their job someone else does...
You can play it in the server.
Seriously why haven't they been judged yet?
If the judges are too busy why don't they just appoint someone else to judge? Usually when someone can't do their job someone else does...
Your mom is easy.
what are yall talking about? crap im cramming so bad for my trig test. Im so far behind I don't know where to start. Im such a procrastinator! Looks like I won't get any in on my map today...
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Anything and everything is progress. So did anyone check out chicco's bedroom by zemeck in the vault? Its very cool and inspirational. He used a very large scale. I've put countless hours into my map so far making my guitar and everything. I have a lot more to go though like the closets, custom textures, lighting, and more. I am going to do something really cool with my tv as well but it will be a surprise.
Just something to think about. Think about the gameplay of the map. Make it flowable where the player can pretty much get around the entire map without having to climb ladders. Stack books, lean things against tall things that the player can run up. Make things reachable in jumping distance. Add "water". Put a glass of water, a beer bottle, anything the player can swim in. Think about what would be cool to go into if you were small. Maybe the paintball gun you have in your closet. Put it on the floor and map it so that you can walk through the barrel and into the hopper. Map your hamster cage so that you can go into it. Map your fish tank! "I did
" and make the fish swim around. Use neat ways of movement. In one of the counterstrike rats maps a sponge acts as a bounce. A toy gun can become a turret. Make your lights and fan controllable. Let the player be able to change the channel on the tv.
Most of all add ambience. This really brings life to the map. Make the closet sound like a cave with blue and green lighting. Make the attick floor boards squeek. Make your clocks tick, your computer hum. Just make an awesome map for the server so it will bring in more players!
Just something to think about. Think about the gameplay of the map. Make it flowable where the player can pretty much get around the entire map without having to climb ladders. Stack books, lean things against tall things that the player can run up. Make things reachable in jumping distance. Add "water". Put a glass of water, a beer bottle, anything the player can swim in. Think about what would be cool to go into if you were small. Maybe the paintball gun you have in your closet. Put it on the floor and map it so that you can walk through the barrel and into the hopper. Map your hamster cage so that you can go into it. Map your fish tank! "I did
" and make the fish swim around. Use neat ways of movement. In one of the counterstrike rats maps a sponge acts as a bounce. A toy gun can become a turret. Make your lights and fan controllable. Let the player be able to change the channel on the tv. Most of all add ambience. This really brings life to the map. Make the closet sound like a cave with blue and green lighting. Make the attick floor boards squeek. Make your clocks tick, your computer hum. Just make an awesome map for the server so it will bring in more players!
Yea that does look very huge, whats your scale to feet?