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You'd probably be reducing your chances of winning by making them look significantly worse, though.
fuck, dragos, just say you hate all the textures I made and be done with it - stop skirting around the issue 
Are there normal maps to suit?Yep!
Is everyone okay with Penguinboys time frame?Yep!
is 256x256 pretty much the GldSrc standard these days?Yep!
Is this any different?Yep! It has some bolts nailed into it at random. It just breaks up the monotony a bit. I'm not sure I actually like that texture much, anyway. It looked cooler in my head.
Dragos, I'm really confused as to why you're being so negative about this.
Even with 20 textures + variations, that's still a very limited palette, and there's only so much you can do with those.
Having too defined a theme will remove creativity, and giving people more self-regulation with how they use the textures will give some really unique and interesting results.
Like I said, though, I'm only going to make a few more and then I'll send them to pengy and strider, and they can decide amongst themselves if they want to use them.
I've done all the textures with a grid, as well, so the details such as the dark borders at the bottom of the first wall textures in that preview image line up properly with the Hammer grid. This means you can make detailed brushwork that will fit the textures perfectly.
Even with 20 textures + variations, that's still a very limited palette, and there's only so much you can do with those.
Having too defined a theme will remove creativity, and giving people more self-regulation with how they use the textures will give some really unique and interesting results.
Like I said, though, I'm only going to make a few more and then I'll send them to pengy and strider, and they can decide amongst themselves if they want to use them.
I've done all the textures with a grid, as well, so the details such as the dark borders at the bottom of the first wall textures in that preview image line up properly with the Hammer grid. This means you can make detailed brushwork that will fit the textures perfectly.
It's always going to just be an illusion, and it's a lot easier to pull off if the player never actually swims in the water.
There are a few key things you'll need to sell the effect:
1. Animated refraction material behind the glass. This will distort things, but not to the extent you would get from a regular water material (which won't render at the bottom or sides anyway).
2. Bubbles! Don't underestimate this trick - it can really, really sell the effect! Try Source2007's particle editor, or if you're not feeling adventurous enough, just use sprites.
3. Blue fog falloff. Above ground you fade to grey fog. Under water, it should fade to blue or brown, depending on how you want it to look.
4. Typical underwater props. Does this tunnel run along the sea floor Rapture-style? Add plant-life and rust!
5. Caustics. Not totally necessary and a bitch to pull off properly, but if you can get good looking caustics then your effect will be flawless.
6. Sound. Big, slow, booming metal groans & that flat reverb you only get when submerged in water.
7. Leaks. When all else fails, convince the player that they're genuinely under water by having some leaking into the tunnel. Even just a few drops leaking in at a seam in the tunnel could help sell it.
All these effects only work from the perspective of being in a dry tunnel running through the water. If the player has to swim at some point, you'll probably have to trigger them all to turn off and on when the player leaves and enters the tunnel respectively.
Good luck!
There are a few key things you'll need to sell the effect:
1. Animated refraction material behind the glass. This will distort things, but not to the extent you would get from a regular water material (which won't render at the bottom or sides anyway).
2. Bubbles! Don't underestimate this trick - it can really, really sell the effect! Try Source2007's particle editor, or if you're not feeling adventurous enough, just use sprites.
3. Blue fog falloff. Above ground you fade to grey fog. Under water, it should fade to blue or brown, depending on how you want it to look.
4. Typical underwater props. Does this tunnel run along the sea floor Rapture-style? Add plant-life and rust!
5. Caustics. Not totally necessary and a bitch to pull off properly, but if you can get good looking caustics then your effect will be flawless.
6. Sound. Big, slow, booming metal groans & that flat reverb you only get when submerged in water.
7. Leaks. When all else fails, convince the player that they're genuinely under water by having some leaking into the tunnel. Even just a few drops leaking in at a seam in the tunnel could help sell it.
All these effects only work from the perspective of being in a dry tunnel running through the water. If the player has to swim at some point, you'll probably have to trigger them all to turn off and on when the player leaves and enters the tunnel respectively.
Good luck!
I'm happy to expand on the themes. 'Tis why I was asking for suggestions. You guys should contribute as well, but I think the competition would be more meaningful if the textures are 100% original content, rather than taking textures from existing packs.
Also, Natural Selection textures would be no good because they're too low-res for Source mappers.
Also, Natural Selection textures would be no good because they're too low-res for Source mappers.
Modern industrial, but they would suit a lab or a military base, too.
A smaller texture pack than the preview I just showed would be totally unworkable. Keep in mind that without the variations, there are only 14 textures there.
When I was designing them, I was thinking of how they could all be used in one theme, and I think they're perfectly suited.
I was going to add around 10 more, including doors, windows & lights.
There should be a rule that every texture must be used, to add to the challenge.
When I was designing them, I was thinking of how they could all be used in one theme, and I think they're perfectly suited.
I was going to add around 10 more, including doors, windows & lights.
There should be a rule that every texture must be used, to add to the challenge.
Since I've spent today doing nothing thanks to a birthday hangover, I figured I'd start working on a texture pack for this, since nobody else seems to be.
All original content, all tile correctly, all 1024px.
Suggestions of what else to include?
So far we have:
3 variations of grey metal walls.
3 variations of cyan metal walls.
2 variations of rugged wood walls.
6 variations of white concrete walls.
3 variations of metal trusses.
2 variations of concrete pillars.
2 variations of tiled concrete floors.
1 mossy ground.
1 metal floor with indents.
3 variations of dark carbon fibre.
1 light blue generic metal.
2 variations of grates.
2 variations of concrete floors.
2 variations of odd sized bricks.
1 Glasgow street criss-cross brick floor.
Edit:
I forgot about doors and lights for Goldsource mappers. Don't worry about them, I'll make some. Other suggestions still needed, though.
All original content, all tile correctly, all 1024px.
So far we have:
3 variations of grey metal walls.
3 variations of cyan metal walls.
2 variations of rugged wood walls.
6 variations of white concrete walls.
3 variations of metal trusses.
2 variations of concrete pillars.
2 variations of tiled concrete floors.
1 mossy ground.
1 metal floor with indents.
3 variations of dark carbon fibre.
1 light blue generic metal.
2 variations of grates.
2 variations of concrete floors.
2 variations of odd sized bricks.
1 Glasgow street criss-cross brick floor.
Edit:
I forgot about doors and lights for Goldsource mappers. Don't worry about them, I'll make some. Other suggestions still needed, though.
Silly and fun, exactly what the community needs. I'm in.
are you using pre-Source 2007?
Also, wrong forum category.
Also, wrong forum category.
He increased the contrast significantly after I made my post.
All your pictures really lack contrast and seem to have very little thought put into them.
Do some post-production on them
Do some post-production on them
Something you'll learn quickly (or die) is that technicians are very sensitive about their equipment.Heh, I'm in my third year and I've known this since about week 2 of my first year
Some utterly amazing shots, caboose. The light rays especially are just wow!
Photo taken the last time a TV student returned kit late to our technician.
Portal 2-style moving stairs would look sweet in that sci-fi environment. You already have a tiled floor set up for it, although a nicer texture wouldn't hurt 
Loving this!
Loving this!
I like that wallpaper a lot, Stridey. Is it your own photo?
Bad Teacher.
Not even Cameron Diaz's hotness is enough to redeem this steaming pile of shit.
Her character is so annoying that she just becomes insanely unattractive. Not a smart move by the director - removing the only selling point of the film.
Not even Cameron Diaz's hotness is enough to redeem this steaming pile of shit.
Her character is so annoying that she just becomes insanely unattractive. Not a smart move by the director - removing the only selling point of the film.
I count four, but still
there are supposed to be five
so there you have it.
there are supposed to be five
so there you have it.
There is nothing wrong
with thread necrophilia
aside from the phrase
with thread necrophilia
aside from the phrase
It's clearly not trying to be a super serious sim, though, muzzeh. I mean look at the little astronaut characters. They're hilarious 
I think it's just realistic enough to be very challenging, while still being silly enough to be very fun. It gives you a lot of freedom to mess about which those other sims you linked to don't appear to.
I think it's just realistic enough to be very challenging, while still being silly enough to be very fun. It gives you a lot of freedom to mess about which those other sims you linked to don't appear to.
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce the most exciting playable game still in development since Minecraft.
Kerbal Space Program.
Build your own space vehicle in a Spore-like building environment, then take on a surprisingly competent physics engine and see if you can get into space and even enter a stable orbit.
There's an incredible amount of content yet to come including missions and hundreds more items to craft into spaceships, but even in its current pre-alpha state it's incredibly fun.
It's free to play at the moment, or you can pre-order it for the low low price of $7US and receive all future updates ala minecraft.
Here's one I'm quite proud of - the HMS Hunteh and its maiden voyage.
Finished construction.
Lift off!
t+ 30 seconds and the solid fuel boosters seperate from the main rocket.
t+ 2:13 and we're in LEO
t+ 3:32 and the primary engines - now empty of their liquid fuel - separate from the orbiter.
The final rocket stage activates. Speeds now exceed 1221 metres per second.
Rolling into an orbit around the Earth.
t+ 5:23, and with all fuel spent, the command capsule jettisons and begins the long descent back to Earth.
A lot of the graphics are still placeholder, but it's well worth playing regardless. Post your creations!
Kerbal Space Program.
Build your own space vehicle in a Spore-like building environment, then take on a surprisingly competent physics engine and see if you can get into space and even enter a stable orbit.
There's an incredible amount of content yet to come including missions and hundreds more items to craft into spaceships, but even in its current pre-alpha state it's incredibly fun.
It's free to play at the moment, or you can pre-order it for the low low price of $7US and receive all future updates ala minecraft.
Here's one I'm quite proud of - the HMS Hunteh and its maiden voyage.
Finished construction.
I agree with most of what you said. Stylistically, in a time where gritty brown and grey were the only options, they boldly said "fuck off, we're going to be visually interesting" and they succeeded wonderfully... To the extent that everything which uses solid colours since its release is compared to it.
As for the gameplay, I gotta admit that the novelty of the parkour wore off pretty quickly. By the later levels it felt like the last quarter of Bioshock in terms of mindlessly getting from A to B without much purpose or drive.
I think it was a good game, but the combat is so awkwardly worked into it that it ruins the experience somewhat.
Mirror's Edge 2 was axed by EA in February, but recent reports from E3 suggest that it has been revived using the same engine as BF3. Should be interesting seeing what the devs do with such scale.
As for the gameplay, I gotta admit that the novelty of the parkour wore off pretty quickly. By the later levels it felt like the last quarter of Bioshock in terms of mindlessly getting from A to B without much purpose or drive.
I think it was a good game, but the combat is so awkwardly worked into it that it ruins the experience somewhat.
Mirror's Edge 2 was axed by EA in February, but recent reports from E3 suggest that it has been revived using the same engine as BF3. Should be interesting seeing what the devs do with such scale.
Just watched that whole video. It's certainly quite convincing in many ways and I'm glad they addressed specific criticisms, for example those said by Notch.
The guy's a total twat, though. Like the sort of person I imagine Crollo being in real life; making really awkward jokes and having a very elitist air about him.
Also, seriously, the only time they'll ever let someone in to their company to have a peek, and it's a single-camera one-man operation with the interview skills of a stick of celery?
I've seen better produced and edited videos by the class of 11 year olds I teach it to.
The guy's a total twat, though. Like the sort of person I imagine Crollo being in real life; making really awkward jokes and having a very elitist air about him.
Also, seriously, the only time they'll ever let someone in to their company to have a peek, and it's a single-camera one-man operation with the interview skills of a stick of celery?
I've seen better produced and edited videos by the class of 11 year olds I teach it to.
It's good advice.
This is really old.
it is a scam.
They made a voxel renderer, probably based on sparse voxel octrees. That’s cool and all, but.. To quote the video, the island in the video is one km^2. Let’s assume a modest island height of just eight meters, and we end up with 0.008 km^3. At 64 atoms per cubic millimeter (four per millimeter), that is a total of 512 000 000 000 000 000 atoms. If each voxel is made up of one byte of data, that is a total of 512 petabytes of information, or about 170 000 three-terrabyte harddrives full of information. In reality, you will need way more than just one byte of data per voxel to do colors and lighting, and the island is probably way taller than just eight meters, so that estimate is very optimistic.
...
It’s a very pretty and very impressive piece of technology, but they’re carefully avoiding to mention any of the drawbacks, and they’re pretending like what they’re doing is something new and impressive. In reality, it’s been done several times before.
-1 pitch is almost completely horizontal. Try -45
4gb of fast RAM is not a lack of it, especially for Goldsource.
Define "PC just dies".
If you mean it's just going unresponsive, that's normal and is due to the processor being entirely occupied by the compile. Leave your PC alone until it's finished.
Define "PC just dies".
If you mean it's just going unresponsive, that's normal and is due to the processor being entirely occupied by the compile. Leave your PC alone until it's finished.
this is so pointless. Most members are part of the steam community. Use that for idle chatter - everything else is already catered for.
Wonderful that Valve were happy to record the script for him.
It and New Vegas are right up there in my top 5 games of all time. There are quite a few bugs, but I think that the fact that it's incredibly fun and addictive despite this speaks volumes.
Well the part is for a phone answering machine, so it might work out. You want me to send you the lines and you can give it a shot?
It's only a couple of lines to add some more depth and believability to the location.
It's only a couple of lines to add some more depth and believability to the location.
Soup Miner has answered the call to be in The Core. Anyone else with an American accent available?
Absolutely brilliant, Mr.Pro Map.
It's clearly Goldsource, but it still looks great. Maybe stop arguing and appreciate the work that has gone into it?
It's clearly Goldsource, but it still looks great. Maybe stop arguing and appreciate the work that has gone into it?
the other? Haha. There are loads. Sean Connery has an Edinburgh accent combined with his own gravelly, yet somehow exceptionally smooth voice.
My accent is Glaswegian, but yeah I can do Edinburgh fairly easily.
My accent is Glaswegian, but yeah I can do Edinburgh fairly easily.
Not at all, however your use of "British" is a bit vague.
I can easily get you a couple of Scottish girls who act at college, but something tells me you meant English when you said British.
I can easily get you a couple of Scottish girls who act at college, but something tells me you meant English when you said British.
Voice actors - Assemble!
Post here if you fancy doing some voice acting and want people to know that you're available.
Also post if you have any projects which need voice actors.
I'll get the ball rolling, shall I?
Voice Actor, Male, Deep voice, Scottish accent.
I'm willing to do pretty much any small roles and will have them done within a week of accepting a position.
I'm sure you all know what I sound like by now, but here's an example if you don't.
Recording equipment: Clicky
Also, I'm looking for two mature American accents for a few lines to be used in The Core. It's conversational stuff, so no acting experience is required.
Any chance of this thread being stickied?
Post here if you fancy doing some voice acting and want people to know that you're available.
Also post if you have any projects which need voice actors.
I'll get the ball rolling, shall I?
Voice Actor, Male, Deep voice, Scottish accent.
I'm willing to do pretty much any small roles and will have them done within a week of accepting a position.
I'm sure you all know what I sound like by now, but here's an example if you don't.
Recording equipment: Clicky
Also, I'm looking for two mature American accents for a few lines to be used in The Core. It's conversational stuff, so no acting experience is required.
Any chance of this thread being stickied?
yeah morning should have a pitch of about -35
No, he actually is g-man. Literally.
psh, everyone knows Hugh Laurie is Freeman.
yeah he messed up the links, but like i said - it's not hard to fix.
The http is broken, and there's a space at the end because of the line break.
The http is broken, and there's a space at the end because of the line break.
it's not exactly difficult to fix them in your address bar, Stojke 
Anyway, pointless thread is pointless etc etc
Incorrect use of semicolons but aside from that it looks alright. A bit plain, but sometimes that's best.
who the fuck is miranda cosgrove?
googles
Some sort of tween popstar?
1993, huh? Shame, she's too old for you and too young for me.
googles
Some sort of tween popstar?
1993, huh? Shame, she's too old for you and too young for me.
It's still in beta, ATD.
However, it's just entered its final stage of testing which is why all members have a whopping 150 invites each now.
I've just been trying out the photo album management side of things. It's really, really nice.
It's actually so intuitive that I spent a while looking for a more non-intuitive way to do things because I'm used to the brick wall that is facebook. For example, the simple act of changing an album name requires you to click an edit button on facebook and then save the changes on a seperate page. In Google+, you just highlight the album name and change it like a word document. Very smooth.
However, it's just entered its final stage of testing which is why all members have a whopping 150 invites each now.
I've just been trying out the photo album management side of things. It's really, really nice.
It's actually so intuitive that I spent a while looking for a more non-intuitive way to do things because I'm used to the brick wall that is facebook. For example, the simple act of changing an album name requires you to click an edit button on facebook and then save the changes on a seperate page. In Google+, you just highlight the album name and change it like a word document. Very smooth.
Or just direct link to your profile
No, Dimbark's right. Lost Coast was originally part of the main HL2 storyline. It was later released as a tech demo in the run up to ep1.
Also, edit blocked:
In my opinion what's more annoying than actual cheaters is people who accuse other people of being cheaters. When I was really in my prime at CSS, clanned up with tuna (some of you will remember tuna and how he destroyed my de_splinter2 tournament by being disastrously good) we got accused of hacking several times a night. It really starts to wear thin.
Not saying you're one of those people, X-LAyer2, just pointing it out ;D
Also, edit blocked:
In my opinion what's more annoying than actual cheaters is people who accuse other people of being cheaters. When I was really in my prime at CSS, clanned up with tuna (some of you will remember tuna and how he destroyed my de_splinter2 tournament by being disastrously good) we got accused of hacking several times a night. It really starts to wear thin.
Not saying you're one of those people, X-LAyer2, just pointing it out ;D