I love how this is the first site i check when i boot up my computer.
TWHL -- Gmail -- Facebook.
Then i close gmail and facebook and lurk twhl.
Thanks Dim.
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I love how this is the first site i check when i boot up my computer.
TWHL -- Gmail -- Facebook.
Then i close gmail and facebook and lurk twhl.
Thanks Dim.
I love how this is the first site i check when i boot up my computer.
TWHL -- Gmail -- Facebook.
Then i close gmail and facebook and lurk twhl.
Thanks Dim.
Also. You can just create all the brushes, setup one glass entity, hit the nifty "copy" button, and just use the also nifty "Ctrl+T" hot key to tie to entities to save you more time.
Keep the Properties window open, just select something, CTRL-T, paste, Rinse and repeat.
Keep the Properties window open, just select something, CTRL-T, paste, Rinse and repeat.
Dimbark's in red
His grandad's in Black
The fluffy haired dude is giving dim
a much deserved slap.
Did you go see who'se line?
Cuz that looks like Ryan Stiles
This doesn't really Rhyme
But that's not my Style.
His grandad's in Black
The fluffy haired dude is giving dim
a much deserved slap.
Did you go see who'se line?
Cuz that looks like Ryan Stiles
This doesn't really Rhyme
But that's not my Style.
Weekends dont work well for me. so if possible, mondays work best..
If that's not a problem...
which makes me think im mapping sunday so if someone could switch i'd GREATLY appreciate that.
If that's not a problem...
which makes me think im mapping sunday so if someone could switch i'd GREATLY appreciate that.
What urby said.
Check out the tutorials, and if you're having problems, give the forums a search.
If all else fails, ask us!
Good luck!
Check out the tutorials, and if you're having problems, give the forums a search.
If all else fails, ask us!
Good luck!
Confirmed
I hated generals 
Such a pity too because i won it free in a raffle.
Such a pity too because i won it free in a raffle.
I dont think you can do that. Unfortunately you are going to need to learn to use the tools available to you.
Shift Z, captain..
Control z is undo.
Control z is undo.
Won't be ready for a very. long. time.
I can however, release an unfinished version once i figure out the first dungeon boss mechanics.
I can however, release an unfinished version once i figure out the first dungeon boss mechanics.
So before and after the last compo i was working on a little proof of concept/ project just to give me something to do.
I thought to myself "Hey why don't I try to re-create the original Zelda using the vanilla resources available in HL2:EP2?!"
So I began.
Naturally, Half life doesn't feature Octoroks, Moblins, Skeletons, Slimes, Generic Arrow-shooting-enemies, three-headed fireball-spitting dragons; so I had to improvise and substitute as close as possible.
I made the spawn area, and the path onwards to the first dungeon. I have created the first dungeon (still working on the boss) and it's been an incredible learning experience.
I had to develop a system to handle keys, conditional triggering, special parenting, minimap creation... ect
All built using hammer.
I'm still working on a way to display your key count and eventually implement a money system, but those goals are for later.
Some screenshots
*Please note that i plan on detailing the areas more. My first goal was to get everything functional; and function it does.*
Hammer view of Dungeon 1
In-Game overview of Dungeon 1
Key Parented to Zombie
Basement 1
Map pickup
Map View (activated, for the moment, by secondary attack)
So If anyone would like to playtest or comment, let me know. I will continue working on it until i hit a massive snag, or become bored
EDIT: also, if a mod could move this to the maps/mods section, i'd appreciate that.... sorry
I thought to myself "Hey why don't I try to re-create the original Zelda using the vanilla resources available in HL2:EP2?!"
So I began.
Naturally, Half life doesn't feature Octoroks, Moblins, Skeletons, Slimes, Generic Arrow-shooting-enemies, three-headed fireball-spitting dragons; so I had to improvise and substitute as close as possible.
I made the spawn area, and the path onwards to the first dungeon. I have created the first dungeon (still working on the boss) and it's been an incredible learning experience.
I had to develop a system to handle keys, conditional triggering, special parenting, minimap creation... ect
All built using hammer.
I'm still working on a way to display your key count and eventually implement a money system, but those goals are for later.
Some screenshots
*Please note that i plan on detailing the areas more. My first goal was to get everything functional; and function it does.*
Hammer view of Dungeon 1
EDIT: also, if a mod could move this to the maps/mods section, i'd appreciate that.... sorry
Yeah all I see is wang
What about a shared Dropbox? Or we can vault it and allow uploads. Also yes, I'm in. You just gotta catch me on a good day
Hl2sp
Level 1-
Wake up late in your apartment.
Must find your keys, suit, an get to work
Level 2-
Driving to work
Omg there must have been a massive global pandemic overnight
Everyone is a zombie and the roads are cluttered with smashed cars and corpses.
A car is has even found itself smashed up inside a substation. You should probably be a good samaratin and get power back online.
Level 3-
You arrive at work. You're late. The boss wishes to see you.
You arrive at your bosses office.
The door opens.
There stands g man conversing with a vortiguant.
Xen2 send words of an incoming armada.
You're assigned frontline duty for home defence.
Level 4-
You're teleported to area 51 and outfitted with the newest model crowbar5000 reinforced carbon steel. And of course the handy dandy gravity gun
Level 5-
While waiting for the impending alien armada, you're chatting with one of the soldiers. He explains how he was originally from south Philly. He spent most of his childhood days on the playground. He got in one little fight and his mom got scared and said "you're moving in with your auntie and uncle in bel-air"
Level 1-
Wake up late in your apartment.
Must find your keys, suit, an get to work
Level 2-
Driving to work
Omg there must have been a massive global pandemic overnight
Everyone is a zombie and the roads are cluttered with smashed cars and corpses.
A car is has even found itself smashed up inside a substation. You should probably be a good samaratin and get power back online.
Level 3-
You arrive at work. You're late. The boss wishes to see you.
You arrive at your bosses office.
The door opens.
There stands g man conversing with a vortiguant.
Xen2 send words of an incoming armada.
You're assigned frontline duty for home defence.
Level 4-
You're teleported to area 51 and outfitted with the newest model crowbar5000 reinforced carbon steel. And of course the handy dandy gravity gun
Level 5-
While waiting for the impending alien armada, you're chatting with one of the soldiers. He explains how he was originally from south Philly. He spent most of his childhood days on the playground. He got in one little fight and his mom got scared and said "you're moving in with your auntie and uncle in bel-air"
have you played hl2dm before trying to map for it?
sounds like fun but i have to pass. wouldnt be able to dedicate the time
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT.looks like a cross between a 69 camaro and a porsche 911 turbo
Looks delicious
Nice! I always panicked and assumed it was only stationary camera look around.
Learning is fun!!
Learning is fun!!
Good luck major! Wishing you the best!
C and D zoom. Useful for mapping on a laptop without a mouse.
Shift+drag copying = amazing
Alt+right-click for texture alignment = godlike
Ctrl+I for flipping selection vertically (in current viewport)
Ctrl+L or horizontal flipping
Everyone knows Ctrl-p right?
Ctrl-a for autosizing view ports
Shift-z for maximizing current viewport
Z locks the camera and allows for panning with the mouse.
So if your view ever goes haywire hit z and see of that solves it.
Tools>> show connections: draws gray line in 2d view connecting entities to ther targets. Just wished it worked in 3D view.
For source, pressing x in the 3d view allows for scaling and movement in the 3d window.
Shift+drag copying = amazing
Alt+right-click for texture alignment = godlike
Ctrl+I for flipping selection vertically (in current viewport)
Ctrl+L or horizontal flipping
Everyone knows Ctrl-p right?
Ctrl-a for autosizing view ports
Shift-z for maximizing current viewport
Z locks the camera and allows for panning with the mouse.
So if your view ever goes haywire hit z and see of that solves it.
Tools>> show connections: draws gray line in 2d view connecting entities to ther targets. Just wished it worked in 3D view.
For source, pressing x in the 3d view allows for scaling and movement in the 3d window.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If your RMF directory isn't filled with silly experiments and projects that have been started and never finished then you're doing something wrongI thought i was the only one hmm..
in other news, map looks good for your second release.
I don't have tfc installed either, else i'd take a gander
You know you could always move it....
My first box in unreal - only took me about an hour total.
Unreal > source unfortunately for custom content.
Mesh imported No problem, material creation is cake.
Im PRAYING Valve takes some notes from the UDK devs so i can mod HL3 easily when i comes out. I like the idea of Half life and really like all you guys here so i don't want to move away from it!
Unreal > source unfortunately for custom content.
Mesh imported No problem, material creation is cake.
^^^^^
yep.
4 floors shouldn't be too bad.
and you could change_target the other buttons to like a buzz sound when its in motion.
so you have an audible "stop doing that"
yep.
4 floors shouldn't be too bad.
and you could change_target the other buttons to like a buzz sound when its in motion.
so you have an audible "stop doing that"
yeah trigger changetargets
wash hands
play level
each level has its own path_corner named say, floor_#
each button targets a MM that does the trigger changetarget for the elevator, linking it to the floor, then after a delay, activates the elevator
wash hands
play level
each level has its own path_corner named say, floor_#
each button targets a MM that does the trigger changetarget for the elevator, linking it to the floor, then after a delay, activates the elevator
I was a lurker myself for a good couple months before logging in to sheepishly ask a question. Welcome, enjoy your stay.
Yes! We love new contributions!
Have you tied your hand at TF2 mapping?
Yes! We love new contributions!
Have you tied your hand at TF2 mapping?
6-800 is a software mode guideline from 1998. I don't think it applies anymore.
Yay!
Good luck everyone!!
I'm gonna go work on my modeling skills. I'm sorry to say that I'm gravitating towards UDK until I get to play with the new source engine.
I'll be back for compos tho
And to finish the project I was working on before this.
Good luck everyone!!
I'm gonna go work on my modeling skills. I'm sorry to say that I'm gravitating towards UDK until I get to play with the new source engine.
I'll be back for compos tho
And to finish the project I was working on before this.
I'm pretty sure hint brushes cut up geometry but i cant be certain. Its best to experiment methinks. turn on wireframe and see if you can tell the difference between having them or not.
And i do agree that the engine is coming up on 15 years old so our computers really shouldnt have any problems with the map either way.
And i do agree that the engine is coming up on 15 years old so our computers really shouldnt have any problems with the map either way.
Now if hammer had legit real time lighting previews we wouldn't run into these messes.
Anyway pakrat broke my bsp and I was an idiot and overwrote so now I have to recompile. Wonderful
Anyway pakrat broke my bsp and I was an idiot and overwrote so now I have to recompile. Wonderful
Wow you're way up there hah.
I go to school at UHart.
I go to school at UHart.
Blaster Master: Overdrive
http://twhl.info/vault.php?map=5751
Thanks for the vote of confidence CT
when's the playtest server up? im sick of pwning bots
Thanks for the vote of confidence CT
when's the playtest server up? im sick of pwning bots
OMG
I THINK IM DONE FINALLY
Those overviews are SUCH A PAIN IN THE 
In other news, I'm gonna packrat this and upload it.
I'll vault it as well.
Also, i know that building in the center isn't the most glorious piece of architecture ever contrived.. But I'm sick and tired of this map and im calling it finished.
I THINK IM DONE FINALLY
In other news, I'm gonna packrat this and upload it.
I'll vault it as well.
Also, i know that building in the center isn't the most glorious piece of architecture ever contrived.. But I'm sick and tired of this map and im calling it finished.
well i'm gonna try the VDC tutorial instead of the FPS banana one.
I have to recompile anyway.
Now to get pakrat and host, and submit.
hopefully i can do all that in an hour lol.
waitwaitwait.. it closed already? NOOOO wtf man
I have to recompile anyway.
Now to get pakrat and host, and submit.
hopefully i can do all that in an hour lol.
waitwaitwait.. it closed already? NOOOO
wtf manMy color correction wasn't working, the fade in/fade out didn't fade.
everything immediately snapped to a dark violet/bright white highlight when i entered the fade area, and THEN faded into the color correction.
Couldn't fix it so its staying how it is.
Also i just ran a bot test last night, and it seems the T's have the advantage 2:1. gotta tweak that.
Still some more detail work that needs to be done, as well as a final compile, getting the overlay's to work, adding in more round-start cameras, ambiance, and tweak the 3Dskybox a bit more. I've followed the FPSBanana tutorial on custom overlays to the T but my overlay is shifted off center and fiddling with the text file has no effect on it- it could be my VMF settings but I ran out of time to test everything's wanted to last night.
Anyone have any hints on custom overlays?
I SHOULD be in on time- depending on the overlays and whether or not pakrat works for me.
everything immediately snapped to a dark violet/bright white highlight when i entered the fade area, and THEN faded into the color correction.
Couldn't fix it so its staying how it is.
Also i just ran a bot test last night, and it seems the T's have the advantage 2:1. gotta tweak that.
Still some more detail work that needs to be done, as well as a final compile, getting the overlay's to work, adding in more round-start cameras, ambiance, and tweak the 3Dskybox a bit more. I've followed the FPSBanana tutorial on custom overlays to the T but my overlay is shifted off center and fiddling with the text file has no effect on it- it could be my VMF settings but I ran out of time to test everything's wanted to last night.
Anyone have any hints on custom overlays?
I SHOULD be in on time- depending on the overlays and whether or not pakrat works for me.
what if you connect all the vertices together?
Are the textures aligned with alt-rightclick?
Other than that I have no idea
Archie, I have both those tutorials bookmarked, don't you worry. Thanks.
I feel like I ran out of creative juice making the map and now I have no ideas for the skybox. Gotta jump into google images for some more ideas.
Other than that I have no idea
Archie, I have both those tutorials bookmarked, don't you worry. Thanks.
I feel like I ran out of creative juice making the map and now I have no ideas for the skybox. Gotta jump into google images for some more ideas.
I need to learn how to do an overview for source..
So right now, my map COULD be complete. Skybox is done, it's leak free. the lighting is decent..
I'm at a comfortable spot where i can just fill in the finishing touches for the last couple days, run a full compile, and then post!
i've never been 'done' early before. damn this is a new feeling of relief.
So right now, my map COULD be complete. Skybox is done, it's leak free. the lighting is decent..
I'm at a comfortable spot where i can just fill in the finishing touches for the last couple days, run a full compile, and then post!
i've never been 'done' early before. damn this is a new feeling of relief.
well then.
at least it compiles now
thank the mapping gods for pointfiles.
Gotta finish CT spawn, make the cameras and touch up the NAV files, and i'll be in good shape to make the skybox over the next few days.
at least it compiles now
thank the mapping gods for pointfiles.
Gotta finish CT spawn, make the cameras and touch up the NAV files, and i'll be in good shape to make the skybox over the next few days.
so i've never actually made a complete CS:S map before.. this should be interesting...
Gotta do the cameras, buyzones, bomb zones, optimization.. decide on HDR.. skies.. skybox.. water...
damn it seems the list of stuff to do never ends.
Gotta do the cameras, buyzones, bomb zones, optimization.. decide on HDR.. skies.. skybox.. water...
damn it seems the list of stuff to do never ends.
Looks good urby!
the glasses are superb
the glasses are superb
i remember m0p and peace and love
and rabidmonkey before he got all cranky
im sure there's more.
ant before he went AWOL
and rabidmonkey before he got all cranky
im sure there's more.
ant before he went AWOL
I still use func_illusionaries.. should i not?
Hey I'm from CT! What part did you move to? I'm in the Waterbury area
I'm starting to run out of ideas for wall space.
Today's progress: bombsite A complete. (pretty much)
To get the total idea of the transformation, in my other post, bombsite A was located at about 10:00 in the overview (top-left orange square was the plant area)
the final compile on this is going to be a bittttttchhhhhh
the final compile on this is going to be a bittttttchhhhhh