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I'm using it as Wood

lol my map feels silly.
but i only put 3 hours into it. been busy. u know. life and such.

well its a work computer so im not concerned.
i got win7 with an 8800 GTS. no issues <3

Yeah I'm getting a similar problem with the machine I use at work. I map on my lunch breaks but my 3d selection doesn't work properly. I can never select the proper brush. Ever. It always selects a few pixels left or right of the cursor, and is impossible to predict. I ALSO see my brushes tessellated like in the above pic. Yellow outlines on solid brushes, always in a triangle. It's an intel integrated card. I updated to the 2009 drivers (nothing more current) but the problem persists.

Could it be because I transferred hammer via flash drive?

Downloading now. But can this be imported into.. say.. 3DS max for animation?
I'm confused

i forgot

Knew it.
I did the same thing
Glad i could help. Good luck everyone!

yeah it worked for me too. Did everyone update the wad in their valve folder?
maybe you're using the correct one in hammer, but the engine is referencing the outdated one?

Thanks Atom!

You're welcome! We need more community projects such as this! I'll be happy to organize anything in the future too!

Hope there isn't too much pressure.

And i stress; if you can't make the deadline, let me know (PM) at least a week in advance so i can cover you I'd like to keep everything on schedule, and I'm pretty much giving everyone a week post-deadline to get their stuff in.

I'll dig up some of my disposed maps, give em a polish and personal touch, then send em off in your favor.

Alright!
Everyone Should have a PM in their inbox with their assignments and Engine Types. If there's any GENERAL questions, ask em here. If there's any questions regarding your assignment, PM me, and we can work something out.

Also, I suppose there should be a deadline.

I'm going to say the Deadline is December 17th.

That should give everyone enough time to get SOMETHING in, and it will give some leeway to the stragglers.
ALSO, it'll give me time to make sure everything works, and get them distributed for Christmas.

Good luck everyone!

I agree

So it shall be

Trigger multiple triggering an invisible door that closes when you're near but opens when you're away??
Leave the npc flag unchecked??

This will block the npc's too when you're near though.

Crollo.... Seriously....

Mmmmmm the low gravity rooftop level where al you gotta do is lock onto someone and the rocket launcher will hit them from across the map. Good times

Awesome. Were almost done tomorrow I'll make the assignments!!

Wadinclude for sure.
I'll test each map before I send em

Anyway, I need updates from soup and Archie.
Also. Stu, are you entering?

Archie, what are you smoking, and where can i get some?

Striker, im putting you in as a yes. If you can't make it, let me know and I'll cover your gift

mine has an elevator
and that's it
so far- wait.. sand
lots of sand... and an elevator.

Thanks for staying patient with us mods!!!

Well its the whole experience of the map USING the textures. You all know how I like to go single player with my compo entries I wanna try to make a storyline. Custom sounds would greatley help me achieve this

Custom sounds? Yay? Nay?

See this is getting sloppy. Sorta the reason I wanted to limit everything to GoldSource. There must be limitations imposed as there's SO many mods out there. I'm gonna say just the half lives if everyone ok with that? HL1, HL2, EP1, EP2. I'll update the sheet once I get to a computer. Hopefully within the hour.

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[spongebob narrator voice] one hour later...

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https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8dRVyeNzOihZjA1NDEwODctN2U3YS00YjM5LWE1NTEtYWQwNGZlMzkxNDI1&hl=en_US

Ok so all the orange members I'm pretty sure are done and good. Discostu is still a maybe.
If you're purple let me know, or if anything is wrong I will fix it. This png is as of 11:20am EST sept 27th

rim your point is noted. i'll take a closer look at the thread tomorrow, update the spreadsheet, and post a pdf as a review. i had the same thought myself but since you noted it as well, actions need to be taken.

thanks all for the input. cant wait for this!

any one else's minecraft keep crashing? Java keeps crapping out at random times for me. Just walking or mining... nothing too hardcore
it saves everything but its annoying as all hell. been playing for 20 minutes happened 4 times already

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Lmfao.
Gotta play by the rules dude.
I think we're lucky we got such a high-quality texture set. (Thanks to Archie and Strider)
The challenge is having a limited pallette. I have a few ideas sketched out but really... none of my maps ever follow a set structure.. just let the ideas flow and see what you can come up with. =]

So it is said, so the spreadsheet is updated.

Yep. Have an epic spreadsheet going. <3 Google docs.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8dRVyeNzOihODJhZGE5OTMtNTE3OS00OTUxLTg3NGMtMmJlZTgwNTA2ZGM3&hl=en_US

got it. thanks!

spag, striker, 2muchvideogames; what engines are you mapping for/ want to receive from?

That's part of the challenge muzz :):)

fx color has to be allowed its an engine function, not a texture. besides the textures being used arent changed.

well its a gift, so it doesn't have to be large..

would you be in for source or goldsource?

Wut?

good! goldsource i'm assuming?

I'm just checking back everyday looking to see of there's been a new compo posted.
Strider won't leave us with a shite texture pack. I got faith.

I'm writing everything down so keep em coming.
So far we have 19 possible entries (a few maybes) also, everyone who said maybe, I'm going to need a final decision soon. If I don't get an answer I'm going to assume the maybe as a "no entry".
Hate to be mean like that but we gotta keep the scheule

Yes I'm going to need everyone's engines.
Please list the engines you map for. If I don't have a good, comprehensive list, goldsource will be defaulted as the engine.
Y'all got 7 days

This excel spreadsheet is legit
By the way!!! If you fail to produce your map in a timely manner I will create a map and deliver it to the recipient. In that map I will criticize you for being a holiday Scrooge.
That, or I'll give em whatever excuse you give to me

Dimbark you'll get the assignment on October first

Well i'm not sure if everyone has both hl1 and hl2.
Also, if someone does have hl2, is it Ep1? Ep2? Vanilla hl2?
I suppose if everyone posts what games they own I can give the assignments as well as an engine type. But then at the end of it all the map compilation pack will be split between 2 engines.

For simplicity's sake,right now, it's hl1.
But the floor's open for discussion of the matter until September 30th.

I don't see why we just dont have a set panel of judges for this one. It's the way it always has been done (with some exceptions of course) and minus the judges taking a while sometimes to post results, everything goes smoothly.

What if everyone who judges doesn't download all the maps?

IMO I like the admins=judges way.

That's not to say I wouldn't participate if were different.

I'm thinking of spreading out a bunch of presents underneath a decorated Christmas tree. Think de_rats style. So you walk into each gift and it teleports you the maps.

Correct, Rim.
Sure thing Spag!
And Jeff, after the compo is over everyone should upload to the vault, but we should definitely discuss the maps further in this (or a similar) thread

Ok so let's say all entrants must be accounted for by the end of September. I can then get the assignments made up and PM'd by the next day. You will have October 1 - December 24th to finish the maps, pm me a link / email them to me and then I will upload them to my file host and send links ( via pm ) to whom they are to be delivered.

If you guys REALLY want me to have a map the only way it's going to work is if someone maps it and someone else PM's

The titles of the maps should be "to_username"
So if I had to make one for stojKe, it'd be: "to_stojke"
And I suppose this is half-life1 only to unsure EVERYONE can play them

Love everything. Timeframe and all
I also agree that lights and water are necessary. And a glass texture? And doors even for source.
Idk about you guys but I'm excited

Agh crap. I'm sorry I'm doing all this from an iPhone at work. Apologies

Well the whole idea behind it is that I'll know who made what map so I can't guess lol
And this is a FANTASTIC turnout!

Well this is why I'm starting it a few months ahead. I know there's a compo looming in the future so the maps don't have to be crazy. But I think it'll be interesting trying to make a map FOR someone out of the goodness/ creativeness in your heart/ head.
Unfortunately I cannot recieve a map as a gift because I will know everyone's secret Santa because I'm organizing it. But I CAN however make a map for the "odd one out" if there is one.

There are no rules for the maps other than the following:
1- must be a .bsp ( playable/ walk-aroundable)
2- that's it

Have fun, make something neat, something the recipient will enjoy/ get a laugh out of
I'm REALLY excited at the interest in this already so with hope, in a week or so, I can have the list made and the assignments posted to all involved

So I counted 10 definite entries and 2 maybe's:

Archie
The mighty atom
Grim
Dimbark
TJB
stoje
Jeffmod
Rimrook
Urby
Soup miner
2muchvideogames
Discostu

Greens are maybes
Is this correct?

Speaking of collaboration projects I had an idea. What if we had a TWHL secret Santa? If you don't know what a secret Santa is, here's how it works: everybody puts their names into a hat, and then one person randomly picks out a name. That person is your gift recipient and you then become their "secret Santa". You get them a gift but they don't know and they have to try and guess who got a gift for them.

So

What if we apply the same thing to our members here, only with maps?
Say everyone (all those who wish to participate) randomly gets a partner and they have to make a map for them which is delivered sometime near Christmas. Everyone PM's me a link to their map and I distribute from there. After a week of guessing feel free to upload to the vault so we can all see the creations!
You can put a secret in the map that reveals the "secret Santa" or just keep them guessing for ages! ( or until the map is in the vault)

So if you're interested, let me know and I'll organize everything including the randomization, and informing everyone of who their recipients are. I will have a recipient but I will not receive a gift map (the downside of being the 'project leader')

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Update - October 23

Alright! The Secret Santa Assignments are complete!
Everyone should have a PM in their inbox with their assignments and Engine Types. If there's any GENERAL questions, ask em here. If there's any questions regarding your assignment, PM me, and we can work something out.

Here are some general rules:
Map names should be SS_<target_username>_<map#>
example: SS_tetsu0_01, if you made your map for Tetsu0.

All wads are to be wadincluded, to protect your handiwork, and just to make everything neater. I'm sure everyone can spare another 3 or 4 MB on their hard drives.

If you're making a mod, please structure it for steam.

I will be test-playing all the submissions to make sure they work, so i can hopefully iron out the bugs before we need to distribute.

Also, I suppose there should be a deadline.

I'm going to say the Deadline is December 17th.

That should give everyone enough time to get SOMETHING in, and it will give some leeway to the stragglers.
ALSO, it'll give me time to make sure everything works, and get them distributed for Christmas.

If you can't make the deadline, let me know (PM) at least a week in advance so i can cover you smile - I'd like to keep everything on schedule, and I'm pretty much giving everyone a week post-deadline to get their stuff in.

I'll dig up some of my disposed maps, give em a polish and personal touch, then send em off in your favor.

Good luck everyone!