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K Im in with my new DM map, DM aztec. Ive been optimizing all day, got it from 10 fps to 60, 45 min compile to 5 mins. ^_^ I just need to texture it an Im done! It plays awsome!
I got lucky and worked doing cad design for a company that sesigns coffe shops. basicly mapping without the fun.
Im 17 and Im picking looking at Unis now. I coasted through my GCSEs not really giving much of a shit but I barly got back into school. Habboi is right yknow. I have to work alot to get good A levels, but Its the only way Im gonna get onto a game design/development course at Uni.
Im 17 and Im picking looking at Unis now. I coasted through my GCSEs not really giving much of a shit but I barly got back into school. Habboi is right yknow. I have to work alot to get good A levels, but Its the only way Im gonna get onto a game design/development course at Uni.
Im thinking dark medivel themed but really it depend on textures since Ive spent more than Id like on this I probably wont do custom.
Yeah I was gonna upload a beta last night but it was 2 am and I pressed compile and fell asleep
I woke up at 5 oclock with my laptop about to fall off my bed and the compile done. I was exausted but I wanted to upload it so I did a test run and fell aslee for another 10 minuites, woke up looked at my laptop and realised it was fullbright and there must have been a vis error. I said fuck, held down the manual shutdown button and slept untill 7am. so tonight def. I MUST release SOMTHING tonight....
Yeah I was gonna upload a beta last night but it was 2 am and I pressed compile and fell asleep
I woke up at 5 oclock with my laptop about to fall off my bed and the compile done. I was exausted but I wanted to upload it so I did a test run and fell aslee for another 10 minuites, woke up looked at my laptop and realised it was fullbright and there must have been a vis error. I said fuck, held down the manual shutdown button and slept untill 7am. so tonight def. I MUST release SOMTHING tonight....
xactly. phrases like that are just asking for a flaming! you gotta watch yourself!
yes Ill go with you on the blocky, I originally brushed out the main areas for the first alpha to see if the flow was good, I tend to work that way and detail it last. thatway I get fast compile times and Im not afraid to rip apart my map because of some 1337 brushes. my mapping goes:
-concept scetch
-basic blocks
-playable map
-environment
-details
-textures
-optimizing
because I use dev textures I can save texturing till last and ten submit them for null textures becasue they are only left on face the player cant see. this makes optimizing very easy.
Ive got a ver working beta Ive lan tested quite a bit. Id love to test it on muzz's server though. Ill get the bsp up asap.
-concept scetch
-basic blocks
-playable map
-environment
-details
-textures
-optimizing
because I use dev textures I can save texturing till last and ten submit them for null textures becasue they are only left on face the player cant see. this makes optimizing very easy.
Ive got a ver working beta Ive lan tested quite a bit. Id love to test it on muzz's server though. Ill get the bsp up asap.
yeah, Im sure whils escaping from an underground secrent military research center infested with aliens and swarming with murderous special forced intent on fraggin his ass he would only sustain MINOR injuries. honestly hunter tone it down a bit! 
BTW as a Graphic art student studying Graphic design for 3 years, saying pfotoshop isnt art is like saying poster paints arnt art just because four year olds use them as well as professionals.
BTW as a Graphic art student studying Graphic design for 3 years, saying pfotoshop isnt art is like saying poster paints arnt art just because four year olds use them as well as professionals.
oh yeah, wintereenmas is like, the games industry big day out!
nah its more for games than companies - that the whole point!
@ hunt I WILL cry.
nah its more for games than companies - that the whole point!
@ hunt I WILL cry.
this is such spam. btw if anyone recognises you - be worried, they must already have been stalking you to know your face!
ooh yes! self snarking. baad.
btw, healspray is an attack done by the basic building unit in NS. the gorge has no good attacks and little health. the healspray happend to do 1 damage a second, but there is a limit to how much you can use it in one go. so for omeone to die from healspray, they would have to not know how to use an FPS...
btw, healspray is an attack done by the basic building unit in NS. the gorge has no good attacks and little health. the healspray happend to do 1 damage a second, but there is a limit to how much you can use it in one go. so for omeone to die from healspray, they would have to not know how to use an FPS...
What I think he means is, they set up the convention, hoping that time travellers would appear to get together... lol...
yeah but surly time travelling to the past would be illegal.
and also, going back intime in theory would make an alternate dimension so this dimension could be the one where time travel is invented.
yeah but surly time travelling to the past would be illegal.
and also, going back intime in theory would make an alternate dimension so this dimension could be the one where time travel is invented.
why is his real bane hunter? lol, I bet theres quite a handfull of people named hunter in the states....
ok My compile time is down to around 10-15 minuites. yay. and Im not even done null texturing everything yet. however, I still need cliffs (many faces = urgh) sprites, moving textures and sounds so that may change.
few new shots I forgot:
few new shots I forgot:
or:
Warning, if tried at home - consult mortition.
Warning, if tried at home - consult mortition.
kthx. I dont have a null though. oh wait.
checking ZHLT
ahhh I got it. thxgain. I havnt mapped Half life in 2 years
checking ZHLT
ahhh I got it. thxgain. I havnt mapped Half life in 2 years
nems tools. he made a tone of usefull stuff.
Its not bad... Its just not barney.
yeah, I source I use func detail for optimisation... Is that the HL1 equivilent? also, Source has nodraw - is there a similar thing in HL1?
GCFscape has a simpler GUI.
I use wally but what on earth is the point of bsp veiwer? never need it. just use Vmex. (by the same guy as GCFscape btw...)
I use wally but what on earth is the point of bsp veiwer? never need it. just use Vmex. (by the same guy as GCFscape btw...)
Me and clipping are engaged. the weddings on tuesday, you can all come.
skin = sweet. he looks worried
bg = :
bg = :
oh, I made those cause I use them so much in source. I use em to scale my maps properly, very usefull. but I messed them up so its missing a line horizontaly and verticaly. (forgot about tilinng heh :P) and I never fixed it.
anyway the dev textures are not what your suposed to comment on! you couldnt possible have read and loaded images in the time you posted that!
anyway the dev textures are not what your suposed to comment on! you couldnt possible have read and loaded images in the time you posted that!
[edit] erk dble post. del please?
NEW SCREENSHOTS:
more as soon as I upload them.
heres what I hope toget done by the end of tonight: (yeah right!)
DM_AZTEC (working title):
+Alpha 1.2 <---Current version
[X] Basic lights
[X] 'tight' skybox
[X] Fix gaps
[X] Add new stairs
[ ] Add decent weapons
[ ] more lights
+Beta 1.0
[ ] Add new skybox
[ ] add rock base
[ ] add invis walls
[ ] Add REAL ligting
[ ] Add cliff faces
[ ] Animate lava
[ ] TEXTURE
+Beta 1.5
[ ] Fix any bugs
[ ] Optimise
[ ] Add in Sound
[ ] Breakable details
[ ] Add in other community input
+Final Version
[ ] Name
[ ] Fix Final bugs
[ ] Hardcore optimisation
[ ] RELEASE!
heres what I hope toget done by the end of tonight: (yeah right!)
DM_AZTEC (working title):
+Alpha 1.2 <---Current version
[X] Basic lights
[X] 'tight' skybox
[X] Fix gaps
[X] Add new stairs
[ ] Add decent weapons
[ ] more lights
+Beta 1.0
[ ] Add new skybox
[ ] add rock base
[ ] add invis walls
[ ] Add REAL ligting
[ ] Add cliff faces
[ ] Animate lava
[ ] TEXTURE
+Beta 1.5
[ ] Fix any bugs
[ ] Optimise
[ ] Add in Sound
[ ] Breakable details
[ ] Add in other community input
+Final Version
[ ] Name
[ ] Fix Final bugs
[ ] Hardcore optimisation
[ ] RELEASE!
Thats the kind of game noone beleives in, but noone will try...
OK ppl, set up cameras and film yourself doing it for proof! anyway, by horror movie law, the camera either wont work or nothing will happen while the camera is on so we should be safe
OK ppl, set up cameras and film yourself doing it for proof! anyway, by horror movie law, the camera either wont work or nothing will happen while the camera is on so we should be safe
@kas
you = mapping god. but thats been covered.
yeah Those trees look awsome. Source has needed trees with leaves for a VERY long time.
you = mapping god. but thats been covered.
yeah Those trees look awsome. Source has needed trees with leaves for a VERY long time.
Ive had exactly the same thoughts about the Big J. What if he was a time traveler from a future utopia? People should still worship him I think - christianity does too much good in the world to be abolished - but It would be pretty wiered if in the futer there was some newspaper scandel about som ecolledge guys who meesed up time. 
HL2: at the very beggining, jumping ontop of a moving train and having it crush you against a force feild.
HL1: not realising your walking on electric lines.
Natural selection: seing a gorge and thinking, ah Ill pistol it... healspray shaaammmeee/...
HL1: not realising your walking on electric lines.
Natural selection: seing a gorge and thinking, ah Ill pistol it... healspray shaaammmeee/...
Ok the big argument for aliens is that the universe is infinate ergo theres infinate possibiltys. but noone thinks of two things:
1. It COULD be infinate nothing. its just an unimaginably small chance.
2. We would be aliens to other lifeforms. We went from early hot air ballons to interplanatary space travel in just a centuary. Humans learn pretty fast. I think its far more likely that WE are the ones who make contact with another alien planet - if any exist. However I supremely hope that dosnt happen, Humans have a habit of royaly fucking up things they discover.
3. the universe might not be infinate.
as for ghosts and stuff, well none knows what happens whenyou die so you cant discredit it. deamons = bull though.
1. It COULD be infinate nothing. its just an unimaginably small chance.
2. We would be aliens to other lifeforms. We went from early hot air ballons to interplanatary space travel in just a centuary. Humans learn pretty fast. I think its far more likely that WE are the ones who make contact with another alien planet - if any exist. However I supremely hope that dosnt happen, Humans have a habit of royaly fucking up things they discover.
3. the universe might not be infinate.
as for ghosts and stuff, well none knows what happens whenyou die so you cant discredit it. deamons = bull though.
I was snorkeling with a tour thingy off spain and about <10m under the boat there where really big rocks, the water was amazingly clear. fine.
Then as I swam out a bit The big rocks kind of ended and the water went doooowwwnnn until it was black. I forgot how to breath for a while I nearly had a panic attack.
other than deep water theres not alot else Im worried about. Spiders are ok, but I live in the UK - if a spider bit you you probably shouldnt have climbed into its enclosure at the zoo.
Then as I swam out a bit The big rocks kind of ended and the water went doooowwwnnn until it was black. I forgot how to breath for a while I nearly had a panic attack.
other than deep water theres not alot else Im worried about. Spiders are ok, but I live in the UK - if a spider bit you you probably shouldnt have climbed into its enclosure at the zoo.
:*(
NEVAR!!!1!!! even if your right!
(got the wad btw.)
(got the wad btw.)
if youve got firefox, DL chatzilla. very easy to use.
aahhh... that makes more sense lol
gah, I was looking for a PAK file, I used GCFscape (better tool fyi) and got it.
cheers 2 grim for the help.
cheers 2 grim for the help.
My skyboxes used to always look like that! now they are number 2. bear in mind the artical I got this form was for source....
I know but Ive seen downloads for the HL wad, and all the cs wads as theyre usefull for mappers.
ok are you just translating shit or what 
I <3 Irc conversation.
I also <3 logs:
[Ian]fearian says:
OMIGODYOUHAVEAPENIS
[Ian]fearian says:
ha
[Ian]fearian says:
I knew that would get u
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
OHMYGOD
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
I CAN WANK REALLY WELL NOW!!
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
IT'S FUN!!
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
YAAAAY!!
[Ian]fearian says:
urhm
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
wanker
[Ian]fearian says:
copy & paste
[Ian]fearian says:
BLACKMAIL
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
Bitch!
I also <3 logs:
[Ian]fearian says:
OMIGODYOUHAVEAPENIS
[Ian]fearian says:
ha
[Ian]fearian says:
I knew that would get u
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
OHMYGOD
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
I CAN WANK REALLY WELL NOW!!
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
IT'S FUN!!
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
YAAAAY!!
[Ian]fearian says:
urhm
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
wanker
[Ian]fearian says:
copy & paste
[Ian]fearian says:
BLACKMAIL
KaDie. || Xx When grey skies turn blue, I'll come back for you.. xX says:
Bitch!
Where can I download the DMC.wad file. steam users dont have it and I cant find a DL on the net. If anyone has it, please email it to me if possible:
Ian.maclure [at] gmail [dot] com
Basically, If I find this file or another similar wad, Il release a map tonight... a pretty decnt one I think, otherwise...
Ian.maclure [at] gmail [dot] com
Basically, If I find this file or another similar wad, Il release a map tonight... a pretty decnt one I think, otherwise...
Theres a homepage?!?
Ah I understand, this is a neverending project where a small team of mappers make loads of detailed map exclusivly for each other to test and play around with. not a mod at all!
or I could say.... RELEASE IT!
Ah I understand, this is a neverending project where a small team of mappers make loads of detailed map exclusivly for each other to test and play around with. not a mod at all!
or I could say.... RELEASE IT!
nope just checking cause I cant be arsed to include textures, ziping a wad is so much easier
just checking cause I cant be arsed to include textures, ziping a wad is so much easier methinks tosse is joking?
An English saying I thought of today that sounds odd when you think of it...
When somthing isnt really you area of expertese yhou night say:
Thats not really my kettle of fish.
or Thats a whole different kettle of fish altogether.
loads of people use it but its quite wiered... kettle of fish??
An English saying I thought of today that sounds odd when you think of it...
When somthing isnt really you area of expertese yhou night say:
Thats not really my kettle of fish.
or Thats a whole different kettle of fish altogether.
loads of people use it but its quite wiered... kettle of fish??
@garg: Thats called Lucid dreaming - I could do it for a while when I was younger but I havnt had a lucid dream for many years...
For those who cant - basicly, you realise your in a dream so you can do whatever you like - it just wont matter - its like having virtual reality.
Deep Water - I freeze up and frikin die. If I cant see the bottom eg middle of a lake/out at sea, I hate it. I know this because I have been in both situations...
For those who cant - basicly, you realise your in a dream so you can do whatever you like - it just wont matter - its like having virtual reality.
Deep Water - I freeze up and frikin die. If I cant see the bottom eg middle of a lake/out at sea, I hate it. I know this because I have been in both situations...
ewww thats an ugly skybox....
1=best:
1=best:
Ive decided to do a small DM map for the Muz server. Origionaly being an aztec themed map, this map has taken on a dark, stone castle / magma theme. In probably a throwback to DM days of old. the map as I say is quite small so I think it will play well on Muzz's server*. the reason for creating this was to have a deathmatch map I could recreate for source without puring months of work into it.
*One Q, for the comp thats on, are custom sounds or textures allowed? if so; wad or included in the bsp?
I know you all CRAVE screenshots, but Ill post lem later this evening when I rig up the lighting.
Current build is:
Alpha build - basic light/player entities
non textured (I use my own dev textures)
no weapon placements
no fine details
If I can find some textures, I may push this out tonight (later - 1am UK time :P) but If I have to make my own Ill probably release it in a day or so
SS coming very soon ;P
*One Q, for the comp thats on, are custom sounds or textures allowed? if so; wad or included in the bsp?
I know you all CRAVE screenshots, but Ill post lem later this evening when I rig up the lighting.
Current build is:
Alpha build - basic light/player entities
non textured (I use my own dev textures)
no weapon placements
no fine details
If I can find some textures, I may push this out tonight (later - 1am UK time :P) but If I have to make my own Ill probably release it in a day or so
SS coming very soon ;P
Ok it seems to me that the TWHL community is being a bit negative here... one is remided of the 'Habboi' incedent... everyone jumping on the bandwagon - you guys seem to like flaming
that said, When your making a mod - yeah, code comes first. its the foundation of any game. but you wont lure in mappers with code. mappers are all about the visual creativity. making worlds. code just dosnt turn us on
also, speeking as someone studying graphic art for 3 years: your flash intro is good in theory but your typographys a bit... crap.
1.get a new font
2.Photoshop your text, use http://www.goodtutorials.com/ for some text effects tutorials.
3. save your sexy text as a .png image and import it into flash.
stay away from bold primary colours unless your bauhaus. g/l with the mod!
that said, When your making a mod - yeah, code comes first. its the foundation of any game. but you wont lure in mappers with code. mappers are all about the visual creativity. making worlds. code just dosnt turn us on
also, speeking as someone studying graphic art for 3 years: your flash intro is good in theory but your typographys a bit... crap.
1.get a new font
2.Photoshop your text, use http://www.goodtutorials.com/ for some text effects tutorials.
3. save your sexy text as a .png image and import it into flash.
stay away from bold primary colours unless your bauhaus. g/l with the mod!
Id say, expand the space, hammer tends to trick you into mapping small room (it dies for me) and so try andmake it less blocky and a bit more 'big'.
I wear a pink shirt (shirt not T) to school most days cause pink is in style! 
nuthin wring with pink, but Id say thats more purple 
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