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Posted 14 years ago2010-02-20 17:24:20 UTC
in Problems with Valve Hammer. Post #279121
Well, you do have Hammer config files you could try deleting. Make sure you save your settings to a text doc first though.

However, I bet there's an easier way out of this.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-20 17:20:09 UTC
in Problems with Valve Hammer. Post #279119
Does View > Autosize 4 Views not work?

Edit: durrhurr
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-17 20:29:56 UTC
in HL1 map Post #279031
Because you're a spammy spam spammer who made over 9000 redundant threads the first week you were here.

I think we should go around to all the most popular mapping forums, making a thread like this in each one, and grade the forum's helpfulness based on the kind of responses we get.

TWHL would be pretty low on the list, I think.

Facepunch probably last, since you'd probably get banned.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-15 19:08:14 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #278940
I've never heard of Hilltop Hoods before, but I just listened to a couple of their songs and they are indeed pretty unbearable.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-13 02:54:57 UTC
in CP Castle Post #278890
CP?

I only know of one usage of this term. Ahem.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-11 21:17:30 UTC
in I see that there are lots o' tutorials f Post #278848
Hope these guys with the server are going to be prepared for the level of awesomeness they'll undoubtedly witness in your first attempt at a TFC map.

...

I'm sure there's Quite a few tutorials out there, just search around. Might be harder to find now with TF2 out and fudging up your search results though.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-07 17:58:44 UTC
in Why does this ladder keep showing up... Post #278761
God, why can't you just read the tutorials first?
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-06 19:02:11 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #278745
DiscoStu I think you won't be able to compile that map
It's already compiled in the pictures. :\
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-06 06:44:41 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #278740
I mean that mapping in all white I would hardly be able to distinguish anything.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-06 01:05:05 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #278735
I don't know how you can map without textures.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 21:41:01 UTC
in This might be crazy, but is there a way. Post #278719
But I couldn't make it that high if I tried.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 21:39:21 UTC
in This might be crazy, but is there a way. Post #278717
That'd mean an engine-crippling 0.25 texture scale for everything in GS.

Enjoy your 8000 wpolys. :zomg:
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 21:31:02 UTC
in This might be crazy, but is there a way. Post #278714
To 256x256 which is pretty frickin' huge for a standard Goldsource texture.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 21:20:56 UTC
in How can you make certain parts of a text Post #278711
It's probably because your blue color is not the 255th color of the palette as seen in Wally when the texture is within the WAD, not within Photoshop or whatever you're using to edit the BMP outside the WAD (chances are it's a 24 bit bitmap in which case you have quite a lot more than 255 colors, which are then converted to a 255 color palette when you drop it into a WAD.)
User posted image
Go under the Color menu and select Edit Palette to see what the texture's palette looks like. If it's wrong you go under the Colors menu again and click Translate Colors to swap the indexes around so the blue color you used for transparency is actually the 255th color. Use the eye dropper tool over whatever area you want and it'll even tell you if it's in index #255 or not.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 21:05:09 UTC
in This might be crazy, but is there a way. Post #278710
Nobody would care unless you tried to rip Valve off by copying and reusing all their content in some other engine.

Also, we like to resort to this as a legal roadblock strategy when somebody's about to do something stupid like try and remake HL2 in Goldsource. The "illegal content" strategy is an all round great defense against really lame mods coming to fruition, since they commonly involve stolen copyrighted content.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 00:32:32 UTC
in How can you make certain parts of a text Post #278674
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-03 00:51:13 UTC
in Problem with computer Post #278643
You might need 2 optical drives for that though, I'm not sure. I've always had 2.
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-03 00:26:59 UTC
in Problem with computer Post #278640
I only had one option left: Format the hard drive and do a clean install of Windows.
Jesus Tito, never heard of Knoppix? Bootable easy-to-use Linux distro on a CD, pop it in, back your files up to CD, format the hard drive, no files lost. I've used it twice for these situations.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-30 22:29:11 UTC
in Last movie you saw? Post #278552
Taken was fucking hilarious. Corny emotional scenes and then the guy just runs around beating everybody up like he's invincible or something.

And The Road was just straight up depressing. And then the blatant Coka Cola ad halfway through the movie totally ruined the atmosphere.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-28 20:46:31 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #278518
^ Should be what Castle Disposed looks like ^
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-23 17:11:03 UTC
in Staff Infection (RC) Post #278332
I don't have L4D, but that's a really catchy name.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-23 15:19:32 UTC
in psiRAVEtest05 Post #278329
You know, you really ought to look into this alcoholism problem of yours. They have self-help programs for this stuff.

Plus. maybe then you could make maps without quite as many errors?
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-21 06:29:40 UTC
in iPhone Saves Lives Post #278224
I'm with Zeeba. Hell I'm willing to bet Apple induced the earthquake in the first place and paid the guy to stand right there with that iPhone app at the exact moment it struck. What a tragedy. These product marketers will do anything these days, even if it costs lives and destroys whole countries. Apple should be taken to court for this, it's absolutely unacceptable.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-21 05:40:31 UTC
in iPhone Saves Lives Post #278221
this can't be true, the scientists in half life don't do it correctly.
:rly:
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-20 01:39:37 UTC
in Australia continues to censor Post #278170
Well, it's kind of hard to hear written text, so yeah.

Anyway, I hope we'll eventually be able to look back on all this censorship crap in the same light we now see prohibition in.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-20 01:31:09 UTC
in Australia continues to censor Post #278168
Wow, psilous. Ever considered a career path as a dictator?
I don't like movies.

Nobody else should get to enjoy them either!
Yeah, I think you'd do pretty good for yourself.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-17 22:17:00 UTC
in Just a couple questions. Post #278067
that one door that has only a half of the texture
Is this a texture in halflife.wad? What is its name? Because I can't think of any like you're describing.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-15 22:08:34 UTC
in Just a couple questions. Post #278005
Your first question, you're being kind of vague about. I'm not sure if you're wanting 2 differently aligned textures side-by-side on one side of a door, or a texture that is aligned differently on each side (front and back).
use null/bevel on the inside faces that you don't see,
Unnecessary, they'll be deleted anyway since they're within the same entity.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-14 21:19:32 UTC
in Ah, the things you do when you are bored Post #277936
He's really gotten on your nerves, eh?
Nah, just playing around.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-14 02:52:28 UTC
in Ah, the things you do when you are bored Post #277905
Sometimes when I'm bored I make unnecessary TWHL threads just to annoy people.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-14 02:48:01 UTC
in Well, what do you think I should do? Post #277904
Yeah, I mean, I didn't post a single thing on any forum until months after I'd started mapping. It just wasn't necessary at all in the beginning. I also used VERC for the most part, but TWHL works fine too. The thing is, all these beginner questions are completely and totally answered by any number of tutorials out there, maybe even in the friggin' Hammer help guide. Learn to figure stuff out yourself, because if you keep on mapping and get really advanced, you'll reach a point where the stuff you're trying to do isn't covered anywhere, and you have to make it up as you go. self-sufficiency is really important stuff at any stage, though.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-12 21:43:21 UTC
in Half-Life: Ghosthunter [REVISED!] Post #277832
yeah Hostage Situation was shit
:tired:
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-12 06:29:35 UTC
in Last movie you saw? Post #277784
Avatar, BEST movie i've ever seen in my life!
You don't see many movies, I'm guessing?

Well, I guess not everybody sits on Netflix Instant-Watch all day. :tired:
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-12 03:57:23 UTC
in Ah, the things you do when you are bored Post #277772
How do I get out of software version on the Steam version?

And what about the WON version too?
In the settings. Video settings. It's not like there's anything but screen resolution and render mode to choose from anyhow.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-11 05:31:28 UTC
in Is there any WONners here? Post #277698
LOL Joe, the graphics are exactly the same, just so you know. I can't believe you never changed your graphics settings at all.

I used to develop on WON HL, but it got tiresome having to transfer files between that and the Steam folders for whatever reason, so I just went over to Steam exclusively. Besides, I never used to map anything multiplayer except for CS, so online stuff didn't matter to me. WON HL is so much lighter and faster than the Steam version, the map would take literally 2 seconds to launch after compiling was finished.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-10 17:31:43 UTC
in Illegal Broadcast Post #277665
Nope, that's politically and grammatically incorrect, and "his or her" is wrong for this situation. "Their" would work.

Sorry, I didn't like your machinima thing. But don't take it personally, I almost universally hate these things. I think GMod videos got old and really unfunny after the first few I watched.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-08 23:25:58 UTC
in Clusterfuck of cold Post #277575
LOL GLOBAL WARMING
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-07 04:34:51 UTC
in Math Problems Post #277461
This is a logic problem, not a math problem. It's impossible to solve it with equations like others have tried. Also, the wording of the problem was very important.

2450 has 5 prime factors (2,5,5,7,7). This means that the ages must be broken up into products of these 5 numbers. Because there are 3 guests, the logical breakdown is that one of these guests is a child aged 2, 5, or 7, and the other two guests are the products of the remainders.

These are the possible breakdowns in this situation:

2 - [35,35] or [25,49] or [5,245] or [7,175]
5 - [10,49] or [14,35] or [2,245] or [5,98] or [7,70]
7 - [10,35] or [14,25] or [2,175] or [5,70] or [7,50]

Now for the second bit of info: the sum is 2 times Sara's age. Without knowing that age, the only thing this gives us is that the sum must be even. BUT the kicker here is that Sara says that this isn't enough information, so there must be 2 or more combinations that add to twice her age. Let's find the sums (in order, getting rid of unrealistic ages):

72,76
64,54,108,82
52,46,82,64

Duplicates are: 64, 82

So Sara is looking at one of these two combinations:
[5,10,49] or [7,7,50]
[5,7,70] or [7,5,70]

The second one are identical, so the duplicate is:
[5,10,49] or [7,7,50]
(Also, this means that Sara is 32)

So the last bit of info must let Sara know which is the valid combination. Eric says that he is older than all guests, and Sara knows the answer after that. This means that one of these combinations has a value older (or equal to) than Eric. This would be [7,7,50] as 50 is the oldest age.

This means that the guest combination is
[5,10,49]
So Eric is older than 49. BUT he must not be older than 50, or the previous cancellation wouldn't be valid.

THEREFORE:
Eric is 50.

QED
And this is why I will never learn any programming language ever.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-05 01:51:40 UTC
in Making a pc game to sell Post #277340
My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window.
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-04 21:35:53 UTC
in Making a pc game to sell Post #277333
You're delusional if you think anybody would still pay for a game based on the Goldsource engine. I don't think you realize how important graphics really are to most people. Granted, you can make some pretty impressive stuff that will be almost as good looking as really crappy looking stuff you see in the Source engine, but it'll just take even longer. Honestly, choosing Goldsource to develop a game on just because you happen to know it well is a really really bad idea. If you think of all the other obstacles you would have to overcome on your way to actually producing a retail game, learning to map for a new engine is very low on the list of challenges. Real game developers have to learn to adapt to different engines and tools every time they start a new game, and they still put out brilliant stuff all the time. What makes you think any dedicated individual isn't capable of the same thing?
Posted 14 years ago2010-01-01 05:53:29 UTC
in New Year countdown Post #277151
42 minutes ago now.

Captain terror: Do yourself a favor and see Avatar. It is a truly shit story and cornball hollywood fare to be totally honest, but you only get to see it in its original 3D big-screen splendor once, and that's where the magic is. And it's fun. I don't know about Sherlock Holmes, but you can rent that any time. The Avatar experience... not so much (although I don't know what their plans for a DVD release entail in terms of 3D.)
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-31 21:20:32 UTC
in New Year countdown Post #277140
Yeh... I don't do "party" too well.
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-31 20:58:41 UTC
in New Year countdown Post #277138
Still got eight hours and seven minutes.

Slow California is slow.

Personally I don't see what all the fuss is about New Years.
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-31 17:45:58 UTC
in New Year countdown Post #277126
Psilous quit infecting TWHL with your animoo shit please
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-31 17:38:11 UTC
in Accomplishments 2009 Post #277124
-Built my first engine, something I'd wanted to do for many years.
-Finally finished FEAR
-Got my license
-Got friends and stopped being (quite as much) of a pathetic loser
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-28 20:42:31 UTC
in Jesus Camp Post #277025
Being a talented leader requires that you're a talented liar at some point.
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-28 04:28:23 UTC
in Christmas Presents Lawl Post #277000
You know what? I don't even want to know what that is or how it comes to be. This is turning really creepy really fast.
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-27 22:15:22 UTC
in Christmas Presents Lawl Post #276996
HEY IM NOT A GIRL!.. Close, but not completely at all.
Cool, so you're actually a tranny then?
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-27 16:11:11 UTC
in What is this? Post #276974
He was drunk when he wrote that... lol timestamps.
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-27 15:58:04 UTC
in Christmas Presents Lawl Post #276971
In the past yes, but I don't think they're active. But you know, I have no idea, and I kind of regret bringing it up now.