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Source2009 is not that demanding and with $1650 to spare you'll easily be able to get quite a capable machine.
I mean, here's a quick find on ebuyer:
HP G62-452SA Laptop
Intel® Core ™ i3-350M Processor 2.26GHz
3GB RAM + 320GB HDD
15.6" HD LED
Webcam + HDMI
Free Internet Security + Free Carry Case
Charcoal with Prism pattern
Windows 7 Home Premium
It's about twice as powerful as your current PC at only £368.99, but hold off because it's an integrated graphics chip which is guaranteed to drive you mad.
Not really recommending that one, just pointing out that your task is easily doable.
Personally I'd go for this:
Samsung RV511 Laptop
Intel Core i5-480M 2.66GHz
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
15.6" HD LED Gloss
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
Webcam + Bluetooth
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
£608.56 (around 993 USD)
Pretty darn powerful and a proper graphics card.
Edit:
I don't know what ebuyer are like in the USA, but definitely check them out. They tend to have pretty unbeatable deals on fully built systems.
I mean, here's a quick find on ebuyer:
HP G62-452SA Laptop
Intel® Core ™ i3-350M Processor 2.26GHz
3GB RAM + 320GB HDD
15.6" HD LED
Webcam + HDMI
Free Internet Security + Free Carry Case
Charcoal with Prism pattern
Windows 7 Home Premium
It's about twice as powerful as your current PC at only £368.99, but hold off because it's an integrated graphics chip which is guaranteed to drive you mad.
Not really recommending that one, just pointing out that your task is easily doable.
Personally I'd go for this:
Samsung RV511 Laptop
Intel Core i5-480M 2.66GHz
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
15.6" HD LED Gloss
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
Webcam + Bluetooth
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
£608.56 (around 993 USD)
Pretty darn powerful and a proper graphics card.
Edit:
I don't know what ebuyer are like in the USA, but definitely check them out. They tend to have pretty unbeatable deals on fully built systems.
Well the Scotch part of it, anyway. Urby fell asleep ;D
Also, if any of you feel bad that you missed it, you can check out the HLTV demos here.
Instructions on how to play them included, and they're sorted by map.
de_dragos and de_watertower were probably the highlights in terms of pure fun, and the demos show that.
Also, if any of you feel bad that you missed it, you can check out the HLTV demos here.
Instructions on how to play them included, and they're sorted by map.
de_dragos and de_watertower were probably the highlights in terms of pure fun, and the demos show that.
WE HAVE A WINNER!
Congratulations Mariowned! You win £15 worth of Steam games. PM me or send me an e-mail at scotch@scotchandcoffee.co.uk with your Steam username and the name of the game(s) you want.
Well played!
Congratulations Mariowned! You win £15 worth of Steam games. PM me or send me an e-mail at scotch@scotchandcoffee.co.uk with your Steam username and the name of the game(s) you want.
Well played!
If you'd read earlier, the ticket system is like a raffle.
This is how it works out:
001 - 195 = Freshy
196 - 349 = Striker
350 - 493 = Mariowned
494 - 635 = Nefarious
636 - 749 = Soup Miner
750 - 846 = Blitz
847 - 906 = Skals
907 - 965 = Potatis
966 - 987 = X-LAyer2
We put a 1-987 in a random number generator, run it 3 times (3 is a nice number) and the winner is the number it spits out.
This is how it works out:
001 - 195 = Freshy
196 - 349 = Striker
350 - 493 = Mariowned
494 - 635 = Nefarious
636 - 749 = Soup Miner
750 - 846 = Blitz
847 - 906 = Skals
907 - 965 = Potatis
966 - 987 = X-LAyer2
We put a 1-987 in a random number generator, run it 3 times (3 is a nice number) and the winner is the number it spits out.
I am wasted.Clearly.
Also worth noting is that daubster had 103 tickets, but chose not to be included in the prize draw because he adminned for us tonight. Nice of him 
Also, there were a total of 987 kills, excluding myself and daubeh's.
Also, there were a total of 987 kills, excluding myself and daubeh's.
Your tickets:
1. Freshy - 195
2. The_(c)Striker - 154
3. Mariowned - 144
4. Nefarious - 142
5. Soup Miner - 114
6. Blitzkrieg - 97
7. Skals - 60
8. Potatis_invalido - 59
9. X-LAyer2 - 22
The more tickets you have, the more likely you'll win.
Winner will be announced (hopefully) within an hour.
1. Freshy - 195
2. The_(c)Striker - 154
3. Mariowned - 144
4. Nefarious - 142
5. Soup Miner - 114
6. Blitzkrieg - 97
7. Skals - 60
8. Potatis_invalido - 59
9. X-LAyer2 - 22
The more tickets you have, the more likely you'll win.
Winner will be announced (hopefully) within an hour.
the end.
fuck my life. 4 straight hours of CS.
fuck my life. 4 straight hours of CS.
the dirty secret had too many issues to be revealed in time for the tournament, unfortunately.
Are you logged in to the Steam Community? It might have a default time zone if you're not.
It's an hour away from now.
It's an hour away from now.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I remind you that the tournament begins tonight at 8pm UK time. Here's a handy steam event to help you work out what time that is in your time-zone.
The tournament will keep going until all submitted maps have been played. That's potentially a very long time, but that's a good thing because it means people from different time zones will still get a chance to play.
As I've said before - you don't have to be there at the start and you don't have to be there at the end. Just log on for a few maps at some point during the tournament and rack up some kills. The more you play, the more likely you are to get kills, but it's not a requirement to play for the entire duration.
The tournament end will be signalled with a post here and the server returning to an official cs map at which point kills will cease to be recorded. We estimate this to be around 2am British time, but it could be drastically longer or shorter depending on how long rounds last.
Make sure you have all the maps before you join. A .zip with all of them can be found here:
http://hunter.weebitmagic.com/files/maps/twhl_retro_tournament_maps_v1.zip
Playing order will be randomized, but here's a full list:
de_dragos
de_space
aim_oldzone
aim_shotgun
cs_aztec2
cs_control
cs_urbanbend
de_dome
de_splinter_clan
de_watertower
fy_rook
gyradell
The map will get a strikethrough when it has been played.
The tournament will keep going until all submitted maps have been played. That's potentially a very long time, but that's a good thing because it means people from different time zones will still get a chance to play.
As I've said before - you don't have to be there at the start and you don't have to be there at the end. Just log on for a few maps at some point during the tournament and rack up some kills. The more you play, the more likely you are to get kills, but it's not a requirement to play for the entire duration.
The tournament end will be signalled with a post here and the server returning to an official cs map at which point kills will cease to be recorded. We estimate this to be around 2am British time, but it could be drastically longer or shorter depending on how long rounds last.
Make sure you have all the maps before you join. A .zip with all of them can be found here:
http://hunter.weebitmagic.com/files/maps/twhl_retro_tournament_maps_v1.zip
Playing order will be randomized, but here's a full list:
de_dragos
de_space
aim_oldzone
aim_shotgun
cs_aztec2
cs_control
cs_urbanbend
de_dome
de_splinter_clan
de_watertower
fy_rook
gyradell
The map will get a strikethrough when it has been played.
Finally saw Tron Legacy. Gotta agree with what was said earlier in the thread. Not nearly as bad as I had heard - thoroughly entertaining throughout. Sure it's as deep as a teaspoon, but just take it for what it is and you'll enjoy it.
And yeah, Thirteen never looked so good.
And yeah, Thirteen never looked so good.
Just saw Exit Through the Giftshop. Film by Banksy on street art.I think you might have missed the point, somewhat.
Pretty interesting. It focused too much on one guy who was kinda a douchebag. But hey. Good watch.
Anyone remember last.fm? I haven't used it in a few years, but on impulse I decided to start up a new profile and download the scrobbler.
If any of you still use it or fancy starting one, send me a friend request!
http://www.last.fm/user/Archie_SnC
Edit:
Hah, a TWHL group still exists from 2006.
If any of you still use it or fancy starting one, send me a friend request!
http://www.last.fm/user/Archie_SnC
Edit:
Hah, a TWHL group still exists from 2006.
Very creative, but look at the size of your players compared to the props!
The oil drums are the size of people and the truck is about twice as big as a real one.
for water, I generally use RenderMode: Texture and FX Amount: 60
The oil drums are the size of people and the truck is about twice as big as a real one.
for water, I generally use RenderMode: Texture and FX Amount: 60
Well that explains it, then.
Sorry, wasn't trying to start anything. Just curious!
Sorry, wasn't trying to start anything. Just curious!
But it's not tied to an entity in the Hammer screenie. Wouldn't that cause it not to compile everything inside it?
Just in terms of brushwork exploits, how the heck did doodle get a hollow dome in under 30 brushes?
told you it was HLfix's fault somehow, Urbles 
What? No. I'm saying the ticket method avoids that scenario.
Also, the tournament is only one day. The server is only live at the moment for fun games and testing.
also
http://twhl.info/search.php?searchstring=de_mon&searchlocation=maps
Did you search for it in tutorials or something?
Also, the tournament is only one day. The server is only live at the moment for fun games and testing.
also
http://twhl.info/search.php?searchstring=de_mon&searchlocation=maps
Did you search for it in tutorials or something?
keep in mind that there are a lot of maps.
It's likely to keep going for several hours.
You don't have to be there from the start, and you don't have to be there at the end - your kills will still count.
I was thinking we could choose the winner in the same way my old work (LAN gaming centre) used to do it, which was a ticket-based system.
Every kill gives you a ticket in what is essentially a raffle. The more tickets you have - the more likely you'll win - but it's not a guarantee.
That'd ensure that if someone was crazy enough to stay for the entire tournament, they wouldn't necessarily win just by having most kills through being there the longest.
Also note that there will be 2 runner up prizes.
It's likely to keep going for several hours.
You don't have to be there from the start, and you don't have to be there at the end - your kills will still count.
I was thinking we could choose the winner in the same way my old work (LAN gaming centre) used to do it, which was a ticket-based system.
Every kill gives you a ticket in what is essentially a raffle. The more tickets you have - the more likely you'll win - but it's not a guarantee.
That'd ensure that if someone was crazy enough to stay for the entire tournament, they wouldn't necessarily win just by having most kills through being there the longest.
Also note that there will be 2 runner up prizes.
The tournament date isn't fully set yet, but we're leaning towards 8pm GMT next Saturday (16th of April). Let us know if this suits you. We can move it if there's many of you who couldn't make it.
oh derp, haha.
Ok, that's neat, I like how the blog resizes itself.
Ok, that's neat, I like how the blog resizes itself.
de_mon isn't part of the tournament. It's just on the server because it's a very unique map which provides interesting gameplay.
Crollo, I'm not comfortable with you competing in the tournament. I'm providing the server and the prize, and to be frank I don't think your behaviour (not necessarily in this thread) should allow you to take part. You'll be banned if you try to join during the tournament and continued trolling on the forums will result in a ban during the intermittent time, as well as banning from future game servers I provide for the community.
Crollo, I'm not comfortable with you competing in the tournament. I'm providing the server and the prize, and to be frank I don't think your behaviour (not necessarily in this thread) should allow you to take part. You'll be banned if you try to join during the tournament and continued trolling on the forums will result in a ban during the intermittent time, as well as banning from future game servers I provide for the community.
Do you even know what anti-aliasing is? I'm talking about the edges of the cube.
Oh but of course you're trolling again.
Oh but of course you're trolling again.
I'd be interested to see how it looks on a non-widescreen monitor.
calm down, you haven't missed the tournament.
But think about it - if you have 3 votes then the best entries are going to be repeatedly voted for ensuring they'll place well.
It will produce a much more balanced result. Other websites use the 3 vote system and it works very well, especially if you're going to allow self-voting.
One vote for your own, one vote for your absolute favourite, one vote for your second favourite.
It will produce a much more balanced result. Other websites use the 3 vote system and it works very well, especially if you're going to allow self-voting.
One vote for your own, one vote for your absolute favourite, one vote for your second favourite.
It's goldsource. Look at the lack of texture filtering.
If you're saying Source because of the anti-aliasing, modern video cards can force it on older games.
Consider your point made, Urby :3
If you're saying Source because of the anti-aliasing, modern video cards can force it on older games.
Consider your point made, Urby :3
Yeah, it'd make more sense to have 3 votes, spread out over 3 entries.
Well, that was basically every single active TWHLer on the server tonight
good game, all.
good game, all.
If the people of TWHL come together we could make it work.No, we couldn't.
I'm not being a dick, I'm just letting you know.
You've somehow managed to make an entire 6-page design document and a forum post without once mentioning any of the absolute key points about this game.
For starters: What is it? Is it a mod? What engine does it use? Is it even 3D? How will it play? Why are experienced coders needed? For what?
Then more finicky points:
When is this set?
Why are there Soviets in Australia?
What is the purpose of any of the events you've written?
Why are US Marines using AK-47s?
Radiation beast? What? Why?
Why have you peppered your design document with a meaningless Copyright statement? Read up on what footers are in Word.
This is not a planned out idea. It's more like a series of possible moments in a game which might be cool, but with no greater story or purpose guiding the player, they'll just be confused.
And seriously - I read all 6 pages and I still don't have a clue even remotely what form this might take.
I did however lol at:
For starters: What is it? Is it a mod? What engine does it use? Is it even 3D? How will it play? Why are experienced coders needed? For what?
Then more finicky points:
When is this set?
Why are there Soviets in Australia?
What is the purpose of any of the events you've written?
Why are US Marines using AK-47s?
Radiation beast? What? Why?
Why have you peppered your design document with a meaningless Copyright statement? Read up on what footers are in Word.
This is not a planned out idea. It's more like a series of possible moments in a game which might be cool, but with no greater story or purpose guiding the player, they'll just be confused.
And seriously - I read all 6 pages and I still don't have a clue even remotely what form this might take.
I did however lol at:
Kenyan - Enemy and Friend, depending on which version of the game the player chooses. They are easily startled.
Fists - Found in Chapter One
Hey guys, just so you know this is still happening!
The server is now live and Daubster is doing some much-needed tinkering before we announce an actual date for the tournament.
There is still time to get your maps involved.
The server has 12 slots and is hosted in Frankfurt to cater to the broadest range of TWHLers. Americans will have a ping of about 110, which is still playable. Anywhere in central Europe, including the UK and Scandinavia you'll get less than 70.
The server is now live and Daubster is doing some much-needed tinkering before we announce an actual date for the tournament.
There is still time to get your maps involved.
The server has 12 slots and is hosted in Frankfurt to cater to the broadest range of TWHLers. Americans will have a ping of about 110, which is still playable. Anywhere in central Europe, including the UK and Scandinavia you'll get less than 70.
I hope she was worth it, potatis.
Got asked to shave my pubes by an ex. Now I do it regularly, as well as shaving my areola because it feels odd to have hair there.
It's quite empowering in an odd way.
Don't knock it til' you try it.
Dimbark, don't Google any of the terms used in this post.
It's quite empowering in an odd way.
Don't knock it til' you try it.
Dimbark, don't Google any of the terms used in this post.
replacing a letter isn't really a pun...
Right click on it in Steam.
Go to properties.
Go to local files.
Click "Verify Integrity of Game Cache..."
Go to properties.
Go to local files.
Click "Verify Integrity of Game Cache..."
Trolling - don't feed it.
What? It's nothing to do with OS. Muzz is on a 64bit system and this program only works on 32bit.
Yes, I put a little kiss after my name
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Why do all your screenshots look slightly out of focus, Crollo? It's like anti-aliasing, but wrong. And yet your HL2 shots don't seem to have any anti-aliasing at all.
does it show in a compiled map?
Whats up with the null texturing though?That's meant to be the joke - the level is being consumed by the null. I had to make a fake null texture that would actually render when compiled.
Looks good. I like the lighting.
Question, though:
Why does it look like everything was made with the grid at size 1 in the hammer screenshot? Even the ground and sky are on a tiny gridsize. Do you not find it really difficult to map like that?
Question, though:
Why does it look like everything was made with the grid at size 1 in the hammer screenshot? Even the ground and sky are on a tiny gridsize. Do you not find it really difficult to map like that?
Didn't really think it was necessary to post any other images. What would be gained from it? There's certainly nothing but an empty hallway behind the "camera" in the screenie I posted.
A .gif might be funny, but it'd ruin the illusion as the only moving element of this scene is the Barney.
A .gif might be funny, but it'd ruin the illusion as the only moving element of this scene is the Barney.
Decided to go for Goldsource in the end, because I couldn't be arsed with vtfedit (photoshop vtf plugin doesn't work in 64bit CS5 hnng)
FINAL: "Collapse"
Didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to, but not too bad for 20 mins work.
FINAL: "Collapse"
Didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to, but not too bad for 20 mins work.