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Posted 12 years ago2011-11-15 04:10:37 UTC
in New Mod: Half-Life: History Post #300774
ya, there is no way i would ever install an exe to look at pictures either, sorry.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-14 11:17:48 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #300757
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-13 00:59:50 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300710
Stu: YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH

On topic:
my entry is passed the halfway-point, where I know I'll finish and will be decent. It's actually the most-fun compo I can remember for a while.
:P
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-12 12:49:21 UTC
in TWHL's Half-Life Server Post #300686
this is awesome potato! Props sir! may have to start mapping goldsrc again now...
:P
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-12 12:46:58 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300685
WE ARE RICK GRIMES

Existence, as you know it, is over. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

Politely asking to change avatars it futile.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-11 23:47:40 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300680
another dumb question, did you airdust your fans? Makes a HUGE difference if they dirty.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-11 20:21:32 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300674
just wow. i know this is a dumb question before i ask it, but did you try the x64 shlt tools?

I'm not saying it's your having an AMD processor is causing your problems, but it's stories like these that scare me away from anything other than intel cpu...

Have you tried slightly underclocking your cpuz at all to prevent the overheating and still save your faster compile time?
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-11 17:19:52 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300670
idk, i've never had a problem with hammer or any related mapping software on my win 7 ultimate x64.

Like everything other time there is a compatibility problem in windows 7, you obviously tried(logged in as administrator) right-clicking, Run as administrator, correct?

Last thing i can think of is to install hammer on another computer and simply copy the vhe directory over to your win 7 computer. You'll have to redo your configurations and preferences, but everything else will work fine.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-11 12:35:31 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300666
That sniper rifle is so pimp rimrook.. just gorgeous.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-09 21:32:10 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300642
this competiton turnout ought to be epic. can't wait to see the results and i will try to make mine as good as possible before the deadline.

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Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-09 21:25:43 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300641
I agree, a exampltorial would be unique and beneficial to the goldsrce mappers out there! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-09 04:03:24 UTC
in kHED - Free model editor Post #300622
Sounds very interesting, i could have used this 5 years ago for goldsource!

I might play around with it and see if my kHED models look better than what i've been using Propper! for lately..

P

Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-09 03:59:01 UTC
in "File Read Failure"? Post #300621
wow never heard of that one before!

I find wonhalflife very touchy, but i use it because i don't own steam HL on my primary steam account. Have you tried the map on steam possibly?

Some maps just plain won't load for me in wonhalfife anymore, and i HAVE to use steam to run them. No explanation why but possibly cuz i'm runnning it portable?

edit: Try Some of These
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-08 08:40:29 UTC
in I wish Post #300588
I wish for a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-08 00:41:02 UTC
in I wish Post #300581
Agreed. I also wish for mega millions, or Q powers. You know pool and a pond and such. =)

I can just see a twhl-based gaming company: Grandma's Boy on crack, ritalin, antidepressants, and of course wheat grass.
:P
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-07 22:33:51 UTC
in I wish Post #300571
Mo' money Mo' problems Rimrook! =P
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-07 22:00:36 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300569
That is really cool bruce! I plan to play around with this for my c31 entry fo' shizzle. =)

Are there any negative impact on performance, and/or bugs caused from this near as you can tell?
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-03 21:54:31 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300474
The rest finally loaded for me.. "Holy shit" are the only words that are coming to mind.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-03 20:28:21 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300466
rim omg.. i only got one of your pics to load fsr, but holy shit that is beautiful... i would of said it's source, but you can spot hl1 transparent textures from a mile away..

ladies in gentlemen, our first-place prize goes to.. =P

This compo is gonna be great, so many good entries so far..
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-03 20:23:34 UTC
in hl2 machinima Post #300465
anyone know of some good half-life 2 machinima? i've never been particularly interested in it, but i'm thinking of a project that may bee cool, and i'm wondering how close you can get it to feature-film quality.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-03 17:32:20 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300461
that's a great improvement, 'specially in terms of that wpoly!

Some stuff still looks a little blocky to me, and some of the texture choices are a little strange(at least what i can make out from the pic), but still good work.(pm me if you'd like more detailed critique)

You're replacing that horrible default skybox for the final version too i hope! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 12 years ago2011-11-03 17:23:33 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300460
That's looking good skals. And what, you've only used 3 of the textures so far?

PB: thanks man! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-31 15:09:40 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300401
that's a really neat idea instant mix! good job. =)

i've always wanted something to log the editor time, so i could know exactly how much time i spent on a particular map.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-30 23:47:43 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300390
Wow, you have a flair for being surprisingly nasty, Herr Dragos. kudos! =)

And while i still don't agree with your dismissing nosick's work--or art for that matter, lol--as being "totally nonsense", i'll agree with instant mix that some of your other points are interesting, but consider:

-compliments are NOT useless. they let someone know if their hard work wasn't for nothing and they've accomplished something worthwhile. Nosick has clealy produced something praiseworthy.

Criticism is fine if it has some logical basis. simply dismissing someone's hard work as useless because it's not realistic, or has no counterpart in the real world is just plain-wrong imho.

Also possibly, you are having trouble expressing yourself properly in english? If this is the case, i apologize for the parts of my post which were passively antagonistic, as they were completely uncalled for.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-30 19:45:36 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300382
dragos: maybe try to keep your criticism more relevant/constructive, or if you can't do that, then you could always keep it to yourself.

maybe if even one of your maps was half as good as nosick's work, i might take your comments into consideration, but it would still sound like your pissing on someone's hard work for no reason.

stop derailing an otherwise great thread, please.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-30 12:38:18 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300365
Looks pimp Trempler!

Ya skals, it's exciting(and a bit intimidating) to see new goldsouce mappers to this site! =))
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-29 19:59:36 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #300348
That's sick nosick, 'specially for gs! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-29 14:46:29 UTC
in The Voice Acting Thread Post #300337
pump your breaks kid, that man's a national treasure.

P

Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-29 11:07:51 UTC
in Halloween Costumes Post #300333
that's gonna be awesome tetsu0, can't wait to see the finished product!
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-28 01:58:46 UTC
in Objects off grid Post #300303
Heck ya! I would havequit mapping goldsrc ages ago if not for hlfix... seriously.

Func_illusionary superb too, or lately ill just throw a clip brush over it, which yields same result afaik, in terms of performance and compile time? (I wonder if the lighting would look better or different either way?)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-27 17:30:11 UTC
in Objects off grid Post #300284
http://localhostr.com/file/KALHQ2d/stojkens_mech.zip

the upper arm cylinder was giving that nasty "brush ouside world" error, and i basically func_walled the whole thing by groups.

If you want shadow--and why woudn't you!--, place a few simplified and nulled worldbrushes around the arms, legs, missle launchers, and torso to approximate shape for vrad.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-27 12:23:27 UTC
in Objects off grid Post #300280
haha awesome mecha! Ok a couple things:

Is this something you built or downloaded? (pm me link to rmf and i can give you more-detailed evaluation)

I wouldn't worry about things being off-grid, but you can always try selecting the item and hit CTRL+B to "snap to grid".

You can prevent hammer snapping your geometry to gridpoints by using Jed Smith's HLfix. Even better, using Atom's Compilator, you can easily and quickly enable HLFix.

I would recommend ANYONE who maps for goldsource to use Compilator and Hlfix.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-27 09:50:21 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #300275
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-27 08:52:22 UTC
in map search result Post #300273
Add a "map author" column to the search results, and allow user to arrange the order of results by any of the column headings, perhaps one day over the rainbow?

edit: also bt-dubs, maybe add "previous" and "next" buttons to the MV pages in order that they were uploaded, so bascially you can skim the full brief for every map(if you wanted). It would be neat if you could browse search results that way too, but that might be a little crazy?
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-26 05:24:42 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300246
it's true, but i'm still having a blast working on my entry! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-25 11:12:01 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300228
That is really neat Skals!

Perhaps custom sky should be aloud for this compo, or at least some decent ones provided along with the texture pack? I mean, considering you are pretty much screwed if you want to build an outdoor environment using horrendous goldsrc default skyboxes.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-25 05:50:58 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #300224
i'm starting mine now. am i correct in assuming that we only use the texture pack and nothing else, besides the tool textuers, i.e., no stock game textures for whatever engine you are mapping for?

I know this has been covered but would someone care to clarify? plus, we can use custom sounds, correct? (JK)

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Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-22 08:11:55 UTC
in files with map Post #300174
Resgen

run the bsp using resgen should tell you everything resource that is used in the map, e.g., sprites, models, wads, etc.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-22 04:27:35 UTC
in Half-Life: Secret Santa Post #300171
Can you have mod update the official rules on first page, like:

-what name format for the map?
-any directory structure preferences?

Sorry if i missed these if they were previously explained! i'm starting mine now and it's gonna be epic. Textures complete time to map! =)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-19 22:23:11 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #300103
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-12 20:57:37 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #299948
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-03 19:33:15 UTC
in Haiku thread Post #298806
His Sister Pam works,
In a shop she never stops,
She's a go-getter.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-03 19:19:10 UTC
in hammer is broken :( Post #299742
cmon realy? i map on my old ti-89, and there are no lines.. =))
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-03 17:18:37 UTC
in hammer is broken :( Post #299735
yeah, i suppose it's faster than vming a box. I don't think i ever really tried hollow! (i have tried carve tho, from old tutorials back in the day!)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-03 14:22:38 UTC
in hammer is broken :( Post #299730
that is just a hollowed box.
don't use hollow imo.

What does it look like if you create a cube using the brush tool, or a room the "normal" way? (not using carve or hollow)
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-10-02 11:30:40 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #299698
test those textures or i will taunt you for a second time!
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-09-30 23:07:50 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #299641
Posted 13 years ago2011-09-29 16:03:12 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #299588
Zeeba: i hear wut you're laying down, but i'm sure the mods will take into account engine limitations/advantages, and weigh entries as appropriate.

Like archie said, try and think of the compo as a fun/creative exercise, not the restrictions of the challenge! Personally, the more restrictions of an assignment, the better i tend to do, because i find being resourceful fun. =)

BTW, i liked your idea about rendering your current architecture project. DO WANT. =))
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-09-29 16:02:31 UTC
in Half-Life: Secret Santa Post #299589
it's the thought that counts!! =)

Also just a thought, maybe we should make it strongly recommended(not required), to wad include textures.

discostu: you best-be entering.
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 13 years ago2011-09-27 20:55:48 UTC
in Competition 31 Post #299500
relating to the texture sizes, if you scale down a big texture to .50 that is exactly twice the normal size, will it be same perormance-wise to a texture that is the normal size at 1.00?

The more i think about this compo, the more i'm really getting stoked about mapping for it.. = )
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman