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well i was hoping we'd all do the same one to make it a little more fun judging our different interpretations, but i'm down for whatever.
you mean everyone gets a different song to do?
go into hammer with a blank slate(dimbark nobody is looking at you shutup), and then, listen to the song and map what it makes you think about, feel, etc..
Oh god i might have stab myself in the arm if we choose one from that list..
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Kraken wins at winning. =)
Hunteh: Oh na-na, what's mah name?!
Hunteh: Oh na-na, what's mah name?!
hihihi! =)
In an attempt to us a little energy from the feared and respected Deep Thinking thread, how 'bout a little minichallenge?
I was thinking it might be interesting to map to a song and see what people come up with. I.e., while you're building the level you listen to ONE song over and over and over until you're done.
I think it would be neater if everyone did the same song, but it might be tough to agree on just one..
Thoughts from you-all?
In an attempt to us a little energy from the feared and respected Deep Thinking thread, how 'bout a little minichallenge?
I was thinking it might be interesting to map to a song and see what people come up with. I.e., while you're building the level you listen to ONE song over and over and over until you're done.
I think it would be neater if everyone did the same song, but it might be tough to agree on just one..
Thoughts from you-all?
can you use roadkill with it?
TJB/thecoolgman: Nice Stuff! Both your wip pics make me think of l4d fsr..
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NinjaDefuse: nice are the texture mapping any easier in blender?Nice to see you're still working on this!
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Another kind of deep thinking is deep imagining like I did with the hammer window on my monitor being a physical 3d void existing inside my room.I know! like your computer screen is a shoebox diorama, but you could also squeeze inside your monitor, and enter another worldspace? =P
*building dioramas was my single-favourite thing to do in elementary school; it's mapping, except with cardboard.
Ha lots of neat ideas and fun conjecture in this thread. I think we all have a lot in common as in the way we think as mappers. =)
I don't understand why they are replacing the shuttle with a capsule-based delivery system; it just seems like moving backwards. I thought this was the future of the shuttle program. =|
yup, but you may want to confer with rimrook on this, but i think you may have problems with animations working properly from max, so milkshape is probably your best bet for goldsource.
he mentioned the exchange rate being high in the original post. i really don't understand why people who clearly haven't even read the relevant information are even bothering to post. you're contributing nothing.O RLY? you refer to the 14 paragraphs striker wrote in the first post as the "relevant information"? Anything requiring this much explanation is unclear to say the least; Striker say himself he still doesn't completely understand how it works. =|
the only "relevant info" i care about is if it's going to drain my gpu/cpu power, i don't want a thing to do with it.
so how exactly you get coins for mappin?
Harvest the blocks underneath you, or jump in a pool of water (whoops i see you have no pool of water!).
0, = O
inb4 Minecraft mapping compo and rule #34
Agreed looks nice Jeff! =)
I have to start combining func_walls in an area which is horrible for optimisation.Afaik for goldsrc, brush-based entities are rendered 100% of the time in the world to all players, so it don't think combining them will impact your map's performance.
340 downloads in 2 days on GameBanana!
I know it's no big deal but i can't help feeling excited. Plus a bonus: nobody trashed it in comments for being a "port".
68.232.183.184:27015
A BIG THANKS to Naticus over at Gamebanana for throwing it on the server!
I know it's no big deal but i can't help feeling excited. Plus a bonus: nobody trashed it in comments for being a "port".
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Oh btw here is the correct server address againe:68.232.183.184:27015
A BIG THANKS to Naticus over at Gamebanana for throwing it on the server!
P = P
bam! thank-you homie!
UPDATE
Nuketown is now on a server! Come Come!
68.232.183.18427015
Nuketown is now on a server! Come Come!
68.232.183.18427015
P = P
Does this count as a contribution to whirling Minecraft dervish?
ha tjb is that sketchup?
DiscoStu: your mom can see ImageShack images again! =) =)
DiscoStu: your mom can see ImageShack images again! =) =)
Wow.
As much as i hate on minecraft, these images you-all are posting are damn impressive. Just unreal... How long would it take for some of the huger maps like Rim's or Luke's to complete?
As much as i hate on minecraft, these images you-all are posting are damn impressive. Just unreal... How long would it take for some of the huger maps like Rim's or Luke's to complete?
I get this error when trying to run bsp:
So, i can't judge what the wpoly even are.
After looing at the rmf, it doesn't seem to me your wpoly should be high at all, but you should be able to cut your compile time by changing the sinks, toilets and pretty much anything small or compicated or that doesn't block vis into func_walls, to cut your compile time. Also encase crazy shapes like the toilets and sinks in simple cube clipbrushes to cut down on clipnodes and unecessarily cutting vis leafs.
One sure way to change lower the wpoly is to up the texture scale(i noticed some of your textures scaled down to .5 and .6, which if you do that a lot it will really up your wpoly AND compile time), just don't make it too high, else your textures will really look shitty.
After looing at the rmf, it doesn't seem to me your wpoly should be high at all, but you should be able to cut your compile time by changing the sinks, toilets and pretty much anything small or compicated or that doesn't block vis into func_walls, to cut your compile time. Also encase crazy shapes like the toilets and sinks in simple cube clipbrushes to cut down on clipnodes and unecessarily cutting vis leafs.
One sure way to change lower the wpoly is to up the texture scale(i noticed some of your textures scaled down to .5 and .6, which if you do that a lot it will really up your wpoly AND compile time), just don't make it too high, else your textures will really look shitty.
idk, i know brush entities will take light differently than world brushes, so that's one thing to check. Also, maybe it's just the texture? (if you texture the illuminated part with a different texture, does it still light that way.
EDIT: didn't read down far enough to see you solved it. what was the solution?
EDIT: didn't read down far enough to see you solved it. what was the solution?
Great stuff in here!
Ninja: looks sweet, i'm getting flashbacks from the 30-brushes competition. =)
Skals: Looks really cool!
Archie: Sexay updates sir love the high level of detail.
Ninja: looks sweet, i'm getting flashbacks from the 30-brushes competition. =)
Skals: Looks really cool!
Archie: Sexay updates sir love the high level of detail.
Nuketown demo for CS:S and HL2:DM
Map Vault Entry
DIRECT DOWNLOAD
FULL README (best viewed in notepad)
Please check it out if you can and leave me some commments! (the hl2dm port has had no testing outside myself, so beware!)
Many issues brought up in map comments are already being addressed, but i welcome any and all comments/critisms/suggestions!
Map Vault Entry
DIRECT DOWNLOAD
FULL README (best viewed in notepad)
Please check it out if you can and leave me some commments! (the hl2dm port has had no testing outside myself, so beware!)
Many issues brought up in map comments are already being addressed, but i welcome any and all comments/critisms/suggestions!
haha yup; watched the movie too.
Grats moocow! =)
Archie: that is a pretty neat lottery system too, btw! Thanks again was fun and a good turnout.
Archie: that is a pretty neat lottery system too, btw! Thanks again was fun and a good turnout.
Heck ya great map Archie. All the little nitpicks i mentioned in your thread(about small detailing), you don't even notice during gameplay. Very fun awesome map.
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haha sweet =)
I'm just going to set my TWHL time to GMT+1 so i don't forget. (so, if i'm EST and you are GMT+1 then i'm 5 hours ahead? So it'd be like, 5pm for me when the game starts?)
IDK this is all very confusing. Maybe just a countdown timer we should measure in cubic time?
IDK this is all very confusing. Maybe just a countdown timer we should measure in cubic time?
ahaha reading is fun! SORRY =)
i'm game if it gets changed to sunday. (stares evily at the 10 quid steam note)
maybe make it an event on steam too so none of us forget. my name is captain0terror@gmail.com, but i think most of us are already in the twhl group?
maybe make it an event on steam too so none of us forget. my name is captain0terror@gmail.com, but i think most of us are already in the twhl group?
If you run with fast vvis, does your vrad still crash? i've also noticed on big, wide open maps that my vrad will crash on full vvis, but not on fast fsr.
What optimization techniques have you used? i've found using func_lod on my my nuketown map makes it crash fsr. stupid/dumb question: have you changed everything not a visblocker into func_detail?
EDIT: just thought of something else for this. I've found recently that adding too many cubemaps(even one or two) can make a map compile FOREVER. Also, waiting is compounded if the map is poorly optimized or wide open.
BTW: are you running normal or fast vvis?
What optimization techniques have you used? i've found using func_lod on my my nuketown map makes it crash fsr. stupid/dumb question: have you changed everything not a visblocker into func_detail?
EDIT: just thought of something else for this. I've found recently that adding too many cubemaps(even one or two) can make a map compile FOREVER. Also, waiting is compounded if the map is poorly optimized or wide open.
BTW: are you running normal or fast vvis?
[b]QUICK QUESTION:
I have a transparent fence next to a bush made of transparent textures, and when looked at from the back, parts of the fence become completely transparent where they overlap the bush. Is there a workaround for this glitch or should i just make the bush opaque?[/b]
I have a transparent fence next to a bush made of transparent textures, and when looked at from the back, parts of the fence become completely transparent where they overlap the bush. Is there a workaround for this glitch or should i just make the bush opaque?[/b]
heck ya, that low-poly truck would be perfect or de_twhl_2011 imo too. =)
I know this discussion had been brought up a few times, but i think if we opened up a prefab vault, i KNOW it would be populated quickly with members showing off their world prop prowess. (me included)
I know this discussion had been brought up a few times, but i think if we opened up a prefab vault, i KNOW it would be populated quickly with members showing off their world prop prowess. (me included)
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Ha dragos that is neat. would be cool to see a little dm based on giger's work that DOES NOT contain any NS textures.
[b]QUICK QUESTION:
Can somone tell me what target input to use(via output), to change an entities render fx amount? like SetRenderAmt or SetRenderFX some such? can i even do it that way?[/b]
Can somone tell me what target input to use(via output), to change an entities render fx amount? like SetRenderAmt or SetRenderFX some such? can i even do it that way?[/b]
Did they announce the release of StarCraft Ghost? OH WAIT, they'll be doing that at BLIZZCON.. =) =) +)
LOL they devoted an entire gcf to sounds!? Allthis time i was looking for the "sound" folder in the main half-life gcf... THANK YOU. =)
ZOMG Striker just let me see this map already. I'm just really intrigued what is causing all the problems... (plus we can rule out if it's your machine or the map is fucked up)
Propper Hint: if you're making a detailed brushwork a propper_model, make a custom phsyics mesh to cut down on over-complicated, expensive collision models. It's very easy to do, just approximate the size/shape of your model with brushwork, texture with player_clip, and turn it too a func_brush with a name. Under "physics mesh" property, insert the name of the func_brush in there. (for the func_brush, you can also use nodraw, blocks light textre, if you want).
HAPPY PROPPERING! =)
ZOMG Striker just let me see this map already. I'm just really intrigued what is causing all the problems... (plus we can rule out if it's your machine or the map is fucked up)
Propper Hint: if you're making a detailed brushwork a propper_model, make a custom phsyics mesh to cut down on over-complicated, expensive collision models. It's very easy to do, just approximate the size/shape of your model with brushwork, texture with player_clip, and turn it too a func_brush with a name. Under "physics mesh" property, insert the name of the func_brush in there. (for the func_brush, you can also use nodraw, blocks light textre, if you want).
HAPPY PROPPERING! =)