yeah, it seems like we need some better defined rules, since i'm thinking of all sorts of questions.. i can think of a hundred nitpicky questions to ask, but i don't want to completely suck the life/creativity out of the compo.
My question: do brushes in a 3dskybox count? And hand-in-hand with huntey/tetsu0's questions, could that 3dskybox contain models and displacements?
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besides posting screens, you'll obviously need to post your vmf/rmf also, so to be made sure you've adhered to the 30 brush limit, correcto?
THANKS Atom that did it! I can now map for source again.
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Most certainly yes. I have the SDK set to run Source Engine 2009 and CS:Source, and i've played maps in CS:S prior to opening Hammer.
hi.
i've recently moved all my steam files to the Ddrive, and nuked/reformatted C:. I've done this before recently with no problem, but now, whenever I try to run the Source SDK, I get:
Games like CS:S and HL2DM work fine, it's just the SDK that is crapping out...Anyone know how to fix? I realize it's a path issue, but where do you edit that information?
Thanks in advance for any help! =)
i've recently moved all my steam files to the Ddrive, and nuked/reformatted C:. I've done this before recently with no problem, but now, whenever I try to run the Source SDK, I get:
Thanks in advance for any help! =)
disco's castle dracula map should have special dispensation, since it was made WAY BEFORE 2007 and it is sweet! = P (course it would need to be edited a lil bit..)
heh pretty cool! =)
I like the design of the map, and those weapon equips are pretty slick. I however can't get rambo to spawn, even whether adding a bot or not. (is there additional 3rd-party mode content i need to make it work?)
Also, the overview comes up for me as pink/black checkers(missing texture?). could you possibly make the player transparent so you only see the hulk body?
I like the design of the map, and those weapon equips are pretty slick. I however can't get rambo to spawn, even whether adding a bot or not. (is there additional 3rd-party mode content i need to make it work?)
Also, the overview comes up for me as pink/black checkers(missing texture?). could you possibly make the player transparent so you only see the hulk body?
how cool! 
maybe, have 2 separate rounds for people who will be in school/working/etc..?
maybe, have 2 separate rounds for people who will be in school/working/etc..?don't understand the point of mini compos, i'm fairly sure the process of addition of a proper compo is fairly easy once a brief is written up and a deadline given.idk, i always felt the point of minicompos were to flex a very specific aspect of your mapping ability in a short amount of time, as opposed to devoting 2 months of your life to a full-scale compo. (i personally fail out of most regular compos because i don't have the time to devote to properly finish it)
waste on a mini compo where winners aren't going to be properly recognised.True, but should formal recognition be your driving force to create something? idk, personally, if i create something decent, i don't really care if i recieve a formal award.
Zeeba: i like those two mini ideas, and YOU KNOW i love mini's based on brushwork, though i would love to see a minicompo based on custom texturing or anything other than brushwork for a change.
crollo: i think the screens look fine. Please excuse my noob and tell: What are that game?
Soup: So if i'm at work, and i where to ask, "who's the nigg-which nigger took the last donut?", would that be considered as inappropriate?
Huntey: that looks amzaing...
Huntey: that looks amzaing...
no potato i freeze/crash right after the splash screen. running as administrator, tried various compatibility modes.. =(
I haven't tried downloading xp mode though... anybody ever use it? Do you think it might help?
I haven't tried downloading xp mode though... anybody ever use it? Do you think it might help?
Luke: why so serious? Don't be mad, i was just trying to be real..
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Can you still play RA2 online? i would love to pwn some of you niggers sending my engineers into your base 
I like the yuri expansion the best just because there is an extra race. (superweapons disabled of course)
What are serious sam btw that looks fun from those screens!
crollo: i've had the same problem with some games, like battlefront 2142. my friends have no problem playin on their vista/7 x64 desktops, but i can't get it to work on my x64 laptop fsr.. ='(
I like the yuri expansion the best just because there is an extra race. (superweapons disabled of course)What are serious sam btw that looks fun from those screens!
crollo: i've had the same problem with some games, like battlefront 2142. my friends have no problem playin on their vista/7 x64 desktops, but i can't get it to work on my x64 laptop fsr.. ='(
PLEASE, don't tell me it's my fault you think that.Absolutely yes! = )
i like dimbark's idea to map somwthing educational. i also like kraken's idea to map your dream residence. also all kidding aside, i think map-a-castle would be fantastic1!
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speaking of minicompos, i would die happy if someone hosted a good one for source!no matter what, the mv comments need to be actively moderated, not as much as they used to, but they still need some love..
I like the thumbs up/down or like/dislike thing, striker. would improve a lot of things on the site..
I like the thumbs up/down or like/dislike thing, striker. would improve a lot of things on the site..
i just thought of something else for map vault.
You ever notice how a site like CNET.com has Editor rating andUuser rating? maybe we could weigh moderator's and of course MV moderator's ratings higher than a normal user, giving a more balanced rating overall.
This would mean tho Mods would actually have to rate maps for it to work.
You ever notice how a site like CNET.com has Editor rating andUuser rating? maybe we could weigh moderator's and of course MV moderator's ratings higher than a normal user, giving a more balanced rating overall.
This would mean tho Mods would actually have to rate maps for it to work.
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I think just having map moderators keep track of ratings would be better. e.g., when someone rates a map 1-star and gives no plausible reason for such, it should just be deleted and the user should be warned. If the user gets warned 3 times in a month period or whatever just ban them from rating/commenting on maps.
you could do the same thing for people who spam rate crappy maps, though i don't think that really happens anymore.
Also, sticky a message in the map vault home screen giving some helpful criteria on what makes a rating for a map, since everyone seems to have there own definition of what a map is worth. This way, maybe ratings will be more accurate/consistent if everyone is working from a similar benchmark for a good map.
I know what my criteria for a good map are, and how it usually quite different from another user, but map rating benchmarks are a discussion for another thread =)
you could do the same thing for people who spam rate crappy maps, though i don't think that really happens anymore.
Also, sticky a message in the map vault home screen giving some helpful criteria on what makes a rating for a map, since everyone seems to have there own definition of what a map is worth. This way, maybe ratings will be more accurate/consistent if everyone is working from a similar benchmark for a good map.
I know what my criteria for a good map are, and how it usually quite different from another user, but map rating benchmarks are a discussion for another thread =)
Hi i'm about to release a new map in beta for CSS, and i want to be sure all the models, textures, sky, etc are all included in the bsp. How exactly do i go about this for source?
i'll be porting it to HL2DM too, and same, i want all the same stuff included to bsp, but for half-life of course. Also, i'm wondering of anything that may not work properly from my CSS map in HL2DM clients that i should look out for.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions!
i'll be porting it to HL2DM too, and same, i want all the same stuff included to bsp, but for half-life of course. Also, i'm wondering of anything that may not work properly from my CSS map in HL2DM clients that i should look out for.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions!
wouldn't be hard just a lot of copypasta... would probably look epic in a Black Mesa setting.. =)
As far as labeling a map overdone, most stuff in the mapvault is usually quite the opposite.
As far as labeling a map overdone, most stuff in the mapvault is usually quite the opposite.
i'm still having trouble believing that's for goldsrc huntey... looks so good i can't wait to buy it on steam. =)
Unbreakable: very impressive speed.. i didn't even know those existed, pretty neat! =)
Stojke: i agree, i have no use for hibernation nor system restore.. Are there any serious potential problems that could arise using fastboot as far as you know?
Stojke: i agree, i have no use for hibernation nor system restore.. Are there any serious potential problems that could arise using fastboot as far as you know?
i own at least 6 dvds about nikola tesla, plus whatever i can dvr of teevee.. Such an amzaing man...
^^ =P
Oh so the plant was basically broken by the earthquake, making it unable to produce power, right?
Anyway Nikola Tesla is WIN!1 We will clone him to fix all our power!
Oh so the plant was basically broken by the earthquake, making it unable to produce power, right?
Anyway Nikola Tesla is WIN!1 We will clone him to fix all our power!
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Battle: LA[2011]
Don't even think about wasting your money on this piece of shit.
Don't even think about wasting your money on this piece of shit.
I guess i just don't understand enough about electrics to get what your saying, it just seems totally preposterus to me. I can understand if the plant itself failed, but it didn't. Plus, how hard would it be to provide 24 hours of battery backup? i mean, billions of dollars go into building these things, right?
why not put a transformer at the plant? it goes without saying they would have exteranl power available to the plant if the power plant itself failed, but it shouldn't depend on exteranl power.. arent nukes supposed to automatically shut down by themselves if left unattended?
So bascially, my house with a backup disel generator is better more technolgically equipped to deal with a loss of power than a multi-billion-dollar nuclear power plant..
does not compute! =)
why not put a transformer at the plant? it goes without saying they would have exteranl power available to the plant if the power plant itself failed, but it shouldn't depend on exteranl power.. arent nukes supposed to automatically shut down by themselves if left unattended?
So bascially, my house with a backup disel generator is better more technolgically equipped to deal with a loss of power than a multi-billion-dollar nuclear power plant..
does not compute! =)
ok your logic is from that post that they need external power because they need external power, amirite? =P
i'm saying, why can't the turbines that generate electricity from the plant itself, have a portion of that power stepped down to provide power for the plant?
This doesn't seem very complicated to me, please tell me what i'm not understanding.
i'm saying, why can't the turbines that generate electricity from the plant itself, have a portion of that power stepped down to provide power for the plant?
This doesn't seem very complicated to me, please tell me what i'm not understanding.
Tell me if i'm understanding this correctly.
The reactors are melting down because the water pumps are not pumping coolant, becasue the diesel generators which provide emergency power for them were taken out by the waves, after external power was lost.
My question is, If this is a nuclear power plant and creates enough electricity to power cities, then WHY ON EARTH would they have any need for external power to operate to begin with, MUCH LESS diesel generators for carl's sake!
Japanese are wizards of Engineering and innovation, how on earth did they design a nuclear power plant(not one, but 3!) that could be so easily broken?
What am i missing here?
The reactors are melting down because the water pumps are not pumping coolant, becasue the diesel generators which provide emergency power for them were taken out by the waves, after external power was lost.
My question is, If this is a nuclear power plant and creates enough electricity to power cities, then WHY ON EARTH would they have any need for external power to operate to begin with, MUCH LESS diesel generators for carl's sake!
Japanese are wizards of Engineering and innovation, how on earth did they design a nuclear power plant(not one, but 3!) that could be so easily broken?
What am i missing here?
Preliminary results:
-removed unnecessary startup items (obv)
-changed power settngs from balnced to high peformance
-disabled system restore
Time-to-password prompt:...........42s (45s)
Total-Time-to-desktop loaded:......53s (1'09"s)
still to try:
-disable indexing services
-enable quick-boot from bios
-edit boot priority
-more?
-removed unnecessary startup items (obv)
-changed power settngs from balnced to high peformance
-disabled system restore
Time-to-password prompt:...........42s (45s)
Total-Time-to-desktop loaded:......53s (1'09"s)
still to try:
-disable indexing services
-enable quick-boot from bios
-edit boot priority
-more?
Oh, forgot to mention my current times:
Time-to-password prompt:...........45s
Total-Time-to-desktop loaded:....1'09"s
I mark the end of total-time-to-desktop as the time the little swirly thing on your screen stops turning round and round. =)
Time-to-password prompt:...........45s
Total-Time-to-desktop loaded:....1'09"s
I mark the end of total-time-to-desktop as the time the little swirly thing on your screen stops turning round and round. =)
I just reinstalled windows on it's own partition, and i'm wondering, short of installing a SSD, what things i can do to make it boot up as fast as possible.
I've obviously severely limited my startup programs, and i even use a startup delayer to space out the startup items i do have, so they're not all trying to load at once.
Looking for any tips you all have for making your Win7 boot up superfast. I'm researching now on the subject too, and i'll post any solutions that seem to work well. (i'm finding the hardest thing about it is weeding through all the bullshit sites to find true info)
Maybe we can make a little contest out of it, to see who has the fastest, non-SSD boot?
I've obviously severely limited my startup programs, and i even use a startup delayer to space out the startup items i do have, so they're not all trying to load at once.
Looking for any tips you all have for making your Win7 boot up superfast. I'm researching now on the subject too, and i'll post any solutions that seem to work well. (i'm finding the hardest thing about it is weeding through all the bullshit sites to find true info)
Maybe we can make a little contest out of it, to see who has the fastest, non-SSD boot?
U try cuttin the lights out of the map, and see if they work in a simple test map alone?
Nice Tetsu0! reminds me of the beginning of Aqua Teen. =)
Just in case you're not already, make sure you're following the steps The Mighty Atom lists in this thread, a couple posts down.
There are also a switchable texlights example map by BJ.
There are also a switchable texlights example map by BJ.
Disco: i personally use the SHLT and i've never had a problem with them.. the latest ZHLT are obviously at ZHLT.info. afaik, the fgd that comes with the latest tools will have the info_texlight entity.
Ha that's very good to know that Steam are portable.. i wish i knew that like 2 years ago! =)
I gave mine 18 gigs at first, started running out of space in less than a day, and eventually had to scrap it all and reinstall again.If that happens again, you could use a partition editor like Gparted to change your partitions on the fly. I never tried it but i herd it works well..
that error just means you have too many dynamic lights in that area of the map. if your map plays, then you don't have to worry about that error. If you have too many dynamic lights, your map won't even load, and i think the compile might even fail.
I'm willing to bet you have your switchable texlights set up wrong. try copy/pasting your switchable texlights into a small test map and see if they work that way..
I'm willing to bet you have your switchable texlights set up wrong. try copy/pasting your switchable texlights into a small test map and see if they work that way..
ya, maybe i'll go more, though i want to leave enough room for all my program files.. Steam alone is over 20gb and i don't even have L4d installed, which is an additional 5-6gb. (i really need a bigger HDD)
backing up my stuff now.. can't wait to nuke the HDD and start fresh!
backing up my stuff now.. can't wait to nuke the HDD and start fresh!
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sweet that's much smaller than i thought(i was thinking a minimum 50gb). This will leave me much more room for my program files, and now i will have room for my entire steam collection on the D_drive..
what do you think about migrating the steam files rather than reinstall?
what do you think about migrating the steam files rather than reinstall?
hi i'm repartitioning my Cdrive to a minimal size just for windows 7 ultimate, and planning on putting all my program files on a separate drive.
My question is, how much room should i leave for windows, so it has a little room to grow with updates and such. Also, i know a few programs out there that demand to be installed on the Cdrive, so i'll want to leave a little room for them too.
Also, my steam folder, which is currently over 20GB, will be a PITA to wait for it to reinstall. Can i copy/paste my gcf and files to the new steam directory on Ddrive? for that matter, can i just copy the whole entire folder over? (this worked for me for SCII, which i was very pleasently surprised about)
Last question. there is a 10GB recovery partition that came with my laptop. Considering i constantly create backup images for my entire harddrive, is there any reason i can't remove this small partition?
thanks in advance for any help/suggestions! =)
My question is, how much room should i leave for windows, so it has a little room to grow with updates and such. Also, i know a few programs out there that demand to be installed on the Cdrive, so i'll want to leave a little room for them too.
Also, my steam folder, which is currently over 20GB, will be a PITA to wait for it to reinstall. Can i copy/paste my gcf and files to the new steam directory on Ddrive? for that matter, can i just copy the whole entire folder over? (this worked for me for SCII, which i was very pleasently surprised about)
Last question. there is a 10GB recovery partition that came with my laptop. Considering i constantly create backup images for my entire harddrive, is there any reason i can't remove this small partition?
thanks in advance for any help/suggestions! =)
Dragos: that looks a little bit like something we like to call pimpage! =)
i always thought dimbark was a phantom spam account from one of the member here*.. amirite?
*if you are indeed a 12-year old boy who means well, then i apologize unreservedly =)
*if you are indeed a 12-year old boy who means well, then i apologize unreservedly =)
no i agree. also imo, the default spacing at twhl is to large and every thing alwasy looks weirdly spaced to me.. amirite?
Metroid NES
Brinstar
Kraid's Lair
Having trouble finding the ones i like on youtube, but most of the tracks are great. I've played through the entire game at least 20 times, and the music makes the already great game epic.
I hate country music, but I LOVE these Terran tracks from Starcraft II. They fit the Terran/Starcraft universe perfectly and are just superb:
Terran track 04
Terran track 03
I loved all the tracks from homeworld, but this is all i could quickly find on youtube:
Homeworld - Adagio For Strings
Brinstar
Kraid's Lair
Having trouble finding the ones i like on youtube, but most of the tracks are great. I've played through the entire game at least 20 times, and the music makes the already great game epic.
I hate country music, but I LOVE these Terran tracks from Starcraft II. They fit the Terran/Starcraft universe perfectly and are just superb:
Terran track 04
Terran track 03
I loved all the tracks from homeworld, but this is all i could quickly find on youtube:
Homeworld - Adagio For Strings
blue warp energy, ass Captain Kirk dropped the hammer, tearing ass out of out of the quadrant. After reading a PM from Tetsu0's ass, he
Spawned from Jeff's wild non sequitur, A. Shepard erupted from the hell to bite everyone, and the USS Enterpize
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TRUE HOMIES
WE RIDE TOGETHER
WE PIMP TOGETHER
WE DIE TOGETHERYa, i'm kinda getting fed up with getting my displacements to look correct atm, so i'm moving on to care packages
Here's an updated pic of how they look atm anyway:
Also, got some hints at interlopers how to improve the lighting, and i think it definitely looks better this way.
JOEBAMA: that would be awesome.. perfect map for TFC!
Here's an updated pic of how they look atm anyway:
JOEBAMA: that would be awesome.. perfect map for TFC!