Yeah, but i need specific sizes and shapes for the mountains.. can i specify that using a displacement generator? Would appreciate some tips btw to make them look les GS like? =)
And yeah, they look pretty bad. right now, i'm just trying to get the approximate shape and size correct. I have a bunch of tutorials on que to watch/read, but i'm just having fun with them atm..
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Ya Dragos that are really nice! =)
Cutting my teeth on displacements:
(the little houses and grass are just reference brushes for the 3d skybox)
Fun! =)
Cutting my teeth on displacements:
Fun! =)
From your pic, the third method is preferable afaik. In my experience, making funny shapes out of clip brushes can cause weird things to happen. besides, the aim of using clip is to SIMPLIFY the clipping area afaik. (maybe a wizard like Atom or Rimrook can shed moar light on this?)
Without knowing for sure, my guess would be a func_wall WOULD create clipnodes, because it creates a solid surface the player can touch, jump on top of, etc., where an illusionary obviously forms no barrier, so it creates no clipnodes.. (Again, my understanding of all this is pretty rudimentary, so if one of the site wizards could chime in to to confirm/displace this, it would be appreciated ;))
Did you try running clip -simple to see if it helped or hurt you? I found my SC map for map-a-game using too many clipnodes under -precice, but it compiles fine under -simple..
Map looks sweet btw.. can't wait to see it!
Without knowing for sure, my guess would be a func_wall WOULD create clipnodes, because it creates a solid surface the player can touch, jump on top of, etc., where an illusionary obviously forms no barrier, so it creates no clipnodes.. (Again, my understanding of all this is pretty rudimentary, so if one of the site wizards could chime in to to confirm/displace this, it would be appreciated ;))
Did you try running clip -simple to see if it helped or hurt you? I found my SC map for map-a-game using too many clipnodes under -precice, but it compiles fine under -simple..
Map looks sweet btw.. can't wait to see it!
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Absolutely what Tetsu0 says is correct.. Like he said, stuff like even simple cylinders or anything remotely complicated compiled as a worldbrush, will make your VIS time skyrocket eons, which is: ='(
Instead of using func_wall, i prefer to use func_illusionary covered with a clip brush(s), to approximate the shape in size of the object. This way, any piece of the illusionary sticking out of the clip brush won't create clipnodes.
If your complex object(s) are out of reach of the players, just make them illusionaries. (no clipping brushes necessary)
Hope we're aren't confusing you. Can't wait to see your map btw! =)
Instead of using func_wall, i prefer to use func_illusionary covered with a clip brush(s), to approximate the shape in size of the object. This way, any piece of the illusionary sticking out of the clip brush won't create clipnodes.
If your complex object(s) are out of reach of the players, just make them illusionaries. (no clipping brushes necessary)
Hope we're aren't confusing you. Can't wait to see your map btw! =)
replace OJ with 4 glasses of apple juice for half price?!" Meanwhile A. Shepard inherited the diabeetus at appleschool, and could no longer
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sometimes I make the brushes more complex so that they conform to the space they're filling, rather than just having parts of the clip brush go outside the map. Would you advise the other method?Not exactly sure what you mean, can you elaborate a little?
Gah! then i think PB's 3Dskybox tutorial has to be updated, cuz it says:
3. copy your light_environment from the original map into the skybox (doesn't matter where)Unless i am misunderstanding?
Hi!
I've always heard about people filling out surveys online to receive free product samples and such, so i decided to do try it.
Anyone know of any easy things you can do online for free stuff?
Stuff i've done recently
Marlboro Snus Challenge(yes, i'm a dirty smoker tho i never tried, nor do i intend to ever try snus).every week for four weeks, you fill out a 5-minute survey, and they place you in a random drawing.
-Week one i won a pair of earbuds, nothing great, but good enough to wear at -work with no fear of fucking them up.
-week two i didn't play.
-Week three i won a 30-can soft-side cooler, which i didn't receive it yet.
It runs for 8 weeks, and prizes range from money to cars to other stuff. I don't expect to win anything big, but...
Free Movie premiere tickets. I've subscribed to a local newspaper movie thingie. The way it works, is in return for enduring ads from them via email(usually 1 per day which i automatically delete), they send you free movie passes now and again. I've gotten free passes to 5 movies so far.. nothing too awesome, but they're free, and usually a week before anyone else gets to see them.
Also, my friend's girlfriend used to write reviews for products that they sent her, and she would receive gift certificates, ipods, and TONS of free product trials, but i don't know what it was called.
I've always heard about people filling out surveys online to receive free product samples and such, so i decided to do try it.
Anyone know of any easy things you can do online for free stuff?
Stuff i've done recently
Marlboro Snus Challenge(yes, i'm a dirty smoker tho i never tried, nor do i intend to ever try snus).every week for four weeks, you fill out a 5-minute survey, and they place you in a random drawing.
-Week one i won a pair of earbuds, nothing great, but good enough to wear at -work with no fear of fucking them up.
-week two i didn't play.
-Week three i won a 30-can soft-side cooler, which i didn't receive it yet.
It runs for 8 weeks, and prizes range from money to cars to other stuff. I don't expect to win anything big, but...
Free Movie premiere tickets. I've subscribed to a local newspaper movie thingie. The way it works, is in return for enduring ads from them via email(usually 1 per day which i automatically delete), they send you free movie passes now and again. I've gotten free passes to 5 movies so far.. nothing too awesome, but they're free, and usually a week before anyone else gets to see them.
Also, my friend's girlfriend used to write reviews for products that they sent her, and she would receive gift certificates, ipods, and TONS of free product trials, but i don't know what it was called.
Noob Tip #27 (i just struggled with this problem for longer than i care to admit 
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If you're not seeing shadows cast as you'd expect from the light_environment entity, no matter how you adjust the pitch/yaw, check two things:
1. Is there a duplicate light_environment? Having more than one with different pitch values, will afaik, give you a -90 or "straight-down" pitch, regardless of pitch settings. Perform an "entity report" and look at your light entities, to rule out a duplicate.
2. Is there a 3dskybox in your map? MAKE SURE you light_environment values match exactly between you main map and skybox, or like the previous, your pitch settings won't work.
Cstriker: That texture pack looks nice and like a lot of hard work on his part. i'm downloading it now.. =)
)If you're not seeing shadows cast as you'd expect from the light_environment entity, no matter how you adjust the pitch/yaw, check two things:
1. Is there a duplicate light_environment? Having more than one with different pitch values, will afaik, give you a -90 or "straight-down" pitch, regardless of pitch settings. Perform an "entity report" and look at your light entities, to rule out a duplicate.
2. Is there a 3dskybox in your map? MAKE SURE you light_environment values match exactly between you main map and skybox, or like the previous, your pitch settings won't work.
Cstriker: That texture pack looks nice and like a lot of hard work on his part. i'm downloading it now.. =)
all the models will be replaced by by own models and hammer propper stuff before i release the map. The gmod models like the bus are great placeholders, but they don't match enough to use for the final product.
like tetsu0 said also, you can cordon compile or use the "big-block method"
which i prefer, to quickly/fastly find the leak.
All that is is make a giant brush and cover up your entire map. cut the cube twice to make 4 equal parts, and remove one corner at a time and compile.
anything inside the brushes will not compile, hence you can narrow down where the leak is originating from.
There are also other things that cause leaks like having an brush-based entity or point entity touching outside the world. Check Tommy14's for even moar things that can cause leaks.
regarding clipnodes:
what i do to gain more clipnodes is to compile with clipnodes -simple, and also, take ANY complicated brush work and cover it in a brush or series of brushes with textured with CLIP. DO NOT make any really crazy shapes textured with CLIP, cuz hammer won't like it and will smite you.
some moar info on clipnodes from again the master, tommy14
which i prefer, to quickly/fastly find the leak.
All that is is make a giant brush and cover up your entire map. cut the cube twice to make 4 equal parts, and remove one corner at a time and compile.
anything inside the brushes will not compile, hence you can narrow down where the leak is originating from.
There are also other things that cause leaks like having an brush-based entity or point entity touching outside the world. Check Tommy14's for even moar things that can cause leaks.
regarding clipnodes:
what i do to gain more clipnodes is to compile with clipnodes -simple, and also, take ANY complicated brush work and cover it in a brush or series of brushes with textured with CLIP. DO NOT make any really crazy shapes textured with CLIP, cuz hammer won't like it and will smite you.
some moar info on clipnodes from again the master, tommy14
Return of the Living Dead 5 - Rave to the Grave [2005]
Watching it now actually not that bad! =)
Watching it now actually not that bad! =)
flux compensator, known only to the
there must have been a unit cap for the original game then, right? an old comp must of went ape-shit when you massed units?! =)
then:
COD BLOPS OST
now:
Radiohead - OK Computer
COD BLOPS OST
now:
Radiohead - OK Computer
Wow i never played the original red alert nor the original c&c... the graphics look sooo bad.....
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Winter wonderland is back:
Playing Quake III on my Droid X!(sorry bout the blurry pic):
not sure, but i found i can utilize the models if i manually input the filename/path to the prop_dynamic entity. If i touch the COD4 folder, or even breathe on it, model browser crashes.. (btw, all the COD4 models pop up just jim dandy in SDK model viewer)
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I'm def member of more groups on my other accounts, but I'm most active on this one, which has all my source games..
I'm def member of more groups on my other accounts, but I'm most active on this one, which has all my source games..
Absolutely Stojke is correct. So much so, i think we should sticky in the forums, thatt before you have any questions, download Atom's compilator before you even try your first compile.. it is SO MUCH better.
also btw, does compilator come with the latest tools? (i'm sure atom has a link on his site) Make sure you have the latest ZHLT final or SHLT tools. (i personally use SHLT).
also btw, does compilator come with the latest tools? (i'm sure atom has a link on his site) Make sure you have the latest ZHLT final or SHLT tools. (i personally use SHLT).
This is a new one on me, never heard of it... Obviously a virus?
I know what i would do(format and clone my drive from last months backup), but that probably doesn't help you..
Sorry man ='( let us know if you get it solved!
I know what i would do(format and clone my drive from last months backup), but that probably doesn't help you..
Sorry man ='( let us know if you get it solved!
I know it's largely pointless and frowned upon to redo someone else's work, but i decided to clone nuketown. When blops first came out and my friends were still playing it everyday, i decided watching them it's one COD map i could most-likely reproduce.
As for a reason why? Idk, i guess i just go where my mapping inspiration takes me... If nothing else it's at least helping me cut my teeth for the source engine, finally..
I don't own blops, so everything is done from google images and what i can remember watching my friends play(and bitch about) nuketown. =)
Mini progression:
(this last one is obviously from blops, and probably the pic i use most of all to try to match things up)
Hammer screen:
My first 3dskybox, with still a lot of work to do:
(the c130 will be for care packages, though i have no idea how i'm gonna handle them yet..)
When finished, i'd like to release it for probably GG. I'd like to also do a night version, but i'm guessing lighting it would be a real bitch, as i'm struggling with lighting a day map properly... =(
As for a reason why? Idk, i guess i just go where my mapping inspiration takes me... If nothing else it's at least helping me cut my teeth for the source engine, finally..
I don't own blops, so everything is done from google images and what i can remember watching my friends play(and bitch about) nuketown. =)
Mini progression:
Hammer screen:
When finished, i'd like to release it for probably GG. I'd like to also do a night version, but i'm guessing lighting it would be a real bitch, as i'm struggling with lighting a day map properly... =(
I've been using lots of model packs latey for garry's mod, and they have worked fine, but fsr when i try to access any of the models from this cod4 vehicles pak, my model browser crashes and refuses to work again until i restart hammer..
Anyone know what's causing this?
Anyone know what's causing this?
greenland. Glasses manufacture had skyrocketed in the region due to
Epic scrapbooking Habboi glad you did!
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Like anything the moar u do it the better you get
Post some specific examples of you questions if you want(with or without instructive imageshack photos), and just about everyone will be happy to try to answer them.
Post some specific examples of you questions if you want(with or without instructive imageshack photos), and just about everyone will be happy to try to answer them.
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Muzzleflash cat and the wut chain made me LOLOLO. MSPaint penis knocking down smileys made me shoot snots on my screen!
Well Done!
Well Done!
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i figured out what it is but i'm not telling you..
can u remember anything about the CD or the case? obviously if u could remember something from the loading screen like the game company.. was there a serial or registration? how great can the game be if u remember not one of these details...
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agrees with soup you're giving us almost no useful informations... maybe draw us some concept pics of what the units/harvesters/buildings looked like? (ghost images or not)
if u didn't dream it, information does exist on the interweb I guarantee it... perhaps its a mod of kknd 2?
if u didn't dream it, information does exist on the interweb I guarantee it... perhaps its a mod of kknd 2?
try right-clicking on Half-Life in steam, go to properties, then "set launch options", and add -windowed in there.
(ninj'd by crollo)
(ninj'd by crollo)
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Oh no you didn't Grimmy! =P
found this old thing searching through my archived tutorials. No idea why i saved it..
found this old thing searching through my archived tutorials. No idea why i saved it..
which one? i was gonna say max but you said engine...
that looks cool zeeba! you start source mappin yet?
I love both those ideas. The other thing i like about crollo's idea, is that the post list with post preview on the front page is MUCH easier to look at.
And i agree 5 posts is enough if you come everyday or multiple times a day, but not if you only check in every couple days or so.
And i agree 5 posts is enough if you come everyday or multiple times a day, but not if you only check in every couple days or so.
Is there an easy way we could add an option to list threads by when they were last posted in? like the front page but make the list longer.
i find it counterproductive and inefficient to click 5-times on 5 forums and squint to look for new posts to recent threads, not to mention the stickies, which 99% of the time i have no need to look at, unless of course they have be posted to.
I've seen this done on other forums and it just seems better. I'm not saying remove the forums, just to have the option to view them all by recent posts.
This is not a rant, just i think it would be way easier/faster to have a "recent posts" view option available.
i find it counterproductive and inefficient to click 5-times on 5 forums and squint to look for new posts to recent threads, not to mention the stickies, which 99% of the time i have no need to look at, unless of course they have be posted to.
I've seen this done on other forums and it just seems better. I'm not saying remove the forums, just to have the option to view them all by recent posts.
This is not a rant, just i think it would be way easier/faster to have a "recent posts" view option available.
Thanks huntey using prop_dynamic for the gmod vehicles worked perfectly.
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Everyone knows mother should be in the kitchen making cakes and sandwiches, and not crapping around on any interweb. This will not stand.
step 1: grab a flashlight and a mirror
step 2: bend over, turn on flashlight
step 3: look for your asshole behind your ball
step 4: profit.
step 2: bend over, turn on flashlight
step 3: look for your asshole behind your ball
step 4: profit.
Striker: that machine looks nice but when i plug in the model number, all the sales sites say "unavailable". =( i like the "chiclet" keyboard and the specs are decent, but i definitley don't need the blu-ray player, which would for most people be a very nice option. =)
crollo: i just always thought they meant the same thing..
kraken: ya states. I found these doin a quick search for best buy gaming laptops. there are two right there that seem pretty beast (afaik) for around 1k.
crollo: i just always thought they meant the same thing..
kraken: ya states. I found these doin a quick search for best buy gaming laptops. there are two right there that seem pretty beast (afaik) for around 1k.
it doesn't have to be top-of-the-line. if I could find something inn $500-$700 range I'd be happy. it doesn't have to be beast just decent enough..
source mapping, and source games primarily, but I'd like to be able to play games like SCII and possibly blops on high settings smoothly.
like, does quadcore give u considerable 1up on general gaming and/or compiling source maps? how much ram is considered decent these days? also, I don't understand the new naming convention for nvidia.. are all there new cards faster than my ol' 9800 cuz they are a "higher" number? how boot ati? (I never understood how their model numbers translated to performance)
like, does quadcore give u considerable 1up on general gaming and/or compiling source maps? how much ram is considered decent these days? also, I don't understand the new naming convention for nvidia.. are all there new cards faster than my ol' 9800 cuz they are a "higher" number? how boot ati? (I never understood how their model numbers translated to performance)
idk less than 1k if possible. I'm willing to sacrifice some power for a decent cost savings.
looking to buy a new laptop computer, prob from best buy. I like best buy because of the replacement policy, and being able to get warranty service without shipping back to the manufacturer.
wat are the minimum specs I should look for in a decent, mid-range gaming machine? I realize a desktop would be far better/cheaper, but I need it to be a notebook.
any suggestions appreciated!
wat are the minimum specs I should look for in a decent, mid-range gaming machine? I realize a desktop would be far better/cheaper, but I need it to be a notebook.
any suggestions appreciated!
tetsu0: SG-1 just got the cube on it's face
Skals: are moocow an alias of skals??
Skals: are moocow an alias of skals??
I miss a lot of things about goldsrc mapping(especially fast/easy texture lighting), but i sure don't all the limits and bugginess of hammer 3.x...
Using trigger_changetarget is simpler/easier than using multisources imo, but i'm glad you got it working alright.