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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-28 20:02:24 UTC
in Desktops of March Post #292642

Please don't call me "bro." You are literally the most uncool person I have ever acknowledged.

Also, I know you are just trolling (which is just a really pathetic way to spend your time just FYI) but what the Hell. The caliber of the community has really dropped a few pegs. Maybe I'm just getting old.

(Now lets post some desktops before the thread gets locked

.)

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-28 19:43:49 UTC
in Desktops of March Post #292640

Ugh...

Why are there so many children here now? ¬_¬

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-28 17:57:40 UTC
in Desktops of March Post #292630

No. Get yer own wallpaper you hobo.

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-28 15:06:56 UTC
in Desktops of March Post #292612

Wow. So that's pretty awful...

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Posted 13 years ago2011-03-28 11:12:39 UTC
in Competition 30 Post #292602

It's Trapt. It's what he does. ^_^

Edit: Must remember to enter this one.

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Posted 13 years ago2011-03-25 00:07:36 UTC
in Soup Miner Post #292360

I think you mean "Yum"

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-24 23:47:26 UTC
in Soup Miner Post #292352

Oxtail

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Posted 13 years ago2011-03-23 23:19:09 UTC
in The Tournament of Retro Maps Post #292218

1. Wait until tournament announced
2. Launch CS 1.6
3. Play
4. ???
5. Profit

Fix'd

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-23 19:41:43 UTC
in The Tournament of Retro Maps Post #292194

I've never mapped for CS 1.6
I cannot play Counter-Strike worth a shit
I am not eligable to win the £15

...

I'll be there! ^_^

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-13 16:47:39 UTC
in The Wall of TWHL Post #291594

13 Mar 11, 20:04
By Urby

people need to post when editing

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-13 16:04:14 UTC
in The Wall of TWHL Post #291584

people need to post when editing

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Posted 13 years ago2011-03-13 16:03:20 UTC
in The Wall of TWHL Post #291581

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Posted 13 years ago2011-03-13 15:52:17 UTC
in The Wall of TWHL Post #291575

Adding now

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monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-03-01 18:16:37 UTC
in Desktops of March Post #290969

It's that time again people. I would like to officially state that I am pretty fucking excited about this game.

(You can also see how cold it is my little English hometown.

)

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-27 12:16:58 UTC
in Would this work? Post #290839

You can run GTA4 on low settings on a pretty basic system. My old PC ran it ok on low settings with the occasional FPS drop.

Unfortunately, whether its down to bad optimisation during the PC port or not, GTA4 needs nothing short of an entirely top of the range system to play on High/MAX settings.

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-21 20:04:39 UTC
in Castle Clash Tests Post #290610

You're obviously misunderstanding the intent here Urbanbela

No?

it will be extrememly hard but I'm trying it alone so I can be more experienced when working on more serious projects

If the intention is to improve his skills in order to use them serious projects, the first thing to do would be to stop using paint. It is a terrible program and he should not be using it while trying to develop his skills in graphic design.

Also, you got my name wrong. Your point is now irrelevant.

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-21 19:52:25 UTC
in Light Appearances don't work Post #290608

Point lights are evil. End off. If I can help it I only use textlighting. I supposed for lights you can toggle then it can't be helped.

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-21 19:49:56 UTC
in Game pre-orders Post #290607

Well, I know I'm going to watch every episode of "Extra Credits" from now on. Well written, fun sketchy graphics and they obviously have experience relevent to the subject matter.

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-21 17:04:28 UTC
in Game pre-orders Post #290590

I have never and will never play a pirated game. The concept of trying the full game for free and seeing if you like it is not how the world works. That's like going to a resturaunt, eating a meal, and then refusing to pay because it's not as nice as you expected it to be. Bollocks.

I don't pre-order unless a title can prove to me that it is not going to be shit, before it has been reviewed. As such I have never pre-ordered a game.

I read reviews, watch gameplay vids, or (despite the lack on PC these days) play demos. Basically I do my research.

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-20 17:08:01 UTC
in Castle Clash Tests Post #290555

One thing I will say about working on a serious project is: Don't use MSPaint.

Double post removed. ^_^ -- Grim

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Posted 13 years ago2011-02-19 05:26:27 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #290526

That is pretty sweet. Would make combat interesting.

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-02-16 18:06:04 UTC
in Desktops of February Post #290449

Might as well jump in. I desperately need a Widescreen monitor.

Unusually colourful for me. ^_^

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Posted 14 years ago2011-02-11 14:28:34 UTC
in Mods going commercial Post #290280

So what do you guys think about mods going commercial and having to be purchased through Steam?

It happened to Raindrop and now it's happening with Dear Esther. I also heard rumours that the new They Hunger on the Source engine was to be a commercial release right before they stopped updating the site and vanished off the face of the Earth.

Personally, I have mixed feelings. For one, I'm glad for the creators because I guess it means they will get some payoff for their hard work. Then again, I hate it because I rarely have the extra cash sitting around to actually purchase games or expansions. I was looking forward to playing Dear Esther's remake in all its glory and now I'm going to have to resort to it's ugly, outdated version.

Muh. ?_?

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-02-06 10:30:04 UTC
in The Future of TWHL Post #290113

modvault and worldvault are both available in everything except .com

Also: I think this is a cool idea though. I would love to get into the UDK but I'm happily settled with the TWHL community and don't fancy getting involved with another.

It would be nice to have a place for people to put their skins and models too.

Oooh, and a big reviews section.

Maybe a weekly / monthly podcast / video.

and a pool...

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-27 16:49:29 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #289707

You have to be dumb to say that parallax mapping is awful

Same goes for people who ignore it's mass of flaws. It's buggy and the overall effect is not worth the massive performance cost.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-27 09:53:29 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #289695

That's parallax mapping in that DN3D shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01owTezYC-w

It's a cool effect but when seen in game and in motion the illusion is slaughtered. Decals float over areas that are supposed to be deep in the texture and when you look at a corner it looks perfectly flat, again destroying the illusion.

You can enable this effect in the Ep1 engine and Black Mesa was using it for a while before they decided against it.

The best examples of parallax mapping are when it is used in smaller areas as opposed to whole buildings and world textures. FEAR, Fallout 3/New Vegas, and GTA4 simply use it on decals, and that is as far as it should ever go.

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-01-27 09:37:11 UTC
in Possible new laptop. Thoughts? Post #289694

We all know you would ?_?

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-24 21:40:01 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #289630

Why did they removed parallax mapping

It was buggy as sin and made decals look like they were floating. ssbump looks awesome imo

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-23 18:49:58 UTC
in goldsource mod forum game Post #289588

I... This is...

I can only assume that you are going to check for the winner by downloading each mod listed and counting there map files? Nobody has that much time on there hands right? I am a complete nerd / internet junky, and even to me, that is very very sad...

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-23 16:30:38 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #289573

As usual I'm making things as clear as mud at night. :rly:

Lets say you have the word 'bump' in 3d letters on a flat surface. If you applied a bumpmap to make the lettering higher than the background the edges would be highlighted as per the left hand picture. With ssbump, it would also simulate the shadow the lettering would cast if it were a solid 3D object as seen in the right hand pic.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-23 13:20:35 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #289557

ssbump means Self Shadowing Bumpmap. Basically, with a standard bumpmap, raised sections of the texture are highlighted by light. With an ssbump applied, the raised section will also cast a shadow across the lower parts of the texture.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-20 20:39:21 UTC
in Competition 30 chit chat Post #289446

Why map from a template. Why not mix it up and say, make a map using nothing other than textures from a custom WAD (to be provided)

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-20 20:35:37 UTC
in Episode 3 Speculation Post #289445

I would be nice to hear from Valve about Ep3. Personally, I don't see it happening until after Black Mesa is done and dusted. ?_?

Would be nice to face some truly intelligent enemies though. The combine soldiers and synths getting a brain boost can only be a good thing.

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-01-19 09:25:59 UTC
in Post your screenshots! WIP thread Post #289322

Looking good Soup.

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-01-17 07:59:30 UTC
in Phones: What Phone You Have, And What Yo Post #289251

No company in the world has gotten rich simply by charging huge amounts for their products. There's always something beyond the high price that accounts for its popularity

Gimmicky glossy bricks and the ability to say "Oh yeah I got one of those."

The iPad is just a laptop without a keyboard that you have to smear with greasy fingerprints all day long for fucks sake.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 21:50:28 UTC
in Rooms: Source! (co-op) Post #289221

Just realised this started over 2 years ago.

...but yeah, post up some fresh and full details and I'll start planning stuff out.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 21:46:22 UTC
in Now Gaming: ... Post #289218

Bad Company 2 (Online Multiplayer)

Went back to it this evening after getting pissed off with the Vietnam expansion. There is no skill to Vietnam at all. With the spotting system, all you have to do is aim for the blip on your HUD and your bound to get a kill since all the buildings are made of paper or some shit like that. Utterly pointless.

The original BC2 hasn't lost it's charm. At they keep adding new stuff to it. Played 3 new maps today and each one is a drastic improvement over the ones in the initial release.

Played with Archie on TeamSpeak, while both of us were drinking. If there is anything more funny to listen to than a pissed of Scotsman, it's a pissed of Scotsman, slightly under the influence, chasing an enemy tank down the street with nothing but a C4 charge in his hand.

I haven't brought myself to go back to Uncharted 2 yet. I'm fairly sure I'm near the end but the combat in the game is so flat that it can get sooo boring after a few minutes. The cinematic sections are fantastic though, and fortunately, there are more of them than there are combat sections.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 21:23:03 UTC
in "Who the Fook Are You?" Versio Post #289216

Good to see people are willing to open up to their community these days...

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 21:21:03 UTC
in Your Pandora Stations Post #289214

Well, I've never heard of this but then I am outside the US.

Also...

www.spotify.com

kthnxbai

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 21:17:43 UTC
in Phones: What Phone You Have, And What Yo Post #289213

I live in the UK and I completely agree with Strider. :rly:

I am not saying that smart phones are not useful, but the prices they ask for the bloody things is outrageous. If it dropped down to say ?40 or something, and didn't cost even more money to use the net, I MIGHT be interested.

Note: My hatred for Apple goes far beyond the iPhone. I just think that it is a money-grabbing, shit-stain of a company.

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monster_urby

Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 12:59:48 UTC
in Phones: What Phone You Have, And What Yo Post #289182

Got: Samsung C3050
It's a really decent PHONE and has all the features I have come to expect from a PHONE. It MAKES AND RECEIVES CALLS and has TEXT MESSAGING. ?20 on the high street.

I also have a digital camera that I use for taking photos and I have a Desktop PC and a laptop to play games and connect to the internet.

Want: Nothing to do with any smart phone ever.

(Did I mention how much I hate apple?

)

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-16 12:41:59 UTC
in Rooms: Source! (co-op) Post #289181

I need to get into Source mapping.

Interested. raises hand

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-15 20:47:15 UTC
in TWHL's Got Talent Post #289146

3734. On The Other Side (gone)

This was my entry to the Casa del Administrator competition. It's gone because it stopped working for most people who downloaded it.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-15 07:17:08 UTC
in Theoretical Disaster Post #289110

This thread in a nutshell:

"HAY GUISE HOW DO I PC?"

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-11 19:45:23 UTC
in Goldsource mapping for steam- How to fix Post #288983

Seriously JeffMOD, use the compilator. It is so much more efficient and the improvements to lighting and such are so worth it. I will never compile with Hammer again.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-10 19:38:10 UTC
in Now Hiring: Map Vault Moderators Post #288947

If it weren't for my stack of projects, meager amount of spare time and the fact that I am about as organised as a terrier's arse hair, I would apply.

I have some MOTM reviewing experience (which I really need to pick up again)

@Daubster: OiFH was a doomed project from the off. It certainly hit the ground running but failed to stop at the big red traffic light labeled "COMEDY MODS NEED TO ACTUALLY BE FUNNY" and got hit by a bus.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-10 19:30:36 UTC
in HL2 EP2 FAILURE Post #288946

I challenge Dimbark to Run GTA4 at max settings.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-08 18:46:13 UTC
in Source Tips and Resources Post #288839

Source basics tutorials. I'll be following these when I move to Source.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-08 14:39:53 UTC
in Desktops of 2011 Post #288826

You have a lot of RANDOM SHITE on your desktop Urby

Not really. All the random shite goes into my RANDOM SHITE folder. Everything else is there for ease of access. Not that it matters really seeing as I'm getting a clean slate soon.

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Posted 14 years ago2011-01-08 05:17:50 UTC
in Desktops of 2011 Post #288815

Looks shit.

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