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'Xactly, Muzz! Usually, it's a waste of time to make multi_managers for everything. Unless anything ever needs to be triggered separately, or timed precisely, you can usually get away without using them.
I wouldn't exactly consider copying from Valve's maps stealing, since nobody is even going to care. If it came from the original game, the content is already there, so it's not like some mapper is being ripped off. In any case, You still gain a lot of experience from rebuilding maps like that, so you should definitely take that route.
If you're really intent on seeing some of the source files, you could download the full SDK, which includes c1a0, and a small map containing Gordon's locker.
If you're really intent on seeing some of the source files, you could download the full SDK, which includes c1a0, and a small map containing Gordon's locker.
Uh... I guess you have a point, but stealth is usually seen as going undetected. Of course, it could also mean killing people silently, like in Splinter Cell, but that's not an option with the current Half-Life code (unless you use the crossbow, and don't have Barney with you.)
I'm just going to have optional detours at intervals in the map, where you can choose to sneak by in an alley/behind a wall/in a building/etc. or just gun your way through. I'll try to make sneaking the desirable option, and have the guns-blazing route be really hard, so you can't just rush through the map in 3 minutes.
I'm just going to have optional detours at intervals in the map, where you can choose to sneak by in an alley/behind a wall/in a building/etc. or just gun your way through. I'll try to make sneaking the desirable option, and have the guns-blazing route be really hard, so you can't just rush through the map in 3 minutes.
Ant wears braces. How are they, Ant?
All the standard ones are in the GCF file, which can be opened with GCFScape. If you want more, you could make your own, or find them on a site like The Wadfather. DoD textures are just like any other Half-Life texture, so you don't have to worry about compatibility, or anything like that.
It could be any multiplayer Half-Life mod in the world, but it probably doesn't matter which. All you have to do is have a text file with the same name as the BSP in the "maps" folder. Write your credits/info inside that text file, and it'll be displayed as the map description.
I can, but Barney's natural tendency is to run out in the open and start shooting. His AI isn't very compatible with the stealthy approach.
I suppose I could just avoid the aspect of sneaking behind enemies altogether, and make areas where there aren't any grunts, but what fun is that?
I suppose I could just avoid the aspect of sneaking behind enemies altogether, and make areas where there aren't any grunts, but what fun is that?
Okay, two more things.
So either Barney's AI gets recoded so that he'll only start shooting when the enemy detects him or the player (don't know if this is even possible), or I could just do without the sneaking, and have a more straightforward map.
And second, How is the chapter supposed to end? The description is pretty vague, and it goes straight from sneaking through the city, to chapter 3, which is supposedly just getting to the facility. I have no idea how to finish my chapter without anything to go on. Personally, I would have just combined the two, since chapter 3 sounds so small and insignificant.
Gordon and Barney should have to option to go guns-blazing or stealthily.Having those two options sounds great, but that's going to pose quite a challenge if you have Barney with you. He'll open fire on any enemy that comes into his view, making it impossible to avoid the "guns blazing" route. I'm planning my map out so you'll have the option of sneaking behind enemies, but Barney would just start shooting at them.
So either Barney's AI gets recoded so that he'll only start shooting when the enemy detects him or the player (don't know if this is even possible), or I could just do without the sneaking, and have a more straightforward map.
And second, How is the chapter supposed to end? The description is pretty vague, and it goes straight from sneaking through the city, to chapter 3, which is supposedly just getting to the facility. I have no idea how to finish my chapter without anything to go on. Personally, I would have just combined the two, since chapter 3 sounds so small and insignificant.
7thMonkey had his 6 predecessors kidnapped.One of them escaped.
Exactly! And do I have to write the script? 
... What?
I have a slight problem with this part right here:
In any case, I'm still going to need a script for the dialogue... Unless I'm expected to write that on my own (I hope I'm not).
Some brief dialogue is exchanged and Barney agrees to help.Gordon isn't supposed to talk, and nobody knows what his voice sounds like. Methinks this should be a one way conversation, or perhaps we could just leave the parts where Gordon is supposed to talk silent, like they did in Opposing Force/Blue shift (can't remember which.)
In any case, I'm still going to need a script for the dialogue... Unless I'm expected to write that on my own (I hope I'm not).
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I was going to volunteer, but I wanted to know something about the mod first. Anyway, I'm pretty tied up with other projects right now, so good luck, Tetsu0.
Yay! 
I'm a little timid about taking the position, but I guess I'll volunteer anyway. I've never tried making really huge cities before, but it can't be that hard... Right? Anyway, I have a ton of 1337 city textures I made, so... Yeah. Also, I like scripting quite a bit, and I would consider myself fairly good at it.
And unlike Tetsu0, I'd be willing to come up with the layout on my own. Pick me pick me!
By the way, how long is the chapter supposed to last?
And unlike Tetsu0, I'd be willing to come up with the layout on my own. Pick me pick me!
By the way, how long is the chapter supposed to last?
My new years resolution is to not make any crappy CS maps, and certainly no surf maps.
Dorian27 likes to get drunk and annoy everyone on IRC. This is not speculation, it's a fact.
ZOMG WTF was that?
Edit: Nevermind, I know what it is now.
Edit: Nevermind, I know what it is now.
Trapt takes everything very personally, even in threads where you are meant to poke fun at other people.
The person above me is a true wigger. This is the only thing I know about him.
Boxtop is a disgruntled PETA activist.
Rowleybob is a fat Star Wars nerd that hasn't left his parents basement in 10 years.
Zombieloffe has a thing for little boys.
Rowleybob is a fat Star Wars nerd that hasn't left his parents basement in 10 years.
Zombieloffe has a thing for little boys.
Jobabob likes having orgies with Hugh and Orpheus.
Difference is, I've been mapping for less than 2 years.
It's not that hard. Not for me, anyway. I can easily make one under an hour. 
Yes, it does work. I do it all the time. Look here, if what I said was confusing.
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2 - copy the appropriate URL it gives you ("direct link to image"), and paste it into the forums here. After that, put image tags around it, like this:
Uh... I'm a little confused. What do you mean you "don't have the net"?
Also, you say it's going to be pushing the limits of the Half-Life engine, but do you actually have any content to prove that this will indeed be cutting-edge stuff? Or just an idea? Ideas, my friend, get you nowhere without results. And results I do not see.
You also say you're going to have movies... But by what means? The HL engine isn't capable of playing back movies, unless scripted in-game (which usually looks bad), so what are you planning?
Also, you say it's going to be pushing the limits of the Half-Life engine, but do you actually have any content to prove that this will indeed be cutting-edge stuff? Or just an idea? Ideas, my friend, get you nowhere without results. And results I do not see.
You also say you're going to have movies... But by what means? The HL engine isn't capable of playing back movies, unless scripted in-game (which usually looks bad), so what are you planning?
Nooooo... I haven't heard of it. Could you tell us something about it, or give some link to its site, if it has one? Is it registered over at Mod DB? And is this for Half-Life 1 or Half-Life 2?
Err... What was the "map vault tragedy"?
Uh... Nevermind. Looks like I responded a bit quick, before you realized the insanity of posting a 1600x1200 picture.
Orph shall have your ass for that picture. And I can't blame him.
I think you mean "We've Got Hostiles". 
You mean from the original maps the game had? Well, if that's what you're talking about, it would have to be the whole series of Surface Tension maps. None in particular, but I loved being outdoors as opposed to being cramped up inside some little tunnel. I think the best feeling part of that whole chapter was in the desert areas, where there was nothing around but rocks. That was really cool.
Looks like we have room for one more entry... Hurry up!
Keep on posting, and hopefully it'll get to a new page pretty soon.
You never asked.
I'm having problems with my stupid lasers. I guess I'll have to make them simpler...
I think it might be nice to see a rating system in the Map Vault where you're required to enter a rating for different aspects, then they're all added up and the overall score is determined. Some gaming magazines use this system, and it seems to work very well. The author of the map could also be given a choice to disable ratings for certain aspects of the map. Just a thought.
Heh, it's just a page with a picture centered on it. Fine with me!
Anyway, I was going to announce that my entry is about half way done. I've got most of the brushwork finished, now I just have to get the door working, and light the place.
Anyway, I was going to announce that my entry is about half way done. I've got most of the brushwork finished, now I just have to get the door working, and light the place.
Rowleybob, you're obsessed with my sister and suicude!
Jobabob, those are great. I especially like "Loving Bread Girl" and "More Hungry Than Human".
Jobabob, those are great. I especially like "Loving Bread Girl" and "More Hungry Than Human".
Of course it's acceptable to kill. People do it all the time in wars. Police do it all the time, too. And just because it's legal killing doesn't make it better, although it does seem to make it acceptable.
Just releasing what's finished won't work if the maps aren't connected togethor. It'll be an incohesive mess. :
I believe the World and Face settings work something like this:
World will stretch the textures to make them fit across multiple brushes well, even if they're at different angles. This makes it a really great setting for making landscapes, but if used incorrectly (like all the way around the corner of a rock face), it will stretch out the texture. You probably shouldn't use this setting for normal architecture, because it's more rough way of texturing.
Face will basically just align the texture most accurately to the individual face, making this the best setting for normal architecture. It doesn't take into account the faces around it very well, even with "Treat as one" checked. The upside to this setting is that the textures aren't stretched out when you shape a brush at an angle.
Remember, this is just what I've found from using it. This could be entirely wrong, but it's always worked for me like this.
World will stretch the textures to make them fit across multiple brushes well, even if they're at different angles. This makes it a really great setting for making landscapes, but if used incorrectly (like all the way around the corner of a rock face), it will stretch out the texture. You probably shouldn't use this setting for normal architecture, because it's more rough way of texturing.
Face will basically just align the texture most accurately to the individual face, making this the best setting for normal architecture. It doesn't take into account the faces around it very well, even with "Treat as one" checked. The upside to this setting is that the textures aren't stretched out when you shape a brush at an angle.
Remember, this is just what I've found from using it. This could be entirely wrong, but it's always worked for me like this.
Yeah... I know, that's why I'm saying I'd be willing to do it. But I somehow doubt the "team" would just suddenly hand the source files over to random people. I guess we aren't that random, but still.
In other words, I think it's a great idea, but I don't see it happening. And if the maps are already complete, all that needs to be done is for them to be connected. One person could easily do that.
In other words, I think it's a great idea, but I don't see it happening. And if the maps are already complete, all that needs to be done is for them to be connected. One person could easily do that.
Continue!
And I wasn't actually serious when I volunteered to help (didn't think it was needed), but I certainly would if I could.
And I wasn't actually serious when I volunteered to help (didn't think it was needed), but I certainly would if I could.