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What? what was the problem?
Try putting your map in the Problem Maps section. Someone will figure it out... I might take a look too = )
Yeah try it. some entities are only triggerable with that flag checked, though i don't have any experience with this entity. (I read the enity guide and it looks like you set it up corretly)
You can also try the forum search and possibly an example map in the map vault
You can also try the forum search and possibly an example map in the map vault
Yeah i'm not trying to sound ungrateful, so pleez don't get me wrong.. I'm sure whatever you come up with will be fine! = )
I know we have nukes capable of cracking the planet.wow. i never heard that before, but then found a few forum discussions that seem to concur, talking about "super H bombs" capable of physically destroying the planet, and the possibility that Russia might have actually built one!
I found this quote pretty funny:
...and standard ICBM warheads are mostly less than one megaton (although the Russians have a few 25-MT warheads tasked to turning Cheyenne Mountian, home of NORAD, into Cheyenne Lake
c'mon even i could do that... no texture mapping? = )
Will it be ready to use for ep2 or do i have to do things? If you can't make it for ep2 i could use it in goldsource i guess(or is it easy to convert them to either format?)
i'd like to be able to set them behind the bar and even right on the bar and look normal. also btw if you could make a big blue sky bottle amongst them, that would be pure tits.
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nice i now see it's possible for ImageShack not to fail. Hopefully more people will figure out the right way to link to their images..
blow up Earth 100 times overnot by any means in the literal sense. We have enough nukes to make the earth unlivable for humans 100 times over because of nuclear winter and to a much lesser degree, fallout.
prove it.
It's pretty much the best image upload site around.Outright lie.
Clicking an ImageShack link always sends you too ImageShack's stoopad page and ads, and NO. i don't want to send this image to twitter! DIE.
yeh imageshack fails in all categories...
Don't dinosaurs and megalodons still run free down there?
How bout an assortment of liquor bottles, or anything else you'd find at and behind a bar? (i'm building a barroom for the rooms:S coop)
Looking for some general info tips for these two entities, as i'm going to be using them a lot very soon to make little transitions between areas in the rooms coop project.
I feel like i have a pretty good understanding of game_texts,(the entity guide is pretty thorough for this one) but i'd love it if anyone could mention some general tips and/or common pitfalls for this entity, before i do it the hard way with a million compiles = )
Same for the env_fade, which is not so well explained in the entity guide. Any hints and tips and/or any thoughts would be enormously helpful...
I feel like i have a pretty good understanding of game_texts,(the entity guide is pretty thorough for this one) but i'd love it if anyone could mention some general tips and/or common pitfalls for this entity, before i do it the hard way with a million compiles = )
Same for the env_fade, which is not so well explained in the entity guide. Any hints and tips and/or any thoughts would be enormously helpful...
how do you do that?
I've actually tried pressing Ctrl-z once irlI know right? I wish i could ctrl-z after drunk-texting my old girlfriends... I always wake up the next moring and say: OH DEAR GOD PLEASE TELL ME I DIDN'T..
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i dunno i liked the first ship better, but this will be cool too if you finish it... quite original design too btw! = )
FLYING TURTAL IS GOING TO FUCK UP SOMEONE'S SHIT
FLYING TURTAL IS GOING TO FUCK UP SOMEONE'S SHIT
Can I still join?Of course you can! = ) (did you finally ditch the inferior ATI product?)
Muzz: Sweet, perfect timing. = ) I also made some changes with the elevator going from your map to zeeba's... I got it working almost perfect, but i'll send you a link to check it out... maybe you can make improvements/suggestions?
fight! fight!
Wow. looks great especially from the front/back view!
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I've never had much success using the cordon tool but i was probably just using it wrong.
I instead use the "big box" method where you just enclose any area you don't want compiled inside a big world brush. Nothing inside the big block will be compiled.
I use this method to just compile small parts of a map for a quick compile, and to isolate errors such as leaks and leaf-saws... Highly useful.
I instead use the "big box" method where you just enclose any area you don't want compiled inside a big world brush. Nothing inside the big block will be compiled.
I use this method to just compile small parts of a map for a quick compile, and to isolate errors such as leaks and leaf-saws... Highly useful.
get Zoner's. It is idiotic to use the old qtools... The Hammer download should have them removed/replaced with the latest ZHLT imo... seriously.
ZHLT 3.4 FINAL (32-bit)
ZHLT 3.4 FINAL (64-bit)
ZHLT 3.4 FINAL (32-bit)
ZHLT 3.4 FINAL (64-bit)
If you port that fighter into Source (Ep2) you can add all kinds of thruster entities to it to make it fly. Somewhat.LOL really? have to check that out eventually. you could do it with spirit too?
@tetsu0: that looks really cool. I wish i would have designed something original too, but i always wanted to build that jedi ship.. = )
@Rim: Ya rim waht server to you play on? I haven't played ns in ages...
I'm still having trouble integrating Zeeba's map into the project because it's a resources bear... Muzz's map has been integrated, and i'll release a new download as soon as Zeeba's is done.
So if any of you authors have updates for your map, now would be a good time to submit them to me. (i'll still accept them at any time, it would just be convenient now
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So if any of you authors have updates for your map, now would be a good time to submit them to me. (i'll still accept them at any time, it would just be convenient now
)The maximum number of entities a mm can handle effectively is 8Well damn that's good to know for future reference. Thanks Urbs! = )
Yeah i know. I've tried a bunch of different canopy textures and i've been happy with none of them. I'll keep working on it tho..
The wheel thing was nothing to do. Making the segmented main part of the cockpit/canopy was hard:
Take a three-segmented strip, each made up of 6, 4-sided triangles, and vm them to the right slope or curve of the cockpit. Rotate 30 degrees and connect to the first strip, while getting it ready to connect to the next. (It becomes very difficult to manipulate segments once they've been rotated at all) Repeat 12 times (the cockpit is 12-sided), make sure there are no vertices off-grid, and BAM! you're done. = )
that was a pain... = )
Anyway, here is my mostly finished jedi starfighter for download!
features:
-canopy opens and closes using "e" (you can crouch inside and close the canopy)
-"foils" open using the green button. (they won't close fsr even though they are set to toggle)
-Highly-detailed cockpit with a Techno Union Starfighter targeting hologram
Lemme know what you think, and i'll try to include suggestive changes for the final release of the map, which i plan to:
-add working lazors you can fire from inside
-recreate "padme's apartment" from the Star Wars:ROTS
-Make the thing fly somehow
The wheel thing was nothing to do. Making the segmented main part of the cockpit/canopy was hard:
Take a three-segmented strip, each made up of 6, 4-sided triangles, and vm them to the right slope or curve of the cockpit. Rotate 30 degrees and connect to the first strip, while getting it ready to connect to the next. (It becomes very difficult to manipulate segments once they've been rotated at all) Repeat 12 times (the cockpit is 12-sided), make sure there are no vertices off-grid, and BAM! you're done. = )
that was a pain... = )
Anyway, here is my mostly finished jedi starfighter for download!
features:
-canopy opens and closes using "e" (you can crouch inside and close the canopy)
-"foils" open using the green button. (they won't close fsr even though they are set to toggle)
-Highly-detailed cockpit with a Techno Union Starfighter targeting hologram
Lemme know what you think, and i'll try to include suggestive changes for the final release of the map, which i plan to:
-add working lazors you can fire from inside
-recreate "padme's apartment" from the Star Wars:ROTS
-Make the thing fly somehow
Almost done...
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Pretty soon I can start building the environment for the map. I know it's not the focus of the contest, but i'm looking forward to making Padme's apartment on Coruscant. Hopefully it turns out ok....how is your backward compatibility for windows 7? worse than vista?
I have a multimanger that triggers:
-2 doors closed
-1 elevator sound on
-4 lights on and off
-4 sounds on and off
-1 elevator sound off.
If i have everything together in the same mm, certain things don't work. Like one time, the doors won't open, or another time, only one of the elevator sounds will work.
If i split it up into 3 separate mms, then it seems to work. seperating the elevator sounds and the doors from the others seems to make it work. Should i have to do this?
Is there a maximum number of actions or types of actions a mm can "safely" perform?
-2 doors closed
-1 elevator sound on
-4 lights on and off
-4 sounds on and off
-1 elevator sound off.
If i have everything together in the same mm, certain things don't work. Like one time, the doors won't open, or another time, only one of the elevator sounds will work.
If i split it up into 3 separate mms, then it seems to work. seperating the elevator sounds and the doors from the others seems to make it work. Should i have to do this?
Is there a maximum number of actions or types of actions a mm can "safely" perform?
Oh i don't mind, i've never heard of an E-Wing! (looks like a Battlestar Galactica transport lol)
ran into problems with the player having to crouch and fit into the shipthe only problem i've found is that my ships canopy was blockin the player, even though it was the vertical position. I fixed may making it "passable" (or not solid) and making an invisible block that keeps the player in the ship when you close the canopy. (you might have to make parts of your cockpit func_illusionary, and use clip brushes to put the player at the proper height, to be able to fit inside properly)
I wish xp could utilize all my ram, i'd switch back in a heartbeat...(still might i dunno)
I know it works fine for Captain TerrorYeah and it's x64 too... as previously mentioned, Compilator (and Nem's) won't work for me unless i'm running "as administrator".
First thing you need to do when you get vista is disable User Account Control. (UAC)Thanks! = )
Daub: Pacman doesn't look very friendly, maybe he's scared? Doesn't appear to be housebroken either. = (
Angels and Daemons! = )
Seriously, awesome book and hopfully, awesome film......
Seriously, awesome book and hopfully, awesome film......
Here's a pic of cockpit:
(you can crouch and close yourself in there lol)
Thats what she said. tongue -You motherfucker, i was so excited to post that myself, and you ruined my whole life by beating me too it. Soooo, coming over to your house to kill you... how's 7 o'clock work for you?
[/rawr]
edit: wait. i can quote zeeba and still geta half-win:
fat old 13 inchTHAT'S WHAT SHE SAID YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH!
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You assume i have any idea what i'm doing?
preview:
LOL JEDI STARFIGHTER! = )
I'm having a lot of fun playing with this. So much so in fact, i'm considering putting my other projects on pause, and doing a short sp mod or Star Wars machinima spoof of the Clone Wars! I can make the hologram lady Padme, and the gman or one of the scientists Palpatine, and obviously Lamar for Mace Windu. (Maybe use the "fat baby" for Yoda somehow...)
I'm having a lot of fun playing with this. So much so in fact, i'm considering putting my other projects on pause, and doing a short sp mod or Star Wars machinima spoof of the Clone Wars! I can make the hologram lady Padme, and the gman or one of the scientists Palpatine, and obviously Lamar for Mace Windu. (Maybe use the "fat baby" for Yoda somehow...)
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There are a couple small textlights and that weird "vgui" texture that emits light, or at least i thought so. (I tried everything, retexuring the whole map, getting rid of the beams and other details, scouring for leaks...)
I just rebuilt the whole thing and now it's ok, but if you could still let me know what you find, i can add the solution to my Source Error Log..
I just rebuilt the whole thing and now it's ok, but if you could still let me know what you find, i can add the solution to my Source Error Log..
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In an unprecedented move, i'm actually building the textures for my build-a-ship entry before building the architecture... I'M EXCITED!
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I don't think it would be rendered, but you could try it. You could however edit any brush-based entity without a problem...
Compile your map with Entities only!
This is a well-known method for advanced mappers, but i'm guessing there are a lot of goldsource mappers out there that don't know about this highly useful practice.
If you'd like to change some entity properties of ANY entity in your map, or even ADD a new point-based entity to your map, and DON'T feel like recompiling your whole damn map for one ambient_generic or func_door properties/flags, then you're in luck! Use the -onlyents command paramater for CSG portion of compile!
Step 1: make sure there is a copy of the the latest BSP of the map you're trying to edit is in your "Valve Hammer Editor\maps" directory. (for most people, this will be the case by default.
Step2: Disable the VIS and RAD portions of your compile. Under the CSG portion, add the command parameter: -onlyents
(If you're using a batch compiler like Compilator(which you should for many reasons), then you can do steps 1 & 2 all with checkboxes.
Step3: Compile. Now when you test your map, you will find your entity values have been changed, or your new ambient_generic will be there, but None of your VIS or lighting data will have been altered! This is amazingly helpful to make quick entity changes, especially for huge maps that take hours to compile...
I hope this is useful to someone1 = )
This is a well-known method for advanced mappers, but i'm guessing there are a lot of goldsource mappers out there that don't know about this highly useful practice.
If you'd like to change some entity properties of ANY entity in your map, or even ADD a new point-based entity to your map, and DON'T feel like recompiling your whole damn map for one ambient_generic or func_door properties/flags, then you're in luck! Use the -onlyents command paramater for CSG portion of compile!
Step 1: make sure there is a copy of the the latest BSP of the map you're trying to edit is in your "Valve Hammer Editor\maps" directory. (for most people, this will be the case by default.
Step2: Disable the VIS and RAD portions of your compile. Under the CSG portion, add the command parameter: -onlyents
(If you're using a batch compiler like Compilator(which you should for many reasons), then you can do steps 1 & 2 all with checkboxes.
Step3: Compile. Now when you test your map, you will find your entity values have been changed, or your new ambient_generic will be there, but None of your VIS or lighting data will have been altered! This is amazingly helpful to make quick entity changes, especially for huge maps that take hours to compile...
I hope this is useful to someone1 = )
SWEETBABYCHRISTMASCRACKERJESUS! (i'm running out of weird exclamations to convey my shock at the quality entries for the rooms project... I mean, zomg...
After viewing it quickly the only quick suggestions i can think of is to leave varying lip for those really cool door segments, so you see their seperate edges when they are open.
Also, include one of the hallways and i'll try to make it work. (i say only one, because with the exit hallway, i will try to reflect the theme of the next map.
Really, really cools stuff zeeba-g!
After viewing it quickly the only quick suggestions i can think of is to leave varying lip for those really cool door segments, so you see their seperate edges when they are open.
Also, include one of the hallways and i'll try to make it work. (i say only one, because with the exit hallway, i will try to reflect the theme of the next map.
Really, really cools stuff zeeba-g!
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light data was at 100.2%LOL! i can't wait to see your map, i'm sure it'll be awesome. You guys are really pushing the engine/resource limits with some of these maps! = )
I'll try the compile if you like... did you use the -chart command and see if you're dangersously low on any resources? Is RAD running at all? The only error i've ever known to bugger RAD is something that stops the compile before it gets to the lighting stage(like a leak), or a leaf-saw error during VIS. You running VIS -Full too?
Building mine tonight... = )
settled. post official rules, guidelines, disclaimers, and whatnot. NOW BOY!!
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Too late, already making spaceship! Why don't you just leave it open, and the entrant may make any type of "ship": Sea, air, space, time machine... = )
I was hoping to do a waterborne ship but i have an idea of what i can do for a spaceship. It'll be in goldsource tho, cuz i don't think i'd be able to build what i'm thinking of, with source's geometry hangups...
Muzz, those "V" ships are the pwn..
Muzz, those "V" ships are the pwn..