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sorry saco, bad typo. I meant sympathy for the hard work i put into it.
The concept isn't entirely original either, after week 3 i realized it was almost metroid prime. (whom i loves thy concept) (Subconsciously)

Not all the sounds are ripped, i made almost all of them. I know few were in there like the rocket stuff mostly and the footstep sounds, cuz i didn't want to record my own. I did plan to replace them if needed. Like the title screen.

I'll just put this on the shelf for a while, but i think i bit off more than i can chew for now.

If anyone wants to use any one the content, be my guest. I know the guns can go to a more stable mod someplace.

Which brings me to a new point, I think i'm able to participate with other people's mods. I said that in the MV, but just restating.

wtf... Wii?

I can join the modelling effort with the whole car and truck thing that's going on

I don't think anyone noticed the extra skies in the mod directory. I can make any sky i can dream of.

Heh, here's a good quote from an old kung-fu movie.

The chosen one must endure much hardship before he is ready.

Oh god i hope i'm not the chosen one. i'm alergic to bullshit.

I know, not the greatest. I don't do this for the benefit of respect, i do this for fun and experience. A few maps around here that i've made were partially experimental.

In the spare time that is free from NOT modding, i could map more HLDM maps, paint more pictures, or do a hugely awsome artistic render of a palace in 3ds max with all the shiny glory of it. I like that last one.

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Awsome idea kasperg! A hldm map with the archetecture. Especially some of the stuff i didn't use that i would throw into the actuall game.
:D:D:D

I'm gonna better the community if i can, too.

er...

the mod has a lot of backtracking when you get new items that unlock areas of the game. i thought to keep the maps as contained as possible but that's not too possible now. The demo is kinda a mock-up of the whole game, in a way.

Full story over 25+ maps.

Bad News: I exceeded the max face limit. I'm gonna go blame steam.

But how would several smaller maps be? anyone mind?

true. make it red so it can be adjusted. anything but white.

very nice, will be using this soon i hope.

You could replace a weapon with a new model, new sounds, and your set. problem is that you have to sacrifice a gun. i wonder if there is a tutorial someplace that shows how to add custom guns from scratch. :

edit: There's one at verc, but it involves 8 pages of code.

Ever thought of adding a "Gyradell Gun" ?

I have.

shit, it wasn't one idiot, it as a highly payed team of idiots.
that's absofuckinglutely ribullshitdiculus.

everyone loves it when the nerd goes on a rampage. we are a community of rampaging nerds. through and through. I think the pic represents Gordon's wild side, in terms meaning if your gonna be smart, look cool doing it.

oooooh... hollow torus tube... eh, lemme try again.

Done.

18" x 24" or close to it.

a random guy on google. meh.

is there a way to take back my hit. this was so stupid.

how can i get offended if i am totally clueless as to who that is!? :

I think he's saying that it's you. - Ant

Money is a universal motivator.

If i had a fancy website and a nice site template, i could start a mod professionally. But i'm old skool, I do stuff in my garage.

[b]Real[/b] developers go to hotjobs, yahoojobs, and monster.com.

XD AWSOME!

I need this for my mod! ... a lot of people need this for stuff.
Your should do a BM truck and car, maybe even an 18-wheeler.

I'd pitch in the effort.

i like the first screenshot and the second screenshot. the rest look a little less refined.

It seems everyone can post in this forum section except me, because I have more unfinished maps?

welcome to my world. i've finished a whopping 13% of my maps.

i didn't know were to place this, since the sketch appeared here, its going here rather than wasting a new thread.

Abstract:Sketch:Final:

that screeny was quick, i almost missed it.

'nice on too. but that plante really is out of place, might i add.

MSpaint pwnage!

...MSpaint contest?

dear god this thing is still going?

anyone who is this desperate should just stop and get laid on the spot. Doesn't his girl give him sex anyways!? she's got this guy by his balls.

Dire giant hurricane albino mediterranian Bunny-gerbil-hamster-weasel-bear.

if that's for hl1, can i steal it from you for my mod?

wow. that sucks.

a least she didn't frag you tycell. that'd be embarassing.

haha, clever dorian, fourthjen.

i don't think anyone is gonna attempt my av.

I might do some more too later on as well, its kinda fun.

[i][u]DEVELOPMENTS:[/i][/u]

The Demo map is nearing the end of its construction phase. Soon to be done with the entity work as well. Not too much time.

Demo Completion: 88%

Turns out that since i can model all sorts of stuff, my mod will feature a few new unique Xenite Aliens i've been thinking about for the longest time since the start of the mod. Also, some revisions have been made to the Flare Launcher, which is now a Flare Drone, launched directly from the player's hand. Other such "things" have also be made but will not be in the demo with reasons to great to bargain with.

The demo runs about 2 minutes for me running through it fast and its also incomplete with no enemies. There's a few puzzles and thinking involved, but nothing outrageously difficult. This demonstration examplifies that you (the player) will need to search more often for ammo and items, as well as explore previously visited areas with new equipment to open up new sectors of the Turnstillion complex.

That being said, the overall map count is now 25. (not counting intro or ending) I figured this is a good amount since you loop around a lot to places you've been.

Soon...

try it. if it doesn't work, take the image and make 4 sections (quadrants) of it. apply that to it respectively.

That a good rule hunter. Good call.

heh, mad-brand cow. heheh.

AVATAR CONTEST

The rules are simple, choose someone other than yourself and do an avatar for them. As an example, I doodled this one of Seventh-Monkey in class.Have fun and good luck.

i could do props, i am for my mod, gyradell invasion, and i'm throwing together a common archive.

The Trees from Posion Garden are ripped from Day of Defeat. DoD has many plant models available, but if you need more, search the net. You'll turn something up.

meh, i write music, but i don't its good enough to be on radio yet


edit: ok it's not that kind of radio stuff, but still my music sucks atm. I don't think i'll join, since my bandwidth blows and i listen to shoutcast.

elon yariv, was it you who asked me what camera i have?

a quick tip about texturing is to set up a good library of base textures like stones, bricks, grass, crete, etc. Most of the magic is worked in photoshop simply combining the bases together and coloring, contrasting, or sharpening them to the way you want them. even someone of limited knowledge of photoshop can do it since its all about layers and layer modes.

DCC is my room mate. He lives 23 feet and 11 inches from me.
He is an incredible interior/graphic designer and is helping me out in exchange to teach him how to map. Like me, he wants to get into game level design.

He might join TWHL once he feels ready. Might not go by DCC, he the kind to change nicknames every other day.

You'll see what a little teamwork can do once the demo is out.

OMG!!!
Pepper!!! YOU PWN SO HARD!!! THENK YOU SO MUCH!

Now the mod will get a whole lot yummier.

DCC has forbiddon me from posting more screenshots until the demo is finished. I assure, i want to agree since things are looking really damn good, even for my standards since DCC has a lot of input and logic to this.

Mapping is slow. Roughly 43% done. Minor setbacks 'cuz i got the model tools i needed and i half to re-do some things.

Resourcefulness is a virtue well exploited...

i tried the MP3's that are in the media folder.
i've never been so confused. It's like trying to buy a car at Verc.

Y'know, i should make a thread for modding tips, basic advice . I have quite a bit to say from what i've learned recently.

Screen shots are important to hold your crowd. I give off as much as i can, but since the demo is near, i cut my audience off to build some tension, then the demo will release and people will get it with higher interest.

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Various Little things - Rimrook

what? since when was i involved? what do i do?

eh.
I meant larger pics, i knwo the source maps pack a lot of detail that is missed in the screeny. Lots of other websites do it and its nice to see lots of big screenies, an overhead view, and other things.

weebitmagic sounds like a webcomic or a flash cartoon name to me.

'nice that stuff is happening. Unlike my mod. I have to clean up all the dust that has settled down in the halls while i was modelling.

Is there an enstimatied time on this mod yet? any deadlines or is it just floating around?

the rest of the world plays HLDM.

I must say, the police could track the number back and but your ass.

This story is, yes, implausible.

if that happened in america, things would be a whole lot different because of our policies of child care. its sad that the kid was treated that way.

...

damn it i so want to crowbar that asshole's face...

hopefully the abilities checklists in the profiles will show up again only more detailed, as i already said but it's not on the list.

Here's a good one:
Multiple Screenshot slots for Maps. like 8 or so, but make these optional, or if you want to cut down on the loadage to twhl3, make the extra pics only linked to elsewhere. Have one primary that will show on the vault page and more will show up in the map details. This will be nice since we all have seen map screens with 4 tiny little preview screens.

EXAMPLE:

Yes and no. Turnstile will play best on wonHL, but IS compatible for steam as well.

Its been a day or two of searching and i still can't find the studiomdl.exe that compile model transparency. someone must have it somewhere.

ugh... i'm conflicting myself with too many ideas and problems at once. I'm trying to accomplish what i can but just having a fit of mapper's block. I need to recalibrate again.

p.s.
How important would music be? i think it would add a little to the intro and such, but i can't play mp3's and the quality and file size of a wav is horrid.

'wonderin...

er... i mean we were a creation of another alien race and set loose on earth to spread hippy love and joy and twhl but instead we kill and nuke eachother.
Edit: hldm style.

i had a similar problem with my new comp's stability. I just updated some grpahics drivers. Double check what you have and make sure you have the latest version of the driver. That might fix it, but it might not. Or its some connection with your mother board. heh, it could be a lot of things. :

I believe in evolution and all of that, but our human-self design is too different from everything else. If we came from monkeys, why are we so much taller than them, and wouldn't our relatives evolve at some sort of similar rate. I think we were placed here by aliens.

HL2DM is too easy to the point where i killed an entire clan on my first night playing. Either they were noobs or just plain stupid. Or i had good beginners luck. I stopped playing it that night because i got bored with it unbelievably fast. I hope some amx mods come out for it.

CS:S is pretty cool. But it's just CS with graphics. I didn't find it as awsome as everyone says it is. That, too, i got bored with.

The rest of the night, i spent playing DoD ftw.

i will kill you all with r_speeds.



Awsome Compo, kasperg. I can't wait to start on it.

How about "Decorated Content Contributor" ...?

Heh, yeah i wish the smiley volt-arm was a secret weapon myself.

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Mapping is good at the moment. Will be done... when its done... ug.

edyt:
I can't find the studiomdl.exe that can compile transparency. I need this to do some models.

I'm all for this if i get to submit some hl1 prop models that would be common to all of the modding going on around here. Stuff that'd be tricky to build and texture in hammer or too heavy on the engine, but deem worthy of being a prop.

meh.