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Wow, elite!

Helpful in some instances, but remember, Opera has the option to do that too. Still, thanks atom.

Yes, you only get 30 seconds unless you buy it. It does a VERY good job though. I suppose it shouldn't really be too much of an issue for HL1 or CS, but if you're recording films in Source, you need a decent machine (read: Blisteringly good machine).

I've never had a recurring dream.

kol's name is Gary, Alex.

I don't actually use my real name for forums most of the time. TWHL is one of a very select few that have the privilege.

I use Ant292 most of the time, which came about after trying to register Ant29 on some forum. It was unavaliable, so I added an extra "2" and voila! It's actually the date of my B'day: 29th of February.

Um, the notion of a physical "hell" was deserted long ago by the Church.

Cheater.

Um, Andy:

good mapping links

Yes, please.

Yes, please.

Mmmm. Let's hope "that" doesn't happen again.

I just do.
Known him for a while now, seems decent to call him by his name.

Get those entries in people, only 5 days left!

So by Friday, the results should be in?

The results depend on how quickly Alex and I judge the maps and how quickly atom gets the results up. For the last compo, Trapt and Alex and had finished judging long ago: we were all waiting for atom to post the results.

Hey, according to Christian belief it isn't.

Very dark pics...

Yet, you've not given me an explanation as to why you need to tell people that fact. Nor are you making any allusions to the points I raised.

It's a very quick moment anyway. VALVe probably expected people to miss seeing him, or be tied up shooting other things.

Why would you share? Religion is a personal quest! You shouldn't be out trying to convert others and proclaiming you're of the religious sort! It should be a deep-felt, spiritual inner journey rather than being pointlessly displayed as some sort of talking point! Did you just ignore the parable I mentioned above?

You never get the opportunity to shoot Gman in HL1 anyway, so why bother coding in death seqeuces and the like?

You don't need to let them know. I bet hardly anyone knew I was Catholic until I posted it.

By the way, to the guys with the words "Proudly Christian" in their avatars: Isn't there a parable in the Bible that goes along the lines that a person quietly worshipping God is better than those who openly admit it? I believe it was about a man who was fasting, who would constantly tell people he was doing it. So, if you are "Proudly Christian", you wouldn't need to tell us, would you?

For once, in the history of TWHL, I shall step into a religious debate and offer my views.

I am a Catholic. Have been so all my life, passed down from the family, etc, etc. Over these 17 years, I've heard a lot, seen a lot, experienced a lot concerning the fundamental basis of religious beliefs. One particular theory struck me as quite true:

"Religion is merely an answer to those who are looking for answer as to what happens after death."

Perhaps it's different for some, perhaps not. Take a look at most religions however: don't they all give an indication as to what "will" happen when you reach death? For Christianity, its the ascension into "Heaven", for Buddhists its enlightenment, etc, etc.
Of course, all religions have their own sets of beliefs, their own Gods and what-not.

Christianity is ridiculously inconsistent.

Blah blah all-merciful God... except for if he takes against you because of your tasteless tie, in which case, sorry, you're damned for all eternity in horrific pain, agony, more tasteless ties, soap operas, etc. Strange.

I do not consider religion to contain a wholy plausible story or some sort of "higher order", I merely see it as something for people to believe in. Now surely there's nothing wrong with believing in something, despite any shortcomings a particular religion might have.

I'd kick jesus in the balls. Take that, you bloody samarite, kind motherfucker!

Pretty lame and stupid comment if you ask me. I'm against attempting to force a religion towards those who don't have one (something that Christianity has done in history), but I think directly critiscing someone who is considered important to some people is rather immature. Now, I'm not saying that "Yes, you're wrong, we're right", I'm merely saying that sometimes you should respect the decisions of others, despite how crude or stupid you think they are.

I'm not a particularly religious person by nature. I'm not sure what happens after we die, nor do I know where we originated from. Personally, I tend towards the more scientific scope. However, I do respect those who do believe in the higher order. I do not feel a need to criticise them or subject them to pointless riddling: if they find solace in a particular belief, then let them be.

While I'm here, I may as well bring up another point: whilst on IRC last Christmas, I think Trapt and I had an arguement concerning the words "Merry Christmas" in the topic name. He said it was a slander to other religions. Despite the non-seriousness of the arguement, I'd like to say that the words "Merry Christmas" are not an invitation to accept the Christian faith, they are actually an embracment of a particular time of year where things wrap and the aura of festivities is in the here. It's more of a coming together of people, unified under a particularly joyous time of the year. THAT'S IT! Nothing more!

Well, that's my 2 and a half cents.

But it was in Azure Sheep as well: Gus the construction worker. They just used the voice of the scientist instead of recording their own, and the model looked pretty shoddy anyway.

Ergh, blonde jokes are so lame. They've been done about two million times.

Yeah, I know. I've been looking at that one for a while.

Really? How?

That forklift driver is a very poor model by the way.

It's in CS. I think it's called Redemption if I remember correctly and I kinda recall him opening it in the first sequence.

Is the map big and complex? If so, then just be patient.

Good luck to everyone anyway. And yes, Alex and I will smite those that confirmed that an entry was coming in and didn't deliever.

eels - Novocaine for the Soul (Video Clip)

Ah, rightio.

eels - Souljacker Pt1 (Live on Last Call)

Courtesy of Alex Wood. Thanks mate.

Of course, I forgot about that dreamy sequence.

Nope, it's very responsive. Most of the stuff is tame.

Check the sky_camera properties, there's a option for scale.

Clicky.

I had a quick browse through the de_dust props from that site (thanks to RabidMonkey) and there doesn't seem to be tree model. I suppose you could check through the other maps props for it.

I've no idea about the leak...
Try deleting the prop_static and recompilling.

Did you put in the sky_camera entity?

Using the Entity tool, place a sky_camera at the exact centre of this new skybox. The centre will be marked with a white cross. Make sure the skybox is aligned to the centre in all the grid views. Remember, your sky_camera projects it's skybox from the origin of the world, or coordinates 0,0,0, so you may want to place a camera there from the start and scale it down along with the objects to make sure your sky looks right.

Is the compression better than JPG? If not, convert to JPG already!

Also, ladders work poorly in Deathmatch. It's like you've developed a severe hiccup as you climb.

It's actually a bug, afaik.

Sounds like something is wrong with the GCF file support thingy. Hammer reads directly off the GCF files mapping (materials, models, sounds, etc). Try the Refresh SDK Content option on the SDK window. If that doesn't work, reinstall either the SDK or HL2 or both. If that doesn't work, take Alex's advice.

Probably just Source engine woes: try lowering the GFX settings a tad.

They may: there's still remnants of it in the GCF files.

Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

Good 'ol Grohlsie is drumming for this song.
Rock on Dave Grohl!

Windows Media Player won't play DVD's if it doesn't have a codec. I'd suggest just cracking a trial copy of PowerDVD, which is a very nice DVD program. RealPlayer should burn in hell.

Is there a point to this thread?

I doubt it'd work for lower end cards. I can't run DX9's shaders in HL2, so I think there's no chance with that demo.