I will help! You need me! What with my astounding knowledge of Glasgow and all.*
Besides I could really do with building on my Source mapping skills.**
After playing through L4D I feel I have a real eye for gameplay mechanics and how to make a functional yet challenging set of maps.***
* Urby has never been to glasgow
** Since release of the Orange Box SDK Urby has put a serious amount of work into thinking about using it.
*** Yeah...I'll playtest.
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I knew I recognised some of the voices.
Bill / Grigori was an obvious one. He believe also voiced the scientists in Gunman Chronicles. I think thats where Valve picked him up. If not they sound almost identical.
Bill / Grigori was an obvious one. He believe also voiced the scientists in Gunman Chronicles. I think thats where Valve picked him up. If not they sound almost identical.
I have a Facebook account, a Myspace page and a YouTube Channel. I'm also a TWHL member.
Guess which one I visit more often. ^_^
In all honesty I guess TWHL and indeed many other sites on the Internet have helped me develop my social skills. I joined up when I was in college and the only people I spoke to were guys I already knew from secondary school. I was quiet, shy and a lot of people took advantage of me, especially my ex-girlfriend (keep it in context please, don't be a dick)
However over the course of 6 months after joining up I became comfortable with the community. In person I became cheeky, obnoxious and very arrogant. Eventually I ended up failing the course because of my attitude towards the work but I had more friends than I had ever had before and I can honestly say that I don't regret a thing. I've met a lot of great people on this site and despite meeting in person (except in the case of Tosse) I consider a few of you as good friends. There are a lot of good people here which is why I have kept my faith in the community when things have gone to shit in the past.
Guess which one I visit more often. ^_^
In all honesty I guess TWHL and indeed many other sites on the Internet have helped me develop my social skills. I joined up when I was in college and the only people I spoke to were guys I already knew from secondary school. I was quiet, shy and a lot of people took advantage of me, especially my ex-girlfriend (keep it in context please, don't be a dick)
However over the course of 6 months after joining up I became comfortable with the community. In person I became cheeky, obnoxious and very arrogant. Eventually I ended up failing the course because of my attitude towards the work but I had more friends than I had ever had before and I can honestly say that I don't regret a thing. I've met a lot of great people on this site and despite meeting in person (except in the case of Tosse) I consider a few of you as good friends. There are a lot of good people here which is why I have kept my faith in the community when things have gone to shit in the past.
And nukes.
Its true. I was there.
A lot of NPC's were killed.
A lot of NPC's were killed.
There is already a forrest map in L4D btw
One thing I don't get is people who say 'Don't bother with a Quad-Core because most games don't make use of the technology yet.'
How about getting a Quad-Core now rather than waiting for games to become more demanding? Doesn't that make more sense from a financial standpoint?
How about getting a Quad-Core now rather than waiting for games to become more demanding? Doesn't that make more sense from a financial standpoint?
Can't even join via Steam Friends?
You're going to have a hard time finding a girl's name then.My finacee has already thought up names. I have certainly never heard them before, not to mention in a game.
I'm not big on sounds but as far as I know you need 2 seperate amb_generic entities. One that plays the sound on a loop and another that is intended to fade out (this should be inactive to start with).
Make the trigger deactivate the first amb_generic so that it cuts off and at the same time make it activate the second amb_generic which should have a designated Volume (0 to be silent), Start Volume (which should be the same as the first amb_generics volume, and a Fade Out Time.
Hope that helps. Otherwise I apologize for not having a clue what I'm talking about. :rly:
Make the trigger deactivate the first amb_generic so that it cuts off and at the same time make it activate the second amb_generic which should have a designated Volume (0 to be silent), Start Volume (which should be the same as the first amb_generics volume, and a Fade Out Time.
Hope that helps. Otherwise I apologize for not having a clue what I'm talking about. :rly:
Slap some custom maps onto it and I'm there.
Just download and check it in MDLViewer. Its like 7kb.
Bamp mapping is always awesome. 
Oooh, free model. 
If I ever have a daughter, her name will be entirely unrelated to any videogame characters.
...I can't find a name or anything.Implying that I had searched.
Bill's voice sounds familiar to me but I can't find a name or anything. As far as I can tell it's the same guy who voiced Father Grigori, The Fisherman from HL2: Lost Coast and the scientists in the Official Released HL1 total-conversion Gunman Chronicles.
Also, I believe Zoey is voiced by the same person who did Cortana in the Halo series.
Also, I believe Zoey is voiced by the same person who did Cortana in the Halo series.
Yeah that sucked.
Its actually pretty boring after some time. I played the demo twice.erm...whut?
Yeah, structuring of the face would be a modelling issue.
Fucking Witch. 
Anyway, I play as Zoey and my weapon of choice is the hunting rifle. Sure its slow but if you can line it up right you can nail a load of zombies in a row. It also preserves your ammo thanks to its semi-auto fireing.
Anyway, I play as Zoey and my weapon of choice is the hunting rifle. Sure its slow but if you can line it up right you can nail a load of zombies in a row. It also preserves your ammo thanks to its semi-auto fireing.
Damn it.
Play.com may be the cheapest option but it turns out I gotta wait until the 21st. Thats a week after the demo dies. D:
Play.com may be the cheapest option but it turns out I gotta wait until the 21st. Thats a week after the demo dies. D:
I'm with Muzz on this one. My PC is a 4 year old, single core system and runs L4D reasonably well in comparison to most of todays titles.
I already pre-ordered so I'm glad I enjoyed the demo today.
I already pre-ordered so I'm glad I enjoyed the demo today.
If only. drools
would it help if there was a TWHL compo for L4D mapping? and the good maps at the end are all strung together into a campaign or something?I love that compo idea so much I wanna have sex with it.
Cons would be I never liked the chosing your weapon parts, thought that was kinda stupid, I wish you could have them all at once, but whatever.. the mapping was also very basic, I seen alot of plain cubes, feels a bit rushed.. anywhos I give it a 4/5 Because it is fuckin' awesome!I like the 3 weapon system. Its more realistic, not carrying around a stockpile makes more sense to me. As for the mapping, it is a well known fact that official maps are always basic. As with L4D you also have to take into account the number of models there are on screen at some points.
Agreed. Most models which use envmaps for reflections need a cubemap to work from otherwise I think they use a sky texture by default.
L4D mapping [i]may[/i] just have what it takes to convert me to the ways of the Source.
4 Hours and 10 minutes to go!
That's set to finish at 01:40am...
That only leaves just over 3 hours to play before I get my hour of sleep!
That's set to finish at 01:40am...
That only leaves just over 3 hours to play before I get my hour of sleep!
I also need to update my drivers. Nearly 40% after 2 hours. c'mon!
Works for me. Looks pretty sweet. Its not often that a mod/map involving large scale rooms manages to maintain a reasonable amount of detail. The combat looks reasonably varied too. This could turn out really well.
Check your settings.
i'll have noone to play with so maybe i won't get it at all...whut? You know there are people on the internet right?
someone feathery in nature.I would guess Pengiunboy.
Then again, they don't have feathers.
The demo goes public for free tomorrow. I've had this rant already.
Found a great deal on Play.com though. ?22.99 (?10 less than steam) if you pre-order the boxed copy. Of course you have to wait an extra week for the full game...and you need to live in the UK.
Found a great deal on Play.com though. ?22.99 (?10 less than steam) if you pre-order the boxed copy. Of course you have to wait an extra week for the full game...and you need to live in the UK.
I remember those vids but they're not online anymore. You're about a year too late Skals.
Hey well. Sucks to be you I guess. :rly:
Hey well. Sucks to be you I guess. :rly:
Urby was gonna buy L4D next week but now my money has gone elsewhere.
Damn independance. Gotta wait for Xmas now.
Damn independance. Gotta wait for Xmas now.
As far as I know its down to the env_cubemap thingy being really reflective. (I assume you have built the cubemaps?) I had this issue myself with several custom textures and prop_models in dark areas. Never did find out how to fix it other than alter the materials .vmt file.
One of many reasons I don't get on with Sauce.
One of many reasons I don't get on with Sauce.
The entire 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey' soundtrack.
I love game soundtracks most of the time anyway but this fucker was nominated for MTV awards.
I love game soundtracks most of the time anyway but this fucker was nominated for MTV awards.
I don't know a single person who's managed to get an env_message to work.WTF!?
Thats basic modding knowledge you spoon.
I have another project going that i'm sure you guys would like more than some extra TWHL featuresWuh?
I've been going over it in my head each time I get some free time but then FarCry2 came out and well...kept me busy for a few days. Then Fallout 3 came out and that's kept me going for a week so far.
Point being I do want to do this now but there is so much else that I need to do. Plus the Fraps issue is a bit of a pisser.
Point being I do want to do this now but there is so much else that I need to do. Plus the Fraps issue is a bit of a pisser.
Just a little update. I really felt up to recording and narrating some footage the other day but my version of fraps has somehow been corrupted. Yay.
Hopefully I'll have it sorted by next week when I'm off work and can get loads of footage.
Hopefully I'll have it sorted by next week when I'm off work and can get loads of footage.
I laughed at ZL's batman post. Nothing else.
Still focussing on lighting I see. Its looking awesome.
Still on act 1. I'm taking it slow (not to mention getting lost and stumbling into random shootouts a lot)
What is it with people redesigning cs_assault. Its got to be the worst map in CS and often the remakes are worse. Why not just make a new map from scratch?
Turns out my PC is schizophrenic. It runs CS:S at 10fps and Far Cry 2 maxed at 15fps. Still, its pretty unplayable that way. Medium settings look pretty good and run perfectly on my PC.
Been playing as much as possible over the past 3 days and well. Its awesome but extremely repetitive. However just when you think it's getting boring the game throws something else your way. The buddy system is cool though. I lost 2 today and now they're gone forever. (well, until I start a new game)
R.I.P.
Warren Clyde: Died in my arms after 2 minutes of trying to revive him when an ammo dump exploded in his face.
Quarbani Singh: Covered my back while I searched for an objective item, took a shot to the head before I could get back to him.
Urby must go avenge them now.
Been playing as much as possible over the past 3 days and well. Its awesome but extremely repetitive. However just when you think it's getting boring the game throws something else your way. The buddy system is cool though. I lost 2 today and now they're gone forever.
(well, until I start a new game)R.I.P.
Warren Clyde: Died in my arms after 2 minutes of trying to revive him when an ammo dump exploded in his face.
Quarbani Singh: Covered my back while I searched for an objective item, took a shot to the head before I could get back to him.
Urby must go avenge them now.
We won't be seeing the actual Half-Life 3 for like a decade, knowing Valve.
A decade in Valve time.Fucking hell. We'll probably be dead. Our grandchildren's children might enjoy it though.
[EDIT] FUCK! I already posted in this thread.
SryPre-Ordered Far Cry 2 last night =
Will get the PC to run it it April/May 2009 =
Will get the PC to run it it April/May 2009 =
Right, so there's a game tonight?
Not that it matters as I'm working till 9pm.
Not that it matters as I'm working till 9pm.
I don't know what it is but I'm expecting Alan Wake to be a huge disappointment.