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ouch, ya know, i can feel your emotions from here. such raw anger and stupidity.... or you just laggin' me. get banned ph4yg0t.
hee hee
since a vault on twhl is now out of the question, can someone guide me to some web hosting stuff?
yeah, i checked wadfather. it was just sad.... honestly.
wait, 700mb, do we ever clean out the map vaults?
wait, 700mb, do we ever clean out the map vaults?
How useful would a WAD vault be at twhl. I know that i would release textures every week of all sorts of themes. With some practice and junk i could make textures for source as well. Or, does anyone know a reliable place where i can post wads and link them to TWHL.
Any suggestions or help will be appreciated.
Any suggestions or help will be appreciated.
wow, i forgot i made this forum...
...and look how populated it became with posts!
Yeah, personally, i'd map the entire world my avatar lives in. Since that's a common theme of mine. I'd also expand on the details of my gyradell theme. oh how fun it would be to explore a century old abandoned industrial greenhouse colony.
...and look how populated it became with posts!
Yeah, personally, i'd map the entire world my avatar lives in. Since that's a common theme of mine. I'd also expand on the details of my gyradell theme. oh how fun it would be to explore a century old abandoned industrial greenhouse colony.
no it's not. you have to be one of two things. really good at it, or you have to know what you're doing. Alot of my recent textures are photo based.
EXAMPLE:
i make the textures but no maps to fit them. i got a stock of good textures if anyone needs.
EXAMPLE:
i decided to drop, than i got a great new idea, but it didn't work and i dropped again. GL EVRY1!!
If you could map anything with no limits what so ever (no r_speeds, no bad FPS, nothing) what would you map?
place two ambient_generics with the "play everywhere" string at two far ends of your map. it plays it in stereo even 
(probably late to say this)
yeah, everyone i know draws anime and it's over-rated like crazy. all the people who did anime that i knew in college already dropped out cuz they can't draw anything better. word to the wise, expand to new styles.
kasperg: the archetectural one are the best of your work, obviously. but they seem kinda empty. they could use some props and objects to co-exist in the hollow area. unless these WERE sketches for maps, hm?
yeah, everyone i know draws anime and it's over-rated like crazy. all the people who did anime that i knew in college already dropped out cuz they can't draw anything better. word to the wise, expand to new styles.
kasperg: the archetectural one are the best of your work, obviously. but they seem kinda empty. they could use some props and objects to co-exist in the hollow area. unless these WERE sketches for maps, hm?
i thought i was gonna get bashed for my art. usually i get
OMFGWTFBBQ IT'S ANTHRO-PEOPLE PORNO! BAN THIS CRAPZORZ!!!1!
... nothin porno about it, i just like drawing moods that are either sentimental or cuddly.
...don't look at me like that. I balance this sappy stuff with HLDM!
OMFGWTFBBQ IT'S ANTHRO-PEOPLE PORNO! BAN THIS CRAPZORZ!!!1!
... nothin porno about it, i just like drawing moods that are either sentimental or cuddly.
...don't look at me like that. I balance this sappy stuff with HLDM!
YEAH! AWRIGHT! PHOTOSHOP STUFF! w00tehzorzesesz!!111!!one!!1!11!
if you're sqeamish, don't look.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1074/spongebath5dq.jpg
you have been warned.
if you're sqeamish, don't look.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1074/spongebath5dq.jpg
you have been warned.
Thats odd. Why are we asking for food when America alone produces enough food to feed the whole world? I blame the fat peoplethat, and the skinny illegal aliens.
fuckin' wow...
still if your going to photoshop something, photoshop it good at least.
still if your going to photoshop something, photoshop it good at least.
i'd probably be the sole survivor...
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7thnice
smells like bullsh!t
a teleported object needs to be transformed into radio data and then sent via radio to a reciever and then rematerialized based on the data sent. close and plausible, but still not possible.
a teleported object needs to be transformed into radio data and then sent via radio to a reciever and then rematerialized based on the data sent. close and plausible, but still not possible.
s mods aren't ashamed... because we can ban insulters. Hm.straight ownage.
a girl could show up somewhere at sometime around here...
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>.>
2 days on textures and they look not-so-different from the original HL ones except for the fact that the terrain is blended nicely. Besides that setback, I made up some nice xen-type technology that's rather neat. My idea is very solid and hopefully i can get it done.
I mapped for CS to show a friend across the country and he doesn't have HL, so whatever. I didn't feel like compiling the same thing twice so i always made them for CS and labeled them thusly. Other than that, they would be strictly labeled "HL." But no matter how nice and "eye-candy"-ish things look, my maps are very rarely played. My friend still says he plays the original Gyradell and Castle Rimrook on a server he hosts. Though i can't connect to it for some reason 
I haven't mapped for HLDM cuz i'm still a student of the editor. I should probably learn more before releasing maps to be played. If i want my maps played, i'll make sure their played for along time based on their quality. Each of the maps that end up on TWHL are simply fragments of my studies in 3D design. I know very well that i will benefit so greatly from my mapping experiences in the future years of college.
Clarified! Happy?
blah blah blah i stfu now.
I haven't mapped for HLDM cuz i'm still a student of the editor. I should probably learn more before releasing maps to be played. If i want my maps played, i'll make sure their played for along time based on their quality. Each of the maps that end up on TWHL are simply fragments of my studies in 3D design. I know very well that i will benefit so greatly from my mapping experiences in the future years of college.
Clarified! Happy?
if yiou want a strategic, planned out gameplay with realistic objective that are versatile, then go CS.I agree. I have purposely mapped for CS because i'd like to see organized assault rollout on my own maps, but i grew out of it and kinda shot for stretching my skills. If i had my own CS server, in which i did for a while, more CS maps would be around from me.
blah blah blah i stfu now.
Come'on guys, show off some of them money-making love masks!
... or are things really "that" bad ... ?
Rimrook, nice green hazel eyes.I'm trusting your female....
CS is a strategic environment, so not only it is limited with gameplay objectives, you can't make a map too complex to intricate 'cuz it will leave the players running around like chickens with their heads cut off. HLDM for example, people run around like chickens with their heads cut off anyway! so you can give people interesting things to climb, jump, and shoot from without having some n00b complaining that the map sucks, HLDM is simply "STFU and play"
two cents
two cents
Yea, but u get ubaer respect if you win itI agree to this alot. Given that, to me, it sounds like teleportals are gonna be plenty, in fact that teleportals are mostly what was used on Xen. Play through the Xen stages of HL (you can type "map c4a1" in console for a shortcut) and take notes. I found alot of things i never noticed before.
"Whoever sucks the least will win"
nerds...nerds...
...and i like the floaty island thing. It reminds me of my AP Portfolio project theme, which was inspired by Xen and it's landscapes.
But yeah, an office complex all aliened-out would work fine too, i see.
like i said...
Anyway, i need to do some texture hunting. laterz for a while
But yeah, an office complex all aliened-out would work fine too, i see.
like i said...
I think a xen map would be fun, because it would see who would suck at it the least, and he would be the winner.Wow, edit buttons are cool!
Anyway, i need to do some texture hunting. laterz for a while
Elon, did you help judge? just curious...
I think Xen would be stupendously unpopular.I could win by default
but seriously people... thiiiiiiiiiiiink on this one. If you don't push you own expectations, you won't get any better at anything!
I think a xen map would be fun, because it would see who would suck at it the least, and he would be the winner.Yeah i quoted myself, but it is a good point with this compo. A competition should be a challenge and this one is quite applicable as one.
yeah. that's me!~~!~!~!
plain and simple. no photoshop crap like the rest of them.
plain and simple. no photoshop crap like the rest of them.
hell yeah. plain and simple hell yeah.
i got great ideariant for this one
i got great ideariant for this one
I think a xen map would be fun, because it would see who would suck at it the least, and he would be the winner.
Or you could try some of these themes:
+Elevators
+Gargantuas
+Trains
+Remake your favorite scene from HL1
+Island Map
+Cliffs
+Single material themed map (wood, concrete, brick, etc.)
+Cartoon Map (great if you suck with making textures)
+Single .wad (like a wad from CS, NS, or something...)
+Map your dream house
+Map a nightmare
that's all that i can remember atm.
Or you could try some of these themes:
+Elevators
+Gargantuas
+Trains
+Remake your favorite scene from HL1
+Island Map
+Cliffs
+Single material themed map (wood, concrete, brick, etc.)
+Cartoon Map (great if you suck with making textures)
+Single .wad (like a wad from CS, NS, or something...)
+Map your dream house
+Map a nightmare
that's all that i can remember atm.
Ok... I'm thinking a poll could be started to tell everyone what mods of HL everyone has. Cuz i want to do mapping for Spirit, but always hear.
..."I don't have steam .... wah wah wah ... I don't have spirit blah blah."
So WHAT DO YOU HAVE people? I want my maps to be played, but i don't know who's has what, or even when they have it cuz people delete stuff. I think it should be a feature to have a list of tags like in the map vault on our account info saying what we have and what we map for. Personal preference is all that is really.
Someone agree with me, i know this issue is rather unique to us all.
I could map for anything, but Spirit. and i want to map for spirit more than anything right now. It's like sex, my nerded ways are my gift and my curse.
..."I don't have steam .... wah wah wah ... I don't have spirit blah blah."
So WHAT DO YOU HAVE people? I want my maps to be played, but i don't know who's has what, or even when they have it cuz people delete stuff. I think it should be a feature to have a list of tags like in the map vault on our account info saying what we have and what we map for. Personal preference is all that is really.
Someone agree with me, i know this issue is rather unique to us all.
I could map for anything, but Spirit. and i want to map for spirit more than anything right now. It's like sex, my nerded ways are my gift and my curse.
ok...
heh, that's all i have to say is... ok...
heh, that's all i have to say is... ok...
i know it's not suitable to launch while an official compo is running. I was hoping to win a compo so i can actually use one of my ideas, but the last few compos have been rather tough or (like the Casa del Admininistrator Compo,) i don't really understand it.
I'm tossing ideas and thinking out loud, really.
I'm tossing ideas and thinking out loud, really.
i thought of a compo that might be fun, but tell me if this could be done first before i start anything.
The compo is a base-map compo where you get 4 islands to choose from. then you map on the island of your choice. you can map whatever theme you want, it must be on the island.
what do you guys think? any thoughts?
The compo is a base-map compo where you get 4 islands to choose from. then you map on the island of your choice. you can map whatever theme you want, it must be on the island.
what do you guys think? any thoughts?
try choosing run in the start menu and typing
[hl.exe -particles 99999]
and maybe it might work. or not... try it.
[hl.exe -particles 99999]
and maybe it might work. or not... try it.
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wow... i didn't really a bunch of you guys are kids.
that's pretty cool i guess. you what they say...
"Hook'em while they're young." ~Tobacco Company
that's pretty cool i guess. you what they say...
"Hook'em while they're young." ~Tobacco Company
oh yeah, i noticed a "money" thing on the screeny. is that a spirit thing or what? what does that have to do with your mod?
HAHAHA! that's awsome!!!
if you use particles (the ones used to find leaks) you can have around 20000 of them. you'll need spririt to do it tho.
if you use particles (the ones used to find leaks) you can have around 20000 of them. you'll need spririt to do it tho.
post a screen shot
i have spirit, i can check out a map without dl-ing everything.
can you please upload a map into the vault so we can check it out, or does it require the entire mod to run?
can you please upload a map into the vault so we can check it out, or does it require the entire mod to run?
i got a quest...
"Find the guy who pissed in the coffee."
"Find the guy who pissed in the coffee."
nothing can hit a clip brush. not even the almighty crobar.
Impenetrable walls are like this.
The HL1 engine allows bullets to go through walls. We all know that. But bullets only travel through them for certain distances. How ever, if your place two walls together with a small gap between them, the bullet will not go thorugh the second wall. The bullet will simply hit the second layer and disappear. Easy as that. If you care about r_speeds, you can even null the inside walls of the gap. ~Presto
The HL1 engine allows bullets to go through walls. We all know that. But bullets only travel through them for certain distances. How ever, if your place two walls together with a small gap between them, the bullet will not go thorugh the second wall. The bullet will simply hit the second layer and disappear. Easy as that. If you care about r_speeds, you can even null the inside walls of the gap. ~Presto
STOP F*CKIN EVERYTHING!!!
SLOW DOWN AND TAKE YOUR TIME LEARNING
...and about carving, it's ok to use it but read about how to use it first. For starts, only carve blocks. Don't go into cylinders and pyramids and stuff like that. Also, learning the use of the Vertice Manipulation Tool (VM Tool) is vital for good mapping.
Read, Try Examples, Learn, Have fun.
Consider yourself lucky, when i started, i had no internet nor knowledge of tutorials or online resources. I mapped for a year before i joined twhl.
Good Luck and Have Fun!!!
im trying to learn fast cuz im jealous of my friend getting ahead and making cool houses with secret gunrooms...You can't map straight when you have vengeance in mind. It's like the dark side of mapping and it doesn't work. If there is any advice to give, this would be it.
SLOW DOWN AND TAKE YOUR TIME LEARNING
...and about carving, it's ok to use it but read about how to use it first. For starts, only carve blocks. Don't go into cylinders and pyramids and stuff like that. Also, learning the use of the Vertice Manipulation Tool (VM Tool) is vital for good mapping.
Read, Try Examples, Learn, Have fun.
Consider yourself lucky, when i started, i had no internet nor knowledge of tutorials or online resources. I mapped for a year before i joined twhl.
Good Luck and Have Fun!!!
it's some kind of coplanar argument thingy. i get those sometimes. i usually simplify the angles and that usually fixes. I think it has somehting to do with the concave angle along the edge beneath as shown in the screeny. As i said already, simplify the area.
minor details have been added. that's better a bit better.
i noticed you taken off a trim to the base of the wall. i think it looks funny in a way. i also noticed that the angle of the slopes used in the trim are (i think) 45 degrees. i think this reaches too far out into the open space of your map. if i'm wrong, disregard this. (hard to tell from the screenshots) i see the door in the later screen doesn't have a doorframe, and if it's a specified area beyond that, throw in a sign next to the door. the center of your room just seems blah. maybe a bench would live it up. but what ever.
wait... who agrees with me that this would be a very fun compo. pick a scene from HL1 and remake that area. I would so do that. how about you guys?
i noticed you taken off a trim to the base of the wall. i think it looks funny in a way. i also noticed that the angle of the slopes used in the trim are (i think) 45 degrees. i think this reaches too far out into the open space of your map. if i'm wrong, disregard this. (hard to tell from the screenshots) i see the door in the later screen doesn't have a doorframe, and if it's a specified area beyond that, throw in a sign next to the door. the center of your room just seems blah. maybe a bench would live it up. but what ever.
wait... who agrees with me that this would be a very fun compo. pick a scene from HL1 and remake that area. I would so do that. how about you guys?