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Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-23 09:59:08 UTC
in Counter Strike Compo Idea Post #129233

We will be judging several aspects of the maps, from layout to originality, amount of detail, etc.

Who is We?
It seems like you copied this sentence from the instructions I wrote for compo14!

I'm currently working in my entry for the Source compo, and when I'm finished, the official HL1 compo will probably be ready...

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-22 20:09:49 UTC
in Hosties Disappear! Post #129142

How exactly do they dissapear?
If the map is too big, some entities cease to be rendered. The error is something like "Too many entities in visible packet list"

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-22 09:46:43 UTC
in An idea for compo 15 Post #129024

Think of tubes that you're blown through at high speed instead of conveyor belts, or catapults instead of elevators.

Some very good mappers have done similar things in the past

1.FinalTube by Michael 'Wolf' Schulz
2.Homeworld by Mr. P

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 19:06:59 UTC
in Competition 16 Post #128715

Proof that a map can "feel open" with this layout. Of course, areas outside the red shape are inaccesible.

http://www.geocities.com/kaspergclan/currentLayout.jpg

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 17:38:54 UTC
in World best PC cooling system Post #128706

Cooling... interesting. I took out one of the default fans on my PC because it was too noisy. I decided not to put the covers back in place so heat escapes more easily. It's been a while since I did that, but it works just fine.
What is the highest % of CPU speed you could gain with cooling?

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 11:33:51 UTC
in Others can't play my mods Post #128635

Ok. now it seems to work

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 11:16:53 UTC
in Others can't play my mods Post #128633

I have tried to replace both client.dll and hl.dll and I'm still getting some strange tracker error just before it finishes loading the map. I'm going to try and put everything in another minimod folder.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 11:10:31 UTC
in Others can't play my mods Post #128630

That's the first thing I tried but it didnt work

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 11:01:49 UTC
in Others can't play my mods Post #128625

Sorry if people didnt like the compo theme. We already had a unique compo, which is what I would have suggested: "make a surreal map".
Since a lot people were into this "map a house" thing, I thought it would be a good idea, a map in which you would have to use old HL1 elements.
I guess everyone would have preferred a "Make the scientist die in the most awful way possible" compo, in which no real mapping skills would be needed. :

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 10:57:59 UTC
in Others can't play my mods Post #128620

I'm not using steam for HL1, but I am using the 1.1.1.0 version

Minimum requirement is a .bsp file that works when run in the console of Half-Life v46 1.1.1.0

Can we do anything about it?

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 07:22:41 UTC
in argh feckin cubemaps! Post #128584

Are you sure the compile was completely succesful?
Invisible water is usually the result of a compile problem.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-20 02:56:39 UTC
in argh feckin cubemaps! Post #128547

Even if there is a texture or compiling problem, you should be able to swim in that invisible water brush, and if you shoot at it, you should see splash sprites. If that doesnt happen, then there isnt water at all, and as BJ just said, all you have is a full nodraw brush which of course will not act like water...

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-19 19:22:10 UTC
in argh feckin cubemaps! Post #128521

Apart from what Rabid just pointed out,
-The map must have undergone a full compile
-If you have a DX9 card, water will work even without cubemaps.
-Certain water textures reflect, others just refract etc. dev_water3_exp should be reflective (expensive water)

keep trying and good luck!

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-18 14:42:38 UTC
in Half-Life2 Borg Wars Recruiting Post #128324

This sounds like an interesting project. A mod in which I'd like to work but sadly I wont have the time. I actually like star trek and I've done 3 ST maps in the past years

http://twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=1554
http://twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=1556
http://twhl.co.za/mapvault_map.php?id=1559

By the way, the links for the concept art dont seem to work in my PC

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-18 08:57:36 UTC
in WOTW Post #128266

*Potential Spoilers*

I quote myself

The first part was nice but the last half of the film was horrible.
Spielberg even had to copy the Velociraptor Kitchen Scene from his "Jurassic Park" film. Very dissapointing

The film begins nicely and there are some really good sequences. But from the moment they enter the basement and play hide and seek with those teletubbie-like creatures, It loses a lot. I dont care if the book has a well written end. The end of the film should work without having to read the book and it does not. It reminds me of parts of "Matrix Reloaded" that were absent in the film because they were included in the videogame "Enter The Matrix". Because of this, many people found the movie even more confusing that it was...

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-17 15:26:23 UTC
in Wad ? Post #128160

It's somewhere in this tutorial
http://twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?id=29

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-16 07:44:40 UTC
in what would you want? Post #127921

I have!

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-16 04:38:08 UTC
in what would you want? Post #127872

I already know Time travel is impossible. We were just discussing unlikely things we would want. I'd just like to be in something like the Nexus featured in Star Trek:Generations

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-16 03:38:49 UTC
in what would you want? Post #127864

a pile of money that equaled in value to $500,000,000

Why ask for millions, when you could ask for... trillions?

muhahahahaha...

I would want the ability to move back and forth through time. Be able to repair the past and such.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-13 06:14:12 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #127376

Submit it even if it's unfinished. I did that, added a "TO BE CONTINUED" game_text and won the gold trophie

You might not get gold if it's unfinished, but other people may have your problem too. You still have chances, think about it

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-12 15:55:25 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #127303

But in that case, you were planning on making everyone have their ladder sounds replaced in the official valve folder?
Well, it's your call. I dont know how important those ladder sounds are for your entry

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-12 12:10:18 UTC
in Counting units? Post #127284

Actually, HL uses multiples of 8 when it comes to textures. If you stick to that, then you dont have to do things like using the FIT tool.
For example:
8 units is used in a lot of little trim textures
16 units is the normal height for a section of stair.
32 units is the height of railings
64 units is the normal size for crates
128 units is the height for walls...

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-12 07:52:31 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #127238

Elon, after creating the minimod, compile the map again (with a new game configuration, of course) and check if everything works.
A wav file with a defined path of valve/sounds/ will not work if you have that file in mymod/sounds. Just move the sounds and change the paths.

Edit:same goes for models, etc

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-12 04:34:32 UTC
in Black Mesa Source Update Post #127209

Cool! Any chance of a demo being planned in the future? (sort of like a Half-life Uplink:Source :D)

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-11 13:52:46 UTC
in Who's What, When? Post #127141

Half-life (WON version)
Half-life: Uplink
Half-life 2
Half-life 2:Deathmatch
Counter-strike: Source

(I deleted some things that came with HL, like ricochet and TFC)

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-08 02:25:38 UTC
in My mod~ Half-Life: Retrieval Post #126654

The suit in HL1 was a Mark IV, and in HL2 you can clearly hear "Mark V"
When he says "your suit" he is only speaking of it symbolically. Much like when Barney says "you left this at Black Mesa" referring to a crowbar.
Maybe G-man gave both the suit and crowbar to Kleiner & Co at the end of the game, and that's why you start HL2 without them. Strange, since we are talking about G-man, not Saru-man the wizard

By the way, what is the best game in the world right now?

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-07 13:00:34 UTC
in winbsp Post #126580

Decompiling is evil, since it allows users to obtain WAD files that are integrated into the BSP.
It's not a "moral" feauture of decompilers, but it helped me once to recover some WAD I had deleted (but was part of my map, of course)

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-06 14:51:14 UTC
in Competition 16 Post #126356

I hope performance will not be the main aspect to be judged, since it seems this layout has problems regarding visibility (very hard to fix with hints)
It is a good layout for gameplay, dont get me wrong

but I want to know my map will not be discarded because the engine can see much more than it should.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-06 14:44:58 UTC
in stuff on halflife 2 Post #126352

we've got what... 3 types of combine and antlions

But we also had different species of headcrabs, lots of zombies (more "human" and way more fun to kill than the HL1 zombies). Striders were menacing, but Gargantua and Gonarch had a bigger horror factor to them. The only thing I miss in HL2 are boss battles like the 3 Tentacles, Pit Worm, etc.
Although If wanted big boss battles, Serious Sam would be the game to play.
http://www.starshadow.com/~ataqer/screenshots/serious_sam_1st_big_boss2.jpg
http://www.starshadow.com/~ataqer/screenshots/serious_sam_1st_big_boss.jpg
HL2 wasnt boring. Heck, it's the only game I've ever played were you could just walk around the map (no combat) and still enjoy it

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-06 10:46:41 UTC
in stuff on halflife 2 Post #126298

Maybe you can write all these questions in a letter to vALVE, since they were the ones who made these two games. It's OK to ask questions, but it seems you want to criticize the games on some of their less understood aspects.

Contact them at:
520 Kirkland Way #201
Kirkland
WA
United States Of America
98033
phone : 425-889-9642
fax : 425-889-9642

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-05 07:48:48 UTC
in Your Favourite Game Thru All Time Post #126009

It would be impossible to pick one, but these are the ones I played most in each year. Doesnt mean they are the best or anything

1995-Sonic & Knuckles, SimCity 2000
1996-TIE fighter
1997-Age of Empires
1998-Sonic 3 & Knuckles
1999-Tomb Raider 1-4
2000-Star Wars Racer, Age of Kings
2001-Final Fantasy VIII, Half-life
2002-Half-life mods
2003-FIFA 2003
2004-HLDM
2005-Mario Tennis 64

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-05 02:51:55 UTC
in Your Voice Post #125983

Thats not skinner

Of course it isn't, it's my voice! I haven't seen The Simpsons in English for quite a while, but that's what he sounds like in the Spanish dub.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-04 19:22:04 UTC
in Your Voice Post #125971

Okay, here are some of my voices. (I dont know why, but my voice is different with each language I speak...)
I actually enjoy imitating voices, which is why I never had problems with getting voices for my mod

http://www.geocities.com/kaspergclan/realKasperg.zip

*Hit Enter in your browser's adress bar if this link takes you to an error page instead of the actual file

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-03 18:50:46 UTC
in Another Underground Compo Post #125767

It sounds interesting, but the idea of mapping in an island wouldn't be the best thing to do in the old HL engine. (remember r_speeds in Trapt's map for the "Map Something Unique" Compo.
I am and I've always been ready to solve any doubts regarding the current competition

Make a house in Black Mesa near a cliff, that is conected to the train system and belongs to the administrator. It's not that strange

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-03 16:35:18 UTC
in Competition 16 Post #125746

this compo closes on 10 Sep 2005
you have plenty of time

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-03 11:41:40 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #125692

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-03 08:21:53 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #125629

http://twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?id=60

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-02 19:38:26 UTC
in Which countries have you visited? Post #125509

We'll be having 35? on Thursday in Madrid so I'll see if you're right... By the way, humidity levels are very important when it comes to thermal sensation. So your 35? could feel like 45? in a different place

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-02 17:43:55 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #125468

Elon, if you are not going to make the map in minimod format, then you should at least place your files in existing folders, like:
valve/sound/ambience
valve/sprites/
valve/models etc. so everybody that tries your map doesnt need to create new folders. But making a minimod is quite easy. My compo entry was a minimod.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-02 04:37:32 UTC
in hl to hl2..... Post #125293

Ok. I thought we were discussing our opinions, not Freeman's, since Onslaught was the one that said she looked kinda hot.
Unless, of course, you automatically become Freeman while you are playing

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-02 02:05:29 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #125276

Use a full compile when you are done with the map. About the plant model, it would be much better if you made a minimod folder for all the custom content, so judges wont remember your entry by how many files they had to manually place in countless folders

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-01 17:56:02 UTC
in VIS is SLOW Post #125216

Be careful. Sometimes the compiling process runs out of RAM memory and tries to use the hard disk as a swap space, but never actually finishes. I had my computer compiling for more than a day and nothing happened.
To avoid this, make sure that your RAM memory is 1.5 times the visibility matrix that the compile process window tells you.
If your visibility matrix is 40, then you need 60 MB or RAM and so on. Not a problem if you have a good PC

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-01 10:00:34 UTC
in hl to hl2..... Post #125131

I agree, she isnt very sexy. There are lots of better videogame babes out there. But their intention was not to make a videogame babe. The game tries to be as real as possible.

Looks like a 17-yr. old to me...

Are you saying that a 17-yr can't be pretty?

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-08-01 07:55:59 UTC
in hl to hl2..... Post #125107

I cant imagine HL2 having the same graphics as HL1. You are complaining that it has better graphics so they get more money. Is there a secret pact between vALVE and Nvidia or ATI? I think that if HL2 was a game for lower spec computers (I've seen it run decently in low spec machines) it would be an insult for those people who have purchased a new computer with a good 3D card. One of the things I thought when playing the game was: "Hey! now I know what those shaders of my geforce4 were for! Those things had a purpose!!"
My computer is more than 3 years old (only upgrades have been a dvd recorder and a new hard drive) and the game runs fine will full effects. If you actually expect a five or six year old machine to run today's games at their full capacity, then my advice would be to stick to console gaming

I might be the only one who thinks that way, but I prefer HL2 for some reasons like: we dont have either the boooring "On a rail" type chapter or an ugly and uninspiring xen world. Dont get me wrong, I like Black Mesa, but after Half-life, Opposing Force and Blue Shift, it did get kind of repetitive

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-31 18:15:08 UTC
in Competition 14 Post #125021

It sounds strange, maybe interesting.
I would say that strange things should be done if you already have the house done. After all, it's not a cave-in-cliff compo. If it's a part of the trip to the house it can be nice. Just remember that we wont run the map in fullbright mode, and nor will the administrator when he gets home.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-31 17:11:46 UTC
in Which countries have you visited? Post #124999

Spain, US, France, Belgium, Italy, Vatican City, Portugal

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-30 16:33:01 UTC
in London Post #124763

What I meant by resources was money and people as well. If thousands of jobs of that type were created, the economy would surely suffer in another sector and like I said before, it probably wouldnt be worth it.

Anyway, the thought that our world could turn into some sort of City 17 or Matrix world is not possible unless:
-Aliens invade earth (in which case we have Dakota Faning to scare them off with her shrieks)
-Machines take control of earth (in which case the threat is minimal since they would run a Microsoft OS and crash)

We live in a world of human beings, which are known to fight (die if neccesary) to gain their goals of conquest, freedom, etc.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-30 15:10:05 UTC
in London Post #124738

The whole idea of Big Brother, camera control 24 hours a day 7 days a week of each individual is never going to happen, mainly because it is not profitable. The amount of resources needed to exert this kind of activity surpasses what you could ever get in return.
10 years from now, Bush will not be in power (he really isnt in control of anything right now either, just a sort of puppet), and even if he was, his power for legislation wouldn't affect other countries without consensus.

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-30 11:30:02 UTC
in London Post #124689

Maybe the kids were undercover agents and tipped the police on the whereabouts of those men. That's what they were talking about :

Kasperg

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-29 15:03:47 UTC
in OMG no!! New Avitar for Bratty! Post #124490

i particularly like the fact you can start new pages without having to open IE or firefox over and over again to do so. Im being quickly converted

err... you could do that with Firefox also...

Kasperg