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yeah func_illusionary is what it used for the halo effect (i use it for that anyways) but it is more commonly used for light shafts.. like if its a dark room with a hole in the top, you make a brush of yellow, stream it down the sirection the light is going and make a a func illusionary on texture - 50 and it looks good..

"sorry about the dressing gown and all, but the universe has been playing silly buggers with my brain for the past five years" - Arthur dent / Douglas Addams"

hey kevin, that map is stunning!
awsome work!

A few things,

o Texture alignment on the truck is all buggered.

o The gaurd tower's roof is reasonably detailed but the player will never see it.. reduce compile times by cutting it.

o im desperate to see behind that door! your use of lighting and architecture adds brilliant tension.

o You should make a seperate bit of tunnel for the journey and set it to a func_train like whats used in the opp4 intro.

o The lights are awsome.

o add some func illusionaries to make em even better.. maybe one from the gaurd tower..

And lord2k, your downloads page is unlinked. i cant see your work.

"Uhm" - Keanu Reeves

"eh.." - Keanu Reeves

"I...see..." - Keanu Reeves

"And you are?" - Keanu Reeves

"er?" - Keanu Reeves

"duuuuuh" - Keanu Reeves

"erm" - Keanu Reeves

"What the-?" - Keanu Reeves

"Snorfle" - Keanu Reeves

"I watch Paris Hilton porn" - Keanu Reeves

only after the last fish has been caught,
after the last grain of rice has been picked,
after the last animal has been slaughtered,
will man realise that money cant be eaten

"haha, that one owns :P" - saribou- oh wait...

yeah nice knowing you too...

pulls out 'ACME' flamethrower.

..lol, i did have entities, the first time i had compiled, there was a leak, and because i was still working on it i just surrounded it with the null texture - id sort it out later...

Anyways, i forgot to hollow it and that caused the problem.. sorry guys.

in fact, bollocks to April 1st.. Official ETA - May 1st

:'( !!!

bums...

Still need a chapter 2-er...

And muzzleflash, can i get a running bsp from you soon? i really think i should see a beta soon since the plan is to release on the first of April..

i dont think i can host the compile tools.. arent these things ??

and gaurd tower sounds cool.. g'luck with that

zarking stupid to make a film...
BELGIUM!

i can... it should have stayed on the radio series and novels... the film like so many others will ruin it...

he he

.. its odd. i watched it again, its done very cleverly so you dont notice that there are no shadows on the cliffs

the latest version of the mod is in the hostage situation map vault.. muzzleflash and habboi and coldfeet, go get it

k..

STILL NEED A MAPPER FOR CHAPTER TWO!!!

very nice ministeve, you asshole... you could have told me they expired four years ago...

Gargantua, i would make a song about you but tell me one i could fit gargantua into....

Nemo i shall check out some songs to turn u into

Linkin park are overplayed.. they're a good enough band but they went the same way as Nickelback. also everyone hates them since they teamed up with Jay-zee

Ode To a Scotsman To the tune of Keep Fishin' By Weezer

For ministeve

You - ministeve
of scottish kind
please do not leave
TWHL behind.

waste my maps,
at yours hear faps,
it's just the thought of you
in a country somewhere else
it breaks my heart
to see you hanging from your shelf

you'll never do
the things you want
if you don't move
and get a job

waste my maps,
at your hear faps,
it's just the thought of you
in a country somewhere else
it breaks my heart
to see you hanging from your shelf

oh steve
when I'm playing hostile takover, too
keep mappin
if you feel it's true
there's nothing much
that we can do
to save you from yourself

waste my maps,
at your hear faps,
it's just the thought of you
living somewhere else
it really really sucks
to see you hanging from your shelf

oh Steve
when I'm mappin with you
keep mappin'
if you feel it's true
there's nothing much
that we can do
to save you from yourself

you'll never be a better Scot
you'll never be a better Scot
whoa, ohh...
whoa, ohh...
(waste my maps,
waste my maps...)

listen.. i said less fire and more lamposts... Not no fire and all lampposts.. you suck:P

only red apples... they just get pissed if you offer them green apples.. duh

*wipes away a joyful tear at mention of snarks

monkeys have four hands.. sigh.. damn you and your useful skeletal structure

lol... wow... i didnt expect the land to be a train :).. he he. i thought it may be that the helicopter was a train that went round in a circle..

lol.. my school doesnt even let us on the intertnet unless its monitored. they have this networking software that basically means the server hubb controler PC (conventiently at the teacher's desk in the I.T lounge) has complete control over every single PC and can stop you in the middle of your work, move your mouse poiner and moniter EVERYTHING you do... tell me thats not perverted

Sounds cool coldfeet.. As for the path up to overground, forget it, jest make a corner with a clip brush and a level change.. the path down will be at the end of chapter 2 instead of at the start of three.. Of course, you can still make a longer path down if you want - its your map, but just keep in mind that it shouldnt be able to see daylight...
R-speeds.. pfft.. i havent ever mapped for r-speeds standards so whateva...

And habboi, i did use paths, but when it banks to turn, the tail goes through a building...

yeah... and still dont have someone for chapter 2.. COME ON PEOPLE!

does that big sucking noise over a big decision

I knew you'd put B in... I knew it, and im gonna say fuck that...

Unless of course by sacrifice, you mean capture and not killed.. unlikely thought so I'm gonna go for C... Gregory said he was almost out of ammo so the rest of the team probably would be as well so that knocks out A... B is stupid as Dan is a really emotional and gripping character....
D Will probably get them killed... At least with C, some will survive.

C

ha ha.. okay

yeah i tried a test of it and it just kept going through the walls...

sigh..

THE END

who else wants a song?

btw, why does everyone call me Mr Hunter?

You should make a Goldeneye map.. the one i had in mind was GE_train which was made as part of the goldeneye > Counter-strike conversion... It would be great for half-life

How do you make the opp4 intro... the helicopter ride. Ive seen it done in Sven Co-Op maps as well where the landscape repeats itself... I have an amazing idea for a movie map but i need to know this.

hey guys, i got this awsome idea for chapter two but i dont know if it'll work... D'you think we could have an apache chase gordon through the tightly packed city? it'd look so damn good.

habboi?

only with less fire and more lamp posts.

k... hear that people? if your interested in making a city map for HL1, please post here

STOP EXPLODING!!! ARGH! ITS OLD

I have been mapping for a long time now but never have i ever seend this..

Any help please.

** Executing...
** Command: Change Directory
** Parameters: I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrike

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "I:HammerHalf-life map makermapsCounter-Strikecs_clocktower.map" "I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower.map"

** Executing...
** Command: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlcsg.exe
** Parameters: "I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower"

hlcsg v3.0 rel 3.0 Final (Feb 3 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools 3.0 For Half Life 1
Based on code modifications by Sean `Zoner' Cavanaugh.
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to amckern at amckern@yahoo.com

If you have a Compile error with this stage of compile, please check
http://www.zhlt.info or the Mods Mapping Forum 'Search Function'.

--- BEGIN hlcsg ---
Command line: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlcsg.exe I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower
Entering I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower.map

Current hlcsg Settings
Name | Setting | Default
--------------------|-----------|------------------------
threads [ 1 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ off ] [ off ]
estimate [ off ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 4194304 ] [ 4194304 ]
max lighting memory [ 6291456 ] [ 6291456 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

noclip [ off ] [ off ]
null texture stripping[ on ] [ on ]
clipnode economy mode [ on ] [ on ]
clip hull type [ legacy ] [ legacy ]
onlyents [ off ] [ off ]
wadtextures [ on ] [ on ]
skyclip [ on ] [ on ]
hullfile [ None ] [ None ]
nullfile [ None ] [ None ]
min surface area [ 0.500 ] [ 0.500 ]
brush union threshold [ 0.000 ] [ 0.000 ]

Using mapfile wad configuration
Wadinclude list :
[zhlt.wad]

1 brushes (totalling 7 sides) discarded from clipping hulls
CreateBrush:
10%...20%...30%...40%... (0.06 seconds)
SetModelCenters:
(0.00 seconds)
CSGBrush:
20%...40%...60%...80%... (0.36 seconds)

Using Wadfile: hammerhalf-life map makerwadsdecals.wad

• Contains 0 used textures, 0.00 percent of map (223 textures in wad)

Including Wadfile: hammerhalf-life map makerwadszhlt.wad

• Contains 4 used textures, 36.36 percent of map (8 textures in wad)

Using Wadfile: hammerhalf-life map makerwadshalflife.wad

• Contains 5 used textures, 45.45 percent of map (3116 textures in wad)

Using Wadfile: hammerhalf-life map makerwadsliquids.wad

• Contains 0 used textures, 0.00 percent of map (32 textures in wad)

Using Wadfile: hammerhalf-life map makerwadscstrike.wad

• Contains 1 used texture, 9.09 percent of map (123 textures in wad)

Using Wadfile: hammerhalf-life map makerwadsitsitaly.wad

• Contains 1 used texture, 9.09 percent of map (99 textures in wad)

Texture usage is at 0.17 mb (of 4.00 mb MAX)
0.61 seconds elapsed

--- END hlcsg ---

** Executing...
** Command: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlbsp.exe
** Parameters: "I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower"

hlbsp v3.0 rel 3.0 Final (Feb 3 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools 3.0 For Half Life 1
Based on code modifications by Sean `Zoner' Cavanaugh.
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to amckern at amckern@yahoo.com

If you have a Compile error with this stage of compile, please check
http://www.zhlt.info or the Mods Mapping Forum 'Search Function'.

--- BEGIN hlbsp ---
Command line: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlbsp.exe I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower

Current hlbsp Settings
Name | Setting | Default
------------------|-----------|------------------------
threads [ 1 ] [ Varies ]
verbose [ off ] [ off ]
log [ on ] [ on ]
developer [ 0 ] [ 0 ]
chart [ off ] [ off ]
estimate [ off ] [ off ]
max texture memory [ 4194304 ] [ 4194304 ]
priority [ Normal ] [ Normal ]

noclip [ off ] [ off ]
nofill [ off ] [ off ]
noopt [ off ] [ off ]
null tex. stripping [ on ] [ on ]
notjunc [ off ] [ off ]
subdivide size [ 240 ] [ 240 ] (Min 64) (Max 512)
max node size [ 1024 ] [ 1024 ] (Min 64) (Max 8192)

SolidBSP [hull 0] 142 (0.03 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 0, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 1] 200 (0.05 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 1, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 2] 239 (0.05 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 2, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 3] 193 (0.05 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 3, no filling performed for this hull
0.47 seconds elapsed

--- END hlbsp ---

** Executing...
** Command: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlvis.exe
** Parameters: "I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower"

hlvis v3.0 rel 3.0 Final (Feb 3 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools 3.0 For Half Life 1
Based on code modifications by Sean `Zoner' Cavanaugh.
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to amckern at amckern@yahoo.com

If you have a Compile error with this stage of compile, please check
http://www.zhlt.info or the Mods Mapping Forum 'Search Function'.

--- BEGIN hlvis ---
Command line: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlvis.exe I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower
Error: Portal file 'I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower.prt' does not exist, cannot vis the map

--- END hlvis ---

** Executing...
** Command: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlrad.exe
** Parameters: "I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower"

hlrad v3.0 rel 3.0 Final (Feb 3 2005)
Zoner's Half-Life Compilation Tools 3.0 For Half Life 1
Based on code modifications by Sean `Zoner' Cavanaugh.
Based on Valve's version, modified with permission.
Submit detailed bug reports to amckern at amckern@yahoo.com

If you have a Compile error with this stage of compile, please check
http://www.zhlt.info or the Mods Mapping Forum 'Search Function'.

--- BEGIN hlrad ---
Command line: I:HammerHALF-L~1toolshlrad.exe I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower
>> There was a problem compiling the map.
>> Check the file I:gamesSteamHalf-LifesteamSteamAppsinvader2003counter-strikecstrikemapscs_clocktower.log for the cause.

--- END hlrad ---

im guessing its this >

SolidBSP [hull 0] 142 (0.03 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 0, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 1] 200 (0.05 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 1, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 2] 239 (0.05 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 2, no filling performed for this hull
SolidBSP [hull 3] 193 (0.05 seconds)
Warning: No entities exist in hull 3, no filling performed for this hull

Police - SOS

... this is really hard to lead away from the explosions (its gettin old guys)

Meanwhile, a duck called

what are we gonna do about chapter 2 now that mercenary has pissed off? whos gonna do it? muzzleflash, can u manage it or will i recruit?

after the explosions had cleared out (some 10 years later) the new version of TWHL was launched with a jazzy new name - TWHL mk 2 This new version has loads of new features including freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezegaaaaaaaaaurd and anti j-j-j-j-j-j-j-j-j-j-jo-jo-jo-jo-jo-jo-jog software.

no, dont add habboi.... he gives out your email to random strangers like 96a2107

"Not the greatest map in the world" (to the tune of Tribute by tenacious D)

This is the greatest and best map in the world... Tribute...
Long time ago, me and my god seventh, he was makin a map, a long-and-a lonesome map.... All of a sudden, there shined a shiny light_environment.. In the middle... Of the map... AND HE SAID! mmmmaaaake the best map in the world, or i'll eat your soul....
Well me and seventh, we looked at each other... AAnd we each said.... 'okay'
And he made the first thing that came to his head - just so happened to be - the best map in the world, t'was the best map in the woooorld. Look into his eyes and its easy to see 1 and 1 make 2, 2 and 1 make three, it was destiny... Once every hundred thousand years or so when the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow and the grass doth groooooow...

Needless to say... The light was stunned. Whip-Crack went his avatar, and the light was doneth...

He asked us 'Be you angels?' and we said 'NAY! WE ARE BUT MAPPERS' UUUUUHUUUUUHU OOH AHH AHH! AOHOHOH! A OHOHOH AU OHOHOUIO' This is not, the greatest map in the world - no - this is just a tribute... Couldnt remember the greatest map in the world - nooo - this is just a tribute ahh - to the greatest map in the world alllright - to the greatest map in the world alllright - twas the best and the greatest map in the world aaahh- flip fega doobee doo daa flibabeeba ba dooba fligabee ba ba doo ba - and the peculiar thing is this, my friend, the map was made on that faitful night, it didnt actually look anything like this map - THIS IS JUST A TRIBUTE, you gotta believe me and i wish you were there, tis just a matter of opinion oh motherfuck! good god, you gotta love him, im so surprised to find you cant stop him, im finally raining down on this motherfuckin map yeeeahh!!!! alright!!!! alright!!! Greatest map in the wooooorld.. oooooh

ITS A REVALTATION PEOPLE!

then a clock's minute hand started to explode, but realised how much life has to offer! he thought -
'I know!!! we should all be nice to each other and stop exploding! we shall live in a peacful world! '

He was on his way to the news paper to share his idea when he was unexpectantly hit by a train so everyone continued to explode.

Eventually