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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-07-19 08:03:50 UTC
in triggering render mode changes Post #283166

I don't know if I'm entering actually
I started on a map, but I don't think I'll be able to finish it. I never was much of a mapper, I just know a lot about entities. I just dont have the imagination to create good looking architecture
But we'll see

Unfortunately that's part of the engine limitations not being able to make awesome shadows. However I have an idea that might work. Not sure, gonna test it first and then get back to you in this thread

Edit:
Projected textures! They are availble in the new orangebox games, so you'll need ep2 to pull it off.
The entity is called env_projectedtexture and does what the projector does in CS_office, but it also casts dynamic shadows of everything in the way.
The default texture is the flashlight texture, and it does the job quite well. If you want to change the texture you will have to do it via input
Worth a try

Oh and remember that you need to enable the entity to cast shadows in the entity properties

Edit2: Notice that the projected texture entity will mess up your flashlight since source only allows one shadowcasting lihgtsource.
So if your projector is shining on an object, and you use your flashlight on that same object, then weird shit appears on the screen.

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-07-18 13:24:35 UTC
in triggering render mode changes Post #283150

SIMPLE!

Just select rendermode of the panel to either additive or texture, I believe both work, and then set the input to ALPHA and in the parameter type a number between 0 and 255, 255 being completely invisible, and 0 being visible.
If you want it to be invisible at first, set it to 0 using a logic_auto, and then using a trigger make it 255 when you want it to appear.
Problem solved

However, you do relise that the panel will still be there, but it will be invisible?

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Posted 13 years ago2010-07-17 12:22:41 UTC
in triggering render mode changes Post #283134

Explain the situation and I might come up with a way to work around it

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Posted 13 years ago2010-07-16 19:20:59 UTC
in Oh no ! Post #283123

Yes, same thing happens if you try to map for episode 2.
It's because it is loaded within the wrong engine.
I am assuming that GM is using the latest version of the engine, you will need to create a custom config in the "Source 2009" version.

When you open up Source SDK you choose a version, right? 2006, 2007 or 2009
Im assuming you find Garrys mod in the 2007 direcory.
Select garrysmod, click edit configuration, then select GarrysMod again, and click edit, again, and copy the direcory. Then load up the 2009 version, click on create a new config, name it garrys mod and paste in the direcory.
Done. It should work now

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-07-01 15:47:08 UTC
in What is your favrite Call of Duty game? Post #282556

I actually prefer MW1 and 2.
I know I had more fun playing them for the first time than I had playing any of the other games. And Im a big fan of unlocks and achivements, which is why I prefer the multiplayer of MW1 and 2. I didn't play cod1 or 2 mp very much since I by that time prefered BF2...because it had unlocks.
CoD5 was shit. Never played CoD3 since it was only released on consoles

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Posted 13 years ago2010-06-22 19:17:03 UTC
in Science Experiments! Post #282297

@DiscoStu: If you've ever experimented with hydrogen than you'd know that it ignites much easier than gasoline. And it releases much more energy.
Also, it's a gas, making it harder to handle.
Even tho what you are saying probably is correct, if it werent for the oilcompanys we'd probably use an alternative fuel, I have to say that hydrogen isn't anywere near as safe as gasoline. At least that's my opinion which is somewhat based on experience

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Posted 13 years ago2010-06-21 20:53:56 UTC
in Science Experiments! Post #282250

There's a reason why they're using it as a replacement for fossile fuel.

Space Rockets do :>

Other than that, it's just too unsafe to use in a common vehicle. At least until a better solution is found. I hear they made quite a good motorcycle prototype which runs on hydrogen. Cant provide the source tho

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-21 18:26:55 UTC
in Science Experiments! Post #282246

I doubt anyone of us REMEMBER Hindenburg

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-16 08:32:50 UTC
in Portal ingame videos Post #281882

Looks ok I guess. Not as awesome as I expected the first look to be

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-12 12:53:05 UTC
in E3 2010 Post #281775

Hahaha I'd never have spotted that. It does look quite intentional.

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-11 10:04:58 UTC
in Competition 28 Vote-O-Rama Post #281743

I vote for map a dream

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-09 17:36:27 UTC
in Fox attack Post #281687

Well skals you kinda compared them too in your first post, which is a bit silly.

Still I agree that this is quite stupid. It's not like it's happening once a week. It happened once, right? So why is it such a big deal. There's no point in launching a campain to prevent it from happening again, since it most likely won't happen ever again in the upcoming 10 years.

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-08 16:40:07 UTC
in Competition 28 Vote-O-Rama Post #281654

I wouldn't mind if this comp got a little delayed since the episode 2 hammer still doesn't work properly. D:

Edit: Tho after a little thinking and fixing I got it working on my machine. But I am sure there are lots of people having problems with it.

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-06-07 11:42:29 UTC
in Competition 28 Vote-O-Rama Post #281616

Map a dream.

Great idea

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Madcow

Posted 13 years ago2010-05-15 17:37:04 UTC
in Selected text and BBCode-buttons Post #281271

I agree with Nightlinks.
The reason I enjoy the TWHL forums is not only because of the members who post there, but because of the simplicity of the forum.
Why waste time on integrating useless crap when you can use that time to fix/add more relevant things.

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-03-29 16:27:44 UTC
in The "Metroid Effect" Post #280106

But this isn't the gold source engine, and I know my entities.
I do know that there is a way to separate explosions from bullets, can't rememter exactly how since I haven't mapped for over a year, but I do know that ther is a simple way.
However, Im very certain that there is no entity which registers what weapon it was shot by

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Posted 14 years ago2010-03-29 16:06:45 UTC
in The "Metroid Effect" Post #280104

Nope, as far as I know that can not be done.
There are no outputs for it, and no entities which cares about what weapon is being used

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Posted 14 years ago2010-03-26 14:23:08 UTC
in Water Post #280017

I made an example map on this quite a while ago.
Quite a shitty example, but it illustrates the basics of endless water.
Won't help you with your water lod question tho, I pretty much always use the default values

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Posted 14 years ago2010-03-20 18:13:43 UTC
in Favorite Band? Post #279847

Pink Floyd.
There isn't a single band after floyd which hasn't been inspired by them.
They've got it all. Good guitarplay mixed with synths and organs, upon a quite alright base with the right amount of drums which a lot of bands tend to exaggerate.
And tho they aren't ment to be singers, their voices fit so perfectly into their own music.
They've got a song for every mood you could possibly be in, and their lyrics are poetic and have meaning. Good shit if you ask me

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Posted 14 years ago2010-03-08 16:30:17 UTC
in Portal 2 Post #279562

It's probably just an updated version of Source. I bet they'll use the same engine for both ep3 and portal 2.
But they've had 3 years to polish the engine, it ought to look better.

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-02-17 13:33:54 UTC
in Super Sleuths? Post #279020

Clever. But I seem to have skipped half of all that and found the answer anyways. And without cheating too!
Fun anyways

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-01-16 09:11:03 UTC
in Sourcey Rooms Post #278019

Im in if I have enough time. Orange box

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-01-11 19:40:14 UTC
in Ah, the things you do when you are bored Post #277732

After reading through this thread I too went and made a smiley face with a sniper in TFC

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-01-07 15:06:31 UTC
in Math Problems Post #277483

Mary's mum has four children.
The first child is called April.
The second May.
The third June.
What is the name of the fourth child?

Aw now I feel stupid

I love mathematical and logical problems as the one in this thread. It's the only reason I started studying math in the first place

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-01-07 05:36:01 UTC
in Math Problems Post #277467

I still don't understand what made you think to start finding prime-number factors in the first place.

If i multiply all thier ages togheter, i get 2450. The sum of thier ages is equal to your age times two.

That sentence gives us the information necessary to understand that we can use primes to solve it

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Posted 14 years ago2010-01-06 21:47:15 UTC
in Math Problems Post #277443

By multiplying two of the given primes ( 2, 5, 5, 7, 7)
10 = 2 x 5
14 = 2 x 7
35 = 7 x 5
25 = 5 x 5
49 = 7 x 7
etc

And the ages needs to consist of primes since they together needs to multiply into 2450.
2 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 7 = 2450.

So for example; 5 - [14,35]
5 x 2 x 7 x 5 x 7 = 2450 = 5 x 14 x 35

That's some beautiful maths and logic you used there penguin.

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2010-01-02 19:16:07 UTC
in Someone with much free time, plz? Post #277227

Lol, very trippy. If you made music I'd totally listen to it

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 22:08:12 UTC
in Brittany Murphy - Dead Post #276807

Who cares, really. People die. And I'd rather have someone from hollywood dead than someone who actually makes a difference.

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-20 10:10:39 UTC
in First day back after a 1700 day break Post #276783

lol, that's a seriously long time ago. Funny that you remembered twhl

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-12-17 12:33:20 UTC
in Sleep paralysis Post #276723

I haven't laughed this much reading a thread on TWHL ever.
Stirker, your story made my day, that was very random, thank you.

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Posted 14 years ago2009-11-30 16:13:49 UTC
in Natural Selection 2 Map-Editor released Post #276187

Seems pretty awesome to me. Valve should learn from this.

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-28 08:46:31 UTC
in Weight&Height : Atlethic or Fat ? Post #276125

Im lightweight but over average strong, 180cm and 65kgs putting me on the borderline of underweight.
Concidering my body structure I ought to weight more. Very strange

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-25 14:03:30 UTC
in Illuminated Keyboard Post #276041

I've heard it's bad for your health to look at a computer screen in the dark.
You ought to buy a desklamp rather than a illuminated keyboard

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Posted 14 years ago2009-11-25 11:30:24 UTC
in Illuminated Keyboard Post #276036

Wat my edit got messed up.
What I was about to say was that my 11 year old (yes I looked it up) keyboard which works perfectly fine even in games can be bought for around 2$ now.

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Posted 14 years ago2009-11-25 11:26:55 UTC
in Illuminated Keyboard Post #276034

I still have my about 10 year old office keyboard. Still works great, I haven't even thought about getting a new one.
So spending any amount above like 30$ on a keyboard is quite silly imo. Unless you want custom buttons

Edit: Oh and

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-24 14:50:34 UTC
in Large Hadron Collider Post #275997

So much for that time travelling particle nonsense.

That hasn't been disproved yet. They could pick one up any second. We don't know how far we would be able to send these particles back in time yet.

I've been looking forward to this. I hope they don't screw it up

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-15 10:05:44 UTC
in Windows 7 Post #275677

I already have W7. Works waaay better than Vista.
I love it. It's fast and everything works

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-13 20:10:05 UTC
in How old is everyone!? Post #275603

18 in two months

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Madcow

Posted 14 years ago2009-11-07 23:24:18 UTC
in The revival of my old project: Persona N Post #275258

This will not work, I can tell.
There is far too little information available which will result in that people won't want to join you simply because the foundation isn't done yet.
I mean come on, you don't even have a story, so we really have no idea what kind of mod we are joining, hell you haven't even specified if it is a SP mod or a MP mod, for all we know this might be an MMO.
You need to set up and show us your ideas in a clear way which on the same time interests us enough to join you.

Put some more effort into it

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Posted 14 years ago2009-10-31 08:52:21 UTC
in Do I need anything else? (hardware) Post #275015

Buying a computer part by part is usually the cheapest way to go.
I'd definitely not buy that computer for 800$
I think the computer I have now which is quite okay, runs Crysis on medium/high, l4d maxed out etc, I think it costed around 380 Euros, probably even less, part by part and that was like two years ago, those prices are way lower now.

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Posted 14 years ago2009-09-30 14:00:52 UTC
in L4D: Crash Course Post #273937

Ye it's a really fun campain but you get quite annoyed when you die infront of the saferoom at expert level and it took you like forever to get there.
I think they should have devided the campain into three levels instead of two.
It would have caused less frustration if you died. I haven't finished it yet. I played it with a friend and I died as I said once next to the first saferoom and a second time during the final?. I didn't try again after that since it was just a too long walk.

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Posted 14 years ago2009-09-16 15:07:03 UTC
in map have no light Post #273408

Hide a standard light entity in the map in a small box or something, it might fix it

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Posted 14 years ago2009-09-15 03:10:26 UTC
in Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze dead! Post #273357

Do we need a thread each time an actor dies?
I've never seen the guy, ever. And even if I would have seen him in a few movies I wouldn't have cared, unless it was like Tom Hanks or someone awesome.

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Posted 14 years ago2009-09-11 20:13:27 UTC
in TWHL Regulars Post #273243

Im a regular, and I have been since I first joined quite a while ago. I just don't post as much these days because busy with school.

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Posted 14 years ago2009-08-25 14:13:57 UTC
in Dear Esther being remade Post #272506

This mod seems interesting, I'm downloading the original right now. :>

Edit: This mod is scaring the shit out of me

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Posted 14 years ago2009-08-25 12:52:20 UTC
in Extremely Disturbing Post #272505

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYy5Fewz5nU

There are loads of these songs, most of them are really far fetched, and some of them are obviously just recorded backwards on purpose.
Meh..

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Posted 14 years ago2009-08-10 16:13:58 UTC
in Pure Pwnage TV show in 2010 Post #271834

PP is awesome.
I hope people outside canada will be able to watch the new episodes D;

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Posted 14 years ago2009-07-29 14:57:04 UTC
in The Toaster Project Post #271128

Haha what the hell
I thought microwaves exploded if you put iron in them, I stand corrected

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Posted 14 years ago2009-07-08 13:58:32 UTC
in A sphere Post #269705

I remember Pepper made an example of this when I was a new member

http://www.twhl.co.za/vault.php?map=872

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Posted 14 years ago2009-07-02 20:06:48 UTC
in Scripted_sequences, lighting, and disapp Post #269314

Scripted sequences, don't use the same for all of the combine, that won't work. You'll need one for each combine.
If there is a problem with one of the scripted sequences, check if it's got the same setup as the others (which do work) and also make sure that there are plenty of info_nodes provided so that the npc can navigate to it.
Also, check the console for errors.

One way of making it less messy would be to spawn not all of the combine at once, but only half of them, this should allow you to to use the same name twice.
Say you want 10 combines run past. Spawn five (one by one so that they have a little space inbetween) and when the first combine reaches the last scripted sequence, then make the scripted sequence trigger the npc_maker to spawn another combine and also trigger the scripts again.
That however would make it go on forever, but obviously you can stop it using timers or counters or whatever, the possebilities are endless.
I've not seen the layout of your map so I can't tell if a solution like that is appropriate, you judge.
If you still don't manage to create the scene then allow me to do an example for you.
Good luck

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