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Wee test of vox-styled dialogue for the map. Distracting myself with other things in the hope that it eliminates my mapping block!
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That's what I meant haha!
If you are using GCFScape, make sure you are opening the vpk that has dir in the filename; otherwise it's just random data.
Just for the future, it's a very good idea to check your compile log first if you notice anything strange or out of the ordinary happening. There's a whole section on the site dedicated to compile log error codes, so you should be able to solve most of these problems fairly easily!
It sounds like there is an issue outside of lights causing this.
Your initial problem is that dynamic lights only work ( ie, flickering ) if they are provided a targetname - otherwise, they are completely static.
Check the compile log, is anything coming up when you compile? It may be a case that hlbsp refuses to run, meaning you aren't actually updating your compiled map
Your initial problem is that dynamic lights only work ( ie, flickering ) if they are provided a targetname - otherwise, they are completely static.
Check the compile log, is anything coming up when you compile? It may be a case that hlbsp refuses to run, meaning you aren't actually updating your compiled map
You might be better running the server from your own computer at this rate, arch
I've been told that using ONLY bootstrap's grid system as a base is a good way to have some customizability whilst having a solid responsive system at the core of it
Yes please!
Who are you hosting from Archie?
Unfortunately had very little progress over the last 10 days or so; the fun of being away from my desktop!
So far I've recorded a bunch of voice lines but has mostly been texture creation work; unfortunately haven't added too much in the way of geo. It's a shame, I'm still experiencing severe detailitis - skipping making a rough layout of the entire map and going straight to finalising and detailing the shit out of a really small area.
I've also realised this'll be my first competition entry and third uploaded map despite being on this site for >11 years
So far I've recorded a bunch of voice lines but has mostly been texture creation work; unfortunately haven't added too much in the way of geo. It's a shame, I'm still experiencing severe detailitis - skipping making a rough layout of the entire map and going straight to finalising and detailing the shit out of a really small area.
I've also realised this'll be my first competition entry and third uploaded map despite being on this site for >11 years
I think attaching screenshots as well as the properties of your light_spot may make it actually possible to help with your situation.
Not gonna lie, that looks like its straight from 2005 - I get the feeling that Penguinboy is wanting to go for a more modern feel
Certainly looks a lot like office complex whatever it is; last screenshot seems like the area where Barney gets ambushed by a zombie, and the office filled with electrified water.. well, self explanatory.
If we're going by [censored], got to say I'd much prefer a darker colour scheme (drastically reducing whitespace or making whitespace a darker color )
For inspiration I'd consider just stalking dribbble.com, designers constantly put stuff up there and i'm sure you can pick a few ideas that look really interesting. As much as I don't like the rest of the page, this idea of tile-like boards on the splash is quite interesting
For inspiration I'd consider just stalking dribbble.com, designers constantly put stuff up there and i'm sure you can pick a few ideas that look really interesting. As much as I don't like the rest of the page, this idea of tile-like boards on the splash is quite interesting
I'd like to stray away from the "every new website looks exactly the same with bootstrap" thing.
I like the idea of the front page of the red giant site; this being a front-page populated with almost equal sized cells that could represent highlighted or random tutorials; maps from the vault, journals etc - so there is a lot of visible and interesting content on the splash.
Not sure what else after that though, I dabbled in web design for about two months before giving up.
I'd sort of like TWHL4 to improve quotes (ie. actually link to the post quoted whilst also including name and timestamp automatically with a "quote" button under the avatar) and, really minor, but the website title to represent the current thread you are on, as regardless of what page you are on, the title will always be "TWHL: Half-life/2 Mapping Tutorials and Resources"
I like the idea of the front page of the red giant site; this being a front-page populated with almost equal sized cells that could represent highlighted or random tutorials; maps from the vault, journals etc - so there is a lot of visible and interesting content on the splash.
Not sure what else after that though, I dabbled in web design for about two months before giving up.
I'd sort of like TWHL4 to improve quotes (ie. actually link to the post quoted whilst also including name and timestamp automatically with a "quote" button under the avatar) and, really minor, but the website title to represent the current thread you are on, as regardless of what page you are on, the title will always be "TWHL: Half-life/2 Mapping Tutorials and Resources"
Seems like everyone is getting involved in this competition. This makes me happy!
Essentially.
What the additive render mode does is literally add the color values of itself and what is behind it together.
If parts of your texture are black, it has a value of [0.,0.,0.] and obviously any value X + 0 = X; so it has no effect. But any non-zero color, so for example [255.,0.,0.] in the texture in front of something that's [32.,32.,32.] will add to [255.,32.,32.]
Has anyone else noticed that half of the render FX modes just don't work?
What the additive render mode does is literally add the color values of itself and what is behind it together.
If parts of your texture are black, it has a value of [0.,0.,0.] and obviously any value X + 0 = X; so it has no effect. But any non-zero color, so for example [255.,0.,0.] in the texture in front of something that's [32.,32.,32.] will add to [255.,32.,32.]
Has anyone else noticed that half of the render FX modes just don't work?
@abbadon
It's just the texture animated, nothing really worth a tutorial!
It's just the texture animated, nothing really worth a tutorial!
I mean they're allowed, as long as it's a re imagining of a HL map
@Dr.Orange
holy crap that's useful, I didn't know that at all. Thanks!
@Urby
holy crap that's useful, I didn't know that at all. Thanks!
@Urby
I'll stop spamming, forgot how inactive threads here can be sometimes!
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
Yeah, basically mimicks how cavities of an object are usually darker than other areas, makes things look a wee bit poppier outside of using hlrad.
The experiment was to use crafty to open up the .rmf and to then remodel the area slightly so I can take a render of it.
The scene eventually looked like this in blender:
which meant I could take a face-on render like so:
With a bit of photoshop fiddling, I can they apply this to the door texture,here's a comparison with and without. It basically seems like I could've got away with some photoshop blending effects, but it was a bit more complicated for the station in the next photo.
At this rate I'm probably better off just modelling these rather than keeping them as brushes
The experiment was to use crafty to open up the .rmf and to then remodel the area slightly so I can take a render of it.
The scene eventually looked like this in blender:
Been experimenting with taking brushes from Hammer, importing them into blender and then rendering an AO map on top it. Results are that it only works on anything flat, attempted trying to texture these guys using it, but doesn't work. Works for the concrete walls behind it though!
The little red + rotates on the health station, haven't got round to making the graphics for the suit station. Either the chargers on state is animated, or it's off state is animated, and dunno what you guys would think would be better - sorta thing a modern "loading wheel" would be fun to play whilst it's charging back up again.
Also doing my usual thing of obsessing with detail on one particular area whilst the rest of the layout isn't even done yet
Also doing my usual thing of obsessing with detail on one particular area whilst the rest of the layout isn't even done yet
not wishing to blow my horn but quite imrpessed with how GS looks so much better with greater attention to detail & knowing how to create texture
Any guesses as to the map?
Let's see how long it takes before I lose motivation on this!
Yes, I know that's a lambda and not an alpha, early days!
Totally understandable! HLEnhanced + the model viewer + day job is stressful enough I'm sure. If anything I should really get off my backside and learn C/C++ , shouldn't be too difficult with other languages under my belt.
Solokiller's a fairly talented guy who somehow manages to code at the speed of light, is Sledge something that you'd have the motivation to try fiddling with at some point?
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That seems incredibly dark, I can barely make out what's in that screenshot!
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Nice particles arch, how on earth are you managing to do that in GS? ( or is it Spirit? )
Are those models with baked animations or brushes; there's quite a few mini seams on the closest ring!
Looks cool as hell though
Are those models with baked animations or brushes; there's quite a few mini seams on the closest ring!
Looks cool as hell though
Bloody hell solo, you're an a machine.
If you don't mind me asking, what do you do outside of programming like a champion?
If you don't mind me asking, what do you do outside of programming like a champion?
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That's a cool guide tremp, but that documentation on that specific entity chunk is a bit odd. It doesn't state how to actually name the textures
ie. is +3~HEX_00 the texture for the digit 3?
I think that's what this sentence is trying to say but the grammar is incredibly confusing:
ie. is +3~HEX_00 the texture for the digit 3?
I think that's what this sentence is trying to say but the grammar is incredibly confusing:
If other texture in '~texturename' sequence is used, (e.g. '+3~HEX_00' instead of '+0~HEX_00'), then displayed digit value
is increased by three, for '+7~HEX_00' value is increased by seven e.t.c.
I'm so happy it's so close to release. That's your map trempler? How did you do those screens? So cool!
Why is there loads of shouting in it though?
Why is there loads of shouting in it though?
The only reason I'd prefer source is for entity work, otherwise I'd prefer goldsrc. If we were to use Goldsrc, could we use the spirit engine aLa twhl tower?
Hey guys, as much as I'd love to participate I literally have so much stuff to do; I don't physically have the time to dedicate to mapping. I apologise 
TF2 isn't just a casual game now though, it's a basically a trading simulator with the depth of DOTA now
It's going to be for Sven coop, and using and abusing Angelscript to make it tick. Considering it's goldsrc, it'd be difficult to have it entirely map entities .
It's a good model but I just don't really understand why you've not given it more polygons? Polys aren't as expensive to render as they used to be, so you honestly could easily double the polycount there. Looks fantastic though!
Been pissing about with ideas for my zombies map, circular power plant level, with about 6 or 8 blast doors around it, each section being self-sustainable and random lock-ins every 5 or so waves. Takes up a good section of the grid
Been pissing about with ideas for my zombies map, circular power plant level, with about 6 or 8 blast doors around it, each section being self-sustainable and random lock-ins every 5 or so waves. Takes up a good section of the grid
Next time, I'll be present
You guys having another tourny sometime soon or just reminiscing about the old one?
Vanilla half life? Aww, sad times. Sounds fun actually, I'll pitch in. I love me some descents!
Tremp, literally a few questions that'll probably be answered soon but you might already know:
A) can an item_inventory be given directly to a player without being physically placed in the world ( sort of like a game_player_equip from source)
B) can an item_inventory directly affect the statistics of an individual weapon for one player; such as damage, ammunition capacity
C) does an item_inventory have a spawnflag that makes it impossible to drop?
I've got a few ideas, considering we now have new modes of game ( such as survival), I honestly think I can make a fairly good ripoff of COD: Nazi Zombies in the game
A) can an item_inventory be given directly to a player without being physically placed in the world ( sort of like a game_player_equip from source)
B) can an item_inventory directly affect the statistics of an individual weapon for one player; such as damage, ammunition capacity
C) does an item_inventory have a spawnflag that makes it impossible to drop?
I've got a few ideas, considering we now have new modes of game ( such as survival), I honestly think I can make a fairly good ripoff of COD: Nazi Zombies in the game
The thing that's frustrating is that although you guys have mentioned Sven will have support for angelscript - is there any documentation already out for your particular implementation of angelscript or will that be released when 5.0 is released?
The only thing that sort of breaks my door is that the env_renders that spirit has allows a smooth transition between values, instead of a snap. As well as this, it also has a "trigger after fade" option, which although you could just do with a multimanager it makes it easier with it being the one entity. Is anything like this implemented in the new version of Sven?
I've mapped for sven before and reading the changelogs it looks like you guys have done a lot ( Can't wait to piss about with item_inventory)
The only thing that sort of breaks my door is that the env_renders that spirit has allows a smooth transition between values, instead of a snap. As well as this, it also has a "trigger after fade" option, which although you could just do with a multimanager it makes it easier with it being the one entity. Is anything like this implemented in the new version of Sven?
I've mapped for sven before and reading the changelogs it looks like you guys have done a lot ( Can't wait to piss about with item_inventory)
Trempler, are you part of the dev team for Sven? The way you've worded your posts seems like it.
I always thought it was, but I literally must've been imagining that. If you can code your own entities with that C knockoff, then I can probably emulate that door using that rather than depending on original entities.
I always thought it was, but I literally must've been imagining that. If you can code your own entities with that C knockoff, then I can probably emulate that door using that rather than depending on original entities.
Turns out sven coop isn't actually based on the spirit engine, so my doors are totally broken. Sven coop dreams straight through the floor. Anyone know if the new version of Sven has support for spirit-y stuff?