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that's what i'm doing in my compo entry.
yes, and a minimod is a good way to start, lets you use any style you want, and not worry about other people's mapping style.
Max. upload size?for tekcities, it's 5mb. Not a problem for me, I like to compress everything anyway. And killer, yes i'll pm you when the server move is done. Actually, if you feel like checking yourself, goto tekcities.com/shp.php and if they're done moving, it'll ask you to login.
yeah, tekcities rocks, just that you won't be able to create an account for a while, they're moving everything to a new server. And the ads are tiny text ads, no popups, 5gb space, 10gb bandwidth! For free!
you're screwed, then. Get linux. Actually, just reinstall windows.
IE sucks and lets in tons of viruses and spyware.IE sucks in tons of viruses and spyware! Yes, use firefox or opera, remove spyware, and if that doesn't work, reinstall windows. As a last resort, of course.
uninstall windows installer. Then you'll have no problems. That's what I did, and I had none whatsoever. Then if you ever do need it again, get v.3.5.
email me if you need a beta tester (or an alpha tester for that matter)
On the topic of animal cruelty check out these sites:
peta.org - people for the ethical treatment of animals
mtd.com/tasty/ - people eating tasty animals
peta.org - people for the ethical treatment of animals
mtd.com/tasty/ - people eating tasty animals
i'm talking from experience here. My old laptop could do video editing no problem, my new one sucks at it. (of course, my old laptop had crappy cooling and fried the mobo 4x!)
Athlon64 is a marketing scamUnless, of course, you use them, and then you realize that "hey, that athlon64 worked better than my p4 did, and it was slower! wow!" although hard drive speed is also an issue. But a 1.6ghz athlon64 outperforming a 3.2ghz p4 in any situation is just nuts!
actually, I live in northern Wisconsin, not the UK. And yes, I know people like that, who take "advanced placement" classes (but not any who have actually moved up a whole grade.) cool.
I am currently 17 (October 14th i will be)What? you're 17, but october 14th you'll be 17? Don't you mean 18? Because I'm a senior, and will be 18 nov. 26th.
Athlon64 is the way to go, if you can afford it. Then, when more 64 bit apps come out, you'll be able to use them to their full potential. (just don't get one in a laptop!)
I think it is a gigantic step from Windows 98-Blue-screen-of-death.Windows 98 SE is a hell of a lot more stable than anything else, in my experience! (except for winxp, which is pretty good, too.)
As so many people have said, windows is the way to go, because unless you are m0p, who apparently plays hl without windows, you'll need it to run hl/hl2/steam. My suggestions: Defrag your hd often, it will improve performance, get a good hard drive (fast) , and remove programs like msn messenger, any of that stuff that loads when your os does. If you know what you're doing, or have a friend who does, you can get by just fine with a somewhat inferior computer.
elon, you're thinking of fileplanet.com, not fileplanet.us. Check it out! btw, fileplanet.us is pretty new, so maybe wait a bit with that one. Also btw, it's from the same guy as tekcities. (my website host)
14 years, 9th grade.ahh, the joys of being a freshman! (not)
I'm a senior this year, after I graduate, time to go to college and get drunk (I mean, go to class)
It's interesting the age range we have here at twhl, probably 12yrs-40yrs! And elon, 15 years old, daubster, 14? never would have guessed! wow. You guys are good mappers/nice+helpful people for your age.
definately put an alternate free hosting site. preferably without forms and subscriptions.. people wont want to register on every sitefileplanet gives you 1gb of free hosting! and savefile.com (I think that's right) gives you unlimited space, 60mb max file size. (you have to register there, too)
The only problem with this that I can see is that all of the decals are in decals.wad, and the only thing that differentiates the decals from the transparent textures is the wad file that they're in! So, I'm not sure if you can do custom decals. Maybe try it with a custom wad, see what happens.
your avatar pwns, because it contains teh greatest saying in all of video gaming history.
I don't like that idea, personally! changes avatar quickly
http://fileplanet.us/ For hosting maps >2mb
actually, it's just like hl 1.0.0.9 (unless you update it) why would they call it the lan version unless it only worked on lans?
you mean the non-steam version?
Lots of money in that field of work, and high demandMy thoughts exactly. Plus, it's fun.
lol! look up at evilsod's post!
well you're working with just a trigger_once and a light, delete those two, and recreate them. Actually, delete them, save your map, close hammer, and reload it. I've had some trouble with brush based entities and hammer.
delete the entities and start over! Sometimes that works.
well, i've never had problems with that... does the trigger_once have a property called "trigger state"? that has to be set to "on" (I think) And make sure that you have the names right (i'm sure you do, but triple-check, just in case!)
w000t! work for microsoft! I hate microsoft, but I wouldn't mind working for them, If I got paid well...
Anyway, I'm almost 18, senior in high school (USA) and taking a web design technical certificate at a local technical college. But after high school, I'm looking for a hardware related job (not programming; it drives me nuts
) like networking, or I could get into level design 
Anyway, I'm almost 18, senior in high school (USA) and taking a web design technical certificate at a local technical college. But after high school, I'm looking for a hardware related job (not programming; it drives me nuts
) like networking, or I could get into level design I'm guessing that it is the last color in the palette of the decal that determines it's actual color, much like the transparent color of other images. But maybe i'm wrong. I never checked.
you use the compass in entity properties to set direction that you move, and use the texture application mode to change the rotation of the texture
me=stupid right now. You're right, I think. But I do know that the video memory on the card is used for pages, anyone who has ever written graphical applications knows that you have to use page flipping or you get a crappy framerate. I don't know much about gfx cards either, but I do know that unless your game (i.e. hl2) has to load an absolute shitload of textures, having a card over 128-256mb is probably overkill (at least now.) My card has 128mb, and can almost run hl2 @ 1600x1200, and a slow hd. So a 256mb card should last you for a while, anyway. 
Most of what that memory is for is for "pages", where the card draws the screen before actually putting it on the computer screen. Here are some memory requirements for 1 "page" for various resolutions
800x600 - 1.37mb (all @24 bit color)
1024x768 - 2.25 mb
1280x960 - 3.51mb
1280x1024 - 3.75 mb
1600x1200 - 5.5 mb
Keep in mind that the video card probably will have several pages in memory at once, and that there will be other things in memory as well.
btw, if you have a different resolution the formula for the space taken up by a page is: ((xres*yres*3)/1024)/1024 (in mb)
800x600 - 1.37mb (all @24 bit color)
1024x768 - 2.25 mb
1280x960 - 3.51mb
1280x1024 - 3.75 mb
1600x1200 - 5.5 mb
Keep in mind that the video card probably will have several pages in memory at once, and that there will be other things in memory as well.
btw, if you have a different resolution the formula for the space taken up by a page is: ((xres*yres*3)/1024)/1024 (in mb)
don't like this thread? don't post! then everyone is happy. And ansith, i'll bet you got windows xp service pack 2 (if you have xp) because I had to reinstall windows after I installed it the first time.
yes, but he added a crowbar! and that makes all the difference...
all hail daubster, master of the exploding player models
You can explode scientists with the hornet gun, too! shoot them twice with the left mouse button, then hold the right mouse button! cool!
You can explode scientists with the hornet gun, too! shoot them twice with the left mouse button, then hold the right mouse button! cool!
w00t! That's all I do in hlsp now...
and if you do buy from a major computer company, don't buy from gateway/emachines. My first laptop was emachines, mobo toasted itself 4 times! Then I got a sony. They're good.
Oh, and don't underestimate hd speed (especially if you're lacking in ram) because a slow hd slows everything down! Get as fast a hd as you can afford (>=7200 rpm)
How does one going about making a source splash screen? Come to think of it, can you get an old copy of hl1 (v1.1.1.0) to work w/source? Or is it an entirely different build of the game?
If it's removed or replaced - HL won't be HL anymore..You said it. Maybe it's not the most powerful or efficient weapon, but it certainly is... unique.
yep. And I have a friend who could do some voice acting if you need it, just send me a script, i'll post the files somewhere
For a decent PC, you're gonna be looking at nearly two grand.no. wrong. I got a laptop with an athlon64+60gig hd+15.4" screen+512mb for $1500.
Depends what resolution. Even a 9800xt + 3.4GHz P4 + 1GB of RAM should be able to play HL2 with everything at maxradeon igp, 3.2ghz p4, 512mb ram shared with video card, and I can run hl2 @ 1280x800!
Spend some money, ansith. It'll be worth it in the long run, because you won't have to spend as much on upgrades later.
You're clearly all crazy gun nuts.wtf?? no, I don't much care for guns (outside of fps games, that is) I'm more of a knife/sword/flaming thing person myself (pyro)
That gives me an idea for a new avatar...
jeez, this thread is helpful!
ok. got it.
Sounded dull as shit.Try some new pickups. I've never been very impressed with the ibanez line, they always seemed cheap to me. Pick up a rickenbacker once, you'll never truly like anything else ever again...
hey, that's ok, our school has "band geeks!" (go figure)
you a jazz addict? w00t! I love jazz, especially jazz piano. That's what I play piano (keyboard) in, btw.