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Super duper, prepare for Status Reports Part 2
hey I still run XP on the computer I use for Hammer, what of it! 
If you guys got 4 months then it's only fair that we do too
Is that 'slaw' as in 'coleslaw' the salad made of cabbage and mayo?
After discussing in the Shoutbox recently I decided to re-install.
Anna made fun of my coat and sunglasses and Herman told me off for not rescuing him from being held hostage. (Dunno why screen looks a bit dark for some reason)
GUYS YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVNT!
GUYS YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVNT!
Almost across the board all entries were based on Crossfire
Were there really that many Crossfire-inspired maps?Well mine wasn't, and Jessies wasn't... But other than that off the top of my head I can't remember who else's wasn't!
Cool you got a hold of Dario though, Arch!
"How long's this dancing gonna take, Walter?!"
It would be nice to have a story driven FPS WW2 game sort of in the same vein of cod1 or MOH but where you get to be on the German side for once. I really liked the German campaigns in the original Company of Heros because it was such an interesting perspective! But that was RTS and not FPS.
Or I remember in the original Operation Flashpoint where a lot of early missions were about retreating, or 'losing' a fight because you were fighting a stronger force. I haven't really seen that done much in games like that.
I also like exploring the themes on the nature of war, the 'why am I doing this' not the 'what am I doing' sort of like in Spec Ops: the Line.
In terms of RPGs I really liked ones like Morrowind because they made you think a bit more about how to reach objectives (ie instead of having map markers you had to read a journal) and the lore was super deep but it wasn't forced - you could explore the reasons of the world as much or little as you wanted
Or I remember in the original Operation Flashpoint where a lot of early missions were about retreating, or 'losing' a fight because you were fighting a stronger force. I haven't really seen that done much in games like that.
I also like exploring the themes on the nature of war, the 'why am I doing this' not the 'what am I doing' sort of like in Spec Ops: the Line.
In terms of RPGs I really liked ones like Morrowind because they made you think a bit more about how to reach objectives (ie instead of having map markers you had to read a journal) and the lore was super deep but it wasn't forced - you could explore the reasons of the world as much or little as you wanted
Morrowind is still the bomb, even without mods! All you kids who started on Oblivion and Skyrim without ever playing Morrowind don't know what you missed...
Cool quake stuff Admer, I like!
Nice one Victor. You know I never understood why the HL texture wad had Xena Warrior Princess pictures in it... Considering I don't recall them being used in original HL
Nice one Victor. You know I never understood why the HL texture wad had Xena Warrior Princess pictures in it... Considering I don't recall them being used in original HL
Competition was closed on 1st of April. Results will never be posted because the compo was actually an April fools joke
It was also a ruse to get people to upload maps to the map vault, therefore helping the sites meta which boosted its Google analytic ranking and therefore produced more ad revenue, which goes to the admins.
Who are also the judges of the competition?
Ohhhhh COINCIDENCE!!!?!?!?
It was also a ruse to get people to upload maps to the map vault, therefore helping the sites meta which boosted its Google analytic ranking and therefore produced more ad revenue, which goes to the admins.
Who are also the judges of the competition?
Ohhhhh COINCIDENCE!!!?!?!?
yaya I submitted mine last night, super duper!
I hope all the submissions get a review in the competition results!
I hope all the submissions get a review in the competition results!
Zeeba, what happened to that surf map you were showcasing on the 2nd page of the thread? did you change your mind?
Well technically your entry doesnt have to look visually 'good'... When I did my level for TWHL tower or last comp I knew I wasn't very good at making visually interesting stuff so I just smashed something together and made it abstract/weird. Therefore its strength was in its personality and not its architecture.
Don't worry, the deadline will be extended.SC_IDLE0 scientist/ipredictedthis
Jessie; destroying fun since 2001.
Apparently the guys that did the Columbine shooting in the 90s made their school in the Doom map editor to shoot it up too (before they did so in real life).
Now a generation of kids will grow up with an entitled manbaby who promotes xenophobia, homophobia, misogyny, pettiness, dishonesty and violence.When has he promoted homophobia and violence? And how do you promote pettiness? Pettiness seems like a weird thing to promote.
Vodka95, nice monitor mate!
I found when making HL stuff that playing various HL mods/maps gave me a lot of motivation, especially when considering design and puzzles and stuff. Its kind of like surfing, you catch a wave and smash some stuff out and when you run out of steam you just wait for the next wave.
I took some time over the recently holidays to work on my competition map because I had a lot of free time... But yeah when you're working 5 days a week there isn't a lot of time to sit down and think about that stuff as much (unless you catch a wave!).
I took some time over the recently holidays to work on my competition map because I had a lot of free time... But yeah when you're working 5 days a week there isn't a lot of time to sit down and think about that stuff as much (unless you catch a wave!).
nfs sucked since undergroundNFS Hot Pursuit was da best
I work as a UI designer and could do some designs but not sure if Id have much to contribute considering free time. I'll see what I can do tho
well technically he/she can do whatever they want for their entry - maybe minimalism is the theme they are going for. Just focus on your own and let people do what they want on theirs
yes please, I've got some ideas with Blue Shift in mind but I want to get confirmed on the competitions parameters before I take it too far...
Choose a map from Half-Life 1Does this also include Opposing Force and Blue Shift?
"3 months plus a billion extensions"
Yep sounds like my usual kind of Twhl compo!
Yep sounds like my usual kind of Twhl compo!
what about TWHL Tower 2?
More Status Reports to send!
More Status Reports to send!
I've heard some say people arn't excited about mapping anymore, so heres a little something-something I've been working on. Still flying Opposing Force high this year (someone has to!). Pretty prototypey and needs some polish (especially the stuff in the last screenie!)
Shepard's post gave my mouse wheel a workout it's never had before.
also nice house Loulimi
also nice house Loulimi
for real? Ill give it a go cheers!
Quick question, how do I delay a teleport trigger?
I've got a trigger_teleport with a Delay before Trigger set to 10 seconds but the delay doesn't seem to work, the teleport happens Straight away.
Is there a way around this?
I've got a trigger_teleport with a Delay before Trigger set to 10 seconds but the delay doesn't seem to work, the teleport happens Straight away.
Is there a way around this?
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Sims 2 was awesome, but I loved Sims 3 more (nothing like open neighborhood!). But Sims 2 had a certain feel to it that when you played it, it just felt right.
Sims 1 was the bomb though, I still play that on occasion!
Sims 1 was the bomb though, I still play that on occasion!
I've been playing Mad Max, massive fan of the films so its cool to pick up on the smaller references through the game
play a Bee Gees song on my old tape deck. He wont tell you this, but Nigel will do anything for the Bee Gees, regardless of where you keep your Skittles
petrol-propelled Jacuzzi
Two blenders drop from the ceilingYESSS!!!! Finally after suggesting blenders for 4 years they get mentioned! I can finally rest.
4 years too late bro.
I'm going to keep my theme of suggestions consistent though:
2 blenders drop from the ceiling
I'm going to keep my theme of suggestions consistent though:
2 blenders drop from the ceiling
but theres no Pain Elementals! Boo!
John Carmack was there? I would have gone just to see him!
I remember the E3 days when the Sims 2 was talk of the town, Max Payne 2 had free t-shirts and people were getting up in arms about how much pressure their computer is going to be under running HL2.
Oh and you could play a Diakatana demo on one of Ion Storms booths!
I remember the E3 days when the Sims 2 was talk of the town, Max Payne 2 had free t-shirts and people were getting up in arms about how much pressure their computer is going to be under running HL2.
Oh and you could play a Diakatana demo on one of Ion Storms booths!
Howdy Brah!
I'm waiting on Valve to make cool bots for Day of Defeat source like they did with CS Source
was there a new deadline given?
^ sounds like music from Lego Island
Heart of Darkness was a cool mod, trying to build a jungle setting in the HL engine may be tricky, so if you're trying to build similar to that mod maybe take some screenshots of some levels and duplicate them in the editor to get ideas of where you want to go with it.
1st deadline has been extended? Golly, I'm having flashbacks to Twhl tower!
Well theres a ton of tutorials if you want to sift through YouTube -
heres a couple of basic ones to help in making a mod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyoitE17Wc (fundamentals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5jNKWcX8Io (getting NPCs to talk and move)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8zOKGs4ZR8 (first of 4 videos which covers a lot of ground such as arranging the mods directory and stuff)
I havnt watched all those videos but it might be a good starting place... There are more tutorials on YouTube on how to mod for HL2 than there are for HL1 unfortunately, so if all bases arnt covered via videos you may have to resort to ye olde fasion way of reading: http://twhl.info/tutorial.php?cat=1
edit: and regarding making new items, you would need to use some modeling tools to do that... I havnt done any, but someone one here may know where to find some videos.
heres a couple of basic ones to help in making a mod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyoitE17Wc (fundamentals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5jNKWcX8Io (getting NPCs to talk and move)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8zOKGs4ZR8 (first of 4 videos which covers a lot of ground such as arranging the mods directory and stuff)
I havnt watched all those videos but it might be a good starting place... There are more tutorials on YouTube on how to mod for HL2 than there are for HL1 unfortunately, so if all bases arnt covered via videos you may have to resort to ye olde fasion way of reading: http://twhl.info/tutorial.php?cat=1
edit: and regarding making new items, you would need to use some modeling tools to do that... I havnt done any, but someone one here may know where to find some videos.
Wait, so for clarity we just make a map, put a story behind it within the context of 'finding a way home' (or helping the people back at Black Mesa?) and once were finished we send the map to Tetsu0 I'm assuming? Is there a deadline? Or is all the info in the Dropbox download?
So I can just map for Goldsource anyway and not use anything from Spirit if I choose not to?