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thanks for the input, ill consider going through it again and updating the textures, i dont gots no photoshop though, wally sucks a nut for creating textures. In regards to the trailer, its checked to be viewed globally already...

how would one go about making it available in other countries?

I take on SlayerA's concept in his mod minimicus, for my very first mod(mini?). The mod has 2 alternate paths leading to separate endings towards the end. The mod is 10 levels long.

Doesnt include any .wads or .mdls, wanted to keep it simple for my first mod; but it does include 2 custom .wav files.

Take a gander at the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOV3RhJVbug

^Here is a trailer i put together, copyright infringement stopped me from using the song what i originally had chosen.

Download
http://rs461.rapidshare.com/files/162629715/shrinky_dinks.zip

^trial account atm (max 10downloads), ill find a better host eventually.

nope, putting it in console. And if i was it wouldnt have monsters in it

im working on a hl1 steam single player mod atm, and while going through a level transition (m6a to m7) it doesnt work. In console it will say "ERROR: couldn't open. Only the server may changelevel", awhile ago i posted a basically identical thread regarding this issue; the reply i got; to type "deathmatch 0" , then "restart"; and it worked, only when you typed it during the level. It wouldnt run going from start to finish in the mod.

But heres the problem that has appeared; firstly the map is not running with deathmatch (1) to begin with, it has monsters in it. So when i type deathmatch in console, it reads as "0". It almost appears as though the game isnt recognizing the trigger_changelevel at all unless i type deathmatch 0 and restart, deathmatch 0 which it already is.

The reason this is posing as a problem is because i am making what i see as a fantastic mod, and this appears to be the only flaw, as well as it tends to restart all wepons/suits/etc. So i've had to put a suit outside the changelevel on the otherside of the trigger of m7.

Is this a compiling issue? problem with the previous map or the next?

previous post: http://www.twhl.co.za/forums.php?thread=15824
-as you can see my last reply did not get an answer, so i thought it was necessary to post again

ah, thanks so much for the input guys. adding the restart worked out for me, was about to give up on the mod too.

is there a way to permanently set it apart from deathmatch? because i keep having to type it in, in which i lose wepons/suit and could pose a problem for others when i put the mod on the website.

yes, im mapping for halflife- its a single player mod; and the deathmatch 0 didnt work

console:

ERROR: couldn't open
Only the server may changelevel
Loading decals from m5
Loading decals from m7

^this is the error i get in console when switching from my 6th map into my 7th map on the mod im working on; i can type in console 'map m7' and get into my 7th map but it only works 1 way into m6. I have compiled this as much as i have compiled my entire mod thus far trying to fix it.

m6 map

trigger_changelevel
new map name: m7
landmark name: landmark6

info_landmark
name: landmark6

m7 map

trigger_changelevel
new map name: m6

info_landmark:
name: landmark6

iv done changelevel triggers 5 other times in the mod, nothing is different besides the fields.

i cant figure any of this out, i am not sure if its how im saving the files; but sometimes things will reset, a env_beam will have a life of 0 and next compile it will be 1, a texture i replace will stay for one compile; then go back to its previous texture the next compile, an item_battery will disappear reappear in between compiles..

help!

thanks

anyone know where i could get a copy of the original sentences.txt for steam? i replaced it with another to try out someones mod, now the mod i am working on is having a lot of difficulties.

working on a mod, entities from my previous map (m1) are appearing in the next level (m2), i have a env_spark appearing in the middle of a room in m2, and a scientist stuck in a wall, any ideas on how to fix this?

Also the item_suit i put in the map starts falling threw the map slowly.

thanks everyone, got it working.

raver, can you elaborate? "you can open it with...scape (....=gfc!?)"? appreciate the help.

uh, yah i tried that. there not the same at all, theres no liblist in hl; all the folders are different- only a few dll's in common, and from my knowledge there is no way to get to a mod without have a .exe file.

but prove me wrong if you can, or hook me up with a tutorial; id really appreciate it. its been awhile since iv made a mod at all.

i dont have the original hl, only the hl on steam, how would i go about making my own mod, if thats even possible? i have experience modding with hl, but that was back before my computer crashed/wiped; and i cant find my hl disk.