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XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-25 14:32:20 UTC
in Daft proverbs Post #159512

"a good here is better than two you'll have it" : it is a proverb who says it's much better when somebody who owes you something he/she gives you back once right now, instead of telling you dozens of times you will have it later, and more, much more ...

We have one saying here in Norway that says "det er bedre med ?n fugl i h?nden enn ti p? taket" or something like that. Translated to English: "it's better to have one bird in your hand than ten on the roof".

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-31 11:14:23 UTC
in Which countries have you visited? Post #124927

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-27 12:47:17 UTC
in Development News Post #123865

No TWHL without ugly gradients.

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-06 17:57:56 UTC
in Embarassing... Post #119243

Cryo just posted this on IRC, thought it would fit here:

http://www.genmay.net/showthread.php?t=549801

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-06 17:21:06 UTC
in Anyone good at THIS? [closed] Post #119221

i is cia agent mother fucker

Also, I think you should be careful about fucking the CIA agents' mothers, they may become angry at you!

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-06 17:16:40 UTC
in Anyone good at THIS? [closed] Post #119217

Man, you're kidding right? Is it really possible to be this retarded?

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-06 16:55:56 UTC
in Anyone good at THIS? [closed] Post #119197

1. Behave
2. Don't expect people to do the shit-work for you

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-06 16:52:06 UTC
in Congrats Brits Post #119194

I say bring back the Winter Olympics to Lillehammer one more time..!

(Yes, I am from Lillehammer.)

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-07-01 19:03:05 UTC
in Google Maps. Post #118140

Hmm, I thought Valve had their offices in the Back of America Tower in Seattle:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bank+of+America+Tower,+Seattle,+WA&ll=47.604393,-122.329908&spn=0.006717,0.010131&t=k&hl=en

I do however think that the location you found was their previous offices (as for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Software says they're based in Bellevue).

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-06-17 17:46:45 UTC
in MSN Messenger 7.0 sux! Post #115057

MSN Messenger 7.0 has always crashed on me, so I'm stuck with Windows Messenger for now. No loss really, I don't really need nudge, winks and an ugly teletubby interface just to get in touch with my friends.

IRC for the go!

XargoL

Posted 18 years ago2005-06-07 16:57:34 UTC
in The horribleness of pictures [closed] Post #113161

Oooold.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-27 09:42:37 UTC
in SWAP FILE HELP! FAST! Post #99326

Hmm, I have mine at ~1500 startsize and ~3000 maxsize. As long as you have diskspace you can virtually set it as high as you want.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-27 09:38:32 UTC
in SWAP FILE HELP! FAST! Post #99321

Hmm yeah, try setting up the startsize and maxsize.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-27 09:35:01 UTC
in SWAP FILE HELP! FAST! Post #99318

You could also try to quit Hammer, Steam, WimAmp, that kind of stuff before compiling to free up some memory...

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-03-27 09:33:04 UTC
in SWAP FILE HELP! FAST! Post #99317

My computer -> Right click -> Properties -> Advanced -> Performance / Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual memory / Change -> Tweak away here

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-02-01 14:58:27 UTC
in IRC logs :) Post #87492

(18:31:59) (ZombieLoffe) Playing WoW
(18:32:01) (ZombieLoffe) Again
(18:32:02) (ZombieLoffe) 24/7
(18:32:20) (Gman)
(18:32:35) (Gman) U play in your sleep too?
(18:32:40) (ZombieLoffe) Sleep?
(18:32:58) (Gman) Do u take the computer into the bathroom with you, when you gotta go?
(18:33:08) (ZombieLoffe) Bottle under the desk
(18:33:14) (Gman) LOL
(18:33:23) (Gman) what if it's the other thing...
(18:33:31) (ZombieLoffe) Bag on my ass
(18:33:35) (Gman) lmao
(18:33:57) (Gman) and let me guess... a plate in your lap?
(18:34:01) (Gman)
(18:34:29) (Gman) or do you starve?
(18:38:27) (ZombieLoffe) I usually take chunks of wood from the desk
(18:39:55) (Gman) mmmmm
(18:39:55) (Gman) chunks of wood
(18:40:10) (Gman) tastes like......
(18:40:19) (Gman) wood
(18:41:15) (ZombieLoffe) yup
(18:42:28) (Gman) I dunno, but I prefer eating the mousepad....
(18:42:42) (Gman) has a little more flavor
(18:43:03) (jaardsi) Gman, no plate, that's where the bottle'n'bag come in

heh

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-01-31 14:58:19 UTC
in Reflective Floors Post #87299

Hmm, I think someone made a reflective floor material once. IIRC he just modified a water material to have no refraction.

From http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/Materials/water.html:

$reflecttexture (texture name)
Texture to use for reflection. For real-time reflections, use ?_rt_WaterRefraction?.

Hmm, something like this on a specular material..?

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-01-30 08:26:03 UTC
in Kill Combines with trigger? Post #86911

Hmm, I think that's how they did it in one of the HL2 prefabs; SetHealth with a parameter of 0.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-01-26 17:24:59 UTC
in IRC logs :) Post #85935

Hehe, gotta love 'em

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-01-23 10:16:19 UTC
in Using a model as a button... Post #85221

There's a prefab too with the same principle... It's called button_keypad (duh :P).

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2005-01-04 07:30:41 UTC
in Rotating doors, where's the origin? Post #81611

"Tools -> Show helpers" if I remember correctly

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-31 10:49:06 UTC
in entity grouping Post #80557

If you for example want a door handle model to move with the door, give the door a name and enter that name in the door handles "Parent" field. Also, there isn't anything called func_trigger, it's called trigger_once or trigger_multiple. It doesn't matter what direction you pass through them from, because they are triggered when you touch them.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 20:36:41 UTC
in More Friendlies Post #80442

Are you sure ai_ally_manager isn't for spawning a constant amount of allies? (SPOILER: Like on the Nexus rooftop...) If you look at the entity help page for it, it has lots of inputs/outputs dealing with spawning... Whatever, haven't messed around much with friendlies yet, all I've done this far is some metrocops to drive over with the buggy

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 20:13:21 UTC
in compile error Post #80439

I got database error some posts ago too... Try removing the ''s, worked for me...

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 20:10:43 UTC
in More Friendlies Post #80438

Hmmm, I'm not entirely certain about this, but I think npc_citizen's will follow you when they see you (at least they did for me). As far as I remember, you can select weapons, sex, model, etc. in the entity properties too...

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 20:07:22 UTC
in Adding sound in maps Post #80436

Sounds more like a bug with the game, not with the map... Have you tried running the map manually (Steam > Play Games > Half-Life 2 > map blahblah in console) instead of letting Hammer run it for you?

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 20:01:19 UTC
in prop_detail's arent showing up Post #80434

As Rabid said, prop_detail is for extremely cheap objects like grass etc., while prop_static is for static part-of-the-world objects. If you want the model to animate or move, you have to use prop_dynamic instead.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 20:00:06 UTC
in prop_detail's arent showing up Post #80433

http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/Levels/prop_types.html

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 12:41:48 UTC
in Dead npc Post #80356

If you're going to have it on a flat surface, you could try rotating the entity forward/backward and left/right, so the ragdoll drops different.

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-30 12:28:35 UTC
in So, What did you get for XMAS? Post #80355

ieatmonkeychow, it's a behind the scenes book from the creation of HL2 with lots of concept sketches etc. http://www.primagames.com/strategy/book/6534/

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-12-29 09:53:04 UTC
in So, What did you get for XMAS? Post #80090

Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar and Logitech MX510, plus lots of other stuff... Great book btw!!

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-08-27 11:54:29 UTC
in Gordon goes Labs! Post #54513

At http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=hammer_beta : "There is an issue that occurs when you load a second map in Hammer. As explained by Matt, the textures aren't being re-generated for opengl (glGenTextures), so the models think they have a texture loaded and call glBindTexture, but get nothing, as the textures arent in there. Just something to be aware of, if you run into the problem."

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-07-05 16:26:38 UTC
in Gman or Nihilanth? Post #39029

G-man, because he's MY WIFE!

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-06-27 07:27:58 UTC
in sprite Post #36843

There is a way to make the sprite stand still. Have a look at this: http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?doc=1063191790-06027400

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-06-27 07:24:37 UTC
in Weird Compilage Post #36842

Erm... You're running csg two times, and not bsp at all! This is the correct compile sequence: csg, bsp, vis and rad

XargoL

Posted 19 years ago2004-06-01 13:21:29 UTC
in Half-Life 2 Post #29705

The summer... But, as Rick Ellis from VALVe said: "We mark Summer's start and end somewhere between Jan 1st and Dec 31st..."

XargoL