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I'm just surprised you can store a .gif on your computer.
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If you know what you're talking about..
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I dunno, that's in C#.
I'd rather use VTFLib now at least, since I had to go to hell on Earth just to convert it into a static library. Just got used to it in that time.
I'd rather use VTFLib now at least, since I had to go to hell on Earth just to convert it into a static library. Just got used to it in that time.
I hope programming WIPs are allowed here.
VTF loading and "displaying" in Half-Life 1.
https://pastebin.com/yR7qPSaf This is the full file so far, it's a mess.
Funny thing, to "display" the image to make sure it was working correctly I had to abuse a bug within GoldSource. When you generate a texture, when you change a level, the (first? or last) image you generated will flash for a few frames as the level is transitioning.
Here's the result I got:
It works! 
I plan on expanding this into a custom renderer I am making, but realistically it will only be a learning experience and something I will never get done. It's just too damn hard.
I'll probably replace .tga loading function in favour for .vtf's in PARANOIA and test that out... or Trinity, I don't know. But it won't be the new one.
Just thought I'd point it out, it's kinda important to me. If anyone is interested in the sources (as of now, not done) just PM me. Also maybe in the future I may make some comprehensive documentation of VTFLib and HLLib, since none exist so far.
Also a very special and many thanks to Solokiller, none of the technical bits would've been possible/updated without him for this project.
Blue-Green. Neat. Never knew about those.
VTF loading and "displaying" in Half-Life 1.
https://pastebin.com/yR7qPSaf This is the full file so far, it's a mess.
Funny thing, to "display" the image to make sure it was working correctly I had to abuse a bug within GoldSource. When you generate a texture, when you change a level, the (first? or last) image you generated will flash for a few frames as the level is transitioning.
Here's the result I got:
I plan on expanding this into a custom renderer I am making, but realistically it will only be a learning experience and something I will never get done. It's just too damn hard.
I'll probably replace .tga loading function in favour for .vtf's in PARANOIA and test that out... or Trinity, I don't know. But it won't be the new one.
Just thought I'd point it out, it's kinda important to me. If anyone is interested in the sources (as of now, not done) just PM me. Also maybe in the future I may make some comprehensive documentation of VTFLib and HLLib, since none exist so far.
Also a very special and many thanks to Solokiller, none of the technical bits would've been possible/updated without him for this project.
Blue-Green. Neat. Never knew about those.
Wish I could make a decent map, I could hardly make a box.
Just too many problems with how I do it, guess I'm more technical. :/
Just too many problems with how I do it, guess I'm more technical. :/
That shouldn't happen, renaming models doesn't cause problems really... unless the game requires that it loads it.
Are you sure you're also renaming the T models as well appropriately?
Are you sure you're also renaming the T models as well appropriately?
There aren't really any "set" way to do it though, you can go about it a couple different ways; shifting the viewmodel origin to a pre-defined value, using animations to toggle (and give the effect of moving your gun by yourself), there's a few other ways you can do it as well.
Also, you'd be surprised how mow code from HL2 can be ported and shoved into GoldSource.
Also, you'd be surprised how mow code from HL2 can be ported and shoved into GoldSource.
Yeah, I'm fine with that.
Just made the idea for a little programming effort as well, if you don't want it, that's fine. It was just an idea.
Just made the idea for a little programming effort as well, if you don't want it, that's fine. It was just an idea.
It's quite functional, at least to my knowledge.
I posed the idea of the programming side to this. It was just a thought to give us programmers some love. Even if it is a mapping website.
If Solokiller is joining this project it would be cheating. xd Anything he turns in will be eons ahead of what we can do. Now if it were a large collab and not a competition…
I posed the idea of the programming side to this. It was just a thought to give us programmers some love. Even if it is a mapping website.
If Solokiller is joining this project it would be cheating. xd Anything he turns in will be eons ahead of what we can do. Now if it were a large collab and not a competition…
I'd say like a month for working on the programming, giving mappers time to test their ideas. Once the "engine" is done, they can develop and test their maps with the features we could cram in.
Maybe have a collaborative effort for the programming as well? Just a thought.
@SourceSkyBoxer what are you even going on about? You're all over the place. Not much of what you said makes any sense. C# this, TK that, you're not gonna get anywhere with that engine, just so you know. Just echoing what Solokiller says.
I mean, env_sky has a fix IIRC, and env_fog has a easy fix for sure; just the developers got lazy.
SOHL is just a big hack, made for an outdated SDK version using outdated methods. Honestly, just don't use SOHL, maybe if someone made a better version in place of it, it's about time then.
I mean, env_sky has a fix IIRC, and env_fog has a easy fix for sure; just the developers got lazy.
SOHL is just a big hack, made for an outdated SDK version using outdated methods. Honestly, just don't use SOHL, maybe if someone made a better version in place of it, it's about time then.
Makefile bad; Visual Studio good. Barely just learned the basics of Makefiles for GBA development. It's a mess, even for its time.
Also C/C++ is good to learn (and easy). Probably a staple language you're gonna use if you land a programming job.
Never touch C# or similar ones if you don't like Java.
Also C/C++ is good to learn (and easy). Probably a staple language you're gonna use if you land a programming job.
Never touch C# or similar ones if you don't like Java.
You mean like fullbright?
I'm all for a little programming portion if it is allowed. Show some of us few a little bit of love.
Or even a programming competition alongside with the mapping. xd
SOHL is outdated and "poorly" done IMO. Spirit was a product of its time when none of the features that people wanted were there in vanilla (even now).
Or even a programming competition alongside with the mapping. xd
SOHL is outdated and "poorly" done IMO. Spirit was a product of its time when none of the features that people wanted were there in vanilla (even now).
That's because it's doing a runtime conversion of the samples. Check the developer output.
@Cd5ssmffan That doesn't do anything.
Most sites like those usually try to get you to download adware disguised as a file converter.
Most sites like those usually try to get you to download adware disguised as a file converter.
Then what will you be porting to then? Because you can't port GoldSource anywhere realistically and legally. You mention not using Unity… then you say you will port it to Unity. You're all over the place, which is it?
I'll just put it this way, it looks better than my first attempt.
I'll just put it this way, it looks better than my first attempt.
Um, all I can say it good luck porting to any system. Something more coherent would be nice.
Just take a good long look at your project if you're serious about this.
Just take a good long look at your project if you're serious about this.
@abbadon playermonster is never used in the retail game IIRC.
@Windawz it isn't hard at all. He's just making it seem difficult. Like programming for GoldSource we well in a sense.
@Screamernail you need to learn it first instead of having people tell you how.
I feel like you need to learn the needed/proper terminology first before embarking on something like this. That's just what I think. Then learn the syntax and the very basics of modeling for the GoldSource engine. Then try to make your own monster and models that use ACTS.
@Windawz it isn't hard at all. He's just making it seem difficult. Like programming for GoldSource we well in a sense.
@Screamernail you need to learn it first instead of having people tell you how.
I feel like you need to learn the needed/proper terminology first before embarking on something like this. That's just what I think. Then learn the syntax and the very basics of modeling for the GoldSource engine. Then try to make your own monster and models that use ACTS.
Use Imgur for Christ's sake. No one wants to sign up to see a damn image.
Looks great.
Your.cpp file containIng your code should be inside of the /dlls folder in the SDK…
Just make use its in the server folder. Don't forget to set the new entity name it can be referred to by.
What do you mean by that? The .fgd? Or the code?
You can pretty much put it anywhere in the .fgd. I at least recommend putting them after the base classes and into the generally defined monster section.
You can pretty much put it anywhere in the .fgd. I at least recommend putting them after the base classes and into the generally defined monster section.
You need to modify the .fgd to accommodate for your new entity. Or manually type out the entity in Hammer/alternative.
Something tells me you're doing it wrong if you can't download the SDK.
Are you sure you're getting the right version? https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife
Edit: As a slight addendum, you should never use monster_generic or any of the pre-built model displaying entities. Code your own, it isn't difficult and offers more flexibility.
Are you sure you're getting the right version? https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife
Edit: As a slight addendum, you should never use monster_generic or any of the pre-built model displaying entities. Code your own, it isn't difficult and offers more flexibility.
Hopefully there can't be that much left after all this time, certainly?
Hopefully there's just the last stretch or something before release.
Hopefully there's just the last stretch or something before release.
@Admer Neat, I feel like the first image needs more vertical height diversity however. I'd love to see it fully rendered.
But then again, I'm a horrendous mapper, good at programming, but not mapping.
But then again, I'm a horrendous mapper, good at programming, but not mapping.
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Aye, IRFANVIEW does the best job of converting to indexed 8-bit colour in my opinion. It even does batch conversions. Then next would be Photoshop.
Can't speak for GIMP though. And I wouldn't trust Wally to do the conversion.
Can't speak for GIMP though. And I wouldn't trust Wally to do the conversion.
.wads are usually external files located inside of the game directory that the map then loads.
Sometimes you can pack textures directly and ditch .wads altogether, but this bloats the size of the map and isn't really recommended except for singular, custom maps.
Wally is a good program to use if you want to pack supported texture files into a .wad. I recommend Photoshop for editing and designing files.
Sometimes you can pack textures directly and ditch .wads altogether, but this bloats the size of the map and isn't really recommended except for singular, custom maps.
Wally is a good program to use if you want to pack supported texture files into a .wad. I recommend Photoshop for editing and designing files.
This is what I've been working on and I'm proud to show it. VTF support in Half-Life 1.
Edit: For some reason, I cannot get the console window showing, here's a copy of my log though.
https://pastebin.com/6xquZ0gj
Edit2: Finally got it, had to use NVIDIA ShadowPlay.
More progress soon, hopefully! Next stop is image loading.
Edit Other: Though progress is slow after that point. Since I have used my hacky-methods to even get the static library to compile. If anyone knows VTF well, any help would be appreciated.
https://pastebin.com/6xquZ0gj
Edit2: Finally got it, had to use NVIDIA ShadowPlay.
Edit Other: Though progress is slow after that point. Since I have used my hacky-methods to even get the static library to compile. If anyone knows VTF well, any help would be appreciated.
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Hey, we all had to start somewhere in coding.
I was copy-pasting tutorials for almost 3 years before trying anything on my own. I didn't regret it though, taught me a lot.
I was copy-pasting tutorials for almost 3 years before trying anything on my own. I didn't regret it though, taught me a lot.
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I really need to get Quake. But the mapping looks really good. I especially enjoy those hallways.