I've finally found my dream Windows 7 theme.
Finally. :3
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I've finally found my dream Windows 7 theme.
Finally. :3
I decided to start mapping for Quake II. It's going well enough, even though I'll have so much trouble trying to find some of the documentation I need.
A Quake II GUI Compiler would be neat, except websites are down and digging every snapshot at Web Archive is just going to be time-consuming. :/
I did, at least, find ArghRad, so I'm going to compare it to the QRAD3 which comes with J.A.C.K. ^o^
I did, at least, find ArghRad, so I'm going to compare it to the QRAD3 which comes with J.A.C.K. ^o^
@23-down
You missed my point here. I clearly know that VHE 3.X can run on newer Windows OSes, because I've used it myself.
But, for the same reason as with Half-Life, I'd run VHE in a Windows 98 VM. :3
You missed my point here. I clearly know that VHE 3.X can run on newer Windows OSes, because I've used it myself.
But, for the same reason as with Half-Life, I'd run VHE in a Windows 98 VM. :3
Why do people always suggest actual hardware to people who simply don't have and/or can't find that hardware anywhere? That's the reason I'll be using a VM after all!
I'm definitely going to try to run Hammer in a Windows 98 SE virtual machine.
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I haven't, but I'm sure that there would be problems. Firstly with the file formats: .vmf vs. .rmf and .map
Then, there would be trouble with the FGDs, textures, models and so on...
Then, there would be trouble with the FGDs, textures, models and so on...
As far as I remember, that crash happens under certain conditions. I had it crash when I quickly added some entities to a VisGroup, then I hid one of the groups and unhid them, and I opened the entity properties.
A good sign of that happening would be when VisGroups just stop working, i.e. when you hide one, but they don't get hidden. In that case, save your map, then close it and open it again.
A good sign of that happening would be when VisGroups just stop working, i.e. when you hide one, but they don't get hidden. In that case, save your map, then close it and open it again.
I use J.A.C.K. a.k.a. Jackhammer.
Also, why upload on Mediafire when you can just go to Web Archive and download from one of the earlier snapshots from this year?
Also, why upload on Mediafire when you can just go to Web Archive and download from one of the earlier snapshots from this year?
This reminds me when I scattered a bunch of light entities in one of my early maps:
That's exactly what I felt when I was finishing de_kobbl in August 2017. Ah, it was such a messy time.
I would stay up late and compile 4 versions of the same map in a row. The heat generated by the laptop was unbearable and I couldn't sleep during the night.
And when I finally finished it, it was worth all the time I invested into it.
I would stay up late and compile 4 versions of the same map in a row. The heat generated by the laptop was unbearable and I couldn't sleep during the night.
And when I finally finished it, it was worth all the time I invested into it.
That stretching skybox... 
But, the brushwork looks pretty good.
But, the brushwork looks pretty good.
There's no hobby that is for everybody. I think the communities are excellent if you look at the right places.
Good luck with the slideshows. And, goodbye.
Good luck with the slideshows. And, goodbye.
I can only say this:
WTF, LOL?
By the way, gaming isn't wasting time if you're enjoying it. Think about people who taste wine, for example. You'd call that wasting time (probably money), but that's what a hobby is.
So, instead of wasting time, what will you do?
WTF, LOL?
By the way, gaming isn't wasting time if you're enjoying it. Think about people who taste wine, for example. You'd call that wasting time (probably money), but that's what a hobby is.
So, instead of wasting time, what will you do?
If you come across leaks again:
clicky
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Yeah. Don't hide that good brushwork in the dark
Oh, my dear @SSB, I thought that Xash3D's problem was including the 'valve' folder (Half-Life assets) in your mod's download.
Also, yes, I switched to Svengine when I thought that I hit the ceiling in GoldSrc. But, I learned some new ways to work around its limits.
Lastly, I didn't play Area51 because I haven't heard of it before. I haven't heard of it before because I'm accidentally ignorant. I'm ignorant because I focus on making maps and stuff. I never really "play" these days. :/
Also, yes, I switched to Svengine when I thought that I hit the ceiling in GoldSrc. But, I learned some new ways to work around its limits.
Lastly, I didn't play Area51 because I haven't heard of it before. I haven't heard of it before because I'm accidentally ignorant. I'm ignorant because I focus on making maps and stuff. I never really "play" these days. :/
@SourceSkyBoxer
My idea is something about space. I've always wanted to make a space map.
My idea is something about space. I've always wanted to make a space map.
I'm glad you noticed.
It's also my favourite.
The walls will be broken up anyway, by doors. This part of the map focuses on apartments, and there will be some more stuff after that, including going on an elevator with a nice view on space.
It's also my favourite.
The walls will be broken up anyway, by doors. This part of the map focuses on apartments, and there will be some more stuff after that, including going on an elevator with a nice view on space.
A family spore. Lol.
Make the game yourself. Also, I think that you need someone to constantly guide and teach you. :/
In my area, we have a saying: "Uletio si kao muha bez glave.", which means "You flew in like a fly without its head.". Basically, it's used for people who "jumped" into doing something, but without any prior knowledge and experience.
You're that fly.
And the difficulties of being a noob really discourage you from everything. Laziness is a consequence, in my opinion, even though laziness makes your situation worse.
As we have said, many times, start off with something simple, be consistent, ask questions, and make progress. It's sort of like school.
You're that fly.
And the difficulties of being a noob really discourage you from everything. Laziness is a consequence, in my opinion, even though laziness makes your situation worse.
As we have said, many times, start off with something simple, be consistent, ask questions, and make progress. It's sort of like school.
Having played quite a few HL mods, I can safely say that there's a handful of them that ran badly. C.A.G.E.D. being optimised truly shows that some people still care for us people with bottom-end hardware. And that's why I'm thankful.
Though, my laptop isn't a potato. It's a bean.
Though, my laptop isn't a potato. It's a bean.
Joined.
Just remember to promote it well if you want lots of members.
Just remember to promote it well if you want lots of members.
@SourceSkyBoxer
I am sure that Cayle has heard of it before and probably used it many times. But, I think that the lack of func_detail was done intentionally. Hmm...
I am sure that Cayle has heard of it before and probably used it many times. But, I think that the lack of func_detail was done intentionally. Hmm...
Short, but sweet. Very sweet.
I was nicely surprised by the fact that the lowest framerate I could get was actually 17fps. It only happened in the area where the prison control van came:
I checked the system requirements and thought "Okay, I can run it, I passed the minimum requirements. Let's hope it will stay above 15fps most of the time."; but I totally didn't expect it to be above 40fps most of the time.
(though, I did disable r_dynamic because of the explosions)
I was nicely surprised by the fact that the lowest framerate I could get was actually 17fps. It only happened in the area where the prison control van came:
I checked the system requirements and thought "Okay, I can run it, I passed the minimum requirements. Let's hope it will stay above 15fps most of the time."; but I totally didn't expect it to be above 40fps most of the time.
(though, I did disable r_dynamic because of the explosions)
This is something for CryEngine 1. There will be a beam in the middle, and I'll use the beam to test out some cool things with materials in CE.
Even though the model actually started out as a project for testing texture properties, it served another purpose: practising how to design stuff. I started with just one plane (which I split in half) and a circle. After a few minutes:
I would've used Far Cry 1 assets, but they don't suit my needs. So, I decided to make my own. This is pretty new to me.
Example of what you get by practising for a few years:
Early 2015:
(don't bother translating, it would make you cringe)
2017:
This is an example in mapping, of course. Programming/coding may or may not take longer than that.
Now imagine what would happen to you, after a few years of practice.
Early 2015:
2017:
Now imagine what would happen to you, after a few years of practice.
So, I'm glad that nobody was a butt, saying bad things about my school map.
This version is really more focused on saving the school, rather than destroying it, so I'm not surprised.
@ninja defuse
Looks like a HEV helmet, lol. Since it's somewhat boxy, I'd assume it belonged to a HEV Mark I suit.
I don't know, it just looks "classic" to me.
@Shepard
Finally...
Also, I think of this id Tech 2 situation as if it were Source. Like, HL2 is on Source, but CS:GO is also using Source, although it uses a newer version of it. So, I think that Quake and Quake II are both on id Tech 2, but the older iteration of id Tech 2 is called "Quake engine".
This version is really more focused on saving the school, rather than destroying it, so I'm not surprised.
@ninja defuse
Looks like a HEV helmet, lol. Since it's somewhat boxy, I'd assume it belonged to a HEV Mark I suit.
I don't know, it just looks "classic" to me.
@Shepard
Finally...
Also, I think of this id Tech 2 situation as if it were Source. Like, HL2 is on Source, but CS:GO is also using Source, although it uses a newer version of it. So, I think that Quake and Quake II are both on id Tech 2, but the older iteration of id Tech 2 is called "Quake engine".
Whatever, I'll call it id Tech 1. >:P
My school map holds a special place in my heart, so I wanted to remake it. And now that I'm going to high school, I'll absolutely have to remember my elementary school somehow. So, this map is super-early, and there will be A LOT of work to do, but I know exactly how to maintain the development. >:)
I have the pictures, I have some textures, I know how it looks.
Oh, also:
This sprite was made for the event when I played CS at school with my classmate. :3
Except now I'm going for a more friendly theme: defending the school from an alien invasion.
Yes, this is for Sven Co-op. One part of the players will arrive in a battle tractor, while the other part will just wait for them at the school.
Cube 2: Sauerbraten.
I decided to check out how Cube mapping is and maybe make a map. I was nicely surprised:
3D menus + good performance + interesting 'brushwork' flow + co-op mapping feature. I adore it.
Seriously, these lightmaps are so detailed...
I decided to check out how Cube mapping is and maybe make a map. I was nicely surprised:
@Snehk
So, Poles would say my name like the Americans do? XD
You know what? Germans pronounce it the best. My name totally sounds good in German.
I actually once worked on my HL mod about me, and yeah... too bad I'll never finish it.
Basically, it would feature a bunch of characters (including good, old Jody the foxgirl :3) and there would be dialogue. My name would be said a lot of times, lol.
For some reason, a part of me wants me to work on the mod again. Uh oh...
Yeah, I'm looking forward to working on it once more.
So, Poles would say my name like the Americans do? XD
You know what? Germans pronounce it the best. My name totally sounds good in German.
I actually once worked on my HL mod about me, and yeah... too bad I'll never finish it.
Basically, it would feature a bunch of characters (including good, old Jody the foxgirl :3) and there would be dialogue. My name would be said a lot of times, lol.
For some reason, a part of me wants me to work on the mod again. Uh oh...
Yeah, I'm looking forward to working on it once more.
That's what I meant, I just wanted to make it easier for people who probably don't know the phonetic pronunciation of my name.
The original "Admer" is pronounced like "Udd-mehr", while the second version, appropriate for English speakers, is pronounced like "Add-mer". Lol.
Well, it looks like I've started working on the 3rd part.
The original "Admer" is pronounced like "Udd-mehr", while the second version, appropriate for English speakers, is pronounced like "Add-mer". Lol.
@Urby
I.m.o. "Quadmer" is like "Qu-adam-er", so it's a bit harder.
Unless it's pronounced like "Quad-mer".
Admer is even harder to pronounce for us native south-Slavic speakers. "Udd-mehr"
If we ever talk to each other on one occasion, you'd hear the two correct pronunciations.
I.m.o. "Quadmer" is like "Qu-adam-er", so it's a bit harder.
Unless it's pronounced like "Quad-mer".
Admer is even harder to pronounce for us native south-Slavic speakers. "Udd-mehr"
If we ever talk to each other on one occasion, you'd hear the two correct pronunciations.
I once worked on a mod called "Admer: The game".
ROFL.
But yeah, Qadmer, QuAd or QuAdmer would be nice.
ROFL.
But yeah, Qadmer, QuAd or QuAdmer would be nice.
"QuAdmer" would be weird to pronounce, lol.
Another alternative name would be Quake456. Lol.
Another alternative name would be Quake456. Lol.
@abbadon
There's a problem, though: high school. It starts tomorrow and I won't have any time left for mapping. Maybe a few hours per day during the weekends, but until the summer and winter breaks, that's pretty much it.
The entire map is pretty much playable now, and it's pretty long. I'm referring to what's been done in the editor. The final half of the map still needs to be created. That's basically the part when you take the path to destroy the castle.
The map is currently at 27k clipnodes. I'm not really surprised, considering the size of the map:
It's big.
There's a problem, though: high school. It starts tomorrow and I won't have any time left for mapping. Maybe a few hours per day during the weekends, but until the summer and winter breaks, that's pretty much it.
The entire map is pretty much playable now, and it's pretty long. I'm referring to what's been done in the editor. The final half of the map still needs to be created. That's basically the part when you take the path to destroy the castle.
The map is currently at 27k clipnodes. I'm not really surprised, considering the size of the map:
It's big.
@Windawz
If people feel confused, they can either ask someone, or take a look at the idTech family tree.
idTech 2 is the Quake engine but it's also Quake 2's engine (but, as Snehk said, it was modified for it).
Also, look at this... thing:
If people feel confused, they can either ask someone, or take a look at the idTech family tree.
idTech 2 is the Quake engine but it's also Quake 2's engine (but, as Snehk said, it was modified for it).
Also, look at this... thing:
Epolys crop the framerates less than wpolys, so I don't think it would drop that hard.
Also, the year being 2017, I'm just tired of 'flat' maps. :/
I know that I should just move on to a new engine, but my point is to push the oldies to the limit.
It's like trying to increase the speed of an old rust bucket (car). You can break it half-way through.
Also, the year being 2017, I'm just tired of 'flat' maps. :/
I know that I should just move on to a new engine, but my point is to push the oldies to the limit.
It's like trying to increase the speed of an old rust bucket (car). You can break it half-way through.
"Several areas like that on one level would kill GS."According to that, the cliffs by Windawz would kill IdTech 2 (Quake engine). Not quite the case. In my Quake map, I have quite a few terrain sections and that's not really low-poly terrain. Also, caves made out of tetrahedra.
The clipnodes are at 20k, though, so I'll consider switching to the BSP2 format and to a sourceport which supports BSP2.
And in GoldSRC? Well, the cute, little cliff in my picture up there has around 1100 clipnodes and 900 wpolys. So, having more of these sections in the map wouldn't reach the limits and the framerate impact wouldn't be big. However, it did take 10/64 AllocBlocks, but that's because I scaled all of the textures to 0.500.
In short:
Stop underestimating these old engines...
@Kachito
Because nobody is preventing me from doing that.
Also, this doesn't even have a "grid":
I care and I don't care about optimisation at the same time. Haha.
Because nobody is preventing me from doing that.
Also, this doesn't even have a "grid":
Not just tetrahedra. In this case, I used triangular prisms.
Also, this UV lock testing was for the purpose of what I'm about to write:
You basically have a 'grid' of triangles in the top view, which are actually either tetrahedra or triangular prisms.
However, you want a seamless texture, but it has to be applied on a huge surface yet stay detailed enough:
(this one is small, so 512x512 is enough)
You'd have to have four 1024x256 textures applied on 4 rows.
This testing was simply my way to check if the grid should be "strict":
Or if it can also be a "free" grid:
Here's why:
The free grid would have seams.
But, this way, we can avoid seams!
Also, this UV lock testing was for the purpose of what I'm about to write:
You basically have a 'grid' of triangles in the top view, which are actually either tetrahedra or triangular prisms.
However, you want a seamless texture, but it has to be applied on a huge surface yet stay detailed enough:
You'd have to have four 1024x256 textures applied on 4 rows.
This testing was simply my way to check if the grid should be "strict":
But, this way, we can avoid seams!
To be honest, I'm the one who should be sorry.
Anyway, back to some screenshots:
Aww, this is cute. :3
This is cuter! <3
This is more of an imitation of CryEngine's terrain. The textures are projected mostly in one axis (in this case it's the Z axis).Now that looks less like GoldSRC i.m.h.o.
Lastly, I've tried out J.A.C.K.'s built-in UV-mapping lock emulator.
It works well enough if you move the vertices in one axis.
The left side was moved in both the X and Y axis, while the vertices on the right side were only moved in the Y axis.
(and then the Z axis but without the UV lock )
Anyway, back to some screenshots:
Lastly, I've tried out J.A.C.K.'s built-in UV-mapping lock emulator.
The left side was moved in both the X and Y axis, while the vertices on the right side were only moved in the Y axis.
(and then the Z axis but without the UV lock
)"I haven't yet done anything serious yet"
@Windawz
I can't believe that I lived to see Half-Life 3, be it a mod or something else.
I'll play it too.
Edit:
However!
Hmm... looks suspicious. Not going to play it.
I can't believe that I lived to see Half-Life 3, be it a mod or something else.
I'll play it too.
Edit:
However!
Nice.
Haha, Windawz does it like it's done in the classical mapping times.
I like it, just beware of the "Reached occupant" error, i.e. don't make your cliphulls leak.
I've mostly textured these, though:
Don't even mention the air conditioner. xd
Silly me, I forgot to add toilet paper.
I like it, just beware of the "Reached occupant" error, i.e. don't make your cliphulls leak.
I've mostly textured these, though:
"It's just hard and i have learned nothing. It's worthless."
Because you're not even trying. If you want to learn it, you'll have to do nothing else, but spend 10+ hours a day using your PC, learning how to code.
That's what I did with mapping. I went too far and now I'm here, I know so much. A similar thing would happen if you'd code like that.
But, it's too late now, I guess.
Because you're not even trying. If you want to learn it, you'll have to do nothing else, but spend 10+ hours a day using your PC, learning how to code.
That's what I did with mapping. I went too far and now I'm here, I know so much. A similar thing would happen if you'd code like that.
But, it's too late now, I guess.