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No, shovelware games suck, and Popcap games aren't shovelware. They're fun and well made. There is a good market for casual games, and nothing wrong with enjoying something smaller from time-to-time.
Thanks guys. I think I just feel bitter about that G-Man thing, my big ending was ruined. 
The map's for Left 4 Dead 1. There's no chance of me going to 2 anytime soon, I simply do not care for it. If the only reason for me to get it is to port my map over, it's going to have to be very cheap.
Doesn't L4D2 support custom L4D maps anyway?
EDIT:
3 other screens I didn't post:
The map's for Left 4 Dead 1. There's no chance of me going to 2 anytime soon, I simply do not care for it. If the only reason for me to get it is to port my map over, it's going to have to be very cheap.
Doesn't L4D2 support custom L4D maps anyway?
EDIT:
3 other screens I didn't post:
Carmen Rizzo - [Uncharted 2: Among Thieves #20] - The Road to Shambhala
Zombieland.
First zombie movie I ever thoroughly enjoyed, comedy or not, and that includes Shaun of the Dead.
First zombie movie I ever thoroughly enjoyed, comedy or not, and that includes Shaun of the Dead.
Survived another year of work, and I've almost finished my first map in... years.
58 minutes ago for me. Screw the other timezones. ;>
Cameron pretty much did that for us already.
Map I've been chipping away at for the past couple of weeks:
I also finished that little G-Man experiment, but I'm not exactly happy with it. I had to scrap an ending segment because of some hiccups, so it's just a small demonstration-type thing.
Yep, Avatar was pretty damn good.
Like everyone has said, it's a familiar story, but that doesn't mean it's particularly bad. Can't wait to see it again, then own it on Blu-ray.
Like everyone has said, it's a familiar story, but that doesn't mean it's particularly bad. Can't wait to see it again, then own it on Blu-ray.
Eh, there's always some kind of catch with prebuilt computer packages. Satch was pushing for the right thing, I think.
Another unlikely celebrity death, strange year this.
Detailed discussions of wet dreams? Just another day at TWHL.
Git that Maya shit off my TWHL!Ant would kill you if he read that. But he's not here anymore, so stuff him!
There are a lot of cases where entity setups that may work in single-player Source games (or at least have another method that does), won't work in their multiplayer ones, due to limitations. This could be one of those cases.
Also, this...
Also, this...
Thanks for moving my topic without helping me with it (Y)....makes people not want to help you, as does calling them dickheads in the shoutbox. Grow up.
Go for "Planet Pot" and see how many complaints you get for not stocking 'the right stuff'.
Troll somewhere else.
how cool would it be to hit a button and convert some simple little brush-based architecture in Hammer into a prop?Closest thing we've got.
You know, I have to agree with you on that.
I enjoyed Up, like any Pixar movie, but it didn't stand out as much as say Wall-E or The Incredibles. The intro was great, and very sad for a Pixar film, but the rest is a little mediocre in places. The dogs definitely felt like a Dreamworks act to me.
Still, like any Pixar nut, I'm buying it on BluRay.
Last movie I saw was Wes Craven's New Nightmare (A Nightmare on Elm Street 7), god knows why. 1/10 for hilarious serious death scenes.
I enjoyed Up, like any Pixar movie, but it didn't stand out as much as say Wall-E or The Incredibles. The intro was great, and very sad for a Pixar film, but the rest is a little mediocre in places. The dogs definitely felt like a Dreamworks act to me.
Still, like any Pixar nut, I'm buying it on BluRay.
Last movie I saw was Wes Craven's New Nightmare (A Nightmare on Elm Street 7), god knows why. 1/10 for hilarious serious death scenes.
I don't have a clue how you'd go about organising and compiling it, since I don't really model, but you'd have to use more than one material for your prop. One VMT & VTF set for the wooden parts, and one more of each for the metal parts.
It looks like a lame rip-off of Hammer to me. Except for the WYSIWYG features, I see very few differences, though that it now appears to rely on prefab models more than ever.I agree with the prefab thing, but it is an editor built totally around their own designs. That being said, realtime previews, more advanced brush building tools , smoother UI... seems like a much nicer, more refined version of Hammer... so I guess it is a bit of a rip-off.
Heh, something else that makes Hammer look like a crappy, steaming turd.
Two good methods:
1) Use an env_tonemap_controller. Use a logic_auto to fire off some outputs, specifically "SetBloomScale blah". You can also use SetAutoExposureMin and SetAutoExposureMax to set the exposure range. Throw the entity in your map and use ent_fire to play with it and find some good results. This way is obviously global, so all light sources will be affected.
2) Use the BrightnessHDR or BrightnessScaleHDR keyvalues to tweak the HDR on the individual light source, so no other lights get scaled down. You should be able to use decimal figures to scale downwards.
1) Use an env_tonemap_controller. Use a logic_auto to fire off some outputs, specifically "SetBloomScale blah". You can also use SetAutoExposureMin and SetAutoExposureMax to set the exposure range. Throw the entity in your map and use ent_fire to play with it and find some good results. This way is obviously global, so all light sources will be affected.
2) Use the BrightnessHDR or BrightnessScaleHDR keyvalues to tweak the HDR on the individual light source, so no other lights get scaled down. You should be able to use decimal figures to scale downwards.
Strider, I simply love your work! Similar style/genre I want to map for when I transition to source. Outstanding work so farThanks. I love working with lighting, using it dramatically and such.
And yet Strider's has lots of blueOnly half of the time. ;]
The colour correction changes dynamically as you progress, and it will end with something very different looking, tonally.
Heh.
More work:
More work:
Piriform make some awesome little programs.
I might just wait 'til this is out of beta, though.
I might just wait 'til this is out of beta, though.
it says I can't see it because of kiddie pornWhat.
I'm liking the look of this Strider.Thanks. :>
Holy shit...It's a small thing I've been working on, testing out some big (hopefully unique) effects for G-Man scene. Only it doesn't go as you'd normally expect a G-Man scene to go...
What is this map and how have I not heard of it?
Still chugging away at this map. Trying not to spoil the events in my screens, but oh well.
An American Werewolf in London, for the first time in years.
Still love it. The transformation scene is still impressive and disturbing.
Still love it. The transformation scene is still impressive and disturbing.
21.
Printer is Canon Pixma MP210Yup, the very same. Although your monitor probably isn't screwy like mine. ;<
Monitor is HD Samsung 2233 22" widescreen
We totally have the same printer, and I'm pretty sure the same monitor. Definitely the same sense of cleanliness.
bro fist
bro fist
This game is nothing like that, Soup Miner. It's telling a story that covers some very controversial and current issues, and it's doing it in a bold and in-your-face way instead of sugar-coating it. It's a very 'adult way' of telling a story because it's not skirting the issues, nor is it glorifying the violence.
I'm honestly surprised people get so worked up about this. If you want to talk about games that are incorrectly labelled mature, why not talk about Left 4 Dead 2, or Postal, or Solider of Fortune. The excessive violence only exists as a payoff in those games, and it's as immature as you can be about it.
I'm honestly surprised people get so worked up about this. If you want to talk about games that are incorrectly labelled mature, why not talk about Left 4 Dead 2, or Postal, or Solider of Fortune. The excessive violence only exists as a payoff in those games, and it's as immature as you can be about it.
"The world" might not be ready, but there are plenty of mature gamers that are. In America at least, the average age for a gamer is 35 years old, and the Australian statistics are similiar, 30 I believe. This is the demographic these games target.
It's just annoying that anyone in the right position to seriously damage this industry hears the words "terrorist" and "video game" and assumes developers are trying to put this in the hands of a 10 year old.
On the subject of the game itself, I have no doubt it will be made clear that there are consequences to what happens in the scene. If the character is undercover, it's supposed to be just as shocking to him as it is to the player.
If they were glorifying this, then I'd have a problem. There's no reward though, no achievements or positive feedback.
It's just annoying that anyone in the right position to seriously damage this industry hears the words "terrorist" and "video game" and assumes developers are trying to put this in the hands of a 10 year old.
On the subject of the game itself, I have no doubt it will be made clear that there are consequences to what happens in the scene. If the character is undercover, it's supposed to be just as shocking to him as it is to the player.
If they were glorifying this, then I'd have a problem. There's no reward though, no achievements or positive feedback.
GTA and other such games that caught crap are on a totally different level. Killing civilians is never actually the center focus of anything. And when it happens (when the player makes it happen) there are no efforts to evoke any particular emotions. You know, you never get the feeling that you're killing living thing. It's just random fun, and it's meant to be.That's worse. It's taking something as powerful and shocking as taking a life, and turning it into pleasure activity. You can even get money from the innocent people you kill as a feedback. There's no emotional consequence of doing so, and that's a problem.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (brilliant game)
Borderlands (well, it was gifted to me)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (another brilliant game)
Can't think of the rest. But it's been a great year for gaming.
Borderlands (well, it was gifted to me)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (another brilliant game)
Can't think of the rest. But it's been a great year for gaming.
The first game had an extended introduction scene showing the militia shooting up civilians. And this isn't that bad given we've been able to kill civilians in games for years and years now. And we've seen it in movies for even longer.
I get the outcry, but It's not without purpose. It's supposed to "establish the depth of evil and the cold bloodedness of a rogue Russian villain and his unit. By establishing that evil, it adds to the urgency of the player's mission to stop them" and it's a fair point. It's not your goal, and you're never once instructed to kill innocent people.
It's not as graphic as say, Left 4 Dead 2, or Soldier of Fortune. But it is shocking, and it's supposed to be. And it's totally bypassable if you don't think you can stomach it.
I get the outcry, but It's not without purpose. It's supposed to "establish the depth of evil and the cold bloodedness of a rogue Russian villain and his unit. By establishing that evil, it adds to the urgency of the player's mission to stop them" and it's a fair point. It's not your goal, and you're never once instructed to kill innocent people.
It's not as graphic as say, Left 4 Dead 2, or Soldier of Fortune. But it is shocking, and it's supposed to be. And it's totally bypassable if you don't think you can stomach it.
Had a run through, both censored and uncensored.
It's even more 'consolised' than the first, and the gore didn't actually make any difference to the amount of fun I had (which wasn't much). I'd go on but you'd all get sick of reading it.
It's even more 'consolised' than the first, and the gore didn't actually make any difference to the amount of fun I had (which wasn't much). I'd go on but you'd all get sick of reading it.
Use a prop_dynamic for the button model, and have a func_button toggle it's animations (as well as whatever you want the button to do).
OnPressed > "prop_dynamic name" > SetAnimation "animation name"
OnPressed > "prop_dynamic name" > SetAnimation "animation name"
Strider, you might want to check your monitor, some of your icons appear blurry.
Who knows what kind of Pr0nz are hiding there.Emergency desktop pronz? I'm not that desperate!
Creepy.
Yeah, I don't know about that Rabid.
The first game only worked (for the short while it did) because of it's simplicity. It just never received anything significantly new gameplay-wise to make it last longer.
Left 4 Dead 2 seems very much like the first game, with way too much of the same formula thrown in, instead of anything that's actually fresh. Killing zombies over and over again gets dull no matter how many ways they give you to do it. It needs new things to do primary to the zombie killing, rather than focusing on zombie killing with minor objective changes coming secondary.
The first game only worked (for the short while it did) because of it's simplicity. It just never received anything significantly new gameplay-wise to make it last longer.
Left 4 Dead 2 seems very much like the first game, with way too much of the same formula thrown in, instead of anything that's actually fresh. Killing zombies over and over again gets dull no matter how many ways they give you to do it. It needs new things to do primary to the zombie killing, rather than focusing on zombie killing with minor objective changes coming secondary.
Make something better you whiney bitches.That is always a terrible argument. It basically denies everybody the freedom to critique a product, who hasn't done it themselves. That is, a much, much larger percentage than the developers. It alienates the target audience.
New generation graphics convokes new elements of gameplay.What new elements of gameplay would that be? The shooting mechanics, the suit system, the vehicles... they all behave about as well as they did in the games that introduced them 10 years ago. They're dated and lacking refinement, to put it simply.
Thanks guys. :>
i'm probably just uber stupid.. i will have to write down everything on a paper in front of me to make certain it all works correctlyHeh, I get like that too. As you're forced to put more and more entities into what was supposed to be an easy setup... get's confusing.
I do what I can!
Been a while since I've mapped for GoldSource, but can you use an env_render to toggle the visibility of a func_illusionary?
The Spirit.
Or more specifically the first 20 minutes of it before I turned it off.
Awful stuff.
Or more specifically the first 20 minutes of it before I turned it off.
Awful stuff.