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Oooh, sounds mysterious

Er...

I am aware that there have only been 9 compo's

yet somehow we are up to Compo 11? Meh, maybe I'm just seeing things... or maybe its a typo... or maybe I'm just stupid

It's seems to be working great. I think you moderators need to be more strict on (not mentioning any names) 'people' who start up 5 different threads, either pimping their new map, or flaming people who critisised it, such as I see scripts...Why don't you? thread.

Meh, I spose that gave away who I was talking about, Hopefully he might actually comprehend this post and stop doing what he is doing.

Are they bots you are playing against? It is actually quite common with bots.

If you stand where they shoot from can you see the wall? If you can't, and you are playing against bots, it has nothing to do with your mapping, but the bots.

If this is against real people, then ban the bastard doing it!

Hope this helps.

http://cariad.co.za/twhl/mapvault_map.php?id=1683
http://cariad.co.za/twhl/mapvault_map.php?id=1660

A couple maps I spotted which might help

About the members sub-mod thing. I like the idea, but I don't know how we are going to decide who is a sub-mod. I have been a fairly active member of the site lately but havent really posted some truly stunning work. So would that make me a sub-mod? :

And I was hoping these people would Halfops in IRC?

wait, I just checked your site. dhost.info

Yours should be: http://www.dhost.info/davideo59/filename.wad or if its zipped it should be http://www.dhost.info/davideo59/filename.zip .

Just a comment on your site, A play button is really unnecessary for a website, maybe you should rethink that.

Yes. What is the file called? If the file was davideo59.wad, and your webhost was trapt ( ) you make some text, Download Here, and hyperlink it to your webhost and the filename.

For Example, mine would be www.dhost.info/trapt/abandonedtextures.zip . It really depends what your webhost is.

where? where? where?!!

It does kind of makes me angry that this is happening. Yes, there has been a recent 'onslaught' of n00bish maps in the vault. It is very irritating I know to go into the forums and seeing 'My box doesn't work'. I think the best way to combat this is, when you click on 'General Mapping Questions' a new page comes up, almost like terms of service kind of thing. Saying 'Before you start a new thread asking a question search the forums', 'Look at tutorials', 'Visit Tommy14's page to check the definition of your errors' etc. And maybe a 'Don't Show this message again' thing next to accept so we dont have to read it everytime.

I do think we need a filter of maps in the vault. A CS vault, And a beginners, and Better mappers vault. And a limit of maps. 1-2 a week? If they make more than that, it is obvious they are not spending much time on their maps, so they shouldnt be posting them anyway. An amount of threads that can be started each day - 3 sounds enough to me.

And when a new member is created, maybe have a form thing there. How long have you been mapping? A week, A Month = Give link to tutorials, and say this is a must read for all new mappers. 6 Months-More = Link to Map Vault.

Tell people to ask in IRC or post problem vault instead of always starting new threads.

In the Map Vault. Have in LARGE, BOLD font DO NOT POST YOUR FIRST MAP. If anyone does post their first map, and they say it in their comments, the map should be deleted and an email sent to the author explaining why.

I do think that the more experienced (you know who you are) should start posting their best work in the map vaults. And post their best work in progress in the unfinished. This should change the flow of n00bish maps in the vault, and it might give the new mappers an impression of what quality maps should be posted in the map vault.

I really hope we can get this fixed. I only recently (well not that recently) discovered this site. I only very recently became an active member in the forums and IRC. I would hate to see this die.

This is a message to all mappers getting 1-2 stars. Spend time making your maps. Put a whole lot of effort into one map for a while. After a whole lot of effort, when you think its a fantastic map and it couldnt get much better, you should post it. Good maps can be made in a week, if you are a quick mapper. Fantastic maps take lots of time. Be aware of that.

No offence to Floater619, But at one stage, after 4 days, he had 5 maps! 5 maps in 4 days? Fantastic maps take time. This is in no way aimed at Floater, as he has deleted his maps and has assured us that he will only post quality maps.

I really hope this helps.
-Trapt

The game is actually quite disappointing in my opinion.

My recent map (in unfinished vault, called Canyon) used VM for the cliffs, and I think they came out quite good. It is a lot better it the rocks arent completely random, but kind of follow a pattern.

Take a look at my map: http://cariad.co.za/twhl/mapvault_map.php?id=1660

Speed up, yes. But I guess it'll become quite a chaotic map then, when rooms don't fit in with each other. Some coherency should be maintained in my opinion.

Well, yes. But if it was in the map vault (unfinished), it wouldnt be so chaotic because we would know a kind of theme to work with. And I did say edit it so it connects well with the last room.

I still havent recieved the textures David, 10 hours after you posted saying you sent them. Maybe I'll wait a little and then if it doesnt come, send them again.

maybe people should start designing/making their rooms now, and then simply join them on when you recieve it, edit it a bit so it connects well with the last room, and then send it to the next person. It would speed things up heaps in my opinion.

Anything by Hugh Jass!

Seriously though:
Lord of the Rings - all three books

If you think its spyware, get Adaware. It's a spyware remover program and its free! And computer cops is a good site/forum for computer issues with spyware and stuff. Google for Computer Cops.

It also might be that your computer is just too full of useless shit. Try uninstalling things you dont need/use anymore.

And get HiJack This. It is a very good program. It basically tells you all these different files on your computer. It's kinda hard to explain exactly what it does, but it is a really good program, and I think everyone should get it, it really comes in handy. If a file looks suspicious, you can simply check the little box next to it, and click Fix Checked. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DELETE THOUGH

Hope this helps

Yeh, I got it. It's probably just a bug. Try re-extracting the files.

Counter-Strike 2D!?! Sounds cool, where can I get it!

It does need a CS vault, maybe even a beginners, average and good mappers vaults? If they think there map is 1337 and they post it in good mappers when it is shyzer, Andy can move them back to where they belong can't he? It would also teach them not to put it in the wrong vault again, unless they are ignorant fools like Floater, who seems to think all his maps are 1337, whether they are rated 1 star or not

Maybe a 1-2 star vault and a 3 star vault (gets its own vault because this is pretty much the average rating [well.. not lately ]) and a 4-5 star vault? I reckon its a good idea, it will make it easier for people to get good maps recently made.

www.dhost.info - only one popup per hour. It's the one I use, and the one RabidMonkey777 uses.

Can i be Op on the channel, since I am part of the team?

Yep, Anthony is on 33k. He still submits maps.

hiccups is right. There are many people who have been mapping a long time and have only just discovered this site. You can't judge people by how long they have been here.

Sure david. I will. Glad to help you.

I'm not gonna train you but here is some tips:
Read tutorials, experiment.... don't ask stupid questions, search the forums before you ask a question, google before you ask stupid questions, don't bug people asking them to make you a good mapper

Thats all I can think of for the moment, I might add more later if i can think of any....

I have the textures from my compo entry on my site. Including the glass texture which I used. I think Jahzel should use my glass texture, as the glass in the screenies looks wierd, and the ones I use seem to look alright when its all shattered and broken The textures also have the walls which might come in handy and it has rusty vent textures, which should come in handy if you want to use vents, because I doubt an abandoned city would still have shiny, clean vents

Get the textures here: www.traptsmapping.tk - go to files or there is a link to the download in the maps section (in the description of abandoned map)

Align them. Press Shift+A, hold shift and click on the bin. Then click L,B or T,R. Or you could just press fit but I'm not sure if that will work with the prefab.

Lol!!!!!! I used to play cs. Not all cs'ers are retarted schitzophrenic freaks. Only the 5-10 year old 'squeekers' as i like to call them (due to the never ending 'squeeks' from there microphone) are retarted schitzophrenic freaks.

I used frontpage for my website haz.... and i think it came out quite good.

This is a kinda stupid thread. So far everyone has the same name as their twhl username. I think most of them will be like that.

Surprise Surprise, mines trapt.

yes, look at other peoples sites, and If you want a community, make a forum, or put a shoutbox/cbox in your site.

And those dot things which always go to the cursor are annoying, stupid, and very cheap and corny looking.

And add hyperlinks to a larger picture of the bloody HL2 screens, they are quite pointless as they are now.

lol. I hope seventh chooses a cool subject for next compo. Mapping a real place (famous) would be cool I reckon. A good challenge, plus n00bs will overlook it because it will too hard for them

lol, send them a link to this site?

We are so obsessed with this violent game, we actually make maps for it so that people can enjoy even more violence

What a load of bullshit. Unless we are retarted, schitzophrenic freaks, I don't think we will go on a rampage with a crowbar, killing aliens and huge retarted looking babies

Is anyone here retarted, schitzophrenic freaks? I think schitzophrenic people might look at the scientists, and see them saying 'Go and kill all people you see, Especially the MAVAV ' Well, that part about MAVAV might be a bit tight, but still, they are over-reacting heaps too much. What's the bet they have never played half-life anyway...

Yes, you need a better outline. Make it that it must be something, without limiting what you can make too much. For example, Build A Machine. It tells you exactly what you need to do, yet doesnt limit what you put in it, as long as it has a machine in it.

If you want it to have something scripted in it, tell them what should be scripted, or where the map should be set in. You need to be very specific.

And I'm not entering Wrangler. This compo seems very, well, set up by a n00bish ..... jk. I think Floater is learning very quickly how to deal with his maps and this community. If only he learnt this quickly how to not spam the forums, shoutbox and journal

Insane Domain!
I think he meant MB

GB!?!?!?! WTF?

No your not, it started today.

Am I the only one who cant see any of them? I think its my web host. dhost.info doesnt allow massive hot linking.

Just go here and select the mario ones. There is five of them, mario0000.jpg-mario0004.jpg

Looks alright. Should I give you a screenie of the map I was working on?I have not worked on this for a long time. It is in its very early stages, thats why the dungeon seems very plain. It will turn out quite well I think...

You need to create a channel if you want it permenantly there. If you want one on chatbear, go
here.

I think that should work

Bah, stuffed the .cjb.net thing up.

It's this: www.cjb.net

I used frontpage for my site, And I think it came out mighty fine. Or you could just download a template and use that, its heaps easy and looks good.

I recommend using dhost as a web host. Only one popup per hour, no matter how many people look at it, plus it has this:

• 100MB webspace
• 300GB bandwidth/month
• full FTP access
• php + mysql
• you're allowed to have downloads
• more bandwidth or space on request

Then you could simply .tk it or .cjb.net it. However, .tk does have popups, not sure about .cjb.net, I think they do.

Or you could just keep it as dhost.info/jahzel. Doesn't really matter, its really not that long of a url anyway. And if you save the site to your favourites under 'Jahzel' you just type Jahzel into your address bar and it will go there.

Davideo59 is right, Flash is way cool on a site

-Trapt

I don't think its possible. Not sure though.

oh... ffs haxor. There was no point in reviving this thread. It has been dead for a week. At least if you revive a week old thread say something that actually has some kind of meaning....

I could help jahzel.

How can there be broken glass windows, without glass on the floor. Doesn't make much sense.

And the robber, threw a brick through the window, and smashed it. Mysteriously, there was no glass on the floor inside the shop. The robber was trying to think how this was possible, when all of a sudden, he thought too much and his head exploded

Oh, and I don't think the windows should be THAT broken. In my opinion, it almost doesn't look like a window. Make the glass shards on the edges of the window a bit bigger, I think it might look better. That's just me though. Maybe stuff around with my ideas, and if you don't like it, simply change it back.

Correct. You should only be able to rate if you comment.

My ideas come from other peoples screenshots/maps

Oh, and jahzel, I recommend you make yourself a seperate site, not for the mod, but for yourself. It doesn't have to be to complicated. Something like Rabid's would be fine. I like those textures in your screenies, and I'm sure a lot of people like them too. I think that people would appreciate you uploading things like textures and things to your web site so they are easier to access, as well as the fact that if someone wants your textures, you don't need to email them, you simply tell them your sites url.

Hehe, jahzel, I assume you got that glass idea from my abandoned map The glass does look to clean, and since when is there blue glass? Try using a white coloured like generic027, or edit the one you are using now with wally, simply change the pallet to grey and white. Make sure you make the FX amount very low though, probably around 40ish should look mighty fine. Screenies look very nice though, keep up the good work