Competition 14 Created 18 years ago2005-07-14 17:47:29 UTC by SpaG

Muzzel, I think you do whatever you want.

I dunno... Just the idea of Breen living in a house on a cliff seems... weird, to say the least...

I agree. It should be called Breen's office, from where he controls Black Mesa personal. House is just weird and doens't fit in Black Mesa.

Its doesn't have to be Black Mesa! maybe he just has a quick rought to Black Mesa by a train, and to be able to work there, his house is built in the same deserted desert!

well, just don't change it, cause I've already started

I just completed thetrain entrance to blackmesa.. hahaha, you should see what, and how I put it in.. it's like a secret entrance deal.. it's pretty cool.

Although, I need house textures... might search for them online.

lol, behind the bookcase is:

A TRAIN STATION!

hahaha, actually, no, it's going to be more or less, an even advan...


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BTW, J/J..lol

Sorry I havent been able post sooner than this..

-You dont need to copy the tram from HL if you dont want to, you can make your own if you wish, maybe a different design (more personal, for fewer passengers etc);

-The train doesnt have to move at all, and It isnt actually required! You could just make the train tracks and a tram stop as is specified in the rules. Of course, if you can manage to pull a nice sequence with the tram getting to the house, it would be nice :);

-The setting would be more like the first pic, since it's an outdoor one. The reason to mention the cliffs, is so people dont make a house placed in the boring flatness of the desert! Be creative, you can do lots of things in the outside that will make the map more interesting.;

-The house is near a cliff. It can be on the cliff (as Muzzleflash pointed out), under a cliff, on top of a hill etc. The choice is yours and each has advantages and disadvantages.;

-The reason why we are mapping his house and not his office is very simple. The office would be a bit too easy and we would get much less variaty in the entries. With this theme I'm sure we are going to see great stuff!

I could give more tips, but since some of you have already started, it could be unfair. I'll keep answering questions as soon as possible

Does it have to be a house... Can it be something like... an underground secret place of his or something? Or can the entrance be something like a cavern or something?

Yes, you could hide the entance with a cavern etc.
But remember it has to make sense. Would the Black Mesa administrator have his house underground? wouldnt he need a bit of natural light?
Keep in mind that this is where he goes to relax after a hard day's work at the BM office complex...
Just make sure it isnt too isolated from the outdoor.

Dr Breen doesnt need any natural light. He would melt from it

omg, I just got another wicked idea!!!!

Unbreakable jots down his idea

no Unbreakable... Dr. Breen cannot live in a hole...

Thanks for the information Kasperg!

I hope you like my entry

Someplace relaxing...

I think I have an idea...

Nope, it has nothing to do with brush work, instead entity work, and I have finished it... although, ran into a problem I need help on--->

Check the HL1 Question forum!

What? Why would you? Plus, surely you're not finished, so just remove the wadinclude for your final compile.

Already removed! I'll include some models and textures for sure but not that wad!

Thread is now stickied and the official Compo 14 thread.

Oh, ya, and the one I started, haha, I said Compo 13.. I meant 14, but, yep oh well..lol

Wow the compiling prosses took 10 minutes it must be those darn huge scales for the r_speeds are low!

You guys have no idea what a long compile is :|.

only 10 minutes?

Each of my maps takes like 20 minutes to compile...

They aren't very long, but, a compo isn't long, right?

Who knows I didn't check,Maybe 15 maybe 20!

The worst compile times I've heard have been 2~ days.

2 days, man, that would fry my pc...wonder what his paging file was up to.. :

9 and a half hours for me. I'm still under a minute for the compo. Anyone else?

omg 2 days what did he compile?

Cause of Death, my first completed real map, for a compo. here, took a few hours to compile.

I got a little stupid question! I never knew how to check (from the console or hammer) a level with a higher difficulty skill! How can I do that?

i have half completed map and it takes ~1h to compile

skill 0-3, I believe.

In the console, I gess!

bahg... I still haven't started on my house part yet...

My map looks like crap too...

I might drop out...

And I have this annoying problem that I don't know how to solvw it exept from rebuilding and making a nice part uglier! Please Help Me

my map looks/will look like gay but i will send it anyway

man... I just don't have the time to fix it up all prty...

I'll just send you what I finished on the due date...

I hope I get to the house, otherwise im just wasting my time.

Well if you will miss the date you could always finish the map and post it in the vault!

you right

Thanks

Yeah, I'll probably join this one. It's my first competition. so wish me luck!

I know my spanish suck, bu isnt it Casa De La Administrator?

No, he's a male administrator, so it'd be Cass De El Administrador, which is written 'del' (obviously, you can't pronounce 'de el' otherwise).

Why is the title in Spanish anyway?

Doesn't Kasperg live in Spain..? Or somewhere like that..

That is correct. But it was Seventh's idea

Yeah, just seemed more interesting :).