Mice/Rats r_speeds Created 18 years ago2005-12-28 12:06:01 UTC by Dorian27

I hope this thread will sprout some interesting discussion.

My question is: How do the creators of the cs_mice and de_rats, and all the other rodent themed maps keep the r_speeds down. The maps are basically a wide open area with tons of visible objects on screen at once. I have contemplated a mini-sized map, but I wouldn't know how to keep the r_speeds below 1000!

Any Suggestions?

I've always wondered that myself.
It would be interesting if anyone had an answere

Hm well for HL2 the size is fine because HL2 is more powerful but HL1 is another story...

I'm going to google:

Bleh nothing but i'm sure many reasons are that textures are stretched to a bigger less resource eating size and hint brushes are used...

They use big, stretched textures, not very much detail.

yeah, all the textures are stretched about 10-15 times. low texture resolution = low r_speeds

That's why all rats maps look like shit

Well the opinions of all the responses lead towards the stretched textures causing the low r_speeds... So, on a related subject, what is the hot-key to change brush dimensions? ( n x n x n )

That's why all rats maps look like shit

+1

one of the way for the fake mappers to not do true CS maps while claiming all the same to be mappers ...

yeah, all the textures are stretched about 10-15 times. low texture resolution = low r_speeds

Negatory, close, but not close enough.

How bigger you stretch your textures how bigger the fae splitting will be, so with a 256 texture at the scale of one the facle splitting will be at the 240. Scale it up 10 times to fit on a 2560 wall then the face splitting will be dramaticly reduced, this is a good technique for larg outdoor area's scaling up the rock texture to lower r_speeds and avoid heavy patterns. Offcourse this doesnt really fit in the inside.