Im supposed to be writing a basic I/O tutorial, so ill jump on that if it means grabbing some more source people.
I/O is fun when you get into it, and vastly superior to what goldsource can do in terms of triggering events. It basically turns every entity into a multi_manager, heh.
Competition 27
Created 15 years ago2009-05-04 09:57:59 UTC by
Tetsu0
Created 15 years ago2009-05-04 09:57:59 UTC by
Tetsu0
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 00:23:39 UTC
Post #266496
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 00:28:05 UTC
Post #266499
But as a trade-off you need to be much more particular about the lighting. Because modding communities such as TWHL are quite critical when it comes to lighting.I was writing an advanced lighting tutorial to rectify this. Laziness kind of took over. I have a whole bunch of the lighting/colour theory done, so I should probably release that in the meantime.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 09:15:00 UTC
Post #266508
So .. I want to map. Whats the theme ... GIMMEH so I can start
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 09:21:44 UTC
Post #266509
OH no ! I have to unplug the Ati Radeon4850 and put back in the Nvidia Gs7600 so I can map !
Seems like a good thing needs a sacrifice :(.
Seems like a good thing needs a sacrifice :(.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 09:23:57 UTC
Post #266510
who cares you map or not?
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 10:02:57 UTC
Post #266511
Because what's the point in talking\blaming\thinking about members not joining the compo if I don't join myself ?
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 10:46:46 UTC
Post #266515
unplug the Ati Radeon4850Or map for source.
Time allowing, i might make 2 entries. One for source, one for goldsource.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 15:57:54 UTC
Post #266558
Well back in the day goldsource was realisticHeh i remember playing Dark Forces II for the first time and thinking to myself how awesome/realistic it was. LOOKing at screens of it now, it's so horribly bad...
So did the interpolice come back with a verdict on the compo? Maybe we should let the mods pic from the choices, since they are smart. ('cept penquinboy of course)
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Posted 15 years ago2009-05-08 10:55:57 UTC
Post #266660
Lol. Careful of what you say about the mods there El Capi'tan.
So i guess the choices thus far are as follows :
Vanilla Map
Reconstructification
Map a Movie ver. 2
Map from Layout
And all 4 of those are open for Goldsource AND Source
Pretty Good. But i think we need more votes, or take a poll, or Have Hotdog Decide, or Have the Mods decide.
Whatever.
So i guess the choices thus far are as follows :
Vanilla Map
Reconstructification
Map a Movie ver. 2
Map from Layout
And all 4 of those are open for Goldsource AND Source
Pretty Good. But i think we need more votes, or take a poll, or Have Hotdog Decide, or Have the Mods decide.
Whatever.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-08 16:26:54 UTC
Post #266675
Oh man, I haven't mapped in ages and I'm pretty sure I'll suck as much as when I stopped if I do for this. I'll no doubt try making something for this and stop real quick. But hey, a vote's a vote.
Map From Layout
Map From Layout
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 01:15:05 UTC
Post #266708
'course i was kidding... nobody recognizes my attempts at sarcasm/humor.
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Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 02:23:58 UTC
Post #266713
I just don't map for source because it takes too damn long to compile. And who the heck things vanilla mapping is good? Thats just a lazy excuse to not make custom content. I mean, whats the point? It doesn't make sence to limit yourself with crappy textures. Were in year 2009 and you want to keep 1920'2 same textures. Its pointless because there so easy to make and they make you'r map. Take Rimrooks poison garden for example. If he used goldsource's "out" grass textures and all that it would look like a hamster shatted into a hammer's void for you to explore. The idea of using old textures is totally irelevant to good mapping and doesn't even make sence to me. Its like to allow people that are too lazy to resize images into textures the same chance of winning as people that arent. Compos chouldn't have any limits.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 02:48:24 UTC
Post #266716
Double post shmuble shmost,
Heres a list of good ideas for a competition.
Map a small bounce deathmatch map
Map a deathmatch map where "movement" is the main focus; create ways the player continuously moves amongst the map. Look at the mod ricochet for inspiration.
Map your house and include a video tour of your house
Map something from duke nukem
Map a church just finished one
Map something from a movie "could specify what movie"
Map a MARIO mini mod, blocks that break when you jump under them, music, textures, enemies if you model..
De rats of your room or a place you know
Map a movie thater- FUN! ! !
Map an elivator- awesome op to make good architecture and stuff
recreate the dam map from halflife, that would be fun
""Map your favorite secret from a video game""" This would toTALY come from dukenukem for me, or scientist hunt the hl mod by hondo.
Map what you think future homes might look like
Map your grandma's vagina, just kidding
map hell, bust out some vm and fire sprites/ lava/ glowing textures/ rumbles/ spriteshooters
map heaven
map a dream youve had, ive had some really C()()L 1s
Map what you wish your room looked like
map a fun small hl style map where you must get to the end finding keys, dodging turrets, fighting h grunts, small puzzles, good ol halflife stuff
map a xen dm map- awesome!
Map something unique- already been done so map something REALY UNIQUE
There are so many ideas out there just pick mods. Want more ideas? ill make a list of 30!
Get off your 455 and off the couch and get well back on you 455 on your computer chair and map somethin that will make your fellow tee duba you ache ells motha truchers balls fall off... NOE UFENS But maps hav b33n r34ly unimpr35iv3 lat3ly including my own...
Heres a list of good ideas for a competition.
Map a small bounce deathmatch map
Map a deathmatch map where "movement" is the main focus; create ways the player continuously moves amongst the map. Look at the mod ricochet for inspiration.
Map your house and include a video tour of your house
Map something from duke nukem
Map a church just finished one
Map something from a movie "could specify what movie"
Map a MARIO mini mod, blocks that break when you jump under them, music, textures, enemies if you model..
De rats of your room or a place you know
Map a movie thater- FUN! ! !
Map an elivator- awesome op to make good architecture and stuff
recreate the dam map from halflife, that would be fun
""Map your favorite secret from a video game""" This would toTALY come from dukenukem for me, or scientist hunt the hl mod by hondo.
Map what you think future homes might look like
Map your grandma's vagina, just kidding
map hell, bust out some vm and fire sprites/ lava/ glowing textures/ rumbles/ spriteshooters
map heaven
map a dream youve had, ive had some really C()()L 1s
Map what you wish your room looked like
map a fun small hl style map where you must get to the end finding keys, dodging turrets, fighting h grunts, small puzzles, good ol halflife stuff
map a xen dm map- awesome!
Map something unique- already been done so map something REALY UNIQUE
There are so many ideas out there just pick mods. Want more ideas? ill make a list of 30!
Get off your 455 and off the couch and get well back on you 455 on your computer chair and map somethin that will make your fellow tee duba you ache ells motha truchers balls fall off... NOE UFENS But maps hav b33n r34ly unimpr35iv3 lat3ly including my own...
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 03:59:02 UTC
Post #266719
That previous post of yours was barely understandable, but I get the jist of your point.
That's not to say I agree with it. The purpose of limiting textures to vanilla Half-Life stuff is to level the playing field and accommodate people who are not endowed with two-dimensional artistic abilities. Contrary your apparent belief, good textures are NOT easy to develop for most people, and making good ones takes more effort than slapping together some cheap blended edges in Photoshop. In fact, your example of Rimrook's maps highlights the exact reason why custom textures should not be allowed - people with real texturing skills like Rimrook would have a vastly unfair advantage.
...and your 1337 5p34k isn't helping your argument much, to be honest.
That's not to say I agree with it. The purpose of limiting textures to vanilla Half-Life stuff is to level the playing field and accommodate people who are not endowed with two-dimensional artistic abilities. Contrary your apparent belief, good textures are NOT easy to develop for most people, and making good ones takes more effort than slapping together some cheap blended edges in Photoshop. In fact, your example of Rimrook's maps highlights the exact reason why custom textures should not be allowed - people with real texturing skills like Rimrook would have a vastly unfair advantage.
...and your 1337 5p34k isn't helping your argument much, to be honest.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 04:08:29 UTC
Post #266720
Well maybe this will help. I have never made a texture in my life. But all of my maps are full of custom textures. Geez how do i do it? Oh yea, browse google images for textures that are already tileable and resize them in paint by 16ths to fit wally. Anyone thats too lazy to do that doesn't deserve to win a competition. I do see your point but its really easy to get textures off the internet like I do and if you couln't use custom content than you couldn't even do that. Why limit the more talented mappers?
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 04:44:08 UTC
Post #266722
These posts are confusing me.
I'm waiting for a conclusion so I can map ( but I can't till 13th may, 12th is my math test)
I'm waiting for a conclusion so I can map ( but I can't till 13th may, 12th is my math test)
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 05:54:37 UTC
Post #266726
Well Zeeba, It couldn't hurt for certain kinds of competitions, but if the focus is more on pure mapping than anything else it sure helps to even out the competition like I said. Plus it really forces mappers to use ingenuity with their textures instead of making a specific one for every minute detail.
We don't really know what the focus of the competition is yet though, so I can't really say...
I do like your "map a dream" idea though, although I don't really care either way since I won't be entering.
We don't really know what the focus of the competition is yet though, so I can't really say...
I do like your "map a dream" idea though, although I don't really care either way since I won't be entering.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 07:38:38 UTC
Post #266732
recreate the dam map from halflife, that would be fun...and flooded by n00b entries of the decompilled map.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 10:09:15 UTC
Post #266737
Well anyone who is a reg on the site and will participate in the compo will not decompile the map. I've never even ran a decompiler. And i do like the dream idea. A lot.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 10:21:27 UTC
Post #266740
And i do like the dream idea. A lot.Noooooo not being crushed by a train again !!
Altough, let's say I would have a rather interesting dream to map ... I dreamed the apocalypse somewhere in november or december 2008. But I still remember the dream.
I saw humans being crushed by meteors in fire, "solar winds" destroying their bodies ... I was holding myself to a fence under a tree ... and the final was a happy end : I survived.
I think this would even be the title for my compo if it will be map a dream :
"I survived"
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 12:00:50 UTC
Post #266741
...and flooded by n00b entries of the decompilled map.I doubt it, considering decompilation produces next-to-useless results. Regarding the dam idea, outdo this.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-09 20:15:57 UTC
Post #266757
Pretty impressive but I am more impressed with goldsource's cheesiness. A neat remake of the dam in gold would be awesome. Actually there already is one, ive played it not too long back in a deathmatch server. Either way it would be great fun to see everyone's remake and what they did to make it better. I'd ad bounce pads and a bunch of stuff to make mine fun. And probably a way to enter the dam itself. And what fun would it be without waterfalls that you could go down! This would be a fun idea for the next official compo.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-10 05:14:29 UTC
Post #266767
Yes, mapping a dam sounds really interesting and challenging. (Let's do it!)
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-10 06:22:49 UTC
Post #266768
Perhaps a capture the flag, or conquer the hill kinda thing is cool. Or even;
How about making a fy_ map for CS lololololol!..you know it is awesome.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-10 20:22:51 UTC
Post #266786
I don't care what we do but somebody smart should pick a good one soon. We should also have some way to torture/ban people who'll say they enter and don't...
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Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 00:12:53 UTC
Post #266791
Believe me, something is in the works. We just need some finalizations.
The penalty thing is retarded. It would penalize those with valid excuses like getting hospitolized or something.
The penalty thing is retarded. It would penalize those with valid excuses like getting hospitolized or something.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 00:43:29 UTC
Post #266792
Awesome, can't wait! =)
penalty thing...J/K even though i think agonizing death and destruction of your home planet with a black hole would be a fair punishment for non-participation.
) <--NOTE: this smiley denotes non-literalality.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 01:58:45 UTC
Post #266795
lol someone recently watched a movie.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 02:41:09 UTC
Post #266797
Yeah movie pwned i saw it four an undisclosed number of times and counting... 
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 03:44:26 UTC
Post #266802
I feel the urge to repeat "Map From Layout"... but then again, no-one really cares.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 04:44:17 UTC
Post #266803
I feel the urge to repeat that i'd LOVE to do "Custom Texture from Base", but i won't hold my breath or be hanging from anything vital. (i think we tried doing a minicompo spinoff for the same and it died all fast/miserably)
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 05:33:27 UTC
Post #266804
Map from layout was fun!... Or at least sounds fun. I don't think I was here to do it.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 06:41:26 UTC
Post #266805
map a monument.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 06:51:07 UTC
Post #266806
Map a Deathtrap...?
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 07:09:02 UTC
Post #266808
map a steriotypical HL lab.
heres the catch - it has to be STERIOTYPICAL!
heres the catch - it has to be STERIOTYPICAL!
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 07:50:41 UTC
Post #266810
Map me 
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 08:10:34 UTC
Post #266812
Girls ... SKIP TALKING, BRING ACTION!
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 09:38:26 UTC
Post #266813
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 09:42:55 UTC
Post #266814
IMO, no dams.
Not liking that idea. Seems too plain.
And my vote goes towards MAP FROM LAYOUT
Not liking that idea. Seems too plain.
And my vote goes towards MAP FROM LAYOUT
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 12:23:37 UTC
Post #266817
(When will the comp start? I think we should wait until june since I think a lot of people will have final exams this month (e.g. me))
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 12:38:06 UTC
Post #266818
We know what the compo is going to be, but the date is still in negotiation. It will happen soon-ish I promise ;o
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 14:27:53 UTC
Post #266819
Yup. Get ready for Remake your favourite Halo map!
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 14:37:39 UTC
Post #266820
What ? I... You.... I mean ...noo..... that's....... I NEVER PLAYED HALO !
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 14:42:32 UTC
Post #266821
Funny Daubster is funny. ^^
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 14:44:16 UTC
Post #266822
Map a Healing Device or Potato from Layout.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 15:05:01 UTC
Post #266823
THE WHOLE HALO LAND
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 15:09:39 UTC
Post #266824
Just wait for compo stuff to be posted. It'll happen soon enough, within a day or so... I hope given the lazy doesn't attack.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 15:19:18 UTC
Post #266825
I NEVER PLAYED HALOLucky bastard.
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 15:23:35 UTC
Post #266826
Map a video clip 
Posted 15 years ago2009-05-11 17:05:49 UTC
Post #266828
Remake your favourite Halo map!... You're joking, right?
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