Post your screenshots! WIP thread

Rimrook

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-10 05:14:55 UTC Post #317061

r_speeds... haven't heard that term in a while. 7000 doesn't sound like much. That bus model from the other thread was 7000.

RimrookSince 2003

Bruce

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-10 12:56:23 UTC Post #317065

hl can handle large areas if some very wise optimization is applied

Bruce

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-14 16:00:39 UTC Post #317116

here's a creature that died at birth and now enjoys eternal death

Bruce

Tetsu0

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-14 16:57:49 UTC Post #317117

I smell castle disposed 2.0

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

Bruce

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-14 17:31:39 UTC Post #317119

yeah i thought it looks like a castle yet its vaguely inspired by two abandoned-in-construction soviet hotels ive been to

edit: oh i didnt know what that was

Bruce

Stojke

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-14 22:35:59 UTC Post #317120

Nooo striker is making something that looks just like what i have been making 4 years ago D:
Ah well. He will probably finish his.

StojkeUnreal

Skals

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-15 19:18:17 UTC Post #317128

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAnHcUHcyyw
My latest UDK level. Looks a bit like half-life doesn't it?

SkalsLevel Designer

Trempler

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 00:31:38 UTC Post #317130

Skals tbh, without all the shaders you could do better results in hl1.
Still it looks pretty good.

So stuff i would change: ( CONS )

The Room design looks pretty blocky, try to add some round corners or some trims.
The floor looks like a roof, the texture doesnt fit, this just confuses me.
I think you use tooooo much glow, it is a cool feature but dont overuse it, this small inside area looks like a rainbow of neon colours.
The Copy Paste Lights @ the bridge, you should remove some of them, it doesnt make sence to have 200 lights there and doesnt look good too.

Feedback you will like ( PROS )
The outside "Generator thing" looks stunning and intresting, i want to see more of this !
The Roof of the Room looks intresting, i like it a lot.
Textures are pretty nice.
I like the tentacle lights just less glow and neon.

I dont want to crush your day, just try to help

( and i know you can do round thing @ your hl1 maps )

Trempler

Skals

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 01:46:56 UTC Post #317131

Skals tbh, without all the shaders you could do better results in hl1.

You are just jelly

Thanks for the feedback though.

SkalsLevel Designer

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 15:56:58 UTC Post #317132

Very cool work Skals!

I still use Hammer for architecture. Working on a barndominium I may build as my first home/workshop. Spiral stair case.

zeeba-G3D

Rimrook

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 16:08:10 UTC Post #317133

how did you make that :/

RimrookSince 2003

Stojke

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 16:21:31 UTC Post #317134

Cut an cylinder to fit the requirements, remove unwanted pieces, orient them in space and add other stuff. Also the real question is did he manage to fit those cuboid in space so they dont create invalid solids or did he use pyramids.

StojkeUnreal

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 18:07:15 UTC Post #317135

I used the arch tool for the rail and steps. I used vertex manipulation on the rail. For the steps I used the increase height option in the arch command. The vertical bars were added individually.

zeeba-G3D

Archie

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 19:04:13 UTC Post #317136

Damn, zeeba. You never fail to impress me. Epic stuff.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 19:27:07 UTC Post #317137

Thank you sir!

zeeba-G3D

Rimrook

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 20:18:17 UTC Post #317138

Do you use HLFix because I just tried that and it made a load of invalid surfaces.

RimrookSince 2003

kaffikopp

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 20:21:30 UTC Post #317139

Don't mean to intrude but I actually wrote a tutorial on how to create something similar a couple of months back, maybe someone will find it useful: http://www.half-lifecreations.com/forums/index.php?topic=1977.0

kaffikopp

DiscoStu

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 20:46:55 UTC Post #317140

I've done a few of those in maps I never finished and never posted. Never got it to look right.

DiscoStu

Archie

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 21:45:12 UTC Post #317141

Indeed, Stu. It's not hugely difficult to make a spiral staircase, but what Zeeba manages is making it look so... I don't even know. Elegant? Bedded-in? I almost want to say 'natural' except that wouldn't make sense.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

DiscoStu

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 21:52:41 UTC Post #317142

That railing, I couldn't make it for the life of me.

DiscoStu

Tetsu0

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 22:23:47 UTC Post #317143

I just think its cool he's using it as almost a CAD program

Well Done Zeeba.
I agree with Archie, its very elegant.

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-16 23:58:01 UTC Post #317144

Thanks Tet. Yep I even have a scale i'm going by, sixteen units equals one foot high and twenty units equals one foot wide or one inch equals 1.67 wide and 1.33 high.

I've always used hammer as sort of a cad program it's so quick and handy and you get to walk in your work.

zeeba-G3D

Tetsu0

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-17 00:00:28 UTC Post #317145

I think i'm more impressed(and envious) about your drive to actually bring your E-creations to life.

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

DiscoStu

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-17 00:43:35 UTC Post #317146

Why isn't your scale square?

Curiously, I have a personal scale that's about the same. 48 units equals 1 metre (and since 1 foot = 30cm, it's pretty close). But I never thought of it being different vertically than horizontally.

DiscoStu

Penguinboy

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-17 03:40:02 UTC Post #317147

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if you use the height of the player bounding box as the height of the average person and then assume a square coordinate scale, the width/depth of the player bbox makes the "average person" in the engine comically fat or thin. A non-square scale makes sense when you look at it like that.

(Found it: http://twhl.info/articulator.php?art=61)

PenguinboyHaha, I died again!

DiscoStu

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-17 05:37:47 UTC Post #317148

True. But I could argue that 32 units is only the bounding box of the player, and not their full width. I'll accept that while 32 units (actually 33) in-game are the tightest spot the player can get into, 32 inches are pretty comfortable for an average person.

DiscoStu

Bruce

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-17 12:31:48 UTC Post #317155

this whole short fat gordon fuckery is because of fov, on average monitors take up way less than 90 degrees of our vision, more like 50, but that's too little for a fps game, that's why valve came up with those hacks like inflating guns at the end and the latter one too and stuff like that

Bruce

Ghost129er

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-29 13:07:09 UTC Post #317303

WIP Blohm Und Voss BV-237 Aircraft.

Ghost129erSAS1946 Certified Nuisance

Striker

Posted 10 years ago2013-12-29 18:38:37 UTC Post #317306

I was testing my map after a compile and found one of the combines near a door. The thing is, this combine had no way of arriving in that state... because there's nothing to cause him damage:

"FML man, I'm sick of chasing citizens

"

BWAHAHAHA, I don't know, after a full day of mapping this seems amazingly funny.

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

Boomer

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-01 00:51:32 UTC Post #317329

is of new year. twhl can into future.

Hey. There's a lot of talking here, not a lot of pictures. So how about we post some stuff from the past, to.. uh, bring in the new year? Okay. I'll start.

http://files.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/42794.jpg
http://files.gamebanana.com/img/ss/maps/42795.jpg
This is the oldest thing I created that is still available online, (thankfully) the rest was wiped from existence long ago.
It had jump-pads a la Quake 3, and a pit of doom with a rocket launcher hovering above it for only the most courages to attempt to get.

edit: scratch that, http://www.dedust.ru/?id=9644 is the oldest. Who's sharing this?

Boomer

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-01 19:28:17 UTC Post #317335

My barndominium. Also built a model of it. I'm hoping to build my first house in a couple of years and this is my second proposal. This one has plenty of space to prefab tree houses and other projects and room to ride flatland.

zeeba-G3D

Ghost129er

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-01 20:08:42 UTC Post #317336

Nice! Looks VERY interesting. :3
And we'll find out where you keep your money and candy. Muahaha!

Ghost129erSAS1946 Certified Nuisance

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-01 20:20:05 UTC Post #317337

I keep them next to the shotgun

lol thanks.

zeeba-G3D

Archie

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-01 22:40:20 UTC Post #317338

Plot twist: zeeba-G is Ron Swanson.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-06 15:32:05 UTC Post #317386

:3

Attempting to redo an old map, lost_technology.

before:

after:

Still a wip...

zeeba-G3D

Alberto309

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-06 20:36:50 UTC Post #317389

Meh...

[Zeeba's COOLification Mode] - Activated.

Though, you could round the window corners a bit imho. Unless you want them like that, of course.
Did you used texlights for the upper wall light textures?
Seems cool enough btw. :3 Nice one Zeeba.

Alberto309weapon_spaghetti

Tetsu0

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-06 22:26:55 UTC Post #317391

moar gooder!

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

zeeba-G

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-07 04:13:36 UTC Post #317392

Yep those are illuminated textlights. Thanks, i'll post more wip.s soon.

Edit: Bored, decided to make a sphere...

Not so appealing. I know I should import models lol.

zeeba-G3D

Captain Terror

Posted 10 years ago2014-01-15 21:31:21 UTC Post #317516

Zeeba-G
Loving your barndominiumim, and that metal walking frame for your Lost Technology map is boss! Of all the brushwork spiral staircases posted here(including my own), the one in your barn is my fav! =P

Two more brushwork spiral staircases to add to the mix...

kaffikopp
Awesome guide and spectacular spiral staircase!

DiscoStu
You should keep working on yours and post it in here =)