Details 201, new and improved!

Armadillo of Doom

Group Founder, Lover of Pie
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Oct 25, 2007
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Edit 1: The turnout and interest was very low compared to previous sessions, and that makes me happy :) Means peeps have learned most of this stuff, so I can move on to other events.

Disclaimer: Despite having an admittedly questionable submission record, my knowledge of Source and mapping is actually quite high. It's a case of 'do as I say, not as I do.'

Last time I did this, the example map I used took me all of 10 minutes. My goal was to simply get people on the right track, thinking of how to create stuff when you actually put some effort into it. I realize that said goal is mostly the same thing I do for 'Details 101'. So I've made a few changes :) I am going to be showing better and more numerous examples, but in the same fashion as before. We'll start in an orange box and look at the room as it slowly improves. I will also briefly cover tricks for detailing the 2d skybox.

I promise I will host this event again, with a better time for Europeans. For now however, it will take place Friday November 13 at 5:30pm/1730 CST, on the U.S. server. If there is a lot of interest, I'll use this opportunity to test the broadcasting feature of SourceTV. Hope to see you all there!

Edit: password is "TF2Mapsnet".
 
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pitto

L3: Member
Feb 17, 2009
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I habitually think of the 2d skybox as the space between the map borders and the actual brush w/ a skybox texture, but I know that's wrong. Is there a proper name for that space?

The non-play area between the play area and the sky box brush?
 

Armadillo of Doom

Group Founder, Lover of Pie
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Oct 25, 2007
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If you're streaming, are you also recording? I've got a dentist appointment right then. :/
Yah, demos record automatically.

Edit 1: The turnout and interest was very low compared to previous sessions, and that makes me happy :) Means peeps have learned most of this stuff, so I can move on to other events.
 
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AntonJ3000

I am inactive and make horrible maps
Oct 29, 2008
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I'll download the SourceTV demo. I was kinda tired at the event and didn't really pay attention :p

Also, where did the "looking at valve maps" go?
 

Matt4019

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Feb 22, 2009
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Hey, I joined last minute. I had to finish up some things but I'll try to catch the demo. Thanks for hosting this event!
 

Trotim

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I refer to the "out of limits area that is not yet the 3d skybox" as "boundary". Is there an actual mapping term for it?