Map Testing Assister - Ideas and Discussion
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- Apr 19, 2009
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It looks like sim city 4.
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I believe I mentioned something to that effect, yes
I had a school project some years back (3d graphing stuff) and orthagonal mode was really nice in terms of magically turning a 3D graph into a "collapsed and seen from the side' one with a minimum of effort.
I sure hope this doesn't lead to TF2 sprite comics...
I had a school project some years back (3d graphing stuff) and orthagonal mode was really nice in terms of magically turning a 3D graph into a "collapsed and seen from the side' one with a minimum of effort.
Maybe swapping between first/third resets it, but IIRC "firstperson" alone won't do it.
I sure hope this doesn't lead to TF2 sprite comics...
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As long as you've got a good visual/artistic shot of the map (which probably requires manual intervention and placement) the math shouldn't be too hard to put a dot onto the isometric picture showing where someone is.
'Course, it wouldn't show depth. The coordinate might be behind a wall and there's now way to tell from the screenshot.
'Course, it wouldn't show depth. The coordinate might be behind a wall and there's now way to tell from the screenshot.
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Did you just delete all of those?
Providing both of the overviews seems like a logical idea.
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I tried to do Hydro, but I can't seem to extend my render distance enough to capture the whole thing at once.
Doesn't do it:
I was thinking of making a video guide to show people how to make these shots, but I dunno if it's worth it, especially since it seems everyone who might actually use those screenshots was able to figure it out just fine from the instructions. You can probably use the "setang" command to precisely control the angle of rendering.
BTW, while firstperson/thirdperson doesn't "undo" the "camortho" command, camortho only affects one mode or the other. So type thirdperson before camortho and then use first/third to toggle it on and off.
Doesn't do it:
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r_mapextents 99999;
cl_maxrenderable_dist 99999;
r_propsmaxdist 99999;I was thinking of making a video guide to show people how to make these shots, but I dunno if it's worth it, especially since it seems everyone who might actually use those screenshots was able to figure it out just fine from the instructions.
You can probably use the "setang" command to precisely control the angle of rendering.BTW, while firstperson/thirdperson doesn't "undo" the "camortho" command, camortho only affects one mode or the other. So type thirdperson before camortho and then use first/third to toggle it on and off.
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honorum646
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Lookat dat 3d skybox.
Edit: In other news, this would be really helpful for those who have little time to write feedback.
(-TN-) Ben2
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I want this so much, so say i had the demo files of my tested map, would this be able to be used
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The ability to attach demos to map test pages will most likely be available, again I'm not too sure about implementing this so that it can be done in-game.