PL Cashworks rc

[MrTwoVideoCards]

it´s not that i overuse them, i use them at the big turning points like after cp1, at the bottom of the hill, at cp3 and the big building at cp4
it surely can´t be more expensive to process if a player can see it than to actually having to render 20 props

i´m pretty sure valve is using occluders, i can see them in the visgroups, i think that they don´t get decompiled correctly, therefore we don´t see them in the vmf

Wait wat? Your're post was confusing. The point is that Vis leafs control what's visible in a single leaf, therefore ironically yeah they could probably see 20 props.

More importantly though concentrate on your texture budgets. Use commands like +show_texturebudget.

 

[eerieone]

I meant 20 props extra which shouldn´t be visible because they are behind a corner
i´ll have a look into the texturebudget, didn´t bother with that so far, thx

 

[eerieone]

i´ve set up the hints as you proposed, but the framerate sunk to 50-60 at the gates and did not help with the visleaf-issues, i´m reverting to the previous hint-setup
sometimes less hint are more effective than a complicated hint-setup

 

[Tyker]

I was stuck here for about 2 minutes, because the cart kept getting stalled.
I couldn't move around the kart, and I couldn't crouchjump over it. I think removing the beam I encircled removes this problem, but I'm not sure.

 

[gustav]

Take a look: http://picasaweb.google.pl/szarydegrey/CashworksRc#
Some screenshots with comments.

 

[taraph75]

We have your map on our rotation and while playing the other day, several of us got stuck between some rocks (tried to jump up on the rocks, slid down and couldn't get out)

Here's a screenshot, it was near the 3rd cap, hopefully you will recognize it.

 

[Don]

Ever noticed that last red spawn door was just.. not opening, ever?

 

[Void]

It's a visual bugs on some Computers. Happened to me on Strata once and no one said anything.

 

[DontWannaName]

On the last point, a blu sniper can stand just right to shoot red coming out of spawn by the long window hallway. At the end its an easy headshot for snipers on the balcony, any way to cover that area for red?

 

[Phobos]

Curiosity bump for RC2

Hey eerie, I know that Premuda is your new baby now, but what happened to RC2 of Cashworks? Didn't you want to release it last weekend? I guess good things take their time.

Also, the blue custom hologram looks blurry, it is very hard to read the backwoods logging union writing. Any way to "sharpen" it up?

 

[eerieone]

tidying up and compiling tonight

 

[The Political Gamer]

Whats new in RC2?

 

[eerieone]

no big changes anymore, fps-optimization mainly, final vault explosion by jive turkey, minor spawntime-adjustments

 

[Big Lou]

Nice work, I'm definitely going to give this a try.

May I ask? What software did you use to make the 360 videos?

 

[eerieone]

the software was:
hugin --> imports pictures and stitches them
pano2qtvr --> makes a jpg to a quicktime-vr mov-file

both freeware, just google

 

[Steff0o]

nice work, i've found a few very little bugs:
- If you are a scout you stop pushing the cart by double jumping..
-

 

[eerieone]

can´t clearly see where you are on the screenshot

standing on the cart and doublejumping causes the cart to stop because you jump out of the triggerbrush around the cart

 

[Phobos]

no big changes anymore, fps-optimization mainly, final vault explosion by jive turkey, minor spawntime-adjustments

So basically, RC2 is going to be the last version of cashworks?

 

[eerieone]

nope, there´s gonna be a pl_cashworks_final

since i had to resort to func_occluders for optimization, i hope they play out well
but i´ve read some sources that say they aren´t good for multiplayer and some tell there is absolutely no problem with them

that´s why i still want to have the _final available if anything goes terribly wrong

 

[Void]

Well, just be sure to get a final out before Valve finishes making updates!