Hamr Online - A map prototyping tool Alpha-Displacements

[andonin]

Hamr Online - The in-browser mapping tool.

A project I've been working on for a while, and will likely continue to strip down and rebuild as I learn more and find better approaches.

This tool is an in browser map maker that allows you to draw room outlines and building blue prints then automatically generate geometry and entities. Currently an external program (not included) converts from the application file to a vmf.
Features I will eventually include:

• Complete Geometry Generation
• Objective Objects
  
• Lighting Generation
  
• Displacement Generation
• Detail Generation
• More procedural tools!

The version I'm releasing is a pre alpha of a new take on a previous working version and is therefor far from finished, if interest is shown I'll release the old version for people to play with.

 

[radarhead]

Interesting!

 

[nickybakes]

This is really neat! Can't wait to see more!

 

[BenCo]

Nice! I hope you won't add crashing as a feature since hammer does that very well

 

[TMB]

One day i was thinking in hammer multiplayer, but i think its imposibble...

 

[Coding Ethan]

One day i was thinking in hammer multiplayer, but i think its imposibble...

As in a real-time collaborative hammer editor, that would be cool if implemented correctly.

 

[Muddy]

This is a really interesting idea!

 

[andonin]

As in a real-time collaborative hammer editor, that would be cool if implemented correctly.

Hmm. I had not considered that, I can think of a way to implement such a system, but that feature would be far off and I'd like to get a lot of other things working first. Potentially though yes, this system could allow for multiple users to edit the same level at once.

 

[Coding Ethan]

Hmm. I had not considered that, I can think of a way to implement such a system, but that feature would be far off and I'd like to get a lot of other things working first. Potentially though yes, this system could allow for multiple users to edit the same level at once.

When it comes to collaborative mapping, latency may become an issue, especially if both users change a single object simultaneously, I don't know how to resolve this except for a simple "X is modifying this object" which may not work in high latency situations.

Collaboration without communication would spell disaster, a simple chat box would resolve the issue partially, however users would be able to use third-party group communication software available on most devices to enrich their collaborative experiences.

 

[andonin]

• Wall Geometry has been updated to a different cutting system that will produce cleaner geometry and reduce my stress levels
• Saving and Loading now supported for main types, may be buggy

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[andonin]

When it comes to collaborative mapping, latency may become an issue, especially if both users change a single object simultaneously, I don't know how to resolve this except for a simple "X is modifying this object" which may not work in high latency situations.

Just have 1 client (or a server) be the master, upon which others submit edits. As all editor items are organized in a hierarchy, it's fairly simple to maintain consistency. Deletions of items high in the hierarchy might be restricted to the master, as to prevent egregious reference errors

 

[PortalStorm4000]

Cool
That's really awesome!

 

[andonin]

• Walls can now be exported to a VMF
• Floor and ceiling surfaces are now calculated for rooms
• Door cuts now account for frame width

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[tomGER]

wow great work

 

[Viemärirotta]

That is really interesting and amazing.

Also I think I'm not taking "and will continue to strip down" correct.

 

[andonin]

• Surfaces now correctly orient texture UVs
• Room floors and ceilings are successfully exported

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[andonin]

• Door/Window Frames are now calculated and exported
• Fixed issue with windows not calculating correctly
• Moved rooms and door/windows to building object
  
  

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[RataDeOrdenador]

I think that's generating some extra/random faces? I think? I'm getting so rusty with Hammer i need help.

But it looks really awesome. I think this is the dream for any group of mappers... and stuff. \o/

 

[andonin]

I think that's generating some extra/random faces? I think? I'm getting so rusty with Hammer i need help.

But it looks really awesome. I think this is the dream for any group of mappers... and stuff. \o/

it currently generates only trianglular prism shaped blocks for non wall geometry. This will be addressed in the next update as I port more of my code from golang to js. If its generating redundant or invalid faces feel free to let me know, perhaps send me a save file .

 

[andonin]

• Exported Geometry now tries to form the fewest concave solids possible (greedy)

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