Meet the Sniper's Assets

[Jack Riguel]

Well... was hoping for something a bit more informative from the tf2 team. :/ Aw well, at least it's something.

 

[Wegason]

S.W.A.T.Y, will we be seeing some of these in Outback?

 

[FaTony]

http://www.moddb.com/groups/source-developers/images/source-filmmaker

Shit I was coding the same thing in SourceMod.

 

[Nutomic]

Just one thing: wasnt the old geezer sign in the sdk before? Im quite sure :O

 

[frothy]

Just one thing: wasnt the old geezer sign in the sdk before? Im quite sure :O

I think the picture of the sign in the blog was just to emphasize where the second bobble head originated.

 

[YM]

Do this model have any form of optimization (LODs, not to many poly's) if not welcome to HELL! (if ppl spam these in their maps)

they're not actually that high poly, but no they dont have any LODs or any collision meshes

 

[gamemaster1996]

Lol poor swaty inda makes outbacks customs useless guess you'll have to update it

 

[Micnax]

I'm thinking if there is a possible way to make the truck move down the road but It could kill the performance so Im not sure yet.

Parent the model to a func_tracktrain and a path_track down the road? Not really a big performance killer.

Now all we need is the Spy stuff...

 

[Mexican Apple Thief]

Do this model have any form of optimization (LODs, not to many poly's) if not welcome to HELL! (if ppl spam these in their maps)

They don't, but they'll only be used for slight detail. If the mapper knows what they're doing anyway.

 

[Jack Riguel]

Parent the model to a func_tracktrain and a path_track down the road? Not really a big performance killer.

Now all we need is the Spy stuff...

Oddly enough, agreed. Actually what I really want is that intro song to the meet the spy video so I can use it for future films (especially for the potential How's It's Made "Custom Edition" Video) . It's probably my favourite song out of all the Valve Orchestra stuff.

 

[YM]

Yes, I have already placed all of them in Outback, they make the map look 100x better. I'm thinking if there is a possible way to make the truck move down the road but It could kill the performance so Im not sure yet. I have this idea that I'd like to do with the models, like when someone walks near the telephone pole , the phone will ring and you'll hear the sniper's voice or maybe just the phone ringing. I was also thinking if there is a possible way to make the truck crash into the fences but I guess that would require a lot of modeling work.

With the exception of the signs, you want to remove them. the campervan is 30,000 polygons. thats the same as SIX hydro dumptrucks all in the same spot.
the bobble heads are each 1500 polys, way too high for a model their size and the payphone is over 6000 polys, more than the hydro dumptruck and ten times that of the existing tf2 telegraph pole.

 

[YM]

they're not actually that high poly, but no they dont have any LODs or any collision meshes

I retract this, the campervan is just 300 less than 30,000 thats Thirty THOUSAND polygons.

Needless to say: Do not use this in your map unless it is the only object visible in the area it is in.

The payphone is over 6000

for comparison, the HIGHEST level of detail of the Hydro dumptruck is around 5000.



Van: 30,000 (hydro truck = 5000)
Phone: 6,000 (normal telegraph pole = 670)
Bobblehead(s): 1,500
Mug: 700
HS sign: 116 (sort of acceptable for what it is, if one of us made it we'd get told to trim it down though, its high for what it is)
FOAD billboard: 230 (actually acceptable for a map but it's vertex layout isnt that good if its in partial shade)

 

[Acumen]

just played around with the van a bit. got it down to 18.000 triangles so far.
i think around 12.000 should be fair enought without having to heavily revisit the model. alone the wheels had 10.000 triangles that could be cut

 

[The Political Gamer]

well that was fast http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/75755

 

[Tapp]

You might be able to use the mindxlevel setting on something higher than what max settings is, so that people would need to manually enable them. Otherwise, someone just made an optimised van that you can use.