pl_hoodoo [Final release]
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ChronoTriggerFan
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- Feb 3, 2008
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Judging by those pics, I think you could do a more impressive sky-box. A couple of displacements ain't gonna cut it here. :laugh:
His screenshots are from the top, though. When you're in the map, you're down below the displacements in the skybox and they come across as being in a nice desert valley. Not sure if he's planning more, but it's definitely not bad as it is now.
The goldrush doesn't have much of a skybox, most of the detail is built in the actual map itself.
The thing is, the skybox is always drawn even if you can't see it. Where as Geometry in the map itself is only drawn when it's visible. Which is why I think Valve did what valve did with Goldrush.
The thing is, the skybox is always drawn even if you can't see it. Where as Geometry in the map itself is only drawn when it's visible. Which is why I think Valve did what valve did with Goldrush.
amazing! just a quick question, how do you get those red textures, can't seem to find them.
- Jan 6, 2008
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Downloads section of the site. Go to textures and look for them.
...Or just click here: http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=55
no skybox due to a cordoned compile..... as is the same with almost all the screenshots I've posted ¬¬
Textures are here - http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=55
I'm a little dissapointed with the definition the displacements have from the angle you can see them from, the light just doesnt shadow them at all
I'll have to add a few hoodoos infront of them so there is a little shadow definition (that was my plan anyhow)
DSOYS - you can see them in the middle one too
The trouble is I've got so much stuff left to do that isnt detailing like clipping stuff off, setting fade distances, lightmap optimisation, areaportals, hints and tidying up the entities that I wont get it done before I go away for a week I really don't want to go just so I can get this finished with.
Textures are here - http://forums.tf2maps.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=55
I'm a little dissapointed with the definition the displacements have from the angle you can see them from, the light just doesnt shadow them at all
I'll have to add a few hoodoos infront of them so there is a little shadow definition (that was my plan anyhow)DSOYS - you can see them in the middle one too
The trouble is I've got so much stuff left to do that isnt detailing like clipping stuff off, setting fade distances, lightmap optimisation, areaportals, hints and tidying up the entities that I wont get it done before I go away for a week
I really don't want to go just so I can get this finished with.
I'd take a laptop with me, if only had one.. I hate going away, it just makes me feel so useless not having anything to do all the time. Holidays are the worst invention ever. I mean whats up with people who relax all day and do nothing but... how can they not have something productive they want to do :/
I'd loan you my laptop if it didn't cost $75 to ship it to you. I'm dying to put the fully finished version on our server, but I'll be patient and wait until you finish it properly. Can't wait.
I'm dying to put the fully finished version on our server, but I'll be patient and wait until you finish it properly. Can't wait.
Altaco
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I discovered it a month or so ago and I suddenly realized why people love it so much.
My front view isn't a total clusterfuck now! :wow:
most of, the entirety more like.
since I'm [virtually] not changing the layout betwen _a4 and _b1 I have little need to make sure the cart still works properly, obviously I do every now and then, I had to when I made the little shack it goes into on stage 2 and the lift it goes down on stage 1 but other then that there isnt much I need to compile the whole lot for.
I don't compile to take screenshots though, I compile to make sure everything looks they way i thought it would when I did it in hammer and to check I've got my lights' brightness roughly right. Screenshots just come whenever I feel a compile looks good enough for one.
since I'm [virtually] not changing the layout betwen _a4 and _b1 I have little need to make sure the cart still works properly, obviously I do every now and then, I had to when I made the little shack it goes into on stage 2 and the lift it goes down on stage 1 but other then that there isnt much I need to compile the whole lot for.
I don't compile to take screenshots though, I compile to make sure everything looks they way i thought it would when I did it in hammer and to check I've got my lights' brightness roughly right. Screenshots just come whenever I feel a compile looks good enough for one.
the yellow hazard stripe at the top, toggle it to enable/disable it when it is enabled it only compiles the stuff inside its bounds (use the holldow yellow/black stripe next to it to set the area) and since it efectively seals the map in a giant box you get no leaks. it removed everything outside its bounds in both the 3d and 2d views so it speeds up your pc for a busy map and it makes the 2d views easier to use. cordon = win