The 2015 72hr Winter Special!
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BigBros
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If you thought about it and tried hard enough, for long enough, you could almost completely do your map through artpass with models, before the contest had started, like how Asteroid is currently turning out. It would be difficult, but higher quality material would be turned in by the end of the 72 hours than if that hadnt happened.
Is that true? I'm thinking of working on a custom game mode for this contest. Does that mean I can set up the entities and logic for that game mode before the contest starts?
"You may not use any elements from old maps. Simple prefabs, such as stairs, prop sets, and entity setups are allowed."
Seems an entity prefab is ok by that rule.
Maybe the rule in the main post about making your own props needs a clarification line about whether:
a. you can only make your own content during the contest
b. you have to release the content before the contest's deadline
My interpretation of the rule is that there's no custom content creation allowed before the start of the mapping period, unless you publicly release it (with the exception of simple things like authorship posters). Like others have said, you could just model out your entire map, or create your own custom theme in the time between the annoucement and the start of the mapping period if that were the case.
The being the case:
Your CC is allowed = it's allowed from any time, as long as it's released before mapping starts, or it's a trivial addition to the map.
OR
Other people's CC is if it's publically available BEFORE the contest = it's allowed from before the contest
wareya
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The way I think it should be spelled out is:
- Anything anyone makes before the contest starts can't be used unless it's publicly released or absolutely trivial
- You can use private content if you make it yourself during the contest.
Then if someone is actually a god of 3d modelling they can still have their skills contribute to the contest.
They just can't make their own artstyle before the contest starts and come out of the contest with 400 hours of work put into it, much more than people who are doing the contest legit get to do.
- Anything anyone makes before the contest starts can't be used unless it's publicly released or absolutely trivial
- You can use private content if you make it yourself during the contest.
Then if someone is actually a god of 3d modelling they can still have their skills contribute to the contest.
They just can't make their own artstyle before the contest starts and come out of the contest with 400 hours of work put into it, much more than people who are doing the contest legit get to do.
wareya
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This is different from preparing. This is doing the contest outside of the contest. We can all make layouts ahead of time on paper, so if you can make all your assets too then you can end up with a fully artpassed map with the highest level of custom polish and hundreds of hours of personal work which nobody else can use just from putting all your prepared work together. If someone did that and won I would be incredibly and rightfully pissed. It's the opposite of the idea behind this contest.
What counts as trivial. I imagine anything part of A Boonjam Snark's prefab pack? What about a custom prefab made by myself? Would I have to release it to the public before the contests starts or is that trivial enough to not need a public release?
It says in the rules in the first post. Yes, you can use Boojum's pack.
I've been wanting to get in on this, but unfortunately i haven't had access to my steam account since Jan 3rd. It locked me out when i tried to update the password and i've been waiting on steam support ever since.
Annoyingly i can use Hammer, which is such a massive tease; since i can't troubleshoot ingame if i were to ever compile anything.
Annoyingly i can use Hammer, which is such a massive tease; since i can't troubleshoot ingame if i were to ever compile anything.
Surely for the time being you could make an alternate account or something, especially considering TF2 is free?
Quickly make a new account, TF2 is free afterall
Nail -> Head -> Bam
TF2 is free, the game content moved from user specific installs to machine specific years ago so you don't even need to redownload it, just create a quick email adress if you don't already have two and you're back in action until support gets back to you
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