The Frontline! Community Project - 1.2 IS LIVE!

[AlexCookie]

Hey @Crash ,@Void , there's a small problem with the default particle manifest. The YOURMAP_manifest.txt file should be renamed to YOURMAP_particles.txt. as it doesn't work in the current state because of this. The frontline_demo particle manifest is named correctly though.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Particles_manifest.txt

 

[Walter]

Welp, I was bored, so I did some sound design on some assets in the pack.

 

[Vel0city]

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Particles_manifest.txt

• maps\<map name>_particles.txt (per-map)

The current YOURMAP_manifest file is in the maps folder, so it should be YOURMAP_particles.

 

[Hyperion]

Sky_twilight has random orange line below horizon level in one of the corners. Should never be visible in complete map but could be fixed anyway

E: Indeed as said, should never be visible

 

[Yrr]

most skyboxes are super messed up below the horizon its kind of normal

the few that aren't are exceptions made for maps with cliffs

 

[Crash]

Hey @Crash ,@Void , there's a small problem with the default particle manifest. The YOURMAP_manifest.txt file should be renamed to YOURMAP_particles.txt. as it doesn't work in the current state because of this. The frontline_demo particle manifest is named correctly though.

whoops.gif.

This was one of the last things that we did in the pack trying to get organized, guess it got messed up in the crunch.

 

[Vel0city]

Sky_twilight has random orange line below horizon level in one of the corners. Should never be visible in complete map but could be fixed anyway

most skyboxes are super messed up below the horizon its kind of normal

the few that aren't are exceptions made for maps with cliffs

Skyboxes are made for sort of horizon and up. Anything below that and Source just stretches the last line of pixels downwards until it hits the intersection of either nodraw or more skybox at the bottom. This wouldn't be an issue with skyboxes that are essentially a gradient (like tf_sky_04 or sky_upward), but as soon as you put detail in there it's gonna look weird. Doublecross is an exception though, as below the horizon the skybox is just a solid white (even though there's no white to be seen in the bottom part of the skybox), visible if you fall down the bridge into the pit. Don't know what's causing that though.

 

[The Letter Before A]

Hello I am a slightly-experienced mapper who has some drive.
I am interested.

okay great my email is SCRUBBED I know it sounds childish but I was into minecraft when I made it and for some stupid reason I'm too lazy to get a new one.
Once you send me a test email we can start brainstorming and dividing rolls
THANKYOU!

 

[LeSwordfish]

To save you some embarrassment, i've scrubbed both the post and the quote - get in touch via PM, folks!

 

[worMatty]

Hi, folks. I have a question.

I see a lot of ssbump VTFs that use BGRA8888 compression rather than DXT1/5. There's one there that's over 10MB. Was the decision to use this compression made because of the need for very high quality with no noticeable compression artifacts? Or is there some other benefit?

 

[Void]

Hi, folks. I have a question.

I see a lot of ssbump VTFs that use BGRA8888 compression rather than DXT1/5. There's one there that's over 10MB. Was the decision to use this compression made because of the need for very high quality with no noticeable compression artifacts? Or is there some other benefit?

It may have been an oversight. Uncompressed textures became habit when I was working on Camp Redmond, which was also during the time I was working on a lot of stuff for Frontline. We tried to catch some of those uncompressed textures before going live, and we actually did catch most of them, cutting total filesize in half, but some must have slipped through the cracks. I'll take a look when I'm not occupied with the jam to fix some of those for v1.1, sorry about that!

 

[Pink Shirt Man]

The skylists are not listed anywhere. Help?

 

[SnickerPuffs]

Look around in the tzu file. They're under "sky_(skyboxname)_ex". When using them in your map replace the "_ex" with "_01" and you should be good to go.

 

[Infomaniac]

ALL MY YES

 

[GooGuGajoob]

Just going to post out of excitement to announce I'm currently working up a playable map of Attack/Defend CP. Either the name 'cp_wartorn,' 'cp_churchhill' or 'cp_stormy_beach.' Hope none are taken, and look forward to other frontline maps!

Teaser 1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oi3not635p68ntw/Screenshot 2016-07-23 20.47.13.png?dl=0
Teaser 2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m7wj8ipq108mvlf/Screenshot 2016-07-23 20.47.27.png?dl=0

 

[Captain_Azwell]

how do you use the Frontline! workshop icon?

 

[MilkMaster72]

whats the name of the red skybox, i cant find it anywhere?

 

[xzi]

So, still relatively new to hammer and using interlopers.net to check for errors. I seem to be having issue with skyboxes and models in particular from this pack.

can't load skybox file skybox/sky_earlymorning_02 to build the default cubemap!

and

make_triangles:calc_triangle_representation: cannot convert (when I have models enabled)

The map otherwise compiles 100% fine and runs fine with no issue, the skybox/lighting is perfect despite the error but is this going to cause me problems when my map starts getting larger?

 

[Muddy]

Those two errors can be safely ignored. The skybox error happens with all skyboxes, even stock ones, and some stock props (such as the missiles found in Granary and Powerhouse) create the make_triangles one.

 

[xzi]

Okay, thank you! was desperately trying to figure them out and couldn't for the life of me.