[TUTORIAL] func_monitor resolution calculation

[SpookyToad]

Since FIT button corrupts texture when it's applied on monitor and you can't use it to fit monitor's texture on brush, I figured out how to calculate monitor's resolution!
1. Multiply Horizontal and Vertical H/U of func_monitor brush by 0.0009765625
2. Set Horizontal(X) and Vertical(Y) values at hammer by selecting face of monitor and changing X and Y values of texture scale field
3. Press L and T alignment buttons


[USING PROGRAM TUTORIAL]
I also wrote program that calculates func_monitor texture resolution as Fit button doesn't work

[TUTORIAL] PROGRAM VIDEO VERSION:

View: https://youtu.be/Me9rN7uQgsA

1. Import Horizontal and Vertical H/U values of func_monitor brush in program
2. Set values given by program at hammer by selecting face of monitor and changing X and Y values of texture scale field
3. Press L and T alignment buttons

You can download executable from my github page, including source code! Click me!

[BIG thanks to Semicolon Backslash for figuring out resolution on 64 and 32 units]

 

[Georgequank]

Very useful thank you.

 

[Pocket]

I'm super out of the loop. WHEN DID THEY FIX FUNC_MONITOR IN TF2???

 

[dabmasterars]

I'm super out of the loop. WHEN DID THEY FIX FUNC_MONITOR IN TF2???

they fixed it in the vscript update, the same update also introduced a point entity that changes your skybox mid-game

 

[Pocket]

That sounds pretty cool, although not being able to switch between more than two light_environments makes it kind of useless. Unless they added a new way to change those too?

 

[dabmasterars]

That sounds pretty cool, although not being able to switch between more than two light_environments makes it kind of useless. Unless they added a new way to change those too?

Nope, only one light environment. But you can make the second stage entirely dark using tool_blocklight, which can be used to make a multistage map with the first stage set during a sunset and the second stage during twilight.

 

[The_Gl!tch.exe]

It's working but there's a bug though.
The instructions above work for playing the map at 1920x1800 screen resolution.
Whenever someone with a 1280x720 screen resolution starts playing the map the monitor starts to break.
Here's a comparison:
1920x1800

1280x720