oh yeah, minor update today for entitythings.
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Doctor_Payne
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- Nov 19, 2014
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So how exactly to I copy items out of the libraries? Is there a way to open both the two maps on the one hammer window and just copy paste? I've looked at UEAK Crash's video on You tube about this it just doesn't seem to work for me.
Any suggestions?
Cheers
Any suggestions?
Cheers
I use those buttons if the Window menu doesn't display all of the opened maps (which is often the case), but I shall be using Ctrl-Tab from now on because that's the most useful thing I've learned this year.
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I fully agree with Idolon's opinion. Those 3 buttons are the best buttons in the entire computer, let alone hammer, and I think that it's offensive and inappropriate that he got an infraction for stating it.
Yes I know he was reffering to the 2nd row. I was, too.
Yes I know he was reffering to the 2nd row. I was, too.
I just noticed that the VDC has a picture for the sky_camera entity. Why not include it in the pack?
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_camera
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_camera
Wouldn't that kinda get in the way? Since it goes in a 1/16th scale area it would be like having an entity with a 256x256 sized icon.
hmm I'm not sure if there is a good way to do that, I'd have to look into it. I don't think you can specify a size in the FGD, scaling the VTF directly would make it look awful (assuming that would even affect Hammer's rendering of it), maybe a VMT scaling would work. But then again it might be too small to help 
To be honest I'd be more for a sky camera marker like the decal marker, where the central point is clearly specified. The most crucial thing for 3D skyboxes is knowing exactly where the original map origin is in relation to the skybox geometry, and I worry a very large icon might make that more difficult.
I have been really busy the past couple months with a lot on my plate. I haven't even looked at asteroid since the art started arriving.
With the massive amount of props we have now, I was kinda leaning toward the idea someone had of splitting out the really unique themes that don't mix in with generic TF2 and putting them in their own library.
I really wish I could write a new model browser plugin for Hammer at this point, the library concept is getting unwieldy or even an external browser program that could inject data into Hammer's clipboard to paste the prop in... I'm not sure if that's possible, probably above my skill level.
But yeah, maybe in January I'll find some time to settle down and work through this.
With the massive amount of props we have now, I was kinda leaning toward the idea someone had of splitting out the really unique themes that don't mix in with generic TF2 and putting them in their own library.
I really wish I could write a new model browser plugin for Hammer at this point, the library concept is getting unwieldy
or even an external browser program that could inject data into Hammer's clipboard to paste the prop in... I'm not sure if that's possible, probably above my skill level.But yeah, maybe in January I'll find some time to settle down and work through this.
I've actually been thinking that it would be neat if we had a prop library website/program that had all of the props listed and tagged with thumbnails. That way, you'd be able to categorize props by whatever means you wanted. The small dynamite crates, for example, might be tagged things like box, crate, mining, spam, etc. and it'd also be easier to browse (because thumbnails).
That's exactly what I was thinking about for a program/plugin, and a website would definitely be easier since it could be updated "live" rather than users having to keep up to date, but that's outside my area of expertise. If someone who knew how would like to do it I'd be willing to assist somehow.
That would be smashman and nassimo. I can put people on contact with them if you'd like, or can talk to them myself.