Well, on another episode of "Godamn it, Valve - why does shit like this still exist":
They're going to fix that when they release Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
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They're going to fix that when they release Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
continuing the fine tradition of innovative not-really-a-guns in valve games, you clean that up with a special gun in HL3
anyway, a2 of koth_loggerheads. made some massive changes to the overall layout, such as blocking off the horrendous sightlines and making it so that you cant get from spawn to centre point in half a microsecond.
this building now contains the point. ive still not figured out doors for the trains, so there is one quite long sightline, though it is narrow and easily avoidable, and that'll be blocked off when i do figure out train doors
and here is the new layout, almost twice the size of a1, which was tiny.
worries: the area with the shipping container is too big and open. there are still long "vertical" sightlines from the upper ledges to the container areas. the building has made the point go from too open to too enclosed.
anyway, a2 of koth_loggerheads. made some massive changes to the overall layout, such as blocking off the horrendous sightlines and making it so that you cant get from spawn to centre point in half a microsecond.
this building now contains the point. ive still not figured out doors for the trains, so there is one quite long sightline, though it is narrow and easily avoidable, and that'll be blocked off when i do figure out train doors
and here is the new layout, almost twice the size of a1, which was tiny.
worries: the area with the shipping container is too big and open. there are still long "vertical" sightlines from the upper ledges to the container areas. the building has made the point go from too open to too enclosed.
Or at least learn to properly hotlink images from it. That way it's only annoying to use for the uploader. It can be done without even registering an account if you're crafty.
having a weird lighting bug, has anyone seen this before? the trim on the catwalks is all black but in other areas it's completely fine.
You sure it's not just because there's hardly any direct/indirect light? Some textures, especially the really dark ones can be really temperamental in indirect light. This is common for textures used on ceilings facing down, when most light faces down and only illuminates ceilings with light bounces. Assuming it's not what Earkham suggested halfing the lightmap scale can help.
The length of a brush can also be an issue. Long, thin brushes sometimes don't register light like you'd expect.
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what's STUPID is how BRAZENLY you've STOLEN my BRILLIANT hanging piano but put it in a place that DOESNT MAKE SENSE
I'm positive. I'm wasting compile time lighting the ceiling in here for no real reason (those glows above the catwalk are also lights), and a similar catwalk in a similar place elsewhere in the map lights fine. The texture itself is the grey metal door one with wear (I'm actually using it for the platform on the left also,) so I don't think it has to do with how dark the texture is.
It's been a while....
I'm returning to mapping after spending some time improving my modeling skills (check out my workshop items if you like). The MvM mode inspired me to start a new project (which I'm hopefully completing this time).
I've already slapped together a function complete version for testing (layout and game logic all set up and working). Figuring out the bot navigation logic has been a bit tricky. Some of the areas need to be changed though because they're too boring right now and I'm going to add another 1024 units to the second half of the map because it's a little too short right now.
I'm not sure about the snow style, yet. Maybe I'll switch to more halloween/swampy style. What would you prefer?
Here are some screenshots from a quick compile:
I'm returning to mapping after spending some time improving my modeling skills (check out my workshop items if you like). The MvM mode inspired me to start a new project (which I'm hopefully completing this time).
I've already slapped together a function complete version for testing (layout and game logic all set up and working). Figuring out the bot navigation logic has been a bit tricky. Some of the areas need to be changed though because they're too boring right now and I'm going to add another 1024 units to the second half of the map because it's a little too short right now.
I'm not sure about the snow style, yet. Maybe I'll switch to more halloween/swampy style. What would you prefer?
Here are some screenshots from a quick compile: