WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!

[Géza!]

What difference does the shape of the skip-covered faces make? Also, the same visleaf shot off from the doorway even when I tried covering the whole wall in a hint surface in an act of desperation

As for moving the entire map into one quadrant- I've been thinking of that. Perhaps I'll do so! And the doorway IS hitting the automatic visleaf split- it's the one in the middle. It's the rest of 'em in the exact shape of the doorway that annoy me.

 

[Géza!]

Moving my map a good deal and realigning it to the colored gridlines made that visleaf mess go away.


Well then!

Progress picture time!

 

[Gadget]

That page didn't say anything about glass; is it just an unwritten special property of every material with its surfaceprop set to glass (and presumably also whatever chicken wire is), or is there something more complex going on?

It's probably $transparent, $alpha and $alphatest in the material that enables light passing through, not the surfaceprop. The alpha layer of the texture then controls which parts are translucent. For models you have to add -textureshadows to VRAD if you want to have correct shadows for a fence, for example. As for brushes I don't think you have to specify anything special. Try setting up a little test scene if you really want to find out what's going on.

 

[Pocket]

Huh. I figured the whole point of making -textureshadows optional was because it adds a lot to the compile time, which they wouldn't want to have happen automatically just because your map happens to have glass or chicken wire in it. (Indeed, it's pretty pointless for those textures in particular, which is why I intend to keep using func_brush on mine; not being able to attach stickies to chicken wire is, IMO, a plus).

 

[Berry]

So I've been thinking of ways to improve of Norfolk Terrier's KZ mode (as well as reworking Callous2's CP function), and I'm thinking a HUD modification with screen overlays ala Snowplow is definitely a good way to go. So far I have something like this planned; though I am planning to change the wording a little, but I'm not sure what to and as well if you can have multiple screen overlays I plan to have something over the top to display that players cannot suicide without the CP enabled.

 

[Vel0city]

I think Gadget meant the fence model, not the fence texture. The model can cast shadows, the texture can't. I do believe that you have to make a custom lights.rad file where you specify the alpha mask of the chainlink in the model's texture though, otherwise it still won't work with -textureshadows.

 

[Vel0city]

So I've been thinking of ways to improve of Norfolk Terrier's KZ mode (as well as reworking Callous2's CP function), and I'm thinking a HUD modification with screen overlays ala Snowplow is definitely a good way to go. So far I have something like this planned; though I am planning to change the wording a little, but I'm not sure what to and as well if you can have multiple screen overlays I plan to have something over the top to display that players cannot suicide without the CP enabled.

Something that shows you what spell you have regardless or server tf_holliday setting would be awesome too.

 

[Berry]

Something that shows you what spell you have regardless or server tf_holliday setting would be awesome too.

I don't understand what you're saying. Are you saying I should add the spell HUD to callous2? I removed spells a while ago.

 

[Uncuepa]

linking rooms, kids.

 

[Gadget]

I think Gadget meant the fence model, not the fence texture. The model can cast shadows, the texture can't. I do believe that you have to make a custom lights.rad file where you specify the alpha mask of the chainlink in the model's texture though, otherwise it still won't work with -textureshadows.

That's right. Further (and really good) explanation here and here.

 

[Another Bad Pun]

Doing some displacement stuff.

 

[Pocket]

I think I'm being misunderstood here; I'm saying it kind of defeats the purpose of having -textureshadows be something you have to turn on manually (shortening compile times when you don't use it) if the same effect still applies to brushes automatically.

 

[HQDefault]

I've begun my usual process of pre-mature detailing

I'm having a lot of fun detailing stuff, so does anyone have any change requests to chilltower that NEEDS to happen?

 

[Megascatterbomb]

On vacation right now, will post some screenshots when I get home of cp_meltdown, a steel-like a/d map. Once I get home Ill fix some lighting issues and add some cubemaps, spectator cams etc, then Ill release the map here.

Ive been experimenting with seeing how close I can get two spawnrooms without creating a spamfest; lets just say you will be surprised. Also Ive been thinking about how I could implement some kind of moving platform that goes around the map. The result of said thinking has created one of the craziest things ive ever imagined.

Too bad youll have to wait until I get home to see it

 

[radarhead]

Looking real nice, HQ!

 

[Muddy]

Personally I've never liked this room-changing-colour thing. You may be better off giving the whole room a neutral colour instead. It'd make more sense, certainly.

Other than that though, good job!

 

[Zed]

Is that a deathpit I spot?

 

[Corvatile]

I'm having a lot of fun detailing stuff, so does anyone have any change requests to chilltower that NEEDS to happen?

This room really ought to be split in half. Like, put a wall perpendicular to the railings, where the health pack is.

 

[Tumby]

Gonna release this as custom models + textures soon.
Any other specific textures i should smear on the bottom of that?
No bricks, Egan

 

[Uncuepa]

Gonna release this as custom models + textures soon.
Any other specific textures i should smear on the bottom of that?
No bricks, Egan

I'm thinking that you shouldn't use a grass texture like that one, but instead something side-on like this