ET: Simpsons map shots!

(ECE-666) #161

It’s not that i mind that the map is way over the release date, it’s just that it looks so damn cool , i want to play it as soon as possible.
So how did the 2 weeks holiday go?

(MadJack) #162

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(Maggumaster) #163

I´ve got some performence problems with my map…
I used structural and detail brushes as they are meant to but they are useless in the open air part of the map.
I think hints wouldn´t help, too. Isn´t there a way to optimize the performence yourself? I mean this automatic vis compiler isn´t bad for Buildings and so on.
I would like to do some triggerzones, which let parts of the map disappear. The problem is, that I want that these parts disappear only for the player. Not for everyone. Any ideas?

(Genesis) #164

is that ectualy possible then?!

(The Wanderer) #165

You’re wrong hint brushes do exactly what you want them to do. I think you should read more about them and the vis process in general. Search in this forum and I’m sure you’ll get plenty of good results. Hint brushes can be used just like regular brushes. I think you might have the misconception that they can only be placed vertically which is not true. There was a great example somewhere around this forum of how to hint a hill, and all you need to do is build a sort of box (more like a tent actually) with hint brushes around it. Anyway they’re what you need so study up more on it. Also if the players cannot reach certain heights you can use caulk brushes to create vis splits. Caulk is structural and is not visible so it works great for controlling height.

(The Wanderer) #166

I forgot to mention this but that caulk will block light so use with discretion.

(Maggumaster) #167

isn´t there an other texture, which has the same effect as caulk, but doesn´t throw shadows?

(MadJack) #168

I might be wrong but to block vis = to block light

If you have some terrain, you can put some caulk inside hills to block (but make sure they don’t go over the terrain). If you have “steps” in your terrain, putting horizontal caulk will help too. It’d be like making huge rooms underground that will never be used. One way or the other, it works as I brought my tris count down significantly. Though as you can see in my other post, there are still some places where I have a high tris count.

HTH

(Sippenhaft) #169

Looks like this is going to be a fun map.
Are there going to be any cool sounds? simpsons theme…vsay DOH!

If ya need some testers or server to test it on let me know

dasrebellion.com
server ip 205.177.13.221:27960

(Rought) #170

I just want to tell you, Maggu: Take all the time, you need!! Good Games need a long time too, believe me, I know what I’m talking about :smiley: (Bxpress too :wink: )

(ECE-666) #171

If i hadn’t already, i’m always open to testing this :banana:

(BXpress) #172

YES SIR, i do :wink:

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #173

just take ur time

what you could try (but make a backup of your map first) select everything in your map by pressing ‘I’ and make everything detail except from all brushes on the outside of your map, or brushes touching the ‘void’ for tech talk

(MadJack) #174

Don’t detail everything in the map… I hope you know better Maggumaster. If you’re not sure about structural/detail give me a PM, I’ll answer your questions if I can.

Oh and btw Crazy, -I- will just Invert selection, not select all :slight_smile:

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #175

hey madjackass, i know what it dose, but when there is nothing selected, invert, everything is selected

(Maggumaster) #176

The beta version of the map is almost finished. The first beta test is next friday. Sorry, but it will be a closed beta test, so no public beta version.
I wanted to do this first beta test today, but i had some problems with my many textures. I have a question to this:

The texture limit for a map is 512…I got 510 and there is still this error message. I wantet to know what kind of textures are counted. So do skins count to them, or how many textures does the fire texture count. Anyone any ideas?

greets
Maggumaster

(MadJack) #177

w00t!!! :smiley:

AFAIK skin is a texture in itself though it’s composed of 1 image with mixed stuff (uses coordinates to skin a model) so I’d guess yeah it’s counted as a texture but … I can be wrong. It’s just an educated guess :slight_smile:

<suck-up> Can I beta test? </suck-up> :smiley: :banana:

(Maggumaster) #178

Now I´m at 492 textures and still get this f***ing error message. Isn´t there a possibility to see how many textures are used at the moment??? This is really depressing.

And yes, I´m still looking for beta testers.

(Shazam) #179

Yep! i want to beta-test it !:stuck_out_tongue:

(Sippenhaft) #180

We would be happy to test your map! PM me if you would like us to test it out!!