IN THIS THREAD I WILL ANSWER YOUR SOURCE QUESTIONS

Quote from Zaphod

make sure you have

"$envmap" "env_cubemap"

"$normalmapalphaenvmapmask" "1"

Don't even bother with this until the SDK is updated. Valve left some sort of source control precaution in the software that prevents CS:S from actually building your cubemaps (the console command buildallcubemaps results in a message basically telling you off because you don't have the map checked out.) Which is especially odd because all the maps rely on cubemaps for a lot of their visual appeal and in the sdk YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE THEM. Good catch ya'll.

In addition, if you try to do terrain painting with multiple textures blended together. Forget that too, they broke it as well.

So until the SDK is updated mappers are up shits creek.

What a let down.

I wonder when they'll enable HDR in Source. It could be nice for high-end cards.

does Source even have that?

Yes. There is video available where Gabe introduced Source's HDR tech... I heard that Valve disabled it from HL2 but it will be enabled later

Download the video:

http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/ ... 2.exe.html

ohhhhh yes i remember now

what happened to triggering dynamic terrain like in the e3 movie?

the tops of the garbage cans in the very beginning look hdrish

no, theyre just some sort of shaders. there arent any hdr in hl2 at the moment.

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make an own alphamap and let it scroll ..

is it just me who cannot get the HL2 textures and models? cause ive bought the game, should i not be able to get them? or are they hidden inside some funky filetypes one cannot open?

http://%7boption%7d

thanks. gonna see if it works now.

it works for me, but I got to do both of them D:

And I need to change it to 220 each time I want the textures

I can't be arsed with all that messing on. I'll just wait until Valve releases it.

Zaph, do you know how the 3d volumetric light beam or halo stuff is put to use? Looks like some crazy shader. It looks amazingly better than a silly sprite.

I think Zaph said there isnt any, but one would be easily coded in