Posts by Lee3dee

  • Scene from a Movie - Aliens

    Yeah, 23 days and counting.....but what makes it harder for me is that I'm moving to Austin, TX to start my new job at Bioware at the end of the month. So, I'll be juggling moving, packing, and the competition. I wonder if the competition will get an extension

  • Wow...it's another portfolio thread

    A fellow Plano resident! I clicked the link to download you gears map but there wasn't one. If you going to display your maps, you may want to include a map for download. There are tons of talent looking for work in the Dallas area looking for work, I was laid off from Gearbox in November with a bunch of other people and i haven't found anything yet No job is ever safe, even when you think it is especially in this economy.

    You went to SMU Guild Hall, Gearbox takes in a lot of people from there. Good luck on your job search.

  • [cod4] AirBase

    figured out my problem. when compiling for TDM or multiplayer you need to put mp_ at the beginning of the name. I just had airbase.map discovered the fix on cod mapping forum site.

    Thanks CompoSITe that tip, btw.

  • [cod4] AirBase

    Thanks for the support guys

    CompoSITe: thanks for the tips

    [HP] : I was thinking about applying to IW but I really don't think my abilities are good enough to apply there at the moment. Maybe after i've cranked out a few quality maps or 1 kick ass map. I originally started learning the cod4 radiant because I thought it maybe good for me to learn a version of radiant should I apply to any company that uses radiant, then i could at least know how to use the tools, as opposed to "i just opened it and made a room, from the tutorial" Sadly, my hunger for knowledge and seeing how others seem to make cod4 maps, fueled my interest .

    These are some of the rare tutorials I found

    http://www.modsonline.com/

    http://www.infinitytutorials.com/wiki/i ... ry:Codmwmp

    http://wiki.modsrepository.com/index.ph ... mapping_mp

    I'm definitely having issues learning the tools, spawners seem to never work for me, I always get a compile error when making reflections "cannot find spawn point", but once I figure out what I've been doing wrong hopefully it should all fall into place. I definitely miss the "right click, play from here" feature that unreal has.

    At least the positives for being unemployed is that I can learn new tools

  • [cod4] AirBase

    Thanks guys Its fun learning a new editor that's not Unreal Small hangar populated with meshes (completed), moving onto control tower next.

    [Blocked Image: http://www.3dwasabi.com/levels/mods/cod4/1stMap/SmallHangarObjPass.jpg]

    Things I have discovered so far

    - you cannot scale the mesh enity using the scale in selection. You have to scale it by adding a value to the mesh entity.

    - xmodels pictures are way easier than going through all them 1 by 1 (thanks Frittz)

    - duplicating the mesh and copying and pasting the name from the xmodel pics folder into the entity window is way faster than going through the model list looking for it.

    - selecting a brush and then middle clicking on any texture applies it to the brush. (very handy)

    - hitting escape every time is gets annoying for deselecting, but the brush tools are awesome!

  • [WIP] mp_cc - Chechnyan Crisis [COD4]

    Quote from Frittz

    You can create a link to the folder where the xmodel pics are located. I have one on my desktop!

    well u didn't say they were in Docs/model_pics. Now I know where to look quickly. Now i need to find a better way to rotate textures quicker than using the surface browser.

  • [cod4] AirBase

    After watching many tutorials and asking Sensei KungFuSquirrel for radiant tips, I started my map COD4 map today.

    First building, small Hangar (Reference from Pearl Harbour)

    [Blocked Image: http://www.3dwasabi.com/levels/mods/cod4/1stMap/SmallHangar_ref.jpg]

    I need to get my brush speed up. lol This took at least 6 hours I opened the air vent at the top so someone could possible throw a grenade through it.

    [Blocked Image: http://www.3dwasabi.com/levels/mods/cod4/1stMap/SmallHangar.jpg]

    Some general radiant questions:

    1. do you make decals using brushes? or patches? or is there another way.

    2. is there an easier way to rotate textures then inputting numbers into the surface browser. UE3 has a texture gizmo that you can manipulate it on the bsp, wondering if radiant does also.

  • Dawn of War II beta

    I downloaded it last night from steam, why the hell are we forced to use "games for windows live" whats wrong with relic's servers to play. It worked for dow1. So after many many attempts to login using my xbox account, and getting the same "you account is invalid" the beta came and went for me. I'll keep playing dow1 and Company of Heroes, having to use GFW i'll be passing on my purchase.

    They should of gone with Steam.

  • [WIP] mp_cc - Chechnyan Crisis [COD4]

    awesome map! I've been messing around with the cod4 editor also, barely gotten to the level that you have accomplished here. Coming from Unreal 3, radiants navigation controls are very annoying! having to hit escape everytime to deselect a brush gets frustrating. I do like its prefabs option for bsp, and the bsp tools are sweet, oh an patches are awesome! I really miss the 4 windows from unreal 3.

    I had some question

    * When you were adding meshes were you getting them from the xmodel directory? because i noticed that every model that I brought in didn't have any collision associated with it, so I had to build my own collision as bsp.

    * Did you build the houses first? then add the terrain? and did you have to stitch the terrain patches together once you were completed?

    * Did you ever have any problems where the gun/player would be multicolored?

    Thanks

    -Lee

  • [UT3] - Waterfall

    I walked around your map in the editor, you definitely need to implement some optimization. I outlined a few areas where collision can be simplified with blocking volumes. Once you've optimized it a bit it it will be a fun map for a few people.

    Remove these the collision on these pieces of rock and make a blocking volume that is the shame of it. I found myself getting stuck occasionally.

    [Blocked Image: http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9751/waterfall01rh8.jpg]

    I would do the same thing here also, simplify the collision mesh using a blocking volumes.

    [Blocked Image: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9423/waterfall02be3.jpg]

    This island is only accessible from a certain direction which makes if frustrating depending where you are located. I would add a blocking volume that on the sides where the collision stops the player from collecting the health, or rebuild the collision using a blocking volume.

    [Blocked Image: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5207/waterfall03rh1.jpg]

    These rocks in the distance don't need to have collision, its wasted processing power. Make some simple blocking out there. incase a projectile happens to go there.

    [Blocked Image: http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7109/waterfall04wm2.jpg]

    Same with these rock pieces, they are wasted processing power, be better to simplify the collision with a volume.

    [Blocked Image: http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1759/waterfall05jc5.jpg]

    If you are unsure about how to remove collision from a mesh, Hit F4 and goto collision tab and theres a drop down menu, just select nocollision.

  • Editor tools what to learn next?

    With my recent layoff from Gearbox, I've been using this past month to work on art tests but I want to start expanding my knowledge of other game editors. I've been using Unreal tools for about 4 years, so its very familiar to me, but I feel as though its limiting me when applying for jobs.

    Which editor do you think would be easy for me to pickup and start learning. I briefly experimented with COD4 radiant a few months ago found the navigation difficult compared to Unreal. Unreal tool set has spoiled me with its ease of use.

    thanks

    Lee