Posts by hessi

  • de_wanda by warby ... final release !

    then dont download the map?! seriously: don't play it if you don't like its fps rates. flaming this map because of its hardware needs is like calling a chinese teacher stupid because you don't speak his language that fluently.

    you can play yur default maps all day. go get your 200fps.

    for further discussion you could contact me via icq, irc or any other way.

  • de_wanda by warby ... final release !

    it"s not that i wouldnt accept critics, but i don"t accept critics that are not well justified.

    if you want to add a good piece to your portfolio you might want to show it for the next 2 or 3 years without being ashame of it. though the fps is not that bad. i can play with around 30 fps on my 2 years old computer.

    don't get your problem. maybe you should realise that games do not run in 100 fps all time. this isn't hl1.

  • Weird 1st person weapon problem!?

    no. that wasnt what i was talking about.

    i made a quick visualisation of what i mean:

    http://www.thomashess.net/func_detail_usage.jpg

    as you can see the ground is just a little bit bigger than it is actually visible. it is true that you will waste some lightmap space and rendering time on those polygon parts (!!!!) but your polycount won't get bigger.

    i think this is a pretty good way to simplify your leaf structure to get rid of tiny leaves. steppenwolf once said: a map should not take more than 5 minutes to compile vis in full mode. (or was it 30?) anyway. what this means, that a simple leaf structure will make it easier for you to optimise visibility.

    decompile some of valves dod:s maps and you will notice that they kinda made half the levels func_details. they actually displaced some sidewalks which means a bunch of extra polygons.

    and btw: polycounts are kind of overrated. it doesnt make a big difference if you render 100 or 10 polygons.

    so i think the method i posted is pretty good for a fast compiling process and good ingame performance

  • Need website design...yes I have a budget.

    sounds like a big project. maybe you should consider hiring a small team to work out this website. first at all you would need a clearer concept. what will a user do with this website? only read? or is a visitor an actor to? such questions should be answered.

    in generel it sounds like an interesting website to make, but sadly i have not that much time to spend

  • Weird 1st person weapon problem!?

    Quote from Zacker

    I can't think of any reasons why a street or sidewalks should be func_detailed. Rule of thumb is that obstacles and small details should be func_detail, rest world brushes.Your log looks fine.

    A v_weapon model's lighting is determined by 2 things:

    - The light info from the lightmap patch directly below the origin/pivot of the model.

    - The nearest cubemap.

    there is one big reason:

    keeping vis leaf structure as simple as possible. if you have sidewalks as a regular brush it will create 3 leafs: one above the sidewalk, one above the street with the height of the sidewalk and a third leaf that is right above the last leaf.

    if you make the sidewalk a func_detail you will get everything running with only 1 leaf.

  • Weird 1st person weapon problem!?

    Quote from Campaignjunkie

    I think the func_detail is blocking light from reaching the brush underneath - so when it samples the lightmap under the player's feet to light the weapon model, it chooses the dark world brush that's covered in shadow rather than the func_detail.My advice: Turn the street back to a world brush. Why would you func_detail it anyway?

    that was what i tried to recommend with my post

  • Weird 1st person weapon problem!?

    i know this effect from hl1 and all valve games. its not a bug you can actually fix.

    it has nothing to deal with your model oder shading.

    it seems to depend on the level. some places tend to give the player view a crappy TNL light setup, so your view gets brighter or darker for a moment. i wont care about that unless its not in absolutly fullbright areas where your model gets dark.

    maybe you are walking on a func_detail? in old hl1 days this effect appead when walking over the void. for example you had some stairs as a func_wall and under the func_wall there was nothing then the skybox or the null texture.maybe you can look in this direction to _fix_ it.

  • RELEASE: ts_satancity

    it's so... half-life 1.

    i dont know what to say. it doesnt blast me away. if it was 2002 now i'd suck on your balls, but sadly it is nearly 2007.

    it looks okay, but i dislike night themes in hl1. lighting is so poor which is mostly a result of the compilers and engine itsself. I have too say that you could have improved it more than this. working with addive textures to fake soft lights or making some windows glowing to simulate indoor lighting would have been awesome.

    overall its a good map, that can compete with other old hl1 maps.