Posts by leplubodeslapin

I am using blender to create models on Source, I think it's a good solution.

Here is a great tutorial to begin with, if you already know the basics of what a mesh is and few things.

http://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mode…art-1--cg-12763

It is a really useful tutorial because it gives you a lot of shortcuts and modeling methods. The problem with blender (and i guess other softwares have this too) is that there are tons of tools and shortcuts you need to learn, it's not as easy to begin as Hammer but way more powerful. Sometimes, you just have to go for it, introductions that last hours can be annoying and miss the point here : you want to learn how to do 3D models. Then, this T-rex tutorial is perfect for that, it's a complex shape (it's not just a table with 3 chairs around) but it's doable.

So i think that if you want to do models for Source, you should first try to learn one of the softwares (for example Blender, or 3DSMax, Maya ...), the export/compilation can be learned later.

Do as Cashed said, use the ALT + Right Mouse Button to expand the texture from 1 side to the other.
Don't forget to use nodraw, for the bottom side for example (it might be problematic maybe, i don't know).

If needed, you can also try to reduce the size of the lightmap.

The thing is that when you look at your 3D View in 3D Lightmap Grid, you must see a grid as smooth as possible, for example :

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Here's what i get :

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The fact that your shape isn't round but a bit random (the angle between each faces isn't constant or linear or anything like that) doesn't help Source to determine if it needs to smooth the lighting on theh faces or not.

It's amazing, i love the new kind of renders you can get with PBR, Substance Designer and all these tools that i know nothing about. Plus, your work is really neat and pretty, i love the style !

Just to understand, can you tell me how many textures/masks are being used for this ? And why are they used for ?

I've been working on my first real baking from high-poly to low-poly since yesterday, and i'm really glad to see how clean it is !!!

The high-poly model

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The low-poly model :

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The normalmap and ao :

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Render ingame :

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I'm not really used to 3D modeling, i'm still learning so i'm really glad i made this !!

cs_estate? Where did you find that lamp model in the left of the second screen? Did you make it? (If not, what's the name of the model?)

I really like this kind of contrasted lighting, even if it's not really recommanded on cs

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How about Hurghada? It's a city at the Red Sea coast and a famous tourist attraction, fitting for a cruise ship.

That's also the sound that makes Aku Aku in Crash Bandicoot, isn't it ?

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Good job skybex, it's really a cool project to follow.

EDIT : yeah that's it xD

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I could be totally wrong, but I don't think Valve has been pushing cbblestone and overpass just "because it's their own". Bringing something new to the CS community will (almost) always be considered not good, "because they don't want it", because, well ... it's the CS community

So in a way I guess it's needed to force things sometimes, even if they don't turn out good after all. That being said, I think we can all agree overpass turned (or maybe still is turning) out pretty good, even if it needed quite some adjustments overtime. Cbblestone isn't quite there yet, but it's improving slowly (but surely?).

You're probably right about the odd numbers for vetos. So it would take another map for nuke to get back in ... season anyone?

I don't really like this idea of CS community being closed-minded, most of the time it is just misunderstood.

During the beta of the game and with all the modifications that has been done since that time, i can give you hundreds of examples of modifications that people have been skeptical about but accepted to give it a try. I am part of that "CS community", i'm not playing CS since CS:GO but many years and during that Beta period i have followed all the changes made to the game (i'm a redactor at the french csgo website vakarm.net, I translated tons of changelogs and explained the impact of technical modifications to the players). Therefore, I am proud to be part of this because I think the community made a great job to make the game a good as it is today.

People were not complaining about the addition of new maps into the list, but from a decision to add maps that were bad at that time : both Cbblestone and Overpass had huge issues with competitiveness at that time. And at that time, there were already de_train and de_season, or even de_tuscan/toscan that were promising for the same spots.

At the end I think it has been a good move from Valve for Overpass that has undergone heavy changes but it was for the best apparently. I guess most people appreciate it during the majors now.

I would not say the same for Cbblestone, even if the recent changes has been great, it's not enough. And more than 8 months of test/changes for something that isn't good enough is too much (I think).

I am like you, i would like to see new maps but I would have prefered some changes on Nuke to help the Ts, and that Cobblestone would be removed instead.

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What's up with the sudden Nuke love though? like a week ago everyone absolutely hated it.

There is nothing sudden here, I have always loved Nuke even if i agree with the fact that some help should be given to Terrorists.

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I dont get why they just dont expand the active duty list

It's because it's unofficially linked to the major tournament mappools. And you need to have an odd number of maps for vetos.

So, 3, 5, 7 or 9 maps for example. For now, it's 7 maps (D2, Inferno, Mirage, Cache, Cbble, Overpass and ... nuke ), 9 maps would be too much (actually 7 is already considered as too many maps already by pro teams).

I think the argument that "Train is more balanced than Nuke and therefore it's better" is wrong. It's not because of this aspect that I and lots of people love Nuke, it's because it's epic and allows lots of weird rotations. I don't appreciate that much Train and I really feel like Valve is forcing it to make their work on it worth it (for the remake), it was exactly the same thing with cbblestone and overpass, even if nobody wanted them they forced it.

I really hope they are going to try to find solutions to help terrorists on Nuke so that we can see it again, but since it's not in the active duty group anymore they don't need to work on this aspect anymore.

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leplu you are basically running into the same issues I had in terms of assets, I don't have the technical ability in max to create the assets I needed for my map, which has lead to it running out of steam, definitely advise you find someone but aim at something realistic in terms of detail, don't over do it.

Yes, Simpler will be better in that case, I really don't want to take ages for the creation of ornaments and sculpted models/textures, the Opéra Garnier is just an inspiration from which i intend to take architectural ideas and design ideas. I really hope someone with the skills needed for that will be interested.

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You can try using Propper for certain detail brushes like arcs. It's a tool that allows you to turn .vmf into a model.

But I'm not sure how it works on shadows, and I'm absolutely clueless on how good it is. Either way, having a model would MOST LIKELY save performance.

Yes i used propper a while ago it saved my life. But for Opera i learned how to create models with Blender, most of them (the most basic ones) are from me actually, Wenceslas worked on the most complicated (except the car that i made by myself). And yes models are cheaper obviously

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Good playtest! This map looks pretty hot already, so I look forward to seeing it develop.

I think it would be good to pull T spawn back closer to the stage so that CT can take a bit more early ground in lobby. There's generally pretty good connectivity between all the routes when you get to know it, so T will be able to respond well wherever CT push, but it'll reduce the amount of "stale-mating" we had tonight.

You could also do with spreading the hostages a bit further apart I think, that way if there's only one T left they may choose to go an guard the rescue zone rather than try to watch two hossies. This just increases the amount of strats for people to think about.

I'm 100% with you, I really think i will move back the T spawns closer to the stage and spread the hostages spawn possibilities, it's something that has been made on cs_italy and it makes the map more interesting in terms of strategies. I don't think i'll reorganise a playtest "just" for that (even if it matters), so yes it will be on the next playtest.

Thank you a lot for you feedback, those are great ideas.

Thanks for your replies, I really appreciate them

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The last time I playes the map I really enjoyed it. I'll try to make it tomorrow.

Are those mirrors still the same?

That lounge looks a little bit to wild-west for my taste. Maybe loose those bottles with the scratched labels and

replace the wooden barrels with more modern metal kegs.

That lobby looks amazing but the walls look a little flat atm.

I'm sure you will find an artist in no time.

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No. There isn't real-time mirror anymore (because I also have water in the level and it wasn't a great idea for optimisation).

About the bottles, I'd like to put some wine and whisky instead so it's just temp, and ok for the barrels i'll see what i can do.

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I'll just give a feedback about the general texturing of the level and the mood ;

Some places works very very well (http://i.imgur.com/KsEQLw4.jpg / http://i.imgur.com/lNAFIRB.jpg  ) because of the simplicity of the materials and the good lighting setup.

I'm not joking since I know that you are using template texture but honestly, these works far better than some of the custom noisy texture you put... like the stone road ( http://i.imgur.com/ORiraBs.jpg )wich doesn't match with the rest (different color, fat join) or the ceiling http://i.imgur.com/xyUprJ2.jpg) is certainly representative of a bigger problem in this map : The artistical direction seams to be confused. On 3 Different screens,

Yes it will not remain a SWAT vehicle, it needs to be GIGN you're right.

I really like the textures you're showing us, Wenceslas had a lot of troubles to find pictures of a stone floor like this one (that's why he made it on zbrush).
Can you add me on Steam please ? ( http://steamcommunity.com/id/leplubodeslapin )

Yes, the Opera has been closed for 2 months due to maintenance operations, but small ones (some fabric will cover many of the objects of the map but it's not a construction site). That's why it's a bit half and half (i want to keep the architecture of an Opera but still want to have the best readability i can have).

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Hellooooo guys,

I haven't made a topic about this project i'm working on for a long time, yet. cs_opera : Opera House and Hostages to rescue.

My biggest challenge with this : create a game environment that can fit to the theme of an Opera House, that feels realistic (that could exist, even if it's pure fiction).

It might sound stupid and obvious but the fact that it's an opera house doesn't help at all.
I haven't made a "cs_" map before, so I wanted to check it out and see where i can try to innovate.

Another problem that i have : csgo doesn't have enough elegant, graceful, harmonious assets, most of them are made for an industrial area or something very close to the official maps. Most of the elements therefore need to be created for the map, and i don't really have the skills needed for that. That's why I'm working with a guy named "Wenceslas" (Étienne is his real name), he is studying in 2D/3D art but does not have the time to work that much on the map.

That is the reason why I am currently looking for someone that wants to create assets for such an environment, the map can really look amazing but by myself i will never have the talent needed to create the assets. If you're interested, you can contact me on Mapcore or send me an email at [email protected]

Finally some screenshots of the map in its current state (lots of things are still WiP) :

main room of the Opera

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Front facade of the Opera

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The place in front of it (with Paris all around)

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The lobby (everything here will look different, i'll abandon the wood walls idea)

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A lounge

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The ticketing

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An underground path

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The map is in a huge area that allows you to see the city of Paris around you (or at least, just a facade of it). And everything is concatenated in a small volume (compared to the rest)

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There will be a playtest tomorow (on the 17th), i've recently made a lot of gameplay changes that i think will improve things a lot, do not hesitate to join us and try the map.

Thanks for reading and have a good day.

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I totally agree with all the bugs. I just can't understand why doorways are so tight! Nor can't I understand why they didn't put more effort into npc sight/detection vs collisions, sometimes it just feels reaaally off.

Here are some more things I find questionable:

• Why are "fat thugs" blocking your bullets after you hit them and they're bleeding out? Enemies shouldn't have friendly fire but an impenetrable meat fortress that's always aligned with you and the enemies behind you really is unfair. What do you think?
• There is some issues with the readability in the game, one of the examples is obstacles that are based on height; oftentimes it's really hard to judge whether a counter/shelf/tv can be shot over or not.

Though all in all I still love the game, soundtrack so sexy it hurts!

I agree with you, it happens a lot that that a group of enemies rushes me and a fat guy is with them. Even if you have a shotgun that can be very effective or an automatic weapon, the big guy will be a wall. That's not really an issue, but as you said THEY can still shoot you through him (and you can't !). Same problem with obstacle heights, i don't always understand it but yea ... It's a die and retry so it doesn't matter too much.

It's a really difficult game but when you succeed to clear a level, it's really satisfying

I'm not sure it would be very useful.

For example, at the beginning of a round i buy an AK47, at some point during the round i realise i suddenly need an AWP. Why would i bother to take the time to go to the dynamic buyzone and take the risk of being shot? Plus, i'd lose a lot of money, my fallen teammates would not be able to pick up my previous weapon (the AK47).

And if you kill 2 or 3 people with a pistol, you are most likely low hp. I wouldn't take the risk to buy and loose my new gun few seconds later.

What i mean is that the reward for going there is really low : being able to change the type of weapon you're using during the round.

But there are also lots of disadvantages :

• You'll have to get to the dynamic buyzone (it can take a lot of time depending on where you are i suppose)
• You will probably loose money (because you cannot keep your previous weapon)
• It's dangerous (as you said, an open area)

Maybe I'm missing something. But i really appreciate to see this kind of innovative ideas, I really think there is something to do with this but you need to make it more appealing.

Plus your level is really beautiful, i'm looking forward to be able to playtest it / play on it.

Thanks a lot to splewis then

Very good initiative, thank you for all the things you do 'RZL for mapcoreans, it is so useful and efficient !

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- physics added to the ball and tire swing (thanks to Leplubo for helping out with that part!)

Finaly, it was a huge problem!!!! I'm going to try it ingame right now

Congratulations on the release

Progression along with the playtests was very interesting to follow and your final result is really a good map.

If you haven't seen it guys, look at the first video of this article :

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/4/81506…ive-vr-gdc-2015

We can clearly see how things work and how fucking perfect this system seems to be.

Actually, this is exactly like the fake video we had in 2005 just before the announce of the "Wii" (or "Revolution" at that time), a fake video that invented a new gaming system :

The difference is that ... this time it's for real guys !!!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited !!

That's great to finaly see Source 2 officialy announced

The fact that it's going to be free is exciting, thanks to the success of Source 1, but now we really need to see the features, the specifications !

About the name, it's officialy "Source 2" then ?

Cause some people are dumb enough to believe that something as simple as a conference starting at 3pm on 3rd March is enough to confirm an HL3 announcment.

About the first conference, very few infos are here :

https://steamdb.info/blog/valve-at-gdc-physics/

But ... yea it's a bit useless (very few infos) and it hasn't been streamed apparently, i'd have liked to see this but you had to pay to be in here...