Posts by leplubodeslapin

  • WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

    I agree with the lens flare, something more like a large but soft glow might be more appropriate, maybe ?

    Maybe the fact that every texture is quite dark doesn't help with your lighting either. You could use some vertical medieval flags like this for example :

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    Not with dark colors but composed of white fabric + gold colors maybe ?


    @blackdog My main themes are trap, bridge and chasm. But there's also a little bit of backtracking and teleport (but no one will notice). I did some playtests yesterday and i feel like shit, it's way too short and yet there are tons of issues i need to fix. Oh and, i haven't really started detailing much yet ... (2 weeks left ...)

    That's what I call a challenge :D

  • [Portal 2] Refraction

    The puzzle was really hard for me too, you have plenty of stuff you can do (multiple platforms, the use of 2 main tools which are funnels and the laser, a cube...) and the combination of action is a little bit too long. As FMPONE said, you can't really know if you've made progress or if you're going in the right direction.

    I guess Portal 2 is your training to this but since this puzzle is rather short maybe an introduction room could help a lot.

    I'm also a bit confused by description, the end was nice but I don't really understand, the title and description is a bit misleading, no ?

  • Random Photo Thread

    Cool pics @2d-chris, i've been there too it's great :)

    Some pics from Brazil. Sorry, i don't have a good camera it's just from a phone, I hope it's still interesting to look at.

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  • What's going on with your life?

    Quote from Minos

    Just now, Minos said: In a way that's the mentality that drives people to become criminals too. If you live in the slums you basically have two options: You either go straight and get fucked all your life, working crazy hours at jobs that are 2+ hours away where you are treated like shit by the boss and get roughed up by brutal cops on the way back home, or you join the crime, and live a short life full of adventures and adrenaline where you get a chance to realize your material dreams. Sadly, the second option is much too appealing if you are living in that situation. Brazil is a really fucked up system that exists only to feed itself, at the expense of human lives and nature. It's a parasite that needs to be stopped before it's late!

    I don't really know if the favelas can be considered as slums, they have built their houses with concrete and found a way to get water/electricity (the city helps them with that).

    Here, crime isn't as common as you might hear on TV, I mean it used to be here but the city improved a lot in the last years (the olympic games helped). I don't think people see the police as an ennemy, they seem to be really useful to keep the peace around the city. And a favela is a sort of city, people share with each others, they can find work and they can study.

    So, from what i've seen it's fortunately better than what you said, in Rio. But it's indeed still one hell of a fight if you want to get a better life. The girl i live with is actually from here, and damn she's been strong but she's now an engineer but obviously she's the 1 out of thousands to get there...

    @[HP] I totally agree with you, education is definitely the key.

  • What's going on with your life?

    I've been living in a favela in Rio de Janeiro for the last 2 weeks.

    Damn guys we are lucky to be where we are. As much as i love seeing the country for its landscapes and the great sunny weather, I feel so lucky to live where i live. It's not really about terror and gangs that the media might speak about, it's more about the way people live here and are used to it.

    You know it when you see their habbits, how they built houses without much plans, how they get themselves into debt to buy stuff that i wouldn't even buy (upgrading from a Galaxy S7 to an S8, taking a credit for months, taking another huge TV ...), how they drive (seatbelt is optional, there's no clear rule and everyone is just trying to overtake anyone else), how they let the old persons sick at home until they absolutely must go to the hospital, how they eat/drink, how they leave school very early and parents don't even care (people even ask you "but why do you still continue school ? Don't you want to work ?") ...

    I love the people and I hope the best for all of them. But damn it hurts and i don't know how stuff are going to change/get better ...


    Just an important note : the favelas represent "only" 25% of the population in Rio, I do not have an overall look over the city.

    I'll get back home by the end of the week, i'll have some pictures to show you.

  • What I'm Working On

    Quote from RaVaGe

    1 hour ago, RaVaGe said: Don't know why but it feels like the map doesn't looks as cold as it should, maybe it's because the sky is too bright, idk, but i'm pretty sure you could make it looks even more terrific if it felt colder.

    He never left, HURG is stronger than ever ;)

    I guess the sky isn't finished yet, because currently it's just an homogeneous blue. It should be whiter on the horizon.

    Instead of this :

    Something a bit like this :

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    Plus some more fog could help but i doubt fmpone will consider it, players are strongly against it usualy.

  • What I'm Working On

    Holy shit O_O

    Dude you're insane. I'm so glad for you that you decided to make your own art, obviously it took you a enormous amount of time but you did exactly what you wanted.

    About the Aurora, I wouldn't react the same as others. First of all, they are far away up in the sky, you can't see one with a mountain behind it, I don't think that's possible at all. They are freaking huge ! Also, it seems to happen during the day and you just can't see them during they day, sky needs to be dark and without clouds to see them. Also, the green ones aren't visible in real-time, you have to use an APN with long exposure time to see these beautiful vertical green auroras. But you can see some others such as the white ones, it looks like milk in the sky :)

    When i saw Auroras for the first time, I was just amazed by how it moves, there's really something magical about them.

    Anyway, you don't have to make it realistic anyway, just wanted to warn you, others might criticize this.


    I very much like the lighting inside, i don't think it becomes too dark, it seems fine.

    I also love the fact that it's not repetitive at all, all areas are different enough but also fits together (i think).

    I would love to see the map in hammer or another way to see what's brushes and what's models.


    I personally love this one

    The one Catfood is pointing at reminds me of Half-Life 2 so much !

    You have all the tools your need to make EP3 now, DO IT

  • [WIP] De_Glace

    You can bake an AO in Blender too.

    For that, go into the UV Editing window and make sure your UV Unwrapping is finished. Then, create a New Image :

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    Choose a image resolution and fill it with anything, it will be erased anyway.

    Then go back in the default Window and Object mode. On the right panel, get into the World tab :

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    Check the "Ambient Occlusion" box and below, in the "Gather part", change Distance and Samples to the desired values.

    I personally use 20 samples, it's enough to get smooth AO and fast enough. For the Attenuation, i find 50 to be relevant but it depends of the size of your model. For the information, i always model everything scale 1:1 (1 units in Blender = 1 units in Hammer). If you do that, 50 is a great attenuation distance value.

    After that, get in the Bake tab (first one)

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    Go into the Bake part and configure it like that :

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    Normalized might not be the best to get homogeneous AO between all your models, but i prefer to use it, it gets more contrasts.

    Finally, click on the Bake button and you should get your AO :

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    Finally : Image → Save As Image

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    Hope this helps

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    I used to be a redactor on a french csgo website (vakarm.net) and we were in contact with pro players.

    At ESWC (an event that was quite important before the majors) players told us they could hear some infos, and it was game-changing. After that, events tried to force players to use the same kind of headset that was supposed to be soundproof but it was inconvenient for players not to use their stuff.

    At pro level, they get a lot of automatic reactions, you don't even know you looked at the radar but you do it all the time. They can focus on many things at once and that basically is mandatory for Counter-Strike. They don't get their full attention on what commentators are saying but you can easily catch important infos.


    Thanks for the Bot Connor's video, unbelievable stuff ^^

  • What have you purchased recently?

    Citroën C5 2001 (first phase) V6 210 hp 115 000 km

    I'm so happy !!! :))))))

    It's not the best looking car, but it can be very comfortable (leather interior, air conditionning, automatic gearbox, speed regulator, the famous hydropneumatic suspensions from Citroën...) or really powerful by just pressing the "SPORT" button (the gearbox reacts differently, the active suspensions becomes stiffer ...)

    It's an "old" car but it was the high-end in 2001, it's a great car.

    I changed the timing belt and made an oil drain. I'll just have to do the drain for the automatic gearbox and it's going to be perfect.

    Plus, it was kinda cheap : 1400€ for the car itself (negociated rate) + 1200€ for maintenance !