Posts by Mamorex

1. Cubemaps are still not parallax corrected.
2. 2K cubemaps (unclick SmartEdit in env_cubemap entity and set cubemapsize to 10) must be rendered in 4K desktop resolution (Source must have 2048 pixels vertical and horizontal).
3. Very good models and shadows changes. Now we can create a map with a lot of them for better quality - details, like windows, looks better, we can use them for tesselled bricks etc. without bad lighting.
4. Valve has a Source 2 engine, with PBR etc. and I can see that Valve employees made a new de_nuke looks like on it - faked PBR, a lot of models... So... I think that we would see a new version of CS:GO, when all parents buy a new PC's for their children, who still spend a lot of money for skins and stickers. Valve can't release Source 2 patch, because it will not work on children PC's. Look at new de_nuke criticism posts on Valve sites. "Players" writing a lot of bad things about it, especially less FPS count... I have a good PC and framerate too.

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I remember reading a thread with some good information and experiments with phong shading on world materials. Search MapCore for it. I imagine it will be used quite a lot as the effect looks believable.

Then we had a commands for anisotropic reflections, didn't work properly at that time.

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– Detail sprites (like grass) have been improved so many more can be rendered for much cheaper.

Really? That's it?

Better shadows with LightmappedGeneric (still not dynamicly from sun, but grass is black in trees dynamic shadows), but not working (random artifacts) - we still must using UnlitGeneric shader. Nice improvement. Or... something else was added in patch.

1. After update I can't compile models with WallWorm.

ERROR: d:\steam\steamapps\common\counter-strike global offensive\csgo\models\mamorex\grass.qc(13): - expecting number, got "-1.0"
ERROR: Aborted Processing on 'mamorex/grass.mdl'
CDynamicFunction: Closing library 'Kernel32.dll' (74DF0000)
Press any key to continue . . .

2. I have an issue with ATI card like other players.
3. Static Props show up black and Valve will not fix it! They writed that I must use full compile all times (when Unreal Engine and other game engines have a real time editors)! https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Static_Props_show_up_black
4. What is the grass stuff? I can't find, how to use a new cs_grass shader. Sprites or what? Detail sprites not work for me by old method.

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Oh! We have a next update. ~123 MB http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

Veryfying game after update eternally. I must reinstall game. Nice.

http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/category/updates/

Nice update, Valve!

– Detail sprites (like grass) have been improved so many more can be rendered for much cheaper.

What does it mean? Detail sprites like in older games now working in CS:GO or static props will be rendered smoothly (better option - dynamic shadows...)?

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It works fine in CS:GO, but:

- only with flat normal map

- you can't place the water surfaces with "water" shader at rooms with mirrors

- you must place your mirrors in one surface (like in other Source engine based games)

csgo_mirror.zip

Edit: Phong shading dev textures - http://csgo.gamebanana.com/textures/4174My old animated puddles with Phong shading - http://csgo.gamebanana.com/textures/3968 EddieLTU

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just a warning, phong and blend textures along with blendmodulade don't like eachother

They works fine for me.

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"LightmappedGeneric"
 
{
 
"$basetexture" "folder/texture"
 
"$phong" "1"
"$phongexponent" "40"
"$phongamount" "[5 5 5 1.0]"
 
"$offset" "1"
 
"Proxies"
 
{ //begin of "Proxies"
 
"EntityRandom"
{
"scale" "3"
"resultVar" "$offset"
}
"Sine"
{
"sineperiod" 1
"timeoffset" "$offset"
"resultVar" "$phongamount[2]"
}
"Sine"
{
"sineperiod" 2
"timeoffset" "$offset"
"resultVar" "$phongamount[0]"
}
"Sine"
{
"sineperiod" 3
"timeoffset" "$offset"
"resultVar" "$phongamount[1]"
}
 
} //end of "Proxies"
 
}

I had broken "$bumpmap" material. Nice, it works with LightmappedGeneric too. With "$phongAmount" you can change phong shading colour and contrast of it. "$phongAmount" "[1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0]" - looks good with polished floors"$phongAmount" "[0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0]" - looks good with concrete materials etc.

"$envmap" "env_cubemap" isn't working with phong shading and "LightmappedGeneric" shader. But I think that it works properly with "WorldVertexTransition".

"WorldVertexTransition" { "$basetexture" "metal/hr_metal/metal_grated_d""$bumpmap" "metal/hr_metal/metal_grated_d_normals" "$envmap" "env_cubemap""$envmaptint" "[0.3 0.3 0.3]" "$phong" "1""$phongexponent" "1500""$phongboost" "30""$phongfresnelranges" "[0.02 0.02 0.02]""$phongMaskContrastBrightness" "[.05 0.08]""$phongAmount" "[4 4 4 1.0]" "$surfaceprop" "metal" }

Maybe we have a more issues with "WorldVertexTransition" option. I have one - I can't change .vmt after compiling my map, with "mat_reloadallmaterials".

I wonder if we made a good blend material. I have an issues with two textures. And I can't waiting for complete parallax mapping. "Parallaxtest" shader...

What program do you recommend for modelling to Source engine? If you can, put a refractive glass into windows.

I like Risen 3 world. Thanks! Nice works.