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Whoever is making The Mandalorian should make all Star Wars stuff. Man that show is amazing.

Boys, i've installed hammer, done a mockup sketch of the map in Illustrator ( I have Illustrator and use it everyday so it felt like a better plan than paint) , started blocking out the map. Man i forgot how much fun it is! Also found a great youtube channel with tips, learned alot of new things!

I've only tried one of the first Occulus, would be fun to see how much difference it is with Valve Index.

Same here! Kinda want it more because of the SDK now, imagine all the stuff one can do with it.

Im so excited for Source 2! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/21/half-life-alyx-4k-screenshots/

Selling my kidney, anus or soul for 1000$.

1.5 x 2 = 3!

https://half-life.com/en/alyx GET IN HERE!! YEAH

Maybe, i keep thinkin Valve has to go big after such a long abscence, so stoked! Even if it is nothing special i hope we get to see Source 2 in all its glory

Welcome back baby! Also: https://www.timeanddate.com/counters/fullscreen.html?mode=a&iso=20191121T10&year=2019&month=11&day=21&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p0=234&msg=Half-Life%3a Alyx Unveiling

I so wonder what they have cooked up. New glove controller that make you be able to interact with anything?

Half-Life 1 pioneered fps gameplay with its AI and story. Half-Life 2 did the same for physics in games. What could be more pioneering than getting headcrabbed in VR.

I must say you guys are giving the best advices! Really appreciate all the feedback!

Design! I used to have alot of unfinished work. I never did feel that what i did was "perfect" so when i finished something i never felt it was as i had envisioned it from the start. Either that or poor game-play (it was mostly Counter-Strike maps at the end). So sadly, i have to start from scratch. Somehow it feels good also, getting a fresh start. I guess my old work would qualify as the "cringy school projects" in my own eyes. I want to do things "right" and at the same time, a good job. I don't want to complete a level and feel that i wasn't completely sure if i did things correct. Backtracking is time-consuming

Could it be for VR but, playable without VR? ONE CAN DREAM

Oh my god. https://mobile.twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1196566870360387584

Good tip!! You have an awesome surname haha.

Yeah i mean, it was easier back in the day when HL-engine dominated everything ?. I starded doing maps in the Build engine, good old Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior.. Back then i didn't read tutorials, it was all trial and error until it worked. Just as i've learnt that, i started using Quark (Quake Army Knife) and i remember in the beginning, i had no idea you could use different textures on one bsp block. My house map for CS was so laggy due to all walls having several blocks with different textures. I still feel ashamaed when i think about it . It was fun having alot of free-time and getting things to work. I had a mod for Quake 1 with flying hover-vehicles (stole some code) and imported Q2 models. I made all skins and sounds and i was so proud. Gameplay was awful but still, i made it! I was at a LAN-party the weekend before i was going to release the mod and my raid-hdd died on me. I had no backups. So that is lost forever and after that incident i worked on an x-com UFO enemy unknown mod for Half-Life 1. Infogrames shut us down back then haha! After that i met a girl and got kids and so on, always thinking what could have been I miss those days sometimes.

I actually know basic 3Ds max, i guess it doesn't hurt to know it to a degree where you can make your own assets if needed. Knowledge is power ?

Stupid question but, you have to buy FC5 to use it i guess?

Thank you, this helps alot! Im glad CS:GO works since i hopefully still know alot of hammer! Didn't know you were a fellow swede also ,@grapen

Thanks for the tips! I thought bsp was old school and everything was made by 3D models nowdays ?. I guess i gotta read up on how things work nowdays to begin with haha!

As the title say, i was thinking of trying to learn the ropes again after almost 15 years of abscence from mapping. Last time i was doing maps it was using valve-hammer, photoshop for textures and simple models using Milkshape 3D (lol). So anyway, i was wondering if anyone had some fingers to point as where i should start. Im guessing learning 3D Studio max or something like it would be a good start? Sorry if i posted this in the wrong place!

Fuck me, they said it aint coming soon. I just can´t wait. Druid looks like so much fun.

Noice HP Easter eggs!