jamin620

OK, so I have figured that the SSbump normals allow a greater ammount of depth without looking too shiny. but how do I make them? and is there any way of alphablending them?

single player level Im working on...

his stomach is wierd, as is his pectorial muscles. chest muscles almost weave into deltoids (shoulders) and there isnt any definition between the two on any but the most super-defined weight lifters. as for the stomach, on most people, the top abdominals are more defigned than the lower ones, which is something to keep in mind.

it isnt tough. make a 3d skybox. add the same fog to it. you can simulate low lieing fog that way. make th 3d skybox shortish and wide. the fog will then be thin on top but thick everywhere else.

I know it looks like the map runs like ass from the FPS, but that is because I was running a bunch of bots, plus hitting the screenshot key rapid fire. the map should be easyer on your PC than Inferno. I know that for many that is a pretty low bar, but what am I gona do. http://jamin.rant-on.net/mapstuff/de_venice.zip tell me what you think. Hope you like it. If you dled it and the boats look fucked, dl this... http://jamin.rant-on.net/mapstuff/veniceboattext.zip

problem with reflections for me is that I cant see them. not really. I am dx8, not 9. anyway, venician gondola's are tarred, so it is the right color.

GONDOLA! not too shabby for a first modeling attempt. now if only I could get my soundscapes working I can finish this map.

see, here is the problem with modeling them... It requires me to learn how to model and skin on an all new program. I am decent with XSI, but my moditor's max resolution is too small for that program (as stupid as it sounds, XSI has a minimum resolution of 1280ish. Eventually I am gona have to learn. but I am really hoping to get the map done this month and I dont have time to learn a new program in that short ammount of time.

That is why I did not add boats before. Because boats made from displacements are ugly as sin.

That shit is redonkulously tight.

make the wind mill round. it looks kinda ugly. also, you should have some high grass. great bridge though

Hows that look?

first of a couple of photo-based textures from around my town. Why havn't there been any decent texture packs relesed for source? I didnt think I would say this when I saw the ammount of textures relesed with HL2, but they are gettin real old real quick.

if you relesed some of this shit to the public, you would get free high-fives for life. seriously, the hl2 community needs more great models in the public domain, so not every map looks like a cs map knockoff. I would do some modeling myself, but unfortunatly softimage cant run on a 1024:768 monitor. so all I can do is beg lol.