So, anyone made a HL2 map yet?

[zaphod]

most valuable thing you could learn for hl2 mapping is max/maya

[CrazyMAC]

its not like ut2k3 where everything gay static mesh's is it :S coz that really sucked

[FrieChamp]

most valuable thing you could learn for hl2 mapping is max/maya

Which objects have to be modeled and which in the editor?

[zaphod]

in the most efficient and fine tuned hl2 map, anything that dosent act as a vis blocker would be a model. However, you can imagine that would be hard to accomplish. Pretty much any scenery objects, and many structural details are models. World brush polies are 10 times more expensive than a model poly.

[FrieChamp]

Well this sounds like UT2k3 to me.

[KidDynamite]

I personally like static meshes but then again, thats because i model instead of map hehe.

[zaphod]

It's probably not as extreme as UT2k3, just picture normal half-life mapping, but using models to get the the point of detail you see in the hl2 screenshots and movies.

[Mazy]

hl2 staticy meshy thing = major turnoff

i doubt ill hl2 map unless i learn max proper or sumthing then ;G~

[CrazyMAC]

think it might be a turnoff for alot of ppl :S as modelers will jsut be ahead of the game

[Mazy]

if most people r like me then valve is gonna lose more support than they r gonna gain

but i guess the model thing is the most wise thing to do, just annoying for lazy people D:

[CrazyMAC]

i dunno coz in away mapping is modeling they shud just ....i dunno where im going with this one some one help me out :S

[kleinluka]

welcome to the future kids.

Modeling will get more and more important in the future because brush-editors like the one for HL/HL² won't be able to deal with the immense detail needed for realistic and convincing game worlds.

Having to use models for details in HL2 is a step in the right direction, and it's the first, not the last.

[FrieChamp]

Having to use models for details in HL2 is a step in the right direction, and it's the first, not the last.

Nice one texture-boy. It still sucks for mappers with no modeling skills

[Mazy]

gah aye

im mapping 4 halflife cuz im too lazy to learn modelling n map for stuff like ut2003. Wiff hl2 it doesnt really matter anymore

[CrazyMAC]

they shud make an editor with more power then :S so u only learn one program not 2