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Posted by RedWood on Tue Jul 3rd at 12:58am 2007

I tried out the demo vid thing and i was surprised to find it didn't lag up the game. soo, i ran through Reaps and Fingers maps again. this is the link to recording of the second time i played through the two and a 30 second vid of mine. if you like, take a look at my vid and tell me if you caught this when you play my level.
http://files.filefront.com/demovidsrar/;7945849;;/fileinfo.html



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Jul 3rd at 2:14am 2007

Redwood when you run buildcubemaps it adds data to the map. If you don't zip up and distribute the version of the map sitting in your steam/steamapps/youremailhere/half-life2/hl2/maps/ folder you won't be distributing a map with buildcubemaps run. I've made this same mistake too so don't take it too hard.



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Posted by RedWood on Tue Jul 3rd at 2:29am 2007

Uhh, i don't remember ware i pulled it from. Thats probably the the problem. Won't happen again. Thanks Yak Fighter.



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Posted by reaper47 on Tue Jul 3rd at 4:26pm 2007

Also, if you re-name the BSP after compiling cubemaps it doesn't find them anymore.


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Posted by Naklajat on Wed Jul 4th at 1:34am 2007

My router is dead and I most likely won't be able to get a new one until the end of the week, so if someone wants to get round 3 going while I'm "away" I'd appreciate it. If not I'll probably have internet again this weekend and I'll start it up then. I'm posting from school, and I have another class tomorrow night so I'll check here then to see what's decided.

-Snickers

PS enjoy the fourth


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Posted by Riven on Sat Jul 7th at 4:54am 2007

Well, is the voting over? Has Finger accepted? I think it might be a good time to prepare the next round.

Should we just let the winner (Finger) tweak the last two rounds as he sees fit and release them in a week or two? Since they're his maps and all...

I think (once the tweaked .vmf's would be ready) we should give our selves 4 weeks to work on the next round. Is that too long?

What do you guys think?




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Posted by Finger on Sat Jul 7th at 5:05am 2007

4 weeks seems a little long. I think 3 would be fine....but I'm fine with whatever. I just hate to see the contest grow so long that people lose the urgency to get their stuff done.

I do want to tighten some of my stuff up before I release the vmf. Right now work is a little crazy (crunch mode as we finish up Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction 'end plug'), so it would be great if I could take a week to prep everything.

How about I submit the VMF this coming friday. This will give me some time to tweak, and everyone else time to think about what they want to do. After I submit the VMF, we'll start round 3 and give it a 3 week deadline (if that's the time everyone agrees on).

What do ya think?





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Posted by Stadric on Sat Jul 7th at 6:01am 2007

Sounds good to me. It gives time for Baron to come back, plus I'll be done with my Gameflood contest submission by then, so I'll get to partake.


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Posted by Le Chief on Sat Jul 7th at 6:05am 2007

Do you work in the games industry finger?




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Posted by RedWood on Sat Jul 7th at 6:29am 2007

Does any els think for the next round that we should put a block on expanding the map and dedicate it to detailing what we have? It probably take 2 or 3 rounds to get the proper amount of detail. even the first half is still bare.



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Posted by Riven on Sat Jul 7th at 6:54am 2007

Well, call me anxious but, I'm kinda excited to see where else this single-player adventure will end up! While that may be a good idea RedWood, I believe that that idea could be taken advantage of after everything is done? Besides, Finger should go about making everything clean and nice for us in round 3 anyway.

Three weeks sounds nice.

But it might be a better idea to work on the detail...




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Posted by reaper47 on Sun Jul 8th at 10:16am 2007

I think that detailing is best reserved for when we decide this contest is finished (and, instead of another contest then, allowing the winners to freely polish their parts for a final release). I agree with Riven that much of the excitement currently comes from waiting for what mappers would add in terms of new parts of the map. This is a huge motivation for both participants and observers.

But it would probably make sense to think about when we'd like this to end. Maybe say that there should be (about) 4 rounds in general, so that for the next round the events should go towards a finale rather than introducing any new questions.


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Posted by Stadric on Sun Jul 8th at 6:37pm 2007

Since Finger's map was the winner, how are we going to do the next round? The teleporter didn't have a specific destination, we could just make a whole new map (new .vmf). The only thing that would carry over from the previous contest would be the storyline.
I've already got my idea, but I promise not to start on it until the next round starts. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">


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Posted by Finger on Sun Jul 8th at 7:39pm 2007

Stadric, I think you've got the right idea. Since my level ended with a teleporter to 'who knows where', the next round should start with a fresh vmf. Contestants don't really need my maps as a base.

I like the idea of 4 rounds. I also like the idea of detailing and polishing once the contest is over.

So, considering we don't really need my maps as a base; I'm fine with starting the next phase whenever. We could officially kick it off monday morning if you like, and give it a 3 week deadline.

Baron - you're the final authority on this. What do you think?





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Posted by RedWood on Sun Jul 8th at 8:11pm 2007

I was under the impression it was going to be much longer (like 45 min of play) but, if it's only going to be 4 rounds long i don't see a problem with waiting to detail.



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Posted by Stadric on Sun Jul 8th at 8:15pm 2007

This is what Baron thinks.

Are there any volunteers to take over the contest?

For continuation, I recommend we let contestants make the next map from scratch, not a base .vmf. If we do this, we can start the contest as early as Monday, and there won't be that much of an advantage for the people (read: cheaters) who start today.


Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
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Posted by Riven on Mon Jul 9th at 12:12am 2007

I wouldn't mind hosting the competition. Actually I have access to a server to host the maps too.

I'm on all the time, so I'd be quick to update the threads...




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Posted by Stadric on Mon Jul 9th at 12:20am 2007

I think we can all agree on this naming convention for the maps:
snark_mfb01_round3_Name.bsp


Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying



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Posted by Riven on Mon Jul 9th at 12:22am 2007

Most definitelty; that's what I was expecting anyway.


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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Mon Jul 9th at 12:28am 2007

? quoting Stadric
we can start the contest as early as Monday, and there won't be that much of an advantage for the people (read: cheaters) who start today.

I started early, convinced Baron to move the deadline back a week, and still didn't get halfway done






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