Posted by Underdog on Sun Oct 30th 2005 at 12:09pm

You guys, you have a unique way of making the victim feel guilty. You must have been practicing a long time because i works like a charm.

Anyway, Dark|Killer I have no real idea how to make your shots less a burden but it cannot be that difficult.

A quick search via Google came up with these options. I cannot vouch for any of them since I use none but one has got to work.

I think I will go now and sulk. I need to figure out why I feel badly now.

On a side note, has anyone ever noticed that "Google" does not pass the IE spell checker? That has me laughing considering that Google is a bit more used than IE these days. " SRC="images/smiles/icon_lol.gif">

(goes back to sulking)

Posted by Agent Smith on Sun Oct 30th 2005 at 6:04am

I meant no offense UnderDog, nor was I saying your an ass or rude to 56k users. Far far from it. I just found it interesting that like a real world community that is made up of different groups, so is the Snarkpit made up of different groups. I'm sure there are a number of 56k users, but they are in the minority compared to broadband users. As fas as nationality goes we seem to have a large portion of US and UK users, compared to those from Australia, Asia, South America, and else where. In this case I'm in the minority, being from Australia. The fact you mention every chance you get how unfriendly the Snarkpit is for 56k users, so are you like minority groups who complain about other things. And like in the real world, the majority of people don't often care. I was merely making a sociological (think thats the right word) comment .

Anyway, sorry to slightly derail your thread Dark|Killer.

Posted by Underdog on Sun Oct 30th 2005 at 3:28am

I have searched my memory, as faulty as it is and tried to recall any time that I was unintentionally was rude to any 56k users. Sadly I cannot. Its not that I might not have been, its sad that it just never occurred to me.

In response to your post. I cannot for a moment imagine that I am the only 56k user who gets irked. I may be still new enough to be still complaining about it, but there is no way possible that I am alone. My sympathies to those who have had to deal with you guys longer.

I would be willing to bet that many of you have dolls at our homes with pins poked all through them in the hopes of some ill fortune befalling you in payment for your deeds. Its not that you do it, its that you do not stop doing it once you are made aware of your actions.

Sadly, there is no real way to make those people pay for their inconsiderate ways. One can only hope.

I must have been a real ass somewhere to be paying for it now.

Posted by Captain P on Sat Oct 29th 2005 at 10:50pm

The layout shows a lot of double routes, in German they call it Scheinalternativ which means fake alternative (I love that German word " SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">). They can be good sometimes but I don't think that much are needed. The map looks quite linear too without a real flow, some area's have only one or two routes leading from/to them. That makes combat predictable and encourages camping and a passive gameplay.

I've set the following rules for myself: I try to get at least 3 routes from every area, I keep 6 as a sort of maximum. I also try to keep the routes short, especially in hl2dm because you move so slow in it. I try to keep routes as long as 2 seconds linear, then I think something should happen like an intersection with another route, or better, another area. This seems to work well as it often gives a lot of action. It might be nice to differ somewhat with easier, calmer area's for those players that like to stay calm now and then, that's something you have to find out yourself, what you like and what not.
I usually go for about 3 - 5 main conflict area's, with some extra smaller area's sometimes.
Of course, this depends on the style of gameplay you're aiming for and you'll need to test it yourself to see if you feel comfortable with it, it's also good to have a gameplay insight (play the game you're mapping for! " SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">). Playtesting is important in early stages especially if you feel uncomfortable with layouts.

Anyway, about the hallway, I like the white one more. The greenish one feels less realistic, less fitting the texture choice. I like the architecture of the greenish hall more, though.

Posted by Underdog on Fri Oct 28th 2005 at 10:47pm

Nevermind Guys.

You obviously have no clue what I was talking about, and frankly, I'd like to keep you in the dark.

I have been told endlessly about similarities. Its gotten old already.

56k is my problem. Not yours.

End of story.