Rolling clouds

Does anyone know if clouds, rolling clouds are possible on HL2DM? If so, how is this accomplished? Do I need to use the func_conveyor? Not at home right now, but I would like to add this to my new map.

I remember seeing some kind of moving cloud texture while in the Citadel on the game itself, but how it's accomplished, I haven't got a clue. Thanks in advance. BTW, i've searched many forums for the answer, but nothing comes up.

Now, I haven't actually attempted to make any clouds, so I don't know if what I'm going to suggest will work, but whatever:

There are two semi-transparent cloud textures you can use
nature/cloud001c
shadertest/cloud

What I would try is to use those textures with a func_conveyor set to slowly scroll. I don't know if that will work, as I think for HL1 a func_conveyor required a 'scroll*" texture. There aren't any scroll textures in HL2 so the requirement may be relaxed, but I also don't remember ever seeing any func_conveyors in HL2, so who knows.

I do know that de_office has a bunch of clouds slowly moving in its 3dskybox, and you said you saw it in HL2, so I'd think the effect is certainly possible.

Well I appreciate the suggestion, Yak_Fighter. I'll try this out when I get home tomorrow and post my results in case someone else needs the info. Much appreciated.

There are cloud models (made up of half a sphere) which can be used for this. That's what you see in cs_office - and you can find its model under props\cs_office\clouds.mdl. I've seen other cloud models in a few other folders but can't remember where; just look around for cloud in the name. I haven't tried to implement them so I'm not sure, but I believe they just go above your map, and you parent them to a func_rotating in the center to make them move. There is a limit in that the model is only so big, so if your outdoors are huge, then it wont fit. -Unless you get it to work in the Skybox, which it seems too big for. But maybe there's a smaller version, I don't know.

That's how I suspected they did it in cs_office. The problem is that that's CS and not HL2DM, and it'd be rather pointless to convert the model if what I suggested works.

I tried what you've suggested, Yak Fighter and it does in fact work. It looks just like the single player game as seen from the top of the Citadel. Thanks!

Mark his answer correct then.

I hate when peepz don't get credit where deserved :/

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<DIV class=quotetext>I hate when peepz don't get credit where deserved :/ </DIV></DIV>
I think a simple "Don't forget to mark his answer as correct" would have been sufficient. If I didn't want to give him credit for something, then I wouldn't have said anything at all. Talk about uptight. :rolleyes: