User profile

Tracer Bullet

member
Registered:
Thu May 22nd 2003
Last seen:
Wed Oct 28th 2009
Location:
Seattle WA, USA
Occupation:
Graduate Student (Ph.D)
Steam profile:
obadiah@pacificu.edu
Logins:
1
Snarkmarks:
445
Forum posts:
2271
Profile views:
3418

Profile

Maps

0
Beta
A smallish work in progress. I intend to do a re-texture, and I need to figure out how to make multiple water brushes fit together properly without seeing new water "surfaces" when you are transitioning between brushes. Weapons and DM player starts are now in preliminary placements.
0
This is, I think, my best DM map to date. It is a nuclear waste processing facility located on a mountaintop. I have paid particular attention to layout, and keeping my R's down while deliver excellent visuals and a dynamic environment.
Weapons are fairly heavy, but all of the "big ones" are either difficult to obtain or hidden. I would suggest a player load of around 4-6 people.

r_speeds average around 800-900, but have a few peaks around 1100. Know issues include:
A weird star-like thing at the center of the main waste pool. Some instability due to maxing out on edicts if all of the env_shooters go off at once. I will need to reduce their number for the final release.
0
If crates are the spawn of Satin, welcome to hell. Before you is the one of the many crate factories which labor night and day to bring these insipid cubs of evil to CS and HLDM maps everywhere. From molten metal to six sided polygons, I aim to meet the needs of all creatively blocked mappers in the world!! cue evil laughter

A medium HLDM map with three main areas planned including the crate production area, crate storage area cringe, and the hydroelectric dam which powers the plant. r_speds are rather high in places, but meh... I was really more concerned with visuals than gameplay to the maps detriment.

Articles

Clipping Vs. Carving

in Half-Life 2 » Beginner Guides

Cutting holes in things: which tool and why

Lighting Basics

in Half-Life 2 » Effects

A guide to light ents for newbies

Batch File Compiling for Beginners

in Half-Life » Editor

Creation and use of batch files for HL compiling