Planing huge adventure map! (Come with suggestions)! - Developers

We don't know

Maybe Insane has left us.

Wow this looks amazing. A shame about the lack of updates.

Insane will one day return. And it will be glorious. Naysayers beware.

According to his profile, he was active four hours ago.

[QUOTE=Tsuyoshi]According to his profile, he was active four hours ago.[/QUOTE] Fire the private message cannons! I'm awaiting his arrival, as prophesised by the five great sharks of power. And by god are those sharks pretty damn accurate.

He's online [b]now[/b].

6 days. Anyone seen him? Hey waitaminute, he's online RIGHT NOW!

One word, I will say that one word later, first, I will read the 25 other pages after posting this, so I may be repeating someone else. BUT, you might want to have a building version, if you plan on adding trees and all that, then have one without the trees, and then an rp one, (Which I assume is what you are aiming for.) Which actually has the other entities. Also, I highly suggest VIS blocking, but i'm not deeply into mapping, but for a map that size, I don't think you want someone lagging, because of no VIS blocking.

So, did half the thread send him PMs? I like the sheer insane size of it, and the fact that it feels like a real world. I tell you, you get it finished and show it off to a few WoW realms, they will leave in a heartbeat. Also, if anyone gets word from him, tell us all.

[QUOTE=Zeddy]So, did half the thread send him PMs? I like the sheer insane size of it, and the fact that it feels like a real world. I tell you, you get it finished and show it off to a few WoW realms, they will leave in a heartbeat. Also, if anyone gets word from him, tell us all.[/QUOTE] Why would they give up WoW (Huge and contains tons of content) for a source map (Huge for the source engine, Would run like crap with lots of content) :raise:

How about someone draws a huge heightmap in Photoshop, and converts it to Hammer? Does anyone have a tutorial on this? If In$ane isn't going to make it, some has to. We want our insanely huge map! :argh:

Well, I know of a progra that converts heightmaps into vmf format. Just let me find the link... [url]http://www.chaosincarnate.net/cannonfodder/cftools.htm[/url] It's called DispGen. :)

You can also use Terrain Generator: [url]http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=8[/url] In the top bar find the button "generate" and go to the heightmap tab.

Kay, thanks guys. I already have DispGen, but I forgot the name ;)

I bet That'll take forever to compile.

Maybe he has not responded cause he is busy compiling the map.

Pirate Ship!!! =D

[QUOTE=OrangeButter]Maybe he has not responded cause he is busy compiling the map.[/QUOTE] For three months? It either must be one buggy map, or one hell of a map. Maybe he's been busy creating a Garry's mod mod which extends the grid size and he is currently recreating a small universe.

You can't resize the hammer limits. You can take an inordinate amount of time to compile, based on the complexity.

[QUOTE=Zeddy]You can't resize the hammer limits. You can take an inordinate amount of time to compile, based on the complexity.[/QUOTE] I beg to differ. The maximum map size is set by the configuration files for a specific mod. You would have to make a mod and increase the grid size. Only problem is that as you increase grid size, the quality of the physics decreases along with many other features.

[QUOTE=Splurgy]If you fill the entire Hammer grid the game will crash. You can only fill about half of it (i.e. Hugeflatmap). I recommend you partition the map into areas if you want to be able to run it.[/QUOTE] Maybe that's why my spacebuild map won't work.

Seems like it runs for him based on that video.

[QUOTE=Zeddy]Seems like it runs for him based on that video.[/QUOTE] I guess the video was a shop then.. :3

It's too bad, I was truly looking forward to this map being released. It [i]must[/i] be dead seeing as how he hasn't even replied for how long now? This would've been such a great map too... :(

[QUOTE=Gorgonoth]It's too bad, I was truly looking forward to this map being released. It [i]must[/i] be dead seeing as how he hasn't even replied for how long now? This would've been such a great map too... :([/QUOTE] Never give up on a good map. I will get to PMing In$sane right away!

I just talked to In$ane for you guys lol, it and himself are still alive it's just he's dealing with school, and just like any other mapper the inspiration for the map is just up and down. Good luck In$ane.

[QUOTE=Ajacks]I just talked to In$ane for you guys lol, it and himself are still alive it's just he's dealing with school, and just like any other mapper the inspiration for the map is just up and down. Good luck In$ane.[/QUOTE] Looks like I don't need to send my PM then. It's good to see that he is putting school before us though. I wish him the best of luck :)

Tell me where his school is, I've got a few things to tell them about crushing the creative spirit. I'll sue them for enough money to get In$ane back where he belongs, screw Biology/Physics/Science/Geometry or whatever he's taking!

All those things could easily contribute to the finishing of this map (except biology).