Mapping Question Megathread v3

[Vladnag]

hello!
i was wondering how i can make a screen and camera like the ones showing Breen in the City 17 levels, i want it to be able to show a video from a room then change camera once a trigger is activated

thanks for any help

[wauterboi]

[QUOTE=Firegod522;35045186]Would probably be to put it on the bottom, though I'm not sure about the lighting above it.[/QUOTE]
I think if he makes two light spots and mess with the intensities for both separately he could achieve the effect he wants. Throw an env_sprite near the bottom and lighten the alpha and it could work. I think, at least - this is all imagined in my head, so I could totally be wrong.

[Matt2468rv]

[QUOTE=vexx21322;35040380]I'm having trouble making believable indoor lighting.

[Img]http://puu.sh/jQys[/Img]

How exactly would I light a room with one of these?[/QUOTE]

I'd have to agree with waterboi. Try using two light spots, having one facing upward at a low intensity, and one facing downward to be the actual light source. The one facing upward will be the effect of the light from the fixture on the ceiling. Also turn shadows off on the light fixture prop.

[Blacksheepboy]

Don't know how many people check the other thread:

How do you add custom sound environments such as music?

[wauterboi]

wtf is this?

[img_thumb]http://wauterboi.com/steam/exhibition/fw_exhibition_v10000.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://wauterboi.com/steam/exhibition/fw_exhibition_v10001.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://wauterboi.com/steam/exhibition/fw_exhibition_v10002.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://wauterboi.com/steam/exhibition/fw_exhibition_v10003.jpg[/img_thumb]

It's happening in Garry's Mod but not in Half Life 2: Episode Two. Stupid static prop lighting. >:(

[Firegod522]

You need to build cubemaps.

[wauterboi]

[QUOTE=Firegod522;35060235]You need to build cubemaps.[/QUOTE]
I completely forgot to restart the game after building cubemaps, whoops.

Do I have to do anything special to make sure it looks fixed for anyone else like pak an extra file?

[muffle]

No

[kaine123]

I would like to make an npc_citizen sit down in a chair slouching over a table while on a chair. I know what animation I want to use, but I'm not sure how I can go about doing this?

[tark!]

Working with angles keeps tripping me up... I really wish hammer had support for things like construction planes and such.
Anyone have any tips on how to avoid dealing with, or working around, this asshole of a problem?

[lillbrorsan]

Need some help with this scene i am creating in EP2, basically all models (tried about 7-8 props) except NPCs behaves like this, their origin is not inside any brush, i tried using a different origin for the light.
I have 1 light_environment, should i change to a different light source?

[URL=http://i.imgur.com/tA2Cq.jpg][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tA2Cql.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[RaccoonBro]

I have a rather big problem with hammer
No matter what engine I map for, whenever I load up any map that I saved the loading bar comes up to 0% then completely crashes. Ending the process does nothing, ending Source SDK does nothing, it is to where I have to exit Steam completely to close hammer.
Any ideas?

[IronPhoenix]

[QUOTE=The freeman;35078475]I have a rather big problem with hammer
No matter what engine I map for, whenever I load up any map that I saved the loading bar comes up to 0% then completely crashes. Ending the process does nothing, ending Source SDK does nothing, it is to where I have to exit Steam completely to close hammer.
Any ideas?[/QUOTE]

What do you mean by completely crashes?

[RaccoonBro]

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;35078528]What do you mean by completely crashes?[/QUOTE]

Completely crashes?
Can't do anything with Hammer and it won't load any more.

[IronPhoenix]

[QUOTE=The freeman;35078679]Completely crashes?
Can't do anything with Hammer and it won't load any more.[/QUOTE]

Have you tried all the usual fixes:

Delete blob files,
refresh sdk content,
reset game configs,
reinstall sdk.

[Blacksheepboy]

This ought to be simple: where do you put the custom soundscapes? Plop a file.. where

[editline]March 10th[/editline]

[url]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Soundscape#Custom_Soundscapes[/url]

Fancy that.

[editline]March 10th[/editline]

{
"EscapeFromTheTower"
	{
	"playlooping"
		{
		"volume"	"1"
		"pitch"		"110"
		"soundlevel"	"SNDLVL_85dB"

		"position"	"0"

		"wave"	"EscapeFromTheTower.wave"
		}
	}
}

[IMG]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/flyingpeanuts/dir.png[/IMG]

Look good..?

[Zanarias]

[QUOTE=Tark;35075374]Working with angles keeps tripping me up... I really wish hammer had support for things like construction planes and such.
Anyone have any tips on how to avoid dealing with, or working around, this asshole of a problem?[/QUOTE]

Use instances.

[Matt2468rv]

Do Pakratted materials override default materials that reside in folders? Say I wanted to modify a texture for my map. If i Pakratted in the modified material and a player has that material in a folder already, which one would show up? The default one, or the one embedded in the map file?

I'd like to replace a prop's skin, which is why I ask.

[tark!]

[QUOTE=Zanarias;35091040]Use instances.[/QUOTE]

oh god i forgot about those
thanks a shitload man!

[DasMatze]

[QUOTE=Matt2468rv;35097830]Do Pakratted materials override default materials that reside in folders?[/QUOTE]
As far as I know the engine first loads files from the BSP, then from the folders and then from the GCF/VPK, so yes.

[Matt2468rv]

[QUOTE=DasMatze;35098852]As far as I know the engine first loads files from the BSP, then from the folders and then from the GCF/VPK, so yes.[/QUOTE]

Great, thanks! :)

[Legend286]

[QUOTE=DasMatze;35098852]As far as I know the engine first loads files from the BSP, then from the folders and then from the GCF/VPK, so yes.[/QUOTE]

The other way around then, because if it loaded them from the map first, they would get overriden by the ones in folders and gcfs.

So it's more like, GCF/VPK -> Game folder -> BSP embedded content.

[kaine123]

What do you suppose the proper width of a city 17 cobblestone street might be?

[Matt2468rv]

[QUOTE=Legend286;35099390]The other way around then, because if it loaded them from the map first, they would get overriden by the ones in folders and gcfs.

So it's more like, GCF/VPK -> Game folder -> BSP embedded content.[/QUOTE]

So whichever one is last is what gets used.

[Legend286]

[QUOTE=kaine123;35099487]What do you suppose the proper width of a city 17 cobblestone street might be?[/QUOTE]

128 (most common), 160 or 192 at a stretch.

[editline]12th March 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Matt2468rv;35099816]So whichever one is last is what gets used.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, load order is always well... in order.

[filipegroh]

How can I get hammer to display materials that are in the models/ folder?

[RaccoonBro]

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;35078711]Have you tried all the usual fixes:

Delete blob files,
refresh sdk content,
reset game configs,
reinstall sdk.[/QUOTE]
Fixed it by refreshing sdk content, it was corrupting the VMFs for some reason

[paulisdead18]

Anyone know how to fix this error? I keep getting it and it's kind of annoying.

[URL=http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/506892556172431941/2325524F4CE275470BF3686253348E6694433EC4/][IMG]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/506892556172431941/2325524F4CE275470BF3686253348E6694433EC4/[/IMG][/URL]

I have cubemaps, it's never acted up before, and then it just does this now, and I don't know why. I build cubemaps, but that doesn't work. I don't know what could have caused this, and I don't know how to fix it. It's not a texture problem. I've had these textures for a while, never moved them or edited them.

[RaccoonBro]

[QUOTE=paulisdead18;35113487]Anyone know how to fix this error? I keep getting it and it's kind of annoying.

[URL=http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/506892556172431941/2325524F4CE275470BF3686253348E6694433EC4/][IMG]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/506892556172431941/2325524F4CE275470BF3686253348E6694433EC4/[/IMG][/URL]

I have cubemaps, it's never acted up before, and then it just does this now, and I don't know why. I build cubemaps, but that doesn't work. I don't know what could have caused this, and I don't know how to fix it. It's not a texture problem. I've had these textures for a while, never moved them or edited them.[/QUOTE]

You did restart the game, right?

[paulisdead18]

[QUOTE=The freeman;35114328]You did restart the game, right?[/QUOTE]

I started the game once, loaded up the map, and this happened. Later, I tried again, same thing, and then I built cubemaps, which didn't help. I've loaded up the map many times without any change, AFTER building cubemaps. Thing is, this doesn't happen when I build cubemaps, rather the second I load up the map, regardless of whether I built cubemaps or not. I never had this happen when I built cubemaps before, or when I had none at all.

EDIT: The screen I took was right when I loaded the map by the way.