Okay... so, i'm playing pd_destruct,([URL="http://http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=93892"]http://http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=93892[/URL]) And i'm loving the atmosphere. However, it's just a gm_construct re-skin (so to speak). So I acquired the .vmf of rp_downtown_v2 from gmod.org and would like to change the atmosphere to that of post-apocalyptic scene. (Maybe the EP1 Citadel?) Anyways, if Thepro would contact me that would be greatly appreciated. I've contacted the creator of pd_destruct (Shameless plug above) Pdan4. would appreciate help on this so PM me if your interested.
Steam Handle: jamesg1005
It's very unlikely he will give you permission.
that vmf is likely decompiled, it's going to take a lot longer to fix all the errors brought along with the decompilation process than to change the environment.
When a vmf is compiled to a bsp, backfaces are culled and the data is lost. The decompiler just guesses where the backfaces are, and this fucks up the brushwork pretty badly.
[QUOTE=robmaister12;20983061]that vmf is likely decompiled, it's going to take a lot longer to fix all the errors brought along with the decompilation process than to change the environment.
When a vmf is compiled to a bsp, backfaces are culled and the data is lost. The decompiler just guesses where the backfaces are, and this fucks up the brushwork pretty badly.[/QUOTE]
The .vmf was mostly intact. there were a few errors here and there but it was almost [I]exactly[/I] the same. just a few prop errors.
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the actual map part was the same with a few missing props/decals.
[QUOTE=Jucy Pony;20983196]The .vmf was mostly intact. there were a few errors here and there but it was almost [I]exactly[/I] the same. just a few prop errors.
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the actual map part was the same with a few missing props/decals.[/QUOTE]
Did you look over the brushwork? Because all the culled backfaces were recreated by VMEX in a not too clean way (it guesses how the back of brushes look, the data of the backfaces is removed when the map is compiled) It will look the same, but recompiling it will be a lot worse.
And all the props/entities should have carried over fine, that data is stored in full in the BSP.
It was actually uploaded by The Pro. The creator of Downtown. So, I doubt it was decompiled.
[QUOTE=Jucy Pony;20983024]Okay... so, i'm playing pd_destruct,([URL="http://http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=93892"]http://http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=93892[/URL]) And i'm loving the atmosphere. However, it's just a gm_construct re-skin (so to speak). So I acquired the .vmf of rp_downtown_v2 from gmod.org and would like to change the atmosphere to that of post-apocalyptic scene. (Maybe the EP1 Citadel?) Anyways, if Thepro would contact me that would be greatly appreciated. I've contacted the creator of pd_destruct (Shameless plug above) Pdan4. would appreciate help on this so PM me if your interested.
Steam Handle: jamesg1005[/QUOTE]
I don't give you permission because you aren't smart enough to realize that me uploading the vmf means that you can modify it and release your own shitty version that nobody will want to play.
If you add above par new things people will only want to play with those above par new things and not the other above par things they have been playing with for a year so you will have 40 players (the other 10 are AFK) crowding around the above par new buildings waiting for the person who owns them (and half of the map) to crash so that they can own/steal them.
If you are a good mapper you would be trying to make a better rp map instead of making your own version of DTV2.
So far I have only seen one user who I think could make something even half as good as DTV2 :smithicide:
[QUOTE=Jucy Pony;20983196]The .vmf was mostly intact. there were a few errors here and there but it was almost [I]exactly[/I] the same. just a few prop errors.
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the actual map part was the same with a few missing props/decals.[/QUOTE]
You downloaded the decompiled version or you didn't install the textures like the readme told you to.
[QUOTE=The Pro;21063262]:words:[/QUOTE]
You sure are good at being half-an asshole.
[QUOTE=The Pro;21063262]:words:[/QUOTE]
Good way to boost yourself buddy, you don't sound like a douche at all.
[QUOTE=The Pro;21063262]I don't give you permission because you aren't smart enough to realize that me uploading the vmf means that you can modify it and release your own shitty version that nobody will want to play.
If you add above par new things people will only want to play with those above par new things and not the other above par things they have been playing with for a year so you will have 40 players (the other 10 are AFK) crowding around the above par new buildings waiting for the person who owns them (and half of the map) to crash so that they can own/steal them.
If you are a good mapper you would be trying to make a better rp map instead of making your own version of DTV2.
So far I have only seen one user who I think could make something even half as good as DTV2 :smithicide:
You downloaded the decompiled version or you didn't install the textures like the readme told you to.[/QUOTE]
Good on ya.
And to all those people having a go, the authors word is final. If they don't want to give permission, they don't have to, and they can say it how they like.
[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;21064562]Good on ya.
And to all those people having a go, the authors word is final. If they don't want to give permission, they don't have to, and they can say it how they like.[/QUOTE]
I still think him thinking he's the best mapper ever whose made the best map ever is completely stupid. I personally think Evocity looks better, and I like the feeling. Not to mention the other maps I'd prefer to it.
I just think he is being overly sarcastic.
[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;21064850]I just think he is being overly sarcastic.[/QUOTE]
My sarcasm meter is broke...(?)
[QUOTE=SonicHitman;21064348]You sure are good at being half-an asshole.[/QUOTE]
You would be an asshole too if you finally realized your map was a pile of rubbish compared to 3/4 the maps today.
[QUOTE=Terragen;21065058]You would be an asshole too if you finally realized your map was a pile of rubbish compared to 3/4 the maps today.[/QUOTE]
Agree :emo:
Simply put, good maps take ages to make. Allowing someone to take the product of those tens/hundreds of hours of mapping and spend five minutes making some UBER COMBINE BASE!!11!!1!!, releasing it as something they claim to have made, the original creator of the map will get angry. If someone took the map I've been working on since the fall and added some bullshit pile of weapons and "secret" tunnels, I'd be pissed.
If you want to edit a map for personal use, go ahead and decompile it. Just don't fucking release it.
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Ever
I just use post processing if I want a new atmosphere in a map.
Ummmmmm, well I hope that when someone makes it the ghost of the map will be gone
[QUOTE=VGDCMario;21122350]ghost of the map will be gone[/QUOTE]
What the fuck are you talking about?
[QUOTE=PeanutTHENINJA;21122763]What the fuck are you talking about?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=VGDCMario;21122350]Ummmmmm, well I hope that when someone makes it the ghost of the map will be gone[/QUOTE]
You are and idiot.
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