Alien Swarm SDK Problems - Games

Reading through the megathread reminded me how mod crazy you guys are. If you have problems with the new SDK, post them here and we'll take a look. Thanks! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Missed the megathread" - garry))[/highlight]

Not SDK-based, but d'you know what would be nice? Single player mode with bots.

[QUOTE=Lost Darknes;23483481]Not SDK-based, but d'you know what would be nice? Single player mode with bots.[/QUOTE] They already have that.

To my knowledge, Offline Practice only has the first two missions. I'm speaking about the whole campaign.

But then you would play it.

this isn't related to the sdk, but is there any way you can filter out people that are 10 levels above you when finding a server?

will it be possible for valve to add more themes?

On the subject of problems, I can't remember which level it is, but its the one with sewers and shit. There's a spot where you can get stuck in and you can't get out unless a teammate grenades the area, pushing you out of it.

[QUOTE=Keychain;23483674]On the subject of problems, I can't remember which level it is, but its the one with sewers and shit. There's a spot where you can get stuck in and you can't get out unless a teammate grenades the area, pushing you out of it.[/QUOTE] Post a screenshot of any places where you can get stuck.

My game always crashes to the desktop when I try offline practice or join a server. help please? Specs [quote]Operating System MS Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional 32-bit SP3 CPU Intel Pentium D 805 SmithField 90nm Technology RAM 1.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 199MHz (4-4-4-11) Motherboard Dell Inc. 0HJ054 (Microprocessor) Graphics DELL E177FP @ 1024x768 128MB ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (ATI) 128MB ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series Secondary (ATI) Hard Drives 78GB Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 (IDE) 39 °C Optical Drives HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H21N Audio SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC[/quote]

My only complaint is that there needs to be a map entity that controls both the direction of the camera and its height. I'm converting a map with multiple floors and the only way to get the camera to work is to disable everything on the floor above which is a hassle.

[QUOTE=fullmetalninja;23483850]My game always crashes to the desktop when I try offline practice or join a server. help please? Specs[/QUOTE] Same here.

what's up with the foundry stuff? is it me or did you forget to disable valve exclusive stuff?

This game runs flawlessly for me on full quality 1680x1050. No problems offline or online. It's just sexy. However, I can't seem to view any models: [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1961029/sdk%20error.png[/IMG] The only thing I haven't done in terms of troubleshooting is restarting my PC. [editline]12:15PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Max of S2D;23484898]what's up with the foundry stuff? is it me or did you forget to disable valve exclusive stuff?[/QUOTE] What foundry stuff?

Is anyone else's maps not compiling because of a leak, even though there's only a brush in the map?

[QUOTE=GameDev;23486529]Is anyone else's maps not compiling because of a leak, even though there's only a brush in the map?[/QUOTE] Yes I got this, I checked to make sure there was nothing else causing it but it leaked no matter what. The solution was just the copy everything into a new map.

[QUOTE=fullmetalninja;23483850]My game always crashes to the desktop when I try offline practice or join a server. help please? Specs[/QUOTE] This has also happened to me, havent been able to join anything =(

Please fix the particle editor. It refuses to open ANY particle systems. Also, render_blob is super sexy. Props to whoever developed that. Edit: Also, VTF 7.5 lacks any documentation. What are the changes from 7.4 -> 7.5? Will the older particle editors ever be updated? What is "swarm\resource\particletemplates"? What is particleemitters.txt for? What's with the vFont files? Will mksheet.exe ever work?

what's render_blob ?

PersonGuy, I know this isn't related to SDK and I'm sorry but I would appreciate if you could look at a problem involving the level system. It seems my brother and me share levels (he downloaded the game on his own steam account), whenever he levels up, I level up without even having to play. This really ruins the fun for me.

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;23487538]what's render_blob ?[/QUOTE] prolly the coolest thing ever. new particle editor lets you make portal 2 style blobs of goo. i'll upload a screenshot. [IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/snapshot0000.jpg[/IMG]

I made a layout of a map with tilegen, but for some reason, when I open it up in hammer for adjusting, I can't see anything in the 3D view. Nevermind, fixed it, turns out the actual map was wayy off in the corner for some reason.

[QUOTE=Foda;23487611]prolly the coolest thing ever. new particle editor lets you make portal 2 style blobs of goo. i'll upload a screenshot. [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/snapshot0000.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Oh shit that's bitchin'

one more, and i'm off to bed. [IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/snapshot0007.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Pilk;23484949]This game runs flawlessly for me on full quality 1680x1050. No problems offline or online. It's just sexy. However, I can't seem to view any models: -pic- The only thing I haven't done in terms of troubleshooting is restarting my PC. [/QUOTE] I have the same problem.

when closing out of Hammer..these pop one after the other [img]http://eyeclan.net/swarm/misc/swarm1.JPG[/img] [img]http://eyeclan.net/swarm/misc/swarm2.JPG[/img] [img]http://eyeclan.net/swarm/misc/swarm3.JPG[/img] [img]http://eyeclan.net/swarm/misc/swarm4.JPG[/img]

To view the models, make sure to create a folder in with the same name as the folder you're trying to view in steamapps\common\alien swarm\platform. So if you want to view the models\swarm folder, make a folder named "swarm" in alien swarm\platform\models. The model viewer seems to have trouble with sub-folders.

can't play offline practice. getting Node Out Of Graph error and the whole screens goes numb. nothing clickable, basically a hang. have to Alt+Tab to bring up taskmngr and kill the game. [editline]03:04PM[/editline] Also, i was wondering (and pardon the off-topic) this game looks amazing and plays incredibly well - how difficult would it be to make it first person?

When I click Generate VMF and Play the progress bar doesn't move at all. [b]Edit:[/b] Restarting the game fixed it.

Will the regular SDK also get this engine update?