Alien Swarm: Source Megathread v2 - what's in these eggs OH GOD

[Spazi]

People say they cannot make minimaps because there's no VTF program that supports version 7.5.
However this tutorial [url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Swarm_Overview_Map[/url] talks about using "Swarm texture importer". I suppose that can create the VTF files as it's in the tutorial.

[creefer]

Is anyone else noticing the [I]huge[/I] influx of CoD retards?

It's like every game all I see is ^6ima^7MLGNIGGA^1dawg and all I hear is "IM DA ONE HOLDIN DA TEAM TOGETHA YO, GET ON MY LEVEL".

Meanwhile I'm the only one actually doing anything useful.

[Whatsinaname]

How do I get my combat music to work?

[Bites]

Hey - I feel kinda stupid for making a change to clientshadowmgr without thinking ahead, and now I can't get the client to compile. Could someone post the original code for it, from the little section beginning at line 1395? Here's the (dumb) modified code, if it helps.

// sniff the command line parameters, etc. to determine how many shadow rt's and their dimensions
void CClientShadowMgr::CalculateRenderTargetsAndSizes( void )
{
	m_nDepthTextureResolution = r_flashlightdepthres.GetInt();
	m_nDepthTextureResolutionHigh = r_flashlightdepthreshigh.GetInt();
	if ( bTools )									// Higher resolution shadow maps in tools mode
	{
		char defaultRes[] = "2048";
		m_nDepthTextureResolution = atoi( CommandLine()->ParmValue( "-sfm_shadowmapres", defaultRes ) );
	}
	m_nMaxDepthTextureShadows = 10;	// Just one shadow depth texture in games, more in tools
}

EDIT i'm stupid, removed the if ( bTools ) line and it compiled. Ignore!

[CaptainQuirk]

My mind, it is blown.

I left for a ten day vacation in Colorado with no computer access expecting the release of the TF2 Polycount pack and nothing else. I return home and notice nothing new until a window popped up saying TF2 was finished downloading. I was looking for the polycount stuff, but instead I say TF2 product update for the new hat which I figured was another trash update to promote some third party game. Gay huh? Then I thought, hey, I've got a few bucks, why don't I see how much this game is? I open up the Steam store. I search Alien Swarm. I had to swap boxers.

This is why I <3 Valve, releasing a full blown game without trying to make a single penny off it.

[Spiderface]

[QUOTE=CaptainQuirk;23621331]My mind, it is blown.

I left for a ten day vacation in Colorado with no computer access expecting the release of the TF2 Polycount pack and nothing else. I return home and notice nothing new until a window popped up saying TF2 was finished downloading. I was looking for the polycount stuff, but instead I say TF2 product update for the new hat which I figured was another trash update to promote some third party game. Gay huh? Then I thought, hey, I've got a few bucks, why don't I see how much this game is? I open up the Steam store. I search Alien Swarm. I had to swap boxers.

This is why I <3 Valve, releasing a full blown game without trying to make a single penny off it.[/QUOTE]
not really full blown
it only has one campaign, the rest is up to the community.

[CaptainQuirk]

[QUOTE=MAspiderface;23621401]not really full blown
it only has one campaign, the rest is up to the community.[/QUOTE]

Fine, one campaign, even still, I'm O_O.

[Bl4ck1ce]

[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;23617742]got a weird ass glitch where i was stuck in the menu with no options
so i took a screenshot and it made a perfect Alien Swarm Desktop!
here:
[URL="http://img199.imageshack.us/i/swarm2010072513395070.jpg/"][IMG]http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1653/swarm2010072513395070.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

please put this in the OP,:v:[/QUOTE]

Bad thing turns useful. Hah! :v:

[Bites]

[QUOTE=CaptainQuirk;23621460]Fine, one campaign, even still, I'm O_O.[/QUOTE]

More like O_'

Monocle Smile!

[editline]04:28PM[/editline]

[img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=179188&dateline=1279155103[/img]

[bfking]

I love this game.

[CaptainQuirk]

Hang on, what's up with this, I'm only finding 4 public games.

[Bl4ck1ce]

By the way, when I leave my Alien Swarm on and my screen goes black (due to idling on a long, long video :v:) how come when I join any server I lose connection shortly after? It only ever happens when this happens, if I restart AS it works fine.

What the hell? :confused:

[RaikohZX]

The flamethrower is awesome. Went through the Cargo Elevator on Normal with two other people (One was Tech, the other an Officer) as a Special Weapons with the second autogun and the flamethrower. Needless to say I hate autoguns now, but my other two teammates died and I had to take the elevator with barely half health, one shot of adrenaline, and flamethrower skills that would make pyros weep.

Even more awesome thing is that I survived and beat the level myself - only for the game to boot me from the server to my own server and try to make me restart the entire level. :sigh:

[Bl4ck1ce]

Have a heart.

It was probably jealous :ohdear:

[CrazyBaconLegs]

[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;23599081]To all the people saying that pre-nerf Tesla sucked on insane or hard (:v:), I had a four-man LAN going on, and we got to the second-to-last level on Insane mode, using nothing but Tesla and sentries.

While I lament the nerf of the Tesla, and how it's about as fucking useful as Combat Flares now, I will admit it was a bit overpowered. A [b]bit[/b].

Didn't deserve such a huge-ass nerf, though, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]

Frankly it isn't a nerf if you're a speedrunner.
It's a fucking godsend to be able to just quickstun 10 more guys now, because I never used it for the damage. If you're not trying to bypass everything, it still serves its purpose. Stun, switch weapons, shoot back of shieldbug, switch back, stun, etc.
Honestly I don't see the nerf of being able to quick tazer twice the amount of bugs.

[ilikehl2]

[QUOTE=solid_jake;23601464][url]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1373361[/url]

Anyone got any maps/mods for me to add that aren't already there?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=974491[/url]

[howling techie]

I'm currently making a map, and I couldn't find anything on the wiki, but how would I make an event only start once all the currently available players are in a certain area/have passed a certain point? Any help would be much appreciated.

[aydin690]

[QUOTE=Jonathan (AS dev)]We're definitely looking at improving the way people download and install addons.[/QUOTE]

High fives all around! :v:

[Bites]

What about [b]MAKING[/b] addons? :colbert:

[RaikohZX]

I just realized that the Tesla Gun nerf and bitching about it being a support weapon was completely pointless - it wasn't something just for Techs and Medics, all four classes could use it and it served well as a primary weapon. But nooo, it's gotta be a support weapon since it stuns enemies and all.

What next, they'll nerf the flamethrower because it kills enemies too good? Bah.

[ilikehl2]

[QUOTE=Darkomni;23624101]What about [b]MAKING[/b] addons? :colbert:[/QUOTE]

Making addons is so annoying for this shit, doing custom radar maps and stuff is such a pain in the ass.

[RaikohZX]

Oh look, unofficial little un-nerf method for the Tesla Gun, although not without faults: [url]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1379242[/url]

Baw, my automerge.

[Bites]

Hey, could someone familiar with the sourcecode help me out? I'm trying to figure out where to change the env_projectedtexture's shadowmap resolution, but nothing's worked so far.

[Jammymanrock]

I tried making a tileset and it ended up as a fullbright looking bloomfest :frown:

[PersonGuy]

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;23609635]Valve needs to fix projectedtexture's ridiculously short deactivation distance, some lights do that and other don't, it's really weird

(and no, they're not overlapping)[/QUOTE]

Make sure that you adjust their cone size and length so that they aren't reaching too far. Right now it builds an axis aligned bounding box around them clipping the bottom near the player's feet, so they can be pretty massive and overlapping even if the lights visually aren't. Use r_flashlightdrawfrustum and r_flashlightdrawfrustumbbox to check it out in game. Oh, and that only applies to the shadow casting ones.

[ThndrShk2k]

[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;23597606]Has anyone seen the rare bug which appears on the first and second level which is impossible to kill? Is this a glitch, or is it not meant to die?[/QUOTE]

Anyone got a video of it?

[Vashzaron]

It's just a normal drone that can't be hurt, though I've been told a Vindicator Grenade can burn it.

[Bites]

[QUOTE=PersonGuy;23625098]Make sure that you adjust their cone size and length so that they aren't reaching too far. Right now it builds an axis aligned bounding box around them clipping the bottom near the player's feet, so they can be pretty massive and overlapping even if the lights visually aren't. Use r_flashlightdrawfrustum and r_flashlightdrawfrustumbbox to check it out in game. Oh, and that only applies to the shadow casting ones.[/QUOTE]

PersonGuy, why do you guys have a hardcoded limit for projectedtextures anyways? I can understand increasing it whenever enabling -tools for source filmmaker, but why not have a default limit of like 4? Or maybe even have it modifiable with console commands?

More importantly, why have a hardcoded shadowmap resolution as well? It'd really make more sense to have convars for both of these, IMO.

[editline]07:22PM[/editline]

seriously i've been looking in the cpp files for the last like 3 hours :frown:

[DrKinkyKinkles]

Grrr the last two times I've joined a full server, everyone is deciding which class to be so I quickly pick one that isn't Medic. Then my idiotic team members do the same and we all quickly die. I've been playing nothing but Medic for the past week and I would finally like to play tech or something sometime.

[RaikohZX]

[QUOTE=DrKinkyKinkles;23626326]Grrr the last two times I've joined a full server, everyone is deciding which class to be so I quickly pick one that isn't Medic. Then my idiotic team members do the same and we all quickly die. I've been playing nothing but Medic for the past week and I would finally like to play tech or something sometime.[/QUOTE]

Same, i'd like to actually be a Tech and hack or something instead of be a Medic for everyone all the time. I mean, I do a good job at it until parasites come into play...