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#2101 Posted 12 March 2011 - 10:23 AM
Who ever said you can't make hills? Since when wasn't that possible? It's just not horribly practical usually since you can't get every angle without doing weiiird things and even then there's a few basically impossible rotations.
But it's still fun.
But it's still fun.
#2102 Posted 12 March 2011 - 05:06 PM
I think i managed to finish my first map so i only need to put in monsters and a few more things. Then i fucked up by overwriting it >.> I think i wasted about 5 hours of work... ugh
This post has been edited by Jhect: 12 March 2011 - 05:07 PM
#2103 Posted 13 March 2011 - 03:48 AM
Mblackwell, on Mar 12 2011, 03:23 PM, said:
Who ever said you can't make hills? Since when wasn't that possible? It's just not horribly practical usually since you can't get every angle without doing weiiird things and even then there's a few basically impossible rotations.
But it's still fun.
But it's still fun.
I want to play that whatever it is!!
About the slopes, i´ve designed my own method once, then saw it applied in other mods. So i think it´s pretty easy to understand.
Suppose you have a hill, with three different slopes... bah it´s a pain in the ass to explain.
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#2104 Posted 13 March 2011 - 05:00 AM
A problem with making hills in the BUILD engine is that every sector has at least two wall-points whose floor z coordinates are the same, so you can't just generate a point set and have it covered with triangles. So, the natural approach to me seems to manually create lines of equal height (like in a topographic map) and connect them with triangle strips. I've made a Mapster-script function that is intended to take away the chore of setting the firstwalls and slopes by hand, but you'll still have to set the heights. Also, it's probably not very usable beyond the first strip, but anyway, here's an illustrated tutorial:
1. Create isolines and connect them with triangle strips. Then, select the points of one loop at a time with RCtrl-RShift.
2. The lines between the selected points are those to be the first walls. Now, place the mouse pointer in the sector having the target height for the third points. Enter "do state mkterrain" in the console.
3. This is how it should look like after the first operation. Sometimes, you need to enter the command twice (I have no idea why).
4. Now repeat the procedure with the opposite bunch of points. Since the target z coordinate is that of the outside, place the mouse pointer there.
5. Ctrl-Shift...
6. The final result...
edit: steps 4 and 5 are reversed...
1. Create isolines and connect them with triangle strips. Then, select the points of one loop at a time with RCtrl-RShift.
2. The lines between the selected points are those to be the first walls. Now, place the mouse pointer in the sector having the target height for the third points. Enter "do state mkterrain" in the console.
3. This is how it should look like after the first operation. Sometimes, you need to enter the command twice (I have no idea why).
4. Now repeat the procedure with the opposite bunch of points. Since the target z coordinate is that of the outside, place the mouse pointer there.
5. Ctrl-Shift...
6. The final result...
edit: steps 4 and 5 are reversed...
#2105 Posted 13 March 2011 - 02:36 PM
Gambini, on Mar 13 2011, 12:48 PM, said:
I want to play that whatever it is!!
About the slopes, i´ve designed my own method once, then saw it applied in other mods. So i think it´s pretty easy to understand.
Suppose you have a hill, with three different slopes... bah it´s a pain in the ass to explain.
About the slopes, i´ve designed my own method once, then saw it applied in other mods. So i think it´s pretty easy to understand.
Suppose you have a hill, with three different slopes... bah it´s a pain in the ass to explain.
Wasn´t that hill placed in the SST 2 TC tech demo?
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#2106 Posted 13 March 2011 - 03:20 PM
I've always hated Build and Mapster's sloping with the entirety of my heart.
#2107 Posted 13 March 2011 - 03:56 PM
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Wasn´t that hill placed in the SST 2 TC tech demo?
Where i can download that?
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#2110 Posted 14 March 2011 - 06:54 PM
I have a new/less buggy version sitting on my HDD. I was holding off for sound effects but maybe I should just release it.
#2111 Posted 20 March 2011 - 07:35 PM
Finishing the latestestest details of my It Lives map. Gonna release it tomorrow, after receiving the last reports.
#2112 Posted 20 March 2011 - 07:52 PM
I guess I'll post something small I'm working on right now. I'm not sure where I want my main mod to go. Initially it was going to be sci-fi based.. But now it's turning into some generic CoD/CS clone, bah.
So until I figure that out, I was going to make a Duke-TC that revolves around Duke. So I'm starting first by trying to compile assets from the console ports of Duke3D. Well, the things that are different, at least. Here's what I've got from Total Meltdown.
The ones with the pink masking color are original Duke3D tiles and the ones with the transparent backgrounds are Total Meltdown tiles. And those are just the ones I bothered to put in place. I've got only 25% of the player tiles set in, and I have at least 86% of the the Pigcop Zombie tiles, though I don't know what order they go in yet. Also, that's assuming the pigcop zombie only has the amount of tiles that the regular pigcop does, which seems to be true since their code seems to be almost a direct copy and paste.
So until I figure that out, I was going to make a Duke-TC that revolves around Duke. So I'm starting first by trying to compile assets from the console ports of Duke3D. Well, the things that are different, at least. Here's what I've got from Total Meltdown.
The ones with the pink masking color are original Duke3D tiles and the ones with the transparent backgrounds are Total Meltdown tiles. And those are just the ones I bothered to put in place. I've got only 25% of the player tiles set in, and I have at least 86% of the the Pigcop Zombie tiles, though I don't know what order they go in yet. Also, that's assuming the pigcop zombie only has the amount of tiles that the regular pigcop does, which seems to be true since their code seems to be almost a direct copy and paste.
This post has been edited by Wolf: 20 March 2011 - 07:53 PM
#2113 Posted 20 March 2011 - 09:33 PM
Wolf, on Mar 21 2011, 01:52 PM, said:
I guess I'll post something small I'm working on right now. I'm not sure where I want my main mod to go. Initially it was going to be sci-fi based.. But now it's turning into some generic CoD/CS clone, bah.
So until I figure that out, I was going to make a Duke-TC that revolves around Duke. So I'm starting first by trying to compile assets from the console ports of Duke3D. Well, the things that are different, at least. Here's what I've got from Total Meltdown.
The ones with the pink masking color are original Duke3D tiles and the ones with the transparent backgrounds are Total Meltdown tiles. And those are just the ones I bothered to put in place. I've got only 25% of the player tiles set in, and I have at least 86% of the the Pigcop Zombie tiles, though I don't know what order they go in yet. Also, that's assuming the pigcop zombie only has the amount of tiles that the regular pigcop does, which seems to be true since their code seems to be almost a direct copy and paste.
So until I figure that out, I was going to make a Duke-TC that revolves around Duke. So I'm starting first by trying to compile assets from the console ports of Duke3D. Well, the things that are different, at least. Here's what I've got from Total Meltdown.
The ones with the pink masking color are original Duke3D tiles and the ones with the transparent backgrounds are Total Meltdown tiles. And those are just the ones I bothered to put in place. I've got only 25% of the player tiles set in, and I have at least 86% of the the Pigcop Zombie tiles, though I don't know what order they go in yet. Also, that's assuming the pigcop zombie only has the amount of tiles that the regular pigcop does, which seems to be true since their code seems to be almost a direct copy and paste.
I think Nfelli ripped some sprites so you might want to talk to him
#2114 Posted 20 March 2011 - 11:57 PM
My mod calls for a tank vehicle at some point, so I'm working on that now. I know it's been done in AWOL, but I don't know for sure if that code was meant to be used (with credit) for other projects or not and since its single-player only I thought I could make it work much more simply, so I'm redoing it anyway. Besides it's good practice.
I don't have anything that feels like riding around in a tank, but the dummy sprite is working (to set the player's coordinates to while in the tank) so right now I have my own little 6-speed RC-Car running around a test map.
I don't have anything that feels like riding around in a tank, but the dummy sprite is working (to set the player's coordinates to while in the tank) so right now I have my own little 6-speed RC-Car running around a test map.
This post has been edited by wayskobfssae: 21 March 2011 - 12:09 AM
#2115 Posted 21 March 2011 - 05:39 AM
wayskobfssae, on Mar 21 2011, 12:57 AM, said:
My mod calls for a tank vehicle at some point, so I'm working on that now. I know it's been done in AWOL, but I don't know for sure if that code was meant to be used (with credit) for other projects or not and since its single-player only I thought I could make it work much more simply, so I'm redoing it anyway. Besides it's good practice.
I don't have anything that feels like riding around in a tank, but the dummy sprite is working (to set the player's coordinates to while in the tank) so right now I have my own little 6-speed RC-Car running around a test map.
I don't have anything that feels like riding around in a tank, but the dummy sprite is working (to set the player's coordinates to while in the tank) so right now I have my own little 6-speed RC-Car running around a test map.
Just look at it, learn from it, and write code based on it if you're unsure. Old as it is, AWOL's a pretty good mod to learn how to code things from scratch. If I have to code an enemy, I usually use the marines in that mod to build a basic pathfinding base, then go from there.
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#2116 Posted 22 March 2011 - 05:25 AM
You can also take a look at Duke Nukem Army as that has a drivable tank, helicopter and jet plane.
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#2118 Posted 22 March 2011 - 10:29 AM
There are really several ways it can be done, one of them is the cheap way of setting the APLAYER's ACTION to that of the vehicle. (This is what I did for the poorly coded Duke Theft Auto)
Or the method that you are trying to do now, have the sprite follow the same position as the player and make the player but not the vehicle invisible using EVENT_ANIMATESPRITES.
Or the method that you are trying to do now, have the sprite follow the same position as the player and make the player but not the vehicle invisible using EVENT_ANIMATESPRITES.
#2119 Posted 24 March 2011 - 02:14 PM
Finished my map IT LIVES. In case it goes unnoticed, here´s the thread:
http://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopi...amp;#entry78552
http://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopi...amp;#entry78552
#2120 Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:03 AM
DeeperThought, on Mar 22 2011, 12:48 PM, said:
Also Lord Misfit has a drivable pigcop tank in his mod.
Yes, and he's also sorry there's been a lack of work on his mod too lately. o.o;
Eventually, with my new laptop, I'll have a lot more freedom in terms of what kind of maps I could build and how well NR runs [being that I've had it called the unofficial coding benchmark by various developers (not my words, trust me)], and I can now finally use Polymer too! X)
Anyways, I too use a type of dummy sprite to track the player's coordinates in NR for vehicles, and I think I use actions to show the player as a Tank when in use, also setting their pals depending on the type of tank being driven. There is the issue on occasion when I get out of a tank, the actual tank actor is sometimes spawned at the top of the sector I'm in and falls down on the ground from above, look really out of place. Will have to eventually look into that. >.>;
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#2121 Posted 27 March 2011 - 02:30 AM
I got annoyed about having to do so many physics questions for homework so I made this 16 second video using eduke: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BZ8u3cMX7cU
#2122 Posted 27 March 2011 - 11:44 PM
Micky C, on Mar 27 2011, 06:30 AM, said:
I got annoyed about having to do so many physics questions for homework so I made this 16 second video using eduke: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BZ8u3cMX7cU
That was cool. You can tell your teacher "Er, well Duke blew up my homework!"
I just did one on how Duke would feel about another DNF delay.
BTW, love the BB code for Youtube
This post has been edited by VinsaneOne: 28 March 2011 - 03:53 PM
#2123 Posted 28 March 2011 - 01:43 AM
VinsaneOne, on Mar 28 2011, 01:44 AM, said:
That was cool. You can tell your teacher "Er, well Duke blew up my homework!"
I just did one on how Duke would feel about another DNF delay.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=i53D-2gqbio
I just did one on how Duke would feel about another DNF delay.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=i53D-2gqbio
thats a semi impressive voice over there
#2125 Posted 28 March 2011 - 01:56 PM
I am gonna upload some of the music that i use in my mod. I use music from other games and edit it just a little bit, so that it replays the way i want it. Also edit some of it with bass boost and some more.
K, it's up.
K, it's up.
This post has been edited by Jhect: 28 March 2011 - 02:46 PM
#2126 Posted 28 March 2011 - 04:05 PM
duke4everman, on 28 March 2011 - 01:43 AM, said:
thats a semi impressive voice over there
Thanks, it was a second take quickie.
Lunick, on 28 March 2011 - 12:12 PM, said:
Nice one, Vinsaneone 
Thank you!
Jhect, on 28 March 2011 - 01:56 PM, said:
I am gonna upload some of the music that i use in my mod. I use music from other games and edit it just a little bit, so that it replays the way i want it. Also edit some of it with bass boost and some more.
K, it's up.
K, it's up.
Don't think it needed any bass boost. It's a speaker buster!
#2127 Posted 29 March 2011 - 06:37 AM
Tank HUD & cannon shot.
This post has been edited by wayskobfssae: 29 March 2011 - 06:41 AM
#2129 Posted 29 March 2011 - 09:49 AM
wayskobfssae, on 29 March 2011 - 06:37 AM, said:
Tank HUD & cannon shot.
That stuff reminds me of classic game Battlezone. looks nice.
This post has been edited by zykov eddy: 29 March 2011 - 09:49 AM
#2130 Posted 30 March 2011 - 09:31 AM
@wayskobfssae: Looks awesome!
Been fooling around with ideas for a new map.
Been fooling around with ideas for a new map.
