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Hi, I'm a 17-year-old boy from Finland. I've been playing HL2 (sp) since the day it came out and I still love it. In 2006 I started mapping for it and still a newbie, I hope I will improve over time. Meanwhile, I will try and contribute in this wiki to give something back for all the help I've gotten from here.
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== Wiki stuff ==
=== Work In Progress ===
Stuff I'm currently working on or about to work on.. All comments welcome but please leave editing to me :)


If anyone comes up with anything to say to me, feel free to edit this page (or my talk page) or [mailto:jkohvak@gmail.com e-mail] me.
* [[User:Jupix/Atmosphere Transitions (level design)]]
* [[Regret]]


If I ever finish a map in the future, I will list it here, since I have no other familiar place to put it :)
=== Major Contributions ===
I normally don't agree to listing these because everyone does major contributing every once in a while.. However, here's a list of some things I've done..


[[User:Jupix|Jupix]] 16:05, 1 Feb 2006 (PST)
* [[Creating Grass]] &mdash; Total conversion and cleanup.. One of my favourite articles at VDC :P
* [[User Interface feedback]] &mdash; Reorganizing and cleanup of the whole series.. One of the most demanding tasks I've done
* [[Mapping with Antlions]] &mdash; Cleaned up the series


:::[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Jupix All contributions]


==Jupix's miscellaneous newbie questions==
=== People I've pissed off so far.. ===
* [[User:Pb75|Pb75]] &mdash; sorry for moving your articles!
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I know, I know - there already is [[Help Desk]] - but if I were to ask all my stupid questions there, it would fill up pretty fast. Therefore I hope someone will read this and has time to answer some of these questions. Thanks :)
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==Introduction==


* Is it generally correct for one brush face to have multiple [[env_cubemap]]s linked to it? My guess is yes but I decided to ask anyway.
Hi. I've been playing HL2 (sp) since the day it came out and I still love it. In 2006 I started mapping for it. I will also try and contribute in this wiki to give something back for all the help I've gotten from here.


===Multiple cubemaps on same brush?===
If I ever finish a map in the future, I'll list it here :)


:Cubemaps are used for the reflections that appear on some surfaces (whether a surface has a reflection depends on the shader/texture applied to it). I don't think any surface/texture/etc uses more than one reflection, so I don't think any surface would have more than one cubemap linked to it. Also, afaik, you only need to link a cubemap to a surface when you can't get it to look right otherwise. [[User:Giles|Giles]] 11:28, 27 Feb 2006 (PST)
==Contact info==
* E-mail: {{e|jkohvak@gmail.com}}
* IRC: Jupix (IRCNet and freenode)
* Talk page: [[User_talk:Jupix]]


::Yep - I know the basics :) However, I am thinking about a situation where I have, say, a long metal corridor, surfaces of which reflect according to its lighting, and a blue light in one spot and a yellow one in another. I believe the two different lighting conditions create need for 2 cubemaps. Apparently I also need to build the corridor from at least two brushes to give them one cubemap each?
==See also==
 
* [[User:Jupix/Jupix's miscellaneous newbie questions]]
:::Fair enough, I get you now, though it doesn't much help me give you an answer. :) I think it's up to your own experimentation (or someone who knows more than me) to determine whether each surface chooses a cubemap, or each quad/polygon that makes up that surface chooses a cubemap, and whether Source will blend cubemaps together. [[User:Giles|Giles]] 14:22, 27 Feb 2006 (PST)
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::::OK, will do a test on it some day then :)
 
:::You'd have to create two seperate brushes. Keep in mind that the cubemap is much like a 2d skybox, just for the brush. It isn't stationary but moves with the player when he moves on the brush (hope you can follow me here :) ).
:::However, don't forget the lighting of the spots itself! They will have the far superior impact on the appeareance of the brush, so I'd say create a cubemap in the middle of both spots and it'll be ok. Maybe increase the lightmapgrid on the brush if you want the spot to be "sharper". --[[User:Vaarscha|Vaarscha]] 06:51, 6 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
===Mass selection in Hammer?===
 
* Is there a selection tool in Hammer that would, when used in any of the 2D views, behave like (for example) the Block Tool and would select all possible items in its range (that means all items inside the white lines)? I have used Hammer for some time now and haven't found a tool like this. It would be handy for moving stuff, rooms for example, without grouping them first.
 
:When you have the selection tool active, click and drag in the 2D window in any blank space (ie not near any brush edges or selection points). A white box will appear. Press enter to select everything inside this box (including things only partially inside the box). Or press escape to cancel and get rid of the box. [[User:Giles|Giles]] 11:28, 27 Feb 2006 (PST)
 
::Ahh, that's handy. Thanks :)
 
===Easy way to build arch-shaped walls?===
 
* Is there an easy way to build an arched wall like [http://frank.harvard.edu/~howard/pix/arch.jpg this one]? The Arch tool only seems to create the "frame" of the arch, whereas I need the whole thing. Carving a wall with an arch didn't do much good either. Suggestions anyone?
 
:NVM, I used a half-cylinder to carve a block into an arch like in the picture. However, if there's a better way, I'd really like to hear about it :)
 
::Carving with complex shapes is bad (because it puts vertices in off-grid/non-integer positions, which may then get rounded up or down, which will cause the various parts of the carve to separate and look glitchy, and because it creates lots of off-axis brush divisions which will make the BSP compilation get really stroppy). When I'm building complex shapes like arches, I tend to create cylinders as guides but then create the actual arch by hand, brush by brush (with the grid set to its finest level and zoomed right in so I can match up the vertices on what I'm creating with those on my guide brushes). Clip and vertex manipulation all the way. [[User:Giles|Giles]] 07:51, 3 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
:::Yup, I gathered that much reading the VDC article on carving. Reading your post it seems I really should learn how to use vertex editing. About brush editing, normally I do use the smallest possible grid and snap to grid so that shouldn't be a problem. It's just a pain to build complex shapes out of blocks (that's why I used carve for that thing of mine, it isn't very large so I'm living in hope that it doesn't hurt FPS too much. When I tested it out, it seemed to run very smoothly, so I think I'm going to leave it as it is (the arch is now made from only about 10 brushes max, and it's [[func_detail]], so I trust it's quite cheap). Remains to be seen though. [[User:Jupix|Jupix]] 05:23, 6 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
::If you want an arc as complex as the image above. I would suggest that you use a prop or make your own in XSI. By the way im from Finland to Cheers--[[User:Deadity|Deadity]] 11:25, 3 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
:::Cheers mate. Mitä jätkä? ;)
:::I should look into that. Thanks for the advice :) [[User:Jupix|Jupix]] 05:23, 6 Mar 2006 (PST)
:::Mä voisin tehdä sulle sellaisen "propin" jos haluat. Mä tarvitsen harjoitusta--[[User:Deadity|Deadity]] 10:42, 6 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
===Specifying a target for headcrabs emerging from a env_headcrabcanister?===
 
* Is there a way to define where headcrabs should jump from [[env_headcrabcanister]]? I have one canister which is set to land right next to a gorge - now I'm using an [[npc clip]] laid right next to the canister but that looks odd because the headcrabs still jump towards the clip and bounce off it mid-air.
 
:Three options that might work [these are guesses, so no promises :)]
:* Try passing an info_target as a parameter when you trigger '''SpawnHeadcrabs''' (remember to set the '''Wait for input to spawn headcrabs''' flag on the launcher.
:* Have you placed [[info_node]]s yet? It's possible that the headcrabs will aim for those as they exit the canister.
:* If info_nodes don't work, try placing [[info_node_hint]]s with their Hint set to Headcrab: Burrow point. They might aim for these too.
 
:If that doesn't work, then you'll probably have to just figure out some kind of justification for the npc clip brush, like a piece of cliff-side fence that half falling off the cliff, or a tree/rock, or something. [[User:Giles|Giles]] 07:51, 3 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
::Oh and there's always the really obvious one - set the pitch/yaw/roll so the canister lands facing away from the gorge edge! [[User:Giles|Giles]] 07:53, 3 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
:::I'm gonna try those out, thanks :) I've already tested <code>info_node</code> and that seemed to have no obvious effect (apart from its own function which is quite clear anyway), most the headcrabs still jumped at the clip wall. I'm gonna try the other entities mentioned, but unfortunately I can't change the canister's angle to anything different since it must launch from a specific structure and hit a specific target. [[User:Jupix|Jupix]] 05:23, 6 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
===Modifying a brush after it's been created?===
 
* Can a block-shaped brush be made into an another shape, like a cylinder, without carving or clipping?
 
:If you select an object and then switch to the create-brush tool, when you drag in one 2D view, the third dimension (the one not used for that 2D view) for the new brush will be set to whatever you just had selected. It's not a direct conversion but that would save you a bit of time while recreating the new shapes in place of the old ones. [[User:Giles|Giles]] 07:51, 3 Mar 2006 (PST)
 
::OK, I'll check that out :)

Latest revision as of 19:11, 12 March 2023

Wiki stuff

Work In Progress

Stuff I'm currently working on or about to work on.. All comments welcome but please leave editing to me :)

Major Contributions

I normally don't agree to listing these because everyone does major contributing every once in a while.. However, here's a list of some things I've done..

All contributions

People I've pissed off so far..

  • Pb75 — sorry for moving your articles!

Introduction

Hi. I've been playing HL2 (sp) since the day it came out and I still love it. In 2006 I started mapping for it. I will also try and contribute in this wiki to give something back for all the help I've gotten from here.

If I ever finish a map in the future, I'll list it here :)

Contact info

See also

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