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yeah, definitely start converting a bunch to func_detail. Still, func_detail geometry is still not as cheap as static_prop's, so make sure anything particularly complex gets done that way, expecially if you have several instances of it. I'm not sure that 5 hours is necessarily an outrageous...

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1153617&posted=1#post1153617

PHYS_HINGE demo map Here's another one, this one for phys_hinge. (I'll post 'em one by one, then package them together when I'm done with all the physics entities.)

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1153092&posted=1#post1153092

phys_lengthconstraint demo map For some of the more complex entities, I'm finding mere words tend to produce difficult to follow explanations. For some entities, a few pictures help, but for a number of these, I might as well make a demo map that explains things a lot more fully. The sdk_* maps...

I get a small ammount of this on my x800xt. The pixels aren't glaringly white, so it's not so bad. It seems limited to the edge of certain textures like water. I think i would notice it more if I weren't playing at 1600x1200

i've had steam crash on its own without hammer just by leaving a menu open. But hammer has its own leaks. Remember that Hammer always makes a backup one save back when you save your map.

regards to 5: the env_spotlight beam is just some sort of geometry with a certain material. If you locate that material, you should be able to apply it to some (collisionless) func_brush which you can then shape to match how the lightbeams should look.

cliff :laugh:

I'm going to allow that his intel World-of-crap graphics will play HL2 if he says it plays CS:S. Asider from that though, he probably underestimates other issues. Here are the possibilities: 1) it really is Valve's fault because they haven't fixed a bug for your particular hardware situation...

the basic gameplsy you wouldn't have to mod; just use entities in your dm map the right way (see a map called dm_speedball for an example). You can't control the teamscore though, but you could count the score the way it's done in speedball, by using a scoreboard seen in the actual map. You can...

yeah, sorry; a func_rotating spins constantly, so you'll want func_door

It's generally bad for the project lead not to have some area of expertise (besides Bullshit artist :D); if you can't actually push some area of develpment by doing some of it yourself, you won't get much respect, nor will you recruit anyone. Aside from this, you need to start with some...

Check out the end of this thread: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=59831 Major revision to my entity guide. (need some feedback and contributions, please...so lonely ;( )

Questions: I'm greatly interested in using entities to make custom gametypes. Which entities did you use? The one's I've seen that seem appropriate seem broekn holdovers from HL1, but I haven't tested them. Is the text displayed just a text message? How do you award points to a team? Are you...

the listenserver.cfg error is normal. Just means you're not running a dedicated server.

The visual side of a rope is produced by a series of keyframe_rope. There's a Valve tutorial on this (use the link under the Hammer help menu). The part which actually keeps your light in place is a phys_lengthconstraint. You'll want to make sure that the phys_lengthconstraint attaches to...

Major update. Find it here: http://hl2modcentral.com/tutorial.php?id=33&cat=0

yes, 1 unit = 1 inch

What part of "general editing" was ambiguous?