What are you working on RIGHT NOW? - Community WIP thread

[Korrow]

Curse you all!

I have yet to get it working

[Komag]

the mainstream system is an A64 3200+ 1024MB and a 6600GT it should not pose a problem. *hopes*

That may be the mainstream system that is currently bought by gamers. But the mainstream average PC buyers get onboard video and audio, WAY way less good than a nice 6600GT, more along the lines of a lamo GeForce 4 MX or something like that. And a gig of ram is still rare as well, for most people.

But don't let that stop you. As long as you can hit similar framerates as you get in the OMs, that will work for us! Looks very cool BTW, keep it up!

[Bho]

i know its a lot of BSP, but it runs fine on a 2100+ with 512MB and a GF4Ti4200. in these days where the mainstream system is an A64 3200+ 1024MB and a 6600GT it should not pose a problem. *hopes*

Whoa! Some of us can bearly run the game, ya know...

[Firetiger5]

Eeeek!

[dracflamloc]

Curse you all!

I have yet to get it working

Have you tried my instructions and launcher?

[furunculus]

That may be the mainstream system that is currently bought by gamers. But the mainstream average PC buyers get onboard video and audio, WAY way less good than a nice 6600GT, more along the lines of a lamo GeForce 4 MX or something like that. And a gig of ram is still rare as well, for most people.

But don't let that stop you. As long as you can hit similar framerates as you get in the OMs, that will work for us! Looks very cool BTW, keep it up!

there is no room for onboard graphics with my levels, lol. i estimate the minimum spec to be a 9800Pro/X700Pro from ATI, or a 5900U/6600GT from nVidia.

my last level was pretty demanding as well, considering it was released 18 months ago for Ravenshield: http://www.spandex.eclipse.co.uk/UWA_08-17-2003_1.jpg
but people coped.

[furunculus]

Whoa! Some of us can bearly run the game, ya know...

i know, i'm about to junk my current PC cos it is so slow are running modern apps/games.

[bloodyzeppelins]

yup.


i know its a lot of BSP, but it runs fine on a 2100+ with 512MB and a GF4Ti4200. in these days where the mainstream system is an A64 3200+ 1024MB and a 6600GT it should not pose a problem. *hopes*

- Thats not yours, unless you're the level designer for Nightblade. That shot isn't even from T3Ed...

* nevermind, that is yours. haha, sorry

[furunculus]

i'm not part of the Nightblade team, i just rather fancied making a level for its sneaky style of gameplay, just as i now wish to see it adapted for T3.

where did you get confused?

[bloodyzeppelins]

I remember seeing that in the Nightblade forums a long time ago... for some reason, I thought it was their mission. It looks great, by the way.

[Mortal Monkey]

What I'm working on right now? This amazing level where... oh. Apparantly I'm working on this.

[darkcosmos]

What I'm working on right now? This amazing level where... oh. Apparantly I'm working on this.

LOL - I play that level a lot, and never seem to win it

[Korrow]

Have you tried my instructions and launcher?

Yes, I have. I can open the editor but I can't Run anything that I make.

[furunculus]

I remember seeing that in the Nightblade forums a long time ago... for some reason, I thought it was their mission. It looks great, by the way.

lol, np.

i am waiting for a static and texture pack from the nightblade people, until then there isn't much more i can do.

[jolynsbass]

yup.


i know its a lot of BSP, but it runs fine on a 2100+ with 512MB and a GF4Ti4200. in these days where the mainstream system is an A64 3200+ 1024MB and a 6600GT it should not pose a problem. *hopes*

I'm not so sure, but I wouldn't call 6600GT mainstream... at least not yet. But I'm sure it will be all too soon. By the way, that castle looks great!

Question : With my not having the game yet(my card is too far below the 6600GT level to be able to play TDS), I don't understand why someone said it would be better to use more static meshes... What exactly is a static mesh and how is it superior to using brushes? And can you see the exact shape of it in the editor(unlike in Dromed, where you could place an object, and only see a big square- NOT helpful) ? I guess I just need to get the game... and a new vid card...

[Hogwash]

I don't understand why someone said it would be better to use more static meshes... What exactly is a static mesh and how is it superior to using brushes? And can you see the exact shape of it in the editor(unlike in Dromed, where you could place an object, and only see a big square- NOT helpful) ? I guess I just need to get the game... and a new vid card...

A static mesh is a type of mesh which is cached into video memory, and so can be displayed many times with little extra overhead. "Static" in "static mesh" doesn't mean "doesn't move" – it can be moved, rotated, retextured and scaled (even disproportionally) in realtime. The "static" only refers to the fact that it can't be animated, that is, the relative positions of the vertices are fixed. Hence, static meshes are useful for displaying pieces of architecture that don't move at all or might move as a whole, but they're no good for displaying players, whose bodies need to bend and change shape.

Source

Yes, static meshes are displayed in polygonal detail in the editor, in a lovely sky blue colour. Because of the efficiency of static meshes, especially when repeated, they make up a great amount of the final level geometry.

[Karkianman]

when i get back home i'll jump into making a water-looking walk through volume, and adding a script so that when an object hits it it creates an invisible elevator with different sounds that is solid only for that object and goes down slowly depending on weight and rises if jump is pressed or something. I wonder what that might become

[darkcosmos]

Making Garrett climb a rope because he thinks it's a ladder... oh, how he misses those rope arrows!

[furunculus]

I'm not so sure, but I wouldn't call 6600GT mainstream... at least not yet. But I'm sure it will be all too soon. By the way, that castle looks great!

thanks. i too am stuck with an aged video card.

BSP is very computationally intensive, unlike statics, but it is very easy to optimise them via the use of zone portals, anti-portals, fog, and draw distance so the impact isn't so great.

the biggest limitation of BSP culling is the Unreal engine limitation of 63 zones, before i knew of this my UWA map had reached about 160, which actually reduces performance! lol.

but with more horsepower in todays computers, and good use of culling techniques BSP is still a wonderful medium to create architechture with. in my UWA map all i used statics for was furnishings and such like. it can still be seen today being played online in the RvS master server list.

[Korrow]

Yes, I have. I can open the editor but I can't Run anything that I make.

Ah nevermind, I got it working now.

[Gestalt]

My howls of frustration are coming along smoothly, and I'm making quite a lot of progress in the cursing department. I expect to be swearing like a sailor before the month is out.

Why do you hate me so, T3ed?

[Renzatic]

Did you kill a chicken as payment before you fired it up for the first time, Gestalt?

I did.

[Gestalt]

I was hoping a pigeon would do, but maybe not. Maybe my pigeon just wasn't configured correctly? I'll try reading the entrails to see if I can figure out what went wrong.

[Gestalt]

The second pigeon worked:

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[Hogwash]

Heh, for a minute there I thought you had posted a screenshot from a Harry Potter game.