DigitalVapor Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Thats right, I am making the DotF map the way it was layed out in the movie. The room is a half circle, it would be too complicated to explain in words how it is set up but in short, if you look at it from above, it resembles a spider web. I just need to figure out how to make the energy beams and the time activated energy doors. Once I get that right its just a matter of getting the proper textures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 so the count is now up to 5 versions of Duel Of the Fates, and I all ready have one copy... (well, beta testing it anyways..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzilla Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 funny.. just last night I drew a diagram of the Generator Complex.... I drewed from watch ing the particular scene like 20-40 times as well as looking at the model in the Beginning Making of Ep 1 on the DVD. Laterly I've been just doing test sizes on the catwalks. I'd like to see the map when its done XD I'd like to see everyone's map when they're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pogwaffle Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 My DOTF level is going to be extremly accurate. I have got the energy beams in the generator complex pretty much exact as they are in the movie and the shape(all platforms are curves), size and "feel" is pretty good. I have studied the DOTF scene for hours on end and studied other sources (like DVD, pics). Ive just got to do the finer details and proper textures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko'or Oragahn Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 I hope you have Episode I Locations book. It shows the generator and is filled with details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalVapor Posted May 10, 2002 Author Share Posted May 10, 2002 Well there are a couple minor details that I will have to leave out. Number one is the catwalks that connect the energy beams are curved to follow the shape of the room, I am making them straight because I refuse to fight with radiant over these GOD AWFUL curve tools. I am using as few curves and patch meshes as humanly possible because they DO NOT WORK RIGHT AND CONSTANTLY CRASH RADIANT. Besides, you cant do a csg subtract with curves and that just destroys the whole point of using them for any REAL structural work. Also, I am stull working on the texturing so my first revision may not be visualy acurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIO Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 sounds like your going to make it really cool but i just want to warn you that like 10 diff ppl are making the same map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEXX Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Do I have to set my entities for JK2Radiant for a MP map before I create it? I have SP_entities now, but fear that I cannot change a SP map in the construction process to a MP map; or must one set this up first before any JK2 map is created? As some may know, I am working on a MP Theed Generator Complex map too. I find though I am playing MP games more than I should--got to control that addiction. Here is a JPG I made of some Theed Generator Complex images I took from my Insider's Ep. I CD I own. It may help you all if you want some slight references. This URL should work (most of the time); its speed will range from 5KB/s to 90KB/s - JPG image is 387KB http://www2.applesolutions.com/other/tpm_n174.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIO Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 hey i can't get my custom txtures to show up in the game i but them in the test folder in the textures folder in my base folder they show up in radiant but not in the game why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sights0d Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 I think that in order to get custom textures to show up, they have to be available in a pk3 file pointing to where you have them virtually on your own drive. Give it a go. You'd have to add those files to the actual pk3 map file. But I'm something of a newbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pud1 Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 gee sure wish you guys can give us some screenies of your dotf maps be nice to compare and drool over them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo2k Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 Originally posted by VIO hey i can't get my custom txtures to show up in the game i but them in the test folder in the textures folder in my base folder they show up in radiant but not in the game why not? i bet its because your still running in pure mode so the game engine wont load any textures or shaders or models that are'nt PK3'ed to get around this you'll need to type sv_pure 0 before loading your map hope this helps gizmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIO Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 i run my map from a short cut ei +sv_pure 0 +map bob does that work well i'll trty it manually anyway though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr. Antilles Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 1. Patch meshes are great for structural work, CSG can cause a lot of problems, so most mappers don't use it. Have you even bothered w/ the vetex editing mode? (press V when you have a patch mesh selected) I've NEVER crashed w/ that. 2. Make sure your custom textures' dimensions are in powers of 2. IE 128x128, 256x512, etc. Otherwise, JK2 will not load them, even though they work fine in JK2R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalVapor Posted June 2, 2002 Author Share Posted June 2, 2002 Well I am scrapping my Duel Of The Fates map since the EXACT map I was making (I mean IDENTICAL!) was already released. I have it and I must say its almost PERFECT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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