So, what are you working on right now?

[NeonsStyle]

The snow in the first screens is very clever. How did you do those bumps?

 

It looks like patches

[NeonsStyle]

That looks really really nice detail work.

[Scampada]

Here's a pic from my start map...

 

[Scampada]

Oh, sorry, sorry, that's not the pic, not that pardon me

Edited September 20, 2016 by Scampada

[MirceaKitsune]

Here's a pic from my start map...

 

The evidence is clear: He was visited by the crazed buttstabber.

[Melan]

 

It looks like patches

 

 

27 Oct 2009

[Dragofer]

While the test reports for Down by the Riverside were rolling in I've been making progress now and again in my other map, Of Brambles and Thorns. It's a large-sized mansion, so I have no qualms with showing a larger selection of images - there's plenty more where that came from. The whole place should have something sinister to it, and the outdoor wilderness should never be far.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2016 by Dragofer

[teh_saccade]

nice leather chair.

[Goldwell]

Those shots look great Dragofer!

[Epifire]

Dragofer, I like how much extra details are packed into some of those scenes. Like all the clutter on what looks to be the top of a shelf/loft? Just adds a bit more character all around.

nice leather chair.

[Dragofer]

nice leather chair.

 

Thanks, it's appreciated.

[Sotha]

Really amazing visuals, Dragofer! They look really realistic and lived in.

 

Keep up the excellent work!

[VanishedOne]

This is actually what I was working on before disappearing, but anyway...

 

An inventor's front hallway. The escalators work, though they're a bit fragile because func_mover* entities turn out to be pushable, and I haven't found a way of turning that off while letting them push the player (I may try increasing the mass, but that could turn out lethal...). There are strategically placed forcefields to stop the escalators breaking during normal usage, so they're workable if the player isn't trying to push them around.

[pariah]

push with box Vanishedone breaks everything) Throw boax at func_mover and it breaks or cause damage.

 

Using spline with anchors to means no breaking and damage.

 

$anchor.time(x);
$anchor.accelTime(x);
$anchor.decelTime(x);

$anchor.startSpline($name of spline);

 

how r u repeat the func_movers for movement continuously?

[pariah]

while (name of script to move stairs = 1)

sys.waitFor (name of spline script)

 

??

[teh_saccade]

The "while $object = 1" might work until the condition becomes false, which would never happen if that object were a physical switch that started true (that the player could never find, eg, in a wall)

Until $anchor.time </> (n);

is like a safety measure, so that if it is pushed or stopped, it just ends and then...

sys.waitFor (escalators/whatever) would repeat it ad infinitum, unless someone or something throws that $object/switch

Might restart it after push/block/whatever.

No extra script required - only the catmullroms(splines, whatever) and anchors/movers script... Perhaps easier with a few switches than extra scripts... Add the "while" at the end, maybe, (as a new void from main, "escalators", chuck it in "continuous(ly) [grammar corrections / correcting grammar]".), idk..?

Might stop them from being so easy to push around, because they will travel only a described path - but they can cause damage depending on the speed (time / acceltime / etc...)

Increasing the mass might have some... undesirable effect with motion
But... if it kills people - i'm down with that.

 

I'd be interested in how you've looped your escalators, also, VanishedOne.

Have a headache over looping scripts for objects that can be... "interfered" with.

Edited September 24, 2016 by teh_saccade

[VanishedOne]

This is the script I'm using:

void escalator_step(entity spline) {
	entity step = sys.spawn("escalator_step");
	step.time(20);
	step.accelTime(0);
	step.decelTime(0);
	step.disableSplineAngles();
	while (1) {
	step.startSpline(spline);
	sys.waitFor(step);
	}
}

void main () {         
	
    sys.waitFrame(); 
	
	float i;
	for ( i = 0; i < 20; i++ ) {
	thread escalator_step($escalator_splinemover_up);
	thread escalator_step($escalator_splinemover_down);
	sys.wait(1);
	}
}

Edit: to clarify the problem with pushing, it's not that you can push steps right off the spline, but that you can create gaps in the sequence and steps that overlap one another (the last bit is especially awkward since there's no way to explain it within the fiction as mechanical breakage). They still move on the spline, but ahead of or behind their proper timing.

Edited September 24, 2016 by VanishedOne

[teh_saccade]

ah you beat me to it - i was just writing something similar - i'll compare.

[teh_saccade]

Yes - that is the problem - there's a way to "jam" them - like a spanner in the works.

This is fine to cause damage, because it's crush/smush...
Hmm...

Have you tried binding the individual steps..?

// bind the step to the escalator

{
$step.bind ($escalator);
}

//I got the exact same problems atm. Dealing with it by having it reset every so often by a self-throwing switch. Resets to "default" and... timing is trial and error - idk wtf it works it just does so I'm not touching that part for now...

Edited September 24, 2016 by teh_saccade

[VanishedOne]

A quick test indicates that binding stops the steps even appearing.

[Dragofer]

Really amazing visuals, Dragofer! They look really realistic and lived in.

 

Keep up the excellent work!

 

 

Thank you, Master Sotha.

[refl3ks]

Hey guys!

 

I'm recreating 'life of the party' and 'unwelcome guest' hybrid. I'm currently adding custom areas and more alternative routes to Angel Watch. My main goal right now is finishing Angel Watch and keep optimizing the map, its quite challenging considering the amount of open areas and the size of the map in general. I'm guessing I should be finished in a month or so, I have at least 120 hours invested into it right now, I'm taking quite a few breaks to keep myself from

burning out too soon.

 

These are not the latest screens, I will post more soon.

 

 

[Cambridge Spy]

Um, you're going to have to change a few names, we don't want any copyright issues!

[refl3ks]

Um, you're going to have to change a few names, we don't want any copyright issues!

 

Names are all changed, map is not 100 percent accurate on purpose.

[PsymH]

Wow, that is so great. I'm looking forward to this!