Pfhorrest wrote: ↑Jan 7th '21, 08:13 Or it's just an engine limitation.

I refuse to believe the Tiny BOB was a critical gameplay element and couldn't have been replaced.

Looking nice! Any way to import 3D models into Source? I recall there were some Marathon 3D map exporters out there. Might help you out.

There's less hinting between topics. Two iterations ago, there was this subtle 3D effect so things jumped out at you, even if it was only 2 pixels thick. The previous iteration had alternating light-and-dark bands between each topic. This one just has an invisible 1 pixel black line, which I can on...

One might also possibly infer the supposed light sources of an existing map from the lighting of the surfaces: what lights would best approximate the illumination of these surfaces. This. Slap a light source somewhere in the middle of every convex polygon with an intensity corresponding to the surr...

(Is 3 months too long to necro content? :P ) Maybe like this? If you want a grid spacing of 4, and the current coordinate is 3. 3/4 = 0.75 let's round that number. Round(3/4) = 1 The new coordinate should be 1 * 4 = 4. Same pattern - Let's say you start with 13. Your new output would be 12. Hit the ...

Neat! I approve!

The Welcome to Macintosh logo is always such a whimsical design.

Time to learn some programming and get to work on it!
Adding colored lighting is possible with shaders this old thread used to have an impressive photo of a hard coded light source on a Marathon map:
http://pfhorums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6271

During the teleportation from one level to the next, the Marine interacts with other reality streams: Half hallucination, half shadowy figments. You're not really shooting bullets at Marines, but the player's mind can't comprehend it otherwise. The designers of the teleporter deemed it a feature, no...

What! They're already out of Mediums?! Did they only make like 7 of these?

It's been a while since I mapped, but what activation do you have for the monster?

Note that monsters get distracted easily. You should make them blind and deaf so they don't engage the player instead.

That's some interesting trivia Lion O Cyborg. Had to see for myself.
Video Link for more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8g-n8ClZ1s

What kind of features are you looking for?

If you're leaning towards anything in the 3D-modeling camp, Aleph One wouldn't be my first selection.

Why not try it? Shouldn't take more than a couple hours to trial.

Hey, that's neat. Considering that Durandal came out near the tail of 1995, not too many months between that and the track's release.

Wow, this is one of those dumb but brilliant marketing stunts. I guess the next step would have been a 'Gameboy Camera' style: "Put your face in the game" Macworld booth.

You may wish to try the source code for Shapefusion. It is an editor capable of modifying physics files. https://sourceforge.net/p/shapefusion/code/HEAD/tree/ As far as what the physics actually mean. You can view this link for a high-level understanding of some of the properties. https://web.archiv...

It has been a while, but I thought that mini-gun glitch was fixed in Aleph One?

I definitely recall a map showing how to do it. I cannot find the thread however.

Welcome.

Release the gimmicks!

Which game? Which Level?

We just need a like button so I can approve of the links to the various renditions. Good job. Feels good to listen to them all again.

Well that is....something.

The penguins and fish were fun, albeit un-interactive. Same for the ghosts. I think they should be a bit more aggressive in their haunting.

Didn't have a chance to try it in multiplayer, but looks like a good time.

So I understand Marathon uses a cylinder to represent the hit detection. However, this leads to situations where the player can shoot at the transparent parts of the monster and still register a hit. Is there a technical reason why Bungie decided not to do a transparency check on the sprite to allow...

That's sexy.

This makes me want to do bullet decals so hard. Eeee