TopHATTwaffle http://www.tophattwaffle.com Source Engine Level Design Sat, 18 May 2013 18:22:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Status of site http://www.tophattwaffle.com/status-of-site/ http://www.tophattwaffle.com/status-of-site/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 03:25:55 +0000 doug http://www.tophattwaffle.com/?p=4452 As some of you may have already seen, I’ve killed the forums. I’m taking a new approach to this site, to hopefully give you guys a better learning and community experience. I’m attempting to fit things to a standard, and abide to it.

With all of that, please remember that some content may be down on the site or things may be moved around. I’ll try to keep all content live while re-doing the site.

Thank you for your time and cooperation.

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Thank for understanding.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70GhO6z5aKM

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So for my mod, Portal 2 Lab Rat, we needed some basic brushes turned into models. There is already a tool for this, Propper. It’s a modified VBSP that spits out a model instead of a BSP.

The tool has been out since Source 2007, and has been updated to work with Source 2009. Yet, there is no Portal 2 support (As well as no L4D2 support). So I’ve spent some time working on this little thing to make this easier on us Portal 2 mappers.

At its core this is no more than 2 BAT files to make some folders and fire some commands. But it acts as a wizard and holds your hand through the model creation process. There will be some bugs, I doubt I will update this tool much, if you find something to break it let me know and I’ll do my best to patch it up.

Disclaimer: This tool modifies certain environmental variables in the Windows operating system. I am not responsible, and will NOT help you fix it if it breaks anything. Use this tool at your own risk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQJQydNq6rs

Download: Download Portal 2 Propper

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So, if you have an idea for a particle system that should be created in this tutorial, let me know! Shoot me and email letting me know what you’d like to see in the tutorial! Some things that I already have in the list are:

  • Bugs on floor
  • Waterfall
  • Water splashes
  • Water foam
  • Smoke
  • Fire
  • Falling leaves

So if you have ideas for another particle system, please let me know!

 

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Do you have what it takes to stop the AI from killing you before you can fix it? In this exciting DLC package for Portal 2 you will navigate detailed test chambers on your quest to stop the AI! If you make it, there is a special surprise at the end of the test!

Download: Not yet available for download!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZzz6XpqwSw

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http://www.twitch.tv/tophattwaffle

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http://www.twitch.tv/tophattwaffle

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On Sunday, December 28th at 6PM Chicago Time, I’ll be live streaming a complete beginner’s guide to mapping in Portal 2. Here is some of what I’ll be covering.

  • Hammer interface and tools
  • Basic mapping guidelines
  • Basic Dos and don’ts
  • Conversion of PTI maps to Hammer
  • Placing and connecting all puzzle elements
  • QnA through out the entire thing (Ask away!)

So here is the link to the stream, nothing is live until the 28th. I’ll be sure to remind all of you the best I can when it starts. (Twitter, facebook, my blog, ect..) http://www.twitch.tv/tophattwaffle

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