I urge you to reconsider the target/name234 not for 1.5 thing. It's a very useful feature and in my view should be added sooner rather than later. Is it really that much work - how much more than than an addition to SUB_UseTargets? 

let's try to keep the thread on topic guys 

I was messing around with switching between the .fgd and .def files for AD in TrenchBroom2 today, and I found myself wishing that I could have the functionality of both in just the one. Is that possible?

By the functionality, I mean the improvedpreviews, integrateddescription text and so on. I'm sure there are more differences other than that (the entities change colour! Wow!), but those are the two that stuck out to me most when I was expermenting.

I'm not at all familiar with these formats, but if there's no interest from sock or anyone else in doing this would it be possible to at least point me to a guide on how to edit them myself? Thanks! 

.fgd and .def files are simple text files. Drop one on any text editor to view. But it's how the editor(s) make use of these files that counts.

I believe that would be where the changes would have you occur that you desire, in the editors(source)?

IF I am understanding you correctly. 

These are simple text files that you can edit in notepad or wordpad. Shouldn't be super hard to figure out, Worldcraft and Jackhammer might have slightly different terms for displaying models I think?

I initially did the fgd support on the team before Sock took over and fully redid it, if memory serves Ionous was the only person on the team using worldcraft and was mapping by copy pasting or maybe even typing up the entities??... 

#1019 (dwere)
Though something tells me I can get away with more because I'm not Mugwump.

"...but bear with me as I do an amazing impression of him..." 

Why would someone as obvious need an account? 

For TB2, check the help section.

Under Advanced Topics, the Displaying Models for Entities should provide you with information on how to create those improved previews yourself! 

So they could make their name into some bright, garish colour, like "255" red, or "toxic lime" green.

I'm no moderator but I feel like this discussion belongs either in the "beef" thread or General Abuse... 

Are you the specific Tor-powered troll account of someone else here, who is too high up to afford risking his reputation by showing what he's really like ? Or just a basic bitch ? 

you could make a dummy enemy with 1hp no movetype, no addition to monster count that takes a model like misc_model.

but I hesitate to suggest anything that delays shipping.

because I want it shipped. 

Be aware that if you want to beef up the FGD for TB2's advanced model syntax, that this syntax is going to change in the next beta release. For simple cases, TB2 is compatible with J.A.C.K. / Worldcraft / Hammer model syntax. 

Is a thing that was being worked on just before 1.0 if I remember rightly.
It would be a neat addition imo. Could hide bits n bob's in them, also we might end up with some zelda maps ;) 

I think the player footstep sounds could use a little TLC. My suggestions:

1. Randomize the sounds

I think there are 4 currently, perhaps have 5 or 6. Since we're trying to avoid obvious patterns, It might be best to make it so when a sound is played, 2 other sounds have to play before it can be played again.


2. Reduce volume, use a more subtle sound effect

The current sounds are rather "cloppy", perhaps use a more subtle sound that's little more ubiquitous. Something that would be passable on brick, dirt, wood, etc. 

You could make a function for a volume similar to water that can be placed above the floor.

Give it selectable styles so that you can pick what kind of footstep sound you want.

"marsh", "metal", "stone", "wood", "carpet", "gravel / bones" 

Might be more trouble than it's worth for the mapper. I think something like q3's surfaceparms would be better, but even then, probably more trouble than it's worth.

Don't get me wrong, I'd like different sound sets for different surfaces, I just don't see it happening. 

Randomizing the sounds is a good idea, as right now the pattern is way too easy to recognize and remember. Patterns even, as it also concerns monsters.

I don't think I have a problem with the sounds themselves. Nothing beats vanilla Doom 3 in this regard. By far the worst set of footstep sounds I've encountered. 

I was wondering whether or not it is possible to unlock the locked teleport map doors by finishing them one by one? That way making sure player will never ruin their progression by ruining or removing save files or something like that, and also giving easy access to earlier maps if player wishes to play them again. 

is something that Seven does in his SMC without the need for extra brushwork. Might be worth looking into it.

+1 randomization 

Uses DP which has a traceline function that returns the string texture name of the surface hit. This is how it deetermines the type of footstep sound. Unless other engines support this then it would only be a DP feature. 

QSS+FTE+DP all support the getsurface* builtins, and should all be able to use SMC's existing code.
So yeah, other engines can support that.

That said, hard-coding some huge list of texture names is going to suck quite a bit. Lets hope those texture names all contain 'METAL'/etc substrings where appropriate...
surfaceparms would be better, but q1bsp kinda sucks for that. 

What Spike said. That and manually adding footstep volumes into a map is tedious and not worth it (well maybe). 

Excluding monsters, one of the few things I don't much like about Arcane Dimensions is the footsteps. To me it often sounds more like tap-dancing or a fast shuffle than someone deliberately taking steps. Maybe I should turn "always run" off. 

Ya no that's the way it's meant to be played (except for ITS mod). 

Turns off footstep sounds