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Q1 scales badly, but it does scale. Even if it takes 10x more CPU to run 5x more polys (numbers out of the blue)
So the only problem there is - it will run slow on old hardware. The question is - should mappers care about the minority with old hardware and limit themselves to low detailed maps and not use the advantage of todays processor's power. Im not talking about shoddy mapping (no vis optimisation etc) In quake1 you can't do that, because then they wouldn't be lighted properly.
That is what negative lighting is for. Where a func_wall torch holder doesn't cast a shadow beneath, you put a negative light set to an info_null to create a shadow cone underneath. You can also place a simpler shape inside of a func_wall to do the actual casting. If you read my site note, it is very well likely(I'm gauging from your speedmaps)that I have spent more time on this one map in one form or another than you have mapped in your entirety, so why are lecturing me? apparently it's being made by someone else now:
http://nintendo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/byzantine.htm :/ n quake1 you can't do that, because then they wouldn't be lighted properly. And thus they have to be in the bsp and fuck up the map
You present as an insurmountable problem something that is easily solved by a number of ways that you were obviously not aware of but mappers have successfully used to make pretty maps for years. You can call it a hack but you are just trying to save yourself from a little embarrassment. You'll be much better off if you stop trying to make yourself out to be an expert in all things Quake and listened to people who have actual experience testing the engine(s) with a few thousand maps of their own. I'm not angry with you, I don't dislike you, but that is my honest opinion without the sugar on top. i won't give eric ebaum my traffic and nor should anyone. he's already a filthy rich criminal scumbag, and visiting his site only encourages his stealing.
ebaum's world is a site that just rips off content from everywhere else on the net. I think there was something between him and the SA guy because Ebaum kept taking content from the SA forums and using it...
er, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebaum scroll down to the section entitled "controversy". I've seen some of those GIJoe Public Service Announcement remakes before. I get cracked up just thinking about the one where a guy is teaching fire safety to kids in a burning house, 'Get the hell out of here you stupid little bastards. Run!'
i don't keep up to date with all the intarnetty things like this. :P
it's still funny though, what can i say? ^_^ reminds me of that rejected video from a while back http://ebaumsworldsucks.com/ebaum.swf A very catchy tune to this one.
is that Eric Bauman has made much of his money (he's worth millions now) by purposely stealing talented artist's flash cartoons, decompiling them, removing any watermarks or references to the artist who created them, then hosting them on his site and making a shitload off $$$ through traffic because his site is so huge.
Not only does he consistantly ignore the original author's requests to take down their material, he's been known to launch DDoS attacks on the websites of people who complain about his practice of doing this. In short, he's an utter scumbag of the highest order. I think you should finish yours first and then capitalize on all the Google searches for "Byzantine" and then sue them for thousands of dollars if they complain.
WTF is wrong with my internet connection? Is it my wireless card? Has Windows Genuine Advantage somehow installed a Fuck-With-RPG device even though I removed WGA? I know it's not the router or the connection itself, because others have no problems. So what the fuck is the problem? Can anyone help sort this out?
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