Something I've Been Sitting On For A While...

[Llama Juice]

Yea, 'cause tossing women into the mix ALWAYS improves productivity.

[n00b1n8R]

It does when the all mighty vagoo-whip is involved.

[Kornman00]

It does when the all mighty vagoo-whip is involved.

I wonder what happens when you mix All Mighty Vagoo-Whip with Kaboom!

[FreedomFighter7]

What is "Portalling"?

Well its good to hear you got this thing working!

[p0lar_bear]

What is "Portalling"?

Well its good to hear you got this thing working!

"Portalling" is the process of defining sections or "clusters" of a sbsp. The engine uses portals and clusters for culling (knowing what not to render based on what the camera can see), and to define borders for weather, sound environments, and ambient sound, thus defining what is considered indoor and what is outdoor in a map with such an environment.

Lack of proper portalling is my biggest pet peeve of Halo CE maps, but I wonder why I get so worked up about it since most people (myself included) don't know how to do it "correctly" in any scenario (the HEK tutorial only gives a basic example), and Tool loves to tell you you're doing it wrong even though you're damn sure you got it right.

[Siliconmaster]

Tool loves to tell you you're doing it wrong even though you're damn sure you got it right.

Haha. So true: the most frustrating error I've ever come across is

### ERROR: portal does not define two closed spaces. (see yellow in error geometry)

Especially since it does. Goddamnit, it IS A FRIGGING ENCLOSED SPACE. [/toolrant]

[UnevenElefant5]

I didn't start portalling my maps until recently. Degenerate and buffered triangles used to be my most annoying error. Now that is ^

[p0lar_bear]

Lightning: OH GOD NO
Lightning: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
p0lar_bear: huh
Lightning: I JUST CONVERTED THE LEVEL INTO NURBS
Lightning: AHAHAHAHAHA OH GOD
p0lar_bear: SHIT
p0lar_bear: SHIT
p0lar_bear: UNDO
p0lar_bear: UNDO
p0lar_bear: CTRL-FUCKIG-Z
Lightning: CANT SYSTYEM NOT RESPONDIN BBBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTT
Lightning: Yeah, I fucking locked up Max

Two years later, Lightning finally sits down and puts his finishing touches on the map.

I promised you guys it'll see release. And damn it it's going to get released.

Yeah the fixes were easy, but you forget this is one of Lightning's maps, mmk? Even the smallest thing could potentially halt production for about two years. XD

And I was fucking kidding when I said this... heh.

Sorry people.

[Vicky]

Polar must be in heat...

[=sw=warlord]

My optimism level will remain at 0% until I see a download link.

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