tornado

[hammerhai]

hello
i want to create a map with a tornado inside.
i used the smoke particle effect but he has a size of 20centimeters i guess and you cant change the size of it.
so i put it in the skybox. when it is in the middle the youre always inside the tornado when you play the map, because of the skybox effect that it always keeps the same difference to the player. so i put it  a bit to the left.
now it still keeps the same difference to the player and that looks like the twister follows you. that sounds cool that it follows you, but believe me, it looks stupid. just try it out. so does someone of you have an idea how i can make a tornado inside the map(not skybox) which is a bit bigger than the 20centimeter smoke particle???

[addman]

there is a model in /models/enemies/elemental called twister.
it is hollow so you can see from inside it.
simply use a MH to put this on and stretch all
u will have to add the texture

[hammerhai]

thx
i will try that

[Shrinker]

are u german?

[hammerhai]

yes i am

[pompey]

This is a nice International Community!!! :)

[BennyS]

Hi Hammerhai.

" Grüsse aus Bayern "
Greetings from bavaria. ;)

[hammerhai]

hi
zurück
grüsse aus emstek (im norden)
warst auf oktoberfest?

[Earthling]

I don't want to sound rude, but please, no languages other than English, at least in the Mapping Forum. Or I'll get my bastard-moderator-from-hell-mode on.

(Edited by Earthling at 2:29 pm on Oct. 2, 2001)

[addman]

or translate what youve said so we can all understand :)

[hammerhai]

benny said hi hammerhai.
grettings from bavaria

then i said that only f**** pieces of s** are posting in this forum :) no wait, i said
greetings from emstek (thats in northern germany)
then i asked him if he went on the oktoberfest in bavaria,
because its known everywhere in germany.
ps: dont be angry with me about the f*** s**.
it was jUst a joke :)

[Earthling]

addman, that's otherwise good, but then the discussion isn't mapping-related, and thus belongs to some other forum.

[hammerhai]

earthling youre right, but the tornado discussion was finished and then someone asked me if i am german so i answered.

by the way, i dont like the twister model, i want the smoke particle. do you know if i can stop the skybox following me or where i can change the smoke paticle size. is it possible in the modeler? in the serious editor i tried but there is no possibility

[LSD]

the smoke is immutably, unchangeably, irresistably small. Sorry.

[Shrinker]

really??
what about placing some MODELHOLDERS with the LIGHT model you can find in the .../models dir
and creating a texture that fits the model?
...and here in german for hammerhei:
hm... als erstes müsstest du, wenn du es noch nicht getan hast, die gro files entpacken (erst in zip umbenennen, entpacken und wieder in gro umbenennen)
dann müsstest du nen modelholder einfügen und beim feld "model" "...\serious\models\editor\lightsource.mdl" einstellen (klick dazu auf "...")
dann erstellst du dir ne textur im 32bit tga format (am besten mit transparenten stückchen -> alpha channel genannt) (vergiss nicht: pixelzahl muss ne potenz von 2 sein - z.B. 2*2 oder 128*64)
dann (jaja) konvertierst du die textur im editor aufs .tex format (mit der größe von 2meter mal 2meter)
und dann stellst du diese textur im "texture" feld vom modelholder ein
jetzt kopierst du das ding noch n paar hundert mal, parentest das an nen moving brush, der sich dreht und hast endlich nen tornado
wenn du noch n problem mit der größe hast, dann stell beim feld "scale" noch was schönes ein

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sorry, earthling, but this IS mapping-related

[Shrinker]

sorry für den smiley - da sollte eigentlich ne klammer zu sein

[GaryP]

Hi hammerhai, greetings from America.

I thought of the tornado too.  Then decided that an earthquake would work better for what I needed.
If ya want, I'll send ya a small earthquake map.

[Michael Harris]

With regard to the problem "the smoke is immutably, unchangeably, irresistably small", perhaps someone who has attempted to work with this and who can provide sufficient context and discussion of the problem can post a report to bugs@croteam.com?  Croteam is apparently very very busy right now, but they do give a damn and do pay attention to bug reports.

[hammerhai]

thx shrinker
i will do that. hope it looks good.
@ gary p: thx but i dont need an earthquake, but if you want to you can send me the map at
wefsucksalot@gmx.de
im sure it looks great :)