Mapping Q&A

[Sirdownloadsalot]

Alright, I copied the .fgd and placed it into the garrysmod/garrysmod/gamemodes/terrortown directory, Configured my hammer to use this file, But now i run into another issue. All the weapons are errors, All that use CSS anyway. And yes, i do have the Cstrike.fgd loaded into my hammer confriguration.

Any help? Thanks for all the help so far by the way. (How ironic that Raneman would be here after that game XD)

[Silverstream]

I'm have experienced the same error as well. To counter it, you will need to manually open up "Counter-strike source shared.gcf" in your "Steamapps" foldier using a program called "GCFSCAPE".

Export the materials and models folders from this .gcf into your main Garry's mod directory where the "materials" and "models" folders are located. Overwrite both folders (do not delete and then replace them). You should be fine now.

[Cush]

Alright, I copied the .fgd and placed it into the garrysmod/garrysmod/gamemodes/terrortown directory, Configured my hammer to use this file, But now i run into another issue. All the weapons are errors, All that use CSS anyway. And yes, i do have the Cstrike.fgd loaded into my hammer confriguration.

Any help? Thanks for all the help so far by the way. (How ironic that Raneman would be here after that game XD)

Also try running CSS from the SDK list, might be a quicker fix (I use CSS for TTT mapping)

[Sirdownloadsalot]

I'm have experienced the same error as well. To counter it, you will need to manually open up "Counter-strike source shared.gcf" in your "Steamapps" foldier using a program called "GCFSCAPE".

Export the materials and models folders from this .gcf into your main Garry's mod directory where the "materials" and "models" folders are located. Overwrite both folders (do not delete and then replace them). You should be fine now.

I used this option, As i use GFCSCAPE often. It worked perfectly. Thanks Silverstream! And all of you for the help! Now, to begin TTT mapping....

[Mehis]

Is there way to trigger something with round start? (not the preparing, when the round actually starts). And is there way to shorter the preparing time?

[Fuffe]

Is there way to trigger something with round start? (not the preparing, when the round actually starts). And is there way to shorter the preparing time?

The relevant outputs with the entity ttt_map_settings:
RoundPreparation is the beginning of every round - when the preparation begins.
RoundStart is when the round actually starts -  after the preparation phase.

And the preparation time can only be set by the servers, not by the maps. (the command is ttt_preptime_seconds).

Hope this helped!

[Mehis]

The relevant outputs with the entity ttt_map_settings:
RoundPreparation is the beginning of every round - when the preparation begins.
RoundStart is when the round actually starts -  after the preparation phase.

And the preparation time can only be set by the servers, not by the maps. (the command is ttt_preptime_seconds).


Hope this helped!

Thx! :D

[iostream]

When the TTT.fgd is loaded, placing a non-TTT weapon or ammo entity will cause my Hammer to instantly crash.
Without the FGD loaded everything is working correctly.

Anybody else have this problem?

[Bad King Urgrain]

Weird. Are you using the orangebox Hammer or the old one?

[iostream]

Engine Version: Source Engine 2009
Current Game: Garry's Mod

Yep?

Edit:
I do have a MDMP crash dump, however, I have no idea how to read it.

[Bad King Urgrain]

Thread news: I added some information in the second post of this thread concerning interesting stuff about map resets that applies to GMod as well, making it relevant for TTT mappers. It's about parenting and disappearing entities, go read.

[Raneman]

Alright, so I'm wondering about NPCs. I want to cover one of the fastest routes from place to place with things like Combines on Mounted Machine guns and Combine Snipers. How do I go about this without screwing up TTT?

[Mr. Gash]

Alright, so I'm wondering about NPCs. I want to cover one of the fastest routes from place to place with things like Combines on Mounted Machine guns and Combine Snipers. How do I go about this without screwing up TTT?

You got that idea from a Black Ops map, didn't you? :O

And I doubt it will mess with TTT (Define "screwing up TTT" perhaps?), but the Combine Snipers only seem to shoot if you're close to them, and each shot instantly kills. Not the best of ideas...
Do NPCs still attack spectators? I don't remember if that was ever fixed.

[Bad King Urgrain]

NPCs attacking spectators was fixed in v23.

[CapellanCitizen]

I hate to ask a question that's already been asked (last page) but is there any way to have a trigger burn bodies to dispose of them? I recently had a nasty idea to turn a boring fireplace into a traitor-usable corpse incinerator, but it doesn't seem to be working. It lights the bodies on fire, but doesn't make them disappear.

Or would you mind telling me a way to detect dead bodies (IE their classname) so that I could cobble a system together?

Thank you for your help, CapellanCitizen.

[Bad King Urgrain]

Classname is just prop_ragdoll. You will indeed have to remove them with a custom system, because that's what the flare gun does (the burning is essentially just a graphical effect in that case).

[CapellanCitizen]

Thank you for your prompt response.

I'll just have to keep the ignite trigger then, and then add a second trigger that is filtered to only prop_ragdoll that entity-kills !activator after X seconds. This will also burn mattresses if I add them in a later release, but that is so incredibly awesome that I could care less.

Yes, I know I could name all the mattresses "mattress", then exclude them with a filter_multi, but where's the fun in that?

[Fuffe]

Could an entity be added, that adds a 2D icon with text on the HUD like the traitor button or the C4. It could, for example, show the traitors where not to walk on a mine field, or on ttt_losttemple it could show the safe pattern in the nail shooter trap, or on some map it could show the traitors where to go at a given time. For convenience, the max distance for the icon to be shown should be specify-able, so they don't clutter the screens when you're not even near it.

Hate to bump this, but I would still like it. I was thinking of using it to show the players where to go at a specific time.

[Bad King Urgrain]

Unlikely to ever happen at this point.

[Silverstream]

Could an entity be added, that adds a 2D icon with text on the HUD like the traitor button or the C4. It could, for example, show the traitors where not to walk on a mine field, or on ttt_losttemple it could show the safe pattern in the nail shooter trap, or on some map it could show the traitors where to go at a given time. For convenience, the max distance for the icon to be shown should be specify-able, so they don't clutter the screens when you're not even near it.

You could replicate this by using an env_sprite with a custom texture, however the sprite would be visible to both parties (traitors and innocents).
To find your correct render mode depending if you want this sprite to be visible through walls, have a look here:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Render_Modes

It doesn't seem this could fit your specific application however it would work as a way of notifying players about various dangers.