de_train mapping question
Is there a reason why most of the stuff from de_train is built 1-2 units above the ground?
This should increase performance of the map somehow, at least that's what I heard looong time ago.
13/08/2017 21:31Yep, when two brushes meet the engine splits them into smaller pieces, resulting in higher r_speeds, meaning more stuff to process by the cpu.
More info here http://twhl.info/tutorial.php?id=38
ye sprin has a tutorial about it i think...the same for some boxes in de_inferno
14/08/2017 14:19it had been written in the old discussion forum from the old cs beta site somewhere.
func_walling wasnt that much known in the past and moving it up 1unit was a good choice if you want to have somekind of a visblocker around which prevents more areaportals to be created.
because it took weeks and months to compile such a map in the past. for the ram and cpu it had a complex structure.
if you have an old cpu working from that time, try to compile a kzmap. it will take ages :)
14/08/2017 19:24Yeah it was the old way of optimizing maps, I'm always amazed by how creative mappers are when it comes to these things. Nowadays you can just use func_detail for example, which doesn't cut the surface it's touching into multiple polygons.
I made a video tutorial about this stuff some years ago if someone is interested:
Basic Optimization
Also could you send me that train rmf file if it's not poorly decompiled?
14/08/2017 20:58@Commander
isnt all de_ official maps .rmf's released?
example
http://forum.17buddies.net/index.php?showtopic=13582
14/08/2017 22:45I was going to remake many official maps into deathrun but I found out it's very difficult to find the original rmf. Most files you find on the net are just some shitty decompile versions which would take forever to optimize.
15/08/2017 19:56the source files of official maps were never been released. unless you have/had svn access while developing the cs beta versions or accesss to valves svn.
Maybe you should contact the original mappers and ask for the files
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