logic portals help

Browen · Superior Participant Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 79

how do i download this map? where do i extract everything to? thanks for the help

Player1 · Test Supervisor Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 144

MrTwoVideoCards · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:49 am Post subject:

Thats default of course, Change the C: part if you installed steam in another drive, as it what i did, so mines in E.

Browen · Superior Participant Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 79

thanks a lot! i always used to just take the .bsp map file, put it in maps, and use the console to access it, thanks again

MrTwoVideoCards · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:09 am Post subject:

Yeah thats whats so cool about portal, is you can now access it through the menu, but there are downsides to that method, which still need to be fixed up by valve.

youme · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

MrTwoVideoCards · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:22 am Post subject:

Yeah one is that the file cannot be loaded via console, nor can you record a demo file for your map. But it is a very good way to import maps.

Mainly this is all due to the engine requiring the map within the maps folder, and not in a sub folder under that.

Korjagun · Test Supervisor Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 120

The main problem I find with BMZ files is that Source does not support compressed BMZs, meaning that you either have to have your files be twice as big as they need to be, or pack them twice and force the user to extract a .RAR or "outer .ZIP" before they get to the BMZ.

youme · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:33 am Post subject:

Uh, you can run maps using the console when they are in a subfolder, I do it all the time.

map TS13/testc_06

will run ...portal/portal/maps/TS13/testc_06.bsp

I can't comment on demo files though

Hurricaaane · Test Supervisor Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 173

Another problem with the maps in a subfolder of maps/ I and msleeper figured out is that cubemaps won't work at all. It will be plain black, not even default skybox.

youme · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject:

Hurricaaane · Test Supervisor Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 173

MrTwoVideoCards · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:

Hmm i should try that, it seems to have worked for me though, yet it does look a bit off, on the reflections.

Korjagun · Test Supervisor Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 120

I gave it a quick try and I can confirm what Hurricane is saying; placing the map anywhere other than maps/ results in blank cubemaps, even if you generate them after moving the map.

youme · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: