Worldcraft 3.5 Beta

[TheBerk offline]

Worldcraft Beta 3.5 is out..
get it here


change list
changelog

This is the current changelog. It must be stressed that this is a work in progress, not a final release, so your comments and feedback are quite valuable.



added model rendering in the 3D view

added pointfile viewing to the 3D view

modified Half-Life and DoD FGDs to add model viewing support

improved the texture application tool and advanced compile mode dialog UI

separate pitch, yaw, and roll angle compasses added to entity properties

"animate models" toggle in 3d options

adjustable viewdistance for models in 3d options

selectable animation sequences

customizable 3D view background color

more to come

notes:



The angle compasses in the entity properties still don't work. They have not been hooked up yet. Note, though, that you can rotate models in the 2D views in the same way that you would rotate a brush model. To easily disable the default 15°, hold down Shift while you rotate an object.

There is an issue that occurs when you load a second map in Hammer. As explained by Matt, the textures aren't being re-generated for opengl (glGenTextures), so the models think they have a texture loaded and call glBindTexture, but get nothing, as the textures arent in there. Just something to be aware of, if you run into the problem.

To make model preview work, you must use the Half-Life FGD (or modify your mod FGD as outlined below) and unpack your PAK file's models folder to Half-Life\valve\models (or the applicable mod folder). You can find PAK file utilities in the Half-Life Utilities page. You must also make sure the Mod and Game Directory settings in your Game Configuration settings (accessible throught Tools -> Options) are set correctly.

The new masked-texture model format is supported. The masked areas of these models will be transparent in the editor.

FGD modification

[TheBerk offline]

oh yahe and the full site link.
[url=http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=hammer_beta]Verve Collective[/img]

[Paint it Black offline]

I'm using WC 3.3 and I's like to know: Is this an update, and my settings will stay the same, or will I have to go through customizing WC for t2 again?

[TheBerk offline]

all your settings stay the same.. all it does is change the exe.. so change the name of the old exe to worldcraftold.exe or something.. and then copy the new exe into the folder.. presto.. run your short cut and it should use the new exe.. try it and if it doesnt work for you then change back..

[Paint it Black offline]

VGW VGRT VGCR. The WC I have been using is the one where the default wireframe colour is black, so this should help a lot.

[Mr Tagomi offline]

[Q-Ice offline]

[TheBerk offline]

t2 docs?
the worldcraft tools? or something else?
all links are on my site

[Cyborg_Boba_fet offline]

what you mean finaly out?

i've seen it out for quite some time now

[TheBerk offline]

[Cyborg_Boba_fet offline]

[vXKitiaraXv offline]

[Cyborg_Boba_fet offline]

their probably going to have a 3.6 soon. because half-life 2 is using valve hammer

[dr boom offline]

Did they get carving to work yet?

[Quaestor offline]

Is there anything else I need with this to make custom interiors for T2? There was some talk about other files which I could never find (someone said they'd email them and they never did). That still needed?

Thanks.