Gateway - Portal Map Pack Mod-ish thing
I'm starting a Portal Mod... sort of.
It's called, "Gateway". There's nothing fancy to the title.
Gateway is set in a wierd world, where anything is almost possible. There is a certain feel in this world, as almost all walls are unbreakable glass, and you are very high, always or usually on top of each tower trying to reach the highest point. Your portals will help you.
There are certain things to this mappack:
1 - There is no crosshair. Use trial and error to figure out what is portable or not. (If you're a total newbie, you can always go to the console and type: "crosshair 1")
2 - Enemies? Sure. A few combines. Just kill them with turrets. Friendly turrets that is.
Well that's it so far. Here's what the game MIGHT look like. I just kinda experimented:
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9558 ... t01fn8.png
Here's a blog:
http://gatewayprojectmod.blogspot.com/
Good luck to you on that, dont let it die.
I only play without a crosshair, so who needs it anyways 
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the pictures look amazing!
Really neat visual world. Throw in some inventive puzzles, and this thing will be great.
Lol, each chapter has a different skybox.
I experimented with each skybox and I found this one to be suitable for chapter 1. That skybox which I needed help on will probably used later.
EDIT: I added a blog for this project:
http://gatewayprojectmod.blogspot.com/
If you really get into the mod you should buy a domain for it =P
Also, sounds really exciting. I can't wait to play it.
wow! looks cool! can't wait to play it 
Sadly, I'm having some problems.
NO, I am not stopping this project.
I just have some compilation problems.
Whenever I compile this map with extra details (such as extra buildings just to give the feel that there's probably more to explore. Floating snowflakes and mid-air objects that signify that there is no such thing as time... etc) hammer crashes at vrad. I have no idea why.
I'm using Vista and vrad would stop working when I try to compile with HDR. If i just stop vrad becuase it crashed, then I can play the map without HDR, or it just would have no lighting at all. Anyone have any clues?
If I must, I'll send a copy of my map to someone so that they can find out the problem.
EDIT: Ah, nevermind, I found out the problem. I had a cubemap entity that I accidentally put in.
I use to have this problem where vrad would crash during compile. It would come up with the XP crashed program box where you can send an error report. I just ignored it and vrad continued to compile anyway. Map looked fine. Next time it does this just move the error box aside and check if the compilation is still doing stuff. Sorry for abrupt sentences I'm quite high and very tired