The Hammer Cup 2017 consisted of five mapping challenges, each with a different theme.
Entrants received points for each challenge they enter.
At the end of the event, the best 3 points totals from the challenges they entered were added together for each entrant. These totals decided who won the Grand Prizes.
Read to find out who took the top 5 prizes – and we announce a couple of special prizes!
The 1 Billion Units EMC.
Mappers are allowed to enter a map with a maximum cubic unit capacity of 1,000,000,000 Units. That is more or less 1024x1024x1024 or 20 metres x 20 metres x 20 metres in the real world.
The X,Y and Z dimensions can be anything the mappers’ want but the maximum total cubic size must not exceed 1,000,000,000 Hammer units.
The map must only have one area – not split into various parts.
This is the maximum volume of the map, NOT the area the player can reach.
VMF files MUST be submitted with each entry for easy verification. Within that space, the mapper can do anything they want.
The maps will be judges on clever, efficient and inventive use of the space.
No extra credit will be given for submitting smaller maps, but we may be secretly impressed.
26th January 2018 5 Comments
Please don’t answer the poll without reading the short introduction below.
You have 50% health and 50% ammo. In front of you the enemy is rushing towards you. There is health to your left and ammo to your right but you only have enough time to collect one before you will be engaged by the said enemy. Which do you collect; Health or Ammo?
I feel this answer says a lot about your playing mentality, your confidence and skill.
As somebody said, you can often kill the enemy and go back for health, assuming you are still alive, but if you run out of ammo you have to go back. I haven’t expressed that very well but I hope you know what I mean.
I would always go for health because I am such a bad player but what about you?
of course, this question can be answered differently depending on the game you are playing and what enemy is rushing towards you, but think of it more as a generalisation than a specific situation.
21st January 2018 21 Comments
Hello and welcome to the Lambda Cup, a series of five HL2:Ep2 single player mapping challenges.
If you are new to my mapping challenges, please see the event’s homepage: THE LAMBDA CUP 2018 as well as the CALENDAR of the mapping challenges for the entire 2018.
The word “coast” is very evocative. Long walks on the beach, pretty little seaside towns, high cliffs with waves crashing against them.
We would like you to build a map that has “coast” as its main setting. We leave the exact type of location to you but here are a few ideas.
A port used for storing and loading containers, a beach with little coves to explore, a re-imagining of Lost Coast, a cliff wall with caves and walkways, and finally a map where the player has to work their way along the coast through outposts.
Driving maps will be accepted but please think carefully before choosing this type of gameplay – it often involves a lot of work for very little player interaction.
We have purposefully chosen this theme as we feel it is open enough for all standards of modders yet also offers the possibility for many types of interpretation.
1st January 2018 46 Comments
Good Morning and welcome to 2018.
You have chosen or been chosen to start this year with a love of Half-Life.
No game has ever affected you in such a way.
Other games have pleased and excited you, but not in the same way Half-Life.
Half-Life can’t be replaced by shiny graphics or VR.
Half-Life is and will always be your favourite.
1st January 2018 34 Comments
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31st January 2018 2 Comments