Diving in the disk of my machine (god, that brothel I have! 600GB, I have 4 free!), Looking for info for the next post, I found something interesting that I almost forgot, and I can not post it , This easy 6 years ago, damn, how time flies! I got in a Video Game!

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(Post retroactive, 3 years)
At some point in my life I also maps to video games, I started with the well-known Counter Strike / Half Life, then XIII, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, and others.

Actually, I love, is something I will definitely do it again.
In learning tool ( VALVE HAMMER EDITOR ), replicate several locations, two houses, a kitchen, and the last thing I did was an office where laburaba ( GameLoft ) of this work I left and not come to end, buuuh

Release 2 version of Half-Life (HL) and I could not test the new engine resitir, loved it, and then I joined a group / forum that monkeys also made ​​maps, I wrote some tutorials like this , and so ( www.mapland.com.ar, there is no more .)

An ordinary day I ... "I have to do something that is not done!" ... (Go ​​... how many times I told )
And I thought about doing something ... something that represents Argentina, something that is easily recognizable, and especially taking advantage of new technology HL2 (Much more polygons than one).
I thought about the obelisk, but it seemed too simple and not very conducive to a conflict "war" (basically putting obstacles cover from enemy fire).

Then it occurred to me represent the Plaza de Mayo! (The green roof above the plaza)

On April 2, 2005 (after I tell them because the date) I went to the square with my wife and my daughters and Continue reading "Project: Map of Plaza de Mayo for Counter Strike" »

The idea of ​​this tutorial is to show the steps from how to get a photo display for use as texture maps for games and other applications (written two years ago or more, when I went to create a map of the Plaza de Mayo for counter strike 2).

Requirements: Photoshop 7 or higher.

Pictures

First we have the photographs of the building in question, for example, I elected the nation's bank (the one in front of the Casa Rosada in Plaza de Mayo) (to download the images click here )

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