It’s been a long time since I updated this. Some may think I’ve been wasting the time watching TV but you would be wrong. I’ve been wasting time creating maps for Counter Strike:Source.
What’s Counter Strike? It’s a computer game that’s similar to Quake and Doom except you play on a team. You are either Terrorists or Counter Terrorists. The T’s and CT’s run around in a simulated world that looks extremely realistic compared to the old Castle Wolfenstein and Doom 1 and 2. The game runs on the same “engine” that runs Half Life 2 if you’re familiar with that one.
To create maps you use a CAD tool called Hamer(used to be called Worldcraft). It’s got 3 views, X, Y, and Z and a camera view to see what the textures and models look like. The tool actually comes with the game. You draw blocks and cylinders and stuff and put textures on them to create the world. It’s a lot of fun for me and has become quite addicting. I’ve got some pictures of my latest map in my gallery from last week. I’ve made a ton of changes since then and I’ll get some more screenshots soon.
On to other doings in our family.
Heather and Mark are expecting their second child in about 7 months. She wrote me last week but for some reason I didn’t get the email. I found out by reading a post by Dianna. Camden is getting old and needs to have a visit from his grandpa. I’ll try to do that soon but read the next paragraph to find out what I’m doing short term.
My other daughter, Jocelyn, is getting married in about 2 weeks. She’s marrying Eric Weiss up in Kenosha, WI. Betty and I are going to make the trip for the wedding. I haven’t seen her in a few years. It amazes me how fast time goes.
It’s about bedtime for me but I figured I better let everyone know I’m still alive and kicking.
