2012 Heavy-Duty Super-Mapping Super-Contest
Who wouldn't want to know?
I can't find the bug quote right now (I think I have the log on my USB drive at home, but the most interesting one was something about backwards funnels going through walls.)
I did find an excerpt I had saved about lightboards though. (circa the summer mapping initiative)
3:43 PM - omni: You think theres any chance of that occuring in an update or with the DLC?
3:44 PM - [Jeep]: probably a tools update at some point, we're learning a lot of stuff from the contest entries on how to make the tools better
Why would it be the 8th? Does it say that somewhere? Because I'm pretty sure it says the 5th everywhere unless there's a typo.
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Well, I don't know what I'm going to submit, but it definitely won't be "Revenge of the Angry Turrets 2." 
My Work
[spoiler]Maps:
Revenge of the Angry Turrets
Capture the Cube [Co-op]
Capture the Cube 2 [Co-op]
TPWEGTH Sample Map
Aperture Aquatic Testing Center
Aperture Aquatic Testing Center 2
Aperture Time Testing Center
ML's Halloween Trick - 1000 downloads!
ML's Halloween Treat
ML's Combination - 1000 downloads!
ML's Jailbreak Labyrinth
ML's Tricky Teamwork [Co-op]
WIP:
"Capture the Cube 3"
Workshop Maps Link: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198008890579/myworkshopfiles/[/spoiler]
Why would it be the 8th? Does it say that somewhere? Because I'm pretty sure it says the 5th everywhere unless there's a typo.
Here it says 8th msleeper...
useful tools and stuff here on TWP 
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[/spoiler]Thanks, I fixed it.
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Are we allowed to modify PCF files, which can't be packed? For example, adding the sticky gel back into the paintblobs file?
I think the contest site is fairly clear that the final product must consist soley of a BSP file.
The rules also say that you may not use engine glitches. I asked Jeep Barnett (Portal/Portal 2 dev) and he said that the laser deflection the gel now exhibits was an unintentional bug. (and then told me a story about even stranger bugs when I told him I found it odd that such well-defined behavior could happen by accident... I can find a chat log if you want it.)
I think this is a bit of an edge case for the glitch rule though, so that'd be something to ask msleeper about.
Wow, that's an awesome bug! I'd love to see that log if you find it again, Omni. Is the use of portal_paint_color also a glitch, then?
If it can be packed into a BSP, it's fair game.
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Let's hope it'll rain the upcoming two weeks then... I'm really exited to play all the awesome maps this will generate!:D
Question: Can a map partly consist of reworked parts of an exported PTI-map? Or does it simply need to been made in hammer from scratch? I see how you don't want pure PTI-maps submitted but I like working with those 128*128 blocks and I don't wanna go around rebuilding entire chambers in vain ^^
You could try, but doing it this way would most likely give you some sort of annoying error. PTI to hammer does not mix.
My best advice would be to prototype your map/puzzle in PTI and once you have it playing like you want, export it to VMF and strip it down to brushwork. Clean it up, detail it, re-place puzzle element instances, so on.
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