Hi ,there so i finaly want to make dod soruce map.I have lots tuts and been doing some reading too,today i ive halfway made by basic layout.I have an idea to use lots of mirrors in my map IF that's possible without problems?.The map is going to be maze like with hopefully lots of doors,ladders and some creepy lighting.My question is will the use of lot mirrors cause me problems or will there be (im guessing so) a big performance hit or other problem?

I'm not even sure that it's possible to do mirrors. I don't think it was programmed or whatever into HL2, for a reason along the lines of you're never supposed to see gordon freeman.

I've always wanted Mirrors in CS/DOD/HL2, seems like ALL the engines out there can do it except for Source, kinda sad/disappointing/MISSING FEATURE?!

I've always wanted Mirrors in CS/DOD/HL2, seems like ALL the engines out there can do it except for Source, kinda sad/disappointing/MISSING FEATURE?!

Wow so it can't be done wtf?

It can kind of be done, but I don't think it's worth it.

http://www.hl2world.com/bbs/realtime-reflection-beta-vt45529.html?highlight=reflection+water+vmt

well its probably reflects like water...it probably will kill fps.

IMO this doesn't justify any reason of why there is no such thing as a mirror entity/texturevalue in Source. Come on...!

:( dam that sucks, i never knew source couldn't do mirrors. so much for my dream of making a map based on the mirror room from Enter the Dragon.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare4/enterthedragon/enter_the_dragon_2disc_r1_pic6.jpg

Couldn't you use the camera function, and just make the "mirror" the screen? Just a thought.

:( dam that sucks, i never knew source couldn't do mirrors. so much for my dream of making a map based on the mirror room from Enter the Dragon.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare4/enterthedragon/enter_the_dragon_2disc_r1_pic6.jpg



That image right there from that film that's what gave me idea of a underground maze type of map in first place.I was originally going to have mirrors everyware floors/ceilings/walls some breakble too but i was gonna and some dark lighting too with a mix of doors/ladders other objectives and keep everything tight and compact.Idealy i was gonna add lifts too and other buttons to do other stuff.but looks like most of what i want to do isn't possible anyway.

Couldn't you use the camera function, and just make the "mirror" the screen? Just a thought.

That's what I thought, too.