Skaruts

Hmmm, interesting! I didn't think there could be better algorithms o that. :p I was refering to resizing in general, with photoshop or similar apps. With or without filtering, the result is never very pleasant in the scaling I need. So I need to know how do ppl tend to take care of these matters. Thx for the info.

Indeed. But since all thosoe games (Portal, L4D, TF2, etc) were created using the most recent Source engine (HL2:Ep2 engine), and since Source SDK identifies the engine as Orange Box/HL2:Ep2, ppl are usually refering to the newer engine as the orange Box Engine.

The only big diference between both engines is the eye level. Units in Doom are roughly 0.90/0.95 units in Hammer. As I've been testing, theres's no need to ajust the player itself. It's pretty much possible to make windows higher and doors lower, and every other hight factors in a way that the aspect ratio is very good and fits well. The default size for doors in hammer is about 108 units high, but the player can go through any door as long as it's more than 71 units high. 80 or 88 units are enough to get Strife's aspect ratio. Don't worry about that. I'm rly much more concerned about all other stuff...

I'm starting to port Strife to Valve's Orange Box and the mapping goes very well since units in Hammer are pretty much the same size as units in Doom Builder, but the original textures are too tiny. The biggest ones are 64x128 and alike. I need to make them 256x512 or higher. Simply resampling is out of the question as it makes them blurry and disgusting. I need to know the methods used by ppl who have already improved textures to these games. Or do you "simply" redraw them?

Strife is very powerfull! :p

The links are broken... I know I come late to this but I would like to try this. I tried Vavoom and I like it and it works well, but has some bugs, especially sound bugs, that who knows when they'll be fixed. Does anyone still have this archive uploaded elsewhere?