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Garry's Mod

Dark Energy Construct : Dark Fusion Reactor [Reactor Sandbox Map]
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LagDestroyer26  [developer] Nov 8, 2024 @ 4:13pm
FAQ. and Future suggestions for the map
Just in case if I am able to come back to update this map.

In its current state, it cannot be expanded any further space-wise (too much space already).

The Logic, Events, decoration and wall decals CAN still be updated further however.
(But will risk more crashes and performance issues ofc.)

Still, I'm not sure where's the limit or how far can it goes, it's a miracle that this thing passed the compilation.

AND I bet it will be a long time before I can finally come back and update this thing.

Potentially Frequently asked questions :

Super lag and crashes.
> Yes. Lags. Try not to use too much addons on this map. 40-70 is a good number. (Providing there are no addon that adds a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ realtime simulated universe or reworking the Source Engine stuff.)
You should absolutely not use overhaul mods that replaces some HL2 particles or even decals to make them look better with high resolution. The explosion effects have a potential to crash your game. (Need confirmation, but I crashed myself so much because of this.)
Playing on 64-bit(chromium) branch of Gmod might help you a lot.

Reactor is too hard to startup
> If it is too hard or time consuming, you just have to noclip to Admin room and press a button with a floating text "Cheese Dark Fusion Fuel Cells" this will spawn 3 Fuel Cells inside the core chamber, right beside the port. You just have to go there and take out your gravity gun and insert it.
ofc this is cheating, but its a sandbox game. so just go with it.

Cannot insert the fuel cell.
> LOOK at the cell, is it white? if not, that cell is inactive and cannot be used It has to be activated by the Particle Enrichment System first. But if it is actually white, then something might have gone wrong with the trigger because of something weird happening for you that I can't even fix, cleaning up everything is the only option.
Particle Enrichment System itself requires the core to be in dark fusion stage for it to start accepting inactive cells.
YOU CANNOT SPAWN A FUEL CELL USING YOUR SPAWNMENU. The cells have target name that must match the filter.
***Duplicator might work. But not 100% sure.***

Lightning Issues / Object being shrouded in darkness
> This map uses massive amount of Named Lights making them able to be turned on or off.
I tried fixing them for months but to no avail.
Lightning issues will be common in this map with physic props. This won't always happens and this cannot be fixed. It seem to happen more frequently when noclipping too fast into different areas.

Control not working / Everything froze.
> Make sure you do not have any addon that generally messes with the I/O of the map itself. Also, make sure that the logic clock isn't disabled in the admin room.

Missing textures / contents
> Everything should already be packed into the map. But if you still see missing textures, this might be because of changing the mount setting mid-session. I'd advise you to restart your game every time you change the content mount setting. It seem to do something funny if you don't. I got massive performance drop in every map when I did that myself.

Escape?
> Do you think they'll let you escape after failing to operate/sabotaging the thing that can spell the end of a world?
The evacuation order is for those who aren't within Sublevel-7 at the time of Meltdown, Not you.
Anyways, the real "escape" of this place is the Reactor Purge Sequence.
Last edited by LagDestroyer26; Jan 23 @ 7:08am
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make it more bright because its annoying when its very dark
LagDestroyer26  [developer] Nov 8, 2024 @ 4:34pm 
Originally posted by Skeletondudeofficial:
make it more bright because its annoying when its very dark
Combine lamps on the bridge, Reactor hall guardrails with small red light fixtures to indicate the bottomless pit. is that right.
ArasKargoGaming Nov 8, 2024 @ 5:11pm 
In fact, a nice story map can be made from this map, so the player can enter here, kill the combine and blow up the reactor.
SeeBass2020 Nov 8, 2024 @ 5:37pm 
idea: more to the after-credits scene (after the reactor blows up)
Colin23 Nov 8, 2024 @ 7:18pm 
Maybe have a music toggle?
:l Nov 8, 2024 @ 8:05pm 
Hello, your map is simply a masterpiece, I would like to propose an idea for a “small” improvement, if possible, I would like to see a switch in the admin panel so that you can choose the cleaning result and the ending accordingly, thanks for your efforts
ThatCat Nov 8, 2024 @ 8:58pm 
Agree with the guy above, music is cool for the first few times but quickly becomes annoying. Master music toggle would be really nice.
Originally posted by ThatCat:
Agree with the guy above, music is cool for the first few times but quickly becomes annoying. Master music toggle would be really nice.
You can turn your music volume down via the options menu, this is one of the few maps that actually has the music ambient_generics labeled properly
Since this is partially a RP map I think it would be really nice if there was a button in the admin room that could make the purge sequence a 100% success because if I'm playing with my friends I might not want to have to do the whole map all over again. You wouldn't even have to change the voiceline because it would keep the suspense for the players who don't know
Last edited by Wolƒe Strider Shoσter; Nov 8, 2024 @ 10:34pm
King_Bee01 Nov 8, 2024 @ 10:38pm 
could you add some more rooms anywhere on the map please
Chewy Nov 8, 2024 @ 10:40pm 
Can you add a freezedown please so it starts off like the normal trying to shut it down but then it fails and a black hole forms in the chamber and starts to suck things in and stuff
Colin23 Nov 8, 2024 @ 10:41pm 
Originally posted by Wolƒe Strider Shoσter:
Originally posted by ThatCat:
Agree with the guy above, music is cool for the first few times but quickly becomes annoying. Master music toggle would be really nice.
You can turn your music volume down via the options menu, this is one of the few maps that actually has the music ambient_generics labeled properly
Oh sick! I didn't even remember that existed.
King_Bee01 Nov 8, 2024 @ 11:00pm 
suggestion could you add a function to where if your hop on to the train to the end of the tracks and teleport to a room that looks like some city on earth or something like that
King_Bee01 Nov 8, 2024 @ 11:00pm 
at any time whether the reactor is offline or exploding
king_baconhair Nov 8, 2024 @ 11:24pm 
Hey, im very confused why some of the combine textures in this map are covered in cubes. Its like the missing texture but its not purple. Just some spots with those cubes. I have half life, ep1, ep2
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