In regards to question number 2, Sandbox does not use DirectX at all. It uses OpenGL instead.

You don't need to worry about the size of the pictures, tyche. As long as they are under 2MiB in size, you can upload them to the gallery and they'll automatically be re-sized to the maximum size allowed.

Sadly, unless we can get someone with a Mac and experience with using XCode to compile the binary, it probably will not happen. Neither I nor any of the other developers use a Mac, and thus we don't have the ability to compile a binary for it.

*cough*the half-life 2 engine is actually known as the source engine*cough*

If you want, by the way, you can upload any screenshots to the newly-installed gallery: gallery/index.php

Topic split to a new topic.

Well, the downtime was longer than expected, but well worth it.

The downtime was so that I could install something new to the board, an image gallery MOD. It's in place now, and we're configuring it at the moment. Hope you all enjoy it, and sorry about the delay everyone!

Just to let everyone know, the board will be going offline in approximately 30 minutes for some updates.

Please be prepared and get your posts in quick, otherwise you'll have to wait until the board is online once again.

I expect to be bringing good news once the board is back online, as well.

I'm sure you could even send them an email or something through their contact methods, and ask whether or not it would be permissible.

Well if your making the map for your own personal use no commercial I really don’t see a problem in it. Ahh, you might want to do some more research. Most companies that produce commercial games have trademarks on their content, and if you want to use their content you have to have express written ...