March 7, 2008 Newsletter
![Amazing Challenge Promo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3796_1_1390_1_amazing-challenge-promo.jpg)
![Misty Morning](/media/1/image/png/tiny/3798_1_1391_1_misty-morning.png)
![Ryan Cox](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3786_1_1389_2_ryan-cox.jpg)
March 7, 2008 Newsletter, including information about recent web development by Shawn Olson. Links to projects and friend sites.
Orangebox Breaks Some Custom Maps
After Valve updated Counter-Strike Source to Orangebox, many custom maps have missing textures. Even worse, some maps now even crash CS. Here is what I did to fix de_tension.
Shawn Olson maps featured on CS Nation
CS Nation, a leading Counter-Strike community, has featured information about some of my maps.
New CS:Source Map de_tension
![de_tension wooden bridge](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3926_1_1453_1_de_tension-wooden-bridge.jpg)
![de_tension waterfall mist](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3927_1_1453_2_de_tension-waterfall-mist.jpg)
![de_tension campsite](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3928_1_1453_3_de_tension-campsite.jpg)
![de_tension crystal tunnels](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3929_1_1453_4_de_tension-crystal-tunnels.jpg)
![de_tension bombsite B](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3930_1_1453_5_de_tension-bombsite-b.jpg)
![de_tension campsite](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3931_1_1453_6_de_tension-campsite.jpg)
![de_tension wooden bridge](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3932_1_1453_7_de_tension-wooden-bridge.jpg)
![de_tension two bridges](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3933_1_1453_8_de_tension-two-bridges.jpg)
My return to mapping is official with the remake of de_tension for CS:Source. This new map includes a novel mapping technique developed by Andrew Penry and myself called Dynamic Mapping.
Hayden Olson Born
![Hayden Michael Olson](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3686_1_1366_1_hayden-michael-olson.jpg)
![Hayden and Family](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3687_1_1366_2_hayden-and-family.jpg)
![Don, Ethan and Hayden Olson](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3688_1_1366_3_don-ethan-and-hayden-olson.jpg)
![Jessica Holding Hayden](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3689_1_1366_4_jessica-holding-hayden.jpg)
![Hayden](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3690_1_1366_5_hayden.jpg)
Hayden Michael Olson was born on June 28, 2007.
March 28, 2009 Newsletter
![Maow, the cat photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3883_1_1429_1_maow-the-cat-photo.jpg)
Here are some updates about the work of Shawn Olson in the first quarter of 2009.
Donna Olson died at 55
Donna Olson, my mother, died on August 4, 2003.
Eric Olson
Eric Olson is the musical member of the Olson clan.