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miningdude

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Hi, I am a F2P for Team Fortress 2 -- joined April 11 2011.:woot:

I got the Source SDK and was gonna try to make my first Map.


I booted up Hammer, looked at the Granary map thing, Freaked out since I did not know what to do, Any tips -- They would be appreciated!

~MDude~
 
Kill_the_Bug

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markcocjin said:
Killbox
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Yep - Killbox :)

What he basically means is start off like everone else:

make a box - hollow on the inside - put in a player - and a light - compile it and that's your first map :p

Then...

Start playing around add in props / change lights textures, etc - make another room connect the two with a hallway, etc.
 
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Kill_the_Bug said:
Yep - Killbox :)

What he basically means is start off like everone else:

make a box - hollow on the inside - put in a player - and a light - compile it and that's your first map :p

Then...

Start playing around add in props / change lights textures, etc - make another room connect the two with a hallway, etc.
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DON'T HOLLOW EVER.
Or carve.

Don't be lazy and do either of those, it will destroy your map. take the time to make normal brushes.
 
Kill_the_Bug

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Fr0Z3n said:
DON'T HOLLOW EVER.
Or carve.

Don't be lazy and do either of those, it will destroy your map. take the time to make normal brushes.
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Thanks for the clarification Frozen - I meant make the box hollow on the inside by building the walls floor and ceiling separately. Never Hollow and NEVER carve.

I forgot about the hollow command last time I used it was over 5 years ago - forgot about it :)
 
T1000

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Or You can use 3DS Max, along with Convexity, and WallWorm Tools and make your map layout and texture everything, and use WallWorm Tools to name the entities and add func_detail items and info_player start within MAX.

I just use Hammer to add certain details and compile the map.

You Just have to setup MAX to the same dimensions as Hammer.
 
Virulus

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Fr0Z3n said:
DON'T HOLLOW EVER.
Or carve.

Don't be lazy and do either of those, it will destroy your map. take the time to make normal brushes.
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Yeah, never carve

I'm trying to get out of the habbit of hollowing...brushes take waaay too long for me to make D:

Anyways, for the advice. My friend taught me everything I know about Hammer, but I think the main thing to say about level creation is: your camera is not the same view of your player, what may seem small in the editor is giant to TF2 players. Make sure you always put down a info_player_teamspawn (should be the default entity) to judge how big your brush is to a real TF2 player (as that is the size of a TF2 player).
 
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gamemaster1996

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If you havn't already download ABS Ultimate Mapping Resource Pack. It's great. It contains lots of things which just make mapping easier.

Also may I note not everybody started with killbox.
What I reccomend is just have an idea, rough it out and then muck around with it :)
 
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