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----------Introduction---------- Heyo there! Did you ever wanted to make custom NPC's in your map? then this guide is for you! With such a guide you can make stuff like this! ----------Basics---------- Let's start from basics - what generic_actor on it's own? It's a "puppet" npc entity. It...

Attack/Defense - and, by extension, Payload - have always been my favourite gamemodes in TF2. They probably always will be. I couldn't really explain why, it's kinda like they just nail TF2's gameplay so well. You select one of a few routes to go down in order to attack the enemy team, and you...

All gamemodes in TF2 benefit from having some back-and-forth gameplay. In Attack/Defense, points which just involve one hold spot are severely flawed, because they either let BLU take the point after only one successful push, or RED respawns so fast that they're able to come back to the point...

Seeing as a lot of the popular TF2 nav mesh guides are quite outdated, I decided to work on a nav mesh guide that uses updated information gained from the Source Code leak and my very primitive reverse engineering skills. I have never mapped in my life, so I know it's probably not much use...

TF2Maps offers playtesting sessions called “Map Tests”. These sessions are invaluable for getting feedback on your map, so you can use it to improve your maps. This guide will walk you through preparing your map for a playtest session, using “Mecha Engineer” to queue it for a Map Test, and how...

Have you ever wondered why you (probably) have more fun playing Upward than Goldrush? It's because TF2 is a class-based team shooter, which offers nine classes with different playstyles, letting you switch off your class to another, equally fun one when you stop having fun with the class you...

[LINK TO GUIDE] I've slowly been building up a quick-reference guide of useful tips and notes for level design in Team Fortress 2 and Open Fortress. It includes notes on concepts like visibility and lighting cues, notes on entity quirks and useful console commands, explanations of engine things...

So I've seen a lot of workshop maps have somethign akin to "THIS MAP HAS CUSTOM SOUNDSCAPES, WHICH DO NOT WORK WITH MAPS FROM THE WORKSHOP! FOR WORKING SOUNDSCAPES DOWNLOAD HERE: X" So I investigated and figured out a way to fix this problem. This guide will assume you already know how to pack...

Spawn Rooms? Who needs those? These prefabs easily allows you implement a multitude of unique ways to directly spawn into you map. What's inside? Five direct spawning prefabs Readme entities giving an explanation on each of the presets Handy user visgroups for easy manipulation How does...

Introduction It's that time of year again, where people are struggling to come up with a good gimmick for their halloween maps. Well don't worry; i'm here to make your job just a little easier. In this guide i'll go over the many, MANY entities which are useful for scream fortress maps, as well...

Introducing So, I was inspired by 3kliksphilips video and decided to create my own guide... to how make your map more... beautiful. Disclaimer I am not professional mapper, all of these just my thoughts, advices and knowledge. Lighting Lighting is the one of the most parts of the map. One of...

Hello new mapper! Today I am going to teach you how to map, how to use our discord and give you some advices! Starting Part 1. Helpful things Before you start making your first map,here are a few tools that can make your mapping experience more simplistic: A Boojum Snark's Ultimate Mapping...

Models generated by propper from brush work don't support light mapping via prop statics by default. Here is how to use blender (2.79) to fix that. I won't bother covering creating props using propper as that has already been covered. All I care about is that you have a smd created by propper...

------Updated tutorial that does not require the source SDK multiplayer base, utilising ficool2's tf2-compatible propper setup----- Required: *Propper FGD, updated propper.exe Installing Propper: Simply drag and drop propper.exe and propper.fgd into /Team Fortress 2/bin/. You can find the...

My first guide here, so hopefully it'll be helpful to some people! Colors are important in all forms of art and media, so it won't surprise you that they're also very important in video games, whether used to make a game look pretty, thematic, immersive, or act as visual cues. If you're at all...

So a couple of months ago, before I decided to take a break from TF2 and the Discord server. I asked in the Discord server if I should make a guide going over all of the knowledge I gained over the years of playing and creating custom mvm missions. Now, there were a few answers saying that I...

Here's a neat trick I learned for getting transparent-background shots of weapon models for custom war paints using the ingame weapon preview. What we need to do is use layer blending modes in an image editor such as Photoshop or GIMP to create an alpha mask that can cancel out the background...

This guide is meant to help players unlock promotional items and learn about items that are only available for a limited time through special offers. Instructions on how to obtain them are listed for each item. Images are provided for most items. I apologize in advance if the format is a bit messy.

This is useful for the people that want to know (in a more shitposting manner) about how to get better in Casual TF2 matchmaking. It has tips about: Maps Classes Strategies And many more...

How to Use the 72 Clock in Your OBS Studio Stream Have you ever wanted to use that fancy countdown clock made by @Geit that All The Cool Streamers™ are using these days? Of course you do! This handy guide will help you set up and customize your very own stream countdown in OBS Studio. THE 2023...