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(I am completely new to this, and have absolutely no experience in map making whatsoever. Please disregard anything stupid I say.) So, I made a block, chose a texture, and hit enter. The block did not get a new texture, it just went from a blue frame to yellow. help

Hello again. I've recently started to use compile pal with my smaller mapping projects, and it's really quite something. Now that I've gotten it to pack custom content automatically, it's glorious. However, there's a pretty glaring issue I'm having with it so far that prevents me from using it...

It seems I can almost never get any displacements I touch to sew. The command might as well be magic to me. Even worse, at the moment I'm in a tight spot. I've got this panel on my zeppelin that refuses to join with its neighbors. If it can't be joined, I might as well just delete most of the...

Right then. I'm making a TF2-detailed zeppelin map (probably for SFM or gmod use) and I'm using the large airship from the Frontline Asset pack as a reference for the hull shape. I'm giving it a full interior with as much detail as possible, so just using the model isn't an option. I need to...

"0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9.Error! Too many detail props emitted on this map! (64K max!)n" i think this mai error 1."Too many detail props emitted on this map! (64K max!)n" this alert mean 'you must have under 64000 detail props' right? 2."prop_detail" add on that count?

Greetings! I'm finishing my map, cp_chateau_event, a halloween variant of cp_steel. Go ahead and have a gander at it. It's just about done, and I would like to submit it for testing soon, but there are two things I'd like to clear up first. 1. Am I allowed to call it cp_chateau_event, or...

all water brushes that touch others make them invisible unless under water. I did make a cube map because underwater is a missing texture which i didn't like. I had also made a water.lod.control but kept everything default. Now my map looks like crap because of this ;/ any help would be...

In my 3D view when I click on a brush, hammer ignores what i click and selects something else as if the brushes i'm clicking don't exist... but they do. Also just now lost all but 1 view so i'm stuck with either a 3D or one of the 2D views there a way to reset all settings to default, i was...

I am having trouble with the headless horseman aka headless hat man i have his model he can spawn he just dose not want to move can anyone explain? If so thats good and im kinda new to map making.If you have the same problem well you can look hear as well and thank you for reading this message...

Yo, It's been quite a while since I've been on here. I've been pretty busy with uni and all, but recently got into CSGO more and decided to make map. In my latest build of the map whenever I open it it goes to the "Gathering Resources" part of the loading screen and then the game just closes...

somehow, I deleted my Map View tools, and I have no idea of how to get them back. I've looked the issue up on the Valve Developer Community, but the best that website gave me was "The Hammer toolbars can be removed, repositioned, and docked to help you create a layout that will work for you."...

So apparently, you can delete a row of icons from your Hammer editor. I just so happened to delete my grid icons, which isn't very great when it comes to , oh you know, developing a map. How can I get them back? The image shows my missing icons. I need to figure out how to fix this. I literally...

Starting a 'Fast' compile. Starting compilation of D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\sdk_content\maps\tate_statia.vmf Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Dec 15 2016) 4 threads materialPath: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress...

Title basically says it all.

i know about demos but i would like to be on the map myself to truly get what needs to be changed! so is there a way i can know when my map will be tested? p.s. go see my new map!https://tf2maps.net/downloads/power-feud.2616/

so i have a map idea and i need to know some stuff before i get started 1:how big is to big for hammer? the map is BIG so i need to know what hammer can handle 2:do you know any good tutorials for making a palode race? 3:what is the best and easiest way to make square or rectangular cuts in...

Hi I am pretty new to mapping and I am so exited to make a map, I want to create a payload map that has the look of the big house on cp_gorge ( the same textures I mean ) but my biggest problem is that i am so out of ideas right now, I lost my ideas already when i started with the spawn, the big...

So, my Hammer crashed and once I entered back into it, several textures were wrong. Whenever I run the map, the textures are still how they should be. I have no idea how to fix this, I've tinkered around things and searched the internet, but I still could not figure out the problem. The image...

so i'm making a new map for ctf and the theme is red and blu HQs and as an Easter egg i wanted scouts room to have a photo of Miss Pauling on a wall, but i don't know how to add custom textures! please help! p.s. this is the pic. SORRY UBERCHAIN!! :,(

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