mapping

I'm not so good at lighting when it comes to areas like this. No matter what I do it's either dim light the light is turned off, or its super bright and warm colored to the point it hurts your eyes. Can someone suggest something? I've tried changing the constant, the colors, the brightness, you...

I am just about finished with my map, and ever since I added a small boss fight to my map, I get this error. I already deleted multiple areas to my dungeon. I don't even have that many props.. I read that light spots can cause this but I don't even have that many light spots compared to my other...

Hey guys, I just made my first map, I worked on it for 2 weeks now. I ran the map for tests while I made it, and I set RAD and VIS to "Fast" while I was doing these test runs. Now if I set them to normal, hammer freezes. I read that I should just wait it out. I waited 1 and a half our but the...

I was wondering, is there a special kind of formula for 5 cp maps? (Like viaduct formula for KOTH)

The title is self-explanatory. For me, it started as a desire to make maps for my server, which I imagine isn't something that's uncommon.

Is there a way to set up a func_flagdetectionzone to spawn a bot while a round of arena is active?

Ive been working on my map the dev textures look ok and then i decided to start texturing to find that all the texture i applyed were all streched or low quality if anyone knows how to fix this all help is apprishiated thanks

Right now I have a ramp of sand that goes up to somewhere, but it looks like it might as well be made out of concrete. How do I make my sand ramp look natural? This is my first time making a real map and I'd really appreciate the help!