Making basic maps?

[Stueh!]

Hey guys

I ve been realy stuck on the simpest thing realy... making a spawn point and then carrying on the map. I dont realy understand entitys and stuff, of how to make hills or cliffs or anything xd.

Its probably the simplest stuff but still...

can anyone help?

Stueh

 

[poopster101]

entities confused me at first too but basically they are everything thats not a brush (wall, ground, ceiling, ect..). They control how and when things move, lights, weather something is solid or not and many more things. for your spawn point i would consider reading one of the many wonderful tutorials on this site and on the web

and btw brushes can be tied to entitites too

 

[Dox]

Linky!

http://tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=198

We have a lot of helpful threads up in our tutorials section, enjoy!

 

[poopster101]

just to say when it says place a prop_dynamic that means to find prop dynamic in the entity window and place one

and to tie something to an entity
press ctrl+t

 

[Koei]

If you don't understand certain words:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Level_Design

 

[Hawk]

Additionally, Youme made a nice guide to making cliffs:
http://tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=798

 

[Stueh!]

thanks guys

 

[DJive]

@ Stueh, always a bunch of us hanging in chat, ever have any questions you need quick, advice or general chatter, come join in =)

 

[YM]

Additionally, Youme made a nice guide to making cliffs:
http://tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=798

whoa, so i did! lol I might make a few more guides, I think its really dissapointing that more people don't do them. seriously, I'm no expert at displacements but doing a guide made me think about my technique and refine it quite a bit.

Once you've done something a fair few times and you are getting good results and understand what you are doing you should make a guide about it, it really helps you become a better mapper

 

[Stueh!]

uhm... guys, it seems all of my TF2 entitys arnt there >.> like func_respawnroom and most func_ arnt there... its rather fustrating...

 

[Paria]

you normally make a func_respawnroom from a brush then tie it to an entity

i.e make a block that covers the internal area of the respawn room using toolstrigger as the texture , then go to

tools>tie to entity (ctrl+t)

and then you select the func_respawnroom and set the team colours etc

 

[Stueh!]

oh... thats a relief^^ so do I have to make a func_respawnroom everytime, or can I like save it to entitys.

and does the block need to be made hollow?

 

[Paria]

its a block no hollowing out required, just make sure it fills the internals of the spawn room, or things like engies building stuff inside the spawn will happen

 

[Stueh!]

Thank you very much ^^ I'll give you some good karma or good juju or hatever its called