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Tutorial List: Source Engine - CS:GO SDK
Extensive list of tutorials for how to get started and create custom maps for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive using Source Engine Hammer level editor.
BASICS/GETTING STARTED:
- How to Download, Install, Launch Hammer World Editor - Beginner 1/8
- Level Editor Navigation and Interface Basics in 15 minutes - Beginner 2/8
- Player and Architecture Scale, Dimension and Proportion - Beginner 3/8
- BSP Brush Geometry: How to Create Your First Room - Beginner 4/8
- Adding Prop Models: Using Models In Your Map - Beginner 5/8
- Adding Lights: How to Light Your First Room (Lighting Basics) - Beginner 6/8
- Texturing: Applying Textures and Principles for Optimizing Early - Beginner 7/8
- How to Compile and Run Your First Map - Beginner 8/8
LAYOUT, FLOW, PACING AND BALANCE:
- 3 Workflow Techniques - How to Draw Top-Down Level Design Map Layouts
- Stuck? One Section Level Design for Gameplay
- How to Design Gameplay Map Layouts (Complete In-Depth Guide)
- 6 Principles of Choke Point Level Design
- From Top Down Layout to BSP Block-In Workflow
GAMEPLAY AND MAP FUNCTIONALITY:
- Creating Buy Zones and Inserting Player Starts
- Inserting Hostages and Creating Hostage Rescue Zones
- Creating Standard Bomb Site Zones For Defuse Map
- Creating Advanced Bomb Site Zones to Trigger Fire and DustÂ
- How to Spawn Any Weapon on the Ground (for FY/AIM maps)
- Automatically Assign Any Weapon to a Player On Spawn
- Terminal Ballistics or How to Test if You Can Shoot Through Walls (Bullet Penetration)
- How to Create Functional, Climbable Ladders
- How to Choose/Change Your Map's Team Player Models for CT and T Teams
- In-Depth Guide to Creating Breakable and Non-Breakable Glass Windows
- Clip vs Player Clip Brush Texture - Which One Should You Use
MAP/GAME ENVIRONMENT WORKFLOWS:
GAME ENVIRONMENT - ABANDONED HOUSE:
- "Abandoned House" (Part 1/5) - BSP Block In
- "Abandoned House" (Part 2/5) - Texturing
- "Abandoned House" (Part 3/5) - Detailing
- "Abandoned House" (Part 4/5) - Displacement/Terrain
- "Abandoned House" (Part 5/5) - Beyond the House
WORKING ON YOUR MAP:
- Complete Guide to Using VisGroups to Organize and Work on Large/Complex Maps
- How to Decompile Maps to Reverse Engineer and Improve Your Work
CREATING ROADS SERIES:
- Creating Roads Part 1: Basics, Intersections and Adding Realism
- Creating Roads Part 2: 3 & 4 Way Intersections
- Creating Roads Part 3: Wide and Tight 90 Degree Turns
- Creating Roads Part 4: 180 Degree Turns
- Creating Roads Part 5: How to Create Curved, Sloped Roads
- Creating Roads Part 6: Brushes and Props - Blocking Roads Off
- Creating Roads Part 7: Terrain - Blocking Roads Off
- Creating Roads Part 8: Curved Sloped Roads - Blocking Roads Off
QUICK TIPS, TECHNIQUES, BUG FIXES:
- 10 Quick Tip Tutorials with Source Engine #1-10
- Prop Statics Are Black and Don't Light Properly [Solved] - Wildfire Update
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