Half-Life+mods Level Design

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Hey has any of you guys tried half-life/counter-strike level design?

Its super fun! I suggest you try it, a good place to get started is:
countermap.counter-strike.net

Lets post screen shots of our maps and the .map/bsp files

If you need help for any reason just IM me on AIM or something

AIMsn: IshiBLog

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I haven’t created CS maps before, but I have started some Quake III Arena maps … It looks interesting tho =)

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Here are some links:
The Hammer Editor (also known as World CRaft in earlier versions): http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=hammer

FGD’s (Game Data Files-REQUIRED): http://dev.valve-erc.com/index.php?area=documents&document[]=103463080941876300&action=view

^I recommend the halflife-cs-expert FGDs, they will allow you to make more “Original” maps

TUTORIALS:
In order from what ones you should take to the next

MAKING YOUR FIRST HAMMER MAP(READ THIS!): http://dev.valve-erc.com/index.php?area=documents&document[]=103463080941876300&action=view

MAKING PLAYER SPAWNS (READ THIS!): http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=22

MAKING THE SKY (READ THIS): http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=16

CARVING/HOLLOWING IN HAMMER: http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=20

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if I have created a map. How can I import it into steam so that CS 1.6 can find that map ? or is it for 1.5 ? :-\

SO the program Hammer will creat maps

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Yeah I created a DOD map!

A map for the best d@mn mod out there!

I just got tired how alot of the maps are just push maps, or plain unrealistic. So I created a map from old ww2 photos and satelite pictures.

It was great for Clan tournaments, see some best tactics there.

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I created some for CS! And after that it got boring!..
Same for Max Payne! :-\

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i would try…but i dont have my PC rigght now. when i get it back i will do it

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This is not about Maps ok

its about steam

I have steam !

But I dont have Opsing force installed, do I need to have it installed form a cd to play it on steam or do you get it for free I just need to upgrade to play ?

Thanx

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I think level design is really exciting but when ever I try, for whatever game, it’s always really difficult :frowning:

  • Soul :s:
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*Originally posted by Blastboy *
**This is not about Maps ok

its about steam

I have steam !

But I dont have Opsing force installed, do I need to have it installed form a cd to play it on steam or do you get it for free I just need to upgrade to play ?

Thanx **

You can only run your maps in Steam if you have a dedicated server… or if you want to make a listen server and only play wiyth BOTS (listen servers cannot be joined by normal people yet)

To import them into steam youhave to compile your maps correctly to the Sierra/Half-Life/Yourmodhere/maps/ directory

take the compiled .bsp file from the directory you compiled it to and move it into:
Steam/SteamCache/your-email-address/your-mod(for example cs)/cstrike/maps

i think… or maybe its:

Steam/SteamCache/your-email-address/your-mod(for example cs)/maps

look for your maps folder

after that you can run it with bots (1.6 STEAM ONLY) on a listen server, or host it on a dedicated server (a lot harder and more confusing :()

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also- I have tried making entities of the counter-strike 1.6 new guns/items in the current version of hammer… and they work fine with the expert FGD’s for Counter-Strike

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here’s one i made a few years ago called he_nadewar. there’s grenades laying all over the place for you to throw over the fence at the other team. there is plenty of cover, but there’s nowhere completely safe from grenades. this is a fun map if you have at least 4 ppl. max players is 12. its great for LAN parties. it was downloaded over 8,000 times and sometimes i still see it on servers. if anyone plays it, let me know what you think.




he_nadewar.zip

I don’t have the .map file anymore, sorry.