# Half-Life+mods Level Design
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217
**Category:** random
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217 "2003-07-31T05:52:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/1 "2003-07-31T05:52:17Z")
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](http://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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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/2 "2003-07-31T05:58:46Z")
I haven’t created CS maps before, but I have started some Quake III Arena maps … It looks interesting tho =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/3 "2003-07-31T06:05:14Z")
Here are some links:
The Hammer Editor (also known as World CRaft in earlier versions): [http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=hammer](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](http://dev.valve-erc.com/index.php?area=documents&document%5B%5D=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](http://dev.valve-erc.com/index.php?area=documents&document%5B%5D=103463080941876300&action=view)
MAKING PLAYER SPAWNS (READ THIS!): [http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=22](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](http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=16)
CARVING/HOLLOWING IN HAMMER: [http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=20](http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Tutorials/tutorial.php?id=20)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/4 "2003-07-31T08:58:54Z")
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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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/5 "2003-07-31T11:13:27Z")
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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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/6 "2003-07-31T15:55:41Z")
I created some for CS! And after that it got boring!..
Same for Max Payne! :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/7 "2003-07-31T16:07:27Z")
i would try…but i dont have my PC rigght now. when i get it back i will do it
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/8 "2003-07-31T16:58:31Z")
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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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/9 "2003-07-31T17:00:50Z")
I think level design is really exciting but when ever I try, for whatever game, it’s always really difficult ☹
- Soul :s:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/10 "2003-08-01T22:51:34Z")
> \*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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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/11 "2003-08-01T22:52:32Z")
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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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/half-life-mods-level-design/27217/12 "2003-08-06T06:21:31Z")
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](http://outspokenband.com/he_nadewar.zip)
I don’t have the .map file anymore, sorry.