I want to start mapping.Can anyone tell me the best program,tutorial sites,and anything else to start mapping.And yes I know it may take a while to learn and to make maps and I also know it is hard but I think im ready for it.

Open Steam
Click Play Games
Go to the bottom of the window under tools, click Source SDK
Install and open
Click on Hammer Editor
Once open, click Help -> Help Topics, read.

woot.

Alright thanks.But wheres the hammer editor part the sds only says game,server name,map,network,max players,UDP port,and RCON password.

Originally posted by handheldsquirl
Alright thanks.But wheres the hammer editor part the sds only says game,server name,map,network,max players,UDP port,and RCON password.
depends. u wanna map for 1.3 or dods?

well 1.3 now and ill do source later

do yourself a favor and learn to map on source, most of us hear started with hl1 mapping which is why it wasnt hard to learn new features but your getting yourself into a world of pain learning for hl1 first...dod:s is almost here as it is so pickup the source sdk and give it a go - theres a whole world of tutorials out there to help you.

google is your friend.

Originally posted by handheldsquirl
Alright thanks.But wheres the hammer editor part the sds only says game,server name,map,network,max players,UDP port,and RCON password.

That's the Source Dedicated Server not Source SDK.

You need the Silver or Gold Package to get access to the SDK.

Like travis said, you might as well go to source now if you can.

Oh ok ill have to get on my other steam account later today.I have hl2,and css.

Originally posted by haircut


You need the Silver or Gold Package to get access to the SDK.


Or retail.

i think he's talking about DoD:S SDK

If its source mapping your interested in, this is a good place to start from. It might not have every tutorial listed but its got links to most all the sites that put tutorials up for people.

http://gamewag.com/hl2.html

Thanks guys for helping me.

How do I make the maps for dods just make it using hammer

Originally posted by handheldsquirl
How do I make the maps for dods just make it using hammer

until dods is actually released you have to make source maps for CS, then convert them over to dod when the time comes.

It keeps saying unable to find gameinfo.exe what do I do?

Originally posted by handheldsquirl
It keeps saying unable to find gameinfo.exe what do I do?

its actually looking for gameinfo.txt . there isn't one for dod:s yet. you have to map for CS:S. if you are still getting that error, do a search for gameinfo.txt in this forum and you will find a fix for the problem.

Ok ill do that hopefully I can find something

Anyone know a tutorial place that helps you from day 1 because I couldnt really find any.

If your mapping with cs:s or hl2 the gameinfo.txt will appear in the correct place after you launch the game once.

so if cs:s mapping, launch cs:s then quit then the gameinfo.txt will be there.

Ok I got it fixed now I just need some nooby tutorials because I have no idea what the heak im doing

The first bit of learning the editor and just feeling like you have no idea what you are doing is the worst! Stick with video tutorials until you get used to the editor and the different tools. Here's a starter tutorial on building your first room. I did'nt download it but you can probably find better video tuts somewhere else. HL2files isnt really a modding site im kinda surprised its on there.

http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/Hammer_Basic_Room_Mapping_Video_Tutorial;32907

The first bit of learning the editor and just feeling like you have no idea what you are doing is the worst! Stick with video tutorials until you get used to the editor and the different tools. Here's a starter tutorial on building your first room. I did'nt download it but you can probably find better video tuts somewhere else. HL2files isnt really a modding site im kinda surprised its on there. The video from the link is doing stuff that I cant do like when he went from making the room to the picture tool so he can see the outside of it.When I click on the picture tool after making my room and click the left top corner screen the box (the room) dissapears.

These are the pics of what it looked like at first and then once I clicked on the camera tool.But once I click back on the Block Tool the box comes back.I just need to learn how to view the outside of it.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/handheldsquirl/Pic1copy.jpg
and
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/handheldsquirl/Pic2.jpg

When you draw your brush with the brush tool (grey square) you need to right click inside it and click 'create object'.
Like this (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled7ra1.jpg)
If you havn't 'created' it, then it will look as if it has dissapeared when you click on the camera tool.

or you could just hit enter...