Mapping Sites

From Valve Developer Community

This is a list of sites about mapping, including tutorials, articles, communities, etc.

  • CSM2 (http://csm2.net/) - Map Downloads,Tutorials and mapping help forums.
  • Creating Worlds (http://mallosworld.co.uk/creating_worlds/index.php?section=articles) - A large number of articles focusing on the design aspect of level design
  • Shammers Forums (http://shammers.forumsplace.com/) - A small community, with a couple of useful tutorials.
  • Edit Life (http://www.editlife.net/) - Mapping articles, entity list, error documentation and forums
  • Half-wit 2 (http://www.halfwit-2.com/) - Another collection of Mapping tutorials
  • I Wanna Map (http://www.iwannamap.com) - You wanna map, We wanna help. For Tutorials and help
  • Mapping-area (http://www.mapping-area.com/) - Tutorials on Mapping, Beginner to Advanced, all in French!
  • MappersNation.com (http://www.mappersnation.com) - A mapping and guide site for the Source engine.
  • NiRiDa Studios (http://www.niridastudios.com) DEAD? - Comunidad Española de Edición en Source - Spanish Community for the Source Engine edition tutorials.
  • zombie's * Edited* Optimization Page (http://www.nysteo.com/contentindex.php?optimize) An in-depth guide to optimizing your maps.
  • Spillmodding.no (http://www.spillmodding.no/) A Norwegian mapping community with more than 130 tutorials for more than 13 engines!
  • zombie's Optimizing-page (http://www.student.ru.nl/rvanhoorn/optimization.php) information on optimizing your map
  • TAz00.com (http://www.taz00.com/) 22+ Tutorials on Mapping, Beginner to Advanced, 10+ Maps with source files included!
  • DispEd (http://www.violator.eclipse.co.uk/disped/) - Precise displacement editor used to make geometric shapes in the style of "Quake 3 patches."
  • TWHL (http://twhl.co.za/) - Mapping community and tutorial site with busy forums for HL and SOURCE mappers.
  • Type 3 Studios (http://www.type3studios.com) - Over 100 Mapping tutorials and a supportive community, as well as several maps for download.
  • The Snarkpit (http://www.snarkpit.net) - Mapping and modeling community site
  • mIKe's ReVeNGe (http://mikes-revenge.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials) - HL2DM Community with an Excellent set of Tutorials!
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