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See the bottom of this page for an alphabetical list of all topics related to level design. Some topics are not listed here at the top.

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== Getting Started ==
* [[Your First Map|Building your first map in Hammer]]
* [[Introduction to Editing]]
* [[Leaks Explained]]
* [[Inputs_and_Outputs|Entity Inputs and Outputs]]


==Source games==
====http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/4/41/Icon_hl2.png [[Half-Life 2]]====
* [[Single-Player Mapping Tips]]

====http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/a/a5/Css.gif [[Counter-Strike: Source]]====
* [[Counter-Strike: Source Level Creation|Counter-Strike: Source Levels]]
* [[How to Develop a Map That Works]]
* [[Navigation Meshes]]

====http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/c/ce/Icon_dods.png [[Day of Defeat: Source]]====
*[[Day of Defeat: Source Map Creation]]

==== http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/3/33/Icon_theShip.png [[The Ship]] ====
*[[The Ship SDK]]
*[[The Ship Level Creation]]
*[[The Ship Basics: Interactions]]
*[[The Ship Basics: Rooms]]

==Level Design==

===Intermediate Design===
* [[Designing a Level]]
====Architecture====
* [[Displacement|Displacement Surfaces (Terrain)]]
* [[How to Release a Map]]
* [[Source Mapping for Half-Life 1 Mappers]]

====Entity Creation====
* [[Prefab|Creating and Using Prefabs]]
* [[Cubemaps|Cubemaps]]
* [[Entity Hierarchy (parenting)]]
* [[Grouping and VisGrouping]]
* [[Physics Entity Overview]]

====Npc Movement System====
* [[Nodegraph|Nodegraph construction]]

====Prop Types====
* [[Prop Types Overview]]

====Skybox Design====
* [[Skybox (2D)]]
* [[3D_Skybox|3D Skyboxes]]
* [[Level Overviews]]
* [[Sky List]]

===Lighting===

====Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Techniques====
* [[Lighting]]
* [[Lightmap]]

====LDR and HDR====
* [[HDR]]
* [[Phong]]

===World Atmosphere===
* [[:Category:Regions & Atmospheres|Regions & Atmospheres]]

===Advanced Design===

====Architecture====
* [[Displacement]]

====In-Depth Design====
* [[Color correction (concept)|Color correction]]
* [[Expert compile mode]]
* [[Filter Applications]]
* [[Menu Background Map|Menu Background Maps]]


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== Hammer Editor ==

===Features===

====Documentations====
* ''[[:Category:Hammer|Hammer Editor Documentation]]''
* [[Hammer What's New|What's New]]
* [[Hammer Hotkey Reference|Hotkey Reference]]

====Hammer Fixes and Issues====
* [[Hammer Feature Requests]]
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== [[Abstract Mapping]] ==
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== Objects ==

===Entity's===
* [[:Category:Items|Items (weapons, pickups)]]
* [[List of entities]]

====Npc's====
* [[:Category:NPCs|NPCs (monsters, allies, characters)]]

====Props====
* [[:Category:World Models|Prop Gallery]]

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== Troubleshooting ==

===Design Problems===

====Compile log====
* [[Compile Errors]]

====Documentations====
* [[:Category:Level Design FAQ|Level Design FAQ]]
* [[Troubleshooting Level Design]]
* [[Source SDK FAQ]]
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==Optimization==

===Level Design Optimization===
* [[Optimization (level design)]]

====In-depth Optimization====
* [[Controlling Geometry Visibility and Compile Times]]
* [[Intermediate Lighting#Lightmap_optimisation|Lightmap optimisation]]
* [[Optimizing and Checking Your Map]]
* [[Optimization Commands]]
* [[Optimization (Non-Geometry)]]
* [[Showbudget|Using the Showbudget Panel]]


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== Design Theory ==

* [[Level Flow]]

===Design Types===
* [[Bounce (level design)]]
* [[Loops (level design)]]
* [[Push Gameplay]]

===Design Tips===
* [[Adding More Detail to a map]]
* [[How to Develop a Map That Works]]
* [[Single-Player Mapping Tips]]

===Compile Tips===
* [[Map Compiling Theory]]

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== Upload Sites ==

* [[File Hosting Sites]] - A list of reliable websites that host user created maps
* [[News Site List]] - A list of websites for hype/advertisement and discussion

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