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[[Hammer Editor Documentation]]
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[[Your First Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Room]]
[[File:Source-logo.png|200px|link=|Source]] <b>Welcome to Source Level Editing.</b>


[[Making levels for Counter-Strike: Source - A description of the entities needed for CS:S gameplay. | Making levels for Counter-Strike: Source]]
{{Messagebox|text=See the bottom of the page for alphabetically organized tutorials}}


[[Leaks Explained]]
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==Getting Started==
*[[SDK Installation|Installation]]
*[[Level Design Overview]]
*[[Your First Map]]
*[[Inputs and Outputs]]


[[Optimizing and Checking Your Map]]
== Hammer Editor ==
* [[:Category:Hammer|Reference Documentation]]
* [[Hammer Hotkey Reference]]
* [[Hammer Feature Requests]] {{deprecated}}
* [[Valve Hammer Editor#Version History|Valve Hammer Editor Versions]]
* [[Hammer++]], a modified version of Hammer Editor that includes bug fixes and quality of life improvements


[[Controlling Geometry Visibility and Compile Times]]
== General ==
* [[Dimensions]]
* [[Optimization (level design)|Optimization]]
* [[Hammer Face Edit Dialog|The Face Edit Tool]]
* [[Displacement|Displacement Surfaces (Terrain)]]
* [[Prop Types Overview]]
* [[Skybox (2D)|2D Skyboxes]]
* [[Grouping and VisGrouping]]
* [[Entity Hierarchy (parenting)]]
* [[Filter Applications]]
* [[List of entities]]
* [[Prefab|Creating and Using Prefabs]]
* [[Instances]]
* [[Adding Water]]
* [[Trigger Events Between Levels]]


[[Entity I/O - How to hook up entity inputs and outputs. | Entity I/O]]
== Lighting ==
* [[Lighting]]
* [[HDR Lighting Basics]]
* [[Intermediate Lighting]]
* [[Advanced Lighting]]


[[Overview of Prop Types - Description of the various model prop entities. | Overview of Prop Types]]
== Connecting Areas ==
* [[Doors]]
* [[Working Ladders]]
* [[Elevators]]
* [[Teleporters]]
* [[Creating a Curved Hallway|Curved Hallways]]
* [[Creating Angled Geometry|Angled Geometry]]


[[Physics Entity Overview - How to use the various entities that affect the physics system. | Physics Entity Overview]]
== Detailing ==
* [[Environmental Lighting, Sun, Weather, & Outdoors]]
* [[Displacement Grass]]
* [[Glass & Windows]]
* [[Cables and Ropes]]
* [[Sound and Music]]
* [[Complex Brush Creation]]


[[Adding Water]]
== Special Effects ==
* [[Physics]]
* [[Physics Entity Overview]]
* [[Trains]]
* [[Beams and Lasers]]
* [[Explosions (level design)|Explosions]]
* [[Dust, Fog, & Smoke]]
* [[Color correction (concept)|Color correction]]
* [[Sprite|Sprites]]
* [[Lists of Special Effects in level design|Lists of Special Effects]]


[[Displacement | Displacement Surfaces (Terrain)]]
== NPCs and AI ==
* [[Introduction_to_AI|Introduction to AI]]
* [[Nodegraph|Nodegraph construction]]


[[Cubemaps]]
== Finishing Up ==
* [[3D_Skybox|3D Skyboxes]]
* [[Cubemaps|Cubemaps]]
* [[Optimization (level design)|Optimization]]
* [[Expert compile mode]]
* [[Bspzip|Bspzip (Embedding Custom Content)]]
* [[Pre-publication evaluation]]
* [[Fixing lighting on a static prop]]
* [[Level Transitions]]


[[Ladders - Adding ladder entities to levels. | Ladders]]
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== Other Engines ==
: {{gldsrc|link=:Category:GoldSrc_Level_Design}} [[:Category:GoldSrc_Level_Design|GoldSrc Level Design]]
: {{source2|link=Source_2/Docs/Level_Design}} [[Source_2/Docs/Level_Design|Source 2 Level Design]]
:: [[:Category:Level_Design/Source_2|Source 2 Level Design category]] - contain pages related to Source 2 level design.


[[Making 3D Skyboxes - How to create a 3D geometry skybox. | Making 3D Skyboxes]]
== Specific Games ==
: {{as}} [[Alien Swarm Level Creation|Alien Swarm]]
: {{bms}} [[Black Mesa Level Creation|Black Mesa]]
: {{csgo}} [[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Level Creation|Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]
: {{css}} [[Counter-Strike: Source Level Creation|Counter-Strike: Source]]
: {{dm}} [[Dark Messiah Level Creation|Dark Messiah of Might and Magic]]
: {{dods}} [[Day of Defeat: Source Level Creation|Day of Defeat: Source]]
: {{gmod}} [[Garry's Mod Level Creation|Garry's Mod]]
: {{hl2}} [[Half-Life 2 Level Creation|Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes]]
: {{HL2dm}} [[Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Level Creation|Half-Life 2 Deathmatch]]
: {{Hls}} [[Half-Life: Source Level Creation|Half-Life: Source]]
: {{hldms}} [[Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Level Creation|Half-Life Deathmatch: Source]]
: {{INFRA}} [[INFRA Level Creation|INFRA]]
: {{l4d}} [[Left 4 Dead Level Creation|Left 4 Dead]]
: {{l4d2}} [[Left 4 Dead 2 Level Creation|Left 4 Dead 2]]
: {{portal}} [[Portal Level Creation|Portal]]
: {{portal2}} [[:Category:Portal 2 Level Design|Portal 2]]
: {{sineps}} [[SiN Episodes Level Creation|SiN Episodes: Emergence]]
: {{tf2}} [[Team Fortress 2/Docs/Level Design|Team Fortress 2]]
: {{ship}} [[The Ship Level Creation|The Ship]]
: {{vtmb}} [[Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines Level Creation|Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines]]
: {{src}} [[Source Mods Level Creation|Other Source Mods]]


[[Cables - How to add cables and ropes to levels. | Cables]]
== Design Theory ==
* [[Single-Player Mapping Tips]]
* [[Bounce (level design)]]
* [[Loops (level design)]]
* [[Push Gameplay]]
* [[Map Compiling Theory]]
* [[How to Develop a Map That Works]]
* [[Adding More Detail to a map]]
* [[Color Theory in Level Design]]
* [[Decompiling Maps]]
* [[Creating High-Quality Maps in Source]]


[[Making Menu Background Maps - Creating the 3D menu backgrounds. | Making Menu Background Maps]]
== Troubleshooting ==


[[Creating Level Overviews]]
=== Source SDK/Hammer Troubleshooting ===


[[Using Bspzip to Embed Custom Content]]
* [[Troubleshooting Level Design]]
* [[:Category:Level Design FAQ|Level Design FAQ]]
* [[Compile Errors]]
* [[Source SDK FAQ]]


[[Source Mapping for Half-Life 1 Mappers]]
=== In-game/Engine Troubleshooting ===


[[3D and 2D Views]]
* [[Engine Hunk Overflow]]
* [[Showbudget|Using the Showbudget Panel]]


[[Creating Brushes]]
== External links ==


[[Applying Materials]]
* [[Level Design Video Tutorials]] - A list of video tutorials related to Source mapping.
* [[Mapping Sites]] - sites about mapping, including tutorials, articles
* [[General Sites]] - Sites covering a wide variety of topics including mapping
* [[Map Archive Sites]] - sites where you can download maps for Valve's games
* [[File Hosting Sites]] - A list of reliable websites for hosting user-created maps
* [[Image Hosting Sites]] - A list of reliable websites to share screenshots of user-created maps
* [[News Site List]] - A list of websites for hype/advertisement and discussion


[[Reshaping Solids]]
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[[Creating Entities]]
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[[Grouping and VisGrouping]]
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[[Category:Entry pages]]
[[Creating and Using Prefabs]]

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Source Welcome to Source Level Editing.

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See the bottom of the page for alphabetically organized tutorials

Getting Started

Hammer Editor

General

Lighting

Connecting Areas

Detailing

Special Effects

NPCs and AI

Finishing Up

Other Engines

GoldSrc GoldSrc Level Design
Source 2 Source 2 Level Design
Source 2 Level Design category - contain pages related to Source 2 level design.

Specific Games

Alien Swarm Alien Swarm
Black Mesa Black Mesa
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Day of Defeat: Source Day of Defeat: Source
Garry's Mod Garry's Mod
Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
Half-Life: Source Half-Life: Source
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
INFRA INFRA
Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2 Left 4 Dead 2
Portal Portal
Portal 2 Portal 2
SiN Episodes SiN Episodes: Emergence
Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2
The Ship: Murder Party The Ship
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Source Other Source Mods

Design Theory

Troubleshooting

Source SDK/Hammer Troubleshooting

In-game/Engine Troubleshooting

External links

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