Level Design Video Tutorials

Certain mapping techniques may be more easily understand through video demonstration then reading text. Below is a list of video tutorials sorted by author and video format.

Alex G: World of Level Design

Left 4 Dead 2 Video Tutorials

L4D2 Functionality/Advanced:

• L4D2: How to Create Scavenge Gamemode Part 1
• L4D2: How to Create Scavenge Gamemode Part 2
• L4D2: How to Create Survival Gamemode Part 1
• L4D2: How to Create Survival Gamemode Part 2
• L4D2: How to Attach Breakable Glass to a Door

Left 4 Dead Video Tutorials

L4D Installation:

• L4D: Installing Authoring Tools and SketchUp

L4D Hammer Basics:

• L4D: Hammer Interface Overview
• L4D: World Scale and Dimensions
• L4D: Creating Geometry
• L4D: Texturing Basics
• L4D: Adding Props Tutorial
• L4D: Adding Lights Tutorial

L4D Environment Workflow:

• L4D: Environment Creation Part 1 - Interior
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 2 - Interior
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 3 - Exterior
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 4 - SkyBox
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 5 - Texturing

L4D Hammer Advanced:

• L4D: How to Create Simple Terrain/Displacement
• L4D: Terrain Texture Blending Alpha
• L4D: Creating Terrain Part 1 - Ground Floor
• L4D: Creating Terrain Part 2 - Surrounding Mountains
• L4D: Creating Breakable Glass
• L4D: Creating Rotating Doors
• L4D: Creating a Ladder
• L4D: Creating a Skybox and Light Environment
• L4D: Forcing Info Survivor Position Spawn
• L4D: Creating Breakable Walls
• L4D: Create a Panic Event
• L4D: How to Create Survival Gametype Part 1
• L4D: How to Create Survival Gametype Part 2
• L4D: Creating a Level/Map Change Part 1
• L4D: Creating a Level/Map Change Part 2
• L4D: How to Create a Highlight Glow on Props

L4D Gameplay Elements:

• L4D: Standard Elements: Weapons, Fog and Player Start
• L4D: Creating a Rescue Closet
• L4D: Navigational Meshes and Spawning Infected
• L4D: Navigational Meshes Advanced

L4D Releasing Your Map:

• L4D: Create a Custom Movie Poster & VPK Part 1/3
• L4D: Create a Custom Movie Poster & VPK Part 2/3
• L4D: Create a Custom Movie Poster & VPK Part 3/3

RenStrike

YouTube

From RenStrike's HD Mapping Tutorials

• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 1
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 2a
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 2b
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 3
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 4
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 5
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 6
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 7a
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 7b
• Valve Hammer Editor - Advanced - 3D Skyboxes Part 1
• Valve Hammer Editor - Advanced - 3D Skyboxes Part 2
• Valve Hammer Editor - Advanced - Ropes/Power Lines
• TF2 Mapping - Making a Respawn Room
• TF2 Mapping - Making a Team Specific Door
• TF2 Mapping - Setting Up CTF Gametypes
• TF2 Mapping - Setting Up Capture Points
• L4D Mapping - Your First L4D Map - Part 1
• L4D Mapping - Your First L4D Map - Part 2

vimeo

• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 1
• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 2
• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 3
• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 4

USTREAM

• Ren TV - 4.23.2008 Displacements with subdivide, Cubemaps, and path_tracks and func_tracktrains
• Ren TV - 4.24.2008 Creating a small room with basic detailing
• Ren TV - 4.26.2008 A TF2 Map from spawn to first cap point

Big Lou

YouTube

• Hammer Interface and Tools - Part 1
• Hammer Interface and Tools - Part 2

Vaatrad

YouTube

Tutorial 1 - Your First Map Tutorial 2 - A Few Tips Tutorial 3 - Basic Sky Tutorial 4 - Objectives and Tips on Spawns Tutorial 5 - Brushes Tutorial 6 - Textures and Decals Tutorial 7 - Stairs and Ladders Tutorial 8 - GUNS!

Tutorial 9 - Water, Glass and Teleporters Tutorial 10 - Doors Tutorial 11 - Props Tutorial 12 - Environmental Effects Tutorial 13 - Buttons, Triggers + Explosions Tutorial 14 - Displacement Geometry Tutorial 15 - 3D Skyboxes

Valvehammertutorials / Lord Ned

YouTube

From Mapping Tutorials

• Hammer Tutorials - Introduction to Source and Examples
• Hammer Tutorials - Downloading the Source SDK and Hammer
• Hammer Tutorials - Hammer Camera Navigation
• Hammer Tutorials - Toolbars and the Material Browser

3kliksphilip

YouTube

Setting up the Source SDK First Map Tutorial Tutorial for Map Making Tutorial for Map Making 2 Adding objects into your level Water in 30 seconds Block tools, Shapes, Clipping and Vertexes Different Lighting Styles Doors Tutorial Custom Textures Part 1 Custom Textures Part 2 Glass Window Tutorial 3D Skyboxes Soundscapes Adding Teleports Custom sounds Displacements Moving Water

ELEVATORS, TRAINS AND TRACKS How to add dangly objects with physics ROCK FALLS OF DEATH Rope Tutorial Cubemaps Weapon Spawners Special Effects Player Equip Tutorial Areas that hurt people Walls you can walk through Weather Rain Snow Precipitation Rotating objects Source Water types Skybox texturing in 45 seconds Rotating objects Point_template Optimization (Hints/Area Portals)

Duck

Google Video

Hammer basics Basic map creation Connecting two rooms Making an elevator Elevator creation (Intermediate) Creating a camera in CS:S maps Ladders and resizing Placing Doors in maps

Placing props in maps func_buttons and movelinears Making lasers and fire Creating a surf map "wedge" Teleport tutorial Displacements geometry Resizing only one brush face Displacement blending

rocketrascal34 (TopHATTwaffle)

YouTube

• Tutorial 1: "simple things"
• Tutorial 2: "prop basics"
• Tutorial 3: Part1 "Lighting"
• Tutorial 3: Part2 "still lighting"
• Tutorial 4: "De_Cs_ buyzone and doors!"
• Tutorial 5: "Water, Displacements, and glass Oh My!"
• Tutorial 6: "elevator!"
• Tutorial 7: "Deathrun and I/O making"
• Tutorial 8: "Laser Trails and parented items"
• Tutorial 9: "Custom Textures, and normal maps"
• Tutorial 10: "PakRat and VMEX"
• Tutorial 11: Part 1 "Waffle Turret, and cutting to an angel"
• Tutorial 11: Part 2 "Waffle Turret, and cutting to an angel"
• Tutorial 11: Part 3 "Waffle Turret, and cutting to an angel"
• Tutorial 12: "Spawing Props and other thing"
• Tutorial 13: "200th sub speical: Keypads"
• Tutorial 14: "Advanced Textures, Transparent Textures"
• Tutorial 15: "Custom Content"
• Tutorial 16: "Teleport, Hurt, Heal, and Stripping! (Weapons)"
• Tutorial 17: "Making a AFK killer and firing commands to a server"
• Tutorial 18: Part 1 "Making Cell shading brush work"
• Tutorial 18: Part 2 "Making Cell shading brush work"
• Tutorial 19: "Math_counter, Func_breakable, and logic_case. all good things to know!
• Tutorial 20: "Demo Smoothing"

(last Updated 2/27/2010, to see all the videos go to:

• TopHATTwaffle's Youtube Channel)

M4pster

YouTube

• Tutorial Vid 1: Your first Map: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 1: Your first Map: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 2: Doors: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 2: Doors: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 3: Buttons: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 3: Buttons: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 3: Buttons: Part 3
• Tutorial Vid 4: Ladders
• Tutorial Vid 5: Sky: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 5: Sky: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 6: Water

Sythen

YouTube (YouTube videos temporarily down - Recreation of videos)

• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 1 - Introduction
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 2 - User Interface (Part 1)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 2 - User Interface (Part 2)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 3 - Building Room Basics (Part 1)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 3 - Building Room Basics (Part 2)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 3 - Building Room Basics (Part 3)

AnacondaTutorial

YouTube

• AnacondaTutorial

Basic Mapping Tutorials (L4D/CSS/ETC...)

• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - How To Set Up Hammer
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - How To Add Snow,Rain or Ash
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - How To Make A Double Sided Wall
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Create A Light With A Switch
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Decals / Overlays
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Creating Doors With Handles
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - How To Create Fire
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Texture Shifting
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Creating Smoke (env_smokestack)
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Cutting Doors
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Rotating Textures (Roads)
• Source Sdk / L4D Tutorial - Props (static, physics & dynamic)
• Source Sdk / L4D Mapping Tutorial - Trap Doors

 

Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorials:

• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 1 - Basic Wall's, Players & Weapons
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 2 - Sky Box's, Doors & Props
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 3 - Safe Rooms
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 4 - Zombie Creating & Nav Editing
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 5 - Creating A Button
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 6 - Create A Door (Button & Event)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 7 - How To Spawn Randoms Weapons
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 8 - How To Make Breakable Glass
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 9 - How To Create Tank Witches & Special Infected
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 10 - Ladders With Nav
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 11 - Finale (Part 1)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 11 - Finale (Part 2)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 11 - Finale (Part 3)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 12 - Breakable Walls
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 13 - Soundscapes
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 14 - Car Alarms (Part 1)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 14 - Car Alarms (Part 2)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 15 - Creating Movable Objects
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 16 - How To Create Zombie's On A Timer
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 17 - How To Create A Survival Map
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 18 - Creating Fog
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 19 - Creating Navigational Meshes (Advanced)
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 20 - Water
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 21 - Rescue Closets
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 22 - 10 Simple Steps For Basic Map
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 23 - 3D Skybox's
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 24 - Crescendo Events
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 25 - Infected Ladders
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 26 - Intro Camera
• Left 4 Dead Mapping Tutorial 24 - Glow Entities

bruge10

YouTube

• bruge10's channel

• - Flowing water
• - headcrab hanging from ceiling

Various

• Nacimota - Using Valve's SketchUp Plugins (YouTube)
• Interlopers.net Video Tutorials
• Brandished's Making a 5 Control Point Map for TF2
• FileFront's Half-Life 2 Tutorials and Guides

See Also

• Category:Level Design