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Positive values create the walls inside yours brush and will make a smaller room than the brush you drew.
Positive values create the walls inside yours brush and will make a smaller room than the brush you drew.
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==Moving the 3D camera==
[[Image:hammer_movecamera1.jpg|450px|thumb|right|Move the camera using the Camera Tool.]]
You can move a camera by clicking and dragging the round circle at the end of the camera. This changes the camera position in the map.
Switch to the '''Camera Tool''', and then try dragging the camera down to the left, away from the brush that was created. You can see the results in the 3D View — the camera view is farther away from the brush.
Move a camera by dragging the camera position.<br style="clear:both">
[[Image:Hammer_movecamera2.jpg|450px|thumb|right|Move the camera point of interest by dragging the opposite end.]]
You can also drag the opposite end of the camera — the end without the circle. This changes what the camera is <i>pointing</i> at.
Try dragging the camera end point, and see the 3D View change to update where the camera is pointing.<br style="clear:both">
[[Image:hammer_movecamera3.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Move the camera in the Side View to inside the hollowed room.]]
The movement of the camera isn't restricted to the '''Top View'''. Try moving the camera position in the '''Side View''', as seen in this image.
You can see that the '''3D View''' updates as the camera angle changes.
Using the '''Top View''' and the '''Side View''', move the camera so it is inside the hollow room, to match this image.<br style="clear:both">


==Selecting and Ungrouping the room==
==Selecting and Ungrouping the room==

Revision as of 01:19, 15 February 2006

  1. Getting Started
  2. View Navigation
  3. Basic Construction
  4. Creating a Room
  5. Applying Textures
  6. Adding Point Entities
  7. Creating Brush Entities
  8. Adding Light
  9. Adding Prop Models
  10. Saving and Compiling

This is an continuation of the "Your First Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Room" tutorial. In this section, you'll learn how to make a room out of the brush you've created.

Making a hollow room

First, make sure the brush is still selected.

File:Hammer makehollow.jpg
The Make Hollow command.

Now select Make Hollow from the Tools Menu.

We can use this to make a hollow room out of the single solid brush we've made.

It will create new brushes that are no different from the brush you drew earlier, they will instead make walls for a room. Make hollow is a helper designed to save you time.

Instead of drawing the six brushes it usually takes to make a room, you can do it with one brush and the hollow command.

Note.pngNote:If the Make Hollow command is greyed-out, it means you accidentally de-selected the brush. Click on the brush in the 3D View to select it again.


File:Hammer setwallwidth.jpg
Set the wall width for the Make Hollow command.

The Hollow dialog appears.

Change the value in the box from the default of "32" to "-16", which will create 16-inch walls for our room. Click OK when you are done.

The negative number will create the walls outside the brush you drew, it will leave the inisde of your room exactly the size you drew the brush.

Positive values create the walls inside yours brush and will make a smaller room than the brush you drew.

Selecting and Ungrouping the room

Pick the Selection Tool.

Pick the Selection Tool again.

Left-click a object in the 3D View to select it.

Left-click the hollow room, so that it turns red, like in the image here. You've selected the room.

File:Hammer ungroup.jpg
Ungroup the hollowed room to separate the brushes.

Select Ungroup from the Tools Menu.

This separates the pieces of the hollowed room into separate brush objects that can be individually selected and manipulated.

Ungrouping is generally advised because as you advance you will wish to edit the floor seperate to the rest of the room for example. This is difficult to do grouped and ungrouping now will save unexpected problems in the future when you select the room instead of the wall.

Now onto the next part of the tutorial, Applying Textures.

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