De/Getting Started

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  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

The first thing to do is launch the the Hammer Level Editor from the Source SDK:

  1. Double-click Source SDK from the Steam Play Games Menu.
  2. If Source SDK does not show up in the Play Games Menu, go to the View - Tools menu and install it there.
  3. Next you must choose the correct Current Game from the Source SDK Launcher. Pick Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.
  4. Now double-click Hammer to launch the Valve Hammer Editor.


Launch the Hammer Editor in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch mode by following these steps.

The Hammer editor should now launch, and start with a blank window, ready to use. Pick New from the File Menu to create a empty map.

Pick New from the File Menu to create a blank map.

An empty, blank map is created, ready to start building:

A new Half-Life 2: Deathmatch map, ready to create your level.

Now onto Basic Construction!

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