Day of Defeat Classic Level Design

Getting Started

• Install Half-Life SDK (3.4) from Steam (must own Half-Life 1 on Steam)
• Configuring Hammer for Day of Defeat

General

• List of Day of Defeat entities
• Day of Defeat Mapper's Reference
• Bullet Penetration in Day of Defeat

Basic Elements

• Point-Based Entities
• Brush-Based Entities

Tutorials

• Creating a Basic Day of Defeat Map
  • Creating a Object Destruction Map
  • Creating a Territorial Control Map
  • Day of Defeat Paratrooper Gamemode

• Creating an Overview Map
• Creating a machine gun nest in Day of Defeat

Additional Information

Forge Game Data

• Day of Defeat.fgd - Latest official FGD for Day of Defeat
• Day of Defeat 4.1.fgd - Updated FGD with game_player_equip entity.

External Tools

General

• GoldSrc External Tool Resource Site

Compiling Programs

• Zoner's Half-Life Tools
• Vluzacn's Map Compile Tools

Modelling Programs

• MilkShape 3D (purchase required)

Download

• Blender (free)

Download

• 3ds Max (purchase required)

Download

Texture Editors

• GIMP (free)
• Photoshop (purchase required)
• Wally (free)

Alternative Mapping Tools

• J.A.C.K. An alternative to Hammer for GoldSource created by Russian modders. J.A.C.K. offers many additional features for level editing and modding for Half-Life, as well as Quake 2 and 3.
• Sledge ceased development and is no longer being developed.

External links

• Day of Defeat Map Making Basics playlist - Tutorial by "RJ" on how to make maps for Day of Defeat. As this tutorial uses Hammer 3.5, some minor information may be obsolete when using J.A.C.K., although most concepts are still applicable.
• Map editor template file - JMF containing the logic structure necessary to create a Day of Defeat map, as well as several detail prefabs. Requires J.A.C.K..