Category:The Ship level design

This document describes the basics entities needed to make levels for The Ship. It assumes you already have knowledge of basic Hammer functions and The Ship's gameplay. See the Hammer Editor Documentation for information on basic Hammer functions such as geometry creation and entity placement.

Basic The Ship entities

info_player_deathmatch

An old favorite

ship_security_booth

This entity links all mandatory security entities together. Rooms referenced by this entity should contain a cache of info_player_destination entities for teleportation points.

ship_trigger_room

A map must be smothered with this brush entity to have the quarry info correctly reported.

ship_security_camera

One of the security cameras placed in a map should be a designated courtroom camera, also referenced by the security booth entity.

ship_container

This is a container prop that allows players to explore rooms.

ship_item_spawner

This is an item spawner that can spawn things to the world and to containers.

ship_base_interaction

This entity marks a surface that a player can interact with. It can be as simple as a door or as complex as a shop.

player_overlay_render_location

This entity is used as a location for rendering the player's model over the UI. Its angles should always be set to point towards the front of the ship.

Other important components

env_soundscape_triggerable

This entity is a core aspect to the ambiance of rooms. Most rooms, if not all, have a soundscape.

func_breakable

Breakable windows can be fun.

prop_door_rotating

Doors in official maps are inserted using a rotating door prop accompanied ship_base_interaction.

prop_static

A large percent of scenery in official maps are inserted using prop_static.