Creating Spawns

Rules for Singleplayer Spawns

Spawns are simply locations where players appear when the map starts or after they die. They are usually situated at the beginning of the map.

Rules for Multiplayer Spawns

Like single-player spawns, spawns are simply locations where players appear when the map starts or after they die. It's usually best to place a team's spawn points in a single location, or at the very least sizable groups. Make sure that the spawn points are facing a useful direction so that the players will be able to orient themselves quickly, and never place them in view of a location that an enemy player can access.

Lastly, always ensure that there are multiple exits from spawn, but no entrances. Doing both of these will help combat spawn camping: it is nearly impossible for an abusive player to cover five or more exits at once if they can't get past them.

Spawn Point Entities

Half-Life 2 / Half-Life: Source / Portal (series) / Half-Life: Alyx

• info_player_start

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

• info_player_deathmatch
• info_player_rebel
• info_player_combine

Counter-Strike: Source

• info_player_counterterrorist
• info_player_terrorist

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / Counter-Strike 2

• info_deathmatch_spawn
• info_armsrace_terrorist
• info_armsrace_counterterrorist
• info_player_terrorist
• info_player_counterterrorist

Team Fortress 2

• info_player_teamspawn

Left 4 Dead series

• info_survivor_position

Day of Defeat / Day of Defeat: Source

• info_player_allies
• info_player_axis

Portal 2

• info_coop_spawn

Black Mesa

• info_player_scientist
• info_player_marine

Counter-Strike / Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

• info_player_start (For Counter Terrorist spawns)
• info_vip_start (For VIP spawns)
• info_player_deathmatch (For Terrorist spawns)