Help With Mapping :D - Games

Hey im not sure if this is the right place for the threead, but i would like to start mapping for Team Fortress 2, does any one know any tools/programs i can use to do this. I would much appreciate all feedback and advice

Source SDK. [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=519418[/url]

go to the mapping section

[url]http://www.tf2maps.net[/url]

any questions you need you can ask [url=http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38]here[/url]

thanks, and i have sdk, so i can just use that? awesome :D and thanks @[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/member.php?u=188657"][B][COLOR=#a06000]Not_Yet[/COLOR][/B][/URL] for the correct section, i didn't know that Gmod mapping is the same as tf2 but prob common sense since there both running off source

no problem, good luck mapping anyways.

@not_yet: thanks, do you play any steam games running off source?

[url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Level_Design[/url] [url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Your_First_Map[/url] [url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2_Level_Creation[/url] Read first the first two, then the third.

thank you

[QUOTE=Smashman;22344185][url]http://www.tf2maps.net[/url][/QUOTE] Seriously. This.

Good luck, Pyrite.

You're going to make some bad maps at first. So don't release them. Once you've gotten to know hammer really well, then think about releasing your map. But I'd say, put a lot of effort into your first 2-3 maps, so that you see just how much effort it really takes.

[QUOTE=Not_Yet;22344191]any questions you need you can ask [url=http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38]here[/url][/QUOTE] Isn't that only for Gmod?.

From my experience, I can tell you some time periods in which you map less can make you better. I resumed mapping after months of inactivity and I was much better than when I left, even though I did nothing to improve myself in that period.

[QUOTE=Chekko;22348628]Isn't that only for Gmod?.[/QUOTE] no, it pretty much covers every source game. [editline]07:38PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Pyrite;22345023]@not_yet: thanks, do you play any steam games running off source?[/QUOTE] sometimes, why?

[QUOTE=Talishmar;22345577][url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Level_Design[/url] [url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Your_First_Map[/url] [url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2_Level_Creation[/url] [b]Read first the first two, then the third.[/b][/QUOTE] Thank you Cap. Obvious :v:

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