Mapping Resources, Tips, & Tricks

[gvarados]

This Topic contains useful mapping tips & tricks. I will try to add bulk resources to this main post. Replies can be new tips you’ve discovered.

Written Guides:

• Valve Developer Wiki (Half-Life: Alyx)

Half-Life: Alyx Workshop Tools - Valve Developer Community

• Valve Developer Wiki (SteamVR)

SteamVR Workshop Tools - Valve Developer Community

• Source 2 Hammer introduction by Marnamai.

Source 2 Hammer introduction

Recommended Youtubers:

• Hosomi has a load of short tutorials on specific topics, similar to 3kliksphilip on Source 1.

Hosomi

[garry (Garry Newman)]

Hosomi’s videos are 100% what all tutorial videos should be like. No bullshit, straight to the point and done.

[Siper]

Yeah, a lot of people just beat around the bush at the beginning. Leave the “like and subscribe.” in the end of the video not the start.

[gvarados]

Light Cookies: Change how your light looks

Just type the cookie name into the Light Cookie property of a light_spot.

@shy made a preview of the default Half-Life: Alyx cookies.

Note: S&Box will probably have different default cookies.

[llamalords]

I made a big room, 2048 units cubed, stuck a few lights around the room, and turned down the texture light map resolution thingy on all the meshes but it still took so long to build that I never finished building the map. Is there something fundamentally different about hammer 2 that I’m not understanding?

[gvarados]

I made a diagram the other day to help visualize concave/convex edge connections for tilesets

[llamalords]

I’ve been watching a lot of Source 2 videos but this is easily the most informative for people who have used Source 1 hammer.

How to Transition to Source 2: Advanced Mapping Concepts

[PatrickJr]

Love that fact that Hosomi’s videos are straight to the point.

[shy]

thanks gamer

[IchSchlange]

Cool

[Jack2439 (Jack)]

thx u

[degradka]

Thank you!