New in the Map Making Business

[iMoogle]

Hey, I've been watching a few tutorials so I can start making some [crappy] ZP:S maps, and I got a question:

What's the object called to make the human and zombie spawn? Thanks.

[hi]

For installing the fgd.

Originally posted by hi!@Aug 18 2005, 07:38 AM
I have mine in C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\ACCOUNTNAME\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\bin

Then in hammer

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/2154/10eq2.jpg
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The entitys are in there. They are called info_player_human and info_player_zombie, or something like that.

[iMoogle]

Thanks, do I use Half-Life 2 Deathmatch as my configuration too?

EDIT: I can't use textures for some reason, I click on Toggle texture application and then I choose the texture, I go and click on the side I want to fill up (there's a paint bucket by my mouse cursor) but it just makes the lines yellow and not actually fill the side...

EDIT 2: I've watched some tutorials and when they make a block, the outside of the block is already filled with a texture, but that's not the case for me...

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1526/notextures6cd.jpg

[Yokai]

Right click on camera veiw text at teh uper left of your camera box.

Go to textured 3d camera.

I suggest looking up some tutorials at www.interlopers.net :)

[iMoogle]

Okay, I got the textures workin, but everytime I go inside of the block, I see the lines and all but when I click the texture button it just disappears... wtf?

[Kezei]

You're not supposed to be able to go inside the block, the outside of the block will be your floor, wall, ceiling, and what not. If you're going to make a room, you need to make a floor brush (block), a ceiling brush, and four wall brushes. If, for practice *dread*, you can use the hollow tool Cntrl + H I believe, which will hollow your single brush.

[DarkShadow]

If you want to make a room inside the block you have to make it hollow

[Kezei]

Originally posted by DarkShadow@Aug 27 2005, 01:51 PM
If you want to make a room inside the block you have to make it hollow
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Kind of what I just said?

[iMoogle]

Thanks a lot, sorry I'm dumb at these kind of things.

[Yokai]

Originally posted by iMoogle@Aug 27 2005, 05:24 PM
Thanks a lot, sorry I'm dumb at these kind of things.
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hah dont be sorry, We were all once noobs.

BUT never EVER just use the hollow tool, it just make flaws in the map. :(

[iMoogle]

Uh, what weapons / ammo do I use?

Also, it is a HL2:DM mod right? So I can only use HL2 textures? Or can I use both HL2 and CS:S?

[Zom-B]

Im new 2 mappin aswell imoogle, so ill try & help where i can. Im not too sure about weapons tho & if zp will have its own weapons or not. 1 of the experienced mappers will tell u.

As for textures apparantly u can use cs textures if u start hammer in cs:s mode....although when i tried they looked the same, so i must be doin something wrong....but give it a try. :rolleyes: