Heres some great sites for Mapping with hammer.
Mapping sites:
Official documantation and Tutorials for Hammer:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer_Editor_Documentation
My personal favorite Mapping site and where I go first for Mapping problems/tutorials: http://www.interlopers.net
Some other great sites:
http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.editlife.net/tutorial.php
http://www.halfwit-2.com/
http://www.snarkpit.net/index.php
http://forums.tf2maps.net/forumdisplay.php?f=12
http://www.halflifestorm.com/
Great Tutorials:
Video Tutorials - http://www.interlopers.net/index.php?page=video
Optimizing your map - http://www.student.ru.nl/rvanhoorn/optimization.php?chapter=intro
Making a Spawn room - http://www.halflifestorm.com/?page=tutorials&tutorial=54
Making a resupply Station - http://www.halflifestorm.com/?page=tutorials&tutorial=55
Having errors?:
Invaluable: http://www.interlopers.net/index.php?page=errors
http://www.editlife.net/errors.php
Places to upload your map to when its done:
http://www.fpsbanana.com/games/297
Useful Hammer tools:
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/
http://www.chaosincarnate.net/cannonfodder/cftools.htm
Common errors and how to fix them:
My map won't load!!
-Make sure that there are no spaces in the name of your map like "My map.vmf" it needs to be "My_Map.vmf".
When I start my map up in TF2 I fall through the floor/I'm stuck!
- Make sure the "info_player_teamstart" isn't touching the ground, try to make sure its about 8-16 units above the ground
My water won't render, you can see it from underneath the water and shoot it, but you can't see it from above!
- This is caused by a leak in your map, goto Map > Load Pointfile and it will show a red line to where your leak is on all 4 windows. Also, it can be caused by props sticking out of your map into oblivion, move them or put a "Nodraw" brush around the edges sticking out to fix this.
Mapping sites:
Official documantation and Tutorials for Hammer:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer_Editor_Documentation
My personal favorite Mapping site and where I go first for Mapping problems/tutorials: http://www.interlopers.net
Some other great sites:
http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.editlife.net/tutorial.php
http://www.halfwit-2.com/
http://www.snarkpit.net/index.php
http://forums.tf2maps.net/forumdisplay.php?f=12
http://www.halflifestorm.com/
Great Tutorials:
Video Tutorials - http://www.interlopers.net/index.php?page=video
Optimizing your map - http://www.student.ru.nl/rvanhoorn/optimization.php?chapter=intro
Making a Spawn room - http://www.halflifestorm.com/?page=tutorials&tutorial=54
Making a resupply Station - http://www.halflifestorm.com/?page=tutorials&tutorial=55
Having errors?:
Invaluable: http://www.interlopers.net/index.php?page=errors
http://www.editlife.net/errors.php
Places to upload your map to when its done:
http://www.fpsbanana.com/games/297
Useful Hammer tools:
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/
http://www.chaosincarnate.net/cannonfodder/cftools.htm
Common errors and how to fix them:
My map won't load!!
-Make sure that there are no spaces in the name of your map like "My map.vmf" it needs to be "My_Map.vmf".
When I start my map up in TF2 I fall through the floor/I'm stuck!
- Make sure the "info_player_teamstart" isn't touching the ground, try to make sure its about 8-16 units above the ground
My water won't render, you can see it from underneath the water and shoot it, but you can't see it from above!
- This is caused by a leak in your map, goto Map > Load Pointfile and it will show a red line to where your leak is on all 4 windows. Also, it can be caused by props sticking out of your map into oblivion, move them or put a "Nodraw" brush around the edges sticking out to fix this.
