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Hammer Trouble Shooting #3 “Shadows on Displacement Edges”
Today we fix an issue where there are bad shadows on the edges of displacements. The fix is destroy all un-seen faces.
Hammer Trouble Shooting #2 “Vertex Points Moving Around On Save/Compile”
Someone said that they were having issues with Vertex points moving about. The solution is to make the brushes triangles.
Hammer Trouble Shooting #1 “CS:S, Cubemaps won’t build”
Cubemaps won't build!!! The fix is: 1. Open map in VIDE/Pakrat 2. Delete pre-built cubemap VTFs 3. Save map 4. Rebuild Cubemaps
Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #8 “Complete Lighting Tutorial”
In this tutorial you'll learn how to add lighting into your level. Helpful links below!! Table of Contents Compile Process, Color Theory and Player Moods - Right now! Adding a Basic Light - 5:00 Adding a Spot Light - 7:55 Adding a Sun and Environmental Lighting -...
Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #7 “Vertex Tool, Primitive Prefab Creation”
In this tutorial we explore the Vertex tool along with Prefab primitives. We use these to create a small arch... thing...
Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #6 “Basic Optimization”
Basic Optimization using Func_details, nodraw, and NOT BOXING YOUR MAP IN SKYBOX.
Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #4 “LEAKS”
Learn to stop leaks. Just watch....
Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #3 “Getting intimate with brush tool, and introduction to clipping tool”
Learning the brush tool better, and introduction to clipping tool.
Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #2 “Adding a sky to your level”
Learn how to add sky to your level, and how to change the default texture.