Source Mapping Tutorial 9 - Water, Glass and Teleporters

[the747videoer]

The glass doesn't work, It's invisible

[TheGameVortex]

hi! i want to make a breakfloor map, how do i create the blocks in which i could break?

[notanfningain]

i only have blue ones; no white ones, with regards to water textures, works with blue ones for a while but then they go transparent after a while

[CSSBobble]

great

[iNinjaguy]

****Everyone having issues with their teleporters not working, please read this****

1) Select your trigger_teleport brush entity (The box that's supposed to make you teleport to your destination)

2) Rick click on it and go to Properties.

3) Look at the top where there are various tabs, go to Flags.

4) There should be a list of check boxes, check the Client box if it is not checked already.

5) Hit apply and export your map and save it. It should now work fine :D

[10oclockCurfew]

my teleporters are EXACTLY the same as you have done, and they do not work.

i have 2, each linking to two different destinations. any help?

[iShuffleet]

Hello Vaatrad, I've opened up a friends map to find all the little secrets on it etc. I have found an info_teleport_destination in a secret room, the trouble is that I can't find the trigger that teleports to that destination. I have gone to Map> Entity Report and looked at every trigger_teleport but none of them teleport to this specified destination. Would you have any suggestions as to how I can find this? Thanks in advance

[Jeorney]

I spent ages trying to get the blue textures to work - but.... I am "guessing" they are "effect" textures but and provide other visual or non visual special effects. Some provide watery ripple effect when submerged for instance, other blue ones deliver damage etc. Look at the naming structure of the blue ones. Some end in _beneath & _flow. In LFD2, I don't think they have given us any water textures, just the blue ones.

[blaxout1213]

When i make water then compile the map i cant see the water untill im in can you help me?

[cheways]

Hello Vattrad. i have a problem with the teleport thing, i make a place ther u will come when i enter the teleport area.

set him to info_teleport_destination. name = to me.

then tools/toolstrigger, and do that to trigger_teleport, remote destianation to = to me.

when i try this nothing happend, i try to jump in to it, walk nothing happends m8 :( can u plz help me out ?

[blazpecnik]

Your voice is scary XD

[XDjohanmystXD]

Dude! At least put a annotation in your vid to correct yourself! Don't say to noobs, who don't know anything that the grey water textures are the best! They learn from you! THE BLUE TEXTURES ARE THE BEST!!!!!! Your tutorials are good but don't lie! the grey ones run very very fast and are NOT natural at all!!! The blue ones are the best! Dev water 2 is the best! DON'T LIE!!!

[RatmanXX]

@XDjohanmystXD I agree, I tried out the blue ones first (anyway, they're normal maps), they work perfectly, and look very realistic, if you have set "reflect all" in the advanced graphical options.

[XDjohanmystXD]

@RatmanXX Wow I was so mad then? D: I feel like a total retard raging like that........... D:

[ChubakaSteven]

Your videos are extremely relaxing to watch.  My friend and I love saying "Hello. Welcome to another instructional video." while we are mapping.

Woot!

[Kizzudoramu]

@haker1337 This post made me laugh.

[HabboPixelArtist]

LOOOL SERIYOUSLY when i try to mark something then its exactly like when i press Camera. you know i cant press it, and yes it is on "selectioN" tool

[HabboPixelArtist]

How do i cut a little hole in the wall and how do i replace colours?

[viewmyprofile123]

speak louder plz..

[allanpalmer12345]

stupid voice

[insafta22]

why at the top side of water in game i have a white water?? please help me!

[haxaren]

How u do at 3:37??? , dunno how to prop the trigger :P

[troy001234]

@haxaren Ctrl+t

[iiGerardoii]

Walter rocks!!

[gooblob1]

water lod control, and are you from the chertch

[CaptainFalcon150]

When I added my water to the stage the water doesnt show in the stage but if i enter where it was placed i go under water in a sense its invisible water how do i fix it?

[ZabuzaSOULESS]

um vaatard! hellp.

Im makin my map and when I placed water in the map and I made sure to only put water on the surface it doesnt show up on the surface yet when im in the water, i can see the water but not the surface of the water. im using your recommanded water texture btw.

[XGamer95]

@ZabuzaSOULESS

I believe this is caused by a leak in your map (covered lightly in Tut. #1), make sure there are no holes in your map leading the black void. Try clicking Map (at the top) > Load pointfile and it should come up with a line pointing to where the hole in your map is. When you fix that one, run your map again (F9) and load the pointfile again. Hope that helps; let me know if it does :)

[stryker204]

What if i want a button to activate my teleport how do i go about doing that?

[Vaatrad]

Tutorial 13 covers buttons and input/ouput.

[lubaluba2]

i cant get my map to work, this is because, i think, theres no player start but i dont know how to make 1 :( do u know how?

[Vaatrad]

An info_player_start is just a point entity, like a light or a spawn. I'm not sure that a lack of this is really the problem though.

[Vordwann]

@Vaatrad If you took 2 years to solve this problem, then yes, player spawns are needed to spawn.

[gosthy31]

how can I turn the "VMF" file into a "BSP" ?

[Vaatrad]

This is covered at the end of Tut.1.

Basically, you press F9 then click Ok.

[gosthy31]

thx but already found it :D

[andrewesquivel]

hay, how do i make the floor slippery? with almost no friction from the feet.

[Vaatrad]

Try using a trigger_vphysics_motion and fiddling with options.

[DaManWitDaPower]

I like you accent!

[spongebobTriggeruk9]

units not inches XD good tutorial though

[Vaatrad]

What do you think the units are?

[spongebobTriggeruk9]

Hammer units, go to the valve developer site, it's something like 1 hammer unit is like 0.873 inches or something.

[clintma]

for some reason my water is invisable in game Only on my maps though iv tried on Css and hl2

[benjojo12]

You have a leak in your map.

[IG88AA]

im making a vent and the cover that you break breaks into glass. how can i make it break into the texture of the brush?

[Vaatrad]

Set the material type to metal or whatever is appropriate.

[KINGV3NOM]

grr i keep having problems with teleporters

i have a big pit, and at the bottom is a teleport

the teleport works fine and everything...the problem is that when you arrive you are dead from "world" damage cuz of the fall from the pit idk why it does that but its really gay and frustrating and i cant fix it :(

any ideas?

[Vaatrad]

So you are killed by the teleport or from a fall?

[hypersonic714]

put some water underneath the spot you get teleported to so you dont hit the ground with all that speed

[KINGV3NOM]

change the damage to 200 then set the one under that(something like max damage) to 200 as well or something. i use 200 to make sure ;D

[IG88AA]

how can i make a trigger_hurt to do the entire 100dmg? i set it to 100 but it only does 25dmg at a time.

[Vaatrad]

Set the damage well above 100.

[DaManWitDaPower]

then set it to 400!

[IG88AA]

how can i make lava that kills a person on touch?

[Vaatrad]

Use trigger_hurt to do the damage. I'm not sure what to do about the lava bit though.

[XGamer95]

@IG88AA

You would have to get a custom texture if you want lava in your map because Hammer doesn't already have one. Check out 3kliksphilip on how to create and/or put it in to Hammer. Otherwise just put a floor and put a lot of very small size fires to cover the floor and set the damage or use trigger hurt like Vaatrad said already. The fires aren't recommended though because it may slow down computers a lot depending on how CPU intense they are.

[yoyunyo]

my teleporter doesnt work, i do everything, it is beacuse im making a map for gmod?

[Vaatrad]

It should work the same in Gmod, as far as I know. Do you get any errors in the console?

Quick checklist:

- Named the info_teleport_destination.

- Entered that name as the destination of the trigger_teleport.

- The trigger_teleport isn't disabled.

[yoyunyo]

Yup im doing all that stil laint work

[Vaatrad]

I'm not sure what the problem could be then. Teleporters are really simple.

[FinZboy]

hey,i need little help. Do you know how to make wall what you can go trough(like in jail maps)

[andarsjukir]

u sound like Stewie in FG =D

[DragonRomer]

Is their a way to create a teleporter that will select from multiple destinations at random?

[Vaatrad]

Have multiple overlapping trigger_teleports each with a different destination. Have all but the first one disabled.

Add a logic_timer anywhere in the map. OnTimer have it disable the enabled trigger_teleport and enable a disabled one. Then at a tiny delay, say 0.10, have it disable the currently enabled one and enabled another and so on at increasing delays until all the trigger_teleports have been enabled once. Then set the refire time of the logic_timer appropriately.

Hopefully it'll work.

[Vaatrad]

So, checklist:

1. The entity is func_breakable_surf.

2. All but one face has the nodraw texture, the remaining one having the specific special glass texture.

3. The glass texture isn't horribly stretched or anything like that.

4. There aren't problems with lighting/shadows in the map.

Got all of those?

[askedenseje]

This does not have anything to do with this vid..

How do you create text without importing a

new texture? .... If its even possible.

Your vids are great i learned to map from them, congrats!

Bye

[Vaatrad]

Your only option really is to use brushes if new textures are out.

[askedenseje]

thanks!

[trate25]

how do you make a player controlled plane like in minigame maps

[gamefreakydude]

do you have a video on one way glass?

[Vaatrad]

Tut. 6 covers placing different textures on different faces of the same brush, which is what you want to do.

[MrBubbleBeam]

no, i mean only like 1 room thats dark, not night map.

[Vaatrad]

Well, not having any light or windows in the room will do it. Some light might creep in through the doorway but you can get round that with a dark corridor of some length or that has a bend in it.

[MrBubbleBeam]

hey, how to make darkness? is it made itself if hidden in walls?i rly need this.any help?

[Vaatrad]

Do you mean making a night time map?

[IG88AA]

I'm making a vent, but it's in the brick texture. It won't let me change it to a different texture.

How can I fix this?

[Vaatrad]

The texture browser should let you select other textures. It should be on the right.

[Nosnibor]

"Host_EndGame: Map coordinate extents are too large!!"

I didn't know it was possible for a map to be too big...what are the limits?

[Vaatrad]

It should be to the limits of the grids. Also check though that the maps isn't leaking or has things falling out of it.

[Nosnibor]

Just after I placed some water in my map and I tried to test the map CS:S will no longer load the map. Could the water have caused this? Also since my pool has a ramp down to make it deeper I just made one big black brush of water texture with some water floating in free space under the pool. Could that be the problem? If so how can I shape the water to slant down with the pool?

[Nosnibor]

Well I took the water texture block out and it still has the load problem, so now I am stumped as to what could cause it to not load in CS:S anymore.

[Vaatrad]

Look at the compile log or the console in CSS for error messages.

[RokonFTW1]

ah ok ill watch tut 14, but i found an other tut for the moving things, thanks anyway!

[honkthedank]

mr sir. for some reason with my water brush, when im not in the water and look down at the water(?) it doesnt show up the water brush but all this weird blury crap, kinda like what shows up if you noclip into the "void" outside of the map. if im inside the water though it works fine... just looking at the water from outside doesnt work

[Vaatrad]

- Check that the map isn't leaking.

- Check that the lighting and shadows are ok.

- Try adding a water_lod_control anywhere in the map.

- Try adding an env_cube map a little above the surface of the water, entering its properties and 'Picking' the water textured face in the 3D camera view.

[honkthedank]

Thank you sir, it was a map leak. I fixed it.

[marocziiko]

plz help how did you get a hole inn the floor so you could put water inn it

[Vaatrad]

I just arranged four brushes to leave a hole. And added a fifth brush to cover the bottom of the hole.

[RokonFTW1]

well, you start with humans at the spawn points, (CT and terrorist, but they are unable to kill eachother) then you run away, but when you stand on this one place, a door opens, or a truck starts moving, and you need to get on, there are also breakable things, these things are all over the map, and you need too get too the end so you activate a bomb who kills everyone ecept the people on the end

[Vaatrad]

You can open the door with a trigger, use func_breakable for the breakable things, and use a button and trigger_hurt for the bomb. Maybe also add an ambient_generic for the bomb sound. Tut.13 covers buttons and trigger and I/O.

[RokonFTW1]

And how do I make things move, like when you step in that area, a car oves 50 yards forward, then oves right for 20 yards and....

[RokonFTW1]

and also, how do i make timers, like when you step on that place, over 20 seconds a door opens? and how do i make lifts, and ground who looks natural, by roundings and stuff

[Vaatrad]

You can have delays to make doors open by adding a delay to the output from a trigger. Tut.14 covers natural looking terrain. Lifts and cars following paths I don't know enough about to help you.

[RokonFTW1]

oh and something else, when I made water, but when i test the map, I just see trough it

[Vaatrad]

- Check that the map isn't leaking.

- Check that the lighting and shadows are ok.

- Try adding a water_lod_control anywhere in the map.

- Try adding an env_cube map a little above the surface of the water, entering its properties and 'Picking' the water textured face in the 3D camera view.

[RokonFTW1]

Thanks, and by the way, you know how too make zombie escape maps?

[Vaatrad]

If you know what's involved I could probably tell you how to do it.

[RokonFTW1]

hmm another question, I made a map, but when i want too start it on CSS, nothing happens, any suggestions why?

[Vaatrad]

You have a space in the filename?

[RokonFTW1]

ah yeah I have, thanks ^^

[RokonFTW1]

where do you select ''1 large of a faces'' or something like that? It comes after you say ''press on toggle texture application'' at the part glass

[Vaatrad]

You need to click the tool which appears as a cube with brick-green-blue faces to be able to select individual brush faces. Tut.6 covers this if you can't work it out.

[bugy11111]

Hey vaatrad, how do u make something braekable like a vent not look like glass when you destroy it?

[Vaatrad]

There is a keyvalue of func_breakable which sets the material type.

[bugy11111]

K thaks

[Level13FrostMage]

How do you make it so the amount you make it larger by is smaller? Because every time I want to make something thicker or thinner it only changes by a certain amount.

[Vaatrad]

The square bracket keys, [ and ], control the grid size.

[squidgie7]

Vaatrad,

How do you make glass so bullets CANT go through... thanks

[gytiw79]

make those glases fat

[raphu604]

make a brush inside the glass with the texture "block bullets"

[moonyjacob]

very nice but your putting on that posh accent

[drummer55575]

i got two questions about this

when i make my water it is invisible when i play my map but i can still go in it and then i see the water, but when i return to the surface it looks like im walking on air???

Another thing is a question about guns (i saw tutorial 8) how do i make it so when i set the player equip box to just knifes at start that you can keep your guns from last round because if i live i respawn with just a knife???

[Vaatrad]

As regards the water:

- Check that the map isn't leaking.

- Check that the lighting is ok.

- Try adding a water_lod_control anywhere in the map.

- Try adding an env_cube map a little above the surface of the water, entering its properties and 'Picking' the water textured face in the 3D camera view.

As regards equiping weapons, try using a logic_auto to Kill the game_player_equip OnNewGame.

[ptixi]

All Im intrested in to know what music is playing in the background, it's awesome =)

[Vaatrad]

Debussy - Trois Chansons.

[MrBlac007]

Excellent tut, but I'm looking to make a glass door, much like a glass french door, any idea how I could do that? Yes, I have read up on your door tutorial.

[Vaatrad]

If you want unbreakable glass for the door you just use a glass texture. If you want breakable glass you need to name the door and enter that name into the Parent keyvalue of the breakable glass.

[Paradox132]

You could make an awesome sleep tape im not saying ur tutorials are boring. But you have a very calm voice that makes you a bit sleepy if its late at night :P. HELPFUL TUTORIALS ! thanks

[DeathwalkerFilms]

witch version of hammer is that?

[Vaatrad]

4.1, the version which comes with Source SDK.

[AntonFifty]

How do i get the textures and all that shit that you got?

I bearly have any :S

[Vaatrad]

Try refreshing SDK content from the SDK menu. What game are you mapping for?

[StaySharp2000]

OMFG Thanks alot working great ! 5/5 stars OFC !

[hannon52]

hey vaatrad can u please reply cos rumors goin round on your Vaamap channel that you passed away half a year ago. Im not sure wether its a sick joke or wot but plz reply ASAP ill check daily 2 see if uve replied.thx m8

[XGamer95]

He's not dead. I'm talking to him on Steam right now.

[holyrngerftw]

no i have't try that, but the teleporter isnt even close to the glass, its under it so it teleports ppl that fall...

well tnx for help ill try to find out what happends,

tnx for tut. 8

[holyrngerftw]

ok ill tell more details, maybe there will be:

i made a room with glass floor and granades in it.... at start i need like mover around room and shoot some of the glass and only then i can take like the 1st nade and teleport works.....

any ideas y is it like that now???

ahh and BTW i need to make ct's and t's spawn WITHOUT A WEPON only with knifes, how do i make that??

tnx for ur time again holy rnger

[Vaatrad]

Have you tried getting the teleporter to work in a different map? Perhaps the glass is interferring with it, I'm not sure.

See Tut.8 for how to use the game_player_equip entity.

[holyrngerftw]

hey, i made the teleport and destination and it works fine, i also have granades at floor but i can take the granades and use the teleport only like after 30 secs after round start....

how can i make it to work without waitig??

[Vaatrad]

I'm not sure what is causing that. There shouldn't be any reason for the teleporter to not work for the first 30s.

[NadeoKing]

Thx man, i subscribe to you :D

[gjermundgb]

Hey, I used ur water tut for a sea map. But you cant see the water until you hop into it. I used the same water texture as you did. You know what I should do?

[Vaatrad]

Make sure that your map isn't leaking and that the lighting and shadows are ok. Check that the water texture is only on the top face of the brush. If that's fine, add a water_lod_control in the map anywhere. If that doesn't do it add an env_cubemap a little above the the water, enter its properties and 'Pick' the water textured face in the 3D camera.

[Frogger601]

hey been using your tutorials and they are extremely usefull thnx, but when i create water the texture shows up in hammer but in game it is completely invisible, if it is touching the floor or a wall then i can see through the brush completely. it also doesnt splash when a player lands in the water or shoots it, but it works fine on my brothers computer. what it wrong?

[Vaatrad]

Make sure that your map isn't leaking and that the lighting and shadows are ok. Check that the water texture is only on the top face of the brush. If that's fine, add a water_lod_control in the map anywhere. If that doesn't do it add an env_cubemap a little above the the water, enter its properties and 'Pick' the water textured face in the 3D camera.

[chistogo3]

Thank you For All these Wonderful Videos!!!

Marry Christmas!!!

[warhaammer]

Vaatrad, PLEASE HELP! How do i make wather and objects leathal so when you touch them you die??? PLEASE HELP MEH!

[Vaatrad]

Use trigger_hurt.

[XI0Corporations]

Hi, I am getting something wierd here -- when I create water in my map, it makes the entire area that it covers, almost see - through, and it lacks texture...

Do you have any idea of what could be going on here?

P.S. Thanks a lot for the instructional videos, they have helped me greatly...

[Vaatrad]

Check that your map isn't leaking and that the lighting and shadows are working. Check that the water texture is only applied to the top face of the brush and that the nodraw texture is applied to the other faces. If that's fine add a water_lod_control to the map. If that doesn't work add an env_cubemap a little above the water's surface and in it's properties 'Pick' the water textured face of the brush in the 3D camera view.

[XI0Corporations]

Thanks, my map was leaking...

[aim0bitch90]

Ah thanks, I've created a block.

With an Entity it works. ;)

[aim0bitch90]

Which "info_......." do use use for teleporters? In my class-window i've got only "info_apc_missile_hint"

[Vaatrad]

info_teleport_destination

Just type it in if you can't select it.

[LoLWTF77]

when i make cs_office glass style when i run game it doesnt appear in my map. what is wrong?

[Vaatrad]

Do you have the glass on only one face of the brush (and nodraw on the others)?

[LoLWTF77]

no its on both but i tryed =(

[Gunner7121]

ugg does anyone know how to fix the little safari bug where youtube doesnt work randomly?

[williamtwo2]

dude thanks your vids help so much keep making them;D

[Timpich44]

I realy like your tutorials they are usefull , but when i make water it dont get a texture on the upside of the water :/ how to fix?

[Vaatrad]

Check that your map isn't leaking, that the lighting is ok and that the water texture is only on the top face of the brush. If that's fine add a water_lod_control anywhere in the map and if that doesn't do it add an env_cubemap a little above the water, go into its properties and 'Pick' the water textured face in the 3D camera view.

[Timpich44]

ok i check that thanks :D!

[hiddenwizar]

I can give you a tip: when you have many different things on your video, please put next to the screen when starts 1. 2. 3. parts like this: 0:00 glass 2:58 teleporters ect. -nick in fbsb: Suomalainen

[Vaatrad]

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind.

[5illa]

how do you get a glass to break like them in cs_office?

[Vaatrad]

The second style of glass I explain, starting around 2:24.

[5illa]

how can i make poison water or something like that?

[Vaatrad]

Use an trigger_hurt brush-entity overlapping the water.

[Haselnuss93]

ok

thanks

[Haselnuss93]

do you know how to create an custom level overview of your map

i read the valve developer tutorial but it don't work

can you help me please

[Vaatrad]

I'm afraid I've never bothered to make custom overviews.

[DreamEvil1995]

What is that texture what you choose when you start to do glass what breaks?

it's something like neutral/nautral/noutral or something i dont know.

Answer, please.

[Vaatrad]

For func_breakable_surf use glasswindowbreak70a.

[LoLWTF77]

thanx that was very usefull for me :)

[Daekatana]

Bravo, Good Sir, Bravo.

I have never set my eyes on such a fine piece of tutorialage.

You Magnificant Man you.

Good times are in the pipeline, aha!

[madman587587]

top bloke A+ thx bro

[lig567]

How do you make it so when you walk over the galss it breaks? ( Like for a DeathRun map?)

[Vaatrad]

Look for the Break on Pressure flag, that should do it.

[madman587587]

thx bro, helped heaps

[go8smosh]

how do u select only one side of something? i.e. one face of nodraw for glass or water

[Vaatrad]

Tut.6 I think. I think it's the tool below the texture application tool.

[FreakinMonkeyDude]

Brilliant tutorial...

And brilliant accent...

[Captain0Terror]

Ha i'm a sourcemap beginner and this is very helpful! thank you so much!! = )

btw what is that music in the background? flowers duet?

[BrandanDoom]

does this work for portal???

[Vaatrad]

The basics should.

[Comradio454]

hey i dont suppose any1 know how to make unbreakable :( cant do it myself lol!

nice vid btw :D

[Vaatrad]

To make unbreakable glass just make a brush with a glass texture on it.

[trem7469]

can this work on half life

[Vaatrad]

Do you mean 'can you use this program to make maps for HL1?'