Source SDK Block tools, Shapes, Clipping and Vertexes

[saxoncola23]

Thank you!, This was soo helpful!

[3kliksphilip]

@leetbh I've never heard of it done that way before. If I was to guess, I'd say that it's a pretty intensive and dodgy way of doing it. What happens if you view it from the side?

[themrlegoman1000]

poor wall

[spoon527]

i want to select one god damn face on my prop but no guides have that any more how do i select one face on my box -_-

[3kliksphilip]

@spoon527 Toggle Texture Application Tool. It's now part of my first map tutorial video. The icon is located on the left hand side of the screen.

[reksayer]

Good work !!! :)

[TheTybo100]

press 9 over and over again its funny

[NatPJ1]

I'm having a weird issue. I had made a hollow block around what will be my map, and that worked out alright. Unfortunately, whatever I build inside disappears from view every time I select something else. Do you know whats causing this or how to fix it?

[3kliksphilip]

@NatPJ1 Firstly, press u. Then, make sure that you've got the block tool selected and not the selection tool. What you say is happening shouldn't be happening.

[NatPJ1]

@3kliksphilip I tried all that and it didn't work... I'll just start over and see if it works when I try again.

[3kliksphilip]

@leetbh Yes, I suggest you watch my newer video, 'advanced shapes'

[hiddenThecakeisalie]

what if i want to make a circular hole, and not a square one? would I have to do some clipping?

[3kliksphilip]

@hiddenThecakeisalie Yeah. Or... CARVING! Ho ho ho.

[SpecialFxKid]

@hiddenThecakeisalie I don't know if this would work, but maybe you could make two arches and rotate one upside down and put them together.

[Adimanstudios]

you sir are a god...

noramlly all the other tuturiols the person either is very quiet or a 12 year old.

but you are perfect :D

[ubermonkey120]

@Adimanstudios Quiet 12 year olds.... -cringes-

[Adimanstudios]

@ubermonkey120 is taht against me lol :D

[ThePettreable]

@3kliksphilip It Worked THX! :D

[ThePettreable]

im making a map for tf2. but theres no textures(in hammer) on the blocks.. :( what have i done wrong?

[3kliksphilip]

@ThePettreable What does it look like? A load of wires? Click on where it says CAMERA in the top left corner of the 3D view. Choose 3D Textured Shaded Polygons.

[ThePettreable]

@3kliksphilip It worked.... THX :D

[viciokas1993]

How do you make smooth hills in Hammer?

[3kliksphilip]

@viciokas1993 Watch my tutorial on displacements

[AMD2600]

Is there any easier way to crop around circular objects (i.e. the doors from Portal 2)?

[3kliksphilip]

@AMD2600 I'd assume that the doors themselves are quite thick, so precise clipping wouldn't be necessary.

[killer24norway]

use crop for windows and doors! search for youtube on how to crop guys! much easier

[Firehawkgamingdk]

wonderfull tunnel, just.. wonderfull :')

[Apterygiformes]

I love your tutorials :D

[QuakeLivepwns]

Um sorry thanks for the response but I fixed it. I made that message before restarting SDK. I know I know.... im retarded for not restarting sdk first but now I have another problem but much much larger this time. I am trying to make a portal 2 map with alien swarm sdk since someone was saying that they will be compatable and I tried making a map. I pressed F9 and and pressed run. Command prompt loaded and at the end was a error message saying "Empty Map" Any clue to why that is? Thank you.

[3kliksphilip]

@QuakeLivepwns Do you actually have anything inside your map? PM me the compilelog for your map and I'll take a look at it.

[QuakeLivepwns]

I need help. Every time I try to open the block tool and click-drag and press enter, arch properties come up. Even when i right click and select create object it still wont work. Any idea on how to fix it?

[3kliksphilip]

@QuakeLivepwns ...arch properties? Are you sure you don't just have arch selected on the right hand side of the screen?

[ZARPzombieroleplay]

Hey I have a question. I accidentally removed the tools menu on the side, and I don't know how to get it back. can you help me?

[3kliksphilip]

@ZARPzombieroleplay Go up to View, Screen Elements, and tick Maptools Bar

[criZp0]

when I try to stretch the arch with the vertex tool, after dragging a few points I get up this wierd square, which makes me unable to stretch the arch, only the square is stretchable.

even if I delete the arch, when I make a new one and try to use vertex on it, the square is still on the map, messing up.

do u know what it is and how to fix it?

anyways thanks for your videoes, good tutorials.

[3kliksphilip]

@criZp0 Using the vertex tool will stretch only one corner at once. Use the selection tool. Or, use the vertex tool and manipulate each of the 'bits' of the arch separately.

[IcyFreshHALO]

@3kliksphilip I need a tutorial on making a brick that looks like a building cave in where dirt and stuff flowed in from the edge and stuff...

because i made a fairly well underground base but im having issues with making a cave in...

[3kliksphilip]

@IcyFreshHALO Um try searching the textures for 'rock'

[IcyFreshHALO]

@3kliksphilip Crap i explaind that horrible...

I need help with like meshing the brick so its all like chunky and missshapen and not flat.

[3kliksphilip]

@IcyFreshHALO Look up my tutorial on displacements

[IcyFreshHALO]

@3kliksphilip ok thanks :3

ive used all ur videos on how to do my maps xD

[TheD736]

@3kliksphilip when i press enter it makes the block but it looks like it has no texture even though i have a texture selected. how can i fix this?

[3kliksphilip]

@TheD736 Click on where it says CAMERA, and choose '3D Textured Shaded Polygons'

[wbr97]

plz plz help me! I can only get my blocks in to 2 different sizes that's 64.0 and 1.0 what to do???

[3kliksphilip]

@wbr97 Press the ] and [ buttons to change the size of the grid

[butaangas]

how can you make a dome with the arch and vertex tool?

[3kliksphilip]

@butaangas I think that the interlopers website has a rather nice tutorial on domes.

[butaangas]

@3kliksphilip I saw that one, but isn't really what I mean. I tried it with sections cilinders, and vertex manipulate them to sections of cone like shape. Thought that would work very nice, but it gave a error.... Still figuring it out/.....

[imkindaDasH]

why does everybody hate vortex so much?

[Strikerklm96]

how did you make the rotating block snap back?

[3kliksphilip]

@Strikerklm96 I show how to do this in my video called 'rotating objects'

[Beardactal]

I don't know if this is true but... is it true that if you set the arch (in this case the arch in your video) to a func_detail, will it improve optimization? Even a little? I heard about it.

[phantombadger]

@ 5:29 Stretching all the sides out is a long complicated way. You could just build a block to cover the arch but not extended past the arch top and bottom. then Carve the arch out of it, expand the top to align with the top of the arch and then delete the bottom inside bits.

[phantombadger]

+1 like for the index links in the comments.

[TheTimelord33]

Amazing job! It's amazing how much you can learn in 6 minutes and 21 seconds!

[dudefly45]

"i hope this helps with making an excellent, that looks quite nice as it is actually. Quite impressed with that." Wow, if you can make an great arch and shapes without trying, then i'm listening to all your sdk tutorials.

[blingmatmat]

Hole in the wall?

BRING ON THE WALL!

[MrRockerZ96]

howd you make your boxes so small the smallest mind can go is 54.0 by 1.0

[3kliksphilip]

@MrRockerZ96 54? That's a strange number, for most people it's 64. You press the [ ] buttons to change the grid size.

[Theyallfloatdownhere]

Amazing this thing is free, so much you can do with it if you know what you are doing. I hope to make maps that I can make videos on.

[Icanskill4mill2]

My hero lol, thanks ps: like that soccer goal =D

[Icanskill4mill2]

Wait I dont got a webcam so i cant respond but if you look on my profile it will be there ok?

[3kliksphilip]

@Icanskill4mill2 The reason for the two bottom screens doing the same thing is because they're the same view. Click in the top left hand corner of the view box you wish to change, and choose a different view from the drop down list. It will then behave differently.

[3kliksphilip]

@Icanskill4mill2 Yes, that's what it's supposed to do. What do you want it to do?

[Icanskill4mill2]

@3kliksphilip No like not like that it like emm hart to explain it goes inside a circle O like that doesn't turn or rotate like a ferris-wheel rotation. Like it can go horizontal or vertical i want it like yours at 2:20

[3kliksphilip]

@Icanskill4mill2 Yes, have you tried rotating it in another view window?

[Icanskill4mill2]

@3kliksphilip Yes i have tried everything its my grid its different than yours i can make a video of it if needed and attatch

[3kliksphilip]

@Icanskill4mill2 Yeah, I think that would help.

[Icanskill4mill2]

@3kliksphilip I have to do it tmrw ok bed time not from your place

[unhappy98]

Thx



[Reicky1000]

What happening with you messenger ? lol

[mrogela123]

lets say we have a water sphere, now how do i make a sphere inside the water(so i can breath)?.

[3kliksphilip]

@mrogela123 Eww, I wouldn't recommend doing this, you'd have to make a sphere (using the block tool, then by choosing sphere from the right hand side of the screen in one of the drop down menus). Be sure to use a dx7 water texture. Then, select it, go up to Tools, Make Hollow, and choose a value like 4. (Depending on how large your sphere is)

[3kliksphilip]

@Icanskill4mill2 Try rotating it on another grid view, then

[L45TR35ORT]

im building a jumpmap and i need to know how to cut a hole in the floor. i cant make multiple floors around a hole because the floor is trigger_teleport so that if u touch it u get teleported back to try again so i need to know how i can do this thanks.

[3kliksphilip]

@L45TR35ORT Make multiple trigger_teleports AND floor blocks?

[3kliksphilip]

@Grenlink18 Please don't carve arches

[TheTechgeek55]

okay...so i'm just trying to get started here. I followed instructions on how to set up (for insurgency), and double-checked everything. When I click "new" there are a few problems. 1: no grids on the various views. 2: i am unable to create a block. When i select the "block" tool, nothing appears in the views when i attempt to draw a block. Any idea what the problem is?

[3kliksphilip]

@TheTechgeek55 Which instructions did you follow?

[TheTechgeek55]

@3kliksphilip a video called "Insurgency Mod SDK Tutorial" by blacknightownzjoo (sorry; wouldn't let me post the link)

[TheTechgeek55]

@3kliksphilip and then your basic vid on setting up hammer correctly

[3kliksphilip]

@TheTechgeek55 I don't know which engine version Insurgency is based on, but you may have to choose 2007 or 2006 engine version to set it up. I'm not the best person to ask about this, since I haven't ever mapped for it. Since the new update to Source, all games have been based on the 2009 engine version, but older mods may still use an older one. I suggest doing some research online, and to download Base 2006 / 2007 from the tools menu of Steam.

[Ace1749]

How do you make things arch the opposite way?

Like, Im making 2 spiral staircases that need to be opposite of each other but I can't figure out how to do that.

[3kliksphilip]

@Ace1749 You mean like... A DOUBLE HELIX?!?! You'd simply use the arch tool, making two of them and positioning them properly so that one is exactly the same as the other, only rotated around 180 degrees. It's very, very difficult for me to help with these sorts of problems since it's all dependant on your map, how experienced you are with maths and block manipulation, and what exactly you're trying to do.

[ShakrallStudios]

great tutorials! :)

[z3r0mw2]

Thank u so much I've learned so much from you i'm almost done making a jailbreak map. Ty so much subbs

[ryangruessersafag]

"look at that, great window" - ROFL

[miauw62]

Nice vid.

gonna view the others.

[lurtz94apa]

"look at that! great window!" haha<3 :D

[UltimateNation]

I love these videos. Thanks for uploading a great tutorial, man.

[ComicAzie]

when i rotate an object it dosnt snap to the grid do i have to press some special button for it or what?

[3kliksphilip]

@ComicAzie What do you mean, 'snap to grid' when you're rotating?

[ComicAzie]

@3kliksphilip I mean when i rotate an object it dosnt align to the grid when i let it go.

[3kliksphilip]

@ComicAzie I still don't know what you mean. Which bit of the object is meant to be aligning? The middle? One of the corners? It can't all be aligning if you've rotated it so that it;s a weird size like 134.6 x 193.1

[ComicAzie]

@3kliksphilip . . . nvm then, two more questions, do you know anything about making zombie survival maps for Garry's mod? and when i create a map, compile it, and try to test it, it always says:

Host_EndGame: Map coordinate extents are too large!!

Check for errors!

what do i do for that?

[3kliksphilip]

@ComicAzie Don't have your map touching the edges of the grid view in Hammer.

[Tibsmar]

@ComicAzie I think I know what your asking. Go to Tools > Options > 2D views. and Check "Default to 15 Degree rotations".

[Abylsko]

When I create a block I only get the lineout of the block. I don't get the textures you get. Is it an option that is off or something?

[3kliksphilip]

@Abylsko Top left of the 3D view should be 'CAMERA'. Click on it and choose 3D Textured Shaded Polygons.

[the12221]

man you are good!

[Gatfive]

thanks for another really helpful video philip! much appreciated. not sure what i would do without you. 

[DonTepi]

Whoa Nice man!

[Peterdrumtom]

when im trying to start my map it says:

CModelLoader::Map_IsValid: No such map 'maps/s.bsp'

map load failed: s not found or invalid

why ?? please help me!!!

[3kliksphilip]

@Peterdrumtom Don't ask on more than one video, please

[Ricksdetrix]

hm, ive used arch before and it worked fine but for some reason the arch is inverted now, more like a half circle thats.. not got 1 side anymore.

[3kliksphilip]

@Ricksdetrix You need to change the properties for it. Change the wall width and stuff

[Ricksdetrix]

@3kliksphilip fixed it, turns out you must make a perfect square and its gotta be fairly big

[XtremeChappo]

philip, I was Wonder, How do you make a Block move like a door after 3 minutes or so =]

[3kliksphilip]

@XtremeChappo How do you want it to be triggered? From a button?

[DAnoobMaster14]

@3kliksphilip Um i made a map but idk how to put Map by My Name...can u help plz

[3kliksphilip]

@DAnoobMaster14 You mean, make your name in the level? To do that, you simply shape the blocks into shapes of letters and piece them together, one by one. On the left hand side of the screen is the clipping tool. Try using that for cutting blocks. Be careful not to make them strange dimensions!

You can find prefabs on fpsbanana of letters you can use, might be a better bet.

[XtremeChappo]

@3kliksphilip Button

[XtremeChappo]

@3kliksphilip We'll i'm trying to make a Buildwars map and i'm making a block in the middle that breaks after 3 minutes at the beginning of the round, got any ideas?

[3kliksphilip]

@XtremeChappo I'd be lazy, place a trigger_once around the spawn area in your level, go to its outputs,

onstarttouch

(name of wall)

break

After delay of... (180 seconds)

[TheAdamsan1]

PLZ help me every time i press z on the camara and cum off it and go on a different box the grid goes

[3kliksphilip]

@TheAdamsan1 I don't know what you're talking about. Have you tried pressing spacebar? Which game are you mapping for?

[SeiakuBlackheart]

thanks! Nice tutorial :)

[Sania68]

pls help me, with the cliping tool, when both sights are turning wight, i press "enter" then i see the line where the cut goes , but when i whant to select one of the pices , it will select me the same all wall that i whaned to cut in two pices =/

[3kliksphilip]

@Sania68 Try selecting it and pressing ctrl+u

[Sania68]

@3kliksphilip It works!!!!! Thanks man!! =))

[2010Mrsurfer]

Hey what recording software do you use for your tutorials?

Ive tried to use HyperCam and Cam Studio but there both slow and take a while to upload to youtube

[paintcan176]

i cant create blocks, it just wont let me, i selected the right tooll and drag but it just moves the screen like a camera

[3kliksphilip]

@paintcan176 Press spacebar

[no0bK1ll3r]

Oh, thanks! will that also work for a more "longer" arch like a car tunnel?

[3kliksphilip]

@no0bK1ll3r Yes

[no0bK1ll3r]

How do i make an arch?

[3kliksphilip]

@no0bK1ll3r Watch this video

[iseedat]

hey philip i did exactly whats in your video to make an arch..but everytime i press enter the arch will have no holes in the middle where you walk through..can you help me..

[3kliksphilip]

@iseedat In that case you're either making the arch too small in the first place, or you have the wall width set too high

[KiroSan1]

Wonderful as usual, mister Philip!

[manrayer88]

I can't select anything! It just locks to this little crosshair in the middle that moves the camera around! Help

[3kliksphilip]

@manrayer88 Don't ask on more than one video

[edecanedy]

@manrayer88 tried pressing z

[3kliksphilip]

@edecanedy Uhh... and your problem is?

[explosivecookie]

i cant see my textures how do i add them

or apply

[3kliksphilip]

@explosivecookie Click on where it says CAMERA and choose 3D Textured Shaded Polygons. If you continue to have problems watch my tutorial on setting up Source SDK.

[2010Mrsurfer]

hey, love your tutorials.... but there is 1 thing its nothing about your tutorials :d its about hammer... the arch tool... when i try to create a arch i set it all... 22 sides... 16 wall width.... 360 degrees so u can surf through it.. but.. it doesnt work when i press preview... it comes up with a full circle with no hole in :S i think it may be a setting or ive hit a shortcut key... any ideas??

[ApertureAce]

@2010Mrsurfer

It needs to be 180 degrees.

[2010Mrsurfer]

@ApertureAce but i wanna make a 360 circle so u can surf through it or should i do 2 180 degree ones and join them together?

[3kliksphilip]

@2010Mrsurfer You can do it either way, I see no reason why you shouldn't make an arch with a hole in the middle, all 360 degrees in one go.

[2010Mrsurfer]

@3kliksphilip it doesnt even let me make a circle now, well it does but the lines are like... wierd not how a circle should be, i do 32 sides 1128 units high and 1128 wide.. your tutorials are good though, they got me started with mapping, especialy your surf tutorial :) that helped me make my first surf map :)

[3kliksphilip]

@2010Mrsurfer Explain what's wrong with them. Oh, and 1128 is a strange size to do the arch. As long as you don't resize it, it's fine. One that large should have the curves in fairly accurate areas.

[2010Mrsurfer]

@3kliksphilip i cant really explain without u seeing it, do u have steam?

[3kliksphilip]

@2010Mrsurfer No but you can upload images and send me links in a PM

[2010Mrsurfer]

@3kliksphilip okay i will, oh and do u have any tutorials on env_bubbles? mine seems to be missing

[3kliksphilip]

@2010Mrsurfer No I don't, but the entity is available in all source games.

[2010Mrsurfer]

@3kliksphilip thanks ive found them now, they were a block enitity, i think thats what they called. ctrl+t, ohh ill send u the pics of my arch tool tomorrow when im home from college

[3kliksphilip]

@2010Mrsurfer 360 degres is a full circle. 180 degrees is half.

[aajinu1]

I cant See tool Menu...where is can choose Block and those things...i tried to Redownload it but Its still Gone...you know any command to get it back???

[3kliksphilip]

@aajinu1 Go up to VIEW, SCREEN ELEMENTS and tick everything there in the Hammer editor.

[Quilllber]

I LOVE your tutorials....

[Ricksdetrix]

Thanks for this tutorial, really helpful.

If your making an arch and you accidentally make a little box that wont go away and it stops you from using the vertex tool, just press enter. Took me a long time to figure that out lol

[elronman]

ah! don't say carve!

[3kliksphilip]

@elronman Carve

[elronman]

*shutter*

but yea carve sucks and clip rocks in my opinion

[LukeNieuwenburg]

i cant see my textures in the camera any ideas ...

[swinia22]

on left-top side you have wroted "camera" click on it and select 3d shared texture polygons or something

[LukeNieuwenburg]

thanks ... sorry for the late reply

[twunk12]

at the top left of your 3D camera laft click on the name and choose 3D textured

[yutoobjackel81]

how do you make a texture bigger than it is so its not tiled like with crates pleas get back to me on this someone

[3kliksphilip]

Increase the texture scale from 0.25 to 0.5 (If the wall is 256 instead of 128) or to 1 (If it's 512 instead of 128) and so on. Try with bigger figures than 0.25.

You change the properties of a texture by choosing the Toggle Texture Application Tool from the left hand side of the screen, then by selecting the texture you want to change.

[sourceplayer151]

wuts the point in the clip TEXTURE?

[3kliksphilip]

It is an invisible texture that acts like an invisible wall

[RizellX]

My blocks dont look like bricks what do I do?

[3kliksphilip]

Find a texture that looks like bricks

[thedanpoulsen]

thanks a lot :)

[thedanpoulsen]

thx. nice tutorial, i like it. but i stil think it is pretty hard to make my map look great. i got lights, and stuff like that. but i was wondering how you are making theese nice sizes at each peace?

[3kliksphilip]

Nice sizes at each peace? Watch my video 'Map Design, from start to finish'