L4D Mapping: Installing Authoring Tools & SketchUp

[james22567]

hey i did this for l4d2 and every time i click on that box thing at 0:40 i click on hammer world editor and it says i need to configure the set up can you help?

[shimigami92dk]

can some help me ? error sketchup model exceeds the dimensional limits of hammer and source

[snip3z4kills]

Jeez, Steam has changed a lot since this video.

[DManVI]

I still love your voice...

[Tornsoul3695]

ketchup

[RenjiNo1]

we have hammer but "AUTORING TOOLS (L4D)" doesnt appear!!!

please help me!

[cheatmaster702]

how can get l4d authoring tools non-steam?

[theovidelutz]

I've got an error help me plizz:EnumerateApp(500) failed:app provider bad argument to Steam API

[theovidelutz]

I dont find the l4d authoring tools. I log in and i click on library and tools but isn't there help me

[TheDJayson]

i search for it for it but there''s no left 4 dead authoring tools

[PivotMaster2010]

what is steam

[PivotMaster2010]

what is steam.a website or somthing couse i cant find it

[KiodrinTutorials]

@Hades4545 sorry, but i posted that awhile ago, i solved the problem already. actually it was because my steam folder wasnt in C: which for some reason made it not work, i put it back into C: and it worked.

[olacoe]

Not Work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[keel421]

mouse lag lol

[jelleybean12]

i dont got tools only severs

[LethalAxis]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOOGLE SKETCHUP?

[ddogwon1]

you can make custom things for Left 4 Dead

[rdcrdc11]

is i posible to make your own creature for left 4 dead? i want to make a gient worm for my map. and do you have a Tutorial on how to do it , or do you know of one?

[DragonGuard1989]

short answer: No

Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooo

or atleast not any official way, only via some hacky way i dont know.

L4D2 should support this fine and my gues is that L4D will get the same update a bit later

[rdcrdc11]

But iv seen maps where people have made their own creatures and put them in like silent hills, and silent fear. i dont want a creatire that moves just some thing i can put in as a static prop.

[DragonGuard1989]

its all possible but you just cant use the VPK maker to pack it, it cant handle costum stuff or so ive heared.

You could still make it like you would with a normal map like in for example counterstrike source, only downside is when using custom sounds you need to rebuild ur entire soundcache. (correct me if im wrong)

[martijnbmxgod]

U can (search the video of zelda dungeon part 2 and skip to the end) ... they made a dragon, but it will look kinda crappy

[WorldofLevelDesign]

They are coming, but I haven't heard anything as when. I hope soon, the Authoring tools we have now came 6 months later. I hope it doesn't take this long for L4D2

[KiodrinTutorials]

ok, i do not need sketchup. but what i do need is HELP.

I have installed l4d authoring tools (i own it), but, whenever i try to run the hammer tool i get an error saying:

Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'C:\Program Files \Steam\SteamApps\common\left 4 dead\bin\vconfig'.

Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting

can somebody help me fix this? ive tried reinstalling l4d and l4dA, ive also tried to validate the files, put gameinfo.txt into bin and that sketchup

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Sorry dude, I have no idea why this error keeps coming up.

Have you tried reinstalling authoring tools?

[Hades4545]

@KiodrinTutorials I think I have something that MIGHT work.

Go to your l4d1 game and right click on it, then click on properties. After that, click the local files tab. Then click Verify integrity of game cache. It should scan the game and see if its missing any files and then redownload the files that are missing. Hope this helps!

[Patrick31Hansen]

Thank you.. it worked... :D but how do i start mapping xD

[TheLawnWranglers]

When I try to install the plugins by going to Sketchup Plugins under the L4D authoring tools and go into the sketchup folder all I have is the valve_library folder -- the valve folder and other files are not there, any idea why or how to fix it?

[WorldofLevelDesign]

With some of the latest patches, Valve took out the plugins. You may still find them online somewhere, but the Sketchup program is not needed to make L4D maps. Its just a nice secondary option. I would recommend to map entirely in Hammer.

[promdawg]

whenever i try to open sketch up it just opens a file with another file inside of it that says: plugins.

[promdawg]

nvm nvm nvm nvm nvm nvm nvm nvm nvm nvm

[SKONKERxxZILLA]

thanks im working on getting betar

[Thekapstok]

One thing sketchup dsnt work i mean:

if i create something and group and export vmf and i open it in hammer it says:

one or more solids have not loaded due errors in the file plz help

[buggyiscool]

yea i have the source sdk including all of the stuff inside (hammer), google sketchup7, L4D, and L4D authoring tools. when i launch the authoring tools and click hammer, it gets stuck loading hammer...any help??

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Hammer gets stuck loading for me as well. It takes about a minute for me to load Hammer. Give it some time. Let me know.

[buggyiscool]

wow thanks alot! your my hero! i got it from here...i feel stupid cuz i never gave it more than 30 seconds lol thanks again

[bigwowgamer]

Ok I had to install the newL4d Tools thing well when i run it it said "SDKNotresponding" Ive reinstalled twice now and im installing the last time help!!

[morrison1611]

to download the left 4 dead tools do u have to play the game on the pc or can u just download the tools an make a map?

plz reply

[WorldofLevelDesign]

You have to own the L4D copy on PC to get the tools.

[morrison1611]

kk thanks and ur tuts are great:)

[KiodrinTutorials]

this doesnt help me at all

[KYZH1]

I can't find the authoring tools in my steam

[AnotherGaisle]

It's in the tools tab.

[ferretsshadow]

what does sketchup do and why do you need it

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Sketchup acts as a level editor, where you would import into hammer. You can only do bsp geometry such as walls, floors ceiling etc.

I would recommend sticking with hammer.

[rolosoft]

hammer don't load my work i have done on Sketchup! :S

[poli21]

ok i got those files. how can i get the plugins. i dont have them. nad they are not on the internet

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Don't worry about the plug-ins. You don't really need them. Unless you are using Sketchup, which isn't necessary to create a map. All you need is Hammer and L4D.

[poli21]

hey , when i go to tools i dont have the authoring tools :/ why ?

[eduardcbprocod4]

how to i use my map in multiplayer.Please help.

[WorldofLevelDesign]

You have to package the map as vpk file and upload it for others to download.

You are able to use the console to start your map as well by typing 'map nameofthemap'.

Other then that, it is a rather broad question. Can you be more specific?

[dirtfighter]

i decided to start making how to make a map for l4d..and thx for ur tutorials..they're great!!

[Hoshinosenshi]

Do you have to transfer the Plugins to the Google Skecthup, do you need it? Becuase I have no idea how to put the Plugins into Google Sketchup.

[WorldofLevelDesign]

You only need the plug-ins if you are going to use GoogleSketchup to create your maps.

I recommend using the editor, but unless you are good with Google Sketchup.

[Hoshinosenshi]

I have a question does this tutorial guarantee anyone how to make a basic (not a 3D orange cube map) L4D Map and even make professional maps?

[Hoshinosenshi]

Hey how do you transfer the Plugins to Google Skecthup? I don't have the ability to have that folder thing like in the video. I only have a basic folder system. Can you help and I tried doing the same thing but it wouldn't work.

[JustinTheChallenger]

theres also a video on how to get authoring tools without steam type in

left 4 dead authoring tools without steam

[rockleepowerbfme2]

the SDK Authoring tools arent on my steam any help how to get or do you need l4d?

[WorldofLevelDesign]

you need to have l4d

[Happylarry77]

you need left 4 dead but theres a tutorial on my channel on how to get it without steam =]

[musicmac00]

go to happylarry7's channel he has it

[BakedWalrus]

I have windows 7 (Newest version of Windows. coming out at the end of 2010 for around 200-400$) woudl this work?

[MrGamersOnline]

DONT WORRY I FOUND IT

[MrGamersOnline]

I DONT SEE Plugins on my Google HELP ME!

[cheatmaster702]

what do u mean?

[cheatmaster702]

how come when i try to run googlesketchup in the middle of installing it says file is corupt.what do i do?

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Re-download it. Your executable maybe corrupt.

[Happylarry77]

that happened to me. it took forever too. i just downloaded internet download manager and downloaded it through that

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Same, it took me a few tries to actually get it to work.

[cheatmaster702]

how much room does sketchup take up?

[nihilist809]

can i use any other 3d modeling programs? like autocad or rhino?

[ibanez1andrew]

great vid, 5* and subed!!!

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Thanks man.

[EvanBurak]

Can you make some tutorials for google sketch up?

[nigel101]

So i can cerate maps in sketchup, thats awesome its much easier then SDK. But im guessing theres more problems. Dont you have to do a skybox? L4d. If i make a map with sketch up could you take a look at it see what im doing wrong and right.

[NSHentertainment]

what do u need google sketchup for?

[WorldofLevelDesign]

You can create whole levels in google sketchup and then import them into source. you can also create models and export them, then import them into source as well.

Just different set of tools to work with.

[danieleliasson19]

Why use google sketchup? i didnt know what to do with it

[athan1214]

do you need the pc version?

[WorldofLevelDesign]

Yes Athan, you do.

You have xbox version?

[athan1214]

yea, its still pretty good but i wish i could use custom maps.

[ChrisAshwell]

Very Nice Thanks!

[princeMychkine]

i dont know if you can help, i cant see my model in the hammer tool, i save them as smd and put tem into model folder in steam/ steammaps/left4dead/models...w­hat have done wrong?