Source SDK How to make your map look good

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This tutorial shows you how to use the Source SDK to make good lighting. It covers...

1) light_environment
2) light
3) lightmap scale
4) skybox texture
5) env_sun object
6) env_fog_controller

and should help to make your map look roughly 1000 times better than if you don't include any form of lighting what so ever.

Hope this helps!

Download the finished map here. It's not playable (You know, with bots / in competitive ladders etc), it's merely an example of the features covered in this tutorial.

For more tutorials, visit
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[OMEGAConscript]

wait........ man, can this make maps for tf2?

[3kliksphilip]

@OMEGAConscript Yes

[BrooklynNYC777]

is it possible to have this map saved as a EXE file so you can have it as a standalone player on a computer ?

[3kliksphilip]

@BrooklynNYC777 No. It needs hundreds of megabytes from CSS's folder for it to work.

[kaverdinho]

hey man could you make a new video with more quality :D pleas btw good job (Y)

[Hedemovies]

@3kliksphilip whats the best thing you can do on a map to make bots be able to go around all over the place? i have made ome good maps but the bots can't walk everywhere

[MathieuCore2]

can i have a light_environement even if there is no skybox ? mean indoor...

[MathieuCore2]

lol look like 3kliksphilip talking in this video : /watch?v=5wcKpoAQKj4

from 4:03 to 4:05

[Mornedil]

I'm having a HUGE problem with env_sun.

Somehow, it distorts the color of the skybox. The skybox background is a normal blue-ish color, but the env_sun makes it green-ish. here's an image: img412.imageshack.us/img412/87­29/edupsun.jpg

It doesn't matter whatever I set the env_sun color to. It still distorts the same way.

Have you ever encountered this? Do you know how to fix it?

[bungiebobawsome1]

i have a problem with my sdk. everytime i try to select something from the 3d camera view, it will automatically select the skybox or something larger underneath it, so if i want to select it from the 3d mode, i have to move the skybox and other obstructing things to select and modify what i want. i honestly dont know what i did to screw that up, but please give me your advise on how to fix it.

[OMEGAConscript]

@3kliksphilip how? all I see in its menu s the video stress test