Navigation and interface basics of Hammer World Editor. Before you can start creating maps, you need to know what the interface requires you in order to navigate around the editor.
CS:GO editor is the same for most Source based games. It is very simple to navigate and get used to the functions within the editor.
In this tutorial you will learn:
NEW MAP FILE
Lets start a new map file. File --> New
AUTOSIZE 4 VIEW
If you do not see four orthographic viewports, (side, front, top) go to View --> Autosize 4 Views.
Shortcut: Ctrl+A
OPTIONS
You can look at editor options by going up to Tools --> Options. This will give you some editor preferences you can set. Some require more knowledge about what they do, but others are self-explanitory.
You can switch over to different tabs from game configuratons to general to 2d/3d views.
VIEWPORT OPTIONS
Each viewport offers different ways of displaying your geometry. You can change each viewport to an orthorgraphic or a perspective viewport.
For perspective viewport, I set 3D Shaded Textured Polygon option to display textures and brush geometry.
NAVIGATING AROUND THE EDITOR
Z - Free Look Mode in perspective viewport
WASD - movement in the perspective viewport after pressing Z for free look mode
Shift+Z - maximize viewport
Hold Spacebar + Left Mouse Button Hold and Drag to pan around in top, side or front views
GRID SNAPS AND SIZES
[ ] (bracket Keys) - Increase/Decrease Grid size
Bottom right of Hammer you will see grid display.
I use 16 or 32 for blocking in. You can access few of other options for grid setting under:
TOOLBAR FUNCTIONS MOST COMMONLY USED
VISGROUPS
Visgroups are organizational tools within the editor. Think of these as layers or folders that you can place objects into and then switch the display on and off. This helps to keep the viewports to what you are working on without being overwhelmed by all the geometry within the scene. This becomes very important as you map grows in size.
OBJECT PROPERTIES
By double clicking on any object (brush, entity) within the map, you will access properties for that object.
For example, below are light_environment object properties:
SELECTING, DESELECTING AND DELETING
Use Selection Tool (Shift+S) to select objects, brushes
Press Escape to deselect it
Select any object and hit delete to remove that object
CS:GO SDK Beginner Basics Series:
How to Download, Install, Launch Hammer World Editor
Level Editor Navigation and Interface Basics in 15 minutes
Player and Architecture Scale, Dimension and Proportion
BSP Brush Geometry: How to Create Your First Room
Adding Prop Models: Using Models In Your Map
Adding Lights: How to Light Your First Room (Lighting Basics)
Texturing: Applying Textures and Principles for Optimizing Early
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