Advanced Source Level Design

Advanced Source® Level Design, part of the Noesis Interactive™, MOD Your World™ training series, teaches you to "Create Your World " by focusing on designing and constructing your own custom levels within Counter-Strike™: Source®, Half-Life®2, Day of Defeat™: Source® and other Source® SDK powered games. Learn the fundamentals of Hammer™ as well as advanced texturing, displacement, functionality and optimization techniques.

DVD topics covered include:

• Step by step guide to creating your own Source® levels
• Detailed explanation of the Hammer level editor interface and controls
• Applying materials and textures
• Add triggers, scripts and delays
• Optimization techniques
• Atmospheric effects & entity descriptions
• 2D & 3D skyboxes
• Create level overview maps
• Apply cinematic style color correction
• Create maps for a range of Source® games

HAMMER EDITOR User Interface Tools & Descriptions Creating Brush Geometry Applying Materials Entity Overview Leaks 3D Skyboxes FUNCTIONALITY Displacement Geometry Inputs / Outputs Assiging Triggers Visgroups & Prefabs Soundscapes NPCs & Basic AI Filtering	OPTIMIZATION Tools Overview Cheap vs. Expensive Visibility Leaves / Hints Area Portals Other Methods DETAILS & TWEAKS Decals / Sprays Overlays Atmosphere Effects Color Correction Backgrounds Level Overviews PACKAGING BSP Utilities

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