CS2 Mapping Academy #3 - Vertices Overview (Counter Strike 2) 

Best level designer tool that makes it feel so powerful and not just a prop placer

Will it look good if I don't use blender and only use hammer 2

Glad that this feature is helpful! Hopefully my visuals gave a good rough idea lol

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 Can hammer be used independently to make model textures for use in UE

Glad I could help!

Same here dude. Exciting times ;)

same bro, last time i created a map was around 20 years ago lol

Thank you for the kind words! I'll be making more!

Glad you like them!

I really appreciate you taking time to write this out :) There are many more on the way this is just the beginning of the CS2 series!

Glad you like them!

Glad you like them!

Really glad to know its helping! I saw the video of your Favela in Brazil you are creating - looks super promising! Which video did you show me a little in? Appreciate the support!

It will become intuitive and your new addiction

You're welcome!

Will consider that for the future! Thank you!

Yerrr a wizard harry

I also want to learn how to add in menus/commands such as in the CSGO Yprac maps. I would love to be able to create some prefire courses for warming up in CS2

check out my Crash Course series that I've made - 47 videos that go into the detail you are asking for even though its using the HLA branch. I'll be making new ones for the CS2 build however coming soon!

It is a beautiful hybrid

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 I would appreciate an in-depth look at the procedural texturing thing that detects edges. I would love to generate my own textures for it, do you have a recommended software for that purpose? My dream would be an open source hybrid between stable diffusion prompting and substance designer controlled by it. Hell I hope soon we can use stable diffusion to create full ship-ready 3D models. I saw it can already be done in UE5 to place assets into the level...

This was one of my favorite things to do in CS:S, I learned it from Interlopers, and I think the only official CS:S map it was used on was Havana (Although I can't find info on this now for whatever reason). I thought it added so much more strategy and spiced up gameplay with players not knowing the exact layout of the map every single round. I employed it on most of the maps I made for CS:S; Changing layouts of rooms, routes, doors, etc. So much fun

I'll have entity tutorials to help people get familiar with how it works in S2

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you! The red lines are invalid faces, usually made by extruding a face backwards into a concave

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Forget everything you know from Source 1 and embrace Source 2

I would actually wager that the majority of Valves maps are actually built with Hammer geometry, using models as details placed around to support the in editor geometry. The ideal workflow is to use hammer meshing where gameplay will take place, since the UV mapping and power of its tools will let mappers align their materials based on the geometrical changes that are made over the build of the level. You could create the whole map in blender if you really wanted and import it in, but the power that Hammer gives over its control of UV's makes it extremely appealing to use

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 If only the preview worked without RTX.. x)

The 1st mapping academy more or less shows the full construction of the CS2 map made from start to finish. It was just a blockout though and did not involve UV manipulations. Are you asking for something more comprehensive like designing the layout, testing, art passing, etc?

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 Ah! I actually watched that video, but I only got half way through. It was a good video, and I meant to finish it. But it felt like the type of video where it was showing off a ton of different techniques in a very short amount of time. It seemed like it was trying to show everything, every possible tool, which was great. But it felt like there wasn't really a "work flow" going on. It showed off a lot of stuff, and the level you were building was made to show off as many features. What I was hoping for was like a video that would be more close to a typical workflow of designing a level. And maybe even including the "planning stage". I don't have a ton of mapping experience, but I've been trying to take it more seriously; trying to come up with a good workflow for Source 2 hammer. I bet you have some other video's I haven't looked at yet that achieve this though. I was just recomended by youtube a video of yours about a "Rusty Metal Shack". But my one general burning question is just about how most people "plan out" a map in S2 Hammer. Like, is a common for people to only lay out the floors first (as quads)?

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 Unrelated, but another thing that bugs me is when you go to test the map in cs2, you have to sit and wait for like 15 seconds before you can move around. And I would assume that they would've auto configured some commands to skip that. But is there a way to skip the buy time? Like an infinite warmup?

Totally get what you want to see. I will def be making a video just like that to be able to release on the workshop as an example of good workflow Every map has had a different approach in terms of how I lay it out. Some are built with all the floor plans, others are made room to room depending on what you need@@Andrew90046zero

Yes there are console commands you can use for your CS2 that will put in reduced times for warmups, etc. Join our discord to get that info@@Andrew90046zero

It would have to be through console commands for now

You can use N Gons as S2 hammer ends up triangulating them anyways. Just know where and when to use them since sometimes they may not be the best depending on the situation. But don't be afraid to use them! I just stressed that philosophy early on so people would have good building habits

If I can make them in the future I will once the scripting language is fully functional!

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 Thanks. Appreciate it

I got granted early access from the Devs

alright thanks

Yes you can put images down into hammer world editor for reference. I believe its under FILE

Happy to help!

Will look at have a tutorial on this in the future!

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@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 Thanks a lot

I don't believe that works anymore since Valve is going to completely remove any form of CPU compiling regardless of modified dll

Appreciate the insight! Source 2 engine handles this fine - taking a look at the examples valve made they use this technique a lot and with my experience in how it handles the lightmapping you won't find the artifacts that other engines may have

Welcome!

very niiiiiiiceeeeeee

Make it not a vis occluder in the object properties to remove it from vis calculations

Right now it's just local until we can upload and pack

I'll have it in eventually but you can check my Crash Course series to find what youre looking for #17 I believe

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 okay thanks

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Radial align tool (ALT S)

Works now! Use ALT H to hot spot and ALT SHIFT F to toggle per face or selection mode

No way to do it right now but community tools are being tested

@@eagleonedevelopmentteam849 Please release video for it.

Let me update it one second

Ok It's fixed, it should work again like normal. Just in case here is the link: discord.gg/eagle-one

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Yes condensed so it doesn't drag out!

Beep boop bop!

Soon