Can someone tell me where to start mapping for HL1? i don't know where to start... Created 11 months ago2023-12-22 19:25:41 UTC by Combined

i am a bit confused by now

What exactly are you asking? Have you not been mapping for HL1 this whole time?

If you're just getting started with mapping, there are a couple of places you can check out the basics of mapping. This tutorial is pretty old but the fundamentals are largely the same.

Otherwise, there's Dimbeak's series on YouTube which might be a little fast paced for absolute beginners, but cover more modern tools:

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Like the other user said, Dimbeak's series is what got me into mapping. He shows how to set up J.A.C.K. and everything you need to get started.

Lymphoid's series is very new and he's responded to my comments fairly quickly so he can give you some help if you don't get something he's explaining.

Then there's this tutorial series by Chaos7040 that has a lot of helpful videos as well.

All of these have helped me learn the real rudimentary basics. I've found some good old fashioned trial and error to be really helpful too. The subreddit r/hammer can also help you out if you have questions.

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Hey buddy, im also new to the scene. I created a halflife map once...about 22 years ago...on Worldcraft. So apparently its Hammer now. Lol way outta touch with this world now. But hey if you want to team up let me know. Right now Im just trying to mess around with reskinning. Already ran into few problems lol but yeah touch base man, what u working on right now?

For Half-Life 1/Goldsource mapping, it's actually recommended that you use JACK now, rather than Hammer. JACK is still being updated with the free version (linky link) getting a big stability fix recently. There's also a version available to purchase on Steam, but I can't say anything about that as I don't use it.