Flat-Life Mapping Basics

Camera

There's two cameramodes. Platform and Topdown. The cameramode can be changed ingame with a trigger_set_camera.

Initial and multiplayer map cameramode and distance should be set in the map properties. (Map->Map properties...)

See General Platform Mapping and See General Topdown Mapping for more information on mapping for the different cameramodes.

Scripted Sentences

Each map can have its own sentences.txt file! Just copy sentences.txt and rename the copy to sentences_the-name-of-your-map.txt and add your new sentences.

If no custom sentences.txt exists the defaults will be loaded.

Chapter Selection

To make your map appear on the chapter selection screen create a file in the hl2d/maps/ directory with the same name as your bsp but with the extension h2d.

Open it with notepad and write mapname/author or whatever and save. (No more then ~50-60 characters!))