Journal #595

This site has been such a godsend along with all the other sites out there. I've spent like the entire weekend fiddling with Hammer. And now I've built up what seems like a huge collection of apps in the process of researching what goes into a good map.
During this weekend i stumbled across......
-VHE (duh)
-PakExplorer
-BSPViewer
-MAPViewer
-WALLY (I had this already to do cs sprays)
-a terrain generation program (for skyboxes)
-a terrain generation program (for map terrain)
-GCFScape (steam is my bitch now)
-ToolBox LUX RAD file editor
-Other assorted crap

I managed to talk my cousin into letting me borrow her digital camera so Im gonna spend the whole week snapping pics for textures cuz standard textures are boring.