Basic questions...thanks in advance Created 15 years ago2009-09-11 16:35:09 UTC by ShakeZor

Just registered, links would be helpful.

I want to make map for half life that is single player only, has triggers like sound effects, explosions, text on screen, ability to pick up certain items, how can I do that with Valve Hammer? I already have made the simplest of maps for Counter-Strike but I am clueless on where to start for making a single player game to be used in Half Life. Also;Can I make a single player like game for Counter-Strike? i.e. can use the guns from CS...

Thanks, shake

1. Effects such as sound effects, explosions, and text are done using ambient_generics, env_explosions, and env_texts, respectively.
2. Single player with weapons from CS would be impossible unless you are making a new mod. I sugggest learning coding, and downloading a copy of the Spirit of Half-life 1.5a4 source files. Please feel free to use our multitude of tutorials for Half-life/Goldsource.
http://www.twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?cat=1

I suggest you start with making a singleplayer for just Half-Life (no mod), just to learn the basics.

The big difference between a singleplayer maps and a multiplayer map lies in the startpoint entities. For multiplayer, its the info_player_deathmatch (for HLDM). For singleplayer, you need ONE info_player_start entity.

For an absolute basic singleplayer map, make a room.
Put in a light, some weapons, maybe some aliens/marines and of course, the info_player_start entity.
Compile and run this in HL and there you have it.

Hi this is ShakeZor, I can't login for some reason, I enter my info and it just refreshes as if I did nothing...

I didn't read the other tutorials first, thanks for the advice.

Now, however, I cannot compile any maps to test them. When I use the in-editor test run, it says it can find system dll...any ideas?

Your game configurations or compile settings are likely messed up.

hmmmm so I checked out the tutorial and I can't find what to do to fix it. I hate to sound off as a noob, but I'm stuck!\

any suggestions would be nice

sorry to move off the current issue, but just for clarity

and env_texts

the entity is actually game_text. There's a similar sounding one: env_message, but it's best left alone.

Well, it's just like compiling for CS except it's for HL... and technically it should be a lot easier to set up. I'm assuming you're mapping in the Half-Life game configuration, and in the compile options you have Half-Life selected as the game?