Quote from Moth on January 25, 2012, 6:27 am

Some people are already receiving 'beta invites' to test the new map maker.

Personally I'm worried that it will open the floodgates for LOADS or REALLY BAD maps made by newbs.
I also have huge concerns about HOW our maps will be made shareable to XBOX and PS3 owners, given the fact that their BSPs are completely different to PC ones.

I'm also worried that ONLY maps made with the new tool will be shareable. And what about custom models and textures? how will I distribute those?

Quote from wrathofmobius on January 25, 2012, 11:47 am

It doesn't sound like it's going to replace Hammer, so you'll still be able to map the old way. Personally, I like the "easy map maker" because it seems to be a good way to create the backbone of a map, then import it to Hammer and start detailing it.

Quote from Spam Nugget on January 25, 2012, 4:58 pm

assuming, of course that it uses a compatible file type.

Quote from MissStabby on January 25, 2012, 5:46 pm

Moth wrote:

Some people are already receiving 'beta invites' to test the new map maker.

Personally I'm worried that it will open the floodgates for LOADS or REALLY BAD maps made by newbs.
I also have huge concerns about HOW our maps will be made shareable to XBOX and PS3 owners, given the fact that their BSPs are completely different to PC ones.

I'm also worried that ONLY maps made with the new tool will be shareable. And what about custom models and textures? how will I distribute those?

ok you are quite true about your first statement, there have been beta invites.
Though...

People in the beta don't get the mapmaker (yet) since it is still under development.
The floodgates of "bad maps" will be regulated by a voting system, similar to the system they use for TF2 hats.
And about the question if "only mapmaker" maps can be shared... that is a no, the beta is actually to test valve's infrastructure on handling custom maps made in hammer by skilled mapmakers.

I cant say much more about it, simply because there isnt much info being released.
Though i hope this will ease your mood a bit about the upcoming updates

Quote from CaretCaret on January 25, 2012, 6:04 pm

MissStabby wrote:

And about the question if "only mapmaker" maps can be shared... that is a no, the beta is actually to test valve's infrastructure on handling custom maps made in hammer by skilled mapmakers.

I don't care about the new editor, I just want this.

Quote from Daschnookle on January 25, 2012, 9:13 pm

@wrathofmobius
I know that already. It says it in the VDC first tutorial. Thanks for your help anyway. 🙂

EDIT:
About your second post, did they say you save it as .vmf files? If they don't then you can't edit it in Hammer.

@Moth
I understand how you feel lol. I used custom textures to a lot of my maps. Loved your instance pack, btw. They were a biggg help to me. 🙂

Quote from wrathofmobius on January 29, 2012, 12:44 pm

I can't imagine them using any other file type than .vmf because it's the easiest to work with.

Quote from kwp21 pitts on February 1, 2012, 11:30 am

CaretCaret wrote:

MissStabby wrote:

And about the question if "only mapmaker" maps can be shared... that is a no, the beta is actually to test valve's infrastructure on handling custom maps made in hammer by skilled mapmakers.

I don't care about the new editor, I just want this.

Chances are we are still using hammer even if the tool comes out.