Google Sketchup
Well as you know I have Hammer. But I suck at it. Really hard. But yet I am great at google sketchup. I have noticed that people use sketchup for L4D2 maps. And Obviously L4D2 and Portal are made by the same company so I was wondering if you could use sketchup for Portal map making.
You can, but my expertise doesn't fallow sketchup very well. Here is the VDC link
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Yes there is a plugin for hammer. Just be VERY CAREFUL that you have no leaks... and you will still have to do all your logic and trigger making in Hammer.
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Hmm. Is it more work to do it in sketchup?
Is there any alternate programs good for mapping/
I would think so, but you dont know until you try.
Alternatives, possibly softimage. Maya Maby.
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Is there any alternate programs good for mapping/
I use cinema 4d, better than maya, like 3ds max but easier, and you can make your own texture maps, bump maps, light maps easy. XSI Softimage for animate and export to mdl.
Is there any alternate programs good for mapping/
I use cinema 4d, better than maya, like 3ds max but easier, and you can make your own texture maps, bump maps, light maps easy. XSI Softimage for animate and export to mdl.
He ment for making vmf maps.
VDC User PageDo you still have to use Hammer with those programs. IDK why iv read and watched so many tuts for hammer and its the only program im clueless about.
Primarily yes. Did you read the vdc hammer doc?
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