Half life 2 mods for dummies

[...]... 21 1 Restoring health 21 2 Finding weapons .21 4 Grabbing ammo 21 5 Testing and Having Fun .21 7 Part IV: Going Beyond the Basics .21 9 Chapter 13: Creating Custom Textures 22 1 Slicing Up the Texture 22 2 Installing Some Tools 22 2 Bricking Up the Joint 22 4 Table of Contents Finding the Right Size 22 5... mod the Soldier of Fortune game 2 Half- Life 2 Mods For Dummies Over the years, I furthered my exploration and tutelage of modding with other games, and here I am now with Half- Life 2 I really enjoy showing others how to make mods for games, and I can do the same for you All you need to do is read on My goal in this book is to show you by example many aspect of modding Half- Life 2 I provide you with... .24 Building blocks of a map .25 Setting boundaries .25 xiv Half- Life 2 Mods For Dummies Seeing in three dimensions 26 Measuring in units 27 Toying with Textures .27 Painting the walls 27 Building interest 27 Evoking Entities 28 Part II: Making Your Own Maps 29 Chapter 4: Getting Set Up for Mapping ... 20 Following standard naming conventions 20 Instructing the end user 20 Including all the files required 21 Avoiding the overwriting headache 21 Saving and saving again .21 Differences between Half- Life and Other Games 22 Chapter 3: Breaking Down the Game 23 Making Maps and Playing Levels 23 Making Your Own Maps .24 ... 27 3 Packing Up for Release 27 3 Explaining yourself 27 3 The origins of README 27 4 Picturing your level 27 7 Packaging additions to the game .27 9 Zipping It Up 29 1 Distributing the Goods 29 3 Part V: The Part of Tens .29 5 Chapter 16: Ten Great Tips and Tricks 29 7 Coming Up with Original Ideas 29 7 Planning... Tiling on Forever 22 8 Shifting the image to expose the seam 22 8 Stamping out your seams 23 1 Shifting back to ground zero .23 4 Mapping Your Images 23 5 Splashing on some color: The diffuse map .23 6 Picking out the highlights: The specular map 23 8 Bumping polygons in and out: The normal map 24 3 Creating a normal map without the filter 24 9 Building... .29 8 Designing Minimally 29 8 Following Examples .29 9 Using Prefabs 301 Meshing Objects 301 Putting on a New Skin 303 Measuring the Player 303 Finding More to Mod 304 Listening in 304 Modeling and animating 304 Looking for Help 305 xvii xviii Half- Life 2 Mods For Dummies Chapter 17: Ten Great Mods. .. took five of the six years since the release of Half- Life to deliver a game of which they were proud That game is Half- Life 2 and it has been redeveloped from the ground up to provide us with the best possible game play to date Now we, as Gordon Freeman, can continue the story where it left off Checking Out Half- Life 2 Whether you purchase Half- Life 2 with or without the intent to modify it, you should... 127 Chapter 11: Heading to the Great Outdoors .153 Chapter 12: Adding a Few Details .185 Part IV: Going Beyond the Basics 21 9 Chapter 13: Creating Custom Textures 22 1 Chapter 14: Finishing Up Your Map .26 1 Chapter 15: Showing the World 27 3 Part V: The Part of Tens 29 5 Chapter 16: Ten Great Tips and Tricks 29 7 Chapter 17: Ten Great Mods. .. textures, go for it Head over to Chapter 15 and start on your custom textures There I show you how to create your own texture from start to finish 3 4 Half- Life 2 Mods For Dummies If you’d prefer to better optimize your map, Chapter 10 is the one for you There you can see how to build you map and modify it for smoother play in the game (It will have better speed and rely less on your processor.) As for the . Some Tools 22 2 Bricking Up the Joint 22 4 Half- Life 2 Mods For Dummies 02_ 096314 ftoc.qxp 12/ 7/06 10:40 AM Page xvi xvii Table of Contents Finding the Right Size 22 5 Tiling on Forever 22 8 Shifting. Guilfoyle Half- Life ® 2 Mods FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_096314 ffirs.qxp 12/ 7/06 10:40 AM Page iii 01_096314 ffirs.qxp 12/ 7/06 10:40 AM Page ii Half- Life ® 2 Mods FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_096314 ffirs.qxp 12/ 7/06. i 01_096314 ffirs.qxp 12/ 7/06 10:40 AM Page ii by Erik Guilfoyle Half- Life ® 2 Mods FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_096314 ffirs.qxp 12/ 7/06 10:40 AM Page iii Half- Life ® 2 Mods For Dummies ® Published by Wiley