My 20 Minute Design Rant:

Workshop Link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3607096360

I’m working on a CS2 training project similar in spirit to Yprac, and I’m looking for someone who can help me build a complete training experience for players.

The idea:

A multi-map training system focused on:

• Smoke and utility practice

• Prefire and angle memorization

• Crosshair placement guides

• Recoil and aim training

• Jump spot tutorials

All modes are presented through an in-map menu/interface.

What I’m looking for:

• A mapper skilled with Hammer and Source 2 tools

• A developer (if needed) to help integrate logic systems, menu functionality, or external delivery via loader

I’m planning to release a demo version publicly, and deliver the full version through a separate system. If you’ve worked on something similar or are interested in collaborating on this kind of tool — I’d love to connect.

Feel free to reply here or DM me.

Thanks!

Any WORKING workarounds?

Any WORKING workarounds?

Im looking for any feedback regarding gameplay and visuals.

Workshop-Link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3070219079

here are some current screenshots:

I have been featured on the frontpage of GameBanana and the Steam Workshop, I have a top MOD on ModDB, I have been called for an interview by a big gaming company and I enjoy games that take skill like Team Fortress Classic, I once tried Fortnite and killed 10+ opponents before getting killed.

Anyways I hope that will change in CS2, aside from the useless skins and abandoning CS 1.6 support (you can't find a decent server there anymore)... This map is your classic 1hp with a twist: it has a grenade in the middle so you can blow up the entire opposing team!

YouTube Link

Workshop Link

I needed help to try to understand which folder I have to insert the file into, what type of file it has to be, and with which entity.

Thank you for your help.

green: proper answer
orange: partial answer or idea
red: not answered yet

(Q): Original question

I create Christmass Map De_Mirage 

I've been doing it for over a year keeping the errors to a minimum although I continue to look for them, The map looks great to me. I wanted to add more details but with each model fps drops. 

If you find any bug please write me in the bugs category, Thanks!

WORKSHOP LINK - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3359123851

Anyone can play the map for free via the link below, or by searching "Burst" in the Counter-Strike 2 Steam Workshop.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3310341884

Hit subscribe and it will download the content (which is less than a GB), and you're ready to go!

Below are some in-game images of the map - this is my first time using mapcore as a heads up!

Mid

Den (Mid)

Connector (Mid)

Courtyard (Mid T Side)

A Site

House (A Site - CT Side)

Warehouse (A Site - T Side)

Hut (A Site)

B Site

Observation (B Site)

Storage Room (B Site - CT Side)

Yellow (B Site - T Side)

Lobby (B Site - T Side)

T Spawn

Right Ally (T to A Site)

Left Ally (T to B Site)

CT Spawn

Basement (near CT Spawn)

Radar

Static props and world geometry are not affected by this error. I've tried to rebuild map with different setting, deleting and recreating problematic cubemap/light, different type of light (static, stationary, dynamic). Error persist. And the error is only at this one spot on the map.

Second problem is with compiling maps. I have Ryzen 9 3900X, 32GB DDR4 and Radeon RX 6800XT 16GB. And everything was fine until some late april or early may update. Since then I have VRAD portion of compiling errors and crashes. But sometimes compiling finishes fine. 

Error line is always same: "'ERROR! VK call failed! result = VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST ( vkQueueSubmit( pQueue, 1, &submitInfo, pFence->Get() ) )". From there error loops or CS2 crashes. 

I've been trying with reinstalling steam, CS2, newer or older driver (with factory reset or DDU program), also tried to verify integrity of cache. Nothing helps. I've tried on friend computer, with RTX 3060, and compiling went fine. 

Before typing some comment "Just buy Nvidia RTX card", just know that in my country Nvidia cards are overpriced. Basic RTX 4070 is 650-700$ or more, RTX 4060 starts around 500-550$. Even second hand ones are expensive. RTX 3070 are 350-400$, and 3080 450$ and up. And salaries are low. 

Anyone has any idea how to fix this?

Thanks. 

Anyone knows how to get rid of it?

I have an env_sky with materials/skybox/sky_de_dust2vmat.vmat, I've tried other skies such as anubis / mirage, with the same problem.
I even have a 3d skybox with nothing in it.

Workshop Link:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3250380201

You have already done lightmap feature without RTX, in Half-Life Alyx Workshop Tools, then why you ruined it in CS2 Workshop Tools!? I mean, you could just literally leave two options for light compiling, one for non-RTX cards, with lower light quality, and one for RTX-cards, with higher light quality. Some feature like "Fast/Full Compile" that you already have.

I bet, many CS:GO mappers now have this problem too, they just can't continue make their own maps, because they don't have RTX-card.

Please, FIX IT!!!

I am currently (slowly) developing my first cs2 map! The current version even includes original models and textures! 

Feedback is Appreciated! 

Workshop link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3085507504

I hope someone can help me with my cs2/Hammer editor problem. My 3d skybox is getting some really funky lights from inside my map (it comes from light_omni2 entities). If I start the map from editor, everything looks fine, but when I run the map on local server, or upload it to Steam Workshop, the problem arises. You can see the problem in the attached picture. The houses behind the fence are part of 3d skybox, and should not be lit brightly like that. That light is coming from the lights inside the map.

The lights are very bright and moving all over the place as the player moves, so the map is unplayable 'til I find the fix.

I replicated the problem in a simple template map. The result is seen in a video clip, which is behind a discord link here: https://discord.com/channels/235139177715335169/570728171566006288/1185637689194717184

I'm getting a bit frustrated with this annoying problem. Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Check it out, and let me know what you think! : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3070208661

Here are some screenshots:

For it, I made a few custom props of inflatable toys that the players can move around and deflate :

I've been asked a lot how I did this, so I made an in depth tutorial for it.

It's not just about the Ragdoll part, it covers everything from the cloth simulation used to create the high poly mesh to the end result.

It's a long video so don't hesitate to use the chapters if you're already familiar with the concepts shown in the video.

I'm interested in creating some assets for Source 2 and am wondering what the difference is between blend materials in Source 2 and traditional vertex blending textures by height? It seems with the default shader in the material editor that you can only blend two different textures together, when in other engines / 3D packages you could use every RGB channel as well as multiple UV sets. Is there a way I can create a shader that will let me paint multiple textures onto a model? Just having two textures for blending seems a little limiting.

Thanks.