Advanced Source Level Design DVD

Well, i never watched that but hammer is really easy to learn

no better way than to learn from the people who use it 24/7

I would recommend it as it'll save you lots of back-and-forth between tutorial sites written by people who don't have a full grasp of the tools

I second Rick

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no better way than to learn from the people who use it 24/7I would recommend it as it'll save you lots of back-and-forth between tutorial sites written by people who don't have a full grasp of the tools

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About the Director

Case Noland is the Creative Director for an award-winning Silicon Valley production company. He started Modding as a level editor and scripter for Duke Nukem 3D. As a filmmaker and compositor, he realized the power of next generation game engines to revolutionize modern moviemaking and create unique interactive gameplay withing two rapidly converging fields. A co-founder of Noiesis Interactive, Case is committed to finding new convergences in the developing technology and raising skill levels in the worldwide gaming community.

Product Description

Advanced Source®Level Design, part of the Noesis Interactive, MOD Your World training series, teaches you to "Create Your World " by focusing on designing and constructing your own custom levels within Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life2, Day of Defeat: Source and other Source SDK powered games. Learn the fundamentals of Hammer as well as advanced texturing, displacement, functionality and optimization techniques. Atmospheric effects & entity descriptions 2D & 3D skyboxes Create level overview maps Apply cinematic style color correction Create maps for a range of Source games

Not made by Valve. Also part of a series with "MOD" in the title instead of Mod. Boo!

I personally wouldn't bother unless there's some positive reviews of that DVD. Hammer is fairly easy to learn.

how many lecture hours btw?

yeah i had a look at it as well, and i pass the same judgment as KFS - not made by valve; i wouldnt bother.

If you do think video tutorials are the way to go, I'd snag the 3DBuzz selection on HL2. I can speak fairly highly for what I've seen of their productions in the past and their HL2 content is completely free. You'll need to register for the site, but that's another game you can buy this holiday season.

Speaking of books made by Valve, I just ordered Phil Co's book on level design, which contains UnreadEd and not Hammer, but principles and lessons are what I'm after.

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Speaking of books made by Valve, I just ordered Phil Co's book on level design, which contains UnreadEd and not Hammer, but principles and lessons are what I'm after.

(Great book by the way).

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Speaking of books made by Valve, I just ordered Phil Co's book on level design, which contains UnreadEd and not Hammer, but principles and lessons are what I'm after.

Really? Where did you orded it from? I'm interested on buyting it too..

Same, link us please.

Anyone here able to use Google?

http://books.google.de/books?id=3cMbHgA ... xperiences

I ordered it off Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Level-Design-Game ... 05&sr=8-15

EDIT: WTF, I ordered it from the US amazon, as I wasn't able to find it on the French site, and now I can....oh well...

Thanks Furyo.

I'm gonna order it from Amazon.co.uk, along with this one:

Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design

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Ugh, why would you want that?

You can download _a lot_ of VTMs at http://3dbuzz.com (free registration required). Just fyi, 3dbuzz=Mastering Unreal.

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no better way than to learn from the people who use it 24/7I would recommend it as it'll save you lots of back-and-forth between tutorial sites written by people who don't have a full grasp of the tools

+1

HP, a new book will be released next month or something similar, from the same authors, concentrating on UE3 rather than this one on UE2. Might be worth the wait as UE2 gets really old by now.

Ah, nice, I think I'll wait then, thanks for the tip!