Source SDK Game Development Essentials. Develop engaging and immersive mods with Source SDK

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• Source SDK Game Development Essentials
  • Table of Contents
  • Source SDK Game Development Essentials
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • About the Reviewers
  • www.PacktPub.com
    • Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
      • Why Subscribe?
      • Free Access for Packt account holders
  • Preface
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Downloading the example code
      • Downloading the color images of this book
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 1. Getting Started with the Source SDK
    • Installing Steam
    • Getting your tools
      • Instructions for installing Half-Life 2: Episode Two
    • The Source SDK tools overview
    • The Source SDK
      • Installing the Source SDK
      • The Source SDK overview
        • Applications
        • Documentation
        • Utilities
        • Links
    • Creating your own modification (mod)
    • Summary
  • 2. Grasping Hammer
    • Terminology
      • Brush
      • Entity
      • World
      • Void
      • Settings
    • Loading Hammer for the first time
    • The Hammer overview
      • Viewports
      • The Map toolbar
        • The Selection Tool
        • The Magnify Tool
        • The Camera Tool
        • The Entity Tool
        • The Block Tool
        • The Texture Tool
        • The Apply Current Texture Tool
        • The Decal Tool
        • The Overlay Tool
        • The Clipping Tool
        • The Vertex manipulation Tool
      • The selection mode bar
      • The texture bar
      • The filter control bar
      • The object bar
    • Navigating in 3D
      • Looking around
      • Multiple cameras
      • Selecting objects in the 3D viewport
    • Navigating in 2D
      • Moving around
      • Selecting objects in 2D
      • The grid
    • VisGroups
    • Summary
  • 3. Shaping Your World
    • Creating your first room
    • A crash course on compiling
    • Basic brushwork techniques
      • Cloning brushes
      • Scaling brushes and objects
      • Rotating brushes and objects
      • Skewing brushes and objects
      • Flipping objects
    • The Vertex Tool
      • Splitting faces
    • The Clipping Tool
    • The Carve function
    • Another window method
    • The Object Toolbar
      • Creating cylinders
      • Creating spikes
      • Truncated cones
      • Creating a sphere
      • Creating arches
        • Standard arch
        • Hollow cylinders
        • Spiral staircase
      • Creating a torus
        • Cross Section Preview
        • Top View Preview
        • Springs
    • Creating SkyBoxes
      • 2D SkyBox
        • Adding light_environment
      • Changing the SkyBox texture
      • 3D Skybox
    • Summary
  • 4. Textures, Terrain, and Props
    • Using the Texture Application Tool
      • Applying textures
      • Aligning textures
      • Shifting and rotating textures
        • Saving time while aligning textures
      • Using different selection modes
      • Shifting textures
      • Locking textures
      • Locking the texture scale
    • Applying decals
    • Applying overlays
    • Creating terrain with displacements
      • Creating a displacement
      • Using the Paint Geometry tool
      • Using the Smooth tool
      • Modifying the displacement options
      • Using the Raise To option
      • Using the Paint Alpha tool
      • Sewing
      • Subdividing
      • Creating caves quickly
      • Sculpting
      • Carving
    • Creating props
      • Creating static props
      • Creating physics props
      • Creating dynamic props
    • Summary
  • 5. Importing Custom Content
    • Creating materials
      • Setup
      • Creating a VTF file
      • Creating a VMT file
    • Using VTFEdit
    • Importing other materials
    • Importing models
    • Importing sounds
    • Summary
  • 6. Lighting and Compiling
    • Using lights
      • Using point lights
      • Using spot lights
      • Using light environments
      • Using dynamic lights
      • Using texture lights
      • Using projected textures
    • Emphasizing lights
      • Placing point light sources
      • Placing spot light sources
    • Modifying Lightmap Grid
    • Assigning Smoothing groups
    • Compiling concepts
      • Checking for problems
      • Running BSP
      • Running VIS
      • RAD
      • Compiling with HDR
      • The Expert mode
      • Checking for and fixing leaks
    • Cubemaps
    • Adding color correction
    • Summary
  • 7. Triggers and the Input/Output System
    • Creating your first trigger
      • Creating a trigger once entity
      • Adding outputs to a trigger once
      • Creating a trigger multiple
    • Input/Output links
    • Cascading triggers
    • Automatic triggers
    • Modifying entity effects
    • Using different flags
      • Using filters
      • The filter activator name
      • The filter multi entity
    • Creating subroutines
    • Summary
  • 8. Trains and Camera Systems
    • Track trains
      • Player-controlled track trains
        • Creating the func_tracktrain entity
        • Creating the path
        • Tying the track train to the path
        • The controls
      • Adding detail
      • Branch paths
      • Controlling entities with GameUI
    • Point camera
      • Multiple cameras
      • Panning the camera
    • Point_viewcontrol
      • The camera
      • The camera path
      • Tying it all together
    • Summary
  • 9. NPC Movement Basics
    • Using the Model Viewer
      • Unpacking models
      • Loading a model
      • Model manipulation
      • Viewing animations
    • Making NPCs walk
      • Simple NPC movement
      • Controlled NPC movement
        • The aiscripted_schedule properties
        • Triggering the schedule
    • Scripted sequences
      • Choosing your animation
      • Combining sequences
    • Actbusy
      • Creating the actbusy.txt file
        • Your first actbusy script
      • Making it work
    • Summary
  • 10. Advanced NPC Scripting
    • Using nodes
      • Using info nodes
      • Using hint nodes
    • Scripting assaults
      • Setting up an assault
        • Placing the assault point
        • Placing rally points
        • Placing assault goals
          • Actors to affect
          • Setting rally points
          • Search type
          • Start active
          • Rally Point Selection Method
    • Creating squads
      • Your first squad
      • Scripting a flank
        • Creating a schedule and a path
          • Aiscripted schedules
          • Aiscripted schedule flags
        • Math counter
        • Setting up our soldiers
    • Summary
  • 11. Source Particle Editor
    • Accessing the tools menu
    • Using Particle Editor
      • Creating a fire particle
      • Creating particles
        • Using Emitter
        • Using Renderer
        • Using Initializer
        • Operator
    • Particles manifest
      • Master manifest
      • The map-specific manifest
      • The info particle system
    • Particle children
      • Modifying existing particle systems
    • Making fireworks
      • Creating the explosion
      • Simulating gravity
      • Fading and other properties
      • A parenting example
        • Setting up the shell
        • Launching the shell
        • Stabilizing the shell
        • Setting up the particle
        • Adding sound effects
        • Tying everything together
      • Results
    • Summary
  • Index

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