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Sotj

25 Dec, 2023 @ 11:12pm

How do you make maps that have stuff out of mapmaker?

I played some other people rooms and they have like teleporters, save points, worldmap with grass ect ect, none of this stuff is at the mapmaker that comes with the game.

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v0rtex2002 has Portal 2

26 Dec, 2023 @ 1:53am

BeeMod (aka Bee2) software gives the ability to add a large number of additional objects. It allows you to add and remove objects from the in-game palette, then you can export your new palette into the game.

https://github.com/BEEmod/BEE2.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVigWr1JoI

For the worldmap stuff, and a far more customizable map, you need to go into the Hammer editor. It is part of the Portal 2 Authoring Tools package. If you own Portal 2, then you also own the Authoring Tools. It has to be installed separately, and the Hammer editor has a fairly steep learning curve.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Level_Design_Introduction_(Portal_2)/Getting_Started

Last edited by v0rtex2002; 26 Dec, 2023 @ 2:33am

Sotj

26 Dec, 2023 @ 6:30am

Originally posted by v0rtex2002:
BeeMod (aka Bee2) software gives the ability to add a large number of additional objects. It allows you to add and remove objects from the in-game palette, then you can export your new palette into the game.

https://github.com/BEEmod/BEE2.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVigWr1JoI

For the worldmap stuff, and a far more customizable map, you need to go into the Hammer editor. It is part of the Portal 2 Authoring Tools package. If you own Portal 2, then you also own the Authoring Tools. It has to be installed separately, and the Hammer editor has a fairly steep learning curve.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Level_Design_Introduction_(Portal_2)/Getting_Started

Thanks I'll try it out.