[Video Tutorial] Making a 5 Control Point Map

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This video shows how you can make 5 control point (cp_granary/cp_well style) map using Valve's Hammer Editor. The settings I used for the points are pretty much the same ones Valve uses in their 5 control point maps with a few small alterations.

There's no sound in these videos at the moment as I don't have a descent mic. These clips are also more of a demonstration then an actual tutorial.

The videos are encoded using Adobe's Flash codec, if you can watch videos on youtube, you should be able to view this tutorial. Due to the limitations of flash, I had to split the tutorial into three segments. Let me know what you think.

Update
Valve has since changed some of the capture point settings since I made the second video. The notable one is "Warn on capture", it is now "Warning Type".

So instead of:
Warn on capture > Yes
for the final capture points, it's now
Warning Type > Final Capture Point Warning

And for the regular capture points, instead of:
Warn on capture > No
it's now
Warning Type > Normal Announcements

Be sure to view the Readme.txt before trying to open the videos.

Part 1: Creating the room and adding the required entities
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmdzykiy2gh

Part 2: Makinging the 5 control points
http://www.mediafire.com/?m64uemmlvpd

Part 3: Setting up forward spawn points and adding direction signs
http://www.mediafire.com/?ch1lpbek5dp


Note:
The key requirements for multiple working control points are the "team_control_point_master" entity, the "team_control_point" entities, and the "trigger_capture_area" entities.

The "team_control_point" entity's index setting is also important. No two "team_control_point" entities should share the same index number. A final capture points' "team_control_point" entity should have an index number set higher or lower then all other points. (ie, if your points had index numbers "0, 1, 2, 3, 4", "0" and "4" would be the final control points.)


A copy of the finished map's vmf is below.

[Queops]

I downloaded and it's understandable. Keep up the good work.

[Brandished]

I downloaded and it's understandable. Keep up the good work.

Thanks. Even as basic as the videos are, they still took me quite a bit of time to make.

[tedrock]

just curious why the info_player_start floating in the air?

[Brandished]

just curious why the info_player_start floating in the air?

When I make a map, I like to place all the game set-up entities in the center of the map near the top so they're easy to find. I throw the "info_player_start" in with them so I don't mistake it for an "info_player_teamspawn"or an "info_teleport_destination".

I still put an "info_player_start" in in all my maps out of habit so Hammer doesn't kick out any errors when I check for problems. Yes, I know the "info_player_start" isn't even necessary for multiplayer maps and they'll run find without it.

I blame Valve for not removing the error message. :P

[tedrock]

ah understood. i've never received an error for not having an info_player_start but i guess we test our maps differently.