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.