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Valve

Developer & Publisher

Valve the company behind the games such as Half Life and Half Life 2 is located in Bellevue, Washington. They are a exciting and dynamic company well known for picking up mods as retail games and welcoming budding game designers to there head office for tours.

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How to make a prop in XSI for HL2

Apr 15, 2013 Basic props modelling 2 comments

How to construct a prop in XSI, texture it, export it & compile to .mdl format and put in-game!

UDK: Creating Modular Assets from a Texture Sheet

Mar 6, 2013 Mist of Stagnation Intermediate props modelling 4 comments

Tutorial that shows how to create modular assets very quickly using a texture sheet.

Creating a custom env_screenoverlay

Feb 24, 2013 Advanced textures 5 comments

This tutorial will show you how to create a image in Photoshop that can be overlaid onto the player's vision in Half-Life 2 + Episodes

How to modify weapon models

Feb 12, 2013 Basic skinning 1 comment

How to decompile a model, edit a QC file, instal xsi addon, use XSI Mod tool 7.5

Applying Decals

Jul 5, 2012 Valve Basic mapping/technical 3 comments

Step 1: Click on the apply decal tool (eighth one). Step 2: Go into your texture browser and type in this character here:{ and black and white pictures...

Basic Voice Acting & Edting Guide

May 20, 2011 Valve Basic voice acting 3 comments

Need help on how to voice act? Well this is a great tutorial for beginners who don't have studio quality microphones, but want to jump into the world...

Getting setup for Portal 2 mapping

Apr 21, 2011 Portal 2 Basic mapping/technical 47 comments

Get A head start before the offical sdk comes out. Shows you how to set up hammer to get cracking on those Portal 2 maps.

HD Video Tutorial - Smoothing Groups

Apr 10, 2011 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 4 comments

Learn how to use smoothing groups to eliminate hard shading where you don't want it.

HD Video Tutorial - Exporting Textures

Dec 19, 2010 Source Advanced mapping/technical 16 comments

Learn how to export a texture to the Source engine, the basic way.

HD Video Tutorial - NPC Animations 2

Dec 5, 2010 Source Advanced mapping/technical 6 comments

Learn almost all there is to learn about the scripted_sequence entity.

HD Video Tutorial - Face Poser 3: Lip Sync

Dec 4, 2010 Source Advanced mapping/technical 6 comments

Learn how to make an NPC talk in the Source engine.

HD Video Tutorial - Face Poser 2: Setup

Oct 13, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 6 comments

Learn how to setup Face Poser on Windows XP, Vista and 7 so that automatic lip sync works.

HD Video Tutorial - Lighting 2: Lightmaps

Aug 7, 2010 Source Basic mapping/technical 12 comments

Learn how to make your map look better and/or compile faster by changing the lightmap scale.

HD Video Tutorial - Optimization 3: Areaportals

Jul 9, 2010 Source Advanced mapping/technical 11 comments

Learn how to optimize your levels using areaportals.

HD Video Tutorial - Decompiling Maps

May 24, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 19 comments

Learn how to use GCFScape and VMEX to extract and decompile an official Valve map to bring it into Hammer.

HD Video Tutorial - Driving APC

May 7, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 6 comments

Learn how to create an APC that drives along a path in the Source engine.

HD Video Tutorial - Optimization 2: Hint & Skip

Apr 26, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 15 comments

Learn how to optimize your maps using the 'hint' and 'skip' textures to alter the leafs.

Switching Animations Between Models

Apr 22, 2010 Intermediate animation 12 comments

Learn how to implement HL2's Fast Zombie animations to the Citizen's model.

Setting Up Valve Hammer Editor

Mar 23, 2010 Basic starting a mod 44 comments

It took me a lot of time searching through the internet how to set up Hammer 3.5 and make it work flawlessly, and I never found a tutorial that had everything...

HD Video Tutorial - Monitors & Cameras

Mar 16, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 35 comments

Learn how to create a monitor that can show what a camera sees.

An Introduction To Dynamic Props

Mar 6, 2010 Half-Life 2 Intermediate mapping/technical 8 comments

This will teach you how to create a Combine Door open without using Complex Brush Work

How to make moving stairs

Feb 27, 2010 Half-Life 2 Basic mapping/technical 1 comment

Four easy steps to create moving stairs like in Portal.

HD Video Tutorial - Optimization 1: func_detail

Feb 8, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 9 comments

Learn the basics of optimization, learn about leafs and portals and how to keep their numbers down using func_detail to increase compilation speed.

HD Video Tutorial - Explosions

Feb 5, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 17 comments

Learn how to destroy a breakable wall with the help of a triggered explosion.

HD Video Tutorial - 3D Skybox

Jan 8, 2010 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 12 comments

Learn how to create a 3D skybox, you will also learn the basics of visGroups. A 3D skybox is used to create the illusion that the level is larger than...

L4D Mapping Tutorial

Jan 2, 2010 Basic mapping/technical 19 comments

In this tutorial we will learn how to make a small level and then build the level.

HD Video Tutorial - Moving Brushes

Dec 13, 2009 Source Intermediate mapping/technical 21 comments

Learn how to make a moving brush using the func_tracktrain and path_track entities together. This can be used to create trains, elevators, advanced doors...