#Hammer Tutorial #1 - The Basics

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lone kettle
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steam interface changes a bunch, and may make the "cogwheel" method outdated in ~3-5 years. I think just going with rightclick>manage>browse local files is the more succinct way to find hammer.

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or properties, local files, and then click Browse

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imo the ctrl+n hotkey to make a new hammer level isn't regularly used. prolly fine just to have it as a tooltip tho.

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it might be a good idea to explain how to bring up an entity's properties early; you can double click prop_static entities to bring up entity properties. it also works for all other point entities, and you can change an entity's class with the property window.

wind hemlock
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Thanks for the feedback!

lone kettle
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ye. you can also rightclick a brush face with the face edit window open to apply a texture. which you mention a few minutes later on, after you've hollowed the hallway out and describe a leak.

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I also see the alt+rightclick trick used around 12:36, and that you can copy-paste keyvalues from the light's brightness into brightnessHDR

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-1 -1 -1 -1 means copy the colors from Brightness ofc

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leak explained a second time 15:55 (eh, redundant but i'll pass)

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Overall I think planning out and rehearsing the topics you want to cover could make the quality of the video that much better; make a recording of those rehearsals so you can check where you might need to improve, revise, or re-record something.

rancid cairn
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OMG is it the real thrawn from Gmod :0

wind hemlock