Making maps in google Sketchup works

[Inspiration]

EDIT: It looks like you need to have Left 4 Dead already in order to get the authoring tool from what it says at the valve wiki. But I'm going to find another way to get it.

So have you found another way to get it? If so, could you share? Everywhere I've looked I get the message that I have to buy L4D.

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[Wedge]

1. Look in Left 4 Dead Authoring tools. There's a button right on the menu that says Sketchup Plugins.
2. If you have the Source SDK you can also find it in Steam\steamapps\USERNAME\sourcesdk\sketchup

You can find this all out if you use the valve developer community wiki. http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page

Also read this:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SketchUp_to_Hammer_Export_plugin

This will tell you how to draw in sketchup in order for it to export correctly.

Don't bother texturing everything, you'll redo it in torque constructor. Also get familiar with Quark (Quake Army Knife), you'll need to use it to import the .vmf file and export it as a .map for editing in torque constructor. Alternatively you can just texture and edit it in Quark and export it as a .dif from inside Quark.

[heedicalking]

I have no sketchup under source sdk folder. No authoring tools in tools section of steam either.

[Wedge]

The wiki says to try deleting and reinstalling the source sdk.

[MtnDew]

Bump.

[Wedge]

I found an ldraw import plugin. Hypothetically you will now be able to construct a building out of lego bricks and then import it as an interior.

http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/ldraw.rb

And you can find more plugins here:
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/en_sections.html

Sketchy physics is pretty cool.

[MtnDew]

Wedge, I need some help exporting.

I have all my groups correct, Simple boxes.

But, it's giving me this "Block Array" error when i import into hammer.

EDIT: Sign on msn D:

[Marcem]

Wedge, I need some help exporting.

I have all my groups correct, Simple boxes.

But, it's giving me this "Block Array" error when i import into hammer.

EDIT: Sign on msn D:

I may be able to help.

[Wedge]

He messaged me on Steam and we already got it sorted out. He had a couple of broken brushes.

[Marcem]

Ah.

[Spockticus]

I have Source SDK from TF2. Is the pluggin Windows only? And can I get Hammer from Source SDK?

[Wedge]

I have Source SDK from TF2. Is the pluggin Windows only? And can I get Hammer from Source SDK?

Hammer is in the Source SDK, but you don't really need it. The plugin is for sketchup and should run in both windows and mac versions.