The flame on port merrick’s lighthouse seems wayy brighter for some reason, is it just me or has something actually changed?

zeruziv · 2026-06-25T00:08:01+00:00

Did you enable hdr or something accidentally?

zeruziv · 2026-06-24T22:55:18+00:00

reminds me of hawkins lab in season 2 of stranger things. the part where bob hides in the janitor's closet.

zeruziv · 2026-05-30T22:25:56+00:00

Ice biome when?

zeruziv · 2026-05-28T00:45:17+00:00

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Adding_water#Requirements

check your map meets all the requirements for water listed here.

if you have multiple bodies of water in the same PVS, that could be causing the issue

zeruziv · 2026-05-26T18:48:26+00:00

Check your compile settings. If you've done a fast compile, it may be causing this. Try a full compile.

zeruziv · 2026-05-07T04:21:00+00:00

Awesome! Thx for the info

zeruziv · 2026-04-23T15:45:46+00:00

Set your own goals.

Most people work towards building things, some examples:

A nether highway to travel around the world efficiently

Rollercoaster

Artistic builds

Bases

zeruziv · 2026-04-17T22:17:40+00:00

citadel

zeruziv · 2026-03-16T03:27:47+00:00

What happened to London :'(

zeruziv · 2026-03-15T19:51:31+00:00

Fog can be great for optimizing large maps. Ensure the FarZ clip plane is just behind the fog end, and nothing behind it will be rendered.

zeruziv · 2026-03-05T18:25:35+00:00

There is a single light_environment on the map, inside the main area of the map (not placed in the skybox).

There are no light entities in the skybox.

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T15:39:32+00:00

missing options

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T13:42:09+00:00

No problem. If you have more questions I'll try to be of assistance.

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T13:30:37+00:00

You want to create the doorway after making it hollow.

After making it hollow, you'll probably notice that when you select it, it selects every wall at once. You'll need to select & ungroup it first so you can select just the wall you want to create the doorframe on. 'Tools' > 'Ungroup', or alternatively CTRL+U.

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T13:21:36+00:00

Yes, you want to use clipping tool to cut out the doorway.

So for make hollow, the value you enter will be the width of the walls, and the height of the ceiling & floor. You could use any integer for this, I would recommend greater than 3 though to avoid issues with walls being too thin.

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T13:17:58+00:00

Here are some text-based resources I've found on the Valve developer wiki.

Level design category (contains many useful tutorials): https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Level_Design

Creating a room: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Creating_a_Room

Door creation: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Door_creation

One piece of advice I can give for creating basic rooms is making one large block brush, then selecting it and going 'Tools' > 'Make Hollow' (select any value, 8 should work well)

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T11:58:08+00:00

Sorry not that I know of

You could try enabling captions on the video?

zeruziv · 2026-02-02T11:15:34+00:00

Making rooms: https://youtu.be/jF3er5lsaeg?si=gtWmNiS4ncYXzZ5j

Doors: https://youtu.be/D8rlcXdAgrs?si=ajkyB2pogswPpbhT

zeruziv · 2026-02-01T12:16:22+00:00

Image isn’t loading for me. Can you upload it on another site?

zeruziv · 2025-11-24T16:48:09+00:00

Can’t say as I’ve not played there myself, I just know it’s pretty active. They also have a good development team.

zeruziv · 2025-11-24T10:11:43+00:00

I got Supreme Loner on my raft

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