
It is important to note here that this tutorial assumes you already have a navigation mesh generated for your map.

Start a private server, load up your map and activate sv_cheats 1. Setting these locations up isn't especially difficult once you get your head around it, but it can be quite time consuming so go and make yourself a cup of coffee, grab a bun and get prepared to put in some effort.įirstly, like cubemaps and bot navigation meshes, this part of the mapping process is done in the game engine. Something Counter-Strike does to assist with making a map feel more like a real location is allow level designers like us to give seperate areas in the map place names or "nav locations." These are the little names which appear below the radar, next to a teammate's voice comm or chat message and most fun of all - what bots will shout about.

Even if you've created a 31st century spaceship made entirely from transparent goo technology, it should ideally still come across as a believable location.

As we all know, a believable setting for a map is extremely important.
