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Entities show up as their actual 3D models, yeah by Rafiki 09/25/2009, 3:29pm PDT
Including player start markers. And there's a model browser in the editor when you're deciding which model to use.

The other additional steps for L4D are defining where it's ok for NPCs to walk and how to navigate the level. From what I've briefly read in the tutorial, you place some kind of marker in the level and, within a certain radius, it automatically tries to figure out where it's safe to walk, and then you can hand edit from there. For the navigation, you basically have to define where the start is, where the finish is, and the general path for how to get from one to the other so the bots don't get lost.

You can actually open up all the Valve levels for reference, but they're nuts. I haven't looked at them too deeply, but I opened them up just for a quick look and they're insane blobs of information. So it looks like I'll have to get real used to showing/hiding sections of map if I ever plan to make a playable level.
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HEY CUSTOM MAP MAKERS by Rafiki 09/18/2009, 9:05pm PDT NEW
    No by MC Such and Such 09/19/2009, 11:47am PDT NEW
    MAN, MAKING CUSTOM MAPS SUCKS by Rafiki 09/24/2009, 9:45am PDT NEW
        Level designers work pretty hard mostly. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/24/2009, 11:19am PDT NEW
            How the fuck could you forget about me? NT by Stevie "Kilcreek" Case 09/24/2009, 1:27pm PDT NEW
                I thought she was just a figurehead. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/24/2009, 1:39pm PDT NEW
                    Fuck YOU buddy. That swamp in Daikatana? I PUT IT THERE. NT by Stevie "Kilcreek" Case 09/24/2009, 1:43pm PDT NEW
                    I was SOME kind of head! ;) NT by Stevie "Kilcreek" Case 09/24/2009, 11:38pm PDT NEW
            Yeah, I knew what I was in for because I tried to make some Counterstrike maps by Rafiki 09/25/2009, 9:53am PDT NEW
                Well the HL2 one should make things a little easier. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/25/2009, 1:05pm PDT NEW
                    Hammer still sucks but most levels are mainly built using prefabs these days. NT by Gutsby 09/25/2009, 2:12pm PDT NEW
                        Pretty much this by Rafiki 09/25/2009, 3:00pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Pretty much this by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/25/2009, 3:11pm PDT NEW
                                Entities show up as their actual 3D models, yeah by Rafiki 09/25/2009, 3:29pm PDT NEW
 
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