Scroll down untill you see Counter-Strike: Global Offensive SDK. In Steam, click over to Library and under All Games, use the drop down menu and select Tools.
Once you have the game, we can install CS:GO SDK. The game needs to initialize so when you run the editor everything goes smoothly. This allows everything to be loaded on your computer. Important: Launch the game and play it for a minute or two. Install the game once you have it purchased. Here is the direct link to the game on Steam's website. Simply do a search for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive through steam and purchase the game. Run it to install after the download.ĬOPY OF THE COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVEĪfter you have installed Steam, you need a copy of the game bought from Steam. Note: CS:GO SDK is only available for PC.ĭownload Steam from Valve's Steam website. CS:GO SDK (Software Development Kit) downloaded from Steam.In order to access CS:GO SDK Hammer World Editor you need 3 things: We'll go through few extra steps to properly set up the editor so everything works when we launch it.
In this first tutorial we'll cover how to download, install and launch Hammer World Editor for CS:GO. One thing you'll need to do before launching the level editorīelow you will find the links to all the tutorials within the basics beginner series.
The layout, pacing, timing of objectives and choke points. But playing one of the best online shooters, did make me very perceptive at multiplayer team based level design.
I didn't get much mapping done for Counter-Strike. I've spend considerable amount of time in early 2000's playing Counter-Strike 1.3 - 1.6. Counter-Strike series has always been one of those games for me, that set me on the path to level design.