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New Theme and E3

Okay so despite my promises of content two months ago I haven’t really posted anything. WordPress 3.0 came out very recently which gave me yet another excuse to update this site. The new default theme is fittingly titled “twenty ten” … Continue reading

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Creating Source Maps with SketchUp

Valve released the Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools recently, which included some plugins for Google SketchUp. In this video, I’ll show you the basics of exporting SketchUp geometry into the .VMF format. The plugins export generic VMF data, so it works with other Source games too. If you don’t have Left 4 Dead, you won’t have the Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools, so I’ve uploaded the SketchUp plugins for anyone who wants them for mapping in other source games:

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