L4D Beta Authoring Tools

[no00dylan]

Beta for the new Left 4 Dead SDK has been released!

Not only does it include the basic SDK tools such as Hammer, Model Viewer, and Face Poser, it includes a "tools mode" which has an icon that suggests this being used for making l4d videos. The SDK also offers plugins for Google's popular tool, Sketchup in which you can export your sketching in the form of a VMF or even an SMD.

[stoopdapoop]

huzzah!

[Lobstar]

Sweet i will totally start mapping in source again when the SDK is out. Cant wait

[whiffen]

I just creamed myself.

[srredfire]

Sweet i will totally start mapping in source again when the SDK is out. Cant wait

It is out you gimp, this is the SDK.

[ad_hominem]

Can't get hammer to work for me at the moment, just freezes up...

[Edit] I tell a lie, it's working now.

[whiffen]

Can't get hammer to work for me at the moment, just freezes up...

Takes a good 2-3 minutes to finish loading hammer for me so try waiting it out for a few minutes. A lot slower :d

[Megadude]

Now that there is a ready to use SDK, lets prepare for the "this my 1st map eva" orange coated monsters.

[Blade Nd64]

Hooray! Now I can release maps that aren't seedy, black market creations.

[Zipfinator]

DYLAN YOU'RE COVERING UP THE TF2 UPDATE!

I'm only mad because I still don't have L4D on computer so I still can't play with the SDK

[JakeB]

About the tools not working
Mike Durand:

We have an update to the game itself coming this evening that will address the tools mode issue.

And yes, you can make replacement content.

[nub]

I loaded the SDK, then tried loading Hammer, but I guess I didn't wait long enough.

I loaded the SDK later on, but it gave me "This game is currently not available."

Dammit. I want to make my house in L4D!

[Mr-Jigsaw]

Looks like someone needs to update the valve time page on the sdk docs. At least we didn't have to wait for armageddon.

And by replacement content, does that mean you can make custom zombies and survival models and force their use?

[Mess]

Those Zoo maps are very useful and inspiring

edit - a group of crows as prop_dynamic, very cool

[Naticus]

Just took a stroll through the vmf of No Mercy. All I have to say is HOLY CRAP!!!!! It looks like the hint/skip boomer blew up all over everything!!!