In this opening chapter of Source Level Design we discuss topics to be covered as well as installing and opening the SDK (Source Development Kit).

This is the introduction to the Left 4 Dead mapping tutorial. In this first chapter you will download the programs and copy over the support files that are required to start your project.

To begin, we'll discuss what will be learned in this tutorial and what we need to do to get started.

We begin by discussing what will be learned in the following tutorial.

In this module you'll learn all about vehicle scripts in the Source engine. What their values do, how to change them, what results you want and what you can do if just scripting isn't enough.

A detailed overview of what will be learned in the following chapters.

To get started designing and integrating your characters into Half Life 2, you'll need to download Steam and the Source SDK and set up your project files.

Download and familiarize yourself with multiple programs used in custom character creation.

In this video Ross Scott will introduce himself and talk about what will be taught in the following tutorial.

In this first section we'll discuss the topics that will be learned in the following tutorial.