Community Guides

Guides made by various Source 2 communities, promoting mapping guidelines and sharing useful information amongst mappers.

In this section

• Using encoding.txt - How to use encoding.txt.
• (CS2) Blending 3D skybox water - How to seamlessly blend the main level water with water in the 3D skybox.
• Steam Audio pathing in older Source 2 games - Setting up (or disabling) Steam Audio pathing in older Source 2 games.
• Creating Animated Textures - How to create animated textures.
• light_environment in older Source 2 games - How to get Static and Dynamic lighting from the light_environment in older Source 2 Games.
• Creating env_cubemap_fog in older Source2 Games. - How to create an env_cubemap_fog in older Source 2 games.
• Detail Props for CS2 - Detail Props for CS2
• Creating and using overlays in SteamVR - How to create and use overlays in SteamVR.
• How to export blender geometry to Source 2. - Exporting blender geometry to Source 2.
• CS2 Looping music - How to prepare and place synchronized looping audio.
• Source 2 Zombie Escape (S2ZE) - Porting Guide