the "info_player_start" option not working...

[Xombi Qilla]

I'm creating my first map and I'm going through the tutorial. When I place the player start icon on the level, then compile it, the result is I'm floating somewhere under the map in limbo.

I tried moving the player start, but got the same results.

Finally, I compiled the map without the player start, I got the same result again, which lead me to believe that the program/map is not recognizing the "info_player_start" command.

has anyone else experienced this same problem?

[Rectus]

The info_player_start entity is not used in L4D2. If you create a nav mesh, the players will spawn in the areas you've marked with PLAYER_SPAWN. You can also use info_survivor_position to control where the survivors spawn.

[Xombi Qilla]

Thanks for the reply.

I'm still very much the newbie and am going through the tutorial that comes with Hammer.

I'm clueless as to what a nav mesh is, but in the documentation, it reads, "add a player start entity to test the map out. this will be where the player will spawn in a simple level".

it then tells me to select the entity tool. then to pick "info_player_start_ from teh objects drop down. finally to left-click on the floor to place the player_start.

it's then that I run the compiler. and I get the result I stated above.

As far as marking an area with PLAYER_SPAWN, I'm clueless as to how that is done.

[Xombi Qilla]

I figured it out. I wound up deleting the entire level and starting from scratch. That seemed to solve the problem.

there was something obviously wrong with the level, but I'm still too much of a newb to know exactly what it was.

thanks for the help anyway.

Cheers

[Rectus]

Making the navigation mesh and a marking areas on it comes later in the tutorial. It's made in-game to show where players and zombies can spawn and move.