Jump Mapping Resource Megathread

[Exile]

Gonna start compiling a bunch of resources here since things are very scattered and it would be handy to have them all in one place. If anything is missing or might be useful to add just reply with a post and I'll update this over time.




Mapping tools

• Hammer++
  https://ficool2.github.io/HammerPlusPlus-Website/index.html
• Twister
  http://www.users.on.net/~imperialcarp/Twister/Twister.html
• Propper for tf2
  https://tf2maps.net/threads/guide-getting-propper-working-nowdays.38589/
• Pakrat
  https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/pakrat/
• VTFedit
  https://nemstools.github.io/pages/VTFLib-Download.html
• VIDE
  https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/vide/
• GCFscape
  https://nemstools.github.io/pages/GCFScape.html
• Ficool's FGD
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YofHSClop_GXylo73Cufu_kh0W4xByLs/view
  tf2maps thread:

  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  https://web.archive.org/web/20190722182232/https://tf2maps.net/threads/ficool2s-overhauled-fgd-all-entities-documentated-icons.38036/

Custom Stuff

• Gamebana
  https://gamebanana.com/mods/games/35
• Pant's Clean Dev Textures
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Nothing new and has probably been done before but here's some simple 128^2 dev textures I made because every custom 'dev' pack always just used the smaller grid size ones instead. The textures just remove the visible text on the texture (e.g. wall 128x128), whilst keeping the same colours as best as I could (importing from gfcscape slightly adjusted the tone which i corrected for).
  
  
  It includes the standard red/blue/orange/grey and a few of the shades of white (reflectivity x) plus some extra variations I made e.g. black, green etc.
  
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/bzor6ztjebtcxpj/pantsdev.zip?dl=0'
  
  Free to use if you put an exile style pair of pants in your maps ^{or make something explode in the map}
  
• ambientCG
  https://ambientcg.com/

Prefabs

• Tick Regen (only for health regen)
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Hello!
  
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/17GR95rpo-BcV2yzc26Q_dsZ4QCTAYiWn/view?usp=sharing
  
  This prefab gives tick health regen to demo without overhealing them, and also keep soldier at 900 health every tick.
  
  Ive seen too many maps lately that gives soldier overheal to 900 using a logic_timer wich also affects demo and makes the map 4 sticky spams. So I made this for the lazy boys.
  
  How to use:
  

  • Copy paste all entities in the prefab to your map
  • This includes 2 filter_tf_class, 2 logic_timer, 2 trigger_multiple
  • Put the filters and timers anywhere on the map, doesn't matter. Tho it's good habit to put them near spawn (:
  • Put both trigger_multiple around map spawn, so you spawn inside them
  • ...
  • Profit

  
  This will always work unless your map renames the player on a jump. Renaming is often use for anticheat teles. If your map does that, you will need to filter the trigger_multiple that renames the player o the class you're anticheating, and the name you will give NEEDS to start with either solly or demo depending on the class.
  
  For example, you make a sync jump and you dont want the player to be able to resync so you put a one way teleport using a trigger_multiple to rename soldier to pass the filter of the teleport.
  The trigger_multiple will need to be filter for "solly_filter" and the output would be something like:
  
  OnStartTouch / !activator / AddOutput / targetname solly_cheat
  
  You can rename them whatever you want as long as it always starts with solly.
  
  If you anticheat something for demo, same process, with the filter being "demo_filter" and the name always starting with demo
  
• Auto Edgebug Prefab
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Using Intrets' zero friction floors I made auto-edgebug replacements that work 100% of the time (as far as I can tell). They also work on auto-edgebug ramps like the one on Aigis C2.
  
  For normal auto-edgebugs, just put down the playerclip as normal and put the frictionless trigger on top of it (I'd put it at least 2 units high just in case you can bug the same way random bounces work)
  
  For auto-edgebug ramps you'll want to make an invisible staircase of playerclips on the ramp as if you put it straight on a ramp it gives you an inconsistent speed boost.
  
  Here's an example map using both:
  VMF
  BSP
  
  It's a bit jerky on ping, especially if you use a really tall trigger. I put my triggers ~8 units above the floor.
  
• Pant's Texture Timer
  https://jump.tf/forum/index.php?topic=2614.0
• Gorge's Soldier Rocket M2 Prefab
  https://jump.tf/forum/index.php/topic,3206.msg27226.html#msg27226

Tutorials/Guides

• TopHatWaffle's Tutorials
  https://www.tophattwaffle.com/tutorials/
• 3kliksphilip's Tutorials
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfwtcDG7LpxF7-uH_P9La76dgCMC_lfk3
• Tyjle's Jump Mapping Tutorial
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)
• Drexen's old Jump Mapping Guides
  http://backup.jump.tf/forums/forums.tf2jump.com/index.php/board%2c30.0.html
• Optimization guide
  https://www.interlopers.net/optimization/index.php?chapter=intro
• Freyja Displacement Tutorial
  https://tf2maps.net/threads/guide-displacements-basic-construction-part-1.24966/
  
• How To Repack Your Map (compressing it)
  https://tf2maps.net/threads/repacking-your-maps.24822/
• How To Unpack a Map (decompress it for decompiling)
  https://tf2maps.net/threads/how-to-unpack-maps.36083/
• How To Install An FGD
  https://gamebanana.com/tuts/7191
• How To Use Bspzip
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Compilers

• Compile Pal (compiles + autopacks custom files)
  https://github.com/ruarai/CompilePal
• VBCT
  https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/vbct/

Decompilers

• BSPsource
  https://github.com/ata4/bspsrc/releases
• VMEX
  https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/vmex/

Resource Packs

• Oatmeals Jump mapping Resource Pack
  
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  I have compiled a new reference map with loads of resources for jump mapping. It's partly based on Afterglow's Mapping Resource from 2012, which is a bit outdated at this point.
  
  Download:
  https://mega.nz/#!3dR30LIb!d9UPJXyTNhJkbcd28E7yqRhvH9zreIvpUmO1twelnIw
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9ewqq0s1i8f1q3/oatsjumpreference.zip?dl=0
  Edit: added new download since mega appears to be down
  
  Also comes with a compiled version so you can walk/no-clip around.
  
  What's inside:
  

  • various walk-off uncrouched bounces
  • various jump-off crouched bounces
  • Drexen's timer
  • doubles
  • triples
  • quad and quint
  • pre-made curved jurf ramps
  • nogrenade examples and sticky reflection
  • regen and overheal
  • momentum canceling teleport
  • button doors
  • capture points
  • launch pads
  • Afterglow's brush fonts

  
  
• Pear's Pack
  https://github.com/bakapear/jumpassets
• Boojum Snark's Resource Pack
  https://tf2maps.net/threads/ultimate-mapping-resource-pack.4674/

Documentation/Spreadsheets

• Bounce Spreadsheet
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fDCsUFRbWTHLFqzMT0xAZSFAardarSg6XPrTKt5AXhE/edit#gid=1649478861
• Useful Valve Dev Wiki Links
  https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page
  https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer_Hotkey_Reference
  https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/TF2/Team_Fortress_2_Mapper's_Reference
  https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_List

Other Useful Links

• Rjweekly Discord (has mapping channel where you can ask for help)
  https://discord.gg/3axeqk8stU
• TopHatWaffle's Resources
  https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/
• Tf2maps Website
  https://tf2maps.net/
• Interlopers compile log error checker
  http://www.interlopers.net/errors/

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[HyperDan]

Logic for jump_tombrady that bshear gave to me a year ago:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ddkx2pchcoip2uf/tombradylogic.vmf/file

[879m]

Valve dev wiki has documentation, tutorials and guides for pretty much everything hammer related.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page

Hotkey reference is super useful

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer_Hotkey_Reference

So is the tf2 mappers reference

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/TF2/Team_Fortress_2_Mapper's_Reference

If someone has a link to the ficool fgd that should be here too, I have no idea where to find it anymore.

Tophattwaffle for the og general mapping tutorials

https://www.tophattwaffle.com/tutorials/

Also a bunch of useful links on the dl page. RealWorldTextures1 and 2 are great.

https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/

[dipp]

https://web.archive.org/web/20190722182232/https://tf2maps.net/threads/ficool2s-overhauled-fgd-all-entities-documentated-icons.38036/
Here's a capture of ficool's FGD website, I really recommend using it for mapping.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YofHSClop_GXylo73Cufu_kh0W4xByLs/view
^Here's the download for the FGD, just slap it in your tf/custom folder.
https://gamebanana.com/tuts/7191
^Tutorial for installing the FGD.
Actually now that I think about it, you don't need this for Hammer++.

https://github.com/ata4/bspsrc/releases
bspsrc, a program that decompiles any map.

https://nemstools.github.io/
gcfscape, which you can use to extract textures from any map with custom textures.

A few more things to note, you can compress your map to make it smaller by following this guide: https://tf2maps.net/threads/repacking-your-maps.24822/

Also, if you can't decompile a map (because it is compressed), you need to uncompress it: https://tf2maps.net/threads/how-to-unpack-maps.36083/

tf2rjweekly has a discord with a mapping channel where you can ask all the jump mapping/general mapping questions you'll ever have.

Some other stuff:
https://jump.tf/forum/index.php/board,8.0.html
Jump mapping discussions on jump.tf, you can find a ton of prefabs here like consistent edgebugs, one way anti-telesync, phase walls, etc.

http://www.users.on.net/~imperialcarp/Twister/Twister.html
Can make twisting blocks and fun stuff in hammer with this generator.

tf2maps.net also has a ton of resources that you can use for mapping. They also have a discord where you can ask questions.

https://github.com/ruarai/CompilePal/releases/tag/v027
This one is kind of not needed since hammer++'s own compiler is pretty good, but you can still use this to compile maps. It's as good as hammer++'s (I think, I can be wrong) and it also can automatically pack custom textures (unless Hammer++ can do that already in which case ignore this).

[Exile]

added a bunch of stuff based on replies keep em coming

[hex]

u should replace the tick regen screenshot with this link to gorge's prefab instead since it filters by class to prevent 999hp demos on soldier maps

https://jump.tf/forum/index.php/topic,3205.0.html

[shakez]

3klikphilip's sdk tutorial playlist for general hammer stuff:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  https://youtube.com/playlist? list=PLfwtcDG7LpxF7-uH_P9La76dgCMC_lfk3  (remove the funny space)

something i use now and then to extract custom stuff like textures from a repacked map:
if you are using winrar and you are too lazy to unpack a map, you can just open the map in winrar (if you add .zip as suffix of the bsp file)



pants' clean dev textures might be useful for early stages of a map: https://jump.tf/forum/index.php/topic,2183
pants' timer: https://jump.tf/forum/index.php/topic,2614.0.html

[pear]

I've released a jump map asset pack on Github and might aswell share it here

https://github.com/bakapear/jumpassets

Features:
- 900 HP soldier (maxhealth, not overheal)
- Constant health regen (demo can still die from 3 stickies tho)
- Force player team to either RED or BLU
- Instant respawn
- Disabled specific sounds (pain / resupply / falldamage / etc.)
- Disabled specific particles (explosions & blood impact thing )
- Config file that sets server cvars (no random crits / no random spread / no autobalance / etc.)

Note: The tick regen is slightly different as it changes the max health attribute of the soldier to 900 instead of constantly overhealing to 900

[Exile]

update

[shakez]

update

you got the wrong copy&paste for the texture timer

[Bob Dynamit]

Pretty neat guide for displacements that helped me alot:
https://tf2maps.net/threads/guide-displacements-basic-construction-part-1.24966/
Not sure if its worthy of the list, but I thought Id pop it in here just in case 

[Bob Dynamit]

gamebanana also has a ton of custom textures and other stuff:
https://gamebanana.com/mods/games/35

[Exile]

added those 2 ^^

[Larry]

https://cc0textures.com/

[hex]