Okay, okay.....I'm a noob to half life editing. There....I said it. Admission is the first step to recovery. However, I learn the absolute best, by doing. But, everytime I try to create a vehicle, I run into a dead end. I have searched high and low for some sort of tutorial, but those are few and far between, and the SDK help files use terms I am not familiar with nor am able to find an explaination of. SOOOO........

If anyone could possibly write a short tutorial on how to create the most base vehicle you can using the generic props_vehicle_driveable entity, I would be forever in your debt. I am fairly familiar with half-life 1 editing, I am no pro, but I can get around, fortunately for me, the first generation had a LOT of documentation by very helpful and knowledgeable people. Understandingly, given the relative newness of the game the documentation just isn't that prevalent, so I must resort for "asking" for help instead of making it on my own. All I need is the base requirements for getting an in game object to allow you to "get in and put around". I can use one of the files in SDK for figuring out wheels and stuff, I just need someone to help me get started.

Thanks

Ok Thanks guys, I appreciate the help. The reason I would like to do this is to create a driveable truck that you can place objects on the back of, i.e. the buggy, or one of the delightful shipping containers you can build in game. I thought, as a learning experience and as for a different side of half-life (all these goodies don't always have to include killing folks) I planned to build a life-sized model railroad, so to speak. Create a factory where you can load a shipping container on a truck, and drive the truck to a rail station, load the container on a flatbed, drive the train across country to a port, load it on a ship...etc. Mostly in order for me to learn how to build and plus a neat way to showcase everything that can be done with this engine. As I gain experience I can add more and more content to it. I'm building this just for me at the moment but if anyone finds it interesting and would like to offer help please let me know, I'll make sure you get a copy. (Or if you just want to play it when it's done )

Supersquid

IVE GOT YOUR ANSWER bwuhahaha ok ok ok its really cheep but VERY fun and im using DM so i dont kno if it'll work in SP so make a prop_vehicle airboat or jeep and name it now make brushes all around it and morph it into a car then make all those brushes func_physbox and set the parent to the jeep or airboat make sure u can have a door to enter and press e on the boat or jeep

oh another question i cant see jeeps in DM is that because i dont have the model files or everyone has that problem who knows maybe u guys do