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Clipping Vs. Carving

Cutting holes in things: which tool and why

Key Locked Door

Make a door that can only be opened with a key card

Basic Clipping

Using the 'Clipping' tool to cut holes

Respawning props - the hard way

How to make stuff respawn if the conventional ways fail.

'Shoot to open' door tutorial

Make a door open when shot

Level Changes in HL2

Getting it done despite the bugs

Elevators

Making a freight elevator with props

Dynamic Light

Introduction to the light_dynamic entity

Buttons

Make a button turn a light on and off

Tire Swing

A tutorial on how to create a tire swing with physics and constraints

Compiling Errors

A list of them, and solutions

Environmental effects

Sun, rain, dust and fog