just creating a map

[neozero]

Okay sorry for noobing it up, but how do I run standalone maps in the half-life engine?

Everytime I try to run the .VMF files it says that it can't find either the Steam.dll file or the FileSystem_Steam.dll

I'm also working model entities (specifically NPCs), so could anyone give me some pointers on how to spawn custom entities? I'd like to do some testing.

 

[eediot]

I haven't looked into spawning custom entities, but to run a compiled map:

First compile it [Hit f9 in hammer], follow the prompts, then after it's done compiling [completed in x seconds] etc, go to where you compiled it to, grab the .bsp, and chuck it in your HL2 maps folder.

start up a game of HL2, type in console 'map test' where 'test' is your map name.