This maybe a newb question....but is there anyway to access and modify a custom map of my own design from two separate computers in the same house on same network through steam or radiant. Essentially want to build a custom map with a buddy on two separate computers.

Thanks in advance

Well your not going to access it at the same time, so you could just pass it back and forth. You don't need steam running to use radiant. You can actually open the launcher without opening steam. You just can't run the map.

With that being said you have to decide if you want to pass the map back and forth and each of you create the same setup on your pcs, or use one of the pcs and remote into it... which prob wouldn't be good idea.

Personally I would do the same thing I do when people are 1000s of miles away. Each make the same new map. Setup the main map in a fashion where you both have your own prefab within the map and try to stay away from each other and communicate. Make sure all your files match to start. Pass your prefab to them, and get theirs occasionally as you develop more and more. Some one should be in charge of meshing it all together.


Edit: dont reinsert the prefab, just saving over it with the update one will update your main map and with f9, you can see it all come together even when working your own prefab.

Some suggest using layers, if that works better for you.

Tank you for the response...is there anyway to forward a map I have already been working on so they would already have a copy...or would we just have to start fresh

Tank you for the response...is there anyway to forward a map I have already been working on so they would already have a copy...or would we just have to start fresh

Sure, you can just send it to him. It should just work if you send him the usermaps/mapname folder and the map_source/zm/mapname.map file.

If for some reason that doesn't work, just have them make a map with the same name, then copy your files in.

If there are any custom sa files or models, you can use my packer tool to collect them and send them too.

Got it....thank bro🖒

You could try using dropbox with the .map file. It's what I used to work on a map together with someone else for Counter-Strike, not sure if it'll work with Radiant however.

Or simply use Google Drive. Create a shared folder. Download Google Drive on both computers and login with the same account and just make a mklink /j in the map folder to the Google Drive shared folder location.