Links Valve's definitive guide is here . A nice set of tutorials here . Entity guide Navigation point helper guide . Notes CT/T spawn Insert entities "info_player_counterterrorist" or "info_player_terrorist". The number of entities you place is the max number of player spawn Valve suggests about 20 points per team 128 units apart Placing lights Do this in the end - debugging is harder with all those fancy lights Make sure they are not recessed into ceilings/walls - use the 3D camera view to place light. Do not name lights ( if you do you should know what you are doing ). Buy Zones/Bomb plant zones Select tools/toolstrigger for texture, make a block with this texture where you want the buy zone. Click "toEntity", select "func_buyzone" from the dropdown list. Set the appropriate team name from the drop down. For bomb zones, do the same first step, then select "func_bomb". Texture one face of