Back in 2011 I had my first experience in 3D modeling. At that time I got inspired by power of modding on PC and decided to bring one of my favourite maps from Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare to Counter-Strike by modelling it from scratch. I found out that to accomplish that I needed to install Valve Hammer Editor and ZHLT Compiler to convert a map in a proper extension. 

 

VHE uses GoldScr engine resources to set all properties such as lighting and physics accordingly. 

 

All the textures were originally made by Valve and came with software if I remember it correctly. That was done on purpose so that all custom maps would have a similar look and would not visually stand out much from a default pack. 

 

The level was tested quite a few times during its development stage in order to keep correct proportions between a player and the map size itself. 

 

I also created 3 variations of the same map taking a reference from already existing modes:

 

awp_ (Only AWP sniper rifles are spawned)

fy_ (various guns are scattered around spawn areas) 

de_ (original plant and defuse type of mode) here I maintained plant spots from where they were in CoD 4.

11th of November 2011 was the date of creation according to file's properties.