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Vanilla HLDM Competition Results!

Unq • 1 month ago2024-03-18 21:11:16 UTC • 1 comment

Yay! The results are in for the Vanilla Half-Life Deathmatch Competition that we hosted in celebration of Half-Life's 25th Anniversary!

Congratulation to the winners, and thank you to all entrants! Some great maps were created for this competition!

See the full results here.

First Place: Core Critical by Hezus

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Names are for unlosers • 49 minutes ago2024-04-20 09:06:24 UTC • 0 replies

Not much to say, really. Would be extremely helpful when looking up entities while mapping.

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Names are for unlosers • 1 hour ago2024-04-20 08:06:10 UTC • 0 replies

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BEGINNER TO RESKINNING HALF-LIFE 1 MODELS?

Erty • 15 hours ago2024-04-19 18:28:41 UTC • 1 reply

Hi and welcome to TWHL! It's nice to see someone with passion for learning to mod HL 🙂

Textures, whether for models or for maps, are very similar in requirements and how they're made. You can follo...

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jacksonmoorests • 20 hours ago2024-04-19 13:31:45 UTC • 5 replies

Hey buddy, im also new to the scene. I created a halflife map once...about 22 years ago...on Worldcraft. So apparently its Hammer now. Lol way outta touch with this world now. But hey if you want to t...

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Pλsssey • 22 hours ago2024-04-19 11:45:20 UTC • 0 replies

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