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Thanks, ill maybe use them once I make the next map,ill mentionyou as texture source ofc!
I have some christmas textures you can pick up form my MOD Bloody Christmas if you want. Always mentionned me as source 
MOD link
MOD link
Oh thanks a lot!
Tutorial: Retina Scanners and Other NPC-Only Locked Doors just finished writing a tutorial that explains more in detail how to do that second question
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-19 14:20:59 UTC
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348281
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348281
Hey thanks man you made me have more motivation making a new map even better one than the one i made now i know more about modding you deserved a sub from me if you have any other tips for me please tell loved your video it was simple and straightforward oh and if i need more help i'd gladly ask u seem like a nice guy
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-19 13:02:11 UTC
in Help How to make a train ride like at the start of the game Post #348280
in Help How to make a train ride like at the start of the game Post #348280
Use a func_tracktrain
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-19 12:50:55 UTC
in Help How to make a train ride like at the start of the game Post #348279
in Help How to make a train ride like at the start of the game Post #348279
Is there a way to do It?
Thanks for the fast reply
I know, which is why I started writing one a few days ago when helping someone in the Discord with the same thing
Interestingly I searched for a tutorial on the second and there's nothing. Like has nobody thought of writing it for the past 25 years? 😵
For the first: here's the entity guide page for the entity you'll use.
For a button that's only useable by a NPC, a trick is used where the button itself doesn't do anything (alternatively play a "no access" sound or sentence).
Instead a scripted_sequence is used. In a very basic setup, it uses the Search Radius key (value of roughly 100 units or so, depending on how far/near the monster needs to be before starting the sequence) and Target Monster set to the classname of the NPC you want to use (for example monster_scientist) and Move to Position set to Walk and Action Animation set to the sequence you want it to play (such as
Then you'll want the scripted_sequence's target to be whatever you want to be triggered when successfully unlocked by the NPC.
Of course it can be made more complicated by chaining multiple scripted_sequences or having the target of the unlocking sequence be a multi_manager that controls a chain of events to take place.
For a button that's only useable by a NPC, a trick is used where the button itself doesn't do anything (alternatively play a "no access" sound or sentence).
Instead a scripted_sequence is used. In a very basic setup, it uses the Search Radius key (value of roughly 100 units or so, depending on how far/near the monster needs to be before starting the sequence) and Target Monster set to the classname of the NPC you want to use (for example monster_scientist) and Move to Position set to Walk and Action Animation set to the sequence you want it to play (such as
retina for monster_scientist).Then you'll want the scripted_sequence's target to be whatever you want to be triggered when successfully unlocked by the NPC.
Of course it can be made more complicated by chaining multiple scripted_sequences or having the target of the unlocking sequence be a multi_manager that controls a chain of events to take place.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 23:00:44 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348274
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348274
Okay so it works perfectly now, the helmet now spawns and I can pick it up finally. Thanks for linking this to me I never would have known it existed otherwise, it's actually really good with the amount of features it provides. Thanks for all the help, I got a bit frustrated earlier but I still greatly appreciate it.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 21:17:33 UTC
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348273
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348273
Your mod directory should mimic the valve directory, but you only need to include files that you're actually replacing/using. You should add any custom models, sounds, etc to their respective folders. WAD files just go in the root directory.
Like so:
You do not need to copy over files from the valve/ directory if you're not replacing them. You also do not need to copy over cstrike/ files if you aren't using them.
Like so:
Steam/common/Half-Life/mymodname/mytextures.wadYou do not need to copy over files from the valve/ directory if you're not replacing them. You also do not need to copy over cstrike/ files if you aren't using them.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 20:16:23 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348272
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348272
Everyone in this forum seems very keen on suggesting modifying game code, the hardest modding task there is, at the first opportunity. If it's not a very specific problem, I can guarantee you that somebody's already done the hard work.
You said you wanted guard vest and helmet from Blue Shift? The Half-Life Featureful mod already has that: https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful
Here's the list of items added by the mod and you can see the ones you specifically needed is there: https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful/wiki/Items
Here's how to base your mod off of it: https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful/wiki/Base-the-mod-on-Featureful-SDK
For further help on using the featureful mod you'd have to turn to its main dev. He's usually reachable on TWHL's Discord.
You said you wanted guard vest and helmet from Blue Shift? The Half-Life Featureful mod already has that: https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful
Here's the list of items added by the mod and you can see the ones you specifically needed is there: https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful/wiki/Items
Here's how to base your mod off of it: https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful/wiki/Base-the-mod-on-Featureful-SDK
For further help on using the featureful mod you'd have to turn to its main dev. He's usually reachable on TWHL's Discord.
I have Two question here: the First One, Is how to make a button get used by pressing e, and the second how to make that button work only for NPC (in Scripted Sequences)
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 19:57:22 UTC
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348270
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348270
Yes i am using cs 1.6 assets like textures i made one of those launcher mods where u have to add a folder into the root directory of half lfie and then i'tll appear in steam library should i copy paste all of the files to my mod file?
and do you know what type of folders should i put there is it like wads or the folders like "models" or "resources"?
and do you know what type of folders should i put there is it like wads or the folders like "models" or "resources"?
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 19:08:00 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348269
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348269
Yeah visual studio doesn't like it. It's thrown up an error complaining about being unable to format ClangFormat or something I don't understand. Almost all of the code has red lines underneath it. I knew it wasn't that easy, I was right.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 19:01:35 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348268
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348268
So shall I just copy those over to the SDK I've decided to use? You'll have to excuse me, I'm very sceptical of the solution being that simple. I'll try that now.
Any tutorial for editing textures should be helpful, whether it's for map or model doesn't matter, it's the same format either way: 8BPP BMP with dimensions that are multiples of 16 up to 512x512.
The wiki and The303's guide should be plenty helpful for that.
For the actual recolouring you'll have to export the texture you want to edit using a model viewer like Solokiller's Half-Life Asset Manager and opening each weapon's viewmodel. Then you have to change the colour mode in your editor to RGB or similar (in GIMP it's Image -> Mode -> RGB) and then you're able to modify the colours freely without being limited to the palette. You can either use a tool to shift the hues (such as GIMP's Hue-Saturation) or paint the colour on a separate layer above with a colour/hue/etc blend mode. There are many ways one could go about this and looking up guides in a search engine for "<editor> recoloring" or something like that can be helpful if you've never done that before.
Afterwards just follow any guide to convert back to 8BPP BMP and use HLAM again to import the texture back to each viewmodel.
The wiki and The303's guide should be plenty helpful for that.
For the actual recolouring you'll have to export the texture you want to edit using a model viewer like Solokiller's Half-Life Asset Manager and opening each weapon's viewmodel. Then you have to change the colour mode in your editor to RGB or similar (in GIMP it's Image -> Mode -> RGB) and then you're able to modify the colours freely without being limited to the palette. You can either use a tool to shift the hues (such as GIMP's Hue-Saturation) or paint the colour on a separate layer above with a colour/hue/etc blend mode. There are many ways one could go about this and looking up guides in a search engine for "<editor> recoloring" or something like that can be helpful if you've never done that before.
Afterwards just follow any guide to convert back to 8BPP BMP and use HLAM again to import the texture back to each viewmodel.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 18:17:05 UTC
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348266
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348266
Let me try and get this straight. You are making a Half-Life map using CS1.6 assets? In that case, these will need to be copied to your valve/ directory (or your mod directory if you're making a mod).
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 17:10:20 UTC
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348265
in Mod_numforname bag.mdl not found half life 1 sdk Post #348265
Hello i've been making a map for half life 1 with jack hammer its almost near completion but i got a error when i died by using the command kill or starting an autosave.
ive tried to drag the bag.mdl into the valve model files because i thought it would find it that time but it didnt now i dont know what to do i have no idea why it occurs at first i thought maybe its because half life and cs 1.6 dont really go together when ur using the cs 1.6 textures from maps if anyone has an idea why it occurs please let me know i can put more further infortmation about the problem but i need help.
ive tried to drag the bag.mdl into the valve model files because i thought it would find it that time but it didnt now i dont know what to do i have no idea why it occurs at first i thought maybe its because half life and cs 1.6 dont really go together when ur using the cs 1.6 textures from maps if anyone has an idea why it occurs please let me know i can put more further infortmation about the problem but i need help.
yo ok so im kinda confused becuase i dont really know how to recolor the hev hand textures...
need help but i cant find any tutorial
need help but i cant find any tutorial
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 14:40:04 UTC
in Competition 42: Half-Life 25th Anniversary: Vanilla HLDM Post #348263
in Competition 42: Half-Life 25th Anniversary: Vanilla HLDM Post #348263
this layout should look pretty familiar to seasoned FPS veteransIt looks somewhat reminiscent of E1M1 but larger and linked up in different places.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 09:28:46 UTC
in Competition 42: Half-Life 25th Anniversary: Vanilla HLDM Post #348262
in Competition 42: Half-Life 25th Anniversary: Vanilla HLDM Post #348262
Hi, where do I actually make a submission?At the bottom of the competition brief, use the 'submit entry' form.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 07:44:08 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348261
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348261
The Unified SDK already has item_helmet and item_armorvest in it, in src/game/server/entities/items/items.cpp.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 06:01:55 UTC
in Competition 42: Half-Life 25th Anniversary: Vanilla HLDM Post #348260
in Competition 42: Half-Life 25th Anniversary: Vanilla HLDM Post #348260
Hi, where do I actually make a submission? Would I attach the .bsp file to a forum post, or DM the .bsp to one of the judges?
In the meantime, this layout should look pretty familiar to seasoned FPS veterans...
In the meantime, this layout should look pretty familiar to seasoned FPS veterans...
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-18 00:02:43 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348258
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348258
Okay so I got the most recent version of half life updated which should hopefully work. All I'm asking for is some more clarification. Please can you tell me the code I need to write or copy into items.cpp like you mentioned so I can get this to work? I don't plan on doing any more programming after this than is necessary. I know how to build a project and I know how to write lines of code I just need to know what to write.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 20:29:46 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348257
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348257
For the toolset read this section. The project is in a different version, hence the need to follow that section to set the correct version.
Note that you have to use Visual Studio 2019 or 2022 and use the Visual Studio Installer to install the required components.
Note that you have to use Visual Studio 2019 or 2022 and use the Visual Studio Installer to install the required components.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 16:52:46 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348256
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348256
So I tried removing the line that prints hello world into the console every time I load a map that I added ages ago so I can test if this whole endeavour will even work at all. For some reason, even after building it and replacing the old files in my mod folder, it still prints hello world, supposedly using some invisible code that I clearly don't know about. I decided to ignore it and download the unified SDK you recommended and I found some code that pertains to a "helmet" in the items.cpp file of that SDK, it's structured similarly to the code that adds the suit battery into the game but missing a few things and it could be unfinished. I'm wondering if all I have to do is just copy that code into the items.cpp of the project I'm using and that will be it, but I sincerely doubt that.
There's also something else, I went back to that tutorial and there's a part there that I don't really remember doing. It tells you to change the platform toolset to another version. The projects I had downloaded were using a different version to what was mentioned in the tutorial so when I tried changing it for each project, a lot of the code was made non functional and there were red and yellow blocks on each line which I assume is bad. Building the whole thing printed errors into the console so I decided to switch back to the platform toolset I was using before. It would really help if I could get some extra clarification on all this.
There's also something else, I went back to that tutorial and there's a part there that I don't really remember doing. It tells you to change the platform toolset to another version. The projects I had downloaded were using a different version to what was mentioned in the tutorial so when I tried changing it for each project, a lot of the code was made non functional and there were red and yellow blocks on each line which I assume is bad. Building the whole thing printed errors into the console so I decided to switch back to the platform toolset I was using before. It would really help if I could get some extra clarification on all this.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 15:51:37 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348255
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348255
Oh ok. I downloaded one of those projects ages ago for my mod, I can't remember which. I followed that tutorial to make it print hello world into the console. I'll try and figure it out and come back later with the result.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 13:24:56 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348254
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348254
The process of adding new entities requires editing the game code, we have guide for it here.
It's a bit more complicated process than adding them to the FGD, and you will need to compile those changes into the DLLs your mod will use (the guide does a great job at walking you through this).
In your case it'd be mostly be copying or inheriting from the CItemBattery class in
You can also check out Solokiller's Unified SDK which has Blue Shift (which has those entities in it) merged in with it. Just be aware it's still a work-in-progress project.
It's a bit more complicated process than adding them to the FGD, and you will need to compile those changes into the DLLs your mod will use (the guide does a great job at walking you through this).
In your case it'd be mostly be copying or inheriting from the CItemBattery class in
items.cpp.You can also check out Solokiller's Unified SDK which has Blue Shift (which has those entities in it) merged in with it. Just be aware it's still a work-in-progress project.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 12:36:53 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348253
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348253
Okay that makes sense. But how? And what code do I add? If I end up doing something mega stupid please don't be harsh because I'm not a programmer. If it helps I have access to the means to do it, I think. I followed a tutorial a while back but I'm still clueless.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 04:48:09 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348251
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348251
FGDs are just the restaurant menus. If you use BK's menu's at a Wendy's the cooks at Wendy's wouldn't know what a Triple Whopper is nor how to make them.
You need to add code for the actual entities themselves into your mod's codebase for your mod to start recognizing a Triple Whopper order.
You need to add code for the actual entities themselves into your mod's codebase for your mod to start recognizing a Triple Whopper order.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-17 02:30:30 UTC
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348250
in Trying to spawn an item from another game. Post #348250
I'm using an edited FGD file that allows me to add guard helmets and armour vests to my maps. The problem is, is that they won't spawn. Even putting them in an empty room totally unobstructed will not yield the desired result. I'm not an expert but what I did basically was add the lines at the bottom of the blue shift FGD to my own FGD which itself is copied from the original half life FGD. Is there something I'm missing? Please for the love of god don't tell me I have to go into the main game files, the ones labelled dll and stuff. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, my mod depends on this feature being available and fully functioning.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-16 23:53:21 UTC
in Can a scripted sequence involve also brushes? Post #348249
in Can a scripted sequence involve also brushes? Post #348249
What you described doesn't seem to require involvement from actual titular scripted_sequences. You just need multi_managers choreographing the triggering of other things in a precise manner.
But to cover both bases, model sequences do have a specific event that fires triggers, which you can rename entities to match and get triggered with. Refer to https://the303.org/tutorials/gold_qc.htm#A1, specifically at event #1003. This is how Barney at the reception desk of Sector C swivels on his chair back and forth. So to use it in your map, you can review the model's sequence in HLAM and look for event #1003 (or even add one yourself).
But to cover both bases, model sequences do have a specific event that fires triggers, which you can rename entities to match and get triggered with. Refer to https://the303.org/tutorials/gold_qc.htm#A1, specifically at event #1003. This is how Barney at the reception desk of Sector C swivels on his chair back and forth. So to use it in your map, you can review the model's sequence in HLAM and look for event #1003 (or even add one yourself).
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-16 20:36:37 UTC
in Can a scripted sequence involve also brushes? Post #348248
in Can a scripted sequence involve also brushes? Post #348248
And how do you make a tank broke in a Wall?
Is there a way to emit effect/particles like Sparks to make a broken Door?
Thanks!
You'd be hard pressed to find a .wad that specifically caters to Christmas theme unless you download a Christmas mod and use the included textures. Something like Santa's Revenge 1 and 2 or Christmas-Life. You'd have to credit the mod author if you used their textures though.
Cool! A Christmas map i Will try
I mean I searched the Internet, couldnt find any, just christmas Maps, and secondly I dont know how to make a wad, and even if I learnt it would take weeks, and I want to get the map out by 23rd, also the map is mostly done now its fine
What about searching on the Internet or, alternatively, downloading pictures and making the WAD yourself? By the way, it seems that this forum thread is dedicated to technical problems with GoldSource...
I want to make a Christmas map as my way of celebrating christmas with you guys, I have been on this site since last year ( made my account this december cause I need some help on the forums) are there any wad files for christmas textures?
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-14 11:06:50 UTC
in Any Room suggestions for a Black Mesa Map? Post #348240
in Any Room suggestions for a Black Mesa Map? Post #348240
He occasionally posts rambly thoughts on design and mapping on the Youtubuals. I found this one made me pay more attention to the design than I did when I played the map itself.
In terms of knowing where to start, it's often useful to start with realism until you get more comfortable taking creative risks. Go look at some hallways and reference photography. What would a laboratory have in its hallways? What purpose does the hallway serve? Where would the staff take a break? Can all this big heavy equipment get into a room without a loading door? Etc etc.
Once you're more comfortable with the tools, you can get much more creative and make choices without needing the references.
In terms of knowing where to start, it's often useful to start with realism until you get more comfortable taking creative risks. Go look at some hallways and reference photography. What would a laboratory have in its hallways? What purpose does the hallway serve? Where would the staff take a break? Can all this big heavy equipment get into a room without a loading door? Etc etc.
Once you're more comfortable with the tools, you can get much more creative and make choices without needing the references.
Posted 4 months ago2023-12-14 07:26:46 UTC
in Any Room suggestions for a Black Mesa Map? Post #348239
in Any Room suggestions for a Black Mesa Map? Post #348239
Urba, do you teach level design somewhere? Im trying to learn how to detail walls and stuff but I dont know where to start
Thank you. You're right. That's exactly what I did and almost immediately realized that the problem was only on my map with Parabot enabled. Which, by the way, I already wrote about earlier. Unfortunately, I can’t test it with real players. I don’t have my own server, since access to the network is via NAT. I naively believed that someone had already encountered a similar problem, so I’m asking the question here. Most likely I will have to roll back the work to a working state and start again, maybe this will help. In any case, thanks for your attention.
UPD(12/14/23) For those who may have this problem: Looks like the problem was with Parabot. So far Phineas Bot seems to be working fine)
UPD(12/14/23) For those who may have this problem: Looks like the problem was with Parabot. So far Phineas Bot seems to be working fine)
Okay so, this was not an issue experienced in HLDM, but experienced while running NGHL with Parabot and only when testing a specific custom map?
A little troubleshooting trick, which also helps when asking for help with issues, is to try to isolate away as many variables as possible.
Not doing this sort of variable isolation leads to making the wrong conclusions, such as saying the issue here is with HLDM, when you haven't tested without any plugins or mods or custom clients on vanilla maps.
A little troubleshooting trick, which also helps when asking for help with issues, is to try to isolate away as many variables as possible.
- If the issue appeared while testing a custom map, test it again on a stock map. If the issue remains, then you've isolated the map from the equation.
- Are you running any plugins/mods? Disable those any test again. Issue still there? Then it wasn't because of the plugins/mods.
- ...and so on.
Not doing this sort of variable isolation leads to making the wrong conclusions, such as saying the issue here is with HLDM, when you haven't tested without any plugins or mods or custom clients on vanilla maps.
I tried a couple of other clients, the problem is clearly not with them.
And of course I take the serverlist from where I took the client. there are a lot of games and everything works. But the glitch appears OFFLINE when I want to test the map with bots for such surprises. BUT without bots everything works as expected!
UPD: It’s not entirely clear at what point the failure occurred, since I spent some time painting unnecessary surfaces with the NULL texture, and trying to optimize the map, and it led to this...
And of course I take the serverlist from where I took the client. there are a lot of games and everything works. But the glitch appears OFFLINE when I want to test the map with bots for such surprises. BUT without bots everything works as expected!
UPD: It’s not entirely clear at what point the failure occurred, since I spent some time painting unnecessary surfaces with the NULL texture, and trying to optimize the map, and it led to this...
Only the client that ships with Half-Life itself is compatible with servers running Steam Half-Life. Any other client will have varying levels of compatibility, ranging from crashing on connect to strange bugs due to network protocol changes that causes the client to misinterpret information it receives from the server.
So if you're playing on Steam Half-Life servers, use the Steam Half-Life client only. The same goes for any other game or mod by the way, i've seen people try to mix HL updated dlls with vanilla HL which also doesn't work.
So if you're playing on Steam Half-Life servers, use the Steam Half-Life client only. The same goes for any other game or mod by the way, i've seen people try to mix HL updated dlls with vanilla HL which also doesn't work.
