• Fixed description text color not updating when changing the theme between Light and Dark
• Reworked command line interface to use verbs to select the decompiler strategy instead of an option to make it easier to see which options apply to which strategy. See README.md for more information
• Added more information about some features to README.md

// clip brushes don't stay in the drawing hull
if (contents == CONTENTS_CLIP)
{
    b->hulls[0].faces = NULL;
    b->contents = CONTENTS_SOLID;
}

void ClientPutInServer( edict_t *pEntity ) {
    const char* playername = STRING(pEntity->v.netname);
    char* modelname = g_engfuncs.pfnInfoKeyValue( g_engfuncs.pfnGetInfoKeyBuffer( pEntity ), "model" );
    char modelfile[256];
    snprintf(modelfile, sizeof(modelfile), "models/player/%s/%s.mdl", modelname, modelname);
    LOG_MESSAGE(PLID, "Player %s is using model %s", playername, modelname);
    if (fileExists( modelfile )) {
        LOG_MESSAGE(PLID, "Model %s is present on server", modelname);
        SAY(pEntity, "Your model is present on the server, it will be precached for the next round!");
        if (addPrecacheEntry( playername, modelname ))
            LOG_MESSAGE(PLID, "Added model %s to precache list", modelname);
        else
            LOG_MESSAGE(PLID, "Model %s will not be precached - reduntant or precache list is full", modelname);
    }
    else {
        LOG_MESSAGE(PLID, "Unable to precache due to FILE MISSING: %s!", modelfile);
        SAY(pEntity, "Your model is not present on the server, can't distribute for other players!");
    }
    RETURN_META(MRES_IGNORED);
}

#define SAY(pEntity, text) {\
    MESSAGE_BEGIN( MSG_ONE, GET_USER_MSG_ID(PLID, "SayText", NULL), NULL, pEntity );\
        WRITE_BYTE( ENTINDEX(pEntity) );\
        WRITE_STRING( text );\
    MESSAGE_END();\
}

bool fileExists(const char* path) {
    char fullpath[256];
    snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), "%s/%s", &gGamedir[0], path);
    return access(fullpath, R_OK) == 0;
}

MESS 1.2 has been released!

• MESS 1.2 downloads
• Check out the tutorials for example maps!

• Setup guide for J.A.C.K. & Hammer and setup guide for TrenchBroom - Read this to get started.
• Tutorials - Some tutorials that explain how to do things like covering terrain. I intend to write several more tutorials in the coming time.
• Configuration - Config files make it possible to create game-specific setups.
• Template entities - A set of entities that make complex things simple.
• Template behaviors - Scripts that automatically generate entities or apply bug workarounds.
• Macro entities - The workhorse entities of MESS that make the template instancing system work.
• Scripting - Use basic scripts for randomizing things, or write advanced scripts for generating levels.

• Added a template entity library (mtl_trigger_random, mtl_trigger_counter, cs_trigger_roundstart, and more).
• Added several template behaviors (target patterns, automatic multi_manager expansion, env_sprite angles fix, _tb_group support).
• Templates can now have multiple names, and macro entities can reference multiple templates.
• Macro entities can reference templates inside other maps.
• Geometry scaling along individual axis.
• Template properties now act as local variables.
• macro_brush now also copies point entities from the selected template.
• Several attribute-related scripting improvements (empty key removal, array keys, accessing parent entity attributes).
• Automatic merging of brush entities.
• Linux support (untested!).
• MScript has been improved - it now supports functional programming.
• Fixed that map files could not be read on certain systems, depending on culture settings.
• Fixed incorrect handling of jmf worldspawn entities, and unwanted origin attributes.
• Fixed that TrenchBroom map files could not be read (and vice versa).

• libopenal1
• qtbase5-dev

• Same entity with only slightly different game-specific stuff -> add info box with the game-specific info
• Same entity with very different game-specific stuff -> create new page with the game-specific info (new page called "entity_name (Game Name)")

1. On Linux, file names are case-sensitive, and if the user provides the model with a different case, my plugin doesn't find it. Not sure if the engine is prepared to look up files case-insensitively, but it leads to another problem: I use the access() system call to check for the existence of files and it is obviously not a good idea. Once, it completely bypasses the engine, so even if the engine has a solution to look up files case-insensitively, I don't utilize that. Moreover, it makes the code platform-dependent, as it won't compile on Windows. I know there is an engine callback, LoadFileForMe, but I don't want to load the model files at that point, just check for their existence. I also don't know the lifetime of the buffer returned by this function, is the engine smart enough to not load this file again when it is precached the next round, or would I waste memory, how to ask the engine to free it if I need to.
2. The plugin is supposed to inform players whether the server has their player model. The problem is that the message is sent when the player has not yet fully entered the game, so it's not shown to them. When I was experimenting with this feature, I found like 3 methods to send messages to the player, and the maximum I could achieve is that the message appeared on the console, which is easy to miss. I somehow need to delay the sending of the message, but I don't know how to approach this problem. Somehow I should set up a timer.
3. Currently I allocate my own buffer for storing strings because I'm afraid ALLOC_STRING() would redundantly allocate the same strings for the same player models over time and I don't know when these strings get freed. So I felt like this is the only way to control the lifetimes of these strings, but I'm curious for better ideas.

• Crowbar only (with a few map iterations to remove the impossibility of making it happen - i.e. removing the mines in c2a4c and c2a4e and removing the explosive crates in c2a4g).
• 9mm only (with iterations at c1a1 to make the doors open without having to break the glass)
• 1hp mode (with iteration to c1a0d to remove the HEV suit, easy since .rmf is included in SDK)
• Adding Hardcore skill (4th skill - realistic damage to player/monsters + slow when injured).
• Realistic mode (counter-strike mechanism for weapons (1 side, 1 main, 1 melee, 1 explosive, with G to drop/change) + hardcore skill)
• Permadeath mode (no save allowed, exit when dead, default skills + hardcore)

Half-Life Asset Manager V2 Release Candidate 1 released

• Added OpenGL debug logging (debug builds only)
• Removed obsolete sequence group filename correction and saving behavior (no longer used)
• Replaced stringstream uses with fmtlib
• Updated vcpkg to latest version, updated dependencies to latest versions:
  • fmtlib: 9.0.0 => 10.1.1
  • spdlog: 1.11.0 => 1.12.0
  • OpenAL-Soft: 1.22.2 => 1.23.1
• Reworked filesystem absolute path resolution to no longer search relative to the program install location
• Implemented case-insensitive filesystem lookup to allow files to be loaded even if the filename case differs on Linux
• Rewrote model loading to make error messages more accurate
• Added option to mute program when it is in the background
• Fixed minor issue in Options dialog page remembering behavior
• Moved Take Screenshot action to Video menu, now usable using F10 shortcut
• Reworked fullscreen mode to use the main window instead of a separate window
• Ensured keyboard shortcuts still work in fullscreen mode
• Escape no longer closes fullscreen mode, F11 now toggles the mode

void UTIL_HudMessage( CBaseEntity *pEntity, const hudtextparms_t &textparms, const char *pMessage )
{
    if ( !pEntity || !pEntity->IsNetClient() )
        return;

    MESSAGE_BEGIN( MSG_ONE, SVC_TEMPENTITY, NULL, pEntity->edict() );
        WRITE_BYTE( TE_TEXTMESSAGE );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.channel & 0xFF );

        WRITE_SHORT( FixedSigned16( textparms.x, 1<<13 ) );
        WRITE_SHORT( FixedSigned16( textparms.y, 1<<13 ) );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.effect );

        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.r1 );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.g1 );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.b1 );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.a1 );

        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.r2 );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.g2 );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.b2 );
        WRITE_BYTE( textparms.a2 );

        WRITE_SHORT( FixedUnsigned16( textparms.fadeinTime, 1<<8 ) );
        WRITE_SHORT( FixedUnsigned16( textparms.fadeoutTime, 1<<8 ) );
        WRITE_SHORT( FixedUnsigned16( textparms.holdTime, 1<<8 ) );

        WRITE_SHORT( textparms.fontSize ); // my code

        if ( textparms.effect == 2 )
            WRITE_SHORT( FixedUnsigned16( textparms.fxTime, 1<<8 ) );

        if ( strlen( pMessage ) < 512 )
        {
            WRITE_STRING( pMessage );
        }
        else
        {
            char tmp[512];
            strncpy( tmp, pMessage, 511 );
            tmp[511] = 0;
            WRITE_STRING( tmp );
        }
    MESSAGE_END();
}

At the very least, as long as the triggers exists in the BSP you should be able to read their data using Ripent or a viewer like BspGuy, but they should also show up when using a decompiler.
You said you already tried decompiling and using a viewer. Which were they? Did any entities show up or was it just the trigger that didn't show up?