winbsp Created 19 years ago2005-08-07 07:55:05 UTC by mustang67

i tried to decompile a BlueShift map to see how the alignment machine on xen was made and when I ran the map through winbsp i got the error message

"HL_LoadBSPFile: odd lump size GetLastError() = 0"

whats that supposed to mean

Blue Shift uses a modified version of the HL engine, not that you would notice, but the way how Blue Shift's BSP's are compiled is somehow different then compiling HL1 BSP's. Winbsp only works for HL1, and most mods, but doens't work with Blue Shift BSP files, since they are compiled in a different way.

Blue Shift was first made for the Sega Dreamcast after all.

so is there any way to decompile the maps?

Googled for it... No luck...

here i have it: http://www.spag.projektas.lt/files/winbspc.exe

What do ya mean? It's one of the best available decompilers. :

Did you even read the first posts?

WinBSP doesn't work with Blue Shift and the original poster already has it.

What do ya mean? It's one of the best available decompilers. :

Decompiling is "not cool". It's considered as stealing other's work. If you need to check some fancy entity setup, use RipEnt.

Besides, Bsp2Map is better.

Onslaught yes that allways happens with decompiles.
@jaardsi once i used bsp2Map, it decompiled very crappy.

You can't decompile good.

I know but winBSP decompiles much better.

Decompiling is evil, since it allows users to obtain WAD files that are integrated into the BSP.
It's not a "moral" feauture of decompilers, but it helped me once to recover some WAD I had deleted (but was part of my map, of course)

No, Blue-Shift is 100% HL compatible, you could probably map for it if you were sad enough. That is afaik.

"Besides, Bsp2Map is better."

Yep. Yay for Zipster!

No, Blue-Shift is 100% HL compatible, you could probably map for it if you were sad enough. That is afaik.

There is a SDK.

im not trying to map for it im only trying to figure out how they do all thoes complex but cool puzzles

ok now this doesnt make sense. I installed blue shift and opened it in the custome game list, but when I start a new game or hazard corse i get this error message

"could not link client.dll function HUD_Player Move"

Your client.dll is messed up... Re-instll half-life

No, Blue-Shift is not a mod. It is a seperate game. You need to be running the old, WON-ish version of it, you cannot execute it via Steam nor HL.

There is a reason they don't release it via Steam...

what's the reason?

im not running on steam... i dont even have it, i did but my online experience wasnt as enjoyable because im running on a 98k

what's the reason?

"Unlike the other PC versions of Half-Life, Blue Shift is not available through Valve's Steam system. Valve explained that Gearbox customized the Half-Life engine for Blue Shift, which resulted in it being incompatible with Steam"

mustang67: Maybe if you would describe what you're trying to archieve we could help you.

i was only trying to decompile a map so i could see how the puzzles are done

(ex. earlier this year i asked how to make that barrel puzzle where u push the barrel into the wires to compleat the circuit)

but now theres another problem....i uninstalled HL to reinstall it and i noticed that the cd had a scratch, i figured no big deal but the cd wont add a few files to my valve folder. im missing 3or 4 files in the gfx/shell folder. (like the first 4 in alpehbetical order) "note to self: keep sister and dog away from all computer equipment and cds."

Blueshift maps decompile like any other HL ones.