Cannot get .wad file for CS on steam Created 18 years ago2005-12-26 23:58:59 UTC by Xyos212

I searched the forums for any question related to this, but found nothing. I need the CS .wad file for its map textures. Steam doe snot show the .wad files for CS. How do I obtain it, and if I cannot, where can I download it?

Nem's GCFScape 130 Full
^ this is the prog you need.

http://www.slackiller.com/hlprograms.htm
^Get it on this page.
You can also get this address on the links page for TWHL located on the left of this window.
The problem you have is that the guys over at valve thought it would be cute to recently start putting all the files for HL & CS etc. into a special brand of archive file called a GCF file.
My guess is that using these files allows easier mechanics for the new "check resource file integrity" tool in the STEAM prog.
Unfortunately, this method makes it damn near impossible to access stock HL/CS textures, sounds, sprites, etc. without an external tool.
Fortunately, A tool has been made. I have yet to experiment with this tool because I have just recently encountered this problem.

It works, you can extract the WAD and explore it using Wally.

Or you can get Jed's HLMV 1.3 that can open GCFs too and view textures as BMP files. Get it here