HL(NONSOURCEENGINE)SDK Created 17 years ago2006-09-25 07:49:48 UTC by DarkX

Hey people, I was wondering if someone could help me. I have been messing with the hammer editor since the year after HLgoty came out, and I have had the sdk for about a year now and still can't figure out how to use it. Could someone please help me figure out how to use the sdk or create a .exe that will run HLHammer maps.
Thanks,
Korrey D.

Uh, you don't use the Source SDK hammer to edit half-life maps. You use the old Valve Hammer Editor 3.4 (or 3.5 beta). Get that, then read all of our introduction tutorials.

Actually, the sdk consist of all the source code files which can be compiled into dll files (hl.dll, client.dll) No exe files are being created.

To compile the SDK, you need a C++ compiler, since the SDK is written in C++. Example C++ compiler are, Borland, an Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. Last one is probably the best choice, but it isn't free. Borland is.

Well I bought VBStudio6.0 enterprize which has VC++6.0 on it. But I have been editing "MAPS" with hammer, and have gotten sick of using the halflife system to load the maps I make, so I wanted to know if there's away to make a app.exe, any idea?

What the hell are you on about?

Do you want to make dll,s or maps?

Define app.exe, dude. Nobody's gonna understand your question.

a .exe, aka HL.exe, it's the run app for halflife and or any program, I was wondering if anyone knows how to make one that works like the halflife one.

Why would you want to do that...

The best you could make is a BSP Viewer. Google for it (Nem makes it, should be easy to find). It should give you an idea of what you can do.

Well, the idea was to actually make a game, not a mod. And in order to do that you would have to make a... a .exe. but thanks anyway.

To make a game, you would need the original source code for HL, which isn't included in the SDK. As such, it'd be impossible to create a game based on the HL engine, without paying for the rights to use the engine. Best you can do is a mod.