I'm Back... HL2 This Time... Created 17 years ago2007-03-17 17:58:19 UTC by NemoStein

Hello Everybody...

I've been away for a long time (almost an year) 'cause my PC was broken...
Now, with a new (and really better) PC I can start mapping again, this time, for HL2...
But I really don't know from "Where to Start".... :

The scene is:
I know (or knew) how to mapping in HL1... I have all the basics and maybe some advanced skills...
And reading the forum and tutorials I can get my way back...

But I need to know what to Download...

To HL1 I use Hammer (3.5) and ZHLT, and wanna know if the tools is the same...
If not, What I need, and (if possible) where to download??

Thank you all, TWHL, and I hope that I can start again counting with your help...

Welcome back.

You'll need the Source SDK, which you can download over Steam (Tools > Source SDK). This contains Hammer and a bunch of other tools.

Is there a source mapping starter guide anyone knows of? I don't, but figured one (even if its just written up here) would be good for him.

The official docs are always useful http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Level_Design

Thx people....
But, Ant... My tools tab of Steam have only 4 itens, all are Dedicated Servers...

There is another place/way to Download this??

Do you have any Source games, like for instance, HL2? If not, then I don't think the S:SDK is avalible for download

The source SDK should be there if you have any source game installed

Nothing yet....

I have HL2 and CS:S installed...
When I click in the link (steam://run/211) in IExplorer nothing happens.
In FireFox, I'm asked to start the software (Steam) and when I click in start, nothing happens too...

Erm...

Ok, that's weird. The Source SDK should be there if you own a Source game: I assume you own the games legally? If you don't, well, you're screwed.

Yeah.... It's legal....

However, the SDK don't appear in the tools tab, and the link to install does nothing...

I think I'll call to the Valve support... :

Does the winking mean that it... isn't... legal. Thats important...

Yeah, because if it isn't, and you decide to contact Valve...

Well you'll have to purchase the game because Valve will not help you if you have a pirated game. Nice username.

Stupid question, but is the game actually registered to Steam, or is it still the WON version....

There is no WON version of HL2 :

yes saw you were right.

stupid question.

Hey people... The problem was my OS....
I'm using dual boot, with WinXP x64 and x32...

In the 64bit windows I can't download the SDK...
In the 32, it works perfectly...

Somebody had the same problem?