Help with modding (first time) Created 1 year ago2022-11-08 17:05:01 UTC by CaptainQuirk26

I am creating a half-life mod for the first time, and I need to know how to network the files that I will distribute to make it appear as a stand-alone game (so that the base game it's installed into remains unaltered).

Hi! You put your files in a separate folder inside the Half-Life folder, and create a liblist.gam file and a maps folder, models folder and whatever else you want to mod and then you restart Steam so the mod will show up in the games list. See Tutorial: Setting up a Mod: Part 1 - Custom Game feature

There is an example mod here:

That's useful! Do I have to include the full folders or just the files I've modified?

Just a liblist.gam, the files you modify, and any new files you want to add

It won't load any maps. Do I have to include the mods folder, even if I want to use the original game's maps?

The multiplayer maps? Or SP? How do you try to load the maps? What does the folder structure look like? Are you launching the mod from the game list in Steam? Some info please

Do I have to include the mods folder

You don't have to do anything. But you should include the mod folder with your mod, the same way you should give someone a cup if you are trying to give them a cup of tea. If you just pour it into the air you'll have tea on the floor and they'll have to find their own cup and try to fill it with the floor tea and that can't be fun, can it? What are you trying to make? I assume it's not floor tea?

that was a typo, I meant the maps folder

The multiplayer maps? Or SP? How do you try to load the maps (New Game, Create Server, console, or command-line parameter)? What does the folder structure look like? Are you launching the mod from the game list in Steam?

Okay, I'm trying to use the base game's maps. Every time we tried to load a singleplayer map (we didn't try a multiplayer map) either through the console or the new game function, it failed. The folder structure is the same as in the tutorial I sent you, and yes, we were loading it from the game list in Steam.

What exact error message do you get in the console?