readme_head.txt

Dear Half-Life Advanced Effects (HLAE) user,


You can retrieve the latest HLAE, infos, report bugs and post suggestions here:
https://www.advancedfx.org/


Epilepsy warning:
	
	This software will cause fast changing colors and images on your screen.

VAC warning:
	
	The HLAE tool is technically a hack, therefore you should use it for making
	movies / watching demos only. Joining VAC protected servers with HLAE might
	get you VAC banned.

Using HLAE:
	
	Extract all contents of this archive into a folder you like.
	You should not extract into the game's folder, this is not necessary.
	
	We suggest using Steam's Offline Mode.
	Please stick to the manuals and tutorials on the web for more information.


Disclaimer:
	
	Altered versions must be clearly marked as such and must not be
	misrepresented as being the original software.
	
	This software is for your enjoyment and you are using it at your own risk.


Sincerely,
your Half-Life Advanced Effects team.




Credits:

In addition to the mentions in the changelog we want to credit the following
people, companies, organizations and projects:

AlliedModders
	For csgo hl2sdk.
	https://alliedmods.net
	
Boa JS
	https://boajs.dev/
	
Detours
	https://github.com/Microsoft/Detours/
	License: ./LICENSES/Detours/LICENSE.MD

GitHub
	For hosting the downloads, homepage, wiki and source code repository.
	https://github.com/

GHIDRA
	https://ghidra-sre.org/

Industrial Light & Magic
	https://openexr.com/
	License: ./LICENES/OpenEXR/LICENSE

Microsoft
	For VC++, MSDN Library, ... .
	https://www.microsoft.com/
	
NASM
	For NASM.
	(Used by HLAE developers to build the injected loader code AfxHook.dat.)
	https://www.nasm.us/

RapidXml
	http://rapidxml.sourceforge.net/
	License: ./LICENSES/rapidxml/license.txt
	
Sebastien BLAISOT
	For wxl-po-tools.
	(Used by developers to build installer translations.
	https://github.com/sblaisot/wxl-po-tools

SharpDX
	For the SharpDX SDK
	(Used by HLAE developers to build the AfxHookSource shaders.)
	http://sharpdx.org/

Valve
	For various SDKs.
	https://www.valvesoftware.com/

Vitalii Tsilnyk
	For NGettext.
	https://github.com/VitaliiTsilnyk/NGettext

WiX Toolset
	For installer authoring software.
	https://wixtoolset.org/

advancedfx
	https://github.com/advancedfx/advancedfx
	License: ./LICENSES/advancedfx/LICENSE

easywsclient
	https://github.com/dhbaird/easywsclient
	License: ./LICENSES/easywsclient/COPYING

id Software
	For Quake 1 source code.
	https://www.idsoftware.com/

protobuf
	https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
	License: ./LICENSES/protobuf/LICENSE

steamdb.info
	For https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO
	which we used for the latest protobufs.

qspline CC0
	Thanks to James McEnnan for putting essential parts of qspline under the CC0
	license.
	http://qspline.sourceforge.net/
	https://sourceforge.net/projects/qspline-cc0

zLib
	https://zlib.net/
	License: ./LICENSES/zlib/README

And everyone that feels he/she/it should have been mentioned here.

Further licenses can be found in ./LICENSES folder.


Greetings:

You :)