[Test Maps] source

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Tools

• Level Editor(s):
  • Hammer
  • Hammer++ (2013 SP) [UNTESTED]
• Compiler(s):
  • vbsp, vvis, vrad, vbspinfo (must be from a specific game)

Documentation / Guides

• Valve Developer Community: Half-Life 2 Level Creation

Maps

• Basic room with spawnpoint & lighting
  • Entry in sources.txt crediting mapper / contributor
  • Compiled
  • .bsp.info.txt file with compile log / bspinfo
  • Can be launched in-game (no crash, fully lit & textured etc.)

Active Mods / Modding Community (Optional)

• Valve Developer Community
• ModDB: Mapbase
• Map Labs (Discord)
• Valve Modding Community (Discord)

[snake-biscuits]

Billie Blueberry on Youtube: Xbox Half-Life 2 - Lighting working and new custom map

Might be relevant to #60

Tools: https://github.com/smb123w64gb/source-sdk-2005-xbox

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someone in the Xbox360 Source Modding Discord mentioned needing the SiN: Episodes SDK¹² to compile v19 maps
attempting to install the SDK² w/ steam fails "no licenses"

Footnotes

1. VDC: SiN Episodes Level Creation ↩

2. VDC: SiN Episodes SDK ↩ ↩²

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someone in the Xbox360 Source Modding Discord mentioned needing the SiN: Episodes SDK to compile v19 maps

The tools in steamapps/common/half-life 2/bin compile valve.orange_box maps (w/ v6 sprp)
Probably because all the games use the same hl2.exe & Episode 2 is on the Orange Box branch
Maintaining separate versions for each branch doesn't make much sense

Finding tools will be important troika.vampire, since valve.source is it's closest relative:

• [Test Maps] vampire #54