Paras Chadha

Valve Source

Friday, June 11, 2010

No, this is not a DIY for you home, but it is DIY for the Valve games using Valve’s Source SDK. Now you ask, what is Source and how do I get it. Well first let’s tell you what Source is not. Source is not…

  • Strictly Code Based
  • Impossible to pick up

Source is though…

  • Fun and relatively easy to use
  • A little bit of engineering skills (see below)
  • Both single and multiplayer maps

Source is included in most Valve games such as

  • Team Fortress 2
  • Half Life 2
  • Counter Strike Source
  • Portal
  • Day of Defeat

Now to get started on using Source I have packed everything you may need in your very own Source Tool Box

Your tool box has the following programs in it

  • VTF Edit (for custom textures)
  • Weapon Models (For editing textures of various things, may come with game)
  • Audacity (to edit audio files)
  • Tutorials on how to use everything
  • My very first map

Click Here for Source Toolbox

Now that you have that you should have all you need it is time to get building. Most of the time you will be building maps for multiplayer and not full blown mods. The two main games that feature player built maps are Counter Strike Source and Half Life 2 Deathmatch as well as Team Fortress 2 in close 3rd.

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