Correction, HL SDK 2.3 Source, it's here
http://metamod.sourceforge.net/files/sdk/

----- Original Message ----
From: Peter Enerccio <[email protected]>
To: Discussion of Half-Life Mapping <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:16:39 AM
Subject: Re: [hlmappers] Mapping tools for HL1

Free, no, you have copyrighted resources used in game.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Alfonso Arbona <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wait, Valve released the source code of HL1?
> Where can i find it?
> Does it have some kind of copyright?
> And, if they released the source code, does it mean that HL1 is now free?
> I'd like to see how that stuff works.
>
> Brandished escribió:
>> The old Hammer (3.4, 3.5) is used for GoldSrc (HL1, CS, DOD) mapping.  The 
>> current version distributed over Steam supposedly can be used for GoldSrc 
>> mapping, but it doesn't always work quite right, eg while it can open RMF 
>> files, MAP files general don't load correctly.
>>
>> As for distributing the old HL1 stuff, it's somewhat iffy.  Uploading the 
>> old Valve game EXEs, WADs, BSPs, and models might not be a good idea, but 
>> any custom WADs and BSPs should be fine.  There's still a ton of HL1 mapping 
>> stuff hosted on FileFront as well, for example, if you search for "hammer 
>> editor", the first result is a big zip file full of stuff.
>>
>> There's also some info on the old games at the VDC as well.
>>
>> I'm not positive about the HL1 stuff being off limits, Valve did release the 
>> source code for HL1 some time ago, but I'd email one of the Valve guys (not 
>> Gabe, but maybe Robin Walker, Jeff Lane, Erik Johnson, etc) if you wanted to 
>> know for sure.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: tom <[email protected]>
>> To: Discussion of Half-Life Mapping <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:33:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [hlmappers] Mapping tools for HL1
>>
>> Just out of ignorance....  I have not mapped in a few years but I keep
>> in touch with HL.
>> why is the old v3.5 still be used...?
>> Is there a current Hammer available to map....
>> would not a newer version, If any,  be better?...... or are the new maps
>> that complicated now....?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Ook wrote:
>>
>>> I just noticed this was the hlmappers list, not the hlds list - I thought
>>> the hlmappers list was dead dead dead.
>>>
>>> OMG, they took down the verc! I guess the good old days are dead and then
>>> some. You used to be able to find all of that stuff at
>>> valv-erc, but that and the verc collective are
>>> currently down. The Wayback machine has some of the old
>>> stuff on it, but I don't think they host the downloads. Chatbear should
>>> still have all of the forum posts on it - you might be able to get a lot of
>>> that stuff before it also goes away.
>>>
>>> I still have my entire HL1 non-Steam mapping setup, Hammer, Zoners, wads up
>>> the yin-yang, various utilities, the whole nine yeards, and it all still
>>> works. When Steam came along, I retained my original HL1 directories in
>>> their original condition, untouched. I have about 6GB of stuff in them, plus
>>> another 1.5GB of wads. All of the original HL1, OP4, Blue-Shift, Cold-Ice,
>>> the original cstrike, all of that good stuff.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure how much of this stuff I can legally distribute. I have it if
>>> you want it, anyone want to comment on what I can legally put up for others
>>> to download, or maybe just burn on a DVD and mail it to someone?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "webluke mapping" <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 4:22 PM
>>> Subject: [hlmappers] Mapping tools for HL1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well I had the urge to map this weekend only to come to a wall, a few
>>>> months
>>>> back I lost all my mapping files and tools when I formatted the wrong
>>>> drive
>>>> (WOOPS). So I was looking for Valve Hammer 3.5 and all only to get form
>>>> posts that are from 2004 or later and dead links to old mapping sites and
>>>> domains that don't go any ware any longer. So I finally found a few tool
>>>> packs from 2004 that have all the old tools in them and some I never use.
>>>>
>>>> So this got me to think I should try and do some kind of hosting of this
>>>> old
>>>> stuff before it dies, and since I don't take old sites down if at all
>>>> possible lol I was thinking to do something with these files and
>>>> tutorials.
>>>> So ill be trying to get this out more when I have a system worked out, but
>>>> if you find this please send me any files or tutorials in email to me at
>>>> mapping (at) webluke (dot) net [do some human thinking to get that email
>>>> right hehe].
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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