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== Getting started ==
== Installation ==


* '''[[SDK Installation|How and where do I install the SDK?]]'''
* [[SDK Installation|How do I get and install Source SDK?]]
* [[Games Supported By The Source SDK|What games are supported?]]
* [[Games Supported By The Source SDK|What games does Source SDK support?]]
* [[Refresh SDK Content|What does refreshing the SDK's content mean?]]
* [[Games Supported By The Source SDK|Can I use Source SDK to edit Half-Life 1 content?]]
* [[The Game Directory|What is meant by "Game Directory"?]]
* [[SDK versions|What is the difference between "Source SDK" and "Source SDK Base"?]]
* [[Gameinfo.txt|How can I make my own game configuration?]]
* [[Cleanly_reinstalling_Steam|How do I do a manual uninstall of Steam?]]
* [[Source SDK Files and Directory Structure|How are the Source SDK files and directories structured?]]
* [[64-bit mode with Source SDK|Using the SDK on 64-bit computers]]
<!-- what's this even supposed to mean? * [[SDK versions|What is the difference between the "Source SDK" and the "Source SDK Base" listed on Steam's Tools page?]]-->


== Troubleshooting ==
== General SDK troubleshooting  ==
* [[Faq_morehelp|Where can I go for more help?]]
* [[Faq_morehelp|I'm experiencing constant, strange problems not covered elsewhere in this FAQ.]]
* [[Refresh SDK Content|How do I Refresh Source SDK Content?]]
* [[64-bit mode with Source SDK|I can't launch Source SDK on 64-bit Windows.]]
* [[Reset the Source SDK Game Configuration|How do I reset the Source SDK Game Configuration?]]
* [[Reset the Source SDK Game Configuration|I reset my Game Configuration, but I get a configuration error when I try to run Hammer.]]
* [[Empty game configurations list|My game configurations menu in Hammer and the SDK application is empty.]]
* [[Reinstall the Source SDK installation|How do I re-install the entire Source SDK installation?]]
* [[Removing Game Configurations|How do I remove old games from my "Current Game" menu?]]
* [[Hammer Editor Out of Resources|While using the SDK for a while, my machine runs out of resources and crashes!]]
* [[Launching tools directly|Can I run Hammer, HLMV, etc. without opening the SDK launcher?]]
* [[Why is the game view tiny?]]


* [[Source SDK will not launch|"When I try to launch the SDK, it doesn't open."]]
== Common SDK error messages  ==
* [[Reset the Source SDK Game Configuration|"My game configurations have stopped working."]]
* [[Cache Needs Repair error|How do I fix the "Cache Needs Repair" error?]]
* [[Removing Game Configurations|"How do I remove old games from the SDK?"]]
* [[Cache Needs Decryption error|How do I fix the "Cache Needs Decryption" error?]]
* [[Reinstall the Source SDK installation|"How do I reinstall the SDK?"]]
* [[Can't find steam.dll error|I get an error "Can't find steam.dll relative to executable path (steam path)".]]
* To fix "cache needs repair/decryption", run the game in question.
* [[Missing GameInfo.txt|I get an error "The configuration information for the game is invalid or missing".]]
* ''[[Faq_morehelp|Get more help]]''
* [[Missing required DLLs|When I try to run these tools in the bin folder of the SDK, I'm getting an error message: "tier0.dll or vstdlib.dll are not found".]]


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== Tool documentation ==
== General SDK information ==
* [[Developer Console|How do I enable the developer console?]]
* [[Source SDK Files and Directory Structure|How are the Source SDK files and directories structured?]]
* [[The Game Directory|What is meant by Game Directory?]]
* [[The GameInfo.txt File Structure|How can I make my own GameInfo.txt?]]
* [[Gamecfg.ini conversion information]]
* [[Launching Without Background Maps|How do I launch the game without loading the 3D background maps?]]
* [[Command-Line Parameters|What are some game parameters I can launch the game with?]]
* [[Source SDK Bugs|Where can I submit bugs I found in Source SDK?]]


* [[:Category:Level Design|Hammer]] (level design)
== FacePoser ==
* [[:Category:Modeling|Model Viewer]] (modeling)
* [[SAPI 5.1 FacePoser Error|I get an error "SAPI 5.1 Unable to create recognizer context".]]
* [[:Category:Choreography|Faceposer]] (choreography)
* [[:Category:Programming|Source code]] (programming)


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== Programming ==
* [[Compiler Choices|What compiler do I need to build the SDK code?]]
* [[Compiling under VS2005|Can I use Visual Studio 2005 / Visual C++ 2005 Express?]]
* [[Compiling under VS2008|Can I use Visual Studio 2008 / Visual C++ 2008 Express?]]
* [[Compiling under VS2010|Can I use Visual Studio 2010 / Visual C++ 2010 Express?]]
* [[Compiling under VS2012|Can I use Visual Studio 2012?]]
* [[Compiling under VS2022|Can I use Visual Studio 2022?]]
* [[SDK Known Issues List|Am I seeing an issue that's already well known?]]
* [[Run mod.bat with Spaces|When I use run_mod.bat, I can't run the game if my path has spaces.]]
* [[Missing Half-Life 2 entities|Missing certain Half-Life 2 entities in Hammer with custom mods.]]
* [[No Animation for Combine Models|When playing a multiplayer mod, combine players don't show any animation!]]


== Bugs ==
== Level Design ==
* [[:Category:Level Design FAQ|See the Level Design FAQ for level design and Hammer Editor related issues.]]


* [[Source SDK Release Notes#Known Issues|Are there any known issues?]]
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* [[Bugzilla|Where can I submit new bugs?]]


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