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Welcome to the Valve Developer Community! From here on in you can forget Valve - every page you see with an edit tab, including this one, is likely written or at least altered by someone in the community (though Valve staff are sometimes among them). If you want to do the same, go right ahead! Otherwise, take a look at the [[Special:Categories|Categories]] or run a search to find what you want.
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=Recommended sites=
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==Cross-Purpose and General Development==
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* [http://www.c-sec.net/ C-SEC] - Japanese Source modding and mapping development site, including with translated many SDK documents to Japanese.
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* [http://game-advance.net/ Game-Advance.net] - Very small new modding community. Focus is on source engine, but forums exist for non-source modding as well. Hosts modding projects.
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* [http://www.gamedesign.net Gamedesign.net] - Some helpful modding and mapping tutorials.
--> <span style="color:rgb(255 255 255 / 75%); font-weight:500; font-size:1.25em">This page provides community resources and ways you can interact with the Valve Developer Community.</span> <!--
* [http://www.handyvandal.com/ Handy Vandal's Almanac] - One of the original top editing resource sites for Half Life, contains some HL2 info. Linked to in [[Worldcraft]]'s help menu.
--> <span style="color:rgb(255 255 255 / 75%); font-weight:500; font-size:1.25em">See [[Help:Contents]] for a wider overview on how to contribute to the wiki.</span>
<!-- * Expired domain? Bought by advertisement company? [http://www.hl2modcentral.com/ HL2 Mod Central] - General tutorials -->
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* [http://hl2world.com/wiki HL2World.com] - Half Life 2 Knowledge Base
* [http://hl.tozcentral.net/ hl.tozcentral.net] - Half Life and Half-Life 2 resource, Post your own bots, maps, media, mods and tutorials
* [http://www.interlopers.net/ Interlopers.net] - News and general resources
* [http://forum.leak-free.org Leak-Free] - A Source Engine Development Community.
* [http://www.leak-free.org/errors Error Listing] - A comprehensive listing of Hammer 3/4 errors and solutions.
* [http://www.mapcore.net Mapcore] - A great place to get mapping, modelling and texture help from industry pros.
* [http://www.moddb.com Mod Database] - Free listings of mods for almost every moddable game. A great database full of tons of information on mods that are out there.
* [http://modhq.notepadhax.com Mod HQ] - Comprehensive news resource for Half-Life 2 modifications and Steam related content in general.
* [http://www.modhelp.net Modhelp.net] - A developing modding community.
* [http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php Nem's Tools] - Several useful Source tools including [[GCFScape]]
* [http://www.snarkpit.net The Snarkpit] - Mapping and modelling community site
* [http://www.sourceblog.net Sourceblog] - General tutorials (Many on Texturing/[[Skinning]])
* [http://www.sourcewiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page SourceWiki] - Unofficial and older Source Wiki
* [http://twhl.co.za/ TWHL] - Mapping community and tutorial site, mostly HL1.
* [http://collective.valve-erc.com/ VERC] - Valve Editing Resource Collective. This site's predecessor, which offers primarily HL1 resources (Official)
* [http://www.thewavelength.net Wavelength] - One of the original sources of HL1 editing material, now steadily servicing HL2
* [http://wunderboy.org Wunderboy.org] - Several useful Source tools including [[VTFTool]]


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<p style="font-weight:500; font-size:120%; line-height:150%">The Valve Developer Community is hosted and administered by Valve, but the wiki itself is almost entirely community-driven. Every page you see with an Edit tab, including this one, is likely written by someone in the community (though Valve staff are sometimes among them). If you want to do the same, go right ahead!</p>
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* Go to the [[Valve Developer Community:Tasks|Tasks]] page and see what needs work!
* Participate in ongoing discussions (see [[Valve Developer Community:Ongoing discussions|Ongoing discussions]])
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==Mapping==
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* [http://www.akilling.org/akg/ aKilling] - Source engine Tutorials and Files (Community support)
* [http://ammahls.com/index.php?page=downloadcat&cat=tools Custom Source Tools] - Source Mapping Compile Tools - Faster, and more helpful with errors over the V Tools (Includes 64bit, and Linux versions)
* [http://www.violator.eclipse.co.uk/disped/ DispEd] - Precise displacement editor used to make geometric shapes in the style of "Quake 3 patches."
* [http://www.editlife.net/ Edit Life] - Mapping articles, entity list, error documentation and forums
* [http://www.halfwit-2.com/ Half-wit 2] - Another collection of Mapping tutorials
* [http://www.hl2mapping.com Hl2Mapping.com] - A Friendly helpful, mapping community.
* [http://www.student.kun.nl/rvanhoorn/Optimization.htm zombies Optimizing-page] information on optimizing your map
* [http://www.freepgs.com/ishbog/contentindex.php?optimize zombie's *Edited* Optimization Page] An in-depth guide to optimizing your maps.
*[http://www.iwannamap.com I Wanna Map] - You wanna map, We wanna help. For Tutorials and help
* [http://shammers.forumsplace.com/ Shammers Forums] - A small community, with a couple of useful tutorials.
* [http://madedog.pri.ee/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=3&id=72&Itemid=44 Madedog's E-Portal] - A small amount of great step-by-step tutorials.
* [http://www.robotchaos.com/ RobotChaos Map Making Tutorial - Along with a few other things (Sprays, etc.)] - Has a small ever building step by step tutorial on making maps taken from a beginner's perspective.


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<span style="font-weight:600;">The Valve Developer Community has a vast number of resources available for modders, by modders:</span><br>
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* [[Third Party Tools]]
* [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]]
* [[:Category:Open Source|Open-Source Mods and Tools]] and [[:Category:Free source code|Free source code]]
* [[:Category:Publicity & Publication|Publicity & Publication information]]
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==Map Archives==
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* [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fischmt/ascendancy/index.html The Ascendancy] - What you're trying to live up to. Database of the very best HL2DM maps.<br>
* [http://csm2.net/ CSM2] - Map Downloads,Tutorials and mapping help forums.
* [http://www.lanmaniax.com LanManiaX] - The largest map database for HL\HL2.
* [http://www.17buddies.net 17buddies] - French community of gamers - Map Downloads, tools .


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<div style="height:fit-content; font-weight:600; font-size:1.1em; color:rgb(255 255 255 / 90%); margin-bottom:.5em">Bringing your work to the community</div>
<span style="font-weight:600;">The Valve Developer Community once served as a hub for promoting Source mods and users willing to/looking for help, although that side of the community has migrated to other platforms over the years.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-weight:300">If you are creating a custom mod or map pack, and the game involved doesn't have a Steam Workshop, you may be interested in publishing it on {{Moddb}} or {{Gamebanana}}. Depending on the circumstances, you might even be able to publish your mod on Steam as its own application. Mods which are notable or have their own modding ecosystems continue to be documented on this wiki. You can see all of the mods documented on the VDC, past or present, in [[:Category:Mods]].
{{todo|More comprehensive explanation relating to [[Help:Mod Profiles]]}}
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==Modelling==
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* [http://cannonfodder.chaosincarnate.net/cftools.htm Cannonfodder's Tools] - [[3dsmax tools|3DSMax Importers and Exporters]], [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/dispgen Dispgen - Displacement Terrains from heightmaps], [[studiocompiler|StudioCompiler - Model/Texture Compiler/Decompiler]], [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/winBSPzip winBSPzip - BSP Packer]
<div style="height:fit-content; font-weight:600; font-size:1.5em; color:rgb(255 255 255 / 90%); margin-bottom:.5em; text-align:center;">Other Valve Wikis</div>
* [http://www.cgtalk.com CG Talk] The largest and most useful model discussion/news site on the internet.
<div style="height:fit-content; font-weight:600; color:rgb(255 255 255 / 90%); margin-bottom:.5em; text-align:center;">NOTE: Of the following sites, only the TF2 Official Wiki is hosted and administered by Valve.</div>
* [http://ii.hl2files.com/sdk/introduction.php Insects Infestation - II SDK modeling] Export models to Source engine tutorials for 3DSMax, Maya, MS3D, XSI, FRAG. 
* [http://forum.resistanceandliberation.com/showthread.php?t=806 RnL Forums' Lightwave Plugins] - Lightwave mesh export plugins.  Not currently available, but may be in the future.


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==Content Design Tools==
[[Category:Wiki]]
===Image Creation and Editing===
*[http://adobe.com/ Adobe Photoshop] - The standard image editing tool in the industy, used by professionals all over the world. Very expensive.
*[http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html Adobe Photoshop Elements] - Low-cost, consumer version of Photoshop with high-end features such as colour management removed.
*[http://www.gimp.org/ The GIMP] - Completely free, open source image editing software available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other UNIX operating systems. Complex to use, but powerful, scriptable and endlessly modifiable.
*[http://jasc.com/ Paint Shop Pro] - A cheap alternative to Adobe Photoshop.  For those who don't want to break the bank.
*[http://www.telefragged.com/wally/ Wally] -  Simple and dumb freeware texture/decals/skining editing program.
 
===3D Modelling, Animation and Rendering===
*[http://discreet.com/ 3D Studio Max] - Powerful tool for modeling and animation, one of the industry's best. Expensive.
*[http://www.autodesk.com/gmax/ Gmax] - Free modeling tool, without the rendering tools of 3D Studio Max.
*[http://www.blender.org/ Blender] - Free, open source modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback library/engine/IDE.
*[http://alias.com/ Maya 3D] - Excellent modeling and animation package.  Considered to be one of the best among modders. Also expensive.
*[http://www.wings3d.com Wings3D] - Free, open source Nendo-alike natural modeling IDE.
*[http://www.softimage.com Softimage|XSI] - Program used to make models & animations for HL2. XSI Mod Tool is available for FREE.
*[http://www.newtek.com Lightwave 3D] - Excelent modelling & animation tool.
*[http://www.milkshape3d.com Milkshape3D] - Low cost, popular and simple to use 3D modelling program.
 
==Programming==
* [http://hl2coding.com/ Hl2 Coding] - Has some good hl2 related coding tutorials and has great forums for coders to chat.
 
* [http://130.207.165.97/%7Egte133q/cs4451/xc/Tutorial.html Vector Math] - dot product, cross product, mixed product
 
==Resources==
Content for your project.
 
* [http://www.animax.it/ Animax.it] - Free textures.
* [http://www.imageafter.com/ Image * After] - 10,000+ free images and textures.
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oyonale/ Oyonale] - Small library of source photos suitable for turning into textures, courtesy of [http://www.oyonale.com/ Gilles Tran].
* [http://www.mayang.com/textures/ Mayang.com Textures] - Free textures for your maps and mods.
* [http://forum.moddb.com/thread/1975/ Moddb texture site directory] - Directory of free, ready to use game textures.
* [http://www.morguefile.com/ MorgueFile] - Free, high-resolution stock photography.
 
== Other ==
 
Other pages that may be of interest.
 
=== Game Design ===
 
* [http://forum.moddb.com/thread/4386/ Game Design Theory] - Interesting for art directors, team leaders
* [http://guildhall.smu.edu/ GuildHall] - Teaching the arts and sciences of digital game development.
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19991210/birdwell_pfv.htm Ken Birdwell's Gamasutra article] - The Cabal: Valve’s Design Process For Creating Half-Life (registration required)
 
=== Photo Reference ===
 
* [http://www.3d.sk 3d.sk] -  Human Photo References for 3D Artists and Game Developers (large source -partly free)
* [http://www.textureref.com TextureRef.com] -  Online repository of Texturekits and high-res Photo References for Artists (small source - partly free)
 
===[http://www.steampowered.com/ Steam]===
* [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/ Steampowered forums]
 
==[[:Category:Steam Applications|Steam Applications]]==
===Modifications===
* [[:Category:HL1 Third Party Mods|HL1 Third Party Mods]] {{HL1}}
* [[:Category:HL2 Third Party Mods|HL2 Third Party Mods]] {{HL2}}
* [[:Category:Official Mods|Official Mods]] {{HL1}} {{HL2}}
 
 
 
 
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