Faq morehelp

If you're experiencing an issue not covered in the Source SDK FAQ, try looking for help in the following places:

Additional help on the VDC wiki

• Read the Source SDK Release Notes for information about the current Source SDK release.
• For mapping related problems, you may find your answer in the Level Design FAQ or Category:Level Design.
• For source-code specific issues, refer to the SDK Known Issues List.
• Try reading through answered questions at the Help Desk and the Answered Help Desk Questions page.
• Reseting your SDK game configuration might help to fix your problem.
• If you still cannot solve your issue, you may wish to reinstall the Source SDK.

Help outside the VDC

• The Source SDK Steam Community page are a great way to help get answers to problems you encounter.

• When posting on the support forums, the following pieces of information can be useful:
  • What operating system you're using.
  • What video card you're using (and in the case of multiple video cards, all of the video cards you're using).
  • Which video drivers you're using.
  • Anytime compiling or running a map is involved in the problem, provide the complete contents of the Hammer Editor compile process window in your message.
  • This information isn't always required, but it can really speed up the problem resolution when all information is available.
• If you encounter bugs in a official Source engine games or Source SDK Base, search for existing issues here before reporting new issues: GitHub Issues (Source 1 Games), GitHub Issues (Source SDK 2013).

Source Modding Communities

Communities such as the Valve Modding Community Discord server are a great place to get help with creating mods. A small list can be found here.