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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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==Cross-Purpose and General Development==
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* [http://collective.valve-erc.com/ VERC] - Valve Editing Resource Collective. This site's predecessor, which offers primarily HL1 resources (Official)
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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 other modding as well. Hosts modding projects.
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* [http://hl.tozcentral.net/ hl.tozcentral.net] - Half Life and Half-Life 2 resource, Post your own bots, maps, media, mods and tutorials
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* [http://hl2world.com/wiki HL2World.com] - Half Life 2 Knowledge Base
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* [http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php Nem's Tools] - Several useful Source tools including [[GCFScape]]
* [http://twhl.co.za/ TWHL] - Mapping community and tutorial site with busy forums for HL and SOURCE mappers.
* [http://wunderboy.org Wunderboy.org] - Several useful Source tools including [[VTFTool]]
* [http://www.c-sec.net/ C-SEC] - Japanese Source modding and mapping development site, including with translated many SDK documents to Japanese.
* [http://www.gamedesign.net Gamedesign.net] - Some helpful modding and mapping tutorials.
* [http://www.gamesmodding.com/?view=remotetutorials&game=2 GamesModding.com Tutorial Database] - A list of almost every Half-Life 2 modding tutorial out there.
* [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.
* [http://www.interlopers.net/ Interlopers.net] - News and general resources
* [http://www.leveldesign.nu/ LevelDesign.nu] - A large Swedish game-dev community which covers texturing, mapping and modeling.
* [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://www.modhelp.net Modhelp.net] - A developing modding community.
* [http://www.mod-hq.com Mod HQ] - Comprehensive news resource for Half-Life 2 modifications and Steam related content in general. Valve visits it. Why not you?
* [http://www.pixelgames.com PixelGames] - File reviews and downloads, real friendly editing site based on community!
* [http://www.snarkpit.net The Snarkpit] - Mapping and modelling community site
* [http://www.sourceblog.org Sourceblog] - General tutorials (Many on Texturing/[[Skinning]])
* [http://www.sourcewiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page SourceWiki] - Unofficial and older Source Wiki
* [http://www.thewavelength.net Wavelength] - One of the original sources of HL1 editing material, now steadily servicing HL2
<!-- Under construction... [http://www.hl2modcentral.com/ HL2 Mod Central] - General tutorials -->
<!--* [http://www.acidvat.com/?view=remotetutorials&game=2 Acid Vat's HL2 Tutorial Database] - A list of almost every Half-Life 2 modding tutorial out there.-->


==Mapping==
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* [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)
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* [http://ammahls.com/index.php?page=downloadcat&cat=tools ZHLT] - Zoners Half Life Tools - Faster, and more helpful with errors over the Q Tools (Includes 64bit, and Linux Source Code)
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* [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.
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* [http://shammers.forumsplace.com/ Shammers Forums] - A small community, with a couple of useful tutorials.
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* [http://www.editlife.net/ Edit Life] - Mapping articles, entity list, error documentation and forums
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* [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.iwannamap.com I Wanna Map] - You wanna map, We wanna help. For Tutorials and help
* [http://www.mapping-area.com/ Mapping-area] - Tutorials on Mapping, Beginner to Advanced, all in french!
* [http://www.niridastudios.com NiRiDa Studios] - Comunidad Española de Edición en Source - Spanish Community for the Source Engine edition tutorials.
* [http://www.nysteo.com/contentindex.php?optimize zombie's * Edited* Optimization Page] An in-depth guide to optimizing your maps.
* [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.
* [http://www.sdkcentral.com/ SdK Central] - A small but growing community with map submissions, tutorials and overall help.
* [http://www.sourceprefabs.com SourcePrefabs.com] - Great source for download-able prefabs to use in Hammer with a growing community.
* [http://www.spillmodding.no/ Spillmodding.no] A norwegian mapping community with more than 130 tutorials for more than 13 engines!
* [http://www.student.kun.nl/rvanhoorn/Optimization.htm zombie's Optimizing-page] information on optimizing your map
* [http://www.taz00.com/ TAz00.com] 22+ Tutorials on Mapping, Beginner to Advanced, 10+ Maps with source files included!
* [http://www.violator.eclipse.co.uk/disped/ DispEd] - Precise displacement editor used to make geometric shapes in the style of "Quake 3 patches."
* [http://mirhl2.net.ru Мир Half-life2] - Сайт про маппинг для Half-life2 на '''русском'''!


==Modeling==
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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]
* [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.
* [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://www.cgtalk.com CG Talk] The largest and most useful model discussion/news site on the internet.
* [http://www.digital-tutors.com Digital Tutors] - Excellent video tutorials, free and packaged, for using SoftImage|XSI and Adobe Photoshop
* [http://www.redemptionmod.com Redemption] - Modeling tutorials and blog for XSI and HL2 Source


==Programming==
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* [http://hl2coding.com/ Hl2 Coding] - Has some good hl2 related coding tutorials and has great forums for coders to chat.
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/rocketcmd/default.aspx Tutorials of Rocket Commander] - 10-Part Howto make 3D Games Tutorial
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/half-life/default.aspx MSDN] - MSDN Half-Life Coding4fun.
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/directx9_c/directx_sdk.asp Directx C++] - Documentation for Unmanaged Directx
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/directx9_m/directx/directx9m.asp?frame=true Directx Managed] - Documentation for Managed Directx
* [http://www.gamedev.net/ Gamedev] - Website with a lot of useful resources for game developers.
* [http://www.mdxinfo.com/ Managed Directx Info] - Includes various resources, tools, samples, code snippets for Managed Directx
* [http://www.priyajeet.com/web/MSDN/ Game Programming in C#] - 11-part Video Tutorial for Game Programming from MSDN.
* [http://mattie.info/cs/ Mattie's Eventscripts] - Great for gaining some minor coding experience, simple plugin addon for Source games.


===Sample Source Code===
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* [ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/source/ Quake Engine Source Code] - Source code from old Quake (used by Half-Life too) and Doom games.
<div style="height:fit-content; font-weight:600; font-size:125%; color:rgb(255 255 255 / 90%); margin-bottom:.75em">Putting the "Community" in Valve Developer Community</div>
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d790cde-c3e5-46be-b3a5-729581269a9c&DisplayLang=en Mech Commander 2] - Entire game and source code. Can serve as an example for learning programming.
<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>
* [http://www.planofattackgame.com/news.php Plan of Attack Source Code] - The entire source code (including art assets) for the Plan of Attack mod, free to use in other mods.
<p style="font-weight:500; font-size:120%;">There are a number of other ways you can help out:</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]])
* Want to translate articles into another language? See [[Valve Developer Community:Alternative Languages|Alternative Languages]] for more information!
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==Other==
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* Official VERC Network [http://www.chatbear.com/board.plm?b=668&v=flatold Forums]
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| {{td|radius=8px 0 0 0|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030| '''[[New Help Desk|Help Desk]]''' }}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030| '''[[Valve Developer Community:Translators' noticeboard|Translators' noticeboard]] ''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|For items that need the attention of translators. Also used for sidebar translations.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030| '''[[Valve Developer Community:Reasons for speedy deletion|Reasons for speedy deletion]] ''' }}
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  {{td|radius=0 8px 0 0|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|General discussion about the wiki.}}
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  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|For proposing changes to the wiki.}}
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| {{td|align=center|font-size=14px|bgcolor=#303030| '''[[Talk:Main Page|Main Page Talk]]''' }}
  {{td|align=center|bgcolor=#3A3A3A|For discussing the wiki's main page.}}
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==Map Archives==
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* [http://csm2.net/ CSM2] - Map Downloads,Tutorials and mapping help forums.
* [http://www.17buddies.net 17buddies] - French community of gamers - Map Downloads, tools.
* [http://www.dimensionstudios.org Dimension Studios] - Professional level design team. Order Source and Pre-Source maps. Also view tutorials in the forums.
* [http://www.dodirectory.com/ Day of Defeat Directory] - Directory for custom maps, files and links to other [[Day of Defeat: Source]] sites.
* [http://www.lanmaniax.com LanManiaX] - The largest map database for HL\HL2.
* [http://www.nlxr.com The Nightlight Mapping] - Maps devoted to realistic locations.
* [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.
* [http://www.planetphillip.com/ PlanetPhillip] - Commentary and Analysis of Single Player Sci-Fi First Person Shooters. Contains a very large database of HL1 and HL2 SP maps.
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==Image Creation and Editing==
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* [http://adobe.com/ Adobe Photoshop] - The standard image editing tool in the industy, used by professionals all over the world. Very expensive.
* [http://jasc.com/ Paint Shop Pro] - A cheap alternative to Adobe Photoshop.  For those who don't want to break the bank.
* [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.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/index.html Paint.NET] - An open source .NET based image manipulation program.
* [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://www.telefragged.com/wally/ Wally] -  Simple freeware texture/decals/skining editing program.


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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">Community Resources</div>
<span style="font-weight:600;">The Valve Developer Community has a vast number of resources available for modders, by modders:</span><br>
<span style="font-weight:300">
* [[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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==3D Modeling, Animation and Rendering==
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* [http://alias.com/ Maya 3D] - Excellent modeling and animation package.  Considered to be one of the best among modders. Also expensive.
<div style="height:fit-content; font-weight:600; font-size:1.1em; color:rgb(255 255 255 / 90%); margin-bottom:.5em">External Sites</div>
* [http://www.autodesk.com/ 3D Studio Max] - Powerful tool for modeling and animation, one of the industry's best. Expensive.
<span style="font-weight:600;">The Valve Developer Community links to [[:Category:External Sites|many additional websites]] which can assist modding:</span><br>
* [http://www.blender.org/ Blender] - Free, open source modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback library/engine/IDE.
* [[Modding Sites]]
* [http://www.milkshape3d.com Milkshape3D] - Low cost, popular and simple to use 3D modeling program.
* [[Material Download Sites]]
* [http://www.newtek.com Lightwave 3D] - Excellent modeling & animation tool.  See [[Lightwave]] for links to HL2 exporters.  Like every other high end package, it is considered to be one of the best by its fans. :)  Expensive, but less so than others.
* [[Image Manipulation Programs]] and [[3D Modeling Programs]]
* [http://www.softimage.com Softimage|XSI] - Program used to make models & animations for HL2. XSI Mod Tool is available for FREE.
* [[International Sites]]
* [http://www.wings3d.com Wings3D] - Free, open source Nendo-alike natural modeling IDE.
* [[Hosting Sites]]
* [[Map Archive Sites]]
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==Resources==
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Content for your project.


* [http://forum.moddb.com/thread/1975/ Moddb texture site directory] - Directory of free, ready to use game textures.
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* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oyonale/ Oyonale] - Small library of source photos suitable for turning into textures, courtesy of [http://www.oyonale.com/ Gilles Tran].
<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>
* [http://www.animax.it/ Animax.it] - Free textures.
<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>
* [http://www.imageafter.com/ Image * After] - 10,000+ free images and textures.
<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]].
* [http://www.locationworks.com/ LocationWorks] - Lots of pictures, anything from old castles to pubs.
{{todo|More comprehensive explanation relating to [[Help:Mod Profiles]]}}
* [http://www.mayang.com/textures/ Mayang.com Textures] - Free textures for your maps and mods.
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* [http://www.morguefile.com/ MorgueFile] - Free, high-resolution stock photography.
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* [http://www.sxc.hu/ SXC.HU] - Huge library of images.


===Photo Reference===
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* [http://www.3d.sk 3d.sk] -  Human Photo References for 3D Artists and Game Developers (large source -partly free)
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* [http://www.morguefile.com/ Morguefile.com] - Lots of free photos. Anything from fruit to cement factories.
* [http://www.shutterstock.com ShutterStock] - 700,000 photos/vectors/illustrations/images/etc avail by subscription. All royalty-free.
* [http://www.textureref.com TextureRef.com] -  Online repository of Texturekits and high-res Photo References for Artists (small source - partly free)


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<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>
<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>


==Game Design==
{{VWN}}
* [http://forum.moddb.com/thread/4386/ Game Design Theory] - Interesting for art directors, team leaders
* [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)


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==[[:Category:Steam|Steam]]==
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* [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/ Steampowered forums]
* [http://www.steamreview.org/ The Steam review] - Comment and discussion on Valve Software’s digital distribution platform.


===[[:Category:Steam Applications|Steam Applications]]===
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* [[Steam Application IDs]]


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==Modifications==
* [[:Category:HL1 Third Party Mods|HL1 Third Party Mods]] {{HL1}}
* [[:Category:HL2 Third Party Mods|HL2 Third Party Mods]] {{HL2}}
* [[:Category:Official Games|Official Games]] {{HL1}} {{HL2}}
 
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Welcome to the community portal! This page provides community resources and ways you can interact with the Valve Developer Community. See Help:Contents for a wider overview on how to contribute to the wiki.
Putting the "Community" in Valve Developer Community

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!

There are a number of other ways you can help out:

Noticeboards

Noticeboards are places where editors can ask questions and request assistance from others who are familiar with the topic(s) covered by each board.
Help Desk For asking questions about the wiki in general.
Administrators' noticeboard For items that need the attention of admins.
Translators' noticeboard For items that need the attention of translators. Also used for sidebar translations.
Reasons for speedy deletion For discussing reasons to delete a certain article.

Centralized Discussions

Other centralized pages to discuss topics with the community. Comparable to Wikipedia icon Wikipedia's village pump.
Discussion General discussion about the wiki.
Proposals For proposing changes to the wiki.
Main Page Talk For discussing the wiki's main page.
Community Resources

The Valve Developer Community has a vast number of resources available for modders, by modders:


Bringing your work to the community

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.

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 ModDB or ModDB 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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