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Valve Technology Source and the Source SDK Go to the Source Engine documentation index Our knowledgebase of technical information about using the engine and all of the related tools is posted on a community-driven web site called a wiki. Sign up as a developer to contribute. Dota 2 Workshop Tools   Go to the Dota 2 Workshop Tools documentation index Half-Life: Alyx Workshop Tools   Go to the Half-Life: Alyx Workshop Tools documentation index SteamVR Workshop Tools   Go to the SteamVR Workshop Tools documentation index For Mod Teams Source Engine Features. Why choose the Source Engine for your mod? Read Making a Mod - building a team through the shipping process. Already using the SDK? Check the Source SDK FAQ for some helpful answers. New to Source coding? Get started with basic programming articles. Read (or add) a tutorial on Source development, or any part of the content creation process.

For Wiki Owners An attempt to draw the attention of wiki owners to a terribly limited wiki. Below are links to articles containing things that would help with improving the wiki. Necessary Features For Wiki Editors The templates to be created are listed below. Create {{Speedy delete}} to differentiate it from {{Delete}}. The latter should be used such that a discussion can be had before the content is removed whereas the former should be reserved for quickly removing content that violates VDC policies or doesn't require a discussion. The templates that needs to be improved are listed below. Add more stuff and tools to {{Goldsrc sdktools}}. Add translations to it via the Template:Goldsrc sdktools/strings subpage. Modify {{Delete}} such that when it links to Reasons for speedy deletion it will include a link to the page as part of each discussion. Modify {{Translate}} such that it combines the functions of the other language templates ({{Translating}}, {{Finishtranslation}}, {{Machinetranslation}}, {{Updatetranslation}}). Combine {{Screenshot}} with {{Morescreenshots}} (followed by marking {{Morescreenshots}} for deletion). Add parameters to {{Stub}} to allow more granularity in what the stub is for (ie. a specific game, mapping, textures, programming, etc.) and for an appropriate sub-stub to be used. Add add a unique category for each {{{reason}}} on {{Delete}}. The templates listed below need documentation, or having a proper documentation page + template. {{Color}} {{Capsule}} {{Merge}} {{Mergefrom}} {{Mergeto}} {{Merging}} {{Screenshot}} The templates listed below should be deleted. Please note that some templates must first be removed or replaced from the pages before they are deleted. {{Npcnote-ru}}. {{Userpage}}. {{Ombox}}. {{Point ent}} – Replaced by {{This is a}}. {{Brush ent}} – Replaced by {{This is a}}. {{Game name}} – Replaced by {{Software}}. Create a unified cleanup template that consolidates the functionality of all it’s related templates. Merge {{Game announced}} and {{Game announced2}} into one whole template with optional settings to show/hide "You can also visit store through Steam or your browser for more information." Create a page listing the bots available for tasking and what they are capable of. Add Wikipedia:HotCat as a gadget to help with category editing. These jobs should only take you a little time for each one. Add the back template or the subpage template to the top of pages that do not have any for easier navigation. Add the short page template to pages that use a subpage display. Add a res to Steam Resource Map. Aswell update ALL the outdated screenshot from the old Steam version to new one as of 2023. Add more compiler errors from numerous sources to the Compile Error Listing. Switch a firstperson tutorial to a thirdperson one. Convert “ and ” (&ldquo; and &rdquo;) to " in code blocks. Convert ’ (&rsquo;) to ' in code blocks. Convert em dashes — (&mdash;) to - in code blocks. Document on an important console variable. Make sure a page only links to a term the first time it’s mentioned unless important. Read a new page and give feedback on the discussion page on how the content can be improved. Possibly add a Related Topics section at the end. Patrol edits to help alleviate possible vandalism and spam. Correct short forms (e.g. Hl2 → Half-Life 2) and capitalization (e.g. half-life 2 → Half-Life 2). See the documentation at Template:This is a. Pages needing fixes are listed in Category:This is a template errors. Add see also links to relevant FGDs on all Category:<game_name> entities pages These projects will take a little longer. Update language template usage. – Replaced by {{LanguageBar}}. Update pages requiring cleanup. Expand stubs. Screen wanted files for upload candidates. Review old pages. Add a list of maps where a specific Half-Life Continuity can be found on their own page. Create a documentation page for a template. Create a mini-tutorial, for a simple problem users have. Pick an entity in the list of entities for a game, and transcribe the entity help from inside Hammer. • A lot of info on entities can be found by looking at the FGD’s. • Test any and all entities before you describe them, for any potential bugs that may occur that the user should know about. Make sure to include the basic description, keyvalues, flags, as well as all inputs and outputs. Example: env_fire. Find an existing entity in the list of entities and fix the formatting. Here’s an entity article template with sample formatting. Pick a page in the Hammer Editor documentation, and add links where they are missing. • Look for the text “See the topic name section for more information”, and make it a link to the proper page. Capitalized words in Bold are also often link candidates (i.e. Entity Report or Object Properties). • Some pages under Category:Hammer Toolbars need links. • Add links to the Hammer Hotkey Reference page. • Add any potential content that might only be unique to versions of hammer for specific games. The Half-Life High Definition Content is like Mao Zedong. There’s about 93 different ways to write it. Add some redirects, like HD Pack. Take an existing page that is too large and divide it into smaller, more manageable topics. Need a tutorial on how to transfer an existing mod that’s under development from one machine to another and have the tutorial cover all of the gotchas. Update “List of Soundscapes” pages to include any entries not on them already, and to include more detailed descriptions of soundscapes. Update any game level creation page (example Portal 2 Level Design) and include any specific content for the games. Mark (almost all) these pages on Category:Other games on Steam to delete all of them as it's has nothing to do with Valve games (content or assets for example), nor even using GoldSrc/Source/Source 2 engine whatsoever, aka completely off-topic. And these page barely have any content whatsoever anyway. Replace all pages using {{Lang}} (This category) and {{Langsp}} (This category) with {{LanguageBar}} Extended projects that may take you a while to do. Review wanted page listing for new page candidates. Review wanted template listing for new template candidates. Review random pages for overhaul. Review articles flagged for merge (also merge from and merge to). Add more GoldSrc-related content, and document more Source 2 content (such as Resourcecompiler, a combination of CSG, VBSP and VVIS) if possible. Update pictures with white backgrounds to match current VDC theme (as of June 2012). Also try to make some of them having transparent PNGs if possible.

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