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| rowspan="2" | Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital)
| rowspan="2" | Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital)
| PC, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast (cancelled)
| First official game to use the GoldSrc engine.
| First official game to use the GoldSrc engine.
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| [[Gearbox Software|Gearbox]], Valve
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| Sven Co-op team
| Sven Co-op team
| Sven Co-op team
| Sven Co-op team
| PC
| GoldSrc was later forked into Svengine since 5.0, which was slightly different than GoldSrc, and has support<br>for Hor+ FOV, better audio via FMOD, and so on...
| GoldSrc was later forked into Svengine since 5.0, which was slightly different than GoldSrc, and has support<br>for Hor+ FOV, better audio via FMOD, and so on...
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| Rewolf Entertainment
| Sierra Entertainment
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| Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital)
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| Gearbox
| Gearbox
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| [[Ritual|Ritual Entertainment]], [[Turtle Rock Studios]]
| [[Ritual|Ritual Entertainment]], [[Turtle Rock Studios]]
| Xbox Game Studios (formerly Microsoft Studios)
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| Namco
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| Valve, Ritual Entertainment, Gearbox, Turtle Rock Studios
| Valve, Ritual Entertainment, Gearbox, Turtle Rock Studios
| Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital)
| Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital)
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| Last official game to use the GoldSrc engine.
| Last official game to use the GoldSrc engine.
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| Valve, Nexon
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| Free to play game based off {{cscz|4}} with microtranscations and skins, aswell as many other game modes.<br>This version doesn't require Steam, and is only available in Asia.
| Free to play game based off {{cscz|4}} with microtranscations and skins, aswell as many other game modes.<br>This version doesn't require Steam, and is only available in Asia.
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| Team Psykskallar
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| Last officially licensed game to use the GoldSrc engine. Worldwide (America, Europe) version of [[Counter-Strike Online]]. Originally called as '''Counter-Strike: Nexon Zombies'''.
| Last officially licensed game to use the GoldSrc engine. Worldwide (America, Europe) version of [[Counter-Strike Online]]. Originally called as '''Counter-Strike: Nexon Zombies'''.
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"Powered by the Half-Life engine" logo used on some game boxarts.

GoldSrc GoldSrc (also known as GoldSource) is a 3-D video game engine created by Valve in 1996. It was the driving force behind many famous games of the late 90s, such as Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and Counter-Strike. GoldSrc is a heavily modified version of the Quake engine, and runs on C++ programming code. GoldSource and its level editor, the Hammer World Editor, were released by Valve for public use, making it the source of countless community-made modifications. GoldSrc was replaced by its sequel engine, Source, in 2004, which currently holds 1st place as the choice for modders. Though GoldSrc is past its prime, many gamers still seek to use it for mods and level design.

Screenshot in-game of Half-Life, using the GoldSrc Engine.

Features

  • AI flocking - NPCs can group together, seen with Houndeyes;
  • Skeletal animation - allowing for easier animating of models;
  • Colored lighting - Quake simply had monotone lighting;
  • Scripted sequences - Used extensively to tell Half-Life's story;
  • Transparent textures - Glass can now be used in maps;
  • Higher poly counts - GoldSrc allows for far more detailed models than Quake.

SDK

The GoldSrc SDK is known as the Half-Life SDK. As of August 2013, it is available on Steam under the "Tools" section. With it comes Hammer 3.4, the 3ds Max sources for many cut and retail NPCs as well as player and weapon models, tools for packing textures into WADs, and detailed documentation on implementing baseline features such as voice chat into a mod.

Note.pngNote:Hammer 3.5 is the final GoldSrc-only editor released by Valve and can be downloaded separately.

The full source code for the SDK can be found on Valve's Github Page.

Games using GoldSrc

Year Title Developer(s) Publisher(s) Platforms Notes
1998 Half-Life Half-Life Valve Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital) PC, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast (cancelled) First official game to use the GoldSrc engine.
1999 Half-Life: Opposing Force Half-Life: Opposing Force Gearbox, Valve PC
Team Fortress Classic Team Fortress Classic Valve Valve, Sierra Entertainment (digital) PC
Sven Co-op Sven Co-op Sven Co-op team Sven Co-op team PC GoldSrc was later forked into Svengine since 5.0, which was slightly different than GoldSrc, and has support
for Hor+ FOV, better audio via FMOD, and so on...
2000 Counter-Strike Counter-Strike Valve Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital) PC
Gunman Chronicles Rewolf Entertainment Sierra Entertainment PC
Ricochet Ricochet Valve Valve PC
2001 Deathmatch Classic Deathmatch Classic PC
Half-Life: Blue Shift Half-Life: Blue Shift Gearbox, Valve Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital) PC, Dreamcast (cancelled)
Half-Life: Decay Half-Life: Decay Gearbox Sierra Entertainment PC, PS2
2002 James Bond 007: Nightfire Eurocom, Gearbox Electronic Arts
2003 Day of Defeat Day of Defeat Valve Activision, Valve (digital)
Counter-Strike (Xbox) Counter-Strike (Xbox) Ritual Entertainment, Turtle Rock Studios Xbox Game Studios (formerly Microsoft Studios) Xbox
Counter-Strike Neo Namco Namco Arcade
2004 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Valve, Ritual Entertainment, Gearbox, Turtle Rock Studios Sierra Entertainment, Valve (digital) Last official game to use the GoldSrc engine.
2008 Counter-Strike Online Valve, Nexon Nexon PC Free to play game based off Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Counter-Strike: Condition Zero with microtranscations and skins, aswell as many other game modes.
This version doesn't require Steam, and is only available in Asia.
2013 Cry of Fear Cry of Fear Team Psykskallar Team Psykskallar PC
2014 Counter-Strike Nexon Counter-Strike Nexon Valve, Nexon Nexon PC Last officially licensed game to use the GoldSrc engine. Worldwide (America, Europe) version of Counter-Strike Online. Originally called as Counter-Strike: Nexon Zombies.

See also

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