GoldSource mapping in Hammer 4.x
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Although it's not easy to set up, it is possible to map for any GoldSource game using Hammer 4.x All you need to do is download the appropriate .fgd files and modify your GameConfig.txt file (either Episode One or Orange Box; it doesn't matter). Using the GameInfo.txt from below will allow you to load and view Half-Life .mdl files (from Half-Life Source) when making your map.
To edit your GameConfig.txt go to c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\ or c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\ and open it with your text editor of choice.
Read the section below for a better understanding of the structure of GameConfig.txt
Modifiying GameConfig.txt
Add any of these into your GameConfig.txt file of choice. Be sure to change <username> to your Steam username. Also, make sure all the paths are correct for your computer.
Counter-Strike
"Counter-Strike"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\counter-strike\cstrike"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife-cs.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\counter-strike\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\counter-strike"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\counter-strike\cstrike\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\counter-strike\cstrike\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Condition Zero
"Condition Zero"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero\czero"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife-cs.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero\czero\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero\czero\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
"Condition Zero Deleted Scenes"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero deleted scenes\czeror"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife-cs.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero deleted scenes\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero deleted scenes"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero deleted scenes\czeror\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\condition zero deleted scenes\czeror\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Day of Defeat
"Day of Defeat"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\day of defeat\dod"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\dod.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\day of defeat\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_allies"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\day of defeat"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\day of defeat\dod\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\day of defeat\dod\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Team Fortress Classic
"Team Fortress Classic"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\team fortress classic\tfc"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife-tfc.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\team fortress classic\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_teamspawn"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\team fortress classic"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\team fortress classic\tfc\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\team fortress classic\tfc\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Half-Life
"Half-Life"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\valve"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\valve\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\valve\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Half-Life Blue Shift
"Half-Life: Blue Shift"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life blue shift\bshift"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife-bs_WC33.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life blue shift\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life blue shift"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life blue shift\bshift\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life blue shift\bshift\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Half-Life Opposing Force
"Half-Life: Opposing Force"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\opposing force\gearbox"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\halflife-op4_wc33.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "2"
"MapFormat" "3"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\opposing force\hl.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe"
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe"
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\opposing force"
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\opposing force\gearbox\maps"
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\opposing force\gearbox\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
Make sure that you paste these configurations between
"Configs"
{
"Games"
{
and
} "SDKVersion" "3" }
If your GameConfig.txt is missing a '{' or '}' because you didn't paste properly it probably won't work.
Adding your own configuration
Read through this to work out how to add in a custom configuration for a mod.
"Modname"
{
"GameDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\modname" // path to the mod directory
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "c:\modname.fgd" // path to .fgd file
"TextureFormat" "2" // leave this as 2: it tells Hammer to use .wad textures instead of .vtf
"MapFormat" "3" // leave this as 3: it tells Hammer to use .rmf map files instead of .vmf
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000" // ??? (leave it)
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16" // ??? (leave it)
"GameExe" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\hl.exe" // path to Half-Life executable
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail" // ???
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start" // player start entity
"BSP" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qbsp2.exe" // set this to whatever because Hammer doesn't have support for the CSG process; you'll have to compile with a .bat file
"Vis" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\vis.exe" // set this to whatever because Hammer doesn't have support for the CSG process; you'll have to compile with a .bat file
"Light" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\qrad.exe" // set this to whatever because Hammer doesn't have support for the CSG process; you'll have to compile with a .bat file
"GameExeDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life" // leave it because mods won't use any othe executable
"MapDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\modname\maps" // directory to load maps from
"BSPDir" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life\valve\maps" // directory to place compiled maps in: not needed because compilation needs to be donw manually
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox" // leave it (it doesn't matter)
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0" // ??? (leave it )
}
}
GameInfo.txt
Hammer will look for a GameInfo.txt file in the game directory it is working from.
Paste this into a gameinfo.txt in your game directory (steamapps\counter-strike\cstrike\, steamapps\day of defeat\dod\ etc)
Note:When using the orangebox version of hammer, replace the SteamAppId with 218.
"GameInfo"
{
game "Counter-Strike"
title "Counter-Strike"
type multiplayer_only
FileSystem
{
SteamAppId 280 // This will mount all the GCFs we need (240=CS:S, 220=HL2).
ToolsAppId 211 // Tools will load this (ie: source SDK caches) to get things like materials\debug, materials\editor, etc.
//
// The code that loads this file automatically does a few things here:
//
// 1. For each "Game" search path, it adds a "GameBin" path, in <dir>\bin
// 2. For each "Game" search path, it adds another "Game" path in front of it with _<langage> at the end.
// For example: c:\hl2\cstrike on a french machine would get a c:\hl2\cstrike_french path added to it.
// 3. For the first "Game" search path, it adds a search path called "MOD".
// 4. For the first "Game" search path, it adds a search path called "DEFAULT_WRITE_PATH".
//
//
// Search paths are relative to the base directory, which is where hl2.exe is found.
//
// |gameinfo_path| points at the directory where gameinfo.txt is.
// We always want to mount that directory relative to gameinfo.txt, so
// people can mount stuff in c:\mymod, and the main game resources are in
// someplace like c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life 2.
//
SearchPaths
{
Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game hl2
Game hl1
}
}
}
Forge Game Data
Hammer 3.x .fgd files should work in Hammer 4.x: halflife.fgd has been tested and it does work. Look below for links to .fgd files.
If you are going to use the configurations from above, copy your .fgd files to c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\halflife\bin\
Bugs
- Hammer 4.x will probably not load any .spr referenced by the .fgd file.
- Hammer becomes buggy for some reason.
External Links
- dod.fgd
- halflife.fgd
- halflife-cs.fgd
- halflife-bs_WC33.fgd
- halflife-op4_wc33.fgd
- Opposing Force .fgd file
- Half-Life Blue Shift SDK - contains .fgd file
- Opposing Force CTF SDK - contains .fgd file