Current events

Bugzilla

06 Sep Mike Durand has opened a Bugzilla, a bug-tracking tool, where everyone can report bugs related to the SDK.

Valve at Leipzig

24 Aug: Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 have been previewed at the Leipzig games show. See shakey-cam gameplay footage here!

SDK Project: Hammer-only mods

16 Aug: SDK Project is an experiment in creating mods that create new completely gameplay purely through Hammer and the entity Input/Output system - no code involved! The project has already led to a breakout clone, Marble Madness: Source and zombie-crushing racer, complete with slow-mo cameras and a time rewind function.

Impressive stuff indeed. Read and see more at http://www.sdk-project.com/!

Modding tutorial DVD series announced

14 Aug: Noesis Interactive launches Mod Your World DVD series for Half-Life 2.

First 2 of the DVD series "3D Content Creation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI" and "Character Design & Integration with Half-Life 2" will be available in early September 2006.

"Map Design & Integration with Half-Life 2" and "Advanced Character Design" will be available in Q4 2006. http://www.softimage.com/about_us/press_room/2006/060801_noesis.aspx

SDK Update

11 Aug: A minor SDK Update was released today. The changelist can be viewed at the SteamPowered News page here - http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&client=1&id=717&appid=211

FGD Upgrade

8 Aug: Upgraded versions of both base.fgd and halflife2.fgd have been released by ts2do. They include fixes to many datatypes, exempt keyvalues; spawnflags; and I/O connections, and overall entity corrections. Get it here.