Getting Started

• Configuring Hammer for Half-Life

Basic Elements

• Point-Based Entities
• Brush-Based Entities

Half-Life

Half-Life Steam Community Hub

• List of Half-Life entities
• Half-Life Sky List

Half-Life: Opposing Force

Half-Life: Opposing Force Steam Community Hub

• List of Opposing Force entities

Half-Life: Blue Shift

Half-Life: Blue Shift Steam Community Hub

• List of Blue Shift entities

Tutorials

• Health Charger
• Suit Charger
• Alien Teleport Effect

Additive Information

Forge Game Data

• Half-Life FGD
• Half-Life: Opposing Force FGD
• Half-Life: Blue Shift FGD

Compiling Programs

• Zoner's Half-Life Tools

External Resources

• The Whole Half-Life A tutorial site for map development in Half-Life and Half-Life 2.

External Tools

General

• GoldSrc External Tool Resource Site

Modelling Programs

MilkShape 3D (purchase required)

Download

Blender (free)

Download

3D Studio Max (purchase required)

Download

Texture Editors

• Gimp 2 (free)
• Photoshop (purchase required)
• Wally (free)

Downloads

Hammer Editor

• Install Half-Life SDK(3.4) from Steam (must own Half-Life 1 on Steam)
• Download Hammer 3.4 from GameBanana

Replacement SDKs

J.A.C.K. A modified version of the GoldSource Engine created by Russian modders. J.A.C.K. offers many additional features for level editing and modding for Half-Life, as well as Quake 2 and 3.

SLEDGE EDITOR A replacement to Valve's GoldSource Engine, Sledge is still currently in it's Alpha form.