Third Party Tools

This is a sorted list of third party tools with brief descriptions. See also: Category:Third Party Tools.

Compiling

• Batch Compile Tool - compile Source .vmf maps outside of Hammer
• CSTBSP - custom BSP compiler
• CSTRAD - custom RAD compiler
• CSTVIS - custom VIS compiler

Models

• FireSoft Half-Life MDL Converter - convert Source models to GoldSrc models
• FireSoft MS3D to SMD converter

Texture/Image tools

See also: Image Manipulation Programs

• 360g - Convert BMP or TGA into VTF, generate VMTs and normal maps
• Fixvtf - convert Episode 2 format materials to Episode 1 format

Video

• AVIKit - Windows library for accessing raw video and sound from AVI

BSP editing/decompiling

• BSP Viewer - view and export GoldSrc maps
• BSP2MAP - convert GoldSrc BSP maps to .map files
• EntEd - view and edit entity properties of a BSP
• Entspy - view and edit entity properties of a BSP

Misc

• CtxConverter - GUI "wrapper" which removes the default based DOS commands into decompiling and compiling CTX & TXT files.
• DispGen - generate a Displacement map from a heightmap image
• DuctTape - a development integration and project building tool
• GCFScape - open and extract GCF and VPK files

See also

• 3D Modeling Programs