Half-Life: Source Maps

[BigBlockElectra]

Where can I find the .fgd file for HL:S? I looked around and found the text for it on wikipedia, and tried putting it into a text document, but hammer doesn't recognize it unless it's in a .fgd file. I'd like to be able to make a map for HL:S, so where can I get the .fgd, or a program that will convert the text into an .fgd file? Thanks

 

[JFry]

Did you try opening the text file and manually saving it with the .fgd extension?

 

[BigBlockElectra]

Yes, that did not work for me. It doesn't change the extension when I try to add the .fgd at the end. I also tried opening up the half-life 2 .fgd file with notepad, I erased the contents, then pasted the HL:S text and did a save as, but it still wouldn't work.

Help?

 

[UltraProAnti]

suggestion: don't bother mapping for HL:Source, it looks rubbish. wait for Black Mesa: Source and map for that instead

 

[Unarmed]

UPA has got a damn good suggestion there.

But copying the text you found @ wiki into a file named HLSource.fgd and loading that up in hammer should work.

Rae! Go build decent FGD! (As if he'd touch HL: Source)

 

[BigBlockElectra]

Ok, I got the .fgd to work. Do I setup Half-Life Source with the wad3 type textures, or do I use the half-life 2 textures?

Howcome the entities end up being placed as errors in the map?

 

[Unarmed]

You use HL2 textures. Source engine does not like WAD's.

Entities sometimes have a model connected to them in Hammer. Which model an entity uses in hammer is specified by the fgd. If said model does not exist, a huge red ERROR model will be shown.

This means that either your fgd points to a model which does not exist, or the model exists in a gcf file that hammer hasn't loaded.

 

[BigBlockElectra]

The "error" message doesn't seem to have affected anything. I was able to compile a simple map with a room, a suit, and a few "error" monster_scientists.

Per your suggestions above, how do I load a different .gcf file into Hammer?

 

[Unarmed]

I have no clue.

The "error" model appears when Hammer cant find the model. As long as the FGD points the engine in the right direction you will have a model ingame anyway.