Old cs maps into source?

[tkking]

Hi. i am not a mapper and i am not planing on becoming one. but some of my favorite old cs maps were made by a guy that is not to popular, he just mapped for fun. and now i was wondering if it was possible to get them on css without the uncompiled version that hammer recognises? just a thought. let me know if u can help!

 

[Raeven0]

Short answer: no.

 

[tkking]

arg!

ok and if i had the files uncompiled (whatever they are before convertered to bsps) ?

 

[Raeven0]

Short answer: with some difficulty, yes.

Now, long answer, starting from the beginning: you can decompile a BSP to its pre-compilation form, but a lot of data is lost during goldsrc compilation, so you'll usually get a very ugly and error-filled map. You can open a pre-compilation file in Hammer 4, but the entire map will need to be retextured, and entity interactions will need to be reworked completely.

 

[Freelancer]

And you need to be a good mapper to do that

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

It'd be easier, quicker and less frustrating to start them from scratch for CS:S