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Work In Progress / Re: HLR

« Last post by SPRKH on June 28, 2017, 05:23:10 PM »

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Requests / Re: Early 2000's texuring style & methods [some tutorial examples here]

« Last post by The303 on June 27, 2017, 08:58:35 PM »

I just found this which is one of the more detailed tutorials from that era that managed to survive (lot of the other links are long dead):
http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html

I particularly like this one since he touches on the "painting with overlay mode" method which is a pretty neat style of pushing the details.

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Discussion / Re: 2017 Forum Redesign Feedback Thread

« Last post by Thomas on June 23, 2017, 12:26:42 PM »

Had to re-add the feature since the original one we had was not compatible with the newer version of the forum.

Should work now.

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Discussion / Re: 2017 Forum Redesign Feedback Thread

« Last post by SPRKH on June 22, 2017, 06:53:19 PM »

Is youtube embedding (still) a thing?

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Discussion / Re: 2017 Forum Redesign Feedback Thread

« Last post by Matuka on June 22, 2017, 02:51:40 PM »

On that note: what happened to the model dump idea? A stable online (ftp) repository where people can upload/archive old HL shit. Is that aleady a thing? Having something other than gamebanana to rely on is always a good idea. Unfortunately my external hdd with all my old backups and files died overnight, so i wouldnt be able to contribute much myself. Might help drive more traffic to here as well.

Model dump exists and is used by some users. I've been handing out logins to those that have asked for them so they can upload stuff. You need one Spork; just say the word.

There is also the HIT Model Depot as well that has some older stuff.

Do you guys still host Millenia's page? I remember he had a big ol' model dump on it.

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Requests / Re: Early 2000's texuring style & methods [some tutorial examples here]

« Last post by Alex on June 18, 2017, 02:04:09 PM »

Ah yeah, that guy was cited by Naughty Dog as "how to destroy your job application with a goofy name" :P

IIRC old texturing was more in line with "classic" hand-drawn 2D painting, it was usually quite broad and rough before getting scaled down a load. I'm sure you could still replicate that look in substance painter if you really wanted to, even with high poly sculpted normals thrown in to help you out; but it's weirdly hard to produce compared to modern PBR textures.

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Work In Progress / Re: The Big List Of Current GoldSrc Modding Links

« Last post by Norman The Loli Pirate on June 17, 2017, 06:53:56 PM »

http://www.brywright.co.uk/downloads/files/index.php?dir=natural-selection/

Holy crap I remember that JinRoh Pack for Natural Selection, was probably my favorite pack to use.

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Work In Progress / Re: The Big List Of Current GoldSrc Modding Links

« Last post by RavenGT on June 17, 2017, 11:43:55 AM »

I didn't know there were other Hammer clones other than Jackhammer. Great compilation, I'd vote for it to become stickied.

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Work In Progress / Re: The Big List Of Current GoldSrc Modding Links

« Last post by XChiz on June 17, 2017, 05:49:26 AM »

http://www.brywright.co.uk/downloads/files/index.php?dir=natural-selection/

Also this, there are some rare models like Brigadierwolf's weapon replacements, and many player models if someone wants to make them for SC.

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Work In Progress / The Big List Of Current GoldSrc Modding Links

« Last post by The303 on June 16, 2017, 03:20:20 PM »

I'm posting this as WIP since im continually adding to it and would like to see if there is any major resource/tool/tutorial that needs adding.  Over the years a lot of goldsrc stuff got lost or buried/confused with source stuff so I'm maintaining a list of working and archive links as well as any new tools:

Sites:

The Whole Half-Life
The303.org (my site of GoldSrc tutorials including Custom map texture, sprite & modelling series)
Wavelength.net Articles
Sourcemodding.com GoldSrc section
Sven Manor (Mapping For Sven Co-op)
The SnarkPit
CounterMap2 CS Mapping site
LiveWires List Of Mapping Resources

Tools & Plugins:

Sourcemodding.com GoldSrc Tools Archive
Wunderboy's Tools and 3DSMax Plugins
Half-Life Zone Editing tools
Half-Life SDK (can also be downloaded through steam)
ZHLT - Hammer Compile Tools
HLMV Standalone - GoldSrc MDL viewer
Hl-Texture tools - Wad & Sprite Creation Utility
Slackillers Collection Of Legacy HL Tools
Nem's Crafty BSP Viewer Tool
ModDb's Half-Life Section
J.A.C.K Map Editor
Sledge Map Editor
PeterTheGoats SMD converter (for blender)
GameBanana's GoldSrc General Tools Section
GameBanana's Half-Life Tools Section
GameBanana's CS1.6 Tools Section
3DSMAX SMD Tools
RIPENT - BSP entity ripper
BSPedit
P2MV Model Viewer (Color Remap Preview)

Models & Wads:

17buddies GoldSrc Model Downloads
Gamer-Lab GoldSrc Content Downloads Resource
The Half-Life High Definition Pack

Video Tutorials:

Modelling For GoldSrc In Blender Series
Animated Helicopter In BlenderTutorial
Transparent Textures
Animated Textures

Communities:

GameBanana
SourceModding Discord Server
Sven Co-Op Forums
HLFX (Russian Community)
TWHL Forums
Snarkpit Forums

Legacy Content:

The Valve ERC
CS1.6 Playermodel Tutorial
PlanetQuake's Half-Life Tutorials
Legacy 3DSmax Plugins
Unknownworlds Big Forum Thread on Half-Life Modding
Hammer Content Pack
EYERONIK'S Mapping Tutorials