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Source Engine SDK Released

Posted by Zonk on from the make-your-own-black-mesa dept.

wolrahnaes writes "It's finally available to the public. According to a post on The Valve ERC Collective, the tools needed to create maps and mods for Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, and other Source engine based titles are now available on Steam. Some documentation is available here."

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  1. ...AND VALVE BREATH A SIGH OF RELIEF by hine_uk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    because all those people who can make good games are going to save their asses again. Dont get me wrong, Half life kicked ass and I am sure that half life 2 will kick ass too but the only reason half life is so fondly remembered is due to the number of world class mods that came out. Valve made a good game, amateur coders made their engine a phenomenon.

    1. Re:...AND VALVE BREATH A SIGH OF RELIEF by Cassius105 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I disagree

      the original Half Life was amazing and would of been remembered as a classic without mods

      what mods have done is made it stay popular to this day rather than just being remembered

  2. Forget Mods by superpulpsicle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The reason why original HalfLife was such a success is because it ran fluidly on every video card. HalfLife 2 with or without mods have quite a steep requirement to climb. If it's anything like Doom III, I'll wait for double-digit patches.