Half-Life 2
Valve | Released Nov 16, 2004
Pick up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people, people he cares about, are counting on him.
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The Half-Life Almanac Review
Oct 19, 2004 Basic management by jacksonj04 0 commentsLooking at, reviewing and getting background on the famous Half-Life Almanac.
Basic Doors Video Tutorial
Dec 09, 2004 Basic mapping/technical by IchI 9 commentsIn this video tutorial I will teach you the basic principles of making a door inside of hammer. It includes making triggered doors and physical doors.
Rope Bridge Video Tutorial
Dec 09, 2004 Intermediate mapping/technical by IchI 3 commentsIn this video tutorial I will teach you how to make a simple rope bridge, we will hang up the bridge with constraints and then add visual physical ropes...
Thruster Canister Explosive BOOM! Video Tutorial
Dec 09, 2004 Advanced mapping/technical by IchI 6 commentsIn this video tutorial we will recreate the scene from 'Gone in 60 seconds' where an explosive canister falls onto the floor and begins to fly...
NPC and Item Placement Theory
Mar 26, 2005 Basic level design/theory by HughBear 4 commentsNon-Player Character (NPC) and item placement can influence both the gameflow and immersion of a level. This article aims to give some pointers on how...
Creating a 3d Skybox (Video)
May 27, 2005 Intermediate mapping/technical by Stieffers 20 commentsA quick video tutorial on creating a 3d skybox.
Creating the Perfect Light/Light Effect
Jun 02, 2005 Intermediate mapping/technical by Stallion001 13 commentsCreate the perfect street light, or high quality light, for HL2.
Creating sand storms/fogs
Jun 11, 2005 Intermediate mapping/technical by Stallion001 4 commentsHello there! Here's a tutorial on how to make that 'Sand Storm/Dust Fog' in the air. Let's get started...
Altering the camera angle
Jun 13, 2005 Basic client side coding by denreaper 13 commentsThe camera angle is an extremely simple thing to alter, and can complete a major step in many specialized mods. Here, you will learn just how to do that...
Making Glass Start Out Broken
Jul 17, 2005 Basic mapping/technical by Hp-P00nst3r 5 commentsThis tutorial will teach you how to make a func_breakable_surf start out broken when the map loads without the player doing anything to it.
Displacement maps in Half-life 2 (Video)
Jul 21, 2005 Intermediate mapping/technical by deleter 14 commentsThis 17 or so minute video will walk you through using displacement maps to make hills, like the ones in the HL2 coast levels.
How to make skins
Aug 04, 2005 Intermediate skinning by Mauritz 40 commentsThis tutorial will show you how to replace a Half-Life 2 skin with your own. You must know how to draw with Photoshop or another image editing tool and...
Beginners Guide to Valve Hammer Editor
Aug 05, 2005 Basic mapping/technical by Sfisher7 120 commentsThis tutorial will show you how to make a very basic map, you will learn how to create brushes (they are blocks that you use to make your level) apply...
Blow up a wall tutorial
Aug 18, 2005 Advanced mapping/technical by jeremebp 11 commentsThis tutorial will show you how to make a wall get hit by an explosion and be destroyed. This assumes you know basic hammer functions.
Complete guide for customizing a single-player mod
Sep 05, 2005 Advanced client side coding by Pitulon 61 commentsThis tutorial will teach you how to take your custom.bsp level and add the ingredients to make it start in the elaborate way that Half-Life2(r) starts.
Physics Props- From XSI to HL2
Oct 02, 2005 Basic props modelling by Stuffie 18 commentsNeed some rubbish for your mod maybe a more l33t crate, this tutorial shows you how to make a cake and get it in the game.
Creating your first room for CS:s
Oct 31, 2005 Basic mapping/technical by Mikey@overrun 12 commentsThis tutorial will guide you to making your very first room for cs:s.
Dystopia: A Barebones Level
Dec 05, 2005 Intermediate mapping/technical by feanix 5 commentsDystopia requires more than a simple info_player_start for a barebones map. I'll go into a bit of detail in this tutorial on what itis you need for...
The Seven Steps to Texturing Enlightenment
Dec 08, 2005 Basic textures by feanix 6 commentsSeven steps to lead you from Texturing Noob to Texturing Novice, written in Plain English. This will show you have to get a basic, basic texture into...
Changing the HUD Colour, Layout, Fonts & Effects
Dec 27, 2005 Intermediate client side coding by xSqUiDx 39 commentsIn this tutorial we will be changing the HUD colour, Layout, Fonts, Font colours & Effects. Also i will cover how to change the colours of the Main Menu...
Changing The Sounds In Your MOD
Feb 28, 2006 Basic server side coding by root1 4 commentsAdd or customize your mod's sound effects, for weapons and such.
Making Teleports
Mar 08, 2006 Basic mapping/technical by Intelevend 10 commentsThis tutorial will show you how to make teleports with specific destinations
Making a working multiplayer weapon
Mar 22, 2006 Intermediate server side coding by TheSpaceMan 9 commentsThere are lots of tutorials out there that explain how you make a weapon for a singleplayer mod. Well here is one on how to add a new pistol to a multiplayer...
Skinning A Shotgun
Mar 24, 2006 Intermediate skinning by Jorg40 31 commentsHi, this is my first video tutorial on the web, and I hope it can be useful.
The Complete guide for customizing a single-player mod (Video)
Jun 18, 2006 Basic client side coding by jamesepain 13 commentsThis video tutorial will take you step by step on how to make your own mod in your own way.
RaveNk's Source Mapping Series (Video)
Aug 07, 2006 Basic mapping/technical by RaveNk 16 commentsThe basic's of mapping in Hammer for source.
Basic Hl2 Modeling Tutorial
Aug 29, 2006 Basic weapons modelling by TKAzA 22 commentsToday I will be walking you through the wonderful world of modelling and compiling for half life 2. This tutorial is targeted at 3dsmax users and half...
How to add a button to your level
Sep 17, 2006 Basic mapping/technical by Sallycin 8 commentsThis is a simple tutorial that shows you how to add a button in your Half-life 2 level.
Exporting Half Life 2 Characters to a 3D Modeling Program
Sep 25, 2006 Intermediate players modelling by MeltingIce 10 commentsAlright everyone, here goes, my huge tutorial on how to export a Half Life 2 Character into Cinema 4D and/or 3DS Max. I’ll try to be as clear as possible...
Installing A Mod
Oct 12, 2006 Basic installers by silentkillzr 18 commentsHow to install many of the Half-Life 2 mods found on the moddb.com - this is a very basic tutorial!
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