I want to use Half Life 2 with my SDK, but it will not let me

[StarBot]

In the start screen, It's say to pick a game to moddify. But I have Half Life 2. but the program says that I only have TF2. and even that will not moddify it. I need help!

[Wazanator]

Are you launching it from steam/steamapps/common/gamename/bin ?

[☠F☺celessMind☠]

do not edit HL2, because if you edit some file, steam will overwrite oru file at the next update.
so two choices for you :
a. download source sdk base 2007,
b. download source sdk base 2013 singleplayer

source sdk base is free for all steam user so you don't need hl2, tf2 or any valve game to mod with the sourcesdk.

[StarBot]

Originally posted by fuzzzzzz Sourcesdk:

do not edit HL2, because if you edit some file, steam will overwrite oru file at the next update.
so two choices for you :
a. download source sdk base 2007,
b. download source sdk base 2013 singleplayer

source sdk base is free for all steam user so you don't need hl2, tf2 or any valve game to mod with the sourcesdk.

Ok... But it's says "please pick a game to edit or make a mod" And the only things its say that I only have is

SDK 2006
SDK 2007
SDK 2009
SDK MP

I just instal 2013 single and multi player but I don't see it in the main screen -_-

[☠F☺celessMind☠]

the source sdk 2007 will not work with the new version of the HL2 engine. this is not the 2007 vfersion but the 2013.
so if you own HL2, go to /common/hale-life 2/bin/
the tools of the sdk are here.
just execute de Set_sdk_env.bat
and after that you can launch hammer.exe
it will ask you for what game you want to work with, choose the version you need.

[Np237b]

Just what the 'fuzzzzzzzzz...'orderd. Thankyou so much, why can't Source\ SDK inform us of these eaasy problem solvers when the Great Steam Directory Matrix Evolves another click. I perhaps did'nt look deep enough, but that 'Common' Dir. seems more like a square peg ina round hole.

[腐敗的天使]

hi guys im having issues with my SDK too when i try to launch the model viewer it says "unable to load manifest file 'scripts/game_sounds_manifest.txt' when i followed the steps above with going into common/half-life2/bin and executed set_sdk_env.bat then launched hammer picked CS-S i then got this error Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesnt exist in subdirectory 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Half-Life2\cstrike'. check your -game parameter or VConfig setting im not sure how to fix this issue so if anyone can help me will really appreciate it :)

[voidywoidy]

I'm completely new, but I stumbled on the third instruction on the wikihow page. It said go on source sdk and pick hammer with something like hl2 or hldm or garrysmod, none of them are there. I can use tf2 or portal. How do I get the option to use hl2 or gmod?

[Wazanator]

You don't use the SDK launcher from steam. Valve broke it and all indication so far suggest they are not going to fix it.

Instead you need to go to steam/steamapps/common/GAME_NAME_HERE/bin and launch hammer.exe from there

However this will not work for Garrys mods hammer.exe because Garry has not yet set it up correctly. So if you want to map for garrys mod use HL2, CSS or DoD.

Also keep in mind this is only for older games, newer games like L4D, Portal 2 and CSGO have working authoring tools in Steam.

[voidywoidy]

Originally posted by Wazanator:

You don't use the SDK launcher from steam. Valve broke it and all indication so far suggest they are not going to fix it.

Instead you need to go to steam/steamapps/common/GAME_NAME_HERE/bin and launch hammer.exe from there

However this will not work for Garrys mods hammer.exe because Garry has not yet set it up correctly. So if you want to map for garrys mod use HL2, CSS or DoD.

Also keep in mind this is only for older games, newer games like L4D, Portal 2 and CSGO have working authoring tools in Steam.

Thanks, I looked at tutorials and they all said to go via steam. Well at least it works now! Might need CSS though.. I thought CSGO would give the same textures and things but I guess i'll buy it.

[Wazanator]

Summer sale is coming soon so you can probably grab CSS for like $5.