Level Creation

Modified versions of the tools used in the Map compilation process

Small application for viewing map files, Superseded by crafty

Decompile GoldSrc .bsp files into Hammer .map files.

This is an modified version of VHLT v34 by Uncle Mike designed for the Xash3D engine (bsp v31)

Q3 .map to HL2 .vmf converter

VSIF2VCD is a command line scenes.image extractor/decompiler.

Simple tool to change VTF versions from 7.5 to 7.4

makes textfiles to go with your overview pictures from Half-Life maps.

Aids in nthe process of converting GoldSrc maps into Source maps

Simple tool for converting world units into Hammer Units

Small Tool for extracting Textures from BSPs and into WADs. Includes GUI Versions WinTextract & Textract Suite

Generate a random map for Half-Life based on criteria you set in the application

Older free for personal use version of Terragen for sculpting landscapes

List Maker automatically generates your maplist.txt and mapcycle.txt, it can be further used for making lists outside of Maplist making.

Convert .BSP files to .MAP files & Extract files from .PAK or .SIN files

DirectX based application to open and view Half Life 1 game files (Source Code)

This tool blocks Hammer from converting plane coordinates to integers when exporting .map file and thus enables Hammer to output the original floating point coordinates.

Custom DLL that supports transparency in Half-Life for Steam

Older program used for editing entities within bsp maps

Lists maps for easy maplist.txt

Used to take source-css console commands and convert them into .vmf-compatible commands.

Map viewer for Valve's GoldSrc engine (needs to be compiled)

Analyzes and reports on errors in the map compilation process

This program adds custom content to a BSP. It is a GUI version of Valve's bspzip.

Batch map compiler for GoldSrc

Edit light values inside a Maps RAD file

This tool can help you by grouping the map into VisGroups based on a grid.

A collection of JavaScript functions to load Goldsource and Source map files and render them. Not an editor.

Displays all options for, and facilitates, compiling maps for Nightfire

Small tool for generating Random Source Maps

A tool to generate cl_leveloverview from BSP files

Create a Map using color information through 2D

Valve Batch Compile tool (VBCT) is a source map Compile tool

A graphical interface for creating and editing Half-Life FGD Files.

Compiler and Decompiler rolled into one tool

C# library that will parse Quake/Half-Life MAP files

Batch compiler for automating Map Compilation

Create an easily readable version of an FGD (commandline)

Multi Game Map Editor that supports Half-life

GUI Compiler for Source Maps

Inserts instances into a map

OGLE is a rather amazing 3d tool that can extract shapes from 3d scenes being rendered on a computer screen

Another great tool from RedMser which tracks Hammers compilation progress even when it seems to hang

Joiner is a little application that reads in a template .vmf file and produces a new .vmf filled with supports based on your template and customised settings or config.

Crafty is a 3D object, material, model and file browsing utility for Source & GoldSrc Maps.

C# Library for working with BSP files (and other similar file formats).

Simplest Pak extractor ever. Just pick a map and click the button

converts Minecraft files into vmf files

Convert Worldcraft 3.3 Maps into the Radiant Format

Map Resource Extractor (MRE) is a small program that reads the VMF, and only copies the content that has been used in the map.

HammerMate is a tool I use to save and load the wad texture list for Hammer 3.4 / 3.5.

A modified version of VBSP designed to greatly increase the maximum width and length of visleaves.

Convert maps between Quake3 and Half-Life

Editor used for 007 Nightfire map creation

Generates Terrain for Games

Generate mazes for your level in GoldSrc

Batch files for killing the compile processes

Entspy is program for viewing and editing the entities of compiled map

Worldcraft Hammer Editor Map Compiler is a set of .bat files that make the process of compiling and developing .bsp maps from .vmf files an easy and fun task.

This is Badger. It's a tool to generate levels for Half-Life 2, Black Mesa.

Alternative to Hammer Editor for Level design

It is another type of solid which is perfect for creating terrain. A plugin for Hammer

This program will help you to manage all your customs files, for your maps , texture, models or mods

Hack the colors in WorldCraft

A tool for tweaking hammer settings and using multiple texture profiles

This is a tool I made to create huge forests in Source maps (It should work with any source game!)

Generates displacements that would usually take an extremely long time, or just be impossible to do in Hammer.

The Calliper editor (formerly Crowbar) is designed to be a cross-platform, extensible level editor that accelerates the creation of computer game maps, and is targeted specifically at Source engine games.

Open-source library for reading and editing BSP files

Great little application for viewing skys used in game

The Original official mapping utility from Valve

Useful tool for extracting the contents of BSP files

Preview a map contained in a BSP file.

Rotates selected entity types in a map

Simple tool to dump raw data from Valve's map files.

Decrypt files that have been protected with BSPProtect (commandline)

Some Dev Texture guides to aid with level creation

Optimizes the entities in compiled maps, allowing you to include more entities and also reduce network traffic.

Collection of tools useful for mapping with GoldSrc

ZHLT rebuilt and up to date with latest engine build