- Fixed an occasional bug when houndeyes stuck unable to do anything. Technical detail: now monster's `Activity` is set before the call to `SetYawSpeed`. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/467899b99aa225a95d90222137f18c141c929c86)
- Monsters now play idle sounds as it's supposed by the code. Technical detail: the problem was a check for a wrong variable. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/9fc712da019a1ca646171e912209a993e7c43976)
- Fixed a bug that caused talk monsters (scientists and security guards) to face a wrong direction during scripted sequence sometimes. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/3e2808de62e479e83068c075cb88b4f177f9acc7)
- Fixed squad member removal. This bug affected houndeye attacks as their attack depends on percieved number of squad members. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/b4502f71336a08f3f2c72b7b061b2838a149a11b)
- Scientists now react to smells. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/2de4e7ab003d5b1674d12525f5aefb1e57a49fa3)
- Tau-cannon (gauss) plays idle animations.
- Tau-cannon (gauss) beam color depends on the charge as it was before the prediction code was introduced in Half-Life. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/0a29ec49c8183ebb8da22a6d2ef395eae9c3dffe)
- Hand grenades don't stay primed after holster, preventing detonation after weapon switch. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/6e1059026faa90c5bfe5e3b3f4f58fde398d4524)
- Fixed flashlight battery appearing as depleted on restore.
- Fixed a potential overflow when reading sentences.txt. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-xash3d/commit/cb51d2aa179f1eb622e08c1c07b053ccd49e40a5)
- Fixed beam attachment invalidated on restore (that led to visual bugs). [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-xash3d/commit/74b5543c83c5cdcb88e9254bacab08bc63c4c896)
- Fixed alien controllers facing wrong direction in non-combat state. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/e51878c45b618f9b3920b46357545cbb47befeda)
- Fixed weapon deploy animations not playing sometimes on fast switching between weapons. [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/ed676a5413c2d26b2982e5b014e0731f0eda6a0d) [Patch2](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/4053dca7a9cf999391cbd77224144da207e4540b)
- Fixed tripmine sometimes having wrong body on pickup [Patch](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/commit/abf08e4520e3b6cd12a40f269f4a256cf8496227)
Bugfix-related macros that can be enabled during the compilation:
- **CROWBAR_DELAY_FIX** fixes a bug when crowbar has a longer delay after the first hit.
- **CROWBAR_FIX_RAPID_CROWBAR** fixes a "rapid crowbar" bug when hitting corpses of killed monsters.
- **GAUSS_OVERCHARGE_FIX** fixes tau-cannon (gauss) charge sound not stopping after the overcharge.
- **CROWBAR_IDLE_ANIM** makes crowbar play idle animations.
- **TRIPMINE_BEAM_DUPLICATION_FIX** fixes tripmine's beam duplication on level transition.
- **HANDGRENADE_DEPLOY_FIX** makes handgrenade play draw animation after finishing a throw.
- **WEAPONS_ANIMATION_TIMES_FIX** fixes deploy and idle animation times of some weapons.
Bugfix-related server cvars:
- **satchelfix**: if set to 1, doors won't get blocked by satchels. Fixes an infamous exploit on `crossfire` map.
- **explosionfix**: if set to 1, explosion damage won't propagate through thin bruses.
- **selfgauss**: if set to 0, players won't hurt themselves with secondary attack when shooting thick brushes.
*Note*: the macros and cvars were adjusted in [hlfixed](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/tree/hlfixed) branch (for further information read [this](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/wiki/HL-Fixed)). The bugfix macros are kept turned off in `master` branch to maintain the compatibility with vanilla servers and clients.
This repository contains (re-)implementations of some mods as separate branches derived from `master`. The list of supported mods can be found [here](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable/wiki/Mods). Note that some branches are unstable and incomplete.
To get the mod branch locally run the following git command:
```
git fetch origin asheep:asheep
```
This is considering that you have set **FWGS/hlsdk-portable** as an `origin` remote and want to fetch `asheep` branch.
Either clone the repository via [git](`https://git-scm.com/downloads`) or just download ZIP via **Code** button on github. The first option is more preferable as it also allows you to search through the repo history, switch between branches and clone the vgui submodule.
Install and run [Visual Studio Installer](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/). The installer allows you to choose specific components. Select `Desktop development with C++`. You can untick everything you don't need in Installation details, but you must keep `MSVC` and corresponding Windows SDK (e.g. Windows 10 SDK or Windows 11 SDK) ticked. You may also keep `C++ CMake tools for Windows` ticked as you'll need **cmake**. Alternatively you can install **cmake** from the [cmake.org](https://cmake.org/download/) and during installation tick *Add to the PATH...*.
If **cmake** was installed with Visual Studio Installer, you'll need to run `Developer command prompt for VS` via Windows `Start` menu. If **cmake** was installed with cmake installer, you can run the regular Windows `cmd`.
If you have a mod and want to automatically install libraries to the mod directory, set **GAMEDIR** variable to the directory name and **CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX** to your Half-Life or Xash3D installation path:
```
cmake -A Win32 -B build -DGAMEDIR=mod -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life"
After the configuration step, `HLSDK-PORTABLE.sln` should appear in the `build` directory. You can open this solution in Visual Studio and continue developing there.
Microsoft Visual Studio 6 is very old, but if you still have it installed, you can use it to build this hlsdk. There are no project files, but two `.bat` files, for server and client libraries. They require variable **MSVCDir** to be set to the installation path of Visual Studio:
Clone https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime and follow instructions: [download](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/blob/e014a74f60b45a861d38a867b1c81efe8484f77a/README.md#downloading-a-steam-runtime) and [setup](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/blob/e014a74f60b45a861d38a867b1c81efe8484f77a/README.md#using-schroot) the chroot.
Note that the libraries built this way might be not compatible with Steam Half-Life. If you have such issue you can configure it to build statically with c++ and gcc libraries:
To use waf, you need to install python (2.7 minimum)
```
(./waf configure -T release)
(./waf)
```
## Build options
Some useful build options that can be set during the cmake step.
* **GOLDSOURCE_SUPPORT** - allows to turn off/on the support for GoldSource input. Set to **ON** by default on Windows and Linux, **OFF** on other platforms.
* **USE_VGUI** - whether to use VGUI library. **OFF** by default. You need to init `vgui_support` submodule in order to build with VGUI.
This list is incomplete. Look at `CMakeLists.txt` to see all available options.
Prepend option names with `-D` when passing to cmake. Boolean options can take values **OFF** and **ON**. Example: