Level Creation

Q3 .map to HL2 .vmf converter

Batch compile Source and GoldSrc Maps

Creates .Res files for Source games running on a server

Color Correct is a 3DS Max texture plug-in which alters the colors of any texture

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

Alternative to Hammer Editor for Level design

automatically finds mapfiles to compile in the directory it is run

Custom DLL that supports transparency in Half-Life for pre Steam WON

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

Batch map compiler for GoldSrc

Small collection of obfuscation techniques for maps

Small tool for generating Random Source Maps

Windows interface that frontends the compiling utilities

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

Adjust the light levels in a map

A small VMF to JSON parser

Modification of Source Valve Hammer Editor to fix some issues. Fixes brush vertex precision loss.

Standalone Compiler for GoldSrc Maps

Older free for personal use version of Terragen for sculpting landscapes

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

Alternative Map Editor for GoldSrc games

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

Simple tool to change VTF versions from 7.5 to 7.4

A tool to assist in the compiling of source engine maps

Inserts instances into a map

Modified Compiler with support for large models and textures

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.

Collection of various bspconv exes i have found around the net

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

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

Modify the entities of a .map file by editing its text

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

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

Older program used for editing entities within bsp maps

Rotates selected entity types in a map

Tools supporting the creation of HDR Images for the Engine

Valve Map Extractor, Decompile BSP maps for source (original version)

Find, display, and optionally round floating point plane coordinates in Source engine .vmf files.

Convert Worldcraft 3.3 Maps into the Radiant Format

Contains 3 Tools, BSP_View, BSP_Tool and BSP_Slicer all of which perform useful tasks on Half-Life Maps

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

Collection of tools useful for mapping with GoldSrc

Removes entity names from your map and helps prevent people from stealing your work

This is the barebones program that GFlip uses as it's base

This program is a little tool for those that like the Half-Life game, with
its amazing kind of enemies and weapons.

Tool for compiling Maps from hammer

Simple bindings for debugging maps

Similar to ZHLT for Goldsrc, it speeds up compilation for Source

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

ZHLT rebuilt and up to date with latest engine build

Generate mazes for your level in GoldSrc

Decompile Source .bsp files into Hammer .vmf files. Successor to VMEX

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

A tool for tweaking hammer settings and using multiple texture profiles

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

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

Preview a map contained in a BSP file.

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

Batch compiler for automating Map Compilation

Small utility for helping protect bsp maps

A slimmed down copy of the Source SDK 2013 map compile tools

GUI Compiler for Half-Life Maps

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.

Great little command line tool for creating a backup of your map during the compile process

GUI Compiler for Source Maps

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

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

Edit light values inside a Maps RAD file

Standalone Compiler for Source Maps

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

Frontend wrapper for netvis

The Original official mapping utility from Valve

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.

a 3D Shape Generator for the Quake & Half-Life Map Format

Simple tool for converting world units into Hammer Units

A tool for compiling maps from VMF to BSP format

Preview a map contained in a BSP file.

fixes the annoying Navigation Mesh was built using a different version of this map

A nice tool made in 2015 which can come in handy sometimes when a bsp file is too large and wont work in BSPtoMAP.exe

Batch files for killing the compile processes