Half-Life: Alyx Guide

Half-Life: Alyx Modding Guide for Half-Life: Alyx

Half-Life: Alyx Modding Guide

Overview

This guide shows the essentials to get started with using the Hammer editor with Half-Life Alyx. Valve has yet to release the official workshop tools, but following the tutorial, you’ll be able to still get a working version running

Getting The Hammer Editor To Run On Alyx

Full guide is located: [link]

Join the HL:A Modding Discord: [link]

Half-Life: Alyx Tools Guide

This is a quick guide showing how to get a working version of the HL:A Hammer editor and tools (before Valve officially releases them). There’s some limitations currently that need workarounds, so be sure to step in one of the Discord’s below if you need help.

HL:A Hammer Install Guide

1. First, navigate to:

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSteamVRtoolssteamvr_environmentsgame

(change the drive letter if you installed SteamVR or Alyx somewhere else except for the default location on c)

and copy the bin folder


Then paste it in your Alyx folder

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonHalf-Life Alyxgame


Choose “yes” when it asks you if you want to replace the contents

2. Next, go to

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSteamVRtoolssteamvr_environmentsgamesteamtours


copy the bin folder here and paste it, replacing the bin folder in:

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonHalf-Life Alyxgamehlvr
3. Next, navigate to

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSteamVRtoolssteamvr_environmentsgamecore

and copy the “tools” folder


and paste it, replacing the ones in your Alyx folder in

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonHalf-Life Alyxgamecore
4. Lastly, you’ll want to make a shortcut to launch directly to Hammer

Right click on the hlvr.exe located in

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonHalf-Life Alyxgamebinwin64

and create a shortcut


Choose “properties” of that shortcut and add

-tools -novr -nosteam -720

at the end of the “Target” section


It’ll look like this:

“C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonHalf-Life Alyxgamebinwin64hlvr.exe” -tools -novr -nosteam -720

That’s it! Now you can launch Hammer for Half-Life: Alyx through your shortcut!

Other Guides

HL:A Hammer Missing Assets Fix!
[link]

Source 2 Hammer Introduction Guide

[link]

The SteamVR Source 2 SFM: Getting Started

[link]
Get Help From The Community

Join the HL:A Modding Hub Discord Server!
[link]

Join the Valve Community Developers Discord Server!
[link]

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