I know that anyone who is playing portal probably already has a copy of half life 2, but if you know anyone registered on steam that wants my free gift of Half Life 2, just let me know.

(I would like to give it to somebody related to someone who is actually active on this forum.)

Please just mention their steam name, and I'll send the gift.

I gotta get rid of it before the deadline hits, and who wants to waste a gift

oh.. okay, i could have sworn that i read one month, but I guess I stand corrected cause under manage gifts, it says never on expiration.

Well, nevertheless. I said it, cant unsay it (I dont know who of my friends who would want it anyway. We all waited for release in one big room and had a little party when it came out, so we all have it). If anyone wants it. Just let me know and I'll get it to ya.

msleeper wrote:
Think they'll catch me?

It's not allowed too but i don't think they will catch you.
Lots of people sell and buy Steam accounts (I think the most of them were hacked).

ps: my steam name also "emereld"

emereld wrote:
hi, there i have only Portal and am not able to create maps for it
(-> same as ChaosDreamers case)
if you like you could spend your free copy on me
so i could become active and do some mapping

ps: my steam name also "emereld"

you don't need hl2 to map for Portal... just download the Source SDK under the Tools tab in Steam

ebola wrote:
you don't need hl2 to map for Portal... just download the Source SDK under the Tools tab in Steam

You know... you can't make a new mod for half-life 2 if you don't have it right?

I haven't tried it, might be too much work.

Mapster wrote:
You know... you can't make a new mod for half-life 2 if you don't have it right?

uhh, yes you can, its called the Source SDK Base
I am 100% sure you can mod Portal without HL2

hint: you need to manually setup the sdk

My steam is: Bokaru

ebola wrote:
uhh, yes you can, its called the Source SDK Base
I am 100% sure you can mod Portal without HL2

i've tried it with the Source SDK Base..
i extracted .gcf's to it, looked for the GameInfo.txts, etc..
but SDK won't start at all, i even tried to run it over the command prompt with no luck..

ebola wrote:
hint: you need to manually setup the sdk

how that ?

besides: as i understand the Hammer Setup Tutorial all one got to do is: alter another game's SDK environment so that it can be used for Portal.
in case of the tutorial it is the SDK environment of HL2-Deathmatch that is altered.
but since i have no other game's SDK environment to alter
i have no chance to get it working.

emereld wrote:
how that ?

besides: as i understand the Hammer Setup Tutorial all one got to do is: alter another game's SDK environment so that it can be used for Portal.
in case of the tutorial it is the SDK environment of HL2-Deathmatch that is altered.
but since i have no other game's SDK environment to alter
i have no chance to get it working.

Another HUGE hint: Setup your GameConfig.txt inside your sourcesdk/bin/ like this

"Configs"
{
   "Games"
   {
      "Portal Mapping"
      {
         "GameDir"      "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\[email protected]\source sdk base\sourcetest"
         "hammer"
         {
            "GameData0"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\sourcesdk\bin\portal.fgd"
            "TextureFormat"      "5"
            "MapFormat"      "4"
            "DefaultTextureScale"      "0.250000"
            "DefaultLightmapScale"      "16"
            "GameExe"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\portal\hl2.exe"
            "DefaultSolidEntity"      "func_door"
            "DefaultPointEntity"      "prop_dynamic"
            "BSP"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\sourcesdk\bin\vbsp.exe"
            "Vis"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\sourcesdk\bin\vvis.exe"
            "Light"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\sourcesdk\bin\vrad.exe"
            "GameExeDir"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\portal"
            "MapDir"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\sourcesdk_content\portal\mapsrc"
            "BSPDir"      "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\[email protected]\portal\portal\maps"
            "CordonTexture"      "tools\toolsskybox"
            "MaterialExcludeCount"      "0"
         }
      }
   }
   "SDKVersion"      "2"
}

I've actually ran hammer on my friends account who has only Portal and no other source game just to prove myself.