Half-Life 2/Mods

Follow these steps to install a mod.

Single Player Mods

 * 1) Locate and open your hl2 game folder in, \Steam\steamapps\[SteamName]\half-life 2\hl2
 * 2) Place your mod folders into \Steam\steamapps\SteamUsername\half-life 2\hl2, agree to overwrite any files (this will merge the folders)
 * 3) * Mod folders are maps, materials, models etc
 * 4) Start Half-Life 2.
 * 5) Use the ` to show console.
 * 6) Enter , (where mapname is the name of the custom map, eg  ).

Single Player Maps

 * 1) Locate and open your Half-Life 2 maps game folder in, \Steam\steamapps\[SteamName]\half-life 2\hl2\maps
 * 2) * Backup any existing maps that might have the same name (rename the current map folder, eg \maps\Assault.bsp to \maps\Old.Assault.bsp).
 * 3) Move the newly downloaded map into the maps folder.
 * 4) Start Half-Life 2.
 * 5) Use the ` to show console.
 * 6) Enter , (where mapname is the name of the custom map, eg  ).

Multi-Player Maps

 * 1) Locate and open your Half-Life 2 deathmatch hl2mp game folder in, \Steam\SteamApps\[SteamName]\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp
 * 2) Place your map folders into \Steam\SteamApps\[SteamName]\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\, agree to overwrite any files (this will merge the folders)
 * 3) * Map folders are maps, materials, models etc
 * 4) Start Half-Life 2.
 * 5) Go to  →, then choose your map.
 * 6) * Alternatively start any multiplayer game, press ` to show console, enter, (where mapname is the name of the custom map, eg  ).

SourceMods

 * 1) Locate and open your SourceMods game folder in, \Steam\steamapps\SourceMods
 * 2) * Backup any existing mods that might have the same name (rename the current mod folder, eg \SourceMods\Assault to \SourceMods\Old.Assault).
 * 3) Move the newly downloaded mod folder into the current SourceMods folder.
 * 4) Restart Steam, and go to.
 * 5) Run the mod.