source sdk free means all can play black mesa?

[Magnitus]

i just surfed around the web and found this on moddb

this news comes a little late, but for those unaware due to the recent release of a free Team Fortress 2, the Source SDK will soon become free to use in its entirety, for everyone (confirmed by Valve’s Robin Walker in this RockPaperShotgun article). The free SDK was first uncovered in our forums on the 28th of June by an enterprising young man going by the name of Riley, who just happens to be the playtest leader of esteemed Source mods Zombie Panic Source and No More Room In Hell.

This means that all Source mods, made for Valve games (we list around 1,500 for HL2 alone) may eventually be free to play, without requiring you to purchase a Valve game (thou who hasn’t purchased a valve game on this site?)

source: moddb

so does this mean that everyone can play black mesa?

[DiePoente]

While the Source Engine SDK will soon be free, it looks like amateur game developers will still require that a Source Engine game be installed before playing any mods created via the Source Engine SDK

[OldDirtyBastard]

DENIED

[Theevilpplz]

@DiePoente

While the Source Engine SDK will soon be free, it looks like amateur game developers will still require that a Source Engine game be installed before playing any mods created via the Source Engine SDK

Are they planning to change the fact that the free version of TF2 counts as a fully fledged source game? Or have they already changed that and I’m just slow

[DiePoente]

IDK. Do you get the Source SDK when you download it in a free version?

[Dotard]

I dont see how u can play it without

[lithium.bb]

No you can’t. End of story. If you don’t have a source game, you need to get all of them and suck their dicks.

[Starscre4M]

if the source sdk becomes free i guess anyone will be able to play free source mods…

[razorbeamz]

Won’t Black Mesa use a lot of HL2 resources though?

[xalener]

just stuff that’s in the sdk.

[Theevilpplz]

@DiePoente

IDK. Do you get the Source SDK when you download it in a free version?

IIRC, someone finding that you could, unintentionally on Valve’s behalf, download the SDK while only having F2P TF2 and then talking to Robin Walker about it, was what made them decide ‘Ok, why not make it free full stop?’

[loony636]

@razorbeamz

Won’t Black Mesa use a lot of HL2 resources though?

It used to, but they shifted it to use entirely custom content.

[TheSuperNova]

How can you not own a source game? well, you can pick up half-life 2 pretty cheap now anyways

[Dotard]

Question: What about to use cracked steam with orange box hl gcfs + sdks ? will it work ?

[PumaB]

haha ppl wont be able to play with bms on mac (or any mod), becouse sdk is not suported on mac…

[lithium.bb]

Theres a difference between Source SDK and SDK Base… And i’m pretty sure it isn’t supported on Macs, but i’m not sure.

[VetalKroot]

Raminator

Source SDK Base 2007 being in subscription zero means it’s free for everyone.

[P_PORTAL_RTAL]

so since its free now, i gues we can kiss our wanted engine 2009 source update goodbye and no portal mods

[DiePoente]

1. It’s not there yet.
2. There is no proof that you can play all mods for 100%.

[Medevilae]

You’ll be able to play any mod based on the OB SDK content.