Valve has published mode tools for “Half-Life: Alyx” and their release in Steam Workshop. They can be used to develop new levels, models, textures, and animations for the game.
About one and a half months have passed since the release of Alyx. Alyx Workshop Tools arrived in time to maintain its popularity. It is currently in beta testing, but already contains the following elements:
- Hammer is the latest version of the Source 2 level editor.
- Material Editor – a tool for creating and customizing materials in Source 2
- ModelDoc – a tool for viewing, editing, and assembling models with animations, collisions, and other attributes of the game progress.
- AnimGraph is an animation tool for creating complex animation settings with overlays and transitions.
- Particle Editor – to create new particle effects
- Sub Subrect Editor – to create intelligent texture sheets known as “hot spots
- Source Filmmaker is a visualization and animation tool in Source 2.
- The kit contains several examples of maps. They show the pipeline that Valve used to create game layers.
Developers and modders can download official tools for modding “Half-Life: Alyx” from the Valve website. There they can also find documentation that still needs to be filled out.
Along with the release of the modding tools, Valve has also released a Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx that uses the Vulcan API. And now Vulkan works with the Windows version of the game.