Frequently Asked Questions #

Why is it called Featureful? #

In the context of this SDK features are adjustable gameplay aspects. Most of the features are configured via text files and don’t require rebuilding of the game libraries. In that sense “customizable” or “featureable” would fit more, but “featureful” just sounds better.

You call it featureFUL, but the SDK X provides more features to me! #

There’re different Half-Life SDKs available, and each of them has their own focus. Featureful may lack some of the features that exist in other projects, but it also introduces a bunch of its own additions and improvements. More features will be incorporated in future.

I want to report an issue/request a feature. #

You can do it either on github Issues or in the Hazard Team’s Discord server

Is there a roadmap for future updates of this SDK? #

There’s no strict roadmap, but you can look at the TODO list.

Is it well-tested? #

The mods Field Intensity and Half-Life: Induction are based on the same code. There’re also several mods in development using this SDK. So one can say it’s pretty well tested and continuously being tested in the new projects.

Can I play the original Half-Life campaign using Featureful SDK? #

Very likely yes. It’s been a long time since I tested it though, so you’re welcome to try and report any discovered issues.

Can I fork the repository and make my own changes to the codebase? #

Yes. But in this case you become fully responsible for the code maintenance. Sometimes I make pretty big changes to the codebase that could become hard to merge if you made your own modifications and now want to merge with the upstream. Also most online tutorials won’t work because they’re written for vanilla HLSDK and the Featureful codebase is quite different.

The main goal of this SDK is to aid non-programmer developers. I may answer your questions regarding the code, but I’m not really interested in providing the assistance unless you want to contribute to the project (e.g. do a pull request).

Can I borrow code from this SDK for my own project? #

Yes. But it’s up to you to figure our how to properly port the features you’re interested in to your own codebase.

Can Featureful SDK be used to create a multiplayer mod? #

In theory yes. We didn’t break anything multiplayer-related and the multiplayer environment is usually taken into account when making changes and designing new entities. Some of the changes were even introduced purely for multiplayer. But the main focus of this SDK is being a base for singleplayer mods.

Why this SDK is built without VGUI by default? #

It’s to increase the portability of produced binaries among custom Xash3D versions that don’t include support for VGUI. Most singleplayer mods don’t use VGUI anyway, but it still can be enabled in the build configuration.

Does it work on Android? #

It hasn’t been tested on Anrdoid yet. Once it’s tested we’ll start making Android releases as well.

What are [LP], [LE], etc. in entity parameter names? #

See Locus system.