README.txt

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Mapbase Release Build
v8.0
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"Installing" Mapbase is basically just like any other Source mod, except there's three folders instead of one. To install Mapbase, follow these instructions:

- Install Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer and set the branch to -upcoming if you haven’t already.
- Extract mapbase_episodic, mapbase_hl2, and mapbase_shared from the .zip archive downloaded earlier to your “SteamApps/sourcemods” directory.
- Restart Steam.

You should now have “Mapbase - Episodic” and “Mapbase - HL2” in your Steam library. If not, make sure you're using the same drive Steam is installed on and ensure that you extracted the folders correctly. (e.g. "SteamApps/sourcemods/mapbase_shared")

If you have followed all instructions correctly, Mapbase should be fully playable at this point. mapbase_episodic is for the HL2 episodes, mapbase_hl2 is for the original HL2, and mapbase_shared just contains miscellaneous content not unique to Half-Life 2.

Using Mapbase in Hammer is a bit more complicated and steps for that can be found here:
https://github.com/mapbase-source/source-sdk-2013/wiki/Setting-up-Mapbase

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https://www.moddb.com/mods/mapbase
https://github.com/mapbase-source/source-sdk-2013
https://mapbase-source.notion.site/Mapbase-Development-34e27a9892864c96b1e0021ea780d880
https://github.com/mapbase-source/source-sdk-2013/issues
https://discord.gg/nd8tXNg
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