https://github.com/fwgs/xash3d-fwgs
Xash3D FWGS engine
https://github.com/fwgs/xash3d-fwgs
c-language cross-platform crossplatform fwgs game-engine game-modding goldsrc goldsrc-engine half-life halflife halflife-1 halflife1 modding-games modding-tools multiplayer-game-engine pure-c waf xash3d xash3d-engine xash3d-fwgs
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Xash3D FWGS engine
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fwgs/xash3d-fwgs
- Owner: FWGS
- Created: 2018-04-02T21:33:02.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-10T21:48:22.000Z (18 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-11T23:54:48.782Z (17 days ago)
- Topics: c-language, cross-platform, crossplatform, fwgs, game-engine, game-modding, goldsrc, goldsrc-engine, half-life, halflife, halflife-1, halflife1, modding-games, modding-tools, multiplayer-game-engine, pure-c, waf, xash3d, xash3d-engine, xash3d-fwgs
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 24.1 MB
- Stars: 1,834
- Watchers: 54
- Forks: 275
- Open Issues: 413
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
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# Xash3D FWGS Engine 
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Xash3D ([pronounced](https://ipa-reader.com/?text=ks%C9%91%CA%82) `[ksɑʂ]`) FWGS is a game engine, aimed to provide compatibility with Half-Life Engine and extend it, as well as to give game developers well known workflow.
Xash3D FWGS is a heavily modified fork of an original [Xash3D Engine](https://www.moddb.com/engines/xash3d-engine) by Unkle Mike.
## Donate
[](Documentation/donate.md) \
If you like Xash3D FWGS, consider supporting individual engine maintainers. By supporting us, you help to continue developing this game engine further. The sponsorship links are available in [documentation](Documentation/donate.md).
## Fork features
* Steam Half-Life (HLSDK 2.5) support.
* Crossplatform and modern compilers support: supports Windows, Linux, BSD & Android on x86 & ARM and [many more](Documentation/ports.md).
* Better multiplayer: multiple master servers, headless dedicated server, voice chat, [GoldSrc protocol support](Documentation/goldsrc-protocol-support.md) and IPv6 support.
* Multiple renderers support: OpenGL, GLESv1, GLESv2 and Software.
* Advanced virtual filesystem: `.pk3` and `.pk3dir` support, compatibility with GoldSrc FS module, fast case-insensitivity emulation for crossplatform.
* Mobility API: better game integration on mobile devices (vibration, touch controls).
* Different input methods: touch and gamepad in addition to mouse & keyboard.
* TrueType font rendering, as a part of mainui_cpp.
* External VGUI support module.
* PNG & KTX2 image format support.
* Ogg Vorbis (`.ogg`) & Ogg Opus (`.opus`) audio formats support.
* [A set of small improvements](Documentation/), without broken compatibility.
## Installation & Running
0) Get Xash3D FWGS binaries: you can use [testing](https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/releases/tag/continuous) build or you can compile engine from source code.
1) Copy engine binaries to some directory.
2) Copy `valve` directory from [Half-Life](https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/) to directory with engine binaries.
If your CPU is NOT x86 compatible or you're running 64-bit version of the engine, you may want to compile [Half-Life SDK](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable).
This repository contains our fork of HLSDK and restored source code for Half-Life expansions and some mods.
You still needed to copy `valve` directory as all game resources located there.
3) Run the main executable (`xash3d.exe` or AppImage).
For additional info, run Xash3D with `-help` command line key.
## Contributing
* Before sending an issue, check if someone already reported your issue. Make sure you're following "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" guide by Eric Steven Raymond. Read more: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.
* Issues are accepted in both English and Russian.
* Before sending a PR, check if you followed our contribution guide in CONTRIBUTING.md file.
## Build instructions
We are using Waf build system. If you have some Waf-related questions, I recommend you to read [Waf Book](https://waf.io/book/).
NOTE: NEVER USE GitHub's ZIP ARCHIVES. GitHub doesn't include external dependencies we're using!
### Prerequisites
If your CPU is x86 compatible and you're on Windows or Linux, we are building 32-bit code by default. This was done to maintain compatibility with Steam releases of Half-Life and based on it's engine games.
Even if Xash3D FWGS does support targetting 64-bit, you can't load games without recompiling them from source code!
If your CPU is NOT x86 compatible or you decided build 64-bit version of engine, you may want to compile [Half-Life SDK](https://github.com/FWGS/hlsdk-portable).
This repository contains our fork of HLSDK and restored source code for Half-Life expansions and some mods.
#### Windows (Visual Studio)
* Install Visual Studio.
* Install latest [Python](https://python.org) **OR** run `cinst python.install` if you have Chocolatey.
* Install latest [Git](https://git-scm.com/download/win) **OR** run `cinst git.install` if you have Chocolatey.
* Download [SDL2](https://libsdl.org/download-2.0.php) development package for Visual Studio.
* Clone this repository: `git clone --recursive https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs`.
* Make sure you have at least 12GB of free space to store all build-time dependencies: ~10GB for Visual Studio, 300 MB for Git, 100 MB for Python and other.
#### GNU/Linux
##### Debian/Ubuntu
* Only for 32-bit engine on 64-bit x86 operating system:
* Enable i386 on your system: `$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386`.
* Install `aptitude` ([why?](https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/issues/1828#issuecomment-2415131759)): `$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install aptitude`
* Install development tools: `$ sudo aptitude --without-recommends install git build-essential gcc-multilib g++-multilib libsdl2-dev:i386 libfreetype-dev:i386 libopus-dev:i386 libbz2-dev:i386 libvorbis-dev:i386 libopusfile-dev:i386 libogg-dev:i386`.
* Set PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable to point at 32-bit libraries: `$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig`.
* For 64-bit engine on 64-bit x86 and other non-x86 systems:
* Install development tools: `$ sudo apt install git build-essential python libsdl2-dev libfreetype6-dev libopus-dev libbz2-dev libvorbis-dev libopusfile-dev libogg-dev`.
* Clone this repostory: `$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs`.
##### RedHat/Fedora
* Only for 32-bit engine on 64-bit x86 operating system:
* Install development tools: `$ sudo dnf install git gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel.i686 SDL2-devel.i686 opus-devel.i686 freetype-devel.i686 bzip2-devel.i686 libvorbis-devel.i686 opusfile-devel.i686 libogg-devel.i686`.
* Set PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable to point at 32-bit libraries: `$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig`.
* For 64-bit engine on 64-bit x86 and other non-x86 systems:
* Install development tools: `$ sudo dnf install git gcc gcc-c++ SDL2-devel opus-devel freetype-devel bzip2-devel libvorbis-devel opusfile-devel libogg-devel`.
* Clone this repostory: `$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs`.
### Building
#### Windows (Visual Studio)
0) Open command line.
1) Navigate to `xash3d-fwgs` directory.
2) (optional) Examine which build options are available: `waf --help`.
3) Configure build: `waf configure --sdl2=c:/path/to/SDL2`.
4) Compile: `waf build`.
5) Install: `waf install --destdir=c:/path/to/any/output/directory`.
#### Linux
If compiling 32-bit on amd64, make sure `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` from the previous step is set correctly, prior to running configure.
0) (optional) Examine which build options are available: `./waf --help`.
1) Configure build: `./waf configure` (you need to pass `-8` to compile 64-bit engine on 64-bit x86 processor).
2) Compile: `./waf build`.
3) Install: `./waf install --destdir=/path/to/any/output/directory`.