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Is it legal to use the Source Engine out of Steam?

I would like to create a game that uses the Source Engine on Desura, the problem is that I am afraid that it is illegal to use the Source Engine in other platforms are not managed by Valve
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Can I get linked_portal_door in the source SDK?

I CANT FIND AN ENTITY! I just made a new mod in the source SDK. I saw on-line that there is an entity that allows portals to be created (linked_portal_door). When I try to find and create this entity ...
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Does the base game I choose for a steam mod matter?

Me and a couple of my friends are planning on trying to make a source mod, but we can't figure out how to tell what game to use as a base. We hope to make a totally different game with it, and aren't ...
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How do I calculate the points of a brush from a Source engine VMF?

I'm trying to render the brushes from a Source engine .vmf file in C++, using OpenGL. The .vmf stores solid brushes as a series of planes which I would like to use to calculate the points for each ...
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Fix broken Portal 2 Chapter Handling in my Mod

I am running again into issues where my mod and the Portal 2 base game do not like each other! In order to provide the proper menu background images and the music for each of the 5 (internal - ...
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Why should I consider using the Source Engine? [closed]

I've always been a Valve fan, but now that I have the opportuninty to choose a game engine for a project I'm not sure I want to choose the Source Engine after watching this wikipedia entry. My options ...
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Valve Source Engine / UDK and CUDA

Do any games use the GPU for more game tasks than just rendering, as a way to reduce the game's load on the CPU? I'm most interested in games which use either Valve's Source engine or the UDK. Is ...
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source development kit tutorials

I'm looking to create a demo using the source development kit. Because i want it to have a similar style to portal, but one I'm wondering can i get the portal 2 authoring tools without owning the ...
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Are there any open source Source engine VTX/VVD viewers?

I've been playing with loading and displaying Source Engine models (TF2, specifically) and have had mild success, but there are some aspects of it that are eluding me still. I've been primarily ...