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Thanks to Surfa, we have a tutorial to get you started on DuctTape. http://ducttape.sourceforge.net

After much work, DuctTape is still incomplete, but has some pretty usefull stuff in it. It's now available on the downloads page as a zipped installer. Just unzip, and run setup.exe

Note: The package is labeled 0.12a but the software says 0.11a. This is OK. The next update will correct the problem.

A more thorough explanation of DuctTape is in order. The intent of DuctTape is to unify and automate creation of scripts, command line utilities, and compiling. For example, DuctTape can create and compile an SMD into an MDL in a matter of a few clicks. It also contains a soundscape editor. We introduce a new concept of scripted texture builds - which are authored graphically, of course. Rather than having to go into VTFEdit everytime you change your source image, DuctTape will detect that the source has changed and rebuild the VTFs that are based upon it. This type of functionality is ubiquitous, actually. If you change a map, SMD, QC, etc DuctTape will rebuild your outdated game content with the click of a button (The build mod button in the toolbar).... read more