Welcome to the Half-Life Advanced Effects (HLAE) manual.

Each hook listed here is used to inject HLAE into a specific game engine, and they are all included with the latest version of HLAE. Visit the respective hook pages for more information about supported games, commands and features.

This manual is work in progress, so you might want to check back from time to time.

AfxHookGoldSrc is HLAE's traditional hook for the GoldSrc engine (includes Half-Life 1 / Counter-Strike 1.6 / Team Fortress Classic / any other Half-Life 1 modifications).

• First Steps

AfxHookSource is a hook mainly for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and some other Source engine games.

• Your first recording in CS:GO

AfxHookSource2 is a tiny hook for Counter-Strike 2. It doesn't have many features and we are not sure yet if we will pursue it.

Frequently asked questions and answers, tips and tricks can be found in here.

• Coordinate systems
  Lists references about various coordinate systems, for example the Half-Life coordinate system.
• HLAE Interfaces
  Interfaces HLAE can expose, that may be helpful for other tools wanting to interact with it. Includes example code.
• Translation
  Notes for people wanting to help with translations.