Thothie’s Wizard Wars Files

Wizard Wars, one of the earliest Half-Life (HL1) mods, was made in the spirit of Team Fortress Classic - except, instead of modern soldiers, you battled with medieval magicians. Wizard Wars quickly evolved into an entirely different game, retaining only the most core aspects of its predecessor. Wild magical weapons of mass devastation and dragons were later added to complete the separation, but most of these were lost when WON died, and Half-Life switched to Steam.
(An event that resulted in the death of many fine mods.)

These features have now returned, in the latest beta of Wizard Wars (linked below as v1.2.9) - however, with HL2 out, and the interest in TFC style games having declined so greatly, it seems that Wizard Wars has missed its heyday.
Hence, this memorial.

The files here are provided for enthusiasts who are curious,
and old fans who wish to re-live the classic Wizard Wars experience.

The source files are included to aid others who are working on mods of their own. Feel free to cannibalize the abandoned artwork and code so that they don't simply go to waste, but may live on inside some other fine mod. Who knows, maybe it'll bring interest back to this once popular mod. It may yet rise from its ashes once more.

For All Other Wizard Wars Needs Go to:
The OFFICIAL Wizard Wars Homepage

...and now the links...

Internet Explorer Users: Right Click on Links and Save Target As..

Beta Release (1.2.9):

  • 77MB RAR Archive
    Includes Combos and Dragons and new UI!
    (Rar Archiver, if you need it)

    If you are trying to play on a pre-release 1.3 server, you will need this client.dll
    Place it in your "Steam\SteamApps\YourAccountName\half-life\wizardwars\cl_dlls" folder

    Extras
    (for people with older installs)

    Installation Notes: Close Steam before installing or updating any mods. Note also that 1.2, 1.2.7, and 1.2.8 are incompatible. As such, if you are updating or copying over an old version of Wizard Wars, it is recommended that you make a backup of that version first. You can then restore the backup later, should you find yourself wanting to play on a server running the older version.

    Wizard Wars Open Source

    Yes, that's right, Wizard Wars is now officially open source.

    Source Code (7MB)
     New code only.

    Map Sources (59MB)
     Chaotic collection of map sources for WW, not all in the same format.
    Some custom texture wads are also included.

    Models and Sources (92MB)
     Chaotic collection of models and model sources for WW, not all in the same format.
    Also includes some sprites and other graphics.

    Sound FX (5MB)
     Various sound FX for Wizard Wars - not all included in the current game versions.

    Wizard Wars version 1.05 (~60MB)
     One of the first releases of Wizard Wars that includes several features abandoned in later installments.

    The Whole Shabang (179MB)
     All of the above source materials, with some redundancy.
    Completely disorganized.

    If any source materials are used in other works, please credit any work you borrow accordingly.

    If you find the code and game concept enticing, and are interested in bringing Wizard Wars back to the gaming community, and want help, please contact me:
    Via This Link
    ...I'll offer any assistance and additional info that I can.
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