Ok I'm having major troubles on the new SDK Hammer 4.0
I want to use the HL2 Textures/Models.
So I'm told all these different methods on how to do this, I get GCFScraper and extract all these models which totally didn't work and wasted an hour of my time.
Everytime I change my gameinfo.txt it changes back when i reopen Hammer although I put it on "READ-ONLY"
So what the hell can I do? Could someone like tell me all the correct ways?
I'd love to give you a real answer, but I haven't found a way to do this either.
The best advice I can give you right now; would be to wait for the full SDK release. However, I know there are ways to do this.
When's full release? it worked for me before and then the next day it didn't
Gameinfo.txt worked for me, although the textures did not display in-game...
Modify the gameinfo.txt inside your sdk/bin/ folder (or copy it into there if it doesn't exist) and launch Hammer using the executable in /bin/ rather than via Steam - as Steam resets the file as it launches to piss you off.
It should look like this:
"GameInfo"
{
FileSystem
{
// If running under Steam, use this info.
Steam
{
ToolsAppId 211 // Tools will load the depots associated with this app ID in addition to the
// normal SteamAppId.
SteamAppId 220 // This will mount all the GCFs we need (240=CS:S, 220=HL2).
SearchPaths
{
Game |STEAM|.\cstrike_sample_content
Game |STEAM|.\cstrike
Game |STEAM|.\hl2 // Note: when ToolsAppId is mapped, we get its materials/editor stuff in here.
Executable_Path |STEAM|.\bin
}
}
NonSteam
{
SearchPaths
{
Game .
Game ..\cstrike
Game ..\hl2
Executable_Path ..\bin
}
}
//
// This can be omitted and it will use the same directory as gameinfo.txt is in for the write path.
//
// WritePath . // This is 'gamedir' in the tools, and the filesystem will write into here.
}
}oh god....is that code....have they some how incorporated code into mapping.....yea im never touching hammer again
That's just a configuration file, hammer doesn't have any coding or scripting in it. Which is a concept shared with no other current engine, really.
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