@ KungFu Squirrel
Thanks for looking into the problems. These are the problems I'm having atm with Hammer
1 When I select a brush, it is no longer highlighted and hard to distinguish from surrounding brushes in the 3D window
2 When I select a brush and go to a 2D window to re-size it, I select a handle and when I move it,
the window goes all black and I can't see how far it has moved until I release the handle, trial and error is a pain
3 Models are rendered in 3D as all black
4 The cursor cross hairs are not always visible making it hard to know if I have selected anything unless I look in 2D windows to check
5 When I use Ctrl-E to center on an object or model it doesn't always center properly
Has the basic configuration for hammer and how been changed for some reason?
If I have to learn hammer all over again I will probably just give up as there is little support from Valve on it's use.
I love mapping, and all things half Life, but these problems are unacceptable.
It seems to me that Valve wants to phase out mapping and Modding for their products by making their editor unusable.
Maybe it's time to move on and map for a game company who looks after its customers.
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