New Compile Tools for any Source game

[Furyo]

qUiCkSiLvEr just released his latest tool called VBCT (Valve Batch Compile Tool) which acts as a replacement for the Hammer interface to compile your map.

It also brings a vast list of improvements over Hammer as it gives you help and description of each of the processes along the way, yet still acts as a simplified expert mode.

I was fortunate enough to be among the beta testers for qS for the past few weeks, and I must say this tool is my new best friend mapping. In contrary to Nem's own tool, this one is a lot more user friendly. While I realize this isn't exactly the kinda target visiting this forum regularly, I personally prefer it over Nem's.

Give it a try !

http://qsextreme.com/vbct/

[Punky]

Thanks for sharing, looks useful

[dissonance]

vmpi works?

[skdr]

vmpi works?

Yes.

[Furyo]

It does work, however I'm told Valve needs to release an update for VMPI to work with OB VRAD, as it currently crashes. VVIS works fine though.

[Mr. Happy]

Very cool.

I used batch files in the HL1 days as it was almost neccessary due to the percentage of resources Worldcraft ate up, but now I find it easiest just to use Hammer, it's not any slower in these days of multi-gigs of ram and theres really only a few extra options you need and I built them into Hammer's hdr full final setting.

But I'm sure I'll use this when my single player HL2/portal packs are done to do final compiles on everything at once.

[Nurb]

Looks similiar to the compiler we use in the Decadence office. Only our net compiler distribute the jobs on all our computers. 20 cores is nice for compiling <3 Johan our programmer (just needed to brag)

[e-freak]

OT: You've an own office for Decadence? o_O

[dux]

Modding, serious business.

[Nurb]

OT: You've an own office for Decadence? o_O

Yeah, sort of. But maybe not so much that we "own" it as "having made a takeover of a University computerroom for the last year or so"