Hammer broke? (I dunno where to post this.)

[curman]

Hey, I dunno if any moderator wants to move this post, I wasn't sure where exactly I could post this..

Anyway, I open up Source SDK. I choose Hammer Editor, and I can't map for normal Half-Life 2, CSS, anything.

- I have CSS/Half-Life 2 installed, I was told "Play them for awhile." So I did, 1 hour each. Still, nothing showed up.

- I've refreshed SDK Content

- I've Reset Game Configurations

- I've 'deleted local content' and reinstalled.

Anyone have any idea what I can do here? Do I need to reinstall STEAM, or is there a folder I can delete to reset all this?

[Quakis]

Try putting "-engine ep1" in the launch options for the SDK. Otherwise, you could just load up Steam, then manually go open up Hammer through the Steam folders (bin folders for specific games in sourcesdk).

[curman]

Wow thanks a lot that worked. I wonder what the hell caused that..

[e-freak]

Different Engine Versions and a stricty parting SDK?

[Nexus]

everytime i try to opent the model browser hammer crashed.

[neotic]

I'm a having a related problem, thought it was best to post here rather than a new thread.

Anyways, I've been on vacation lately and I just got back. I open Hammer and it loads fine. I open a .vmf, the loading bar progress and bam, Hammer just disappears. If I reopen Hammer it asks me if I wanted to load the last vmf that didn't save correctly. If I do that it crashes again, tried this with several other vmfs. Any solutions?

[skdr]

1) Open Hammer

2) Open new VMF file

3) Change camera's 3d rendering from shaded texture surfaces to textured surfaces

4) Open your map

5) Profit

[Alphapack]

Try putting "-engine ep1" in the launch options for the SDK. Otherwise, you could just load up Steam, then manually go open up Hammer through the Steam folders (bin folders for specific games in sourcesdk).

I have tried what was suggested above to my SDK shortcut and it still does not open. What else can be the problem?

OOH startup area not shortcut!

[Punky]

Over at Interlopers we have a thread about known SDK errors, maybe you should look there for all your problems...