How well does Hammer / VBSP / etc emulate under Linux? Created 3 months ago2024-09-12 19:14:26 UTC by CPripyatUit

The latest Steam update finally seems to have bricked the Windows 7 machine I keep around for things that require Windows. Now, HL2 etc run fine on Linux, but I'm not so sure about Hammer and all the other modding tools. They're not even included in the Linux build of HL2, so Valve clearly didn't bother porting written-for-Windows-95 software to SteamOS.

Anyone have experience emulating Hammer and the rest of Source SDK on Linux? I've never messed with WINE or the likes, but I will probably have to, and I'll be grateful for any help.

From what I gathered, the normal hammer editor doesn't run well on linux. I think you should try running Hammer++ with wine. I only have experience with running Jackhammer with wine, which was a hassle, but after I sorted it out it works fine right now. So I think if you mess with it enough, it will work. If you need help with wine, reply, maybe I can help.