Hammer compiles wrong map!!! error. Created 17 years ago2006-09-08 23:27:31 UTC by rowleybob

Sometimes, when I compile a map--Hammer 3.5--, Hammer compiles ANOTHER map in it's place, with the name of the previously stated map!!

That is, when I go to playtest the newly-compiled map, it's some other map!

The only way I've found to stop this from happening once it occurs, is to delete whichever map is ACTUALLY being compiled, in the Valve Hammer Editormaps directory.

When this happened the first time, I thought it was just some weird filesystem anomaly, but it keeps happening every once in a while--2 or 4 times in a couple months.

Maybe it's a Hammer 3.5 bug, or something in my filesystem is b?rked. One thing I've noticed is the files it happens to have similar names, like the last one:

Map being compiled----example_twisted
Map actually compiled--example_model_shadows

Has this happened to anybody else?!

It happened to me once!

I was using hammer 3.5 beta for the first time. Hammer compiled a diffrent map then the one I wanted it to. Only it never compiled the right one.

I found out that the problem was that I used an old version of ZHLT, I think it was older then 2.5.1. When I updated to a new version it worked!
I don't know if it'll help you but maybe you should update/downgrade your ZHLT compiling tools. :

Using Hammer 3.5 since it's out, and i never experienced such a problem.

Well at least I'm not the only one

I'm using zhlt 3.4... Hopefully it won't happen too much anymore!

Don't compile using hammer.

Compile using a batch file with a dos window - that way you can turn on -estimate and watch a proper % of work done...

Hammer does a lousy job of runing compiles.

BATCH BATCH BATCH! BATCH Compile !!!

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