Blurry Entities... Created 18 years ago2006-11-07 16:24:58 UTC by The Mad Carrot

Okaay...

Im trying to do some Source mapping again. I still don't like it though.
Anyway, why are my entity disciptions so blurry? You can hardly read it.
A believe this wasn't the case at the beginning of the Source Engine SDK...

:S

Never seen that before...A DX level setting or a Hammer setting maybe? Have you googled your problem to see if anyone else has posted it?

Strange, i just reinstalled the Source SDK and let it update. No change. Ill try google. Bah.

Ok, i checked, and it seems im not the only person with this problem. I can't find a solution. Great.

Another problem: When i start a new map, and make a brush (floor), i can't get the floor brush visible in the camera windows. It just stays black, like there's nothing there. Whats with all these goddamn freaking BUGS!

Another reason why i don't map for Source. Its shit!

Use the camera tool on the left and draw a line in one of the 2D viewpoints. Should fix your camera problem. As for the blurry-entity one, try searching the steam forums.

/me tries...

...when im finished watching this James Bond movie.

Film's over.

I tried what you said, Loffe and it works. Kinda weird. I have another problem. When i minimize Hammer 4 to do some Internet browsing, or using another Mapping app, Hammer crashes with a memory could not be written error, when i try to bring it back to the front again. I have 512 MB Ram, and even with that, Hammer lags the crap our of all my other apps when Hammer is loaded. Everything is slow, and when i click Hammer on my taskbar to bring it back to the front, it crashes.

That's all old news to me. The entity descriptions being blurry is caused by an old update, where all materials were rendered at lower dx levels, no way to fix.
I asked for the ability to choose dx levels and other options like in HL2, so far nobody responed.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_SDK_Known_Issues - most bugs & solutions described here.

T_T

Could you check something for me, Solo?

Launch Hammer 4.
Make some brushes, whatever.
Minimize Hammer
Do some Internet browsing for lets say 2 minutes.
Then bring Hammer back to the front by clicking the button in the taskbar.

Does it crash with a memory could not be read error?

I'll check it right away.
Nope, 6 minutes and it maximised properly, i do have 1 gb of RAM though.

Stupid.
My Hammer crashes when i maximise it again. :/ I have 512 MB of Ram. Need more?

Mine has crashed when I minimize ever since that darn update...I just open FF above Hammer and it's fine. Rarely minimizing doesn't crash it...

Hardly, I think. I've got 768 MB and no problems... that 256 shouldn't count that much...

Me got that problem too. I think its created when the sprite reseloution is too low

I had the same problem, the memory could not be read error, both with hammer and cs:s. After miles of research on it, there's only two solutions I found that work for it.
a. If you have more than one module of RAM, take them out and switch slots.
b. Complete Reinstallation of Windows and Reformat of Hard-Drive.
This has been a HUGE problem since some of the latest steam updates have come through.

As for the entities, solo is right, it's an update, and there's no fix. The only way to fix it is to find an older version of hammer 4 before the update, but for the time being, you'll have to memorize the symbols and try to remember what you placed and where :-/.

Sry muzzleflash, if you find other solutions to these problems pls do tell. I'm just giving you my experience with these errors so far.

Edit: I should add, I don't know what update caused it or where to find earlier versions.