Hammer & ATi Radeon ... yet not solv Created 15 years ago2009-04-24 14:57:11 UTC by Striker

I know about the solution given by TMA, it works. It Half-Works.
It resolves the 3D selecting problem, but it generates a truck load of lag , or slow framerate, or low fps or whatever you want to call it. The thing is, the map begins to be unexplorable after I build just a single room( with details).
I suspect mainly the textures. I think catalyst can't handle well textures ...
I turned off texture filtering from hammer, fps increased a bit , textures looked like hell, but the lag persists. Still not solved.

I made a video on youtube so you can see the problem visually ( I'm explaining what's not working)

Youtube Link

You could try disabling texture filtering in tools->options->3D views

It probably won't do anything, to be honest, but it's worth a shot.

It's the same for me, it sucks.
If you resize the 3D preview box, making it smaller, it will run faster.

EDIT:
@World Crafter: it speeds it up a lot, but everything looks really, REALLY wierd.

something makes me feel like a sollution is just around the corner to those who wait.

STAUP USING ATI!!!!

....seriously, hope you get this fixed.

I reluctantly agree with you Yodalman, but it's not a very useful suggestion...

I just thought of a possible stab-in-the-dark solution to your problem, when i was experiencing unexplainable fps lag in hammer. I had just added a second HDD and started experiencing lag in the 3d window, that would get progressively worse with time, no matter if i was looking at a complex map or not.

It turned out to be directly related to adding the second HDD, and i found the answer by a suggesion from someone on another forum. If you've recently installed or have a second HDD, try this quick fix:

in vista:
1. go to control panel/power options, and click on the "change when the computer sleeps" link.
2.click on the "advanced power settings" link.
3. expand hardisk/turn harddrive off after, and select "never" for all harddrives.

I know this problem has probably nothing to do with your HDDs and more to do with your gfx card, but it's worth a try...

You could try disabling texture filtering in tools->options->3D views

Have you only read the title ? Look what I said :

I turned off texture filtering from hammer, fps increased a bit , textures looked like hell, but the lag persists. Still not solved.

Please, read it all. Or just watch the video

Captain Terror : No that doesn't work for me. I'm using windows xp 32bit, and it's already on "never".

something makes me feel like a sollution is just around the corner to those who wait.

Something makes me feel like that too.

STAUP USING ATI!!!!

Give me some money and I'll buy a Nvidia gtx. I promise. Just give me some money !

turned off texture filtering from hammer, fps increased a bit , textures looked like hell, but the lag persists. Still not solved.

Honestly, I just missed that part. My bad.

Report it to ATI...

Yeah tell those sons of bitches to stop making shitty products.

How about View Flat? worked for me back in '99...

What's View Flat ?

Report it to ATI...

Reported and posted on their forums one year ago (when I bought the video card). Do I see any results ? ~10 v of catalysts have passed. Nothing !

You might as well try using Hammer 4 for Goldsrc if you're still having this problem.
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/GoldSource_mapping_in_Hammer_4.x

something makes me feel like a sollution is just around the corner to those who wait.

Something makes me feel that the wait is causing members to throw grammar and spelling out of the window. :rly: