Delightfuly Astonishing Discovery! Created 14 years ago2010-07-29 19:22:50 UTC by zeeba-G

So I found out how to place an env_sprite or cycler_sprite in hammer and set its "sprite" field to a "model" without crashing hammer. Just take the model out of its folder and than in hammer create your env_sprite or cycler_sprite and set its sprite field to the model with its original location and everything. Than compile the map. It will not run saying the model cant be found. Than just place the model back in the folder and run the map and it will work! This is great for things such as grass models being walk throughable.

Also I converted de_plaka to a map file to see how they made their seagull fly and they used a cycler_sprite so it is a must to get the flying seagull model to work in your half life maps!

In CS 1.6 the normal way of placing models in a map is by using the cycler_sprite-entity, I have never had any problems with it. Are you mapping for Half-Life, maybe it behaves differently? Or maybe your using old version of Hammer and/or an old fgd?

That totally defies the point of being able to see models in Hammer in the first place. Also, that crash only happens with the Half Life fgd as far as I know.

I just use monster_furniture as placeholders until I'm done, then I use the CS 1.6 fgd to change them all to cycler_sprites in the end. The model's placement stays exactly the same when changing from a monster_furniture to a cycler_sprite.