New to hammer and need help Created 20 years ago2003-10-22 21:16:48 UTC by foor

when i try to run a map i've built i get - The command failed, the system cannot find the path specified, I click yes to continue and get failed "map name" not found on server

I think something is wrong on the Configure Valve Hammer Editor-Build Programs

csg is C:Program FilesValve Hammer Editortoolsqcsg
bsp is "" toolsqbsp2
vis is "" toolsvis
rad is "" toolsqrad

is this wrong?? Any Ideas of what else could be wrong if this is not. As far as i know i have the latest versions of Hammer and Half-Life

Hi foor,

Not quite a solution but my recomendation first up would be to use Zoners HLT for compiling and use a separate compiler, not Hammer to compile your maps

Zoners tools can be found here:
http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=mhlt

I use the compiler that can be found at this link
http://www.planethalflife.com/eddi/

It can be a little flaky (have to open and save the .rad file each time I start it up) but after that it's fine.

Failing that, could you post the log from Hammer/compile tool and that should help people figure out exactly what's broken.

[url=http://cariad.netfirms.com/twhl/tutorial.php?id=35]Tutorial here[/url on setting it up

] seventh-monkes

tut tut

lol

Thanks for all the help
i finally figured it out

great

Ok so i've made the first part of my level, so far so good. I want to send some screenshots someone but it won't take'em. F5 is what it says in controls. I tried to in the regular game and nothing happens there either. Is there something i don't know??

How do you know nothing happens? The pictures will be saved in your Half-Life directory as, say, mymap0001.bmp. If not, they may be in Half-Lifevalve.

ok got it, thanks again monkey

lol, no prob

ok seventh what entity would i use to see through water while not in the water?

func_water, and its a brush entity. You need to set its render mode to texture and render amount to a value around 200 or so. To make it so you can't see through the water when you're in it (meaning so you can't see whats above the water), put a 1 unit thick func_water brush on the very top of the water surface with default properties

thanks