My Hammer, is dieing... Created 20 years ago2004-08-28 19:10:04 UTC by Luke

Somthing is wrong with my hammer. It dosnt remember anny of my wad files, i have to re-load them to hammer. My select tool doesnt work, i have to select individual solids. ANd it keeps saying sumthin about the undo levels are too high. I really need help.

fiddle around in options? reinstall? get 3.5 if you dont have it? get 3.4 if you have 3.5?

those are gonna be my last resorts.

You can turn down the amount of Undo levels in the Options. This problem sounds more like a computer problem to me. Hit Ctrl-Alt-Dlt and see what's sucking up RAM as this is probably the likely suspect. For the wads, load them in, hit Apply, then ok, exit Hammer and open it again. If this doesn't work, check for errors on you Hard Disk(s), check for viruses, increase the virtual memory and check for other crap. If all fails, format.

Sounds like a general computer problem to me too.

Usual boring time-consuming PC maintenance, defragging, scandisk/equiv, virus-scan, Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D, check your tasklist for CPU usage.

As for the select tool, tick "Allow infinite selection without enter" somewhere in Options.

Try logging on as somebody with administrator priveliges and configuring Hammer there if you're on an NTx system.

Thnx seventh. Ok, everything is better. Thnx all!

I'm, teling you guys, I see you talking about Hammer problem all the time. SWITCH TO WORLDCRAFT! What makes hammer so much better anyway? All I've seen is the 4 screen thingy.

LOLOL n00b!
WORLDCRAFT = HAMMER, or namely, worldcraft 3.3 and up is hammer!
YOu're using an OUTDATED version. Dont tell me your still using quaketools also?

I know Worldcraft is Hammer, but worldcraft is more stable!

All I've seen is the 4 screen thingy.

What the hell? Are you saying you use an editor with ONE VIEWPORT!?

If your PC can't run Hammer then you might as well use it as a weapon. Drop it on peoples' heads. More interesting than a doorstop or paperweight.

Worldcraft crashes just as much as Hammer 3.4.

isnt it exactly the same i mean just the same program but different names my intro screen when i open hammer is hammer 3.5 but ive never actually seen a title screen or anything wit the name worldcraft all i heard was its the same i mean exactly the same

Worldcraft was the old incarnation of Hammer. It was the version that was included in the retail version of Half-Life.

@Coolfat - Take Seventh's advice, especially if you can't run Hammer!

oh 1 more thing anthony will the hl2 come with a new hammer?

and wil setup be easy?

Hammer is better than Worldcraft. It was my vault anyways.

ANd HL2 Will have a new hammer, dont worry little one.

The new hammer is kinda the same as the present.
I havent tried it much, but its basically the same, except events are triggered in a different way.

uve tried it already? oh and is it possible to map for hl2 now or not? im into mapping for hl2 but i prefer hl

it's the same layout, just more option and tools, more entities etc, and yeah, the ablity to trigger multiple things and have near enough everything interact with everything else all needs to be set up in hammer, which looks confusing tbh, there are entites that decide how light and sound are spread out, and the path corners for all the monsters is insanely expanded i do believe.
and the grid size is... ridiculous, seriously, you can't see the edges when you zoom out all the way, it's phenomenal.