3D view in Hammer sometimes not working. Created 16 years ago2007-12-13 14:31:16 UTC by Athlete

I'm having a problem with the 3D view in Hammer. If I just have started a map, or am changing the view from 2D to 3D, the 3D view is not rendered - it just goes black, and when I rotate, nothing happens, just remains black. It only happens when I start a new map or as I said, change views to 3D. The only way around it I have found is to select a brush in 2D, then go Tools > Center 3D view on Selection, this seems to "wake-up" the 3D view and get it rendering. What on earth is going on here?

Yes, its an annoying issue, but there's a fix:

Go into camera mode, draw a line in one of the grid views. From now on you can navigate in the 3D view.

Thanks, that works. Another problem I have found, when mapping for HL2, when I try selecting a model for a prop (Using the VGUI browser) the whole Hammer just crashes, with no error report. Disabling the VGUI browser solves the problem. However, when mapping for CSS, the VGUI browser works?

Everyone has that problem, Valve screwed up again. You'll have to wait for a SDK update.

Oh dear. At least it isn't just me.