The green "Source SDK" launcher is now obsolete. Instead, launch Hammer from Hammer.exe located in Steam\steamapps\common\\bin\hammer.exe or hammer.bat (Check your _Program Files (x86)_ folder if you don't know where your Steam directory is) No textures? Mouse over the top left of the 3D view, click 'camera', choose '3D Shaded Textured Polygons'. Please don't click any links that people post saying "This video is outdated, here is a download to install Hammer". This video IS outdated, but we have tested these links and they've turned out to be installers of malicious software. (Not saying that Hammer can't be malicious at times)
Finally, after searching for hours and hours, I found the one words I needed, "If you can't see textures on blocks, click here on "camera" and set the viewing mode to "3D Shaded Textured Polygons"."
{When Hammer starts up make sure that the 3D camera view is set to "Shaded Textured Polygons"} if your having trouble finding that part hes talkign about
Thanks for the tutorial! I don't know why I didn't start mapping 10 years ago. With your help, I've got a map started and compiled successfully. I can see why some people bash Hammer and the Source engine, but it's really not that hard to use.
So this tutorial is from 2012, which is about 8 years ago, but I think it's really good. I'm glad the current version that I'm using is no different from yours. I can't wait to learn more!!
@Eric Miret 1. it was 9 years ago 2. why use good grammar in a youtube comment section 3. they obviously know how to use good grammar, they just wouldn't in a fucking youtube comment section have a good day
Everytime I press new file it says “Error Failed to download the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements.” How do I fix it? I wanna make a map so badly 😭
Need help: at 3:02 when it says to place the block, I did and used a brick texture, yet the brick texture never appeared, it appeared as a yellow outline, I turned everything into the yellow outline and attempted to click apply again but there’s no brick material
Nice tutorial. Even tho i would add 3 basic things. 1) You probably need your mouse to be in the box of the camera view for the Z shortcut to work. 2) When you start hammer for the first time your camera is in wireframe mode , to change that just go to the window of your 3D view and click the (camera) button. A menu will pop down , there you select 3DTextured. (There are more options but 3DT works the best) 3) CTRL+A Will center each window to 25% of the screen , so you have a divided workspace.
I have a problem When I load the map everywhere I look everything duplicates on the screen How do I fix it Im using it with Half life 2 EDIT: I just realized those are called leaks and to fix it just dont let people see the background/ Skybox
Nice tutorial, I'd give you an 8/10. 10/10 for covering all the essential parts 7/10 for quality of teaching Why did you have to stick to one take? You could just make a tight tutorial by editing it from multiple shots. And then there's the little things, like at 8:30 you're not mentioning how you have to hold Ctrl to do what you are doing.
Most tutorials I find on youtube always take it really slow to explain the most basic things. That gets really frustrating though if you have experience with 3D tools and just want to learn another one. I really like your pace. Great tutorial, thx ^^
Broockle well a lot of tutorials are for beginners. like myself. I am familiar with 3d tools, but unlike you, not this particular set of tools. Not trying to start a fight, btw. I like his pace too!
Damn! I wish didn't already know how to use the SDK so I could learn again with these tutorials... Such high quality. Incidentally, How do you have the rotate tool move in intervals. I always have to line it up to the degree, so I just use the transform tool. Oh, and great tutorial!
Thank you, I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't even know how to make a block, so this helped me a ton, working on my first map now because of this.
Great tutorial! definitely something beginners should watch. you managed to cover tones and tones of things within 15 minutes which usually take hours.
From 2:42 to 3:00 when i try to use the face edit tool, nothing happens... Like, i finish creating the block and then i press enter, just like you did, then i press the "face edit tool" or toggle texture application as it says there, and when i press apply, after i choose the texture, nothing happens....it doesnt show the texture on the block, it doesn't even appear red like it did with you...
Creating basic stuff works🙏, but I can NOT test run the map. I am using HL1 original and Hammer 3.5 . No Steam. It says "this map is not available on server" ... Please help dudes🙏🙏 I'm lost ... :(
Thank you for the help! i been playing TF2 a lot lately, and wanted to try and make another "launch the space shuttle" map. There is only really one, and i thought it was too fun to stand for that
@@laughing747 click on something in The 3-D view and then click the view option then click shaded objects or the other ones besides wire frame you should click on something in the 3-D view port so It knows that you’re going to change the view you want to change so that you could switch it to shaded etc. hope it helps
i have a problem. after creating new file it says "failed to load the default scheme file. the map views may be missing some visual elements" what do i do?
How come in hammer editor for gmod i use right or middle mouse button to move my camera or in 2d view i can move with right and middle mouse button and a bunch of other options but there all different in every other hammer editor and i cant use the same buttons i used in gmod editor?
I have a problem with "load window state" I pressed it and now im stuck on 1 window. And pressing SHIFT + Z does not work. Also restarting the program does not seem to work either.
after pressing F9 and loading, I go on the menu to start my map, when I press to start it stays for less than 1 second and back to the initial menu, you have to help me please
Hey thanks for the help, but I have a few problems. My camera is really jittery and the FOV is quite low. Also it just black screens and there is nothing I can do about it.
When you cut something half, i cant do that, 1. For me the red and white segments doesn't appear, and when I press enter the blue line just dissapears.
I have the problem that when I launch hammer, it says "Failed to load the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements" and creates a new project, but doesn't give me the proper map viewer like you have.
When I select View then 3D Textured Polygons or any other option the drop down menu closes and nothing happens. Please help I have look for hours and haven't found other people with this issue.
Im trying to apply one of the textures to the baseplate but its not coming up. ive been pressing the Enter key several times and nothing is coming up. PLEASE HELP!
I am trying to do that in l4d. But i am doing something wrong, cause the player is not spawning at the info_player_start , the player just get stuck in the space under the map
How do you turn on the snap-to-grid for ratating, everything else snap's to grid, but when i rotate some walls ect, it ends up slanted because its not EXACT
when i type in the console "map (name)" is just says it cant find the file CModelLoader::Map_IsValid: No such map 'maps/flat.bsp' map load failed: flat not found or invalid e
Please help: Whenever I create a new file, it says: "failed to load the default scheme file. The map views maybe missing some visual elements." and then my grids get all screwed up.
my tools bar dissapeared when i accidentally moved it and pressed the x on screen, and it dissapeared..i have tried to look for help but dont find anything :(
Whenever I place out a brush onto the Top Right Box of the screen, when I click enter, the texture is not shown and only the lines are visible, have I not installed Source SDK correctly? (using on Windows 7)
If I try to launch hammer and open a new file to make a game it says: failed to load the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual effects. And it forces me to use the sdk MP instead of the 2007 one which I used to use
I’ve made a mistake, I tried to move the folder “steamapps” to the desktop for a shortcut now when I click on steam apps it puts me in a folder with only one folder called workshop, Everything else was deleted I think i screwed up I will never use Source SDK anymore
Thank you so much, this cleared up so many problems, and even halfway through you made it clear, and strait to the point! (Btw, good speaker, lots of experience it sounds like.)
So, the problem I have is I only have 1 square when I load it up with "Counter Strike: Source" And I need the 4 squares to see all directions... Please help me fix this?
@unbrokenjack I suppose, but something I'v always wonderd, is there any point in building around origo? Why can't I just place my map far away. Only reason I see for building the map around origo is for instancing. I think I'm wrong though, there are other reasons right?
When I load a new project, it says "Failed to load the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements." After acknowledging this, I see the four black windows but with no grid, only a white line on each screen and a white corner in the 3D camera view.
I am making this as a cs source map as hammer for csgo says I am missing 2 .dll files and I can not find a fix, so when i run the map in source it says both teams are full even though I have 2 entities in the map
WOW. Just had the random idea to RUclips this but I've probably spent over 30k hours in Hammer between the age of 14-19. If you've played CSS around 15-10 years ago you've probably played on multiple maps I've either made or collaborated on especially if you liked mini-games.
The green "Source SDK" launcher is now obsolete. Instead, launch Hammer from Hammer.exe located in Steam\steamapps\common\\bin\hammer.exe or hammer.bat
(Check your _Program Files (x86)_ folder if you don't know where your Steam directory is)
No textures? Mouse over the top left of the 3D view, click 'camera', choose '3D Shaded Textured Polygons'.
Please don't click any links that people post saying "This video is outdated, here is a download to install Hammer". This video IS outdated, but we have tested these links and they've turned out to be installers of malicious software. (Not saying that Hammer can't be malicious at times)
Uhh, It shows me an "x" when i place the block
could you help plz i cantt see textures when i am editing
Click Read More on the comment :)
would you use source sdk for gmod?
_YOLODUDE_ Don't use it for anything anymore - use the hammer.exe in Gmod's bin folder. Garrysmod/bin/hammer.exe
Finally, after searching for hours and hours, I found the one words I needed, "If you can't see textures on blocks, click here on "camera" and set the viewing mode to "3D Shaded Textured Polygons"."
Thank you for pointing that out. Was just having that same problem :)
Oooooohhhhh
THANKS a lot !
ty
Click WHERE on camera??
The fact that this tutorial is almost ten years old and the program still looks exactly the same
thanks for letting me know, i was about to look for a newer one
@zaxhir I use hammer++, mainly because it was packaged with the modding tool I use 😐
@zaxhir whats jack hammer
@@casualsleepingdragon8501 its just like hammer, not really sure if its better though
@@casualsleepingdragon8501 hammer for goldsource games like Half-Life
I love the part where he said "It's hammering time" and hammered over all the errors!
finally I can recreate that weird place I keep going to in my dreams
A pretty func_y video.
i apologize
lol
For blender users no interface is scary
+3STUDIOS
Ever tried ZBrush? :p
Lol
Chaosian01 Oh yeah, ZBrush was scarey.
holy shit zbrush looks like a nightmare
3STUDIOS xD
If you aren't seeing textures - check the bottom of the video description :)
{When Hammer starts up make sure that the 3D camera view is set to "Shaded Textured Polygons"} if your having trouble finding that part hes talkign about
View > 3D Shaded Textured Polygons
I was stuck at this until I found where it was :P
They really should just set that as the default again, I know they used to.
Cameron Reinhart it's still not fucking working, it doesn't do anything
DetManligePotet Spiller Mousewheel or the Zoom tool. Ctrl+mousewheel zooms all views together.
Thanks for the tutorial! I don't know why I didn't start mapping 10 years ago. With your help, I've got a map started and compiled successfully. I can see why some people bash Hammer and the Source engine, but it's really not that hard to use.
“Not that hard” when I gave up after the first few steps
So this tutorial is from 2012, which is about 8 years ago, but I think it's really good. I'm glad the current version that I'm using is no different from yours. I can't wait to learn more!!
Thanks.
Even though I already know how to use hammer, its still fun to remember things
it's*
@@haseenabadshah5381 stfu
@Eric Miret
1. it was 9 years ago
2. why use good grammar in a youtube comment section
3. they obviously know how to use good grammar, they just wouldn't in a fucking youtube comment section
have a good day
@@haseenabadshah5381 its*
@@haseenabadshah5381 It's means 'It is' in short.
The correct term here is 'Its'
Everytime I press new file it says “Error
Failed to download the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements.”
How do I fix it? I wanna make a map so badly 😭
Read Weasel's comment.
you go to flies program files (x86), steam, steamapps, common, team fortress 2, bin, and then hammer
C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\yourgame\bin then open Hammer.bat instead of hammer.exe
I am having a problem. Whenever I create a block and press enter it won't add in the material it just stays hollow.
At the top where File and Edit and Map and all that stuff is, go into View, and press 3D Shaded Textured Polygons or 3D Textured Polygons
You may be 4 years late for him but you helped me xD Thanks
tyty
Open "Edit" and click on "3D Textured Polygons". Everyone lived happily ever after
Need help: at 3:02 when it says to place the block, I did and used a brick texture, yet the brick texture never appeared, it appeared as a yellow outline, I turned everything into the yellow outline and attempted to click apply again but there’s no brick material
Awesome tutorial, my dude!
Nice tutorial. Even tho i would add 3 basic things.
1) You probably need your mouse to be in the box of the camera view for the Z shortcut to work.
2) When you start hammer for the first time your camera is in wireframe mode , to change that just go to the window of your 3D view and click the (camera) button.
A menu will pop down , there you select 3DTextured. (There are more options but 3DT works the best)
3) CTRL+A Will center each window to 25% of the screen , so you have a divided workspace.
I have a problem
When I load the map everywhere I look everything duplicates on the screen
How do I fix it
Im using it with Half life 2
EDIT: I just realized those are called leaks and to fix it just dont let people see the background/ Skybox
A very comprehensive tutorial! I had already learnt some Hammer Basics before but this really gave me tips for some shortcuts
Nice tutorial, I'd give you an 8/10.
10/10 for covering all the essential parts
7/10 for quality of teaching
Why did you have to stick to one take? You could just make a tight tutorial by editing it from multiple shots. And then there's the little things, like at 8:30 you're not mentioning how you have to hold Ctrl to do what you are doing.
Most tutorials I find on youtube always take it really slow to explain the most basic things. That gets really frustrating though if you have experience with 3D tools and just want to learn another one. I really like your pace. Great tutorial, thx ^^
Broockle well a lot of tutorials are for beginners. like myself. I am familiar with 3d tools, but unlike you, not this particular set of tools. Not trying to start a fight, btw. I like his pace too!
*****
that's coolz
I only se 2 lines on the black thingy screen no lik 20 million lines pls help
Furtato press [ on your keyboard, that should fix it
I have the same problem. no tools are working. i don't know if it makes any difference, but i'm using source engine mp and as a current game tf2
+Amadeone :D idk if this is the issue you're having, but you can try it out ruclips.net/video/lWJ9Z6St3VM/видео.html
+Amadeone :D sorry if I'm late
Best Tutorial for hammer i'v seen! Still all works 3 years later too!
Great job!
BigHippo777 Hammer hasn't really changed since 1998 :)
it no longer works 8 years later...
Damn! I wish didn't already know how to use the SDK so I could learn again with these tutorials... Such high quality. Incidentally, How do you have the rotate tool move in intervals. I always have to line it up to the degree, so I just use the transform tool. Oh, and great tutorial!
hey man from 6 years ago you need to go into tools-options-2d views-rotate by 15 degree increments. have fun in quarantine!
@@conni-bun Jeeze, didnt realize this guide was so old lol
Wow... Hammer looks so straightforward that I, a 12 year old could learn it!
I hope it's as easy as it sounds
When I run the hammer.exe it says sdk laucher requires -game on the command line D:
Do You Have Hl2 Installed?
if tf2 requires too much space then settle with alien swarm sdk which you can find in the tools in your steam library
I cant tell if your canadian australian irish or british
Pros and cons of Hammer
Pros: It's old
Cons: It's old
my grid liens arent there?! why!
Learn to spell then ask why
Are the grid lines enabled?
@@rickiholmes5306 lmao you are 5 years late (yes i know that i am 1 year late too)
@@festry_ and you're 4 months late!
i cant believe im watching a tutorial with the old green steam layout in modern day
when we go to the sdk steam is also green today
how do i delete stuff?
delete key
lmao
Thank you, I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't even know how to make a block, so this helped me a ton, working on my first map now because of this.
how to add game in source sdk???
the game has to run on the source engine in order for the source sdk to recognize it
Holy crap, I was looking for info on using hammer, and I was NOT expecting to find one of your old videos, Hiyu!
Great tutorial!
definitely something beginners should watch.
you managed to cover tones and tones of things within 15 minutes which usually take hours.
This turned out to be way simpler than I thought it would be. Very helpful video, thanks.
Hammer is kinda simple when you learn all the stuff.
But then you learn about lightmaps and visleafs and T-junctions and oh _god it gets worse_
From 2:42 to 3:00 when i try to use the face edit tool, nothing happens...
Like, i finish creating the block and then i press enter, just like you did, then i press the "face edit tool" or toggle texture application as it says there, and when i press apply, after i choose the texture, nothing happens....it doesnt show the texture on the block, it doesn't even appear red like it did with you...
Creating basic stuff works🙏, but I can NOT test run the map.
I am using HL1 original and Hammer 3.5 . No Steam.
It says "this map is not available on server" ...
Please help dudes🙏🙏 I'm lost ... :(
i watched your whole series and i think that your tutorials are really good
ElevatorMusic Preoductions Thank you o: All feedback is appreciated!
Thank you for the help! i been playing TF2 a lot lately, and wanted to try and make another "launch the space shuttle" map. There is only really one, and i thought it was too fun to stand for that
i loaded a map to remove a decal, but everything is wireframe and i cant see the decal. what do i do?
@@Laiten i dont want a skybox, the map comes with a decal on the floor and i want to remove it.
@@laughing747 click on something in The 3-D view and then click the view option then click shaded objects or the other ones besides wire frame you should click on something in the 3-D view port so It knows that you’re going to change the view you want to change so that you could switch it to shaded etc. hope it helps
Try going to 'View' on the top bar and enabling 3D Textured Polygons and 3D Shaded Polygons
Great video, thanks to you and all the whole CS community for all your long-spent hours!!!
i have a problem. after creating new file it says "failed to load the default scheme file. the map views may be missing some visual elements" what do i do?
Thank you for being clear and helpful. When I fist opened up Hammer I found it extremely daunting now it doesn't seem so hard.
it says that it can't read the vmf file everytime i try to run it
Thanks for this. Just got an Oculus Rift at the Uni I work at. I'm looking forward to building some environments and running them through this.
I can imagine bringing all these developing equipment together to just make another world
hey so its actually really possible now
How come in hammer editor for gmod i use right or middle mouse button to move my camera or in 2d view i can move with right and middle mouse button and a bunch of other options but there all different in every other hammer editor and i cant use the same buttons i used in gmod editor?
Thank you!!! Your annotation solved my whole problem before I even watched your video. Thank you so much for updating your info!
I watched this even though I've been mapping for over 2 years, that's how much I love you. :3
@@spineappletea food
I have a problem with "load window state" I pressed it and now im stuck on 1 window. And pressing SHIFT + Z does not work. Also restarting the program does not seem to work either.
after pressing F9 and loading, I go on the menu to start my map, when I press to start it stays for less than 1 second and back to the initial menu, you have to help me please
Fantastic tutorial, i cant wait to start making some sick maps
Hey thanks for the help, but I have a few problems. My camera is really jittery and the FOV is quite low. Also it just black screens and there is nothing I can do about it.
When you cut something half, i cant do that, 1. For me the red and white segments doesn't appear, and when I press enter the blue line just dissapears.
FIXED my original problem, but not i only have a top and side view, and two camera black boxes. Whats that?
I have the problem that when I launch hammer, it says "Failed to load the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements" and creates a new project, but doesn't give me the proper map viewer like you have.
When I select View then 3D Textured Polygons or any other option the drop down menu closes and nothing happens. Please help I have look for hours and haven't found other people with this issue.
Im trying to apply one of the textures to the baseplate but its not coming up. ive been pressing the Enter key several times and nothing is coming up. PLEASE HELP!
I did create "info_player_start" after I posted the comment and it did allow me to place it, but when I just place an unspecified entity.
With the texture tool, my map doesn't want to apply, I click it but it stays the black one with grids... I need help here mates
* scrolls down texture list looking for the orange developer texture *
* hammer crashes *
* mildly amused *
I am trying to do that in l4d. But i am doing something wrong, cause the player is not spawning at the info_player_start , the player just get stuck in the space under the map
Hello Weasel if you read this can you please explain how to delete and remove an area on a brush or delete a brush completely
when i place an entity it just places a weird outlined block thing and when i place a block its just white outlines there's no texture
The arrow keys dont move the textures. They move my camera. How can i move the textures?
And why when i rotate objects it does not snap to grid?
"The good 'ol Bricks" for some reason that part killed me
How do you turn on the snap-to-grid for ratating, everything else snap's to grid, but when i rotate some walls ect, it ends up slanted because its not EXACT
when i type in the console "map (name)" is just says it cant find the file
CModelLoader::Map_IsValid: No such map 'maps/flat.bsp'
map load failed: flat not found or invalid
e
Whenever I select an area with the block tool and hit ENTER, It just turns red and has an X. any suggestions?
Please help:
Whenever I create a new file, it says: "failed to load the default scheme file. The map views maybe missing some visual elements." and then my grids get all screwed up.
Alex Ishaque
It’s assuring to see the issue I’m having now has been left unanswered for 5 years.
@@Laxhoop Open the hammer editor via steam apps
wehn i launch source SDK and choose Source Engine 2009 and select half-Life 2:episode 2 it sais its missing but i have it installed!
Help!
go to portal directory and bin, launch hammer. do not use source sdk, it is outdaed.
@@tijon1350 i dont even have protal installed
my tools bar dissapeared when i accidentally moved it and pressed the x on screen, and it dissapeared..i have tried to look for help but dont find anything :(
Whenever I place out a brush onto the Top Right Box of the screen, when I click enter, the texture is not shown and only the lines are visible, have I not installed Source SDK correctly? (using on Windows 7)
Why won't it show the textures? I'm clicking the faces and applying the textures but it won't show the texture
If I try to launch hammer and open a new file to make a game it says: failed to load the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual effects. And it forces me to use the sdk MP instead of the 2007 one which I used to use
Same but I use 2009 and I use it for half life 2
I’ve made a mistake, I tried to move the folder “steamapps” to the desktop for a shortcut now when I click on steam apps it puts me in a folder with only one folder called workshop,
Everything else was deleted I think i screwed up I will never use Source SDK anymore
I see the 3 cameras but they're frames in not thee little grids as seen in the video and I can't even make something please help
Where is that SSAO setting you had? I can't find it in my graphics card control panel thingy anywhere. And yes, it is an nvidia card.
Ty for the help i watched this when it came out and now I am legendary map maker
I can't find the hammer editor anywhere on my computers files, even when looking in my source engine games' files.
Each time I click on one face, it selects the whole thing, how would I correct this?
hey I did this for insurgency and the map loads fine but everytime i finish my loadout it crashes
This is so confusing, every time i hit enter nothing happens. And when i click and drag to create a wall nothing seems to happen.
Thank you so much, this cleared up so many problems, and even halfway through you made it clear, and strait to the point! (Btw, good speaker, lots of experience it sounds like.)
Thanks! Though this was ages ago, makes me cringe now hah :)
Actually, I do use the zoom tool frequently, contrary to your belief that no one uses it. I use a laptop, and my touch pad mouse only has two buttons.
So, the problem I have is I only have 1 square when I load it up with "Counter Strike: Source" And I need the 4 squares to see all directions... Please help me fix this?
@unbrokenjack I suppose, but something I'v always wonderd, is there any point in building around origo? Why can't I just place my map far away. Only reason I see for building the map around origo is for instancing.
I think I'm wrong though, there are other reasons right?
When I load a new project, it says "Failed to load the default scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements." After acknowledging this, I see the four black windows but with no grid, only a white line on each screen and a white corner in the 3D camera view.
You have to use the Hammer in the bin folder.
'Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common//bin'
Then look for 'hammer.exe'
@@anemoia1711 Thank you!
Also why does 3d textures polygon turn off when i leave hammer editor?
I am making this as a cs source map as hammer for csgo says I am missing 2 .dll files and I can not find a fix, so when i run the map in source it says both teams are full even though I have 2 entities in the map
how do you make this look so easy, i tried it after watching the video and NOT EVEN A SINGLE BUTTON WORKED, HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS LOOK SO EASY?
Question... every time i try to apply a texture to a block i click and it dosnt apply...
You Cant see the block is it only a outline of the block
1. Try Going to camera and select 3D textured
Try it if you see outlines
WOW. Just had the random idea to RUclips this but I've probably spent over 30k hours in Hammer between the age of 14-19.
If you've played CSS around 15-10 years ago you've probably played on multiple maps I've either made or collaborated on especially if you liked mini-games.
Also my Souce SDK also doesn't have the ability to make more squares in the grid. I'ts just 6 lines.
PLEASE HELP!!!!! WINDOWS WONT LET ME SAVE, IT KEEP SAYING, "File not found. Check the file name and try again." PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Ayuda sin querer quite las opciones de objetos que aparece en la izquierda ¿como lo pongo?
When I hit enter after making a platform it just goes red and I can't paint it and it's not solid
wait, is there extruding and plane cutting, im so used to making maps in maya so i want to see if hammer does this aswell