Annoying shortcuts and a water problem

Aug 10, 2009
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Ok, so I think I accidentally hit some shortcuts on my keyboard that are causing hammer to be very, very inefficient. Namely, I cannot flip anything horizontally or vertically anymore, and I mean anything.

Secondly, my version of Hammer has spontaneously decided that showing where a light_spot will go (the cone showing color, and various ranges..) and showing the sphere that appears around a light with 0% falloff or 50% falloff is a terrible idea, so that doesn't happen either.

Both of these together = fucking annoying



Finally, I have water on my map that my version of Hammer has also decided should be invisible as well as everything under it, but swimming under it should look normal. I.e. the water does not appear unless you are under it. It does touch the skybox if that's a problem. Aside from that, all sides are nodraw, and the texture is swamp_water_murky from the swamp pack, I believe.

Please help :(.


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grazr

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Well the water was updated in the latest.. swamp patch. I'm not sure what version you're using. I don't know whether it was 'broken' in the patch, or fixed, i actually used 2fort's water in my map.

But this was a common issue, in about 30% of the maps in the competition. Probably the result of a missing or corrupt material file.
 

Shadow Tyrant

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Aug 7, 2009
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Ctrl+I and Ctrl+L Are flip vertically and horizontally respectively. Make sure your mouse is hovering over one of the 2D views and you have the selection tool (shift+S) selected. You can also right click an object in a 2D view and go to Flip > horizontal/vertical.

As far as the water goes, firstly, try using a different water, because I've had problems with the swamp water in the past. You should probably keep it from touching the skybox at all. I don't know that it would cause problems, but I'm not sure.

I'm not sure about the light thing, but a compile log might help in figuring out what's wrong with your water.
 

Freyja

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Also, on the topic of annoying hammer problems...My hammer has started showing a red/green grid on brushes when I select them, but only when close enough. Its annoying, but bareable...What have I done?