Grid Issues

Sgt Frag

L14: Epic Member
May 20, 2008
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I have this annoying problem with the grid and I wonder if anyone else has it.

I haven't quite pinned down how it happens. Might be between sessions, might be because I was using a smaller grid, close and reopen Hammer...

Anyway. Hammer says I am working on grid 16. I zoom out some to resize large brushes and it seems like I am working on a small grid (doesn't snap to big lines easily when zoomed out.).
So I choose a larger grid size (it should go to 32) but it goes to 8. I click again and it goes to 16.
So I am really starting at grid 4 but Hammer says 16. This happens alot and I end up having to go back and clean stuff up onto a larger grid I thought I was on.

It's screwed me up on quite a few occasions. Anyone else have this issue?
It's possible when I closed Hammer I was working at grid 4, but it should say that when I reopen.
 

StoneFrog

L6: Sharp Member
May 28, 2008
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Hammer has lied to me about grid size before. Seems to happen if, for example, my map is on Grid 16 and then I open up another map using Grid 4 or something. When I return to my map, I'll be back on Grid 16 but Hammer's status bar at the bottom forgets to update itself.
 

zornor

L4: Comfortable Member
Jan 14, 2009
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Sometimes when I alttab back into hammer it'll say 128 when it's really on 1 or something.
 

StoneFrog

L6: Sharp Member
May 28, 2008
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Isn't making a map's level geometry proportional kindof a pain that way Vig?
 
Dec 25, 2007
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If in doubt, I just toggle the grid on and off (press Shift+W), or toggle the size (press [ then ]).
 

Vigilante212

L420: High Member
Dec 21, 2008
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It may be a bit more time consuming at first, but I make do. It still takes alot less time then making displacments lol