Crash Hammer the Easy Way - with Models!

Void

Local Man Unable To Map, Sources Say
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Sep 14, 2008
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This is for everyone that isn't a frequent chatter in the Group Chat and anyone who wants to throw fists about it for long periods of time.

The Model Browser is broken. Don't click the "World Model" option in any "prop_" entity details. It will crash Hammer.

Everyone flee to Booj's Prop Library!
 

StoneFrog

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May 28, 2008
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StoneFrog: just for the lulz, whenever I want to exit Hammer, I'll start the model browser


Hammer crashes much faster than it closes regularly. :)
 

Connect_Four

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Jan 28, 2009
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I was doing a reinstall of Source SDK when I saw this thread :(
At least now I know I'm not the only one with this problem
 

What Is Schwa

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Jan 13, 2008
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A really crappy workaround:

Tools> Options> General

Uncheck "use vgui model browser"

In the meantime it looks like the model library has suddenly become vital to mapping.
 

Sgt Frag

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May 20, 2008
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has suddenly become vital to mapping. ???

Suddenly?

I haven't used the model browser for months. But around the time I dl'ed the prop library there was the scout update. And sometime after that I was unable to ever find ANY models in the browser the few times I have looked.

The model viewer works fine, but not the in hammer browser. Anyone else have that issue?
 

Grimes

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Jun 4, 2009
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Having read this topic I promptly noted it and continued work in hammer. Sure enough 10 minutes later I completely forgot and hit browse on a model.

Time to download the prop library. :D
 

XFunc_CaRteR

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May 14, 2009
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How do you find out how many skins there are for a prop without using the model browser?

Plus most of the time the prop library is better, but sometimes you just want to do a word search for a particular model. How can you do that without using the model browser?
 

Spike

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Feb 13, 2008
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My Hammer BSODes each time i close it...
 

TracerDX

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Jun 9, 2009
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You know, you could just *gasp* enter the name of custom models by hand. :p

Also, after this update all TF2 textures and models failed to show up in Hammer when I launched it this afternoon... :cursing: Then I realized it arbitrarily reset the default game in my SDK Launcher to HL2 EP2.

Slightly annoying. :glare:

Time to download that prop library. TBH, until now, I never had a use for such things. Sure the model browser was always a bit buggy, but it worked for my needs. This is just retarded of Valve. :thumbdown:
 

TracerDX

L3: Member
Jun 9, 2009
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The texture browser changed? It looks the same and is as slow as ever for me. :unsure:
 

Penguin

Clinically Diagnosed with Small Mapper's Syndrome
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May 21, 2009
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Now I can not only ragequit my TF2, but I'll start ragequitting HAMMER, as well!
 

fubarFX

The "raw" in "nodraw"
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Jun 1, 2009
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The texture browser changed? It looks the same and is as slow as ever for me. :unsure:

ahah. actually the texture browser doesn't show texture that can't be applied on brushes anymore. no more model textures n stuff. that removes half of what was in there. quite a clean up if you ask me.
 

Naso

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Jun 11, 2009
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ahah. actually the texture browser doesn't show texture that can't be applied on brushes anymore. no more model textures n stuff. that removes half of what was in there. quite a clean up if you ask me.

Wow that totally sucks, I loaded up my map and apparently I was using one of those textures...

I don't like this up date :/