24/6/10 SDK Update - Broken Hammer

Penguin

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So at around 3:30 this afternoon, my SDK updated itself.
Now, it refuses to launch hammer.

I have:

-Restarted Steam
-Opened and quit TF2
-Defragmented the program
-Restet Game Settings
-Restarted computer
-Reinstalled SDK
-Reinstalled Steam


All to no avail. Hammer will not launch.
 
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Pooluke41

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Try going into task manager. Clicking procceses and turning source sdk or hammers proccess off even steam one.
 

Penguin

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I've done both of those.
 

Penguin

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Won't I lose... Everything?
 

Dark

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not if you back up your vmfs, even then i am not sure the sdk content folder gets deleted when uninstalling sdk
 

zpqrei

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The trick is to be cool like me and have your VMF folder to be set in your dropbox.

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Penguin

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My VMF folder exceeds the free 2 gigs.
 

Penguin

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So I reinstalled SDK.

Guess what? I still can't launch hammer.
 

Penguin

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I've uinstalled thrice, made hammer redownload the cache and restarted my computer twice, all to no avail.
 

lana

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Penguin! We have the results! You can open hammer, but every time you close out you are struck with a case of explosive amnesia!
 

Penguin

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The latest: I reinstalled Steam as a whole, but no luck.

Time to contact valve.
 

Numerous

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Penguin! We have the results! You can open hammer, but every time you close out you are struck with a case of explosive amnesia!

Wouldn't there be save files as a result, especially under "most recent"? And also, wouldn't he notice he has been stuck in a void for X hours mapping, without a clue where he was during that time?

Anyways, here are my tips for getting hammer to work:
  • Reinstall windows.
  • Delete any possible traces of vista from your computer, then copy the content onto another storage device and vaporise your hard drive.
  • Uninstall your OS and get a mac. Then proceed to grind the mac to powder with a crowbar, and go install linux.
  • Go get a taser, find a PS3/xbox 360 fanboy, zap them, and bring them back, put them on your computer's keyboard and sacrifice them to valve by stabbing it through the heart with a ceremonial dagger. Hammer should now launch correctly.
That's all I can think of.
 

Terr

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Penguin! We have the results! You can open hammer, but every time you close out you are struck with a case of explosive amnesia!

Nerdboy! I've discovered the shocking secret Penguin has kept from you for 200 years!
 

lana

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Wouldn't there be save files as a result, especially under "most recent"? And also, wouldn't he notice he has been stuck in a void for X hours mapping, without a clue where he was during that time?

Anyways, here are my tips for getting hammer to work:
  • Reinstall windows.
  • Delete any possible traces of vista from your computer, then copy the content onto another storage device and vaporise your hard drive.
  • Uninstall your OS and get a mac. Then proceed to grind the mac to powder with a crowbar, and go install linux.
  • Go get a taser, find a PS3/xbox 360 fanboy, zap them, and bring them back, put them on your computer's keyboard and sacrifice them to valve by stabbing it through the heart with a ceremonial dagger. Hammer should now launch correctly.
That's all I can think of.

I like how misinformed this post is.
 

Penguin

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Nice try Numerous but I run Windows 7.

Alright, I'm screwed. STEAM will no longer let me sign in to friends, nor will it let me launch ANY games.

Who do I have to yell at to get this to work?
 
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Fraz

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Nice try Numerous but I run Windows 7.

Alright, I'm screwed. STEAM will no longer let me sign in to friends, nor will it let me launch ANY games.

Who do I have to yell at to get this to work?

TPG. He's our scapegoat.