Dota 2 FGD

Verumae

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I've been trying to get Hammer to run Dota 2 maps. I think I'm pretty close, but my only problem is the FGD. I can't find anything about its FGD anywhere. Is this something that I'll need to wait until release for?

I've looked in the VPKs and in the game files. (surprisingly, a lot of things aren't even packed into a vpk, like dota.bsp itself)

I'm using the Portal 2 version of Hammer, by the way.
 

Verumae

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Ahh, nevermind, got it to work with the portal 2 .fgd, it just took like an hour to load.

EDIT: Okay, whenever I launch hammer it automatically reverts to the portal 2 configuration. This leaves me with no textures, models etc. How do I fix this? I set up the dota 2 config, I just can't get it to stay there.
 
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Verumae

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I'm not asking if mapping is actively supported, I'm just asking how to get it to work. If they wanted a lot of maps, they probably would've expressed interest in that by now. The fact that the only map is named "dota.bsp" and not "dota_classic.bsp", "dota_standard.bsp", or something like that just shows that it has a monopoly on the map list. I just see this as an opportunity to do something special and I'm going to make a custom map even if I have to make a new map editor. (actually a new map editor sounds great)
 

Verumae

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yeah good luck with that.
Thanks mang, I appreciate it. It's open in hammer now, I just need to stop hammer from reverting to Portal 2's config. (the one in tools-> options) I've already made the Dota 2 config, anyone know how to fix it?
 

gamemaster1996

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It really wont work without an FGD as far as I know.