Hammer not launching game .exe after compile

[Tobias Greenich]

Heya guys, new-ish to mapping and to the forum, and there's some great stuff around here, gotta say!

Alright, heres the thing. I'm working with a basic map right now, and I've done the basic gray/orange texturing for this stage of it. My compile works just fine... but after the compile, TF2 won't launch to let me playtest it.

The map works just fine if I open TF2 up myself and start a server with my map. It just won't load from Hammer. Not a big deal, I know, but it kinda bugs me. Any ideas? I've tried replacing the hl2.exe with the steam.exe, but no dice.

And as a bonus round, are you still able to use the CST compile tools for TF2, or should I stick with the default valve ones for now?

Thanks for your time!

 

[Paddy]

have you remembered to check the box "Launch on Compile" in the run map settings thing?

 

[Crimson]

It has been a while since I started mapping, but there was something wrong with it. I think it errored out or something when Hammer started it. Just do it how you are now. If you are compiling and checking a lot, just run TF2 windowed so you dont have to load it each time.

 

[Tobias Greenich]

have you remembered to check the box "Launch on Compile" in the run map settings thing?

There's a "Do not run the game after compiling" checkbox in the easy view of the compiler, and the expert view has the $game exe thingie checked of, if that's what you mean. I'll peek around again once I get home from work.

Crimson, thas probably what I'll do.

Any ideas on those compile tools?

 

[Crimson]

Paddy means have you tried unchecking the "Do not run the game after compiling" box so that it will run after compiling. Last I checked though there was a problem with that, atleast for TF2.

 

[A Boojum Snark]

I haven't used the CST tools, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't work right until he has orange box versions because of the new version of the Source engine.

 

[Tobias Greenich]

Crimson, I left it unchecked, it was one of the things I toyed with before just calling it a night.

Thanks for your help! I'll just work with it the way it is.