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Originally Posted by oaties

FDA, im going to show you the easiest way ever to setup hammer, dont even have to launch hammer. It's what I had to do because of stupid hammer bugs.

1. First, navigate to your steam user account folder, which should be C:/program files/steam/steamapps/youraccountname/

2. Then open the sourcesdk folder, then bin, then ep1, then bin again.

3. Open up GameConfig.txt and replace everything in it with this:

"Configs"
{
	"Games"
	{
		"Fortress Forever"
		{
			"GameDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\FortressForever"
			"hammer"
			{
				"GameData0"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\FortressForever\ff_base.fgd"
				"GameData1"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\FortressForever\fortressforever.fgd"
				"TextureFormat"		"5"
				"MapFormat"		"4"
				"DefaultTextureScale"		"0.250000"
				"DefaultLightmapScale"		"16"
				"DefaultSolidEntity"		"func_detail"
				"DefaultPointEntity"		"info_ff_script"
				"BSP"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\yournamehere\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vbsp.exe"
				"Vis"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\yournamehere\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vvis.exe"
				"Light"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\yournamehere\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vrad.exe"
				"GameExeDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\FortressForever"
				"MapDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\FortressForever\maps\vmf"
				"BSPDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\FortressForever\maps"
				"CordonTexture"		"tools/toolsskybox"
				"MaterialExcludeCount"		"0"
			}
		}
	}
	"SDKVersion"		"2"
}

4. After that is all pasted in, while the txt document is still open, hold CTRL + H to open the text replace tool. Replace all the "yournamehere" with your steam account name.

Should work after that.

This post should be put somewhere more readily available. Everyone that I've talked to after using this post has had trouble setting up Hammer as per the usual way. I always show them this and then it works.


Follow the directions in this post

Make sure to rename NOT ONLY your steam account name in the gameconfig.txt, BUT ALSO your program files path. (e.g. if you use /program files (x86) put that instead)

Run hammer and select the 2006 engine, no others will work.

Then map.