3d view in hammer dead

o_sns ceo · 08-22-2006, 08:04 PM

Well, I've been making an FF map in HL1 hammer (it runs better a lot of the time than HL2 Hammer), and am now ready to drop it into hl2. So I open the rmf in Hammer, and....no 3d view! I double check by opening an hl2 example map, and that has its 3d view just fine. I flip back and there is simply no 3d view. I even select all the old textures and replace it with a dev texture, but no luck. Anyone have a clue?

o_sidd42 · 08-22-2006, 08:28 PM

There's a camera tool (one of the buttons on the left), which you need to use to put a camera into the world. After that the 3d view should work fine.
This 'feature' has only been in since a recent sdk update, but at least it means that maps remember where the 3d view was looking when the file was saved.

o_soulpiercer7 · 09-09-2006, 07:12 PM

I've had this problem as well, though mine is a jump map for hl2dm. The Source SDk has been giving me problems. Valve needs to stop updating stuff and messing it all up. If it functions, leave it alone!

o_sns ceo · 09-09-2006, 08:19 PM

Did you get it to work? I followed the second post and it worked fine.

o_yomamashouse · 09-09-2006, 11:20 PM

I just used the go to coordinates tool and went to 0 0 0.

Defrag · 09-09-2006, 11:58 PM

Place a camera or hit ctrl-shift-e

o_pixel · 09-10-2006, 12:43 AM

go to to view and center it

o_frenchtoast · 09-10-2006, 02:52 AM

Defrags suggestion works easiest. This is the latest stupid error by Valve. The camera just spawns so far away that you can't see jack, and you'ld have to zoom for around a year.

Mulchman MM · 09-11-2006, 04:34 PM

click the camera button then just drag out a camera near your brushes...?

08-22-2006, 08:04 PM	#1
o_sns ceo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	3d view in hammer dead Well, I've been making an FF map in HL1 hammer (it runs better a lot of the time than HL2 Hammer), and am now ready to drop it into hl2. So I open the rmf in Hammer, and....no 3d view! I double check by opening an hl2 example map, and that has its 3d view just fine. I flip back and there is simply no 3d view. I even select all the old textures and replace it with a dev texture, but no luck. Anyone have a clue?

09-09-2006, 11:58 PM	#6
Defrag Retired FF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Scotland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Place a camera or hit ctrl-shift-e __________________ Fortress Forever. Level Designer, Gameplay Dude and whatnot.

09-11-2006, 04:34 PM	#9
Mulchman MM Retired FF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lacey, WA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	click the camera button then just drag out a camera near your brushes...? __________________ Head of the Orca Revolution (TM)

08-22-2006, 08:28 PM	#2
o_sidd42 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	There's a camera tool (one of the buttons on the left), which you need to use to put a camera into the world. After that the 3d view should work fine. This 'feature' has only been in since a recent sdk update, but at least it means that maps remember where the 3d view was looking when the file was saved.

09-09-2006, 07:12 PM	#3
o_soulpiercer7 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I've had this problem as well, though mine is a jump map for hl2dm. The Source SDk has been giving me problems. Valve needs to stop updating stuff and messing it all up. If it functions, leave it alone!

09-09-2006, 08:19 PM	#4
o_sns ceo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Did you get it to work? I followed the second post and it worked fine.

09-09-2006, 11:20 PM	#5
o_yomamashouse Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Your Mamas House Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I just used the go to coordinates tool and went to 0 0 0.

09-10-2006, 12:43 AM	#7
o_pixel Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	go to to view and center it

09-10-2006, 02:52 AM	#8
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Defrags suggestion works easiest. This is the latest stupid error by Valve. The camera just spawns so far away that you can't see jack, and you'ld have to zoom for around a year.

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