Errors in Hammer.. weird ones

Weird Hammer errors .. Help Please

By Noforgivin 4 years ago

Hi all... A long time ago i used to map for my friends and i was very good... well for the age i was :) anyway.. now i have found that if i search keywords in the material browser, hammer just crashes. So i just stuck to filter for the searching. I made a map and i wanted to test it.. it has all the necessary components - infoplayercounterterrorist and terrorist ones (w,e theyre called) and it has a skybox, no leaks... and whenever i choose compile and play it finishes and starts to load CS:S and i see a blinking wireframe for a second and then it crashes to a Valve Engine Error which says Library Error... I've tried - Resetting Config, Using a Custom FGD, Reinstalling it, Re-Configurin it and GOOGLIN IT! XD Please help if you can :)

4 posts 361 views
  • You must be a member

Replies

  • Pacifist's Levels
    • P1: Beggar
      Points: 725
    • C1: Member
    • A5: Veteran
      Account Age: 5 years
    Posted 4 years ago

    I may not know what I am talking about, but it almost sounds like the game and hammer do not know where to look for the textures when the map loads. You say you have reinstalled. I had a problem sort of like this before with hammer but with TF2. I ended up not only uninstalling local files, but also going in and deleting the folders for that game and in SDK as well. I was able to reload all the stuff via Steam. I have to admit Steam does have a excellent recover ability.

    CSS uses a lot of textures that other games also use, like HL2. It might go better if you just deleted every thing EXCEPT maps, sprays, sounds and things you have made. You will want to copy them to a separate folder to place back after.

    This way the game had to make brand new paths and not use any previous data when looking for textures, maps, etc.

    BE WARNED, this will take a long time to get all the games back to normal. BE EXTRA WARNED, only do this as a last ditch effort. BE UBER WARNED I take no responsibility if you destroy things you have created, saved files, configurations etc. All that MUST be saved to a separate location and placed back if you want to keep it.

    If that does not work, I am sorry I have no other ideas.

    mapper
  • Noforgivin's Levels
    • P2: Drudge
      Points: 1,301
    • C1: Member
    • A5: Veteran
      Account Age: 5 years
    Posted 4 years ago

    I dont want to try that.. anything else?

    Big Fat N
  • Crazypip666's Levels
    • P4: Worker
      Points: 35,876
    • E1: Helper
      EF: 11
    • C2: Treehouse Member
    • A6: Elder
      Account Age: 7 years
    Posted 4 years ago

    Don't use the run map after compile option. Let the map compile, then run it manually.

    User Title
    BAD WOLF
  • Noforgivin's Levels
    • P2: Drudge
      Points: 1,301
    • C1: Member
    • A5: Veteran
      Account Age: 5 years
    Posted 4 years ago

    Well i'd tried that.. but anyway its fixed.. i just refreshed sdk contect which weirdly worked.

    Big Fat N
  • You must be a member