[Source 1] Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #1 "Launching Hammer, initial configuration, making a room"

[@silvereennetwork]

Know that this helped me even after 11 years. Thanks!

[@jaxonmorkes4382]

You're still helping people 7 years later, don't forget it! :)

[@darknessblood3440]

U r not alone brother ;)

[@egangray5590]

He's helping me 10 years later lol

[@Withgreen]

​@@egangray5590 Same here 💚

[@jellyjim10]

@@Withgreen Same here.

[@c-wild114]

@@jellyjim10same here

[@wokislush]

Thank you for this even 10 years later. Great tutorial content

[@QubaMichalski]

Thank you for creating this series of videos. I find your presentation much more organized than most of the other content online, making it much more pleasant to watch and learn.

[@ttrwslw_2025]

that still works after 11 years!! Thank you so much for making this tutorial!

[@dacoolboe]

Even a decade later these vids are great thanks man

[@Daburubareru]

This is where it started even i still watch these videos Thank you.

[@RealSlimHaydy]

Its great to see you back! You were my tutor and my inspiration to map, thank you for doing such a good deed to us :)

[@KGBoxy]

Got recommend by my friend about Hammer Editor tutorial, you did a great job lad, I will be study more from you.

[@BabyCharmander]

Thank you very much for this! I've been needing to learn to use Hammer for a very unconventional thing (using it to make backgrounds for some illustrations I'm doing for a game I'm running), and I've been really scared of learning how to use it. But I followed this video and now I feel SO MUCH better about learning to use it! This was very informative and easy to follow. I'll definitely watch your other Hammer tutorial videos as well. Thanks again!

[@geoffwales8646]

Thus tutorial is great. I was going crazy with Hammer until I followed this. First tutorial successfully completed. Thanks a lot.

[@tictacidk]

These tutorials come in really handy! Since Source 2 Hammer is right around the corner for mainstream use, I'm curious if your going to make tutorials for it. That would be really helpful for when we start using that in any upcoming, modable Source 2 games.

[@theRealBrynczka]

Glad to see a new video from you! You've helped me so greatly with your previous tutorials; I can't thank you enough. Good luck with the new series.

[@MadHatzOfficial]

Amazing tutorials!! Getting into hammer, really like it!

[@7anctified]

I've been trying to get into making maps for NMRIH. Thank you for making it easier!

[@mrnicosable]

I'm glad to see you back with more Hammer Tutorials. It's been a while. Really enjoyed watching your old tutorials so I'm looking forward to the upcoming ones =D

[@MrNiicolai]

I'm really happy to see you are going to make a v2 of your Hammer tutorial.

[@BraTisLavaBreAd-st8xz]

you're helping me 10 years later! :D

[@Vunsunta]

always learning something new with these, even with the basics. thanks :)

[@117legend1998]

Yay version 2! Your still alive :) I thought u stopped when u finished version 1!

[@KhanRec0rdz]

Glad to see you're doing this again! Haven't mapped in a while but you never know when inspiration strikes :). Awesome tutorial!

[@GameHacker77]

best intro i ever saw :D

[@MinecraftRocks999]

+GameHacker77 I agree! Nobody makes original intros anymore, your intro is just amazing!

[@OscarGreenworth]

2:21 seconds in and I realize right now I will not have the patience for this. I wish I did.

[@williscraft7425]

I use a slightly different method to make rooms. I make a big box and use Make Hollow tool.

[@joechristo2]

yes

[@mrzjl505]

Should have gone for your video first! Not the others! I mean, they are not bad, it's just they didn't teach me all the tricks and things to look for which left me tons of problems. Thank you!

[@FrebbyProductions]

Despite being 10 years old this is a good tutorial

[@themodfather9382]

not really since there's not even a hammer.exe

[@FrebbyProductions]

@themodfather9382 I've made over 20 different TTT maps thanks to this tutorial, and everyone I've shown them to say they're good It is a good tutorial

[@Pwnz0rServer2009]

@@themodfather9382then you aren't doing it correctly.

[@Euroliite]

I'm not 100% sure on this but I think any game that has been converted to SteamPipe will not work with the SDK launcher. Valve stated that they plan to phase out the SDK Launcher. I am not exactly sure what it will be replaced with though. Anyways, glad to see you're redoing old tutorials. Might get me back into mapping :3

[@burbgoop3431]

I could watch you make shit in hammer all day, please god never stop.

[@player5243]

1:01 There's also Half-Life and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

[@Micshgasm]

Thank you for this series.

[@ThatGuyNamedBender]

Can't wait for the rest of the series! Will doing this through CSS work for Garys mod? I know i've had some issues with sky boxes and gary's mod so if that could be a possible episode that would be awesome! Btw welcome back and keep up the good work!

[@L4DGamers]

how do you restore default setting?

[@Euroliite]

I think it'd be nice to have a video that goes over basic of each tool and teaches new mappers good habits (e.g. not mapping with a grid snapping on 2.) Despite all my mapping experiencing I find there are certain tools I don't know how to use the full potential of.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

great! I finally did something with this thing.@.@ I'll be watching all ur videos on this for sure!

[@CorruptedVR]

May I ask how do I adjust grid size? You didn’t tell us how you kinda just did it.

[@B0lsj1]

Been missing this

[@TJLeBozo]

How come whenever I’m using The brush tool, it doesn’t work, why is that?

[@Billy4726-p6o]

He's back :D

[@mtylerryan]

hmm do older versions of Hammer not list the hotkeys when you highlight tools? I'm not sure how you have it showing the hotkeys when you highlight tools, but that would be soooo useful.

[@trebleizerquartet1717]

When you're moving brushes, an X appears on a side of the brush which seems to indicate what side of the brush snaps to grid. Is there a way to move this?

[@WoodManGamer]

Really good tut, thanks.

[@zacpier]

I laugh at you because you do something very slightly different than me! BTW So glad you're doing this again. You're the one who got me into Source mapping, and I have no regrets since I started. Now I just want VALVe to get the authoring tools working on Linux, then I can rule the mapping community!!!!! >:D

[@kirkzwahlen2852]

so whenever I press enter to create the floor, it just becomes a red outline with an x in the middle. can someone possibley help?

[@florianh5067]

have you changed the camera settings so that you can see the textured brush?

[@scwep8036]

So confusing to me at least but it was a great tutorial my friend recommended your tutorials.

[@Silentwisher]

Omg. What is that program for your desktop?

[@Bredli37]

These days autosave doesn't even work, which is a shame as it makes things unrecoverable. Bam, Hammer crashes Would you like to autosave? Yes Bam, Hammer crashes every time you try. Now I'm in the habit of saving super often

[@TopHATTwaffle]

+Lucid Autosave works fine for me. Change the location from default. You may not have write permissions to that location.

[@Bredli37]

Oh, hey! Alright I'll give that a try, will save me from any potential frustrating moments for sure. Have a good one.

[@thepyromancer1319]

Saving often is a good habit anyway.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

First of all, I think A LOT OF HUMANS have the exact same Problem such as me. Secondly, did this "writing permissions" helped you?

[@FlamingCuntLips]

How is Hammer for importing wave objects and/or .fbx models? Would I benefit greatly from importing materials from blender into hammer or does it prefer objects and textures created inside Hammer?

[@leo_the_be0]

I followed all the steps in this tutorial closely, but my map won't load in any of my Source engine games. Do you know wat might have happened?

[@llYuki0okami]

Why not use Tool Make Hollow to make boxes?

[@themoneypro8772]

18:01 it shows me a file thing, idk what to do

[@seesyl_]

Will you, in this series, go over setting up files for single player?

[@valleyd0g69]

please do a source 2 tutorial

[@Stoogie]

You forgot to mention left clicking on a already textured brush with the texture face tool open loads that brushes texture, took me like an entire day to figure that out .....

[@SalamiMommie]

The fact that you have yuris revenge on your desktop rules

[@benomousthefirst6328]

Do textures and models in Hammer work sort of like Garry's Mod, in which you need the game in order to access the texture/model? BTW great video! I like that you post the short-cuts

[@sodiboo]

yep, it will also take textures from any mods you have for any game, and pop them into authoring tools/source sdk

[@blasethedutchie5881]

How do you get those desktop icon groupings? Like at the beginning where all of the icons on the desktop and in groups?

[@blakeo352]

I think it's just a background

[@placenamehere7101]

Rainmeter

[@blasethedutchie5881]

Place Name Here Thanks!

[@rotisseueryu]

Does anybody know the intro music? I get that this video is aged but I'm a sucker for squares.

[@chinomok17]

Bro, Do you have an specific tutorial about Tools Textures? I need some help.

[@voiceover3735]

Him saying: Valve will alwhays do updates. all of us: thats heaven for us

[@alendadaslendas]

I need help when i will compile the map (.VMF to .BSP) the Hammer crashes

[@TheNinngi]

i was trying to open particle editor but it dos not work correctly the windows resolution is mega low around 640x800 any tips ?

[@Alydus]

How would you go about adding HL2 - EP1 & EP2 to the CS:S hammer?

[@sodiboo]

you can't, you'd have to use Source SDK

[@MrNoahlindsay]

hey, if youre still active, i was wondering how to add a vehicle to my map (like the jeep or the jalopy from ep2)

[@THATONEM1N3CR4FT3R]

I think you would add entity and change the playerspawn to the jeep or whatever

[@sahiku5357]

how to get that dev textures i don't have any !!

[@darknessblood3440]

Hello brother, If you need any help go to (reddit) and search for ( hammer) community. They will answer your questions directly, seriously just give them a try!

[@carlosr4303]

When I tested my cs1.6 map everything's fine except for the weapons, they just go through everything when dropped. I don't know what to do, the program said there were no errors on my map.

[@Combine7355]

hey i have orangebox and the games cannot appear in source SDK, in source engine 2009

[@brownie1481]

I can't seem to rotate it the way you did at 13:32

[@moistovengaming5418]

Brownie when you have the brush selected, click on the brush in the top-down view and it will change to rotate mode. You can then rotate the brush from there.

[@MrThePsychologist]

what is the difference between hammer and hammer v2

[@1123RYANJAMES]

How do I use Black Mesa entities in Source SDK 2013?

[@VanguardClassics955]

You should be able to use it because Black Mesa is on Steam now

[@dalannar]

I've been using the latest version of hammer, after the steampipe update with the VProject error showing up in the console (I didn't actually notice it until now). I haven't had any horribly breaking errors mapping with it, so what exactly is it doing, and how does it matter that I fix it ?

[@okillyisgreat1378]

I know this is 10 years old, but why when I hit enter it doesnt drasw the block???

[@Beardactal]

Whoa you play UT2004? Can I add you?

[@Makkis]

my editor had no textures containing the keyword nodraw, worth noting i was using the tf2 configuration

[@darknessblood3440]

Hello brother, If you need any help go to (reddit) and search for ( hammer) community. They will answer you directly, seriously they are very helpful!

[@Makkis]

@@darknessblood3440 update: currently making a shitty koth map

[@stoffi94]

Its called Stardock - Fences

[@gyrotech777]

Thank you!

[@kerbalball0052]

Some of the the tools are blocked and I can’t click on them :(

[@SonicScooter873]

Can you use hammer to create maps for source film maker?

[@elmoelmerson172]

Source Filmmaker uses maps made for these games, so yes.

[@ashleyjohansson230]

how do i backup a map i made, when i save as, it gives me a VMF file, is tat the project file?

[@XaneMyers]

Ashley Johansson -I'm not the guy that uploaded the video but- that is the "project file".

[@sodiboo]

vmf = valve map file (you can load in hammer & in games) bsp = Half-Life 2 map file (you can load in-games but not in hammer)

[@THATguy-dc5pd]

BTW, the "steampipe" update (or whatever it's called) fucked up hammer, you cant load it through SourceSDK, so you have to open it through the games bin file

[@JesusOnWheelz]

Three of the six wall wall textures in my room end up black.... SOmething to do with lighting? It's really annoying.

[@stroyed4229]

If you're using csgo, that just happens when you don't have any lights because of the realtime shadows.

[@Noruzenchi86]

5000 undo levels seems excessive imo, something more reasonable like 255 or 1023 seems like it would make more sense

[@REN-hl2-hl2]

my hammer just shows lines. no grid cant even place a block...

[@thuggs8431]

My map has weird shadows that appear on the wall im looking at

[@Yoni123]

which one is better hammer or trenchbroom?

[@p0kepanda462]

hammer for source games and trenchbroom for quake engine games

[@Yoni123]

@@p0kepanda462 i meant for making your own games on Godot

[@sylvercilia8549]

need to install all SDK source or just SDK source ? :)

[@sodiboo]

Source SDK

[@Teixarus]

If anyone knows how to do maps or at least houses please tell me.

[@Farifafaa]

why use soruce sdk as a last resort??/

[@chriss-tw9jy]

on steam it says portal 2 authoring tools is not available on my current platform

[@sodiboo]

switch to a compatible OS (stop using xp and upgrade to Win10 where hammer actually works)

[@GingeyBoi57]

Shift and dragging it only just drags the brush, it never creates a copy

[@bullnotch]

Gave me a white box command prompt and it seems to not be doing anything, any ideas ? \

[@sodiboo]

the cmd means it's compiling

[@nofacee94]

I'm confused at why I am subscribed to this channel. I am also confused why you are using a second account to re do all of the tutorials you have done previously... hmmm

[@pantsatdancing]

I can't compile mine... It just stays on executing... I have a spawn point and a full room which is textured and stuff...

[@alterdnothing1855]

Is the room closed? have you saved yet?

[@pantsatdancing]

It had been saved and there were no gaps int he outside

[@alterdnothing1855]

Yeah, i'm not really sure about how to fix that...

[@Silentwisher]

thanks!

[@onecoldbackstab5291]

when i try to place a block with enter it disappears anybody else?

[@darknessblood3440]

Hello brother, If you need any help go to (reddit) and search for ( hammer) community. They will answer your questions directly, seriously they are very helpful!

[@onecoldbackstab5291]

@@darknessblood3440 thanks mate

[@darknessblood3440]

@@onecoldbackstab5291 My duty brother.

[@kaz9781]

Not letting me paste gameinfo anyone know why?

[@remembermewell9546]

some of my walls are black, did i do something wrong?

[@eljestLiv]

+RememberMeWell you do not have a light_environment entity in your level

[@malemale214]

+RememberMeWell same for me I added some light and I fixed last time

[@sodiboo]

is your skybox black?

[@tomhillepille]

how you got the command prompt?

[@sodiboo]

he started compiling the map by pressing F9

[@TubeCompie]

Thanks

[@MovieKid169]

which tool do I use for gmod????

[@MathewAlden]

Not sure... but Gmod runs the HL2e2 engine, if that helps.

[@tomhillepille]

CS:S

[@Laiten]

i think i'm the only one who's watching tutorials from 2013

[@tux1468]

nope