Setting Up Hammer (old)

This tutorial will walk you through setting up hammer to work with Goldeneye: Source maps on the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch enngine.

• Any OrangeBox Game(Portal,HL2:EP2,TF2,DOD:S,etc) Installed and ready to play.
• Access to the SourceSDK files, run them to get access to hammer
• Goldeneye Development version or a Goldeneye Release running locally on your system.

If you're a developer for GES, you will need to setup a sandbox, meaning a folder or partition that you are designating to store you development source files temporarily. In this example I will use C:\Sandbox as my 'sandbox.' Using SVN, 'checkout' the map section of the repository into C:\Sandbox\maps if your only working on goldeneye files, or if you might be involved in other mods as well, it is always good to section it off, C:\Sandbox\goldeneye\maps

• Open SourceSDK (you might end up with a loading screen )
• Select “The Orange Box” under Engine Version, Then any game you have under Current Game menu, if you don't have a GoldenEye configuration setup.
• Run hammer through sourcesdk
• Close SourceSDK window after hammer is opened (you will reopen this when your done).
• Open up the hammer options
• Do NOT click APPLY until your done modifying, Hammer acts funny and sometimes does not save correctly.
• Near 'Configuration' Section there is a 'Edit' button, click that.
• Add a new Goldeneye: Source configuration(Named mine BETA3).
• Close out of the Edit panel
• Fill in the settings close to Half-Life 2 Deathmatch settings, here is my settings fully configured to make things easier
  • Game Data files: $SteamDir\steamapps\SourceMods\gesource\goldeneye.fgd
  • Texture Format/Map Type: Half-Life 2
  • Game Executable Directory: $SteamUserDir\source sdk base 2007
  • Game Directory: $SteamDir\steamapps\SourceMods\gesource
  • Hammer VMF Directory: $SteamDir\steamapps\SourceMods\gesource\maps

1. Build Programs

• Game executable: $SteamUserDir\source sdk base 2007\hl2.exe
• BSP executable: $SteamUserDir\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe
• VIS executable: $SteamUserDir\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe
• RAD executable: $SteamUserDir\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe
• Place compiled maps in this directory before running the game: $SteamDir\steamapps\SourceMods\gesource\maps
• If you're using subversion for the mod folder (development team does), you will want to add a material exclusion for .svn folders. Where the mark is, click on 'Add' and browse to the game folder\materials\.svn and say okay, it will then add .svn to the list.
• When done, say 'OK' it will close out of options, then close hammer, reopen SourceSDK and you should have your new configuration selected.

For your convienance, the code is setup with a 'test' that will automatically check a few of these things for you and print a debugging message. The command for this is test_mapbuild.

• Must include a fog_controller and be set to ON. Don't want fog? Then give the start and end distance incredibly high numbers. This fixes dynamic shadows not working on some systems
• Must include a shadow_controller. If this does not exist, then shadow angles transfer over from previously played map. Going from cradle's long shadows to indoors looks really weird.
• Include a .manifest! Before you commit your map be sure that your manifest file is up to date. type 'snd_writemanifest' in your console when the map is loaded. Then commit it along with the map. This will improve map load times and conserve disk space, and help fix any possible stuttering.
• Check Spawnpoint count.
• Weapons must use the ge_weaponspawner entity.