SDK Update for Ep2, Portal, and TF2 mapping

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:49 am

Fire_cube wrote:Yeah right, like I'm going to extract tons of .jpgs just to view some models

Unless it's only the advisor one?

Only the advisor one.

Hell-met · Post by **Hell-met** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:58 am

schweet

Hell-met · Post by **Hell-met** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:05 am

holy fraking shit

antlion.mdl --- vort_antlion_backcrack

POOR THING

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:15 am

Pretty sure it's only the one...

Hell-met · Post by **Hell-met** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:21 am

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:28 am

Ah - evidently I had an old OC forum window open -> was responding to the your post from before:

Fire_cube wrote:Yeah right, like I'm going to extract tons of .jpgs just to view some models

Unless it's only the advisor one?

Hell-met · Post by **Hell-met** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:33 am

Prototstar · Post by **Prototstar** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:07 am

These are some of the known problems that exist within the current Source SDK. Just incase anybody haven't read it yet.

* The sourcesdk_content folder is not getting updated consistently so we suggest selecting 'Refresh SDK Content' the first time that you run the SDK.
* Some users are getting 'Unable to load FileSystemOpenDialog.dll' when running Hammer. Follow the same instructions as above to remedy this.
* Hammer 3D Ray-traced Lighting Preview performs very slowly and should be avoided until we can fix it.
* Hammer 3D Lighting Preview does not work well with some video hardware.
* When running the Orange Box versions of the 'studiomdl' and 'vtex' you should include '-nop4' on the command line to bypass our Perforce integration with these tools. We will eliminate this need in a subsequent release.
* Cubemaps cannot presently be built for maps that run in an Orange Box game.
* 'cone_helper.mdl' is missing from the Source SDK distribution and this can cause a crash in Hammer.
* The %VProject% env var is not getting dynamically set anymore when you change the mod in the SDK launcher.
* Opening Advisor.jpg in Episode Two's GCF crashes hlmv

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:53 am

Huh. For some reason my OC hammer model viewer crashes whenever I try to open it. I've extracted Advisor.jpg into the appropriate file, but it still crashes

Any tips?

Hell-met · Post by **Hell-met** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:17 am

Make sure its the hl2 advisor, not the ep2 pic!

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:57 am

Fire_cube wrote:Make sure its the hl2 advisor, not the ep2 pic!

Hehe, I made this mistake the first time

Yea, I re-extracted from the hl2 gcf, but now my model viewer works, but my hammer model viewer doesn't!

minus_273c · Post by **minus_273c** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:56 am

Has anyone managed to get the SDK running on a 64bit system that has the Orange Box installed?

I've mapped in the past, but have just upgraded to a new system running XP64.

Issues.

1. A gameconfig.txt with fewer entries, not including references to the directories indicated in the OC SDK setup guides on this site. I thought I'd worked around this by referencing the Episode 2 exe, but while I can start hammer in 'OC mode' it's not behaving. This is clearly Orange Box.

2. Hammer not starting at all. This is covered in the SDK release note, and can be fixed by specifying -32bit in the runtime options of all games. Clearly 64bit issue.

Does anyone have a defined version of what an Orange box gameconfig.txt should look like please? My version -

"Configs"
{
"Games"
{
"Half-Life 2: Episode Two"
{
"GameDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\half-life 2 episode two\ep2"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\halflife2.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "5"
"MapFormat" "4"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\half-life 2 episode two\hl2.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
"Vis" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
"Light" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\half-life 2 episode two"
"MapDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk_content\ep2\mapsrc"
"BSPDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
"Team Fortress 2"
{
"GameDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\team fortress 2\tf"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\tf.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "5"
"MapFormat" "4"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\team fortress 2\hl2.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_teamspawn"
"BSP" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
"Vis" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
"Light" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\team fortress 2"
"MapDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk_content\tf\mapsrc"
"BSPDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\team fortress 2\tf\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
"Portal"
{
"GameDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\portal\portal"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\portal.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "5"
"MapFormat" "4"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\portal\hl2.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "info_player_start"
"BSP" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
"Vis" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
"Light" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\portal"
"MapDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk_content\portal\mapsrc"
"BSPDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\portal\portal\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
"Obsidian Conflict"
{
"GameDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Obsidian"
"hammer"
{
"GameData0" "d:\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Obsidian\Obsidian SDK\Obsidian.fgd"
"TextureFormat" "5"
"MapFormat" "4"
"DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000"
"DefaultLightmapScale" "16"
"GameExe" "d:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\[MY EMAIL]\half-life 2\hl2.exe"
"DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail"
"DefaultPointEntity" "ai_ally_manager"
"BSP" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
"Vis" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
"Light" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
"GameExeDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\minus_273c\half-life 2 episode two"
"MapDir" "d:\Halflife maps\OC\mapsrc"
"BSPDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\obsidian\maps"
"CordonTexture" "tools\toolsskybox"
"MaterialExcludeCount" "0"
}
}
}
"SDKVersion" "3"
}

I'd welcome aid, as I have a map to finish...

Thanks,

CJ

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:59 pm

Hi, Firstly great to see more mappers trying out Obsidian, theres quite a nice little editing community here.

You game config seems fine, Although I'm not sure v1.23 of Obsidian's SDK is suited to using Orangebox, I'd recomened sticking with the ep1 engine? I'm not 100% sure, give me some time later tonight and I'll check some things out.

Obsidian is a little chaotic past 2 weeks because they are painfully close to release of 1.3 but at the same time trying to keep up with all Valve's happenings, I've been having hammer trouble with 1.3 beta on Orangebox sdkbeta, but things are changing here at such a fast pace it's hard to keep up. And for 3-4 days I haven't even opened Hammer because I don't need a headache right now. But tonight I'll go through see what versions I can compile in ok.

Be sure to post us some screensshots of your work in the WIP thread when your ready!

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:23 pm

Windows XP 64 isn't the greatest OS. If you want 64bit go with Windows Vista 64, it has better support.

minus_273c · Post by **minus_273c** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:35 pm

fug4life wrote:Hi, Firstly great to see more mappers trying out Obsidian, theres quite a nice little editing community here.

Be sure to post us some screensshots of your work in the WIP thread when your ready!

Agreed. As soon as I get Hammer I'll post bits of the map (no monsters yet though, still getting the route and co-op puzzles sorted).

CJ

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SDK Update for Ep2, Portal, and TF2 mapping

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