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Hammer Editor Modifications for easier Mapping

By мяFunreal

The L4D2 Hammer editor is not as good as it could be. So here's a few edits to make it better.

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

Modding: Maps

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17 Mar, 2019 @ 6:30am

16 May, 2022 @ 7:10pm

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Foreword.

The hammer editor has a few limitations as to what entities you can spawn and how they are spawned. editing the fgd files allows you to do more things.
So this guide lists a few useful things that make your mapping experience way easier.

I wrote all of this down in a discord server i'm in, but i figured putting it here would be more useful.

UPDATE 2022

Everything that once was here is now on a GitHub Repository for easier use for all of you.
You'll no longer need to manually create FGD files.
Just download and unpack the repo into your bin folder and install the hammer vpk.
More info on GitHub.

Github Repository[github.com]

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Israel Hazak 6 Jun, 2023 @ 11:07pm

Ok thanks, I’ll test it later, again thanks.

мяFunreal [author] 6 Jun, 2023 @ 10:49pm

This is not the right place to ask, but its not like anyone really cares.

The entire "copy items over" part happens if the weapon_spawn entities are in exactly the same spot, in relation to the info__landmark, and they must also be relatively close to the navmesh.

But I do not know why they would show up, but not be usable.
Only guess is that you somehow hot a nodraw brush, or an invisible brush that covers the items, preventing you from picking them up

Israel Hazak 6 Jun, 2023 @ 3:40pm

Hi. I for a very long time looking for answer to my problem with Valve Hammer Editor (trigger_changelevel). Can ya help me? The problem is that when switching to a new map, all my equipment remains as phantom, that is, it is shown, but in fact it is not. How can I fix this?

мяFunreal [author] 13 Jan, 2023 @ 3:48pm

What kind of answer do you expect?
I didn't update the repo in a while, cause I had nothing to change.
I don't have my fingers in l4d2 itself, so. I dunno.