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Exporting from puzzlemaker to hammer
By Fox
This is quick guid how to export from P2 Puzzle Maker to hammer.

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Category: Maps or Levels, Modding or Configuration, Workshop
Languages: English
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25 Jun, 2015 @ 12:51pm
6 Jul, 2015 @ 11:22pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Making Puzzle 
Exporting 
Using vmf 
Comments
Making Puzzle
First u need to make puzzle (u can u se normal editor or bee mod)

Dev command box

Go to portal 2 settings/keyboard/enable developer console and set it on/enable

Exporting
Lets export it :D
Press `~ and type:

puzzlemaker_export (map name)

Note: Remember map name can;'t have space in it.

Mr.Gman -"if not working JUST PRESS BUILD IN PUZZEL MAKER AND THEN EXPORT IT its that simpel!"
Using vmf
Last step is to open hammer go to .../steam/steamapps/common/Portal 2/sdk_content/maps and find your map
33 Comments
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The Glitchverse Corps 23 Oct, 2024 @ 5:02am 
no mater how many times and ways i put in the command it wont export!
Jonas 1 Apr, 2024 @ 1:39am 
How am i ment to export maps to hammer When its not even in the files!!
Unknown 2 Aug, 2022 @ 1:43pm 
can someone help me export Bee mod stuff
craftablescience 25 May, 2022 @ 9:14pm 
@TeamDodz they're instances because it's easier for the puzzlemaker to generate maps that way. They do not care about file size
Unknown 26 Mar, 2022 @ 3:02pm 
I dont know why and I don't want to know why but there is no items
Fuchsium 15 Apr, 2020 @ 9:49am 
Also @suzan_gunn, Valve made all objects func_instance so that it would reduce file size. Being suprised at this is like being suprised at a compiled output of a programming language being bareley readable. Its intentional and helpful to your computer.
Fuchsium 15 Apr, 2020 @ 9:47am 
If you're going to import a level into hammer, please do i only so you can trace a level over the PeTI one. Any other reason is most likely bad practise and will make your level worse.
suzan_gunn 14 Apr, 2020 @ 11:37am 
The thing is for some reason Hammer seems to love to torment me with always having something go wrong....

funnily a good example of this is the fact I'm venturing back into Portal 2 authoring tools just now and despite the fact I've done this 1,000,000 times before... for some reason it's not allowing the map to run with dynamic lighting. . . .Just 100% full bright.

Soooo... yeah I was a bit miffed after thinking I could get a quick shortcut only to get func_instance on 50 different components.
suzan_gunn 14 Apr, 2020 @ 10:45am 
Building it in Hammer is what I have been trying to do for some time.. . . reference to my last comment about on going issues and depression.

The thing is for some reason Hammer seems to love to torment me with always having something go wrong, every single day. Like doors that don't open the directions they should.... movable panels that crash the editor continuously.... or trying to re do the same button for the fourteenth time because sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the editor crashes and never opens the file again. @RedSkittleFox
zeo1337 13 Apr, 2020 @ 11:54am 
That is exactly what we were trying to avoid doing, OP