Help with FGD

Hey guys, mind helping a mapper out? How the HELL do you install the FGD? I'd like a detailed description please. It doesn't appear to've worked for me, so I'd like to know, prease. Thank you.

 

Mine reseted back to Half-Life 2: Episode Two, so I used and changed that one.

Here's the wiki on how to do it. (outdated pictures?)
http://wiki.empiresmod.com/index.php?title=Configuring_Hammer_for_Empires

 

I've been updating the Mapping sections of the wiki, including the configuration page, and I actually updated all of the images on that page this evening (before I saw this thread).

Anyway Fennec, make sure you have the latest empires.fgd from: http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/empires.fgd (posted in a sticky by Coffeeburrito).

Once you have it, place it in:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires\mapsrc\fgd\empires.fgd

Make sure your Hammer configuration has:

Code:

$SteamDir\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires\mapsrc\fgd\empires.fgd

Then you should be good to go.

 

for some reason it shows a space in the first link where it should not be

 

If your configuration resets, you can re-add it easily, just read this tutorial, starting at 9, and add the following when told to paste the config in the gameconfig.txt file:

Code:

		}
		"Empires"
		{
			"GameDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Empires"
			"hammer"
			{
				"GameData0"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\youraccountname\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\empires.fgd"
				"TextureFormat"		"5"
				"MapFormat"		"4"
				"DefaultTextureScale"		"0.250000"
				"DefaultLightmapScale"		"16"
				"GameExe"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\duo929@hotmail.com\half-life 2\hl2.exe"
				"DefaultSolidEntity"		"func_detail"
				"DefaultPointEntity"		"emp_building_imp_airfactory"
				"BSP"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\youraccountname\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
				"Vis"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\youraccountname\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
				"Light"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\youraccountname\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
				"GameExeDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\youraccountname\half-life 2"
				"MapDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\youraccountname\sourcesdk_content\Empires\mapsrc"
				"BSPDir"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\SourceMods\Empires\maps"
				"CordonTexture"		"BLACK"
				"MaterialExcludeCount"		"0"
			}
		}

Change the options to fit your local settings where necessary.

Alternatively, you can create a new option in hammer itself:


Under "Configuration", you can see "Half-Life 2", or any other game you had selected in the SDK launcher window when you started Hammer, next to it is an "edit" button. Clicking this will allow you to edit what configurations are present. Just add Empires and set all the settings, and you can use Hammer with Empires.
If you don't want to set everything, copy the Episode 2 configuration, and alter the remaining settings. I suggest you change the name of the configuration to Empires.

 

Thanks guys. It's mostly working, but it still says I'm missing gameinfo.txt, but I've checked everything. The file IS there. D:

 

whats the link you used?