Today I wanted to start to map for empires. I copied the .fgd to into the sourcesdk\bin folder. Then I ran hammer and setup a configuration called Empires. When I restarted the SDK I found an entry called Empires in the 'Current Game' dropdown. I selected it and ran hammer. But then when I opened Tools-Options the Half-Life 2 configuration was selected. Now I can't map for empires because when I change the configuration I must restart hammer for the changes to take effect. But guess what: After the restart Half-Life 2 is selected again. How can I fix that? Thanks in advance.
I think there is / was a problem regarding this mentioned on steampowered.com. It uses the Game Configuration of the last played game .. or something along that line. I didn't pay attention to it, really. Try launching and closing Empires before starting the SDK.
That doesnt help and If I choose CS:S or DoD, hammer uses the correct configuration. Must be a problem with my Empires config. The spaces in the paths are added by the forum.
I had some trouble adding the configurations too. Have you tried using the 'reset configurations' option, then adding empires from within hammer again? If all else fails and you're only gonna be mapping for empires, just delete the other configs. You can always get them back again.
You're right. I'll just delete all others. And yes, I tried to reset the configurations, which also didn't help.
"Empires Mod" { "GameDir" "d:\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires" "hammer" { "GameData0" "d:\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires\mapsrc\fgd\empires.fgd" "TextureFormat" "5" "MapFormat" "4" "DefaultTextureScale" "0.250000" "DefaultLightmapScale" "8" "DefaultSolidEntity" "func_detail" "DefaultPointEntity" "light" "BSP" "d:\steam\steamapps\**bleh**\sourcesdk\bin\vbsp.exe" "Vis" "d:\steam\steamapps\**bleh**\sourcesdk\bin\vvis.exe" "Light" "d:\steam\steamapps\**bleh**\sourcesdk\bin\vrad.exe" "GameExeDir" "d:\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires" "MapDir" "d:\steam\steamapps\**bleh**v\sourcesdk_content\generic" "BSPDir" "d:\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires\maps" "CordonTexture" "BLACK" "MaterialExcludeCount" "0" } } My config looks like this *compare* #Edit: "GameDir" "d:\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires" "GameExeDir" "d:\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\Empires" That's all that's different (and important) GameExeDir however is only used for launching hl2 in sp with the map to test it after compile (which i never use)
