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{{slamminsrc|4.1}} are updated and more feature-rich mapping/compile tools for {{Source|1.bold}}.

Slammin' Source comes with an upgraded {{Hammer|4.1}} editor named '''Slammin' Hammer 5.2''' '' (not to be confused with {{Source2|1.bold}}'s {{hammer5|1.bold}}''), and improved [[VBSP]], [[VVIS]] and [[VRAD]].

Slammin' Source Map Tools are created by '''Slartibarty'''.
{{tip|You don't have to use '''Slammin' Source Map Tools''''s Hammer to use its compile tools. (AKA, you can use {{Hammerpp|1.bold}} with '''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Slammin' Compile Tools|Slammin' Compile Tools]]''').}}
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=Specifications=
*{{wiki|SSE2}} support
*Max CPU [[Threads]] bumped to 32
*Cleaned up common code
*Large Address Awareness (Can handle addresses larger than 2 gigabytes)

==Slammin' Hammer 5.2==
*Enabled Visual Styles 6.0
*Performance upgrades
*The entire program now uses the default system font, instead of the dated win9x standard font
*Revamped the entire user interface, made the options menu cleaner, and removed obsolete options
*Added new graphical options to the 3D View tab, including picmip, [[Anti-aliasing|MSAA]] level, etc
*Added an option to change the 3D viewport background colour: default is 128,128,128
*Removed huge amounts of deprecated icons, cursors and bitmaps
*Increased the distance that vertex positions are rounded to integers to 0.01 from 0.05, this fixes some gross vertex rounding issues (or lack thereof)
*Say goodbye to the process window, Hammer's built in compiler now feeds compile information to a new exe, meaning no more freezes, and instant compile information on the fly. Hammer cam still be used while a map is compiling
*New toolbar, transform tools. Same as the options available in the "tools" menu option, just brought out for ease of access
*Texture application window is now more concise, added X and Y buttons that randomise texture coordinates for their appropriate boxes
*Texture application window is now host to an experimental "reset" texture button, which resets the texture's scale, shift coordinates, lightmap scale and rotation
*Reworked the entire right-hand UI bar to be easier to use
*Removed Radial Culling, it crossed me for the last time
*Removed {{quake|4.1}}, {{hex2|4.1}}, {{quake2|4.1}} and {{hl|4.1}} ({{gldsrc|4}}) support
*Added support for {{ent|func_instance_origin}}, set the in-editor origin point for instances (no keyvalues needed)
*Removed support for [[WAD]] files
*Clamped framerate to 60hz from 100hz (will make this an option)
*Extended available automatic visgroup types
*The "default animation" keyvalue for dynamic props is now registered and will now automatically play in the viewport
*{{ent|func_detail_blocker}} entities are displayed accurately in Hammer, with detail objects inside the entities' volume not being drawn
*Added "open source" and "explore to source" buttons in the texture browser, selecting a material and using either of these buttons will bring open the material's folder
*Certain UI elements such as the entity report dialogue now support resizing
*Models no longer share animations with all other model instances present
*Multiple precision and accuracy fixes in general, brushes are less likely to crap up, texture coordinates are displayed correctly, etc
*Paste & Paste Special shortcuts now properly displayed in the edit menu
*Added support for the "boolean" [[FGD]] data type

==Slammin' Compile Tools==
===Slammin' VBSP===
{{note|{{mapbase|4.1}}'s {{vbsp|4.1}} has most of '''Slammin' VBSP''''s improvements, but is needed when using Parallax Corrected Cubemaps{{ref|1}}}}
*Proper support for power of 4 [[displacements]]
*Detail brushes now preserve their smoothing group
*Improved brush precision
*Added missing content types to csg.cpp
*New %compile command for VMTs, "%compileNoShadows", makes a material not receive shadows, only direct light. This is used on water usually
*Translucent brushes should no longer cut visleaves if they are world brushes
*Any prop with $staticprop can now be a static prop (Ex: physics props)
*Increased detail sprites limit
*Support for custom lightmappedgeneric shaders
*Implemented support for {{ent|func_detail_blocker}}
*Leaktest is now enabled by default

====Commands====
*{{note|This only lists new commands or ones that have been changed.}}
{{IO|-noleaktest|Disables leaktest.}}
{{IO|-maxluxelscale|param=int|Limits the maximum luxel scale in a map.}}
{{IO|-nodefaultcubemap|Disables automatic skybox cubemap generation.}}
{{IO|-blocksize|param=int|Allows changing of the size of visleaf splitting "blocks", default is every 1024 units.}}
{{IO|-visgranularity|param=vector|Allows automatic placement of hint brushes in a map, syntax is "-visgranularity X Y Z".}}

===Slammin' VRAD===
[[File:Slammin worldtexture.png|thumb|500px|right|enabling -worldtextureshadows and -translucentshadows]]
[[File:Slammin ao demo.png|thumb|500px|right|-ambientocclusion enabled vs disabled]]
*[[HDR]] is enabled by default
*Improved displacement lightmap quality
*-staticproplighting, -staticproppolys and -textureshadows enabled by default
*Transparent textures loaded by VRAD are now [https://www.techopedia.com/definition/83/bilinear-filtering bilinear filtered], for more accurate shadows

====Commands====
:{{note|This only lists new commands or ones that have been changed.}}
{{IO|-ambientocclusion|Enables lightmapped ambient occlusion.}}
{{IO|-aosamples|param=int|Sets how many samples should vrad use for its lightmapped ambient occlusion.}}
{{IO|-aoscale|param=float|Scales lightmapped ambient occlusions strenght.}}
{{IO|-softencosine|Blends coloured lighting more so it blends more accurately.}}
{{IO|-coring|param=float|Scales the light threshold before a luxel is completely unlit, used to save lightmap data, default is [0.5].}}
{{IO|-dispchop|param=int|Adjusts the amount of patches generated for displacement faces, default is [8].}}
{{IO|-ambient|param=vector|When supplied with three RGB values, it will apply a constant light value to every luxel in a map.}}
{{IO|-reflectivityscale|param=float|Multiplies the reflectivity of textures in a map.}}
{{IO|-extrapasses|param=int|Allows changing how many extra passes the map to goes through, default is 4, differences above this value are extremely minimal.}}
{{IO|-worldtextureshadows|Allows brushes with an alpha channel to cast texture shadows, much like models can.}}
{{IO|-translucentshadows|Enables -worldtextureshadows on [[$translucent]] surfaces. As by default only [[$alphatest]] surfaces cast baked shadows.}}
{{IO|-final|Has been completely reworked, -aosamples is set to 32, -extrasky is set to 16, extrapasses is set to 8 and large disp sample radius is enabled.}}

===Slammin' VVIS===
{{note|The commands have not been changed.}}
*Minor code cleanup

==Compatibility==
{{note|'''Slammin' Source Map Tools''' should work fine with all {{src13|4.1}} games}}
{| class="wikitable"
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! Branch !! Compatible !! Note
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| {{mapbase|4}} || YES || Devs recommend Mapbase's VBSP{{ref|1}}
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| {{src13sp|4}} || YES || 
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| {{src13mp|4}} || YES || 
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| {{tf2|4}}<br>{{css|4}}<br>{{dods|4}}<br>{{portal|4}} || YES || {{src13mp}} required
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| {{sfm|4}} || YES{{confirm}} || {{src13mp}} required
|-
| {{bms12|4|nt=2}} || YES || {{src13sp}} required
|-
| {{gmod|4}} || NO ||
|-
| {{p3|4}} || NO ||
|-
| {{L4d|4}}<br>{{l4d2|4}} || NO || 
|-
| {{as|4}} || NO ||
|-
| {{portal2|4}} || NO || 
|-
| {{ddd|4}} || NO || 
|-
| {{csgo|4}} || NO ||
|-
| {{bms|4|nt=2}} || NO ||
|-
| {{insurgency|4}}<br>{{doi|4}} || NO ||
|-
| {{strata|4}}<br>{{P2ce|4}}<br>{{portalrev|4}}|| NO ||
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=Tutorials=
* {{ru}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcPZ-X7UrY '''YouTube''']

=See also=
*[[Map Compiling Theory]]
*[[VVIS]]
*[[VRAD]]
*[[VBSP]]

=External links=
*[https://knockout.chat/thread/992/1 knockout] (Download)

= References =
# [https://github.com/mapbase-source/source-sdk-2013/wiki/Map-Compilers Mapbase Map Compilers]

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