Template:HammerVersion/Version/Standalone

Version	Game/Branch	Release date	Features
4.1 (build 4586)[confirm]	Left 4 Dead	May 15, 2009	Beta release of Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools's Hammer.
4.1 (build 4627)[confirm]	Left 4 Dead	June 25, 2009	Initial release of Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools's Hammer. Updates: CMD compiling progress window. When compiling maps, Hammer will instead opens up separate CMD window instead of via Hammer itself, preventing it from freezing the entire program. Instances. Inserts an instance of another VMF (map) file into the current one you are currently editing.
4.1 (unknown build)	Left 4 Dead 2	Between November 17, 2009 and December 26, 2009	Initial release of Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools's Hammer.  Question: When L4D2 tools was actually released?
4.1 (unknown launch build)	Alien Swarm	July 19, 2010	Valve Map Format (.vmf) that are created using this version are incompatible with previous version of Hammer without some modification and workarounds (such as using Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools/Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools or editing VMF files). Updates: Added options to export the selected brushes to Maya.
4.1 (build 5307)[confirm]	Portal 2	May 6, 2011	Initial release of Portal 2 Authoring Tools's Hammer.[confirm]
4.1 (build 5313)[confirm]	Portal 2	May 12, 2011	Fixes: Fixed certain keystrokes being ignored by Hammer when browsing models
4.1 (build 5318)	Portal 2	May 17, 2011	Fixes: Fixed crash that could occur when malformed brushes were saved in a map and then re-opened in Hammer. Hammer will now properly save maps after detecting and fixing malformed brushes. Fixes “Permission Denied” error some users were experiencing. Removed “Lighting Preview” option as this is not currently supported.
4.1 (build 5321)	Portal 2	May 20, 2011	Fixes: Fixed Hammer becoming unresponsive after launching map
4.1 (build 5327 to 5688)	Portal 2	May 26, 2011 to May 21, 2012	Unknown
4.1 (BETA, unknown build)	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	May 5, 2012 (or earlier)[confirm]	Initial release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Authoring Tools's Hammer. No longer actively developed.
4.1 (unknown launch build)	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	August 21, 2012	Launch version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Authoring Tools's Hammer.
4.1 (build 8678)	Alien Swarm	September 24, 2020	Latest version for Alien Swarm (as of Jan 28, 2025).
4.1 (build 9324)	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	May 13, 2022 - Feb 3, 2023 (build date May 5, 2022)	Latest version for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (as of Jan 28, 2025).
4.1 (build 9672)	Portal 2	April 26, 2023 (build date April 18, 2023)	Latest version for Portal 2 (as of Jan 28, 2025)
4.1 (build 9958)	Left 4 Dead 2	June 4, 2024 (build date Jan 29, 2024)	Latest version for Left 4 Dead 2 (as of Jan 28, 2025).
4.1 (build 9969)	Left 4 Dead	June 12, 2024 (build date Feb 9, 2024)	Latest version for Left 4 Dead (as of Jan 28, 2025).

Todo: Additional updates, like model spray patterns in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?. Also Portal 2 Hammer have an option to enable "DotA Camera".