Hammer++

Hammer++

Hammer++ is a community-made modification of Valve Hammer Editor for Source that provides an updated, feature-rich version of the editor. The trailer and website can be found here.

Hammer++ currently supports the following branches of Source engine:

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Team Fortress 2
• Counter-Strike: Source
• Source 2013 Multiplayer
• Source 2013

Other games/mods tested

• Garry's Mod: How to use Hammer++ with Garry's Mod.
• Portal 2/ Portal 2: Community Edition: Works under CS:GO version. Must be installed onto CS:GO and game configuration pointed to Portal 2 assets. CS:GO Prime Status not necessary. Installing Hammer++ for Portal 2.

 Warning: Hammer++ works fine, but is not supported and the developers Will Not be able to help you if you have an issue. Proceed with caution

• Left 4 Dead 2: Half-works under CS:GO version. Same method as Portal 2. Certain models will be shown as ERRORs.
• Mapbase: Works using Source 2013 version.
• Momentum Mod: Likely to work using CS:GO version.
• Day of Defeat: Source: Works using Source 2013 Multiplayer version.
• Black Mesa:
  • (2012): Works using Source 2013 Singleplayer version. Edits to bms.fgd and porting of BMS assets into Source 2013 Singleplayer files is necessary.
  • (2020): Works with Source 2013 Singleplayer version. Similar method to Portal 2.
    Todo: Experiment with the CS:GO version of Hammer++ to see if CSM previews will work in that version.

 Warning: Lighting preview will not work with the Black Mesa engine's (dubbed "Xengine") new dynamic lighting system as it is not supported by the stock SDK code, which is what Hammer++ for Source 2013 Singleplayer is designed for.

 Workaround: Use the old lighting entities (light, light_environment, light_spot), which are still supported and work the same in the Xengine, then change all the lights to the new lighting entities when exporting to the final version.

Features

• Accurate lighting preview
• Upgraded graphic fidelity
• Significantly better stability
• Particle rendering
• 2D + 3D skybox preview
• New model browser, particle browser, color editor and keybind editor
• Realtime display of fog and ropes
• Variety of new tools such as physics simulation, gizmo manipulation, drawing of polygon shapes and convex brush merging
• New func_instance tools
• Quality of life improvements
• ... and much more!

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