Template:HammerVersion/Version/GMod

Version	Release date	Features
4.1 (build ?)	March 9, 2015	Fixes: Fixed Hammer crashing on start up
4.1 (build ?)	June 1, 2015	Fixes: Fixed Hammer making Steam show you as playing Garry's Mod
4.1 (build ?)	April 28, 2016	Fixes: Multiple bug fixes for Hammer
4.1 (build ?)	October 10, 2016	Fixes: Fixed Model Viewer background for Hammer
4.1 (build ?)	July 6, 2017	Improvements: Improved performance of 2D/3D views 2D views are now rendered during scroll operations, rather than after Increased max render distance from 10,000 to 32,000 Vertices no longer need to be in the exact same location to be merged Fixes: Blended textures are now rendered correctly - it should be identical to in-game Model browser no longer freezes after being opened multiple times Overlays no longer flicker when rendered in 3D shaded mode Scrollbars on 2D views are now correctly sized when zoomed in
4.1 (build ?)	May 28, 2018	FGD Update: Updated garrysmod.fgd files (for Hammer) to include GMod specific Sandbox key values
4.1 (build ?)	February 19, 2019	Updates: FGD Update (garrysmod.fgd): Added GMod specific mapping key values to more entities such as prop_door_rotating, func_brush in Hammer Editor Added "distance to camera" button for func_areaportalwindow's FadeStartDist/FadeDist keyvalues in Hammer Editor You can now use Middle Mouse Click to pan 2D views in Hammer Editor
4.1 (build ?)	April 30, 2019	Updates: Middle Mouse Click on Hammer 3D view now acts as mouse look Improvements: Some (Inputs/Outputs/targetnames) Hammer Drop Downs will size themselves to fit up to 15 elements at the same time instead of the old random 5 to 9 Fixes: Fixed Hammer crashing when trying to load over 1024 models at the same time and other stability improvements
4.1 (build ?)	November 12, 2019	Updates: Added support for _castentityshadow in Hammer You can now drag'n'drop .vmf files onto Hammer to open them Fixes: Fixed reflections on brushes in Hammer having the checkerboard pattern
4.1 (build ?)	January 21, 2020	FGD Update (garrysmod.fgd): TTT: Added sphere option to .fgd to display radius of ttt_traitor_button in Hammer (Community Contribution)
4.1 (build ?)	April 29, 2020	FGD Update (garrysmod.fgd): Added "Activator only" flag for env_fade in Hammer Editor Added "Max Fog Density" to sky_camera in Hammer Editor
4.1 (build ?)	June 24, 2020	FGD Update (garrysmod.fgd): point_teleport - Added the episodic "Teleport into crouch" spawnflag, Added TeleportEntity & TeleportToCurrentPos inputs (Hammer Editor included)
4.1 (build ?)	August 19, 2020	Improvements: Replaced usage of "Physgun" and "Physcannon" with "Gravity Gun" in the .fgd files used by Hammer to avoid confusion between GMod's Physics Gun and the Gravity Gun Fixes: Fixed TTT's fgd crashing Hammer when used with halflife2.fgd at the same time Fixed Hammer Editor crashing with model heavy maps Fixed certain ammo items in Hammer Editor having error models
4.1 (build ?)	October 14, 2020	Updates: Allow right click on 3D view to activate FPS camera controls, on tools where right click in 3D view is not used Improvements: Made the "Default to 15 degree rotations" setting invert what ⇧ Shift does during rotation, not outright enable/disable it Fixes: Fixed Hammer not loading vgui language files Fixed certain labels/buttons in Hammer model picker being cut off Fixed "snap to grid" display in Hammer not updating when it should Fixed "Browse" for func_instance in Hammer not filling the field properly when map .vmf is not located in the GarrysMod/garrysmod/maps folder Hammer and entity templates can now properly handle post Left 4 Dead 1 map entity Input/Output (ESC delimiter instead of a comma) Fixed .fgd flag/array values inheritance, so spawnflags on trigger_teleport are no longer missing (possibly fixes other entities too)
4.1 (build ?)	January 27, 2021	Improvements: Added HammerID to the "solid with X faces" and "group of X objects" descriptions for easier distinguishing/debugging Adjusted visgroup validation to allow solids be a child of an object group regardless of format version. Prevents those solids on old .vmfs from losing their visgroup Disallowed object groups (CMapGroup) to be hidden by the visgroup system - the objects themselves are hidden not the CMapGroup. Fixes "orphaned objects" warning Display Raytraced preview in the 3d view when it finishes rendering Increased amount of recent files to 10, from 4 Moved "Edit Instance" button to not cover the input/output icons in Hammer (All 3 also behave better when resizing the window). Fixes: Fixed not resetting LightmappedGeneric's shader constant 0 ($basetexturetransform) between renders, resulting in it affecting materials which do not have $basetexturetransform set (Also affects Hammer) Right/Middle mouse clicking in Hammer 3D view works better now, by disabling mouse look only when it was started by middle/right clicking a 3D view Fixed Hammer's Transform dialog (CTRL+M) improperly reading Y and Z coordinates Applied bone setup crash fixes to Hammer too. FGD Fixes (garrysmod.fgd: Fixed func_tracktrain's outputs in Hammer
4.1 (build ?)	March 26, 2025	Updates: Added build date to Hammer's About dialog Added HammerID for entities in Hammer's selection status bar (Brushes already had this added a while back) Added model scale preview to Hammer Added new options to Run Map dialog in Hammer Updated garrysmod.fgd Added `Ignore Solid` for point_spotlight in Hammer Added internal/hidden npc_rollermine inputs in Hammer Added inputs to env_skypaint in Hammer for mapping Added "starlayers" to env_skypaint in Hammer, and mention the skybox texture name requirement in the entity description Allow bool and boolean to be interchangeable in .fgd files Include missing Garry's Mod specific additions in Hammer - new Rollermine spawnflag and beam_spotlight's SetColor input Implemented Hammer preview for point_worldtext Implemented Hammer multi-cordon system from CS:GO Improvements: Ensure Hammer's Entity Properties Input/Output columns fit the header text, so its not "P...", "O...", etc. when adding a new input for the first time Entity comments allow adding new lines with Enter in Hammer Object Properties. Expand Hammer Object Bar by 20px to fit auto vis groups horizontally Hammer & other tools mount addons/ folder by default (can be disabled with -noaddons launch parameter) Increase default size of Hammer Entity Help window Switch Hammer to use CmdSeqDefault.wc by default (like CS:GO, user preferences are still stored in CmdSeq.wc) Tweak Hammer splash image & .exe info Updated the Hammer icon to be higher quality and have Garry's Mod colors When copying game configs in Hammer options, ask for a new name instead of copying the existing name without a way to change it Fixes: Fixed certain inputs having wrong descriptions in Hammer Entity Properties window Fixed collision model preview in Hammer being offset in 3D when dragging Fixed empty buttons appearing in Hammer Entity Properties when it is opened before any entity is selected Fixed Hammer breaking VMF files if they contain \n in keyvalue values Fixed keybinds in Hammer for 1 & 2 not updating the render distance setting correctly, resulting in it being reset to previous step when certain actions happen Fixed map instances being added to recently opened files in Hammer when opening the parent map Text parsing: Handle loading/writing \r correctly (Hammer VMF) Made Hammer use gmod.exe when generating GameConfig.txt
4.1 (build ?)	July 23, 2025	Latest version for Garry's Mod Updates: garrysmod.fgd - Added inputs to light_environment, removed point_clientcommand and point_servercommand since they do not work in Garry's Mod. Improvements: More colors for Lightmap Grid in Hammer for super small (red) and super large (green) lightmap scales Fixes: Fixed 3D grid not rendering correctly in Hammer due to recent changes Removed links to dead Valve websites, link to Valve Developer Community instead (Hammer & tools)