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Posted by Forceflow on Tue Dec 2nd at 7:47pm 2003

Maybe you should try:

  • Installing Service Pack 1 (didn't hurt my comp ... it even made the boot process that tiny bit faster ... and my l33t USB 2.0 hardware is working now ... )
  • Restoring your system. (To a date when Hammer was still working.)
  • Re-installing Hammer.
  • Sometimes, even defragmentation or scandisk saves the day ...

When you try to run hammer, does it show the camera window ? (Try to load a map into hammer before it crashes, maybe by using windows explorer, selecting the hammer file and choosing "open with" ...) If not, your graph drivers may be causing your hammer-problem.

I think Half-Life Model Viewer uses the same rendering technique as the camera window in Hammer ... download that tool and try to view some models ... if that doesn't work either ...





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Posted by fraggard on Wed Dec 3rd at 2:04am 2003

You may need the latest GF drivers for better OpenGL performance. I think they're called "Forceware"... Not "Detonator". Anyway, it fixed a few problems with my GF4, it may work with your GF2 too.

And definitely install SP1. There is one known OpenGL fix in it, I think.





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Posted by matt on Wed Dec 3rd at 10:51am 2003

Problem solved, I had this program called "Simply 3d" Which was b0rking up Hammer in some way. Unistalled it and hammers now behaving again!



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Dec 3rd at 12:24pm 2003

normally i would frown on self appointed snarkmarks, BUT in this case, you did give a valid effort in solving your problem and eventually you solved the issue..

thanx for at least posting the correct solution for future issues.

i have found that hammer is fairly stable, people who have issues with it either do not have a video card that can handle it, or like you, have driver or program resource clashes..

people should remember this when hammer crashes next.

[addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Wed Dec 3rd at 7:32pm 2003

I didn't know you could answer your own question and get points for it!?

*plans evil way to get 65536 snarkmarks*

smiley



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Posted by Forceflow on Wed Dec 3rd at 8:04pm 2003

? posted by Orpheus

normally i would frown on self appointed snarkmarks, BUT in this case, you did give a valid effort in solving your problem and eventually you solved the issue..

thanx for at least posting the correct solution for future issues.

@scary_jeff: as Orpheus said: He has given an effort to solve the problem, it's not that he just posted the problem, sat down, wait a couple of weeks and jumped in with the solution, erh ...





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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Dec 3rd at 8:12pm 2003

@ forceflow

jeff is an ex-moderator, he knows the ins/outs of snarkpit..

he would be the last person you need be concerned about.

he was joking, i promise

[addsig]



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Posted by Forceflow on Wed Dec 3rd at 8:57pm 2003

Whoops. (sorry Jeff, I'm just another noob)





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Posted by Leperous on Thu Dec 4th at 12:09am 2003

lol I marked it correct, because technically it is



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Posted by matt on Thu Dec 4th at 5:35pm 2003

Yeah, Realised afterwoods it was a bit pig headed of me, but Couldn't log in on a colege computer, so I had to leave it. [addsig]




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