Hammer can't find gameinfo.txt?

I tinkered with Hammer for HL2 a few days ago and I think I messed something up when I did the setup. Now when I open it, this is all I get



The program then closes. I tried simply uninstalling and reinstalling the SDK but the problem persists. Could someone give me some guidance, I'm not sure what exactly it's asking me to do.

Originally posted by Lep in the sticky at the top of the forum...

Problem: On loading Hammer it says "Unable to find gameinfo.txt relative to directory.", probably after changing the "Game Directory" value in Hammer.
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Solution: Open the gamecfg.ini file in the sourcesdk\bin directory. Edit the ModDir line and make it point to the path of a gameinfo.txt file (search your computer for one)

Thought you woulda known to use the search tool by now mate :razz:

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in the 'search' I did I didn't include the error msg word-for-word, oops :rolleyes:

oh.. and thanks.. bwahaha!

actually, I just deleted the gamecfg.ini.... now I'll try setting it up following the tutorial like I should have to start

Sorry to dredge up an old post, but another possible solution is to run the game you are trying to "edit" in Hammer.

I just installed Steam on this laptop, but Hammer couldn't find gameinfo.txt for HL2DM. Looking in the path, sure enough it was missing. After I ran HL2DM for the first time, the file is now there; Hammer works now.

-Ryandor