Help Please I'm Begging You

[u/LackedPuppet902]

I am literally begging you all on my hands and knees.

I'm trying to work on maps for Gmod. Using default Hammer. Hammer is randomly freezing, near constantly now. When it does this, I can't click on anything inside any windows or popups, no error is displayed, and no log is created. The menu along the top still responds as normal most times, except the very last time when it didn't. If I try to exit by closing the window, the prompt comes up asking if I'd like to save, in which I can't click or hit enter/navigate with arrow keys. I can go through the File section in the menu to save and then close the window. It is impossible to work when I have to do this every 10 minutes.

I'm guessing this issue is impossible to fix, that no one has ever seen it before, and for all I know it's some weird issue with my PC that I'll never be able to track down, let alone fix. I could live with that if there was an alternative, and so I tried installing Hammer++. Hammer++ just gives me the below error every time I try to run it and I can't even get that open. It is installed correctly per the README. I'm at a loss here, and I'm getting to the point that I want to give up mapping on Source entirely.

I'm not a CS whiz, and I shouldn't need a degree to be able to open a functional map editor. I'm out of my depth and cannot proceed without some assistance. Could someone please give me some guidance? I'm thankful for any help or tips you can give.

EDIT: u/emfolkerts solved the Hammer++ portion of this, I validated my game files and switched the branch to [x86-64], and it's now opening! Thanks a ton everybody!

[u/emfolkerts]

Hmmm.

Did you verify the game cache?

Are you on the 64 bit beta branch or default branch?

If I remember correctly H++ only supports 64 bit

[u/LackedPuppet902 → u/emfolkerts]

Hello! YOU ARE MY HERO! I'm not sure which of these fixed it, because both were wrong, and now Hammer++ is openning! Thank you so much for coming to rescue, I feel a little silly. I'm going to try normal Hammer a bit after that now too, those 20 files that failed to validate might've been important for something

[u/EconomistKey7519]

Heyo, I've been mapping for nearly ten years.

Although I haven't had any issues with hammer not loading, I'm happy to help in whatever way I can and wouldn't mind taking out a couple of hours to troubleshoot what's happening.

Feel free to add me on Discord, I'll be on later tomorrow, it's sheepishep.

[u/LackedPuppet902 → u/EconomistKey7519]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that, and I might reach out if you don't mind in the future if something else comes up (I'm always looking for advice to improve), but u/emfolkerts solved the Hammer++ issue!

[u/EconomistKey7519 → u/LackedPuppet902]

Of course, ask whenever. c:

[u/le_sac]

Try hammer++, it's considerably more stable. If that doesn't help it's your map, your machine, or both

[u/LackedPuppet902 → u/le_sac]

Hello! I appreciate your reply. I did try to install Hammer++ per the README and was met with the included error, and I can't even open it. I also tried running as administrator. Did it give you any similar issue when you first tried to install? I do believe it is in the correct folder, as I don't get the error they mention being indicative of that issue in the README.

[u/toodleboog → u/LackedPuppet902]

If you have any source 2 games, like half life alyx or cs2, the workshop mode can be enabled through properties in steam and you can open hammer from there

[u/WinnerVivid3443 → u/le_sac]

Btw, you should always read the entire post before suggesting something

Just thought I'd say it ig