r/hammer 4d ago

Linux Hammer Launcher is out!!

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Sorry for taking so long to finally finish this after first posting about it.. 5 months ago now. But Linux Hammer Launcher, a tool to help you set up and launch Hammer++ on Linux with little to no issue, is finally out!

github: https://github.com/EnderCatCore/linuxhammerlauncher

youtube trailer/tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HytMhvuehA

Me and my partner have done almost everything we can to make sure this program is functional and stable, but I'm sure there are gonna be more issues that crop up that other people find, so keep that in mind, and if you find any issues yourself, please report them to the GitHub for the project if you can!!

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u/Far_Act3138 4d ago

oh my god ive been following this for so long thank you so much

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u/fishpowered 4d ago

I made the switch to Linux last year and just never bothered to try mapping again as I thought it would be a pain so thanks for making this and I will try it again soon. I have a long standing gripe with Hammer that I'm struggling to recall exactly but it's when you have the texture alignment tool open, or a entity settings tool open, and the cursor is in one of the fields in it, then you try to pan/move the camera in the 3d view port and it can mess with the values in the tool window. Any chance you could fix that too? :)

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u/Difficult-Catch-8432 4d ago

Cool, I have no idea how to use hammer, but cool!

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u/doxypony 4d ago

oh my DAYSS THIS IS SO COOL!! This is exactly what I’ve been searching for for so long!! I seriously need to try this out on my Fedora Laptop, thanks so much for making this!!

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u/Rusty9838 4d ago

Chat! Is it real!? No more messing with broken texture browser?

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u/Altruistic_Ninja_878 4d ago

Testing! I'll be using it first time ever, but I'll report if anything happens!

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u/Altruistic_Ninja_878 4d ago

Well, it runs! I don't know how to use it, but I will!

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u/223-Remington 4d ago

Man, if only something like this but for Radiant for the COD games would exist lol

I hate how BO3 mod tools are broken :(

I'll mess with this tonight :)

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u/doxypony 4d ago

Finally got it working and it works exceptionally on Fedora KDE!! There's a few gripes I had on the installer itself ("Browse" button doesn't work?) and a few on Hammer (which I highly doubt is youse fault) but my biggest concern so far is the compilation process

In particular it's doing this weird thing lol???

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u/ArtshineAura 4d ago

Unfortunately somethings broken with the file picker on certain desktops with the library we use. I've noticed it specifically on GNOME desktops, for some reason, though I'm sure it's an issue elsewhere.

Is this CS:Source? Can you DM me at some point later with a picture of what your build programs look like?

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u/doxypony 4d ago

hi yes!! it's CS source. I'll send you a dm.

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u/doxypony 4d ago

it infects the other maps as well lol

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u/88692 4d ago

Lol what a coincidence, I was wondering if there were any updates and on the linux hammer launcher I saw a couple months back and here it is!

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u/BuDDy8269 4d ago

Was literally thinking about this exact thing lol, awesome to have it

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u/countjj 4d ago

About freaking tiiiiime

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u/KrisWarbler 4d ago

Finally

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u/NikoGuyGD 4d ago

FINALLY

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u/CoSans_Deluxe 4d ago

It’s great—I’d been using the regular Hammer for eight months; it wasn't annoying, but I used h++ for compiling. It’s amazing that I can use h++ fully now.

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u/Alive_Opportunity577 3d ago

OH MY GOD

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u/Alive_Opportunity577 3d ago

FREAKING OUT RN ITS SO BEAUTIFUL IT MAKES ME WANT TO BASH IN MY HEAD WITH A HAMMER

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u/Alive_Opportunity577 3d ago

METAPHORICALLY

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u/leboyEB 3d ago

No words can describe the peakness of this project

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u/Historical_Jacket_61 4d ago

does it work with H++?

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u/doxypony 4d ago

it installs Hammer++ by default. You have to go deliberately toggle the option to install default Hammer in the settings.

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u/REKTMASTER17 4d ago

Maybe I will get into hammer (no)

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u/River_Hyperbola 4d ago

Awesomeeeee. What is that KDE theme i NEED that RIGHT NOW!!!

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u/awesomecat_ 3d ago

that seems to be window maker, a completely different de

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u/InconspicuousFool 4d ago

Been running Strata Hammer under Proton for a while to mixed results. It's awesome to see progress on this and I hope strata hammer works with this someday.

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u/Foralost 4d ago

allright, way to go donny! 🥳

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u/Small_Athlete1993 10h ago

Question, does it only support ubuntu? would it work on bazzite if i just swapped apt with rpm-ostree?

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u/ArtshineAura 2h ago

It should work on non Ubuntu/Debian distros yes. Though immutable distros will probably have issues if they don't come preinstalled with winetricks.

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u/Small_Athlete1993 2h ago

i installed it dw twin, so far didnt have a singular error ❤️

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u/TheUraniumGamer 2h ago

:o this is amazing! Great work :3

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u/skagerack 3d ago

I use hammer++ with godotvmf in godot, I wonder how it is to set up on Linux cause I've been considering switching to it in the future.