Valve Hammer Editor crashes

[PoonXD]

I have everything setup correctly in the options, but when I hit F9 to run the map and select OK, it crashes and leaves no error message. The only idea I have is that the first time this happened, a Data Execution Prevention message came up, and I added Valve Hammer Editor to the list. But now it still closes but with no message and I'm not sure why.

[Mr.Bob]

What does the error message say? How big and detailed is the map? What start up commands have you put in to the start up options, if any? What are the compile settings set to? What mod are you mapping? What are your computer specs?

[PoonXD]

It turns out my problem had nothing to do with the Data Execution Prevention. I found on another site that Valve Hammer Editor would crash because of too many .wad textures (i had like 100 maybe) so i reduced it to under 20 and everything runs fine now.
Thanks for your reply though.

[twinrrazzor]

the best way ,i think is to use an separated compilation tool

1-
download the ZHLT Windows executables. (google it to get the lasted version),That file should be a ZIP file so go ahead and extract all the files in it to a new folder on your hard drive. A good place for this is:

c:\zhlt\

2-
Open that folder so you are looking at the contents: If you do not see file extensions on your files, like the '.exe', '.txt' above, then

Don't see file extensions on your computer?
You need to disable extension hiding in Windows.
All you have to do is click Tools -> Folder Options on the menu bar of an open folder. Then click the View tab on the window that pops up.
Locate "Hide extensions for known file types" and make sure it is NOT checked. Then click OK and you're done!


3-
reate a new text document by right clicking in the white-space and then using the pop-up menu. Name the file 'mapname.bat' where mapname is what you decided to call your map.

4-
Go back into Hammer and click File->Export to .MAP. Save you map as 'mapname.map' in the folder where you just created 'mapname.bat'. Then close Hammer and go back to the folder where 'mapname.bat' is.

5-
Now right click on 'mapname.bat' and choose Edit. This should cause Notepad to open with nothing in it. Type the following stuff into the document exactly as shown, replacing 'mapname' with whatever name you are actually using:

Without Steam

@echo off
hlcsg -nowadtextures mapname
hlbsp mapname
hlvis mapname
hlrad mapname
copy mapname.bsp "C:\half-life\cstrike\maps"
cd C:\half-life
pause
hl -dev -console -game cstrike +sv_cheats 1 +map mapname

"C:\half-life" may not be the correct location of Half-Life on your computer. Make sure you type the correct location on both the lines where it says that.

With Steam

@echo off
hlcsg -nowadtextures mapname
hlbsp mapname
hlvis mapname
hlrad mapname
copy mapname.bsp "C:\Steam\SteamApps\EMAIL\counter-strike\cstrike\maps"
pause
"C:\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 10 -dev +sv_cheats 1 +map mapname

"C:\Steam" may not be the correct location of Steam on your computer. Make sure you type the correct location on both the lines where it says that. Also replace "EMAIL" with your account name. And if you do not have a "maps" folder, create one.

-6
When you're sure you have it right, save the file and close Notepad. Then double click on the file 'mapname.bat' to run it. Lot's of confusing stuff will show up in a command window as ZHLT compiles your map. When it is done you will see (at the bottom):

Press any key to continue . . .

Now do NOT press a key! First make sure nothing went wrong. Look in the folder where 'mapname.bat' is and if you see a new file called 'mapname.err' then your map FAILED to compile. If it failed
Have a map compile error?

Don't feel bad. Everybody gets these and all the time. In the command window press CTRL-C to abort the process. Type Y if it asks for (Y/N).

Now fix the problem -- here's what you should do:

* Make sure you typed everything correctly in your .bat file.
* Make sure your .map file is in the folder with your .bat file.
* Make sure hlcsg.exe, hlbsp.exe, hlvis.exe, and hlrad.exe are in the folder, too.

If it still doesn't work, open the file 'mapname.err' in Notepad. It will have a brief description of what went wrong. If it says LEAK or other errors then you should know what to do from the Zhlt official site >Compilation errors.