Hammer has stopped Working

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#92490
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Hello Community ^^
(Im new to the community ^^ From Germany :biggrin: )

And the problem is that the Hammer Editor wont work.
I reinstalled Source sdk, Portal 2, cleaned the registry, deleted the sdk files in the appdata. And no matter what I do, I dont get the program work since 2 months. All drivers are up to-date and the graphics card and PC are not too bad for the Hammer Editor.

I have many incomplete maps and i cant work at them.
I dont know why i got every time this Error: (Brocken)

Anyone know a solution? (Vllt spricht auch jmd. hier Deutsch ^^)

~TheTobbell

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taco
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#92491
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 4 minutes later
Did you run Portal 2 before trying to run Hammer? That fixes some issues.
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#92492
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 10 minutes later
Yes i tried :/ Still crashes
EDIT: It crashes unitl 30-60 seconds,
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Lpfreaky90
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#92493
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 36 minutes later
hammer is known to be extremely unstable from time to time.
Have you tried to verify the tools cache of portal 2 authoring tools?
Have you tried verifying the game cache for portal 2?
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#92495
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 29 minutes later
Yes i did, still crashes :/
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taco
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#92496
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 4 minutes later
Can you give us more information? Is Portal 2 running correctly? When exactly does hammer crash? Are you launching hammer from Portal 2 Authoring Tools?

Please give us as much information as you can.

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630 Posts
#92502
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 41 minutes later
Portal 2 is running correctly, sometimes i have there the same bug.
Hammer crashes 30-40 secounds after i startet it.
Yes im launching it from the authoring tools
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TopHATTwaffle
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#92507
Posted Mar 13, 2013
Replied 3 hours later
Please make sure that it is just the Portal 2 version of Hammer. Download and install Source SDK, and another Steam game that can be used with it. (TF2 will work fine.) Then load that game, and load hammer for the same game through Source SDK.

We are doing this because I want to know if it's Hammer, or if it's Portal 2 Hammer.

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User
630 Posts
#92517
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 11 hours later
It is the Portal 2 Hammer,

EDIT: I Forgot, Portal 2 Crashes too. The same way, ca. 30-40 seconds after starting.. :/
I dont know why

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josepezdj
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#92520
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 1 hour later
Could it be that you have set the game to don't update and you're missing a key update?

Also, do you remember doing anything special 2 months ago? have you ever changed the game from its installation folder?

Another (maybe stupid) question: is your game copy a legit one or is it a pirated one?

Maybe, even though all your files are properly validated, your files are located in bad sectors of your hard drive... try doing a chkdsk or defragment your drives...

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taco
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#92521
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 53 minutes later
If it's crashing after running for a few seconds... is there something in you map that is old/corrupt/etc.? If you make a new map does hammer still crash that quickly?
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TopHATTwaffle
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#92524
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 53 minutes later
The game crashes... So this is something with the engine? Try updating your video drivers. Long shot, but you said you've already updated and verified your game/tool cache.
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#92525
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 7 minutes later
I Didnt do anything special 2 months ago ...
How i written, it crashes after 30-40 secounds.
And i dont must open a map. It crashes also after 30-40 secounds when i start it and do nothing..
I updatet all Drivers, and video drivers etc. And i have the newest Portal 2 engine and Hammer.. (4.1)
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josepezdj
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#92527
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 1 hour later
Try uninstalling-reinstalling. I know it can be annoying, but you can't move forward right now so....
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taco
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#92530
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 32 minutes later
Have you tested your ram?
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User
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#92531
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 55 minutes later
Yes, Hammer and Portal 2 uses often 100 max. 500mb Ram. My Pc has 4 GB.
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taco
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#92532
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 5 minutes later

TheTobbell wrote:
Yes, Hammer and Portal 2 uses often 100 max. 500mb Ram. My Pc has 4 GB.

I mean, have you tested your ram with something like Memtest86+ ?

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HMW
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#92535
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 18 minutes later
EDIT: whoops, ninja'd :smile:
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#92537
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Replied 57 minutes later

taco wrote:
TheTobbell wrote:

Yes, Hammer and Portal 2 uses often 100 max. 500mb Ram. My Pc has 4 GB.

I mean, have you tested your ram with something like Memtest86+ ?

no i didnt .. I do it tomorrow, maybe it helps ^^

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TopHATTwaffle
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#92602
Posted Mar 16, 2013
Replied 2 days later
I really doubt it's the RAM. Typically when RAM is bad, the computer with BSOD and not just close the active program. But you can run memtest still, always good to make sure. Honestly, if I was you, I would have formatted my computer already.
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