hammer.exe - Application Error

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taco
504 Posts
#8469
Posted Jan 08, 2008
I have been using the updated sdk since the day it came out and now, today, I am receiving this message when I open any map in hammer:

The instruction at "0x0d6c3618" referenced memory at "0x0d6c3618". The memory could not be "read".

So far I have tried re-downloading the SDK, using different RAM in my computer, updating BIOS/drivers.

If anyone has any ideas on what I can do to fix this, I would very much appreciate it.

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youme
937 Posts
#8470
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 8 minutes later
Valve have made a bogus update, give it a few days
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taco
504 Posts
#8479
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 35 minutes later
Update? Bogus? Valve have made? A few days? Give it?
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msleeper
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#8482
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 30 minutes later

Artesia had this same problem, I figured it would be a RAM issue for him but if other people are getting it, then yeah, this is likley a real bug with Hammer. Email Mike Durand with how you got the error and see if you can reproduce it, and I'm sure he'll fix it.

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taco
504 Posts
#8483
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 23 minutes later
Well, I tried a bunch of "fixes" that I found on various sites and seem to have come across one that actually works:

Short version:
1. Open hammer.
2. Create a new map
3. Choose "3D Textured Polygons" from the View Menu (NOT "3D Shaded Textured Polygons")
4. Close Hammer entirely so your settings save.
5. Reopen Hammer and it should be working again.

If that doesn't work, try saving the new map before closing hammer.

NOTE: Once you get it working, NEVER choose "3D Shaded Textured Polygons". (until they patch it for the ep2 engine that is)

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MrTwoVideoCards
584 Posts
#8484
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 15 minutes later
So I missed an update?
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username
67 Posts
#8486
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 12 minutes later
I tried taco's advice, it works. Thank you, taco. Now I can resume my mapping.
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msleeper
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#8487
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 2 minutes later
But I like shaded textured view.
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username
67 Posts
#8488
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 1 hour later
Don't worry, it'll be fixed soon.
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Interitus
145 Posts
#8490
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 46 minutes later
or made worse and we'll all have to get used to wireframe mode
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msleeper
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#8491
Posted Jan 08, 2008
Replied 13 minutes later
I feel a great disturbance in the force. Lighting preview incoming?
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youme
937 Posts
#8517
Posted Jan 09, 2008
Replied 15 hours later
I hope so. the 3d shaded polys was broken since the november update so they must have tried to fix it and failed, hope it gets fixed soon, shaded polys are much better than evenly lit ones.
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MrTwoVideoCards
584 Posts
#8519
Posted Jan 09, 2008
Replied 9 minutes later
Sure its nice, but it doesn't help when you map really, what i want is Lighting preview, forget everything else yo.
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Dewin
43 Posts
#8658
Posted Jan 12, 2008
Replied 3 days later
Shaded texture preview never actually shaded anyways from what I read

and btw I'm the one who wrote that 'short version' that taco quoted. (But I don't take credit for it either, I simply summarized what some other people said and it worked for me...)

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msleeper
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#8661
Posted Jan 12, 2008
Replied 2 hours later

msleeper wrote:
I feel a great disturbance in the force. Lighting preview incoming?

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