Hammer as .vdf file.

[Gerwazy]

That's about it. It's a .vdf file and it opens in the notepad app only as I don't have anything else that would read .vdf
Yes I do have a source game installed and I am certain that I am looking for it in the correct folder.

[Chippoka]

Find this file and double click it:
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\steamapps\common\Portal 2\bin\hammer.exe

[Gerwazy]

Escrito originalmente por Chippoka:

Find this file and double click it:
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\steamapps\common\Portal 2\bin\hammer.exe

Tried dowloading other source games and launching Hammer from their directonaries but
am afraid it's over all problem with app not launching properly

[Lychy]

Hammer is an exe file not a vdf???

[Gerwazy]

Escrito originalmente por Lychy:

Hammer is an exe file not a vdf???

♥♥♥♥ my bad. Guess noramally it's .exe. I got it in .vdf though

[Lychy]

Escrito originalmente por Kevin the carrot:

Escrito originalmente por Lychy:

Hammer is an exe file not a vdf???

♥♥♥♥ my bad. Guess noramally it's .exe. I got it in .vdf though

Some games dont come with Hammer only hammer.vdf

[Gerwazy]

Escrito originalmente por Lychy:

Escrito originalmente por Kevin the carrot:

♥♥♥♥ my bad. Guess noramally it's .exe. I got it in .vdf though

Some games dont come with Hammer only hammer.vdf

I'm talkin tf2 and cs go here

[Wazanator]

It will be in the bin directory then "steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\bin\hammer.exe"

[Gerwazy]

Escrito originalmente por Wazanator:

It will be in the bin directory then "steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\bin\hammer.exe"

That's the problem. It's there but as .vdf and thus dosen't quite open as an app.

[Chippoka]

"VDF files can often be seen when installing games distributed through Valve's Steam game client, such as Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike. The file features Valve's KeyValues format, which is a plain text format that saves key-value parameters in a tree hierarchy. The format is similar to JSON and YAML. While VDF files are meant to be used by the Valve Source game engine, you can open the files with a text editor to view the contents."
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That's telling me the VDF must be activated from with your game (menu) some how. Maybe try to get a normal copy of the Hammer files from somewhere if possible? Does your game run BSP (maps) files?

https://games.softpedia.com/get/Tools/Valve-Hammer-Editor.shtml (similar website) I think it is in the "Tools" section at the Steam Library as well.

[Wazanator]

Escrito originalmente por Kevin the carrot:

Escrito originalmente por Wazanator:

It will be in the bin directory then "steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\bin\hammer.exe"

That's the problem. It's there but as .vdf and thus dosen't quite open as an app.

Just checking but you are trying to run this on a Windows machine right? Mac and Linux clients might not even download hammer as it is not compatible. Other wise you might want to verify your game cache as this is something you do not need to download separately for TF2. CSGO you need to download the Authoring Tools but in order to do so you need to have purchased Prime.

Also I would not download hammer off any 3rd party site especially softpedia.