custom mapping in 2020

[bala cleaver]

hi. i`ve recently started to learn source map-making with hammer, and wanted to make some stuff for EYE, but the SDK is broken because of all the steampipin`. i`ve been searching for days now for a way to make the SDK work with EYE, but the threads i found are either abandoned or the provided links no longer work.


please, help

[Boxyt]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/91700/discussions/0/1693797713962897406/
follow those instructions

[bala cleaver]

yeah, i tried following the pdf before, but as i said, the SDK is broken, it gives the missing sourcescheme.res error. i've been trying to find a fix for this but have been unable to.

[Boxyt]

You copied all the files to they respectible destinations etc?
Because that error might appear when SDK for the EYE is setup in the wrong way.
Can you launch the hammer editor at all or the SDK itself wont launch?

[bala cleaver]

i copied all the files. the SDK opens, hammer opens, but when i try to make a new map it says sourcescheme.res is missing, the map opens but doesnt show anything(no grid, etc)

[Boxyt]

That means you must've made a small error somewhere in the hammer's setup, I had to redo it few times cuz i always either missed one thing or I have put in wrong directory into hammer's settings

OR you dont have Source SDK 2007 installed (when you choose sdk's version you HAVE to pick 2007 as this is the version EYE is using)

[bala cleaver]

i`ve redone the setup 3 times now, and i have the 2007 SDK installed. i`ll try to do the setup again, see if it works.

[bala cleaver]

one important thing is that hammer itself only works when launched from somewhere else rather than the SDK folder. from what i`ve researched, that`s because the steampipe update changed file paths or somenthing like that

[Boxyt]

Hammer should work from the Source SDK that is in tools tab on steam. I've installed it long after the steampipe update. Never launched it from the folder directly so im kinda lost here. I hope you'll figure out what's not working out there

[bala cleaver]

update: i've managed to get some things working using this guide here:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187235526

but now the models brownser doest work and when running the map the game give a "cant find background image 'material\console\background01_widescreen.vtf'" error messeage

[Boxyt]

Source multi tool can cause some problems, if you cant find models/textures its because hammer has wrong directories set up to it.

[bala cleaver]

the models are there, its the browser itself that has issues. also, i'm not using multitool but rather the 2013 SDK

[Boxyt]

you shouldn't, EYE works with 2007 version

[bala cleaver]

update: managed to make everything work using source multi-tool