Daamn, I only knew like... a fifth of what you've shown, and I have like 12 years of experience in Hammer, I might not remember most of the ones you've shown but gash, those are sooo useful. I've learned so much from your tutorials, keep it up!
This might be one of the best tips and tricks videos I’ve ever seen, it’s pretty well made for a video without fancy editing, it showed a lot of useful stuff that’ll come in handy, and it got straight to the point in the first few seconds, after being so used to UA-cam tutorials taking forever to get onto the point, it almost felt like getting whiplash, and I mean that as a compliment Great work
For newbies like me it's very useful when you first use it, then after it becomes totally normal to use it because of the utility of all of these tricks, thanks
This has to be one of the best videos yet, I love you tophatt. I really don't understand why there isn't a hotkey menu/list inside of hammer, or why items that have hotkeys aren't listed next to the menu item. Like Shift+crtl+E for the 3d view.
Words can't describe how thankful I am for the Apply Texture to All Faces Shift+Alt+Right Click tip. I can't tell you how much I hated creating pipes just because I knew I'd have to click, Alt+Right click, rinse, repeat for days. Thanks!
2:32 Holy shit this is going to be so great on the maps that I have to edit where the map creator for some reason decided to make brushes all off the grid.
I'd like to think I know a lot about Hammer and its shortcuts but I just watched this and now I'm reconsidering everything I've ever done my entire life.
Great video, goes straight into the content. Because people talk so much crap in the beginning of the video, I instinctively pressed L twice before watching anything. Was I mistaken.. You are a decent UA-camr.
Ctrl+F in the vertex edit view can be used on any two vertexes (as long as they are the same color, as you cannot select a white and yellow vertex at the same time for some reason) to create a new edge between them. This is pretty useful for triangulating faces.
Well, yellow guys aren't really vertices - they are center of edges. Also, what can be used to create an edge between a yellow "vertex" and an actual vertecs is create it between to yellows and merge one of the created vertices into the existing
Hello, TopHATTwaffle. You have been mapping for so long, but even in this recent video you are saying "vertexes" rather than "vertices," the plural of "vertex." I mean no harassment or humiliation. I feel as this Source 3D mapping is such an interest of yours and you continue doing more with it each year, I feel you will appreciate using correct language relative to your interest. "Vertices," TopHATTwaffle.
holy shit i legit did not know any of these after working with hammer for 4 years lol. Also I have a question, can excessive trigger and hint/skip usage cause problems?
Hello. I am trying to size textures, but when I try to get texture in right upper corner and resize the opposite size to this corner, the textures consumes left upper corner instead of right. How do I fix it?
Hey, i have a question that id like you or anyone here to anwser, so im making a quite large jungle map, and I need it to run decent and not load in buildings from far away cause it ruins the jungle feel, so im using a fog with Z clip, it works as expected but I need a large wall of fog, if you kinda understand what im saying, I need it so you cant see skybox or anything past the fog end, like if u put fog in a level with density full and then noclip inside a wall, u can see a big fog wall that doesnt show skybox behind it, how is this possible without nocliping inside the wall, id like it to be like that for everywhere but I cant seem to find out how?
i set one up but it didnt work like I was hoping, ill tweak it around to see if i can get it to work but I need almost a sphere around the character of fog, I really dont know how to explain it other then that, almost like its night and you cant see anything in sphereical distance
But, it did the same thing in the video. You said that this trick will help you use those new train and nuke decals, but you can't, you can only use the top left-hand corner.
same here. btw, in your video hammer also only lets you get the top left corner of the overlay. the only way i found yet is manually figuring out the U/V Start/End values... its a disaster
![[Source 1] Hammer Tutorial V2 Series #7 "Vertex Tool, Primitive Prefab Creation"](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zQL1n5-zNiM/mqdefault.jpg)
Daamn, I only knew like... a fifth of what you've shown, and I have like 12 years of experience in Hammer, I might not remember most of the ones you've shown but gash, those are sooo useful. I've learned so much from your tutorials, keep it up!
Hey aren't you the co-creator of evocity? If so your map revolutionized gmod darkrp.
20% working 80% planning rule
Was In the middle of making a map and watched this then realised i could have done the 20mins work i did in 5
This video is magic. I needed these.
ive been using hammer for almost a decade now and I only knew a handful of these prior to watching. Thank you!
This might be one of the best tips and tricks videos I’ve ever seen, it’s pretty well made for a video without fancy editing, it showed a lot of useful stuff that’ll come in handy, and it got straight to the point in the first few seconds, after being so used to UA-cam tutorials taking forever to get onto the point, it almost felt like getting whiplash, and I mean that as a compliment
Great work
Gonna say it again, these videos are 100% worth the 2$ on Patreon!
If you rotate something while having 15 degree turnings turned on, you can hold ALT or SHIFT while rotating so you can rotate props by 1 degree.
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sick, thanks
Woah it's rare seeing a UA-camrs comments before they uploaded videos
@@ponds34 lol I am quite the avid commenter so you will probably find me in a lot of places
For newbies like me it's very useful when you first use it, then after it becomes totally normal to use it because of the utility of all of these tricks, thanks
This has to be one of the best videos yet, I love you tophatt. I really don't understand why there isn't a hotkey menu/list inside of hammer, or why items that have hotkeys aren't listed next to the menu item. Like Shift+crtl+E for the 3d view.
ye kinda dump. There is a list only tho on valvedeveloper.
Years working with Valve Hammer Editor and i confess i didn't know some of those tips, Thanks, man!
Please do more parts of this! If there are any more tips.
there probably are, i just found ctrl+shift+f, which i didn't knew before either
Words can't describe how thankful I am for the Apply Texture to All Faces Shift+Alt+Right Click tip. I can't tell you how much I hated creating pipes just because I knew I'd have to click, Alt+Right click, rinse, repeat for days. Thanks!
actually it doesn't seem to work for pipes (brushes that have 360* arches) so maybe just doesn't work in that case?
2:32 Holy shit this is going to be so great on the maps that I have to edit where the map creator for some reason decided to make brushes all off the grid.
GoldenTV3 why you edit other peoples maps? Do you get money from them?
@@KalkuehlGaming people edit other peoples maps because of getting experience, improving the map, testing etc.
I've spent so many time centering my viewport manually finding the selected object, thanks for the tips.
I'd like to think I know a lot about Hammer and its shortcuts but I just watched this and now I'm reconsidering everything I've ever done my entire life.
i could have saved so much time....
rip the 20 minutes i spent wrapping textures around cylinders.
This is gold, most of this stuff i didn't knew about it, thanks.
Man, your tutorials are pure gold for the new to hammer, you made it soo easier for me to create nice maps :p
0:45 wait, that's illegal.
I'm 30 seconds in, but you have already made my life so much easier
Where has this video been all my life
Youre such a legend dude. Thank you for teaching me hammer! Im having a blast :D
2 minutes in and in already overwhelmed with new shortcuts and I didnt even know about lol
Great video, goes straight into the content. Because people talk so much crap in the beginning of the video, I instinctively pressed L twice before watching anything. Was I mistaken.. You are a decent UA-camr.
Been trying to do that more in my content lately. As little as "into" as possible, and into the content.
lol using hammer editor for 3-4 years now. never knew you could do some of that stuf. would made my life 20x easier xD
Oh! So I don't need to press escape every time I'm not happy with how I'm clipping a brush... Nice! Thanks for the tips TopHatt
Ctrl+F in the vertex edit view can be used on any two vertexes (as long as they are the same color, as you cannot select a white and yellow vertex at the same time for some reason) to create a new edge between them. This is pretty useful for triangulating faces.
Well, yellow guys aren't really vertices - they are center of edges.
Also, what can be used to create an edge between a yellow "vertex" and an actual vertecs is create it between to yellows and merge one of the created vertices into the existing
this is like watching top Shop comercial. great video bro
I only knew 2 of these. You're a champ.
This is gold, GOLD
Still the chad of hammer tutorials
This changed my life
I just love creating Prefabs and func_instances
0:02 - Clipping Tool
0:39 - Vertex Tool
1:15 - Cordon Tool Section
1:47 - Decals Tricks
2:07- Grid size keyboard shorcut
2:17- Maximise view port.
thank you!! this was needed!
That was very helpful! Thank you!!!!
Would be great to have time tags in description so I can return to this video when I need something
Hello, TopHATTwaffle. You have been mapping for so long, but even in this recent video you are saying "vertexes" rather than "vertices," the plural of "vertex." I mean no harassment or humiliation. I feel as this Source 3D mapping is such an interest of yours and you continue doing more with it each year, I feel you will appreciate using correct language relative to your interest. "Vertices," TopHATTwaffle.
Oh god a new video =O
Wow wow wow, so much info. Thank you :D
amazing video
very useful, thanks
From skill level 1 to level 20 in an instant baby
This changes everything...
ctrl B is the most important one for skids that can't skid, or when you copy brushes and props together you just ez pz lemon that meme
good video
u gay lol
yo guys if you go into options you can make rotations only rotate at a 15 degree angle
Can't wait untill gcses are over and I can finish my map :)
holy shit i legit did not know any of these after working with hammer for 4 years lol.
Also I have a question, can excessive trigger and hint/skip usage cause problems?
Holy shit, thanks for 4:06!
nice vid, like your pfp
legend
It's really Honey Tips! :D
Wow, uhh, geez, skipping most introductions and getting straight to the hints.
I like this policy.
YUP! Creating the CSGO Boot Camp series showed me the light. Brief intro to what we doing, then run it out.
This is good
dude ctrl b is gonna change my fucking life
thanks bro :)
Great, how do I transform a brush on one axis and snap it to another one?
heuy guys tophattwaffle here todyay im showingt u how to move rocks wth ur mind
If you make an English subtitles, i will translate them to Czech language, so more people can take a look and understand your video.
;)
Hello. I am trying to size textures, but when I try to get texture in right upper corner and resize the opposite size to this corner, the textures consumes left upper corner instead of right.
How do I fix it?
Hello! Nice video. I have a question. Can u make video about how to make custom 2d skybox, if u already did then sry i didnt find it.
Good TIPS ;)
How do you align a block back to the grid?
wanna go back into cs sdk (did not create map since css 1.0) thanks mate
hey buddy which music u used in the outro?? ...please respond to it!!
when I copy/paste the paste always ends up under the map somewhere
Thx
cool af
Is there a complete list of all these shortcuts?
whiskeyo check the VDC
How do I select everything? I know it selects everything in map properties, but when I tried to copy it, it crashed hammer.
pls more thanks ♡
Cordons don't seem to be working for me (I'm in Portal 2's sdk)
mind=blown
d o e s n t w o r k
greet~
how i can find some brush or entity using the name?
+Con Uve tools > entity report.
There are filters by key and value.
Hey, i have a question that id like you or anyone here to anwser, so im making a quite large jungle map, and I need it to run decent and not load in buildings from far away cause it ruins the jungle feel, so im using a fog with Z clip, it works as expected but I need a large wall of fog, if you kinda understand what im saying, I need it so you cant see skybox or anything past the fog end, like if u put fog in a level with density full and then noclip inside a wall, u can see a big fog wall that doesnt show skybox behind it, how is this possible without nocliping inside the wall, id like it to be like that for everywhere but I cant seem to find out how?
Use a 3d skybox.
i set one up but it didnt work like I was hoping, ill tweak it around to see if i can get it to work but I need almost a sphere around the character of fog, I really dont know how to explain it other then that, almost like its night and you cant see anything in sphereical distance
The decal texture lock trick doesn't work, it seems to always favor the top left-hand corner of the texture, and will only zero in on that corner.
+AdoptiveLiam Works for me.
But, it did the same thing in the video. You said that this trick will help you use those new train and nuke decals, but you can't, you can only use the top left-hand corner.
same here. btw, in your video hammer also only lets you get the top left corner of the overlay. the only way i found yet is manually figuring out the U/V Start/End values... its a disaster
Oh YeAh!
When I try to run my map it says "Couldnt read .prt file" as soon as I add a sky.... how do I fix this?
Just make a box around ur map
Holy fucking shit
Yellow vertices are edges, not vertices.
The plural for vertex is vertices. Otherwise really helpful video!
Am i early?
Better title would be, Hammer life hacks.
all my maps are like this prntscr.com/gyrckz
someone know how to fix it? pls help me
my maps have light but it don't work, and it have the thing that make a light from sun
just waiting for source 2
2:24
hey top hatt, i made amp you can check it out on my youtube and you helped me the most out of all youtubers! your amazing!
atleisk, bet kaip ?
I have wasted at least a year of my life not knowing some of these things.
*_Ты русский или мне показалось?_* 🤔
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Hey
500 likes and 1 dislike lol
Bro all those wasted hours
make a map for tf2 lol
Ctrl+E, huh?.... :'|
Did anyone else notice that the link for this video says "jew" in it.