Source SDK - Hammer

[Anubis]

Sup babes, got a problem with SDK for some time now. I tried to google the problem but with no effective solution. The problem is as following:

I can start SDK normally, I get the well-known green screen that shows the tools like Hammer, model viewer, mod maker and face poster etc. When I start hammer though I get the following message:

"Warning: The configuration information for the game you're trying to edit is invalid or missing." the following options are given: "Run Anyway / Cancel / Help".

Help doesn't get me the answer I want and run anyway gives another error:

"Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory "c:\.....\steamapps\steamname\half-life 2 episode 2\ep2. Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting."

Now, I tried taking the gameinfo.txt from the steamapps\half-life\ep2 folder and put it in that directory, changed the path in the sdk game configurations and all stuff like that I stumbled across on the interwebs. All without success. Now I've gotten to the point with this where I could start Hammer but whenever I opened a new workfile in Hammer it crashed instantly.

Uhh.. Help?

 

[Hoplite]

update the game you want to use to steampipe then run hammer.exe from it's bin folder.

 

[Anubis]

Negative sir, didn't work.

 

[Hoplite]

"Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Source\bin\hammer.exe"
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you dont use the sdk launcher anymore.
try using different games hammer executables to open the diff configurations. you sure you updated to steampipe beta (properties, beta tab, sourcesdk/steampipe one)? launched the games once?

 

[Anubis]

Odd, running the file hammer.exe from the ep2 bin directory prompted me an error again, however when I ran it from half-life 2 bin and selected to use ep2 in the pop-up box it did work. Well thanks mate!

 

[Hoplite]

np :)