Thanks for the replies both of you, but those are two things I tried a long time ago to no avail. Steam is running as an administrator and verifying the cache doesn't say anything is wrong.
And no, it doesn't say what files are missing. Jed wrote: > Have you tried running steam in compatibility mode or as administrator? > > I'm running the Windows 7 RTM 64-bit and haven't had any issues with > the SDK launcher (yet). > > - Jed > > 2009/9/13 Alex Kane <[email protected]>: > >> I have now reinstalled Steam in its entirety, and it STILL does not work. >> This is a joke. >> >> >> Matt Hoffman wrote: >> >>> I'm running on Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) 64 Bit and it works fine. >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Tom Edwards >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> You're running a pre-release 64bit operating system. Hmm... >>>> >>>> The Hammer problems happen to everyone who launches Hammer directly. I >>>> really wish they'd fix it! >>>> >>>> Alex Kane wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Firstly, I'm running Windows 7 RC, 64 bit, for reference. >>>>> >>>>> So basically, the problem is firstly, that the Source SDK is not working. >>>>> I try to launch it through Steam, and the program appears to start, >>>>> appearing in the Superbar, however nothing ever appears on screen (I >>>>> left it going all day). >>>>> >>>>> However, this is not a huge deal as I can get around this by manually >>>>> launching Hammer from its executable in the orangebox folder. >>>>> >>>>> Again, however, upon launching and choosing the TF2 launch option and >>>>> trying to load my map, I get the message "Failed to load the default >>>>> scheme file. The map views may be missing some visual elements." This is >>>>> true, as I cannot see any measurements for my brushes - e.g. how high, >>>>> wide, long something is. It's simply not there. >>>>> >>>>> Then, the second problem is that the editor will crash as soon as I >>>>> attempt to browse for models. I create a prop entity and try to choose a >>>>> world model, however a few seconds after clicking 'browse', the editor >>>>> will close completely with no error message. >>>>> >>>>> As well as this, when I try to compile a map I get errors, and vbsp.exe >>>>> crashes. Here's a log: >>>>> http://pastebin.com/m1eb545cd >>>>> >>>>> I'm really stuck here, as this makes it really tricky to do anything but >>>>> copy/paste existing brushes and fit them to already existing areas in my >>>>> level. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone could help, I'd greatly appreciate it! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> - Beacon >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> >>>>> >>>> please visit: >>>> >>>> >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
