Hammer Or Worldcraft?

elseelse Join Date: 2003-09-17 Member: 20962Members
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Hi,

I've done some mapping for CS (don't cringe away) and i'm looking at trying my hand at NS maps. I saw <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=45343&hl=hammer+worldcraft' target='_blank'>another thread</a> along the lines of this and also noted the <a href='http://nsworld.ns-central.co.uk/mappingguide/MappingGuide.php' target='_blank'>mapping info</a> linked to from the faq.

My question is, i already know my way around worldcraft ok - is it worth switching to hammer?
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  • Lumberjack_WannabeLumberjack_Wannabe Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14404Members, Constellation
    Isn't Hammer an updated version of Worldcraft...
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  • CageyCagey Ex-Unknown Worlds Programmer Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8829Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Lumberjack Wannabe+Sep 22 2003, 05:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lumberjack Wannabe @ Sep 22 2003, 05:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Isn't Hammer an updated version of Worldcraft...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, it is...


    [to else:] You should be able to make the transition painlessly. The <a href='http://collective.valve-erc.com' target='_blank'>VERC</a> has the 3.5 beta and the 3.4 final releases -- I'd recommend 3.5.
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  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    Yes, hammer is just a renamed Worldcraft, as they never actually copyrighted the name worldcraft.
    then WarCraft3 comes along and it has a nice little map editor called.. You guessed it, worldcraft. Except they have a copyright on it. So the Valve worldcraft gets renamed Hammer.
    or thats how I think the story goes..
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  • elseelse Join Date: 2003-09-17 Member: 20962Members
    Great, thanks to all for clearing that up for me. Especially XP-Cagey for the link.
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  • Lt_GravityLt_Gravity Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15909Members
    but personally I like worldcraft 3.3 better than the hammer editor. it seems so run much faster on my machine, it shows a whole map without slowdown too much when "surfing around". havent tried hammer 3.5 yet... maybe give it a try cause it is able to display the selected models in the 3d view... useful for modelalignment and for models that dont have any hitboxes...
    no more words about hammer 3.4 ^^ it crashes as often as wc 3.3 ...
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