hammer not working Thread

at first my hammer was working fine no probe but then i got a new prosesser and motherbord so i re-formated my hdd after reinstalling it all ive had lodes of problems i dident have before, i just have gfx problems like when i moved the mouse it wouldent move, it would like drag it was weired (shown below)

ive checked my gfx driver and theres no problems there can someone help me please modding is onething but when ur modding tool dosent work it gets harder lol.

It does that in openGL mode iirc, that's what the empty blackness looks like, fucks up all wierd shit , just cover it with four walls

Or change video settings (in HL) to direct3dxblah or whatever :d

where do i change it theres no option in the options for it?

also i get this when i start the map up

Edited by (in order): Utra, Utra

you have no skybox? no walls? what you see there is "hl2 space"

ive just made a very simple map to show u ppl what happens ive added skyboxes but it does the same thing

you have to "seal" the map

how? ive only been tryin to mod for like 2 weeks

First, start off with "sealing" your map with a skybox...

Step 1. Find the 'tools/toolsskybox' texture
Step 2. Make a brush (block) surrounding your map.
Step 3. After pressing enter to make the block, hold ctrl+h and type "-12" and press enter again.

Old fashioned nub way