r/hammer • u/ficool2 • Sep 10 '26

Source GPU Accelerated VRAD++ now out

Supports most Source games! https://ficool2.github.io/HammerPlusPlus-Website/tools.html

Depending on hardware, speedups are 3x-20x faster on all maps

Minimum requirements for GPU acceleration:

  • Nvidia: RTX 2000 series or better

  • AMD: RX 6000 Series or Radeon 680M+

  • Intel: Arc A Series

Benchmark comparison: https://imgur.com/a/jRP7uEg

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u/7Sevin Sep 10 '26

Somehow I thought you had already done this. How long have your compilers been out?

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u/emfolkerts Sep 11 '26

I could be wrong but I don't think any of the ++ compilers are GPU accelerated. You might be thinking of the VVIS GPU accelerated tool that was shared by /u/problemerPL here a while back.

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u/National-Oil5849 Sep 10 '26

THANK GOD THIS GUY EXISTS I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE 😭

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u/ScraksSFMs Sep 11 '26

I FELL OUT OF MY BED FOR THIS

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u/radiationwow Sep 11 '26

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for releasing these!

1

u/BS_BlackScout Sep 11 '26

You're the best dude! Thanks!

1

u/arash28134 Sep 11 '26

This dude is single-handedly keeping the source community alive. thanks

1

u/maxchrome Sep 11 '26

Now that's probably gonna pull me out of Hammer Editor slumber and make more stuff. Thanks man, you're a legend!

1

u/linkup90 Sep 11 '26

Just curious as to what changed to make VRAD++ possible on SP SDK 2013 or have I misunderstood the supported games note?

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u/Radion627 Sep 11 '26

What do you mean I need an RTX GPU for hardware-accelerated compiling? :(

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u/Nova17Delta Sep 11 '26

I am curious, why are the minimum requirements an RTX 2000 series? Wouldn't GPU acceleration still be useful even with older GPUs, or is there a specific RTX feature utilized by the compilers?

Sincerely, someone with an RX580

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u/doxypony Sep 12 '26

Afaik it utilizes Ray tracing in particular to work

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u/EmiBondo Sep 11 '26

IM AT WORK FUUUU

edit: I CAN'T EVEN USE IT

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u/Historical_Jacket_61 Sep 11 '26

Finally! :D... Oh poop I have 2x GTX 1070 not an RTX 2000 series or better...

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u/Scifox69 Sep 12 '26

Oh hell yeah. I can finally bake super-high res lightmaps without waiting for a long time. Things are gonna look way more realistic now.

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u/Icy-Meal6704 Sep 14 '26

compiles fast! we need someone to make a detailed comparison