#Hammer is nuking my PC

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hallow tapir
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Upon exporting a test version of my map, my CPU usage jumps to 100% and my power usage becomes very high. My map isn't particularly complex at this point, but for some reason I can't export it anymore because my PC immediately dies.

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floral fiber
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Hammer and its compile tools only ever use one thread

hallow tapir
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Then why is my CPU usage peaking when I export?

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I disabled all of the lighting settings as they seemed like they were causing it, but it didn't help

floral fiber
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"exporting" is compiling
it's using only one thread so it's overtaxing a single core of your CPU

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100% CPU usage is normal

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you might be able to give it more threads though

hallow tapir
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How would I do that?

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also, is it normal for hammer to stop responding once it begins to compile a map?

floral fiber
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adding -threads 16 to the compile tool parameters in expert compile might work

floral fiber
hallow tapir
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Ahh, then I'm getting worked up over nothing?

keen jungle
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because hammer compile window is embedded, you cannot touch the program while its running or Windows will complain that the program has frozen (it's still running though)

you may want to try hammer++ as the compiler window is separated and you dont get that issue

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you will be able to see the progress of the compilation that way
cause otherwise, if it's frozen, you will just have to wait till its finished, without knowing if its stuck at some part
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