r/hammer

I have been engaging in some DIY activities and small-scale constructions and did not know how much the shape of a hammer can affect your comfort.

It took me several sessions of working for me to realize just how significant it is. In any case, I decided to do some research on ergonomic hammers and shock absorbing or ergonomic handles of the same. Surprisingly, I discovered many innovative products from international companies at Alibaba

They claim to be designed to minimize vibration.

I am skeptical and would like some opinions and insights on whether any of these are good enough.

To the people who know about this stuff:

How helpful are ergonomic hammers?

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I'm curious because I'm getting into Portal 1 modding and mapping, and I want to know how to do this, and also if it's possible for someone to make a mod that replaes it with a Portal 2 defective turret using a custom npc

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** Executing...

** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\vbsp.exe"

** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" "C:\Users\xxx\Downloads\gm_street2.vmf"

Adding filesystem addon 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\bin'

Adding filesystem addon 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\joystick'

Adding filesystem addon 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\meleecity-delicacy-main'

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materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\materials

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fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...

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FixTjuncs...

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** Executing...

** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\vrad.exe"

** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" -TextureShadows -StaticPropBounce 1 -AmbientOcclusion "C:\Users\xxx\Downloads\gm_street2"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Apr 22 2026) - Garry's Mod Edition

Valve Radiosity Simulator

Adding filesystem addon 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\bin'

Adding filesystem addon 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\joystick'

Adding filesystem addon 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\meleecity-delicacy-main'

Compiling Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) lighting

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[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']

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Loading c:\users\xxx\downloads\gm_street2.bsp

Error opening c:\users\xxx\downloads\gm_street2.bsp

** Executing...

** Command: Copy File

** Parameters: "C:\Users\xxx\Downloads\gm_street2.bsp" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\maps\gm_street2.bsp"

The command failed. Windows reported the error:

"The system cannot find the file specified."

** Executing...

** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\gmod.exe"

** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" download +map "gm_street2" -steam

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in game in doesnt appear

Been testing out the idea of making a Left 4 Dead 2 Map designed around fixed camera angles like the ones seen in Resident Evil 1.

I use a point_servercommand to give all survivor primaries lasers since from my playtesting aiming is quite difficult.

I use a Point_viewcontrol_survivor to the survivors can still take damage as normal while affecting their camera angle. The map uses a series of triggers which are spaced exactly 32 hu apart, this means that when a survivor moves into a new trigger their camera is moved to the new camera angle.

One thing I can't solve is how to make it so it doesn't switch to first person for a few frames when switching camera angles, since from my testing having the triggers too close causes the camera to switch to first person.

Thanks to Pinsplash for the suggested change to the cameras to make them seamless!

This primarily shows off how a map made using this kind of system would function

The map now has a manually-created navmesh, the survivor bots (but not the infected) bug out heavily due to the fixed camera, which required me to remove them and add in a way to detect the amount of human players when the map starts.

Commands run by the point_servercommand:
nb_delete_all (to delete the bots)

survivor_friendly_fire_factor_easy 0
survivor_friendly_fire_factor_normal 0 (down from 0.1)
survivor_friendly_fire_factor_hard 0.1 (down from 0.3)
survivor_friendly_fire_factor_expert 0.3 (down from 0.5)

z_tank_damage_slow_max_range 0 (down from 400)
z_tank_damage_slow_min_range 0 (down from 200)
z_tank_speed 105 (down from 210)

z_witch_health 500 (down from 1000)
z_witch_burn_time 10 (down from 15)
z_witch_flashlight_range 0 (down from 400)

z_common_limit 60 (up from 30)
z_jockey_limit 0
z_charger_limit 0
[SOLO] z_hunter_limit 0
[SOLO] z_smoker_limit 0

These changes I think are for the better due to the artificial difficulty provided by the fact that aiming is literally shooting, readjusting, then repeating until you hit your target(s)

If you have any suggested changes to these cvars I will happily consider them (Might make it so the hunter can spawn in solo lobbies)