Delete any SteamApp.cfg files you have on disk (this update removes the need for them) and also delete any Steam.dll files you may have copied around (except for, of course, the one in the base steam install directory).
- Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Skyler York Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [hlcoders] Half-Life 2 has hosed itself! > As the subject suggests, this latest update really hosed over my > Half-Life 2 installation. After starting Steam and receiving the new > update, here's what happened: > > 1) Steam updates and the Play Games window opens. > 2) I double-click on the Half-Life 2 icon in the Steam menu. > 3) "Preparing to play" dialog pops up, then disappears. Cursor > turns to busy hourglass. 4) A few seconds later is when Half-Life 2 > *usually* starts up. > However it doesn't now. Instead, the cursor just turns back into > normal and nothing happens. 5) I check the process window, and there > is indeed a hl2.exe running the background taking up a mere 4 kb of > memory. 6) I attempt to load the Source SDK app (with hl2.exe still > in the > background) and get this intimidating messagebox: > > SteamStartup() failed: SteamStartup(0xf,0x12f69c) failed with error 1 > : > failed to take master pipe connection lock, Win32 Error 2 "The system > cannot find the file specified." > > 7) So I shutdown the hl2.exe process and try again. However the > error persists. 8) At this point, Steam won't close normally and I > have to end that process too. Shutting down Steam resets everything > back to it's original state where I can reproduce the above procedure > again and again, and receive the same errors. > > If I go to Source SDK before attempting to run HL2, then it works > without problem and Steam shutdowns normally. I get the same error > with HL2DM and starting up HL2 with my mod in the "-game" path. In > other words, the problems only start if HL2 is invoked in some way. > Restarting the computer didn't help. I thought it was something I > did with the SDK, so I re-downloaded that, refreshed everything etc., > and the error persisted. I've done everything short of > re-downloading Half-Life 2. > > I'm thinking that somewhere along the line my Filesystem_Steam.dll or > Steam.dll got messed up. Between this update and the last update, I > *did* copy Filesystem_Steam.dll from half-life 2/bin to sourcesdk/bin > because Hammer was complaining about not being able to find it. But > that's the only "subversive" change I've made. All these problems > seem to relate to the system, and I know that this last update > changed the directory structure a bit. If you need any more > information I'd be happy to provide you with it. In the meantime I > will give in and re-download Half-Life 2 (all 838 megs, jeez) and see > if that helps. Thank God for fast university internet connections... > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
