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As too many others, don't even think they must be "coherent" with themselves ! When you run "CIVILZATION V", and, compulsory, "Steam" in your computer, they say that there are "MODS", and there is a even dedicated button in the Main Menu. Then, to use it, You must "call" them. But "without any kind of guarantee", and "at your own risks". I can understand that they don't want to fix any "bugs" ... But, since these "Mods" can give them almost "ready made" objects, they coud "try" them and say which ones are "harmless" ! Well, they say (Steam) that anyone can download an "SDK" and "Modify", if not the Game itself, at least "Objects" of the Game. But they don't say "Which SDK ?", and "Where to find it ?" ??? So, where could I find "SDK2006 mod to Steampipe." ??? "The contents of the Source SDK Base folder" ??? So, How to ""Plop" the "gamedir" inside" ??? Because, of course, the goal is to : "Update "gameinfo.txt" and "steam_appid.txt", etc." !!! I learned Computers "Science" in 1980, then worked in computers repairs till 1990, when I learned to write any kind of Softwares. Then I wrote "Technical Manuals" and "Users Manuals" for "Information Systems" till 2000 ... Of course, I lost, since, accurate following of the latest "OS", Languages, IDE, SDK, ... developments ... And if I didn't know the word "To "Plop"", I understand its meaning by the context ... I know what it is "To "Mount"" a "Subprogram" or a "Datafile", if "VPK" is somewhat mysterious ... Then I understand quite well the problem below ... Well, for all the "Modding Fanatics", If the "Companies" don't really care about "Modding", If You want to share the pleasure of improvements in favorite Games, Please remind that even "Computer Science Professionnals" can lack some of Your "ways of speaking" and a large part of Your experience of all the tricks in running such softwares ... I hope one will become my "Friend" ... So, he will find some 35 years experience of myself, plus the 45 - 50 years of some of my friends ... ! If I don't know much about "HalfLife" creatures, I have also a much larger konwledge than usual in the "realism" fields, in "Economics", "Historic", fields, and many others. Well, if some here are fans of "CIVILIZATION" as well as "HalfLife", please, Help ! Sincerely yours. > Message du 05/03/14 09:57 > De : "Foo Bar" > A : "Discussion of Half-Life Programming" > Copie à : > Objet : [hlcoders] source sdk 2006 mod on steampipe doesn't mount vpk but > vpks mount when from source sdk base > > Hello, > I'm working on moving an SDK2006 mod to Steampipe. Basically, I took the contents of the Source SDK Base folder and plopped the gamedir inside, updated gameinfo.txt and steam_appid.txt, etc. > When I try to launch it from my Steam library after installing from our Steamworks depot the mod runs, but isn't able to mount any VPKs from hl2 or platform. I know I can manually extract the files it needs from the hl2 VPK, but I'd prefer not to have to do that. > Tracing it using procmon shows it trying to open VPK's as folders, and using |all_source_engine_paths| as part of the path component to resources its looking for. > > However, using the exact same gamedir - it runs fine if placed into the sourcemods/ directory. > I've also tried running the command line I see the spawned sourcemod running as, it's something like: > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Source SDK Base\hl2.exe" -game sourcetest -steam -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\themod" -gameid areallybignumber > And I see the exact same problem. > It seems like when running a mod out of the sourcemods/ directory, Steam launches it in a way that allows the mod to see data from within VPKs - but standalone VPK's aren't supported. > Is the Steam client loading a compatibility DLL for mounting the dependent VPKs? If so, how do I use it? > Isn't file system access all handled by Source SDK Base/hl2.exe and its libraries? > Any ideas? > > Thanks > foo > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
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