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[Nopeful_Engineer]

I tried everything, even -novid

It just can't start up!

*i searched this form, and i'm new
so don't get hard on me

FIX MADE

Apparent fix:

-Exit out of STEAM completely
-Go into the sourcemods folder
-Go into GE:S folder
-Find the file named gameinfo.txt
-Open that file and delete the sentence
"AdditionalContentId 420"

-Fix from Mister Bright of Spectrum

[namajnaG]

Don't worry, Nobody will go hard on you, We're a helpful, Friendly community. (For the most part )

421 is the GameID of Episode 2, So try verifying HL2:Ep2 Cache by right-clicking on it, Properties, Then verify integrity of cache, Or better yet, Try re-installing it.
I've had a similar issue before and reinstalling HL2:Episode 2 fixed it.

If that doesn't do the trick, Someone will most likely be able to help you better.

[Nopeful_Engineer]

I didn't exactly know that you needed HL2 : 2

 

I'm pretty sure I played this mod before without HL2 : 2

[namajnaG]

You actually don't need it! But I've seen that HL2:Ep2 causes problems while trying to run GE:S.
If you do not own HL2:Ep2 but it shows as pre-loaded content in your Steam Library, Delete all content.
If it does not, Try deleting all Source SDK Base 2007 content and reinstalling it again.
If that does not fix it, I'm afraid I cannot help you any further.

KillerMonkey will most likely be able to point you in a more precise direction than me!

[Nopeful_Engineer]

Thank you for all your help

[namajnaG]

You're welcome, Hopefully you work it out!
If not, Feel free to post back and someone else will help you out better.

[Nopeful_Engineer]

 

Darnit, it didn't work.

I reinstalled Source SDK 2007

It's a no-go.

*yeah, i got the download from this fourm
it was a link to a torrent that i downloaded
i tried applying the patch, still didn't work

[Kratos]

 

Darnit, it didn't work.

I reinstalled Source SDK 2007

It's a no-go.

*yeah, i got the download from this fourm
it was a link to a torrent that i downloaded
i tried applying the patch, still didn't work

[Troy]

When I launch GE:S, I get the menu screen, and then the game crashes to my desktop.  Is anyone else getting this?

[Mr.C]

Same thing here.

[kraid]

Mine is still working.
But i guess it is somehow related to Valve Updating their stuff for Linux.
They also fucked up HL1 stuff by changing the path it is installed to.
Just hope and pray that they won't break to much stuff this time.

I guess you allready tried things like launching sdk base 2007 and EP2, restarted steam and maybe even redownloaded some files.

[Troy]

I shouldn't have to do anything like that.  I got home from work, and there was a steam update.  I downloaded it, fired up GE:S, and discovered the error message.

[major]

Valve broke something in there latest update. Hopefully they will fix it soon, or someone finds a work around.

[markpeterjameslegg]

I think you meant Valve fails again. 

[Mr.C]

Mine is still working.
But i guess it is somehow related to Valve Updating their stuff for Linux.
They also fucked up HL1 stuff by changing the path it is installed to.
Just hope and pray that they won't break to much stuff this time.

I guess you allready tried things like launching sdk base 2007 and EP2, restarted steam and maybe even redownloaded some files.

I did a full reinstall and it's still broken