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[corsellus]

Hey guys.

Long time ago, I installed this and played for about 15 minutes. One reason or another, I no longer have that computer and information, so I decided to get going again. I installed Source SDK Base 2007 and then the GE:S full installer (v4.2.4), restarted Steam, and tried to play. It went through the Valve splash animation (dude with a spigot handle on his head) and the "powered by source" animation, then it crashes. I'm left with a dialog box that titled "Engine Error" that reads, "Could not load library client."

I tried reinstalling GE:S, but nothing changed.

Does anyone have experience with this or a solution to fix it?

Thanks!

[TriDefiance]

Doing some googling led to people having problems with a Windows update. They claim installing this fixed the issue.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999

It is up to you whether or not you would like to update using Microsoft's software, but before you do that try reinstalling Source SDK 2007 and GE:S to make sure you didn't download corrupt/missing files.

[corsellus]

Just finished the process. I updated Visual C++, uninstalled Source, uninstalled GE:S, reinstalled Source, reinstalled GE:S.

Still same results. Gets through the splash screens, then "Engine Error - Could not load library client."

[corsellus]

Slight progress.

I followed these instructions: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Cannot_load_library_client

It got me to a generic menu with some Goldeneye-sounding effects when I roll over and click on things. But it's decidedly HL2-themed (graphically). Clicking "New Game" brings up an olive drab window like HL2 would, but there are no game chapters listed.

[corsellus]

On a hunch, I checked the size of the gesource folder in my Steam directory. 445 MB seems pretty small for having a 1.2 GB installer. So I'm going to try reinstalling off the v4.2.3 installer, then patch up to v4.2.4.

[corsellus]

Okay. I have the game up and running. Thanks for the help!