Counter strike .exe Created 10 years ago2014-01-29 03:56:30 UTC by nj3mil

Hey there.

I just put hammer on my laptop and I cant cant get it working with the steam version of cs. Steam updated a handful of times since I last did any mapping and it seems they changed the directories a bit. I cant find the game executable any where. Any idea where it can be hiding?

I'm not at my computer at the moment so I can't check if this is relevant but Steam seems to have been moving game files from the playername folder to the common folder within the SteamApps folder.

it's in the bin directory somewhere within the common folder. probs common/cstrike/bin

They did TJB, that was the case for HL anyway, the exe was sitting in the half-life folder but for some reason cs doesnt have its own folder inside 'common'. My cs directory looks like,

Steam > steam apps > common > half-life > cstrike

And if thats not weird enough, theres not even a bin folder in half-life/cstrike. I went through all the folders starting at common, inside and outside of hammer, and the only exe files I could find were for HL, hltv, and hlds. I would just install the game from the original cd but my lap top doesnt have a cd drive...

I think what they did is turned CS back into a mod for HL, like way back before Steam, during the WON HL era, CS installed itself as a mod under the half-life folder, named cstrike. It seems that this is now the case with Steam HL en Steam CS.

So I think you still need to refer to hl.exe and specify cstrike as the mod. Game folder should still be valve though.

Not entirely true. During the WON era it was also distributed as a standalone game. It installed itself to valve/counter-strike/, it was cstrike.exe and it came in its own game disc. I had one such CD at the time. It included a number of mods such as TFC, Wanted, Redemption, HLDM, OP4DM, Ricochet and a bunch more, all of them were accessed as mods of CS as if CS was the base game.

What is not true then? I stand corrected.

like way back before Steam, during the WON HL era, CS installed itself as a mod under the half-life folder, named cstrike

That. But it doesn't really matter, it was more like anecdotal.

What? But THAT is true. Of course there was that standalone version you're talking about as well, but so is CS as a mod that requires HL and installs under half-life/cstrike.

So we're both correct, I'd say.

Uh, I'm confused now. What did I think. Sorry, brain lapse. I should go to sleep probably.

No dice.

The map compiles, half-life starts up and then the map runs through hl not cs. Im double checking/messing with the directories atm but nothing so far.

Ive also tried shouting at the screen and hitting the keyboard a bit...Im running out of ideas here. Thoughts?

Run it trough half life executable, there is no counter strike executable (which was just a shortcut exe to start it self over half life exe).

Add this in target field : -game cstrike

Are you compiling with Hammer, if so, you probably have incorrect game configs. If you could post your configs here, we could have a look at it to see if there's anything wrong there.

But it is recommended that you don't compile with Hammer, use an external program like my very own Compilator.

Does Adfly really make any noticeable amount of $?
Also i should update Russian forum, whats new in version 1.5?

Adfly is slow. You'll need tons and tons of clicks to make just a dollar.

Beautiful. Added -game cstrike and it starts up perfectly. Thanks man.

And Ill def. be checking out your compilator atom. I made a little test box with a T and CT spawn and for some reason the team choice window doesnt pop up, Im just automatically assigned CT. I even deleted the CT spawn and I STILL get thrown on CT lol.

Looking forward to playing around with VHLT for the first time too.
Nice to come back and see that 1.6 is still alive and well.

Cool.
There are different entities for CT and for T.
CT - info_player_start
T - info_player_deathmatch

Also make sure to use the newest game definition file
Check out Hex 805 FGD here: Clickx0rz

Also grab everything else you need from there.
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