Unable to test map Created 19 years ago2005-03-25 02:41:39 UTC by rlstoner2003

First map for hl2 (just testing it)

Tryed setting hammer for hl2 and dm, and when i go to run map it compiles ok and starts the game up, but just says "loading" in corner forever

When i go into dm and go to create server and select the map. halfway through it crashes and says something with lik 0X485674 and 0x84563 cannot be read or found or soemthing like that

If i start a server with a different map and change to it it does the same thing. help!

I keep having this problem also. So far, what's fixed it for me has been to join a deathmatch server and play for several minutes. Give STEAM enough time to download whatever it needs to. That works maybe half the time. The other half of the time, I come back to it way later and it works.

so basicly hope it works next time?

Check the Monitor via the context menu from the Steam icon, and don't bother trying to play before it's finished. Try running your map from the console, too.

tryed everything =/ still no go

sorry for repost but- is there a way the map could show up on the map list but still not have all components or be in correct place?

Well, if other maps work fine, I'd guess you've given some important entity a strange invalid value and broken VALVe's code.

Right now, I've renamed the source_models.gcf and I'm downloading it again in the hopes it helps me.

Try validating your gcfs

http://steampowered.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=282

found i had a ragdoll something or another entity which made the map not run, BUT it compiled and nothing found it wrong, which is why for some reson it made everything go haywire