Cannot compile maps! What is wrong?! Created 18 years ago2005-08-28 00:53:36 UTC by viperxp

Ok for about 2 day I've tried to make a square room to be my first map like it explained in the basic tutorial, when I try to compile my map for ANY game it says at the end of compiling, "Failed to load the launcher DLL: The specified module could not be found." What the heck am I do wrong to get this error message? It doesn't make sense.... I dont think my map has any errors, since it's so basic!

Have you updated half-life and trying to use the old hl.exe to run it?

Are you openning it with the console or by putting it in mod format and using custom game?

i do not think i've updated half-life 2, haven't played it since it came out lol, i really want to make a map for gary's mod but i do not know how to change the setting for gary's mod. O and I just refreshed the SDK content for the first time so that might help.... so refresh half life 2 deathmatch and then it should compile... RIGHT now I'm trying to compile it in hammer and run it after it compiles, but so far I haven't gotten it right....

Just run the map manually at the end of the compile, and it'll work. Read the Running a BSP tutorial if necessary.

This is the Source forum, SM

For HL2 you have to run a command something like:

"c:program filesvalvesteamsteamapps[your logon]half-life 2hl2.exe" -game "c:program filesvalvesteamsteamapps[your logon]half-life 2hl2" +map "my_map"

Include all the quotation marks.

The console bit of that tutorial's still appropriate for HL2 ;). I never bother tacking the map filename onto the end of the command-line myself, seems pointless when you can do "`map blah".

The console's not available in HL2 unless you tack on "-console" to the command line!

I don't think any real mappers run a game with the console off :).

Yeah, I simply compile, copy map and then type it in console.