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HL2DM Hammer Configuration Issue
updated Fri Jan 14th 2011 at 4:53am
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Attempting to operate the Source SDK Hammer Level Editor in the Source 2006 engine for Half-Life 2 Deathmatch currently results in an error of: "Missing material, ...verify that your game directory is correct." If you have this problem, read on!This is a Source SDK bug caused by Valve and this is a work-around to fix the issue and operate the game in the Source 2009 version of the engine.
This was originally taken from the Steam forums here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=050995dca97751f840261bcc0c1853db&t=1448867&page=3
As alerted by the Snark Pit user: haymaker in our forums here: http://www.snarkpit.net/index.php?s=forums&f=6&t=12025&tp=0#211892
Please thank Short_Circuit of the Steam user forums for posting this work-around.
The Solution:
You have to manually configure SDK to load Deathmatch under Source 2009.
- Click on Edit Game Configurations
- Under Current Game Configuration:, click on add.
- A box will appear where you can manually input the name and directory of the game you wish load using Source 2009 SDK.
- For Name, enter the name of the game you will be loading into SDK. In this case, it will be Half-Life 2: Deathmatch or any other name you so wish to choose.
- For Directory, click browse... or manually input the directory of the installed game files. For deathmatch, it will be <install drivedirectory>|Valve|Steam|Steamapps|<account name>|half-life 2 deathmatch|hl2mp
- Once you have completed these steps, you will need to close Source SDK and re-open it.
- When Source SDK has reopened, select Source 2009 under Engine Version and Current Game select Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (or whatever previous name you put in for DM.)
- Now load Hammer Editor, and from the dropdown menu, select Tools -> Options...
- A Game Configurations window will appear, and make sure Half-Life 2 Deathmatch is selected as your Configuration.
- Below this you will see Game Data files: where there currently should only be one FGD file loaded - $SteamUserDir|sourcesdk|bin|orangebox|base.fgd - You will need to change this!
- Select $SteamUserDir|sourcesdk|bin|orangebox|base.fgd and remove it.
- Once you have done this, click on add, and select hl2mp.fgd from your ..|sourcesdk|bin|orangebox| folder.
- After you completed the final step, you may need to close and restart Hammer to load the new FGD file and hl2mp entities.
Hope this will help anyone having trouble loading the Deathmatch under Source 2009.
As alerted by the Snark Pit user: haymaker in our forums here: http://www.snarkpit.net/index.php?s=forums&f=6&t=12025&tp=0#211892
Please thank Short_Circuit of the Steam user forums for posting this work-around.
The Solution:
You have to manually configure SDK to load Deathmatch under Source 2009.
- Click on Edit Game Configurations
- Under Current Game Configuration:, click on add.
- A box will appear where you can manually input the name and directory of the game you wish load using Source 2009 SDK.
- For Name, enter the name of the game you will be loading into SDK. In this case, it will be Half-Life 2: Deathmatch or any other name you so wish to choose.
- For Directory, click browse... or manually input the directory of the installed game files. For deathmatch, it will be <install drivedirectory>|Valve|Steam|Steamapps|<account name>|half-life 2 deathmatch|hl2mp
- Once you have completed these steps, you will need to close Source SDK and re-open it.
- When Source SDK has reopened, select Source 2009 under Engine Version and Current Game select Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (or whatever previous name you put in for DM.)
- Now load Hammer Editor, and from the dropdown menu, select Tools -> Options...
- A Game Configurations window will appear, and make sure Half-Life 2 Deathmatch is selected as your Configuration.
- Below this you will see Game Data files: where there currently should only be one FGD file loaded - $SteamUserDir|sourcesdk|bin|orangebox|base.fgd - You will need to change this!
- Select $SteamUserDir|sourcesdk|bin|orangebox|base.fgd and remove it.
- Once you have done this, click on add, and select hl2mp.fgd from your ..|sourcesdk|bin|orangebox| folder.
- After you completed the final step, you may need to close and restart Hammer to load the new FGD file and hl2mp entities.
Hope this will help anyone having trouble loading the Deathmatch under Source 2009.
