im having a missing file error or somehting like that...

[brandyn2493]

well i tried to setup the server on my own and i just downloaded using steam not the hldsupdate i keep hearing about(in tutorials) because i didn't read any tutorials "because at the time i didn't know there were any!" but i just followed all the instructions on install and tried to start it up well of course that didn't work so i tinkered with it some and found a tutorial finally and tried to do what it said copying a couple of files etc...that didn't work so i tried to tinker with it on my own...and that just made things worse i think so now I'm here....I'm getting the error message unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt'
and i cant find any help on that anywhere...can some one please help me...i've tried every thing i can think of to do it EVEN LOOK IN THE HL2 FILES BY HAND and well unfortunately that didn't work because the considerate people at hl2 encrypted them so i cant even figure out what the manifest file is for and maybe remake it myself...(i can do a little coding)
this is the wierd part to me at least...when i use the GUI it works but no one can access it but me....

[Drocona]

brandyn2493 Wrote:well i tried to setup the server on my own and i just downloaded using steam not the hldsupdate i keep hearing about(in tutorials) because i didn't read any tutorials "because at the time i didn't know there were any!" but i just followed all the instructions on install and tried to start it up well of course that didn't work so i tinkered with it some and found a tutorial finally and tried to do what it said copying a couple of files etc...that didn't work so i tried to tinker with it on my own...and that just made things worse i think so now I'm here....I'm getting the error message unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt'
and i cant find any help on that anywhere...can some one please help me...i've tried every thing i can think of to do it EVEN LOOK IN THE HL2 FILES BY HAND and well unfortunately that didn't work because the considerate people at hl2 encrypted them so i cant even figure out what the manifest file is for and maybe remake it myself...(i can do a little coding)
this is the wierd part to me at least...when i use the GUI it works but no one can access it but me....

  surfaceproperties.zip (Size: 961 bytes / Downloads: 1,111)

Try that, there was someone with the same problem a while ago.

[brandyn2493]

ok well i put it in but uhh do you know where it should go because it didnt work just stright in

[brandyn2493]

and can some one tell me what files should be in the main thing ive got it jumbled up so bad i dont know if it could work anyways lol (it wold work just slowly i think)

[brandyn2493]

ummm i had a thought im using the steam dedicated server would i be having it if u used the updater tool one or whatever?

if so how do i full remove the steam one from my comp so the updater tool can install and run get things going...ive tried add/remove programs and it dont work...

[Drocona]

You can uninstall the steam dedicated server from within steam (right click > properties I believe)

HLDSUpdateTool.exe is a standalone application and you won't have to bother the steam one, they dont have anything that can work against eachother.

Files should be in (as the error says!) srcds\<modname>\scripts

[brandyn2493]

Drocona Wrote:You can uninstall the steam dedicated server from within steam (right click > properties I believe)

HLDSUpdateTool.exe is a standalone application and you won't have to bother the steam one, they dont have anything that can work against eachother.

Files should be in (as the error says!) srcds\<modname>\scripts

ok but when i downloaded it it said it cant install because it is already installed...
and i have tried that it says remove local content ive done that but it leaves it on... thats what ad remove programs does too...

[Drocona]

ok, now you're telling me 2 things used as the same thing, what did you do so far?

downloaded hldsupdatetool?

also from wha tI understand from your post, you don't have to uninstall the source dedicated server from steam, it's like 5 mb anyways.

[ajscosmeang]

Drocona Wrote:

brandyn2493 Wrote:well i tried to setup the server on my own and i just downloaded using steam not the hldsupdate i keep hearing about(in tutorials) because i didn't read any tutorials "because at the time i didn't know there were any!" but i just followed all the instructions on install and tried to start it up well of course that didn't work so i tinkered with it some and found a tutorial finally and tried to do what it said copying a couple of files etc...that didn't work so i tried to tinker with it on my own...and that just made things worse i think so now I'm here....I'm getting the error message unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt'
and i cant find any help on that anywhere...can some one please help me...i've tried every thing i can think of to do it EVEN LOOK IN THE HL2 FILES BY HAND and well unfortunately that didn't work because the considerate people at hl2 encrypted them so i cant even figure out what the manifest file is for and maybe remake it myself...(i can do a little coding)
this is the wierd part to me at least...when i use the GUI it works but no one can access it but me....

Try that, there was someone with the same problem a while ago.

I tried to put the extracted files back on dir Episodic/scripts...but it still gave the same message back...it said the same : unable to load manifest file ´scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt´[attachment=297]

[Drocona]

delete the .txt's that give the error and run the updatetool ith -verify_all and see if it works then.