Another damned problem Mod/Hammer (I KNOW I'M SORRY)

[Freemans_Fanatic12]

Hey guys... I really DID NOT wan't to make another topic or another post concerning problems with my mod and Hammer.
I know right now some of you might only be thinking of the Hammer you're going to bludgeon me with.
Besides that though, if any of you are still willing to help here's my trouble. You've probably heard of the problem of missing content (models, textures etc.) in Hammer. After setting up my 'Gameconfig.txt' for Hammer 'Source 2007', and fixing a problem where the map wouldn't compile, I noticed ALL content for Episode 2 gone.
When I placed the materials into my (you guessed it) materials folder, they came out with the pink and black missing texture thing. I don't know if there's a fix for this problem but I'll appreciate any help I can from you guys. I'll supply any pictures of the folders, or copy/paste any text from my mod /steamapps folders if needed. Additionally, I apologize if I shouldn't have made a new topic for no reason. (Didn't see the need to revive a fixed problem on the other topic.)

Thanks for reading and thanks for the help.

[Epifire]

Yeah grab your mod paths for the content directories, as well as your gameinfo.txt, and paste them. That would be a good start.

[Freemans_Fanatic12]

Thanks for the quick reply, I'm just not exactly following what you're saying. Which content directories are you referring to? and where do I paste my gameinfo.txt? If the answers are obvious I apologize I'm just undeniably stupid sometimes.

[Epifire]

Well you see the gameinfo.txt gives search options that (from my knowledge) also effects what Hammer loads as well. I am fairly new to messing with mod setups myself (so correct me if I am mistaken admins).

This is an example of a gameinfo.txt the team and I use...

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"GameInfo"
{
   game       "Half-Life 2 World: Ravenholm"
   title       "Half-Life 2 World"
   title2      "Ravenholm"

   type      singleplayer_only
   icon       "resource/cent"

   FileSystem
   {
      SteamAppId            218       // GCF for hl2
      ToolsAppId            211      // Tools will load this (ie: source SDK caches) to get things like materials\debug, materials\editor, etc.
      AdditionalContentID         420      //Ep2 content
      
      SearchPaths
      {
         Game            |gameinfo_path|.
         Game            |all_source_engine_paths|ep2
         Game            |all_source_engine_paths|episodic
         Game            |all_source_engine_paths|hl2
      }
   }
}

We use a modified GCF from my knowledge, so I am not sure how some of these options apply without messing with the GCF or editing the dll.

Also in Hammer you want to make sure you got your options setup right, and this may very well be your problem...

This is mostly explanatory dealt by the paths requested, but along with the next one below they both need to be setup correctly.

If you are using the 2007 engine, I am pretty sure you gotta use the same build programs too, so make sure you get the right ones out of the bin. It should read 2007 in the path, highlighted area of the path...

[Black_Stormy]

The other one was loosely appropirate for the mod talk forum, but I think this one lies firmly in the hammer help forum > http://interlopers.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

[Freemans_Fanatic12]

The other one was loosely appropirate for the mod talk forum, but I think this one lies firmly in the hammer help forum > http://interlopers.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

True that, do I make a new one or ask an admin to move it?

[Gary]

Moved to Hammer help forum.

[Freemans_Fanatic12]

Epifire, I have set up my mod pretty much how yours is, except with 2007 directories.. My gameinfo.txt looks like yours too. How exactly did you edit episode two's gcf?

[Epifire]

Well that was done by my programming buddy Fishshapedfish so I can't shed as much light on that part. Not sure how all of our mod got working, but I think it was a combination of both.

[Freemans_Fanatic12]

Ok, thanks.