WONT SHOW UP ON STEAM GAMES!!!!

nick15577 · Post by **nick15577** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:54 am

hi i was very excited when i saw this game and wanted to play it but when i install the version 1.1 full it wont show up on my steam games i have hl2 installed and this is the file destination valve/steam/steamapps/sourcemods thats it too lazy to include the stuff infront of it but can anyone help me

Tofu · Post by **Tofu** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:59 am

Make sure that the path is set correctly when you're installing the mod. It doesn't autodetect your SourceMods folder so most people need to set it themselves.

Also, you need to restart steam after you've installed it for the game to appear on the list.

Scrap · Post by **Scrap** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:37 am

do you have half life 2 deathmatch installed?

nick15577 · Post by **nick15577** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:50 am

i did restart steam and i do have hl2dm and when i go to steamapps i cant find hl2 can someone tell me the whole thing of the file destination because i might be missing something

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:00 am

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\SOURCEMODS
make sure obsidian is there!

[JSC][GU]PREDATOR · Post by **[JSC][GU]PREDATOR** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:36 am

your missing the valve folder.

Tofu · Post by **Tofu** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:47 am

Not every steam install uses a valve folder. I know mine doesn't.

No idea why that's the case though. :/

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:59 am

I unno,. I installed it into my steam folder. really? why have the valve folder it just adds something that you wil never use. what else could possible go into the vlave folder by deafult?
not the retail half life that's for sure. that goes into the sierra folder.

jackhammer · Post by **jackhammer** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:52 pm

If it still hasnt appeared you can always make a shortcut from your hl2 exe and then change the target to read something like mine."C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 220 -game "c:\program files\valve\steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\obsidian" for some reason it didnt appear in my steam at first even after reboots but now its there, but the shortcut works just as well.

BOB · Post by **BOB** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:48 am

Mine doesn't go in A steam folder or a Valve folder. It goes in a Veritas Software folder. :/

Vasili · Post by **Vasili** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:22 pm

BOB wrote:Mine doesn't go in A steam folder or a Valve folder. It goes in a Veritas Software folder. :/

What the..

Tuskin · Post by **Tuskin** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:45 pm

Vasili wrote:
BOB wrote:Mine doesn't go in A steam folder or a Valve folder. It goes in a Veritas Software folder. :/
What the..

What he said WTF diod you have Steam and HL2 installed?

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:13 pm

Steam install path changed at one point, and I think retail install is different as well.

nefarious · Post by **nefarious** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:35 am

skidz wrote:Steam install path changed at one point, and I think retail install is different as well.

Yeah on one computer I have C:\Program Files\Steam
On another I have Valve

[JSC][GU]PREDATOR · Post by **[JSC][GU]PREDATOR** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:25 am

Someone should make a sticky explaining because lots of people have been asking this question.