Host_error:IDLLFunctions::DLLInit returned false.

[Jack5500]

Hello,
I tried to setup a sever today. I downlaoded all the stuff I need, I think.

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hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "episodic"
hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "hl2mp"
hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "tf"
hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "orangebox" 
hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "Counter Strike Source" 
hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "hl2" 

-verify_all -retry

After downlaoding all this stuff (2 days). I tried to run the server.

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C:\server\orangebox\orangebox\srcds.exe -console -game obsidian -port 27015 -sv_lan 0 +map oc_lobby +maxplayers 8         

And it spitted out

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Host_error:IDLLFunctions::DLLInit returned false.

after the SOURCE DEDICATED SERVER console printed

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Console initialized.
ConVarRef mat_dxlevel doesn't point to an existing conVar
Game.dll loaded for "Obsidian Conflict"

[Shana]

hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "tf"

your problem, don't dl tf2, only the orangebox as they use different engine versions.

[Jack5500]

Deleting the tf folder only doesnt work I presume, right?

[Shana]

Deleting the "tf", "bin", "config", "platform", and "reslist" folder inside the "orangebox" folder as well as all other files in it and then re-downloading the orangebox may work.

[Jack5500]

I re-downloaded the orangebox content and it still doesn't work.
If I delete the hl2 folder inside of the orangebox folder it still spitts out the same error.(same for the console)

[TESLA-X4]

That error means that you're trying to start the server with the wrong set of Source engine binaries (i.e. the stuff in the 'orangebox/bin' folder). A while back, Valve forked the Orangebox engine, mods (Garry's Mod excluded) run on the older fork (now known as Source 2007), while official Valve games run on what's now called Source 2009. You can get the proper set of engine binaries for OC by deleting the whole 'orangebox/bin' folder, then running

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hldsupdatetool -command update -dir C:\server\orangebox -game "orangebox"

Or you could take the lazy way out and just grab them here instead, Valve hasn't released any updates for Source SDK Base 2007 in ages anyway.

[CondusMundus]

Did any of these solutions work? I'm having the same problem and can't seem to solve it.

[Neico]

don't use "episodic" either as this is the 2006 source engine

and you're missing the rest of the setup, read this: http://wiki.obsidianconflict.net/?title ... rver_Setup