Thanks for looking into this, Taylor. I tried c:\"Program Files"\Steam, and that didn't work, but I've since re-installed it so I can't verify. It gave some sort of parsing/token error, I think when reading SteamApp.cfg.
-Charlie -- Charlie Cleveland Game programmer and designer http://www.natural-selection.org http://overmind.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:38 PM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Debugging under Steam > I've verified that it will work with spaces in the SteamInstallPath, > as long as the value is quoted, like > > SteamInstallPath = "c:\f o o\b a r" > > Is that still not working for you Charlie? > > Taylor > > -----Original Message----- > From: Taylor Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 3:07 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Debugging under Steam > > > Did you try using the shortened name (eg "progra~1")? I'll look into the > issue. > > Taylor > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Cleveland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Debugging under Steam > > > Oops, my build settings weren't quite right. A word of caution: I couldn't > get Steam to load in the debugger when using a directory with spaces in it > (ie, Program Files), even when I quoted it in SteamApp.cfg. I installed to > a directory without spaces and everything seems to be working fine now. I > very well could have had it set up wrong, but that's what I saw. > > -Charlie > -- > Charlie Cleveland > Game programmer and designer > http://www.natural-selection.org > http://overmind.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlie Cleveland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "hlcoder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:21 PM > Subject: [hlcoders] Debugging under Steam > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Hey all, > > I've done everything mentioned previously on this list, and I'm still unable > to debug NS under Steam. The game and map start to load, but then it > crashes somewhere in hl.exe. I re-installed Steam fresh and tried again > with the same results. > > > # - do at least one launch from the UI first to ensure the Minimum Footprint > files > # are present > # - leave the Steam UI running > # - copy this file into the App directory > # - fill out the following config parameters > # - copy Steam.dll into the App directory > # - run the app directly or through the debugger, with "-steam" on the > command line > > Here's the SteamApp.cfg I'm using: > -- > ############################################################################ > ## > # SteamApp.cfg > # > # Steam Client App configuration-override file > # > # This file is read by the Steam code in the Client > # Application, and controls configurable parameters that > # affect only that App. > # > # To be effective it must be placed in the App directory > # (for example, c:[EMAIL PROTECTED]). > # > ############################################################################ > ## > # > # Debug-launch settings > # > # Use these settings when you are running your application directly > # from your debugger (ie, not launching the App from the Steam UI) > # In such cases, you need to tell Steam which application > # you are running and the version you want to use. Each application has > # an ID number and each version of your application has a version ID number. > # You also need to indicate the username you are running Steam under. > # > # SteamInstallPath should point to the directory where the corresponding > Steam.exe > # resides > # > # To do a debug launch: > # > # - do at least one launch from the UI first to ensure the Minimum Footprint > files > # are present > # - leave the Steam UI running > # - copy this file into the App directory > # - fill out the following config parameters > # - copy Steam.dll into the App directory > # - run the app directly or through the debugger, with "-steam" on the > command line > # > # You may leave it setup and still do normal launches through the > # Steam UI. However, if you comment out the SteamInstallPath parameter, > # you must also REMOVE Steam.dll from the App directory, or else the > # launch will fail with "The local Steam service is not running". > SteamAppId=70 > SteamAppVersionId=0 > SteamInstallPath=D:\Games\Steam > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I'm using the following command-line: > -steam -dev -sw -console -game ns +map ns_bast -maxplayers 20 -port 27016 > +exec dev.cfg > > Anyone have any ideas here? Is anyone else debugging successfully in Steam? > > -Charlie > -- > Charlie Cleveland > Game programmer and designer > http://www.natural-selection.org > http://overmind.org > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
