I am having the same exact problem launching externally with -game, and havent figured it out so far. In the mean time I just added -allowdebug -dev to the launch options in steam and created a desktop shortcut. it sucks because you have to manually attach every debug session in the meantime ..
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Giancarlo Rivas <giaym.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I dusted off an old project and got it running last week, I got it to > run from steam itself with release dlls, from vs2005's debug run as a listen > server (hl2.exe) with both types of dlls, and from vs2005's debug run as a > dedicated server which I had just installed using steamcmd, i finished this > about tuesday, I think there was a "this game needs to be converted to the > new format" thing with source sdk in the meantime, or around that time, > din't pay much attention. > > Today I tried to run debug mode from vs2005 and was told the > <username>/source sdk base folder no longer existed, and found it at common. > The mod was now missing some script files which I copied from the sdk folder > just to get done with it, and got it to launch... to a black screen (I coud > hear the main menu bgm and options onhover sounds, but the screen's just > black). > > Running from steam wasn't better, the SRCDS wasn't reporting errors though > but its a separate install. Googling gave me a lot of noise, but I managed > to get the game to run again without complaining about missing files, from > Steam, not vs2005, which still has a black screen going and missing file > reports. > > Did anyone have this issue and know a way to fix it? I have already set all > my source games to Steampipe beta. My debug config is: >> C:\Steam\SteamApps\common\source sdk base\hl2.exe >> -allowdebug -dev -sw -game "C:\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\mymod" >> C:\Steam\steamapps\common\source sdk base > > My gameinfo has this data in the correct places: > SteamAppId 215 > ToolsAppId 211 > Game |gameinfo_path|. > Game hl2mp > Game hl2 > > Im not sure how to see what steam is executing when I launch the mod from > within it since that's apparently working, when I do create shortcut it has > a steam url instead of a exe command. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
