I have also suffered from this error, is there any official word on a fix when running older servers with the newer steamcmd on the same box?
Joe On 15 Aug 2012 17:12, "Dan Offord" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're running this on windows, this will fix it without copying over > dll's / exe files :( > > reg delete HKCU\Software\Valve\Steam\ActiveProcess /f > > From what I can see, steamcmd is setting an ActiveProcess variable > everytime this is run for updating csgo/killingfloor, in turn forces a > SteamDLL value of: > C:\games\killingfloor\bin\steamclient.dll > > If you remove this value, all games will carry on working as normal (eg > Killing Floor will still load etc) > > Regards, > > Dan Offord > > Technical Systems Administrator > > Multiplay (UK) Ltd, Unit 7 Whitefield, Lepe Road, Blackfield > Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1XR > > Registered in England & Wales No. 3370594 > > Phone: +44 (0) 845 868 1337 | Direct: +44 (0) 56 000 36985 > Twitter: @liv3d | Skype: mpukliv3d > > > > On 15 August 2012 15:12, Chris | Immortal-Servers.com < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> i found a fix for this. >> >> download this and extract to the where the .exe is in the root of the game >> >> http://immortal-servers.com/**downloads/steam.rar<http://immortal-servers.com/downloads/steam.rar> >> >> it is steam files, i did this and works fine. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: G. Hutchinson >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 3:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Steam support library >> >> >> Ok this is getting annoying. Normally I am pretty good at figuring >> issues out and this one has been a thorn in my side for a month now. >> I had to break apart a RAID so as to swap out a drive going bad. Ever >> since then, I encounter the following (not always, but often enough to >> suck): >> >> L 08/15/2012 - 08:30:09: Initializing Steam libraries for secure >> Internet server >> L 08/15/2012 - 08:30:10: >> *********************************************************** >> L 08/15/2012 - 08:30:10: * Unable to load Steam support library.* >> L 08/15/2012 - 08:30:10: * This server will operate in LAN mode only.* >> L 08/15/2012 - 08:30:11: >> *********************************************************** >> >> Aside from installing the steam client on the server, which it had >> never been or had to be installed on prior to run the servers >> publicly. For some reason installing the client remedies the issue. >> But I notice sometimes it still fails occasionally. Un-installing and >> reinstalling and/or leaving installed the client seems to fix. ONLY >> that seems to fix it so far. My suspicion is somewhere there is a >> registry link bad in the OS (Windows server 08, R2) pertaining to >> hlds or such. >> >> - verify_all does nothing to help the situation, my cl startup is >> fine and it annoys me to have the steam client on the server to begin >> with. Again, from the initial setup I did not have to have it >> installed and it ran for years just fine without ever installing the >> client on the machine. Does anyone know a perm fix for this? Even >> deleting all steam references in registry has been to no avail, >> unless I missed some (searched Steam). Reinstalling hlds did not help >> to fix any possible broken registry links or such. I am tired of >> having to fire up and watch for this message I never had issue with >> before, only to see it on occasion and have to un-install and >> reinstall steam client... On a server... That should not have to have >> the client installed... Searching mailing list archives, the only >> remedy I have found is the installing of the client. This is not a >> fix, rather something that is circumventing a broken link somewhere >> in my opinion. >> >> It is not a firewall issue since that has not changed in years. >> it is not a command line issue, they have not changed in years. >> It is not a convar issue in any config, has not changed in years. >> is not a SM, MM issue, updated and runs fine. >> Reinstalling hlds did not help. >> Virgin instances of the servers does not help. >> Sometimes it happen after game server updates, sometimes after a >> machine reboot. >> >> Thanks, >> Hutch >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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