Re: [hlds] Failed to load the launcher DLL: (null)

2013, 20:00 Subject: Re: [hlds] Failed to load the launcher DLL: (null) I doubt Valve would start requiring SSE2 to gain in the performance dept and then just roll it back at a later date. If you expect all old hardware to keep running new applications for all time, you're going to be sorely

[hlds] Failed to load the launcher DLL: (null)

I just got this error when trying to run my test servers (CS:S/TF2) which are installed on an old P3 machine. It seems that since one of the recent updates the game client as well as SrcDS are being compiled to require SSE2 and hence no longer launch on older systems. There are discussions on

Re: [hlds] Failed to load the launcher DLL: (null)

I doubt Valve would start requiring SSE2 to gain in the performance dept and then just roll it back at a later date. If you expect all old hardware to keep running new applications for all time, you're going to be sorely disappointed. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Dominik Friedrichs