(I think I'm onto something) SMOD just shit itself

[PaiCrai]

So I downloaded SMOD Tactical because the one I'd saved on my flashdrive had apparently become corrupt according to Winrar, put in the Steampipe fix and started playing. At first I noticed a few wrong things: The knife didn't make sounds, friendly NPCs didn't interact with me, and some weird lag spikes. I stopped playing after like 10 minutes because I got stuck at the part where you meet the Vortigaunt and the citizen in the train car because they did nothing. I started it up again today to find that lots of things were great big "ERROR"s and v_models missing, including previously mentioned errors. I installed all HL 2 games including deathmatch, CS:S and CS:GO, and also Portal and DoD:S for safety. I don't need to update them, because they were Steampipe when I download them.

now wtf dose i do gyze

[Comrade]

So I downloaded SMOD Tactical because the one I'd saved on my flashdrive had apparently become corrupt according to Winrar, put in the Steampipe fix and started playing. At first I noticed a few wrong things: The knife didn't make sounds, friendly NPCs didn't interact with me, and some weird lag spikes. I stopped playing after like 10 minutes because I got stuck at the part where you meet the Vortigaunt and the citizen in the train car because they did nothing. I started it up again today to find that lots of things were great big "ERROR"s and v_models missing, including previously mentioned errors. I installed all HL 2 games including deathmatch, CS:S and CS:GO, and also Portal and DoD:S for safety. I don't need to update them, because they were Steampipe when I download them.

now wtf dose i do gyze

Try to run SMOD Tactical without the SteamPipe fix.
Chances are you don't have Source SDK Base 2006 installed.

[Comrade]

It's actually pretty funny how I can run SMOD without owning HL2 with no problems at all, and you guys have HL2 and shit and still have more problems than me. It should be the reverse.
Try to check if ai_norebuildgraph is set to 0. If it is, set it to 1 (if there are no nodegraphs for a map, the game is going to rebuild them, but you will get rid of NPC's doing nothing)

[PaiCrai]

stuff

I have Source SDK 2006 installed.

[Comrade]

stuff

I have Source SDK 2006 installed.

Then extract HL2 VPK's into the SMOD Tactical folder, that just has to work.
Keep in mind that some of the maps will crash your game, they're made for the newer version of the engine.

[Troggy Hordesman]

Antivirus, you probably should avoid talking "arrr" lest you want to walk the plank.

[Comrade]

...what did I say wrong?

[IronCore]

Hehe mind will never be broken of bugged out coz I made a smod+variants standalone. Steam/valve can't touch my smods anymore 

[PaiCrai]

stuff

I have Source SDK 2006 installed.

Then extract HL2 VPK's into the SMOD Tactical folder, that just has to work.
Keep in mind that some of the maps will crash your game, they're made for the newer version of the engine.

I moved all the HL2 VPK files into the SMOD T folder, it didn't do much. Uninstalling the fix worked, though.

BUT! The custom maps are all checkerboards and wireframes... Grenades are big "ERROR" signs that immediately stick to NPCs and kill them, some weapons don't start with ammo etc. What the fuck is happening?

[Comrade]

stuff

I have Source SDK 2006 installed.

Then extract HL2 VPK's into the SMOD Tactical folder, that just has to work.
Keep in mind that some of the maps will crash your game, they're made for the newer version of the engine.

I moved all the HL2 VPK files into the SMOD T folder, it didn't do much. Uninstalling the fix worked, though.

BUT! The custom maps are all checkerboards and wireframes... Grenades are big "ERROR" signs that immediately stick to NPCs and kill them, some weapons don't start with ammo etc. What the fuck is happening?

I think SMOD doesn't load CSS files.
Which means that you have to install the SteamPipe fix, but only fix CSS mounts. Which means that you have to leave HL2 mounts alone.

[PaiCrai]

stuff

I have Source SDK 2006 installed.

Then extract HL2 VPK's into the SMOD Tactical folder, that just has to work.
Keep in mind that some of the maps will crash your game, they're made for the newer version of the engine.

I moved all the HL2 VPK files into the SMOD T folder, it didn't do much. Uninstalling the fix worked, though.

BUT! The custom maps are all checkerboards and wireframes... Grenades are big "ERROR" signs that immediately stick to NPCs and kill them, some weapons don't start with ammo etc. What the fuck is happening?

I think SMOD doesn't load CSS files.
Which means that you have to install the SteamPipe fix, but only fix CSS mounts. Which means that you have to leave HL2 mounts alone.

Did nothing.

[Comrade]

Umm... then I'm out of ideas.
You could try to extract the CSS VPK's into SMOD. Same method.

[PaiCrai]

Umm... then I'm out of ideas.
You could try to extract the CSS VPK's into SMOD. Same method.

Doesn't work either. I might just have fucked up the gameinfo and addcontents thing, I don't know.

[PaiCrai]

[Comrade]

umm... wtf is that
I had the same issues once, never solved them. Sorry, I really can't help you at all.