Fatal error...Help?

[larose]

Well when ever i try to open the source sdk or hammer by its self a fatal eror message pops up saying something about repairing a cache file...if someone could help me up that would be awesome ...like in plain dummy language so i can understand...cause i never used this program much before so i need some detailed instructions...thanks!

some guy was talking about hiding files lord of the rings style but i didnt understand that...

Heres a picture of the fatal error

http://tinypic.com/pt4wj

 

[larose]

Can anyone please help me!??

 

[DweezilX]

I had the same problem about 2 or 3 weeks ago. Here's what you can do:
1) Backup all your stuff, then delete the sdk (right click on it in play games...delete local content) then delete the sourcesdk directory. This is what I did and it worked.
2) Much easier way is to validate the sdk cache files. Do this by clicking on this link with steam open: steam://validate/211

Good luck bro

Dweez

 

[larose]

Thanks a lot man...Trying it now

 

[larose]

Well number two..the steam validate thing that didnt work






so about number one which files do i backup?...and do i put them back in?...cause i didnt even get a chance to start making maps..it does that on the first time i open it.

 

[DweezilX]

If you haven't made any maps or anything then you don't have to backup anything. Just delete the whole sourcesdk directory it's in your steamid directory (i.e. where the halflife2 and counterstrike source directories are)

 

[larose]

alright....i did the delete sdk thing twice ...once where i went to delete game content then deleted the rest of the files....thei i just deteled the whole file...either of them work...so now i deleted and doing the validate....if this doesnt work there is seriously no hope for me to be making maps... :|

 

[larose]

nope....nothing ....this is ****ing pissing me off so bad...i could kill it.
:flame: :flame:

 

[larose]

Anything else?

 

[DweezilX]

Sorry dude that's what I did and it worked for me. I'm all out of ideas.

 

[larose]

well thanks for you help.

 

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