Mod is not starting

[Deadlycurse]

Hello guys,

I downloaden a couple of mods like Bullysource, Radiator handle with care, and Garrys mod 9. But when I start one of these mods it just starts Half life 2 or Half life 2 episode 2. I extracted these mods into the sourcemod folder of steam so that would not be te problem I guess. DOes anyone have a solution?

DC

 

[Hectic Glenn]

How are you trying to start the mods? Once you paste the mod folder into your Sourcemods folder, you need to restart Steam. You'll find the mod name in your 'My Games' list as the actual mod name. You don't launch mods by launching Half-life 2 or Episode 2, is that what you're doing?

 

[Deadlycurse]

Thanks for the advice but thats not the problem en thats why I find this weird to. I have restarted steam, I have the mods in my gamelist and I have installed mods before. When I click on the garrys Mod 9 and click play, it just says, starting half life 2, and then it does. When I try to start Radiator Handle With care, it starts half life 2 episode 2. It is kinda weird and I dont have any solution to this.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Do you have any special launch options set for those games? I'm thinking perhaps something like that could cause it to launch the wrong game. Also try deleting hl2.exe and letting Steam reacquire the file.

 

[Deadlycurse]

I personally have not set any special parameters, also I have deleted the hl2.exe but it still redirects to half life 2. I did use halfe life dj, but that shouldn't really matter right?

Also I have noticed the official mods like zombie panic source, or zombie master, the ones you can get from steam, don't have this problem.

Any other thaughts?

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Hmmm it's a strange one, I'm trying to think of what could cause it. Do you have two Steam directories by any chance? Some people get one at Program files/Steam some people have Program files/Valve/Steam, you need to ensure the Sourcemods folder you put your mods into is the same one your Half-life 2 and Ep 2 game content files are also linked to. e.g. the steamapps folder in the same folder as Sourcemods.