Commentary Editor Fix for Alien Swarm

← Commentary Editor

This short tutorial will help anyone that wants to utilize the Commentary Editor in Alien Swarm. You can find the following files in the Source SDK 2013 (SP or MP).

List of Missing .res files

• Resource/commentarydialog.res
• Resource/CommentaryExplanationDialog.res
• Resource/commentarynodebrowserpanel.res
• Resource/commentarypropertiespanel.res
• Resource/commentarypropertiessubpanel_node.res
• Resource/commentarypropertiessubpanel_target.res

List of Missing Localization files

• Resource/boxrocket_english.txt
• Resource/toolcommedit_english.txt

Copying the files

Install Source SDK 2013 (Singleplayer or Multiplayer), after that, go to Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer\hl2 (or Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer\hl2), copy the above files, move the extracted files into C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\swarm\resource.

The UI will show correctly after the fix.