Mounting multiple games
This code extends the Orange Box's AdditionalContentId system to support mounting three or more SteamApps. It can be used with the Ep1 codebase too.
Warning:Your mod will run regardless of whether or not the user owns the game that you mount content for. If the game isn't owned the content will not be mounted, and error signs will appear everywhere instead!
Tip:If you want to hardcode mounting, the important function is filesystem->MountSteamContent( int -Id ). Yes, you need to negate the number.Client (cdll_client_init.cpp)
Search for the MountAdditionalContent() function. If you don't have it, just add it right above CHLClient::Init.
This is the code:
static void MountAdditionalContent()
{
KeyValues *pMainFile, *pExtraContent, *pContentKey;
bool bKVHack = true;
int nExtraContentId;
pMainFile = new KeyValues( "gameinfo.txt" );
if ( pMainFile->LoadFromFile( filesystem, VarArgs("%s/gameinfo.txt", engine->GetGameDirectory()), "MOD" ) )
{
pExtraContent = pMainFile->FindKey( "FileSystem" );
if ( pExtraContent )
{
pExtraContent = pExtraContent->FindKey( "AdditionalContentId" );
if ( pExtraContent )
{
pContentKey = pExtraContent->GetFirstSubKey();
if ( pContentKey )
{
do {
//HACK: key and value cannot be accesed uniformly
if( bKVHack )
nExtraContentId = V_atoi( pContentKey->GetName() );
else
nExtraContentId = pContentKey->GetInt();
if ( nExtraContentId == 0 )
{
if( !bKVHack && !pContentKey->GetNextKey() )
{
//the KeyValues will have been complaining about a missing key
Msg( "(Client) Dear user, this code has detected, that you've received one KeyValues Error in the console. Do not worry about it.\n" );
break;
}
Warning( "(Client) Extra content appId \'%s\' is no integer\n", bKVHack ? pContentKey->GetName() : pContentKey->GetString() );
}
else if ( nExtraContentId == INT_MAX || nExtraContentId == INT_MIN )
Warning( "(Client) Extra content appId \'%s\' is out of range\n", bKVHack ? pContentKey->GetName() : pContentKey->GetString() );
else if ( filesystem->MountSteamContent( -abs( nExtraContentId ) ) != FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_OK )
Warning( "(Client) Unable to mount extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
else
DevMsg( "(Client) Successfully mounted extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
//HACK
if( bKVHack ) {
bKVHack = false;
continue;
}
else
bKVHack = true;
pContentKey = pContentKey->GetNextKey();
} while( pContentKey );
}
else
{
nExtraContentId = pExtraContent->GetInt();
if ( !nExtraContentId )
Warning( "(Client) AdditionalContentId specified with invalid appId: %s\n", pExtraContent->GetString() );
else if ( filesystem->MountSteamContent( -abs( nExtraContentId ) ) != FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_OK )
Warning( "(Client) Unable to mount extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
else
DevMsg( "(Client) Successfully mounted extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
}
}
}
}
pMainFile->deleteThis();
}
If you did not have this function before, then call this function in CHLClient::Init right before
if ( CommandLine()->FindParm( "-textmode" ) )
g_bTextMode = true;
Server (gameinterface.cpp)
Again, search for the function "static void MountAdditionalContent()" and if you don't have it, just add it right above CServerGameDLL::DLLInit.
This is the code:
static void MountAdditionalContent()
{
KeyValues *pMainFile, *pExtraContent, *pContentKey;
bool bFileFound, bKVHack = true;
int nExtraContentId;
char gamePath[256];
engine->GetGameDir( gamePath, 256 );
Q_StripTrailingSlash( gamePath );
pMainFile = new KeyValues( "gameinfo.txt" );
//On linux because of case sensitiviy we need to check for both.
#ifdef _LINUX
bFileFound = pMainFile->LoadFromFile( filesystem, UTIL_VarArgs("%s/GameInfo.txt", gamePath), "MOD" );
if ( !bFileFound )
#endif
bFileFound = pMainFile->LoadFromFile( filesystem, UTIL_VarArgs("%s/gameinfo.txt", gamePath), "MOD" );
if ( bFileFound )
{
pExtraContent = pMainFile->FindKey( "FileSystem" );
if ( pExtraContent )
{
pExtraContent = pExtraContent->FindKey( "AdditionalContentId" );
if ( pExtraContent )
{
pContentKey = pExtraContent->GetFirstSubKey();
if ( pContentKey )
{
do {
//HACK: key and value cannot be accesed uniformly
if( bKVHack )
nExtraContentId = V_atoi( pContentKey->GetName() );
else
nExtraContentId = pContentKey->GetInt();
if ( nExtraContentId == 0 )
{
if( !bKVHack && !pContentKey->GetNextKey() )
{
//the KeyValues will have been complaining about a missing key
Msg( "(Server) Dear user, this code has detected, that you've received one KeyValues Error in the console. Do not worry about it.\n" );
break;
}
Warning( "(Server) Extra content appId \'%s\' is no integer\n", bKVHack ? pContentKey->GetName() : pContentKey->GetString() );
}
else if ( nExtraContentId == INT_MAX || nExtraContentId == INT_MIN )
Warning( "(Server) Extra content appId \'%s\' is out of range\n", bKVHack ? pContentKey->GetName() : pContentKey->GetString() );
else if ( filesystem->MountSteamContent( -abs( nExtraContentId ) ) != FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_OK )
Warning( "(Server) Unable to mount extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
else
DevMsg( "(Server) Successfully mounted extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
//HACK
if( bKVHack ) {
bKVHack = false;
continue;
}
else
bKVHack = true;
pContentKey = pContentKey->GetNextKey();
} while( pContentKey );
}
else
{
nExtraContentId = pExtraContent->GetInt();
if ( nExtraContentId == 0 )
Warning( "(Server) AdditionalContentId specified with invalid appId: %s\n", pExtraContent->GetString() );
else if ( filesystem->MountSteamContent( -abs( nExtraContentId ) ) != FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_OK )
Warning( "(Server) Unable to mount extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
else
DevMsg( "(Server) Successfully mounted extra content with appId: %i\n", nExtraContentId );
}
}
}
}
pMainFile->deleteThis();
}
If you did not have this function before, then call this function in CServerGameDLL::DLLInit right before gpGlobals = pGlobals;.
Implementing in gameinfo.txt
Now you can mount content by adding this after the ToolsAppId:
AdditionalContentId
{
220 //HL2
240 //CS Source
280 //HL Source
320 //HL2 Deatmatch
340 //HL2 Lost Coast
360 //HL Deathmatch: Source
380 //Ep1
400 //Portal
420 //Ep2
440 //TF2
500 // L4D - has content incompatibilities!
550 // L4D2 - as above!
}
Don't forget to add the game's SearchPath too. Mounting a single id (AdditionalContentId 220) is still supported.
Bugs
Really big numbers will crash the game with an Error-Dialog by Valve. You could check if the value is within a certain range to stop this from happening, but I think the user will get by himself that this value cannot be mounted.
A KeyValues-error will appear in the console when you mount an uneven number of games. Nope, neither me (z33ky) or Valve think it's unlucky to do that (or maybe I do..!), it's rather that the KeyValues-class will expect a value, when there is none left. You can fix this by modifying KeyValues::RecursiveLoadFromBuffer in tier1/KeyValues.cpp, compiling a new tier1.lib and link against that. You can either silently ignore that error (which means that it will be ignored for other KeyValues-buffers as well!) or think of how to ignore that error properly.
An alternative is to load the file contents into a buffer yourself, checking that out and cheating another value in, so the KeyValues-parser is happy when you then do LoadFromBuffer.
I (z33ky) decided not to do that so I don't have to merge that code and compile a new tier1.lib or copy it over when I port my code to an updated SDK version. And I found the alternative too messy for this little draw-back; it's probably the better way to go if you really don't want that error to show up though. Currently, the code simply tells the user not to worry about it.
Confirm:filesystem->MountSteamContent returns FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_OK, even if the content is not available. There's nothing you can do about it, apart from poking some guy from Valvesoftware.