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Setting the game directory

I have a fully compiled and working copy of Source SDK Base 2013 running and i have been asking this question for ages but how do you change the game directory name from "hl2" to something else and get it to launch the game correctly?

Techgames101 (talk) 00:48, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

I've never done anything with 2013, so somebody else probably has a better solution. I just got it to work by doing this:

• Change every instance of "hl2" in hl2's gameinfo.txt to "test".
• Rename the hl2 folder from "hl2" to "test".
• Add -game test in the launch parameters.

The only issue I noticed in the first map (d1_trainstation_01) was missing chapter titles. Pinsplash (talk) 01:09, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Please don't listen to this guy above, he is horridly incorrect.

Do not edit hl2's gameinfo, it will not help you. If you need to change your mod title/appid/etc to your own, check in your OWN gameinfo.txt.

Do not change every reference of hl2 in the gameinfo to test as you need to mount hl2 VPKs.

I'd recommend copying the mod_hl2 folder to test instead of replacing it, for easy access if you need reference to stuff you changed.

-game test is 50% correct. You need to either launch the base with -game "C:\PathToMyMod\test" OR you can symlink your game folder to the sourcemods folder in Steam

Re: chapter titles, you need to go into mymod/resource, and rename hl2_language.txt (where language can be any language) to mymod_language.txt (where mymod is the name of your mod) OR you can load hl2's language files manually in your mod source code, which may be cleaner (that's what I do.)

Getting real sick of your shitty, uninformed contributions, Pinsplash. - JoshuaAshton (talk) 03:04, 8 August 2018 (UTC)