*****n' steam!!!
 

Alright, I'm just after re-installing windows and now steam.

When I want to debug with steam I make a SteamApp.cfg in half-life folder with ..

SteamAppId=70
SteamAppVersionId=0
SteamInstallPath="C:\Program Files\Steam"
SteamAppUser="<email>"

And copy the Steam.dll from Steam folder to hallf-life folder

Now this used to work before.. now it doesn't.

When I have steamapp.cfg and steam.dll in half-life folder I get

"the local steam service is not running" (even tho it IS) and it quits

When I have only the steam.dll file in half-life and not the SteamApp.cfg then it says the same as above...

When I have steamapp.cfg and NO steam.dll in half-life folder I get "couldn't load gfx.wad" and quits

When I have nothing in it at all I get the same as above.

And, Yes I DO have "-steam" on my command line

PS : I have a feeling it's not even reading SteamApp.cfg :( I've put many syntx errors into it and it doesn't show an error message with the syntax error in the file which what it SHOULD do.

AHHHH! :D Help.... :(

*****'n Windows!!!
 

*****'n Windows!!!

Let this be a lesson... ALWAYS disable the silly "Hide file names for known types" option in folder options.. I usually do, but forgot after re-installing windows.

my Steamapp.cfg had a name like "SteamApp.txt.cfg" But all I could see was "SteamApp.cfg" Making me REALLY confused.... 8D and obviously its name isn't exactly SteamApp.cfg so it wouldn't read the thing.!

Re: *****n' steam!!!
 

theres two easy ways of preventing that, in notepad anyway.

1. Save as "SteamApp.cfg" (w/o the ") with filetype: All Files
2. Save as "SteamApp.cfg" with the quotes.

Re: *****n' steam!!!
 

Heh, what I did was to right click on the folder area and select "new -> notepad file" and renamed it to SteamApp.cfg which made it "SteamApp.txt.cfg" 8)

Re: *****n' steam!!!
 

well, we all make mistakes. Hmm, wonder if theres any way of adding "HL config file" to the new file list?