Difficulties installing some games

[colosseumservers]

We are having difficulties in installing several games. We tried using the hldsupdatetool procedure but failed. How do we go about this?

Call of Duty 4 (5.3 GB)
HL1 (GoldSrc)-based games (1.5 GB)
Left4Dead2 (7.9 GB)
Left4Dead (3.5 GB)
Source and Orangebox-based games (6.3 GB)

[Edge100x]

Post-install on an unmanaged Windows VDS, you should be able to install all but CoD4 through HLDSupdatetool with commands like these:

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cd\game installs
mkdir sourcebase
mkdir hldsbase
mkdir l4dbase
mkdir l4d2base
hldsupdatetool -command update -game tf -dir sourcebase
hldsupdatetool -command update -game "Counter-strike source" -dir sourcebase
hldsupdatetool -command update -game cstrike -dir hldsbase
hldsupdatetool -command update -game l4d_full -command update
hldsupdatetool -command update -game left4dead2 -command update

This would give you TF2 and CS:S in c:\Game installs\sourcebase\orangebox, CS 1.6 in c:\Game installs\hldsbase, Left4Dead in c:\Game installs\l4dbase\l4d, and Left4Dead2 in c:\Game installs\l4d2base\left4dead2. If you need other games, this command will show you a list of what can be downloaded:

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hldsupdatetool -command list

If you want to install Garrysmod or a 3rd-party mod, note that they won't coexist with TF2/CS:S/HL2MP/DODS in the same folder, and would need to be installed with a different "-dir" option.

For CoD4, you'd need to upload your full client folder to the server. Alternately, you could install the Steam client on your server, and download through that.

[colosseumservers]

I put those codes in a file and saved it as bat. but it doesn't do anything.

[Edge100x]

It would be best to run these by typing them in. Go to Start->Run->cmd.exe and then enter them at the command line that pops up.

[colosseumservers]

So far it has created the directories in c:/game installs. However when I tried to exec command "c:\game installs>hldsupdatetool -command update -game tf -dir sourcebase, it says

connection reset, winsock error 10054 "connection reset by peer"

[Edge100x]

It's normal for it to say that, but after it downloads a number of files. Did it download the files?

[colosseumservers]

No. It doesn't download the files. Can you have a staff to take a look at this and attempt to download it?

[Orophin]

I'm having the same problem with my VPS.
Not sure why, but I looked all over the place and couldn't find any appropriate solution.

Any help?

[Orophin]

This may help:
http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/12189

Maybe not, I'unno. Depends.

[Edge100x]

Please post the full output that you are seeing here. To do this, right-click on the command prompt window's title bar and select Edit->Select all, then hit enter. This copies it to the clipboard, and you can paste it into your post.

[Orophin]

I managed to fix it... Somehow.

I put the hldsupdatetool directly into C:\ instead of where it was by default on install, and it works now. I'm confused, but eh... I'm happy!

[rustydusty1717]

HLDS doesn't like sub directories. I've always placed it in the main drive.

[Edge100x]

I have always put it in a subdirectory and it has always worked fine for me, so this is a bit of a mystery. The only immediate guess that I have is that it now doesn't like the " " in "Game installs", but if so, this would have to be a new bug, as it worked properly when I tested it previously.

[colosseumservers]

Still not working for me

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C:\tf2>HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game tf -dir "c:\tf2" -verify_all -re
try
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Connection Reset, WinSock Error 10054 "Connection reset by peer"

C:\tf2>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

[Edge100x]

Please try deleting the ClientRegistry.blob file in your "c:\game installs" folder, as this may help. Also, you might try re-downloading the hldsupdatetool from here: http://storefront.steampowered.com/down ... tetool.exe