Okay, since ShouldBeNew posted his problem, I'll post mine. I can't make shortcuts for Half-Life, not even for Team Fortress Classic. I create a shortcut for "hl.exe", right click on it, and type "-game tfc" to have a shortcut for Team Fortress Classic or any other mod. It doesn't work. When I click on it, it opens correctly, but when I press a button (any button, "Options" or "Find Servers" for example) it becomes stuck. I have created batch files for all the official Valve games and they work correctly but I'd like to know if there is anyway to fix this shortcut problem?
Just writing "-game" is not going to make that work.
Bassiclly it must be something like this if you don't have:
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Quote from: Elitesse on July 19, 2014, 07:52:47 AM
I create a shortcut for "hl.exe", right click on it, and type "-game tfc" to have a shortcut for Team Fortress Classic or any other mod. It doesn't work. When I click on it, it opens correctly, but when I press a button (any button, "Options" or "Find Servers" for example) it becomes stuck.
Maybe you should read this part again...?
Try adding "-steam"
If that doesn't work then keep using .bat
It doesn't really matter if you use .bat or .exe
Ok I will try adding the -steam parameter, never heard of it! I'd continue using batch files, but I don't know how to make them. Those batch files were already included in my download for every GoldSrc game, but I don't know how to make them for mods. Fortunately, there is a button called "Change Game" in Half-Life where I can start a mod, otherwise I couldn't even play some mods!
Nah didn't work. I have a serious problem then! But it's not a really big problem anyway. I still have batch files for every Valve game and I can start up mods by clicking "Change Game" in Half-Life.
Would be no problem if you had the game on steam.
Give me the money and I'll gladly buy the game on Steam!
Quote from: Elitesse on July 20, 2014, 03:19:36 PM
Give me the money and I'll gladly buy the game on Steam!
stop begging for handouts, this is an easy way to get a permanent ban that will never be lifted.
Quote from: p0izon on July 20, 2014, 02:04:19 PM
Would be no problem if you had the game on steam.
$5.00?
Quote from: Rand on July 20, 2014, 05:10:37 PM
Quote from: p0izon on July 20, 2014, 02:04:19 PM
Would be no problem if you had the game on steam.
$5.00?
Some people just can't break the bank apparently =/
First of all, I don't even have 1 $. Second, Master, I'm not asking for an "handout", I'm not interested in having the Steam version of the game. I just replied to Poizon saying that I will buy the game in Steam only if someone gives me the money and that his advice wasn't very helpful!
My advice would solve your problem instantly, how is that not helpful?
OK because everyone is so lazy to make a .bat file i will show you!
As far as i remember it goes like this:
1. Open Notepad
2. Write: hl.exe -game tfc
3. Save as TFC.bat
4. Now move it to C:/Sierra or somewhere. Don't move it into the mod you will use but there where it has folders of mods.
5. Launch it and the Batch file should work!
Poizon, it wasn't helpful because I will NEVER buy the game and because of this the advice wasn't helpful! And thanks for the instructions to make a batch file, it works now, everything was fixed! Thanks! Close this thread if you want.
Quote from: Elitesse on July 21, 2014, 08:03:51 AM
Poizon, it wasn't helpful because I will NEVER buy the game and because of this the advice wasn't helpful!
Wow, just wow.
Uh, what's so surprising?
Not really surprising. Just that someone that seemingly has so much time on their hands does not have the access to $5 to buy HL/TFC that they play so much.
Well, I would helped because I know how to program batch files (.bat), if someone needs a batch file don't doubt and send me a PM!
Anyways, I see the trouble was solved.
I don't have any money because I don't have a job (I'm too young, still in School), I can still ask for money to my parents but I will never do that simply because I'm a Linux user, I use Windows for games, and I was surprised when discovering that everything in the Linux community is FREE, Open-Source, without any copyright, and after reading something about the copyleft, GPL, free software and stuff like that I have decided that I will NEVER buy software anymore. But I won't hurt Valve, don't worry, they don't need my 5 $!
Why are you guys still posting here when i fixed the problem? Admin pls lock.
For me, it's that: "C:\Program Files\Team Fortress Classic\hl.exe" -game tfc
That example for create a shortcut as me:
1) Go to the folder where the hl.exe is
2) Create a shortcut of hl.exe
3) Write -game tfc after C:/...../hl.exe in Property (if it's that for english windows version, I have in French)>Shortcut>Target.
4) Change the name and the icon of the shortcut
5) Move the shortcut in your desktop
6) Enjoy