Creating a map

[thingshappen]

If you've pirated it, there's no help for you here.

[Soul-Chicken]

[pups]

lol, i dont know where it came from, it was my brothers but he's moved out, so..i dunno

[pups]

ok, so after much deliberation and a trip to the games store, i have managed to procure a LEGIT copy of Half life2 and i downloaded source SDK and im building a map. BUT when it comes to compiling it to test it, i get this error.


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" "C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\maps\basic"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (May 19 2009)
2 threads
Can't create LogFile:"C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\maps\basic.log"


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" "C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\maps\basic"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (May 19 2009)
Can't create LogFile:"c:\program files\valve hammer editor\maps\basic.log"


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters:  -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" "C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\maps\basic"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (May 19 2009)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
2 threads
Can't create LogFile:"c:\program files\valve hammer editor\maps\basic.log"


** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Valve Hammer Editor\maps\basic.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\maps\basic.bsp"

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
  "The system cannot find the file specified."


anyone help me decipher what it means?
cheers.

[Donkie]

You really dont need to say same thing in 2 topics.

[Soul-Chicken]

** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\pups466\half-life 2 episode two\ep2"

Do you Own Ep2?

[pups]

hey 'soulchicken'
yep i bought the orange box so i should have all the half-life2 expansions right? including ep2.

[Donkie]

Yeah, you should. But for them to work in hammer, you need to have played them atleast one time each.

[pups]

hey, got it fixed!
thanks a lot for the help, much appreciated.

[Soul-Chicken]

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