halp ?

delete & reinstall innit

had this last night, was like wtf? after googling, simply restarted pc. worked, so try that first maybe.

i will try a restart, because the idea of losing all the maps and settings terrifies me.

you want 1 of these quad layer blu-ray writers

http://www.esreality.com/post/2820350/pioneer-bdr-209ebk/

£50 from ccl

http://www.cclonline.com/product/137166/BDR-2...GwodnW4EpA

if you can afford a quad layer disc, 40x dual layer dvd`s fit on 2 1/2 quad layer blu-rays, and they are what 4k movies will be sold on when in the shops

ok wtf
1069 win-x86 Jun 3 2016 16:09:18
----- FS_Startup -----
WARNING: Skipping workshop, ISteamUGC is NULL.
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live\baseq3\pak00.pk3 (0x15a37833 - 9285 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live\baseq3\bin.pk3 (0x7c1d0d5e - 5 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live/baseq3

----------------------
9290 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
Loading dll file qagame
==== ShutdownGame ====
Loading dll file cgame
couldn't exec qzconfig.cfg
couldn't exec repconfig.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
Steam Gameserver initialized.
Not recording a demo.
----- FS_Startup -----
WARNING: Skipping workshop, ISteamUGC is NULL.
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live\baseq3\pak00.pk3 (0x15a37833 - 9285 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live\baseq3\bin.pk3 (0x7c1d0d5e - 5 files)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake Live/baseq3

----------------------
9290 files in pk3 files
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
...detecting CPU, found Intel Pentium III

------- Input Initialization -------
joystick not found -- no valid joysticks (a5)
------------------------------------
167 arenas parsed
loaded factories from scripts/factories.txt, total 22
loaded 173 maps into the map pool
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
Failed to initialize Steam.


besides the " ISteamUGC is NULL.", i can't seem to find any error here. Steam is running fine, other games work. wtf is happening?

btw this is after deleting the local content (i.e uninstalling from steam) and re-downloading.

Maybe a workshop item you subbed? I had a similar problem with the kid's account in Garry's mod, had to keep unsubbing things one by one until it started again.

i .. kinda.. solved it.


apparently Steam has a bug that every time it self-updates, you need to run the .exe once as administrator (which is BS since this is a admin-only account).

i'm saying kinda solved because i tried every solution in google (this came from another game) first, including deleting local content .. which included my config.

i clearly remember from a couple years back, QL saved your config on "the cloud", but no - i have a totally virgin config, and i honestly do not feel like spending hours finding all the setting i had.

i'm calling it a day for now, maybe i'll be back next year.

QL had it's own cloud that stored cfg pre-steam. But they don't have any servers any more.

Steam has it's own cloud that would have saved your CFG if it was enabled, but the recomendation has been to disable that, especially if you have your own autoexec.cfg as it just makes it a pain if you ever want to reset to default.

Why is disabling Steam cloud sync always recommended? It would seem like a good idea that your config files were synced across all your devices (and also serving as a backup in case your computer died or something).

'as it just makes it a pain if you ever want to reset to default.'

it's just caused people problems with the cloud version overwriting what they wanted to be their settings. Manual management/backup just makes sure things should stay as you actually want them.

I see. I can imagine the cloud overwriting your recent changes can be quite infuriating...