ESF not installing properly?

[ShY]

Iv installed esf to my HL folder where i keep all of my HL mods but esf doesnt seem to work. It doesnt even come up as a game in my custom game list when i run HL or cs.

When i try running the esf shortcut on my desktop I get a message saying my hl.exe was moved or whatnot but its where it should be..rigth in my Sierra\hl folder.

After fixing the properties of the shortcut I can get HL to pop up. It says everything that esf should say but i ts running in HL. Like next to multiplayer it says play ESF online but its all under the HL interface. And when I go to create games I get all HL maps no esf maps. Same as with controls.

I dont know if i made the properties right but right now it reads: Target: D:\Sierra\Half-Life\hl.exe -console -game esf
Start In: D:\Sierra\HALF-Life\esf\

ANy idea on how I can get esf to work properly?
I also have steam installed but I dont think that should be a factor since I play both steam based games and won based games.

 

[Bihal]

I'm suprised you could even run that shortcut. The first thing, is that the Working Directory should be where the executable is. D : \Sierra\HALF-LIFE\

 

[ShY]

ok i changed it to that
now i get HL to pop up and no ESF stuff on it but ESF still doesnt come up as a custom game

 

[Bihal]

I guess you should check that ESF is actually installed to the correct place. And secondly, where did you get your install and how big is it?

 

[ShY]

esf is installed into my halflife folder where all my other HL mods are. The instal file I got was from the esf website

 

[!XxShAdOwxX!]

Do you have a libist.gam file inside your esf folder? There has to be one in order for it to show up in your custom game menu.

 

[Bihal]

also, what version of Half-life do you have?

 

[ShY]

yes i do have a liblist and my HL is 1.1.0.0 or something. Its the latest one

 

[kaje01]

when you install it it doesnt tell you that it will automatically create an "esf" folder wherever u want to put it. so if you type esf at the end then it will really be installed under esf/esf. it also wants to put it in "counter-stike" in any directory you choose. make sure when you pick browse, get it to the half-life folder, then manually go up and delete where it says counterstrike (half-life/counter-strike to half-life)

 

[ShY]

yes ur right...its always been D:\sierra\esf\esf
i manually delete the counterstrike it adds at the end
so if it was just D:\sierra\esf would it work?