how do i make a portal 2 sourcemod?
hi. i know there's maybe a thread here already somewhere, but...
how do i make a stand alone portal 2 mod? like, the kind that shows up in steam library with custom logo etc. the system error 51 thing doesn't work for me.
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PortalStories.com
"Oh, in case you got covered in that repulsion gel, here's some advice the lab boys gave me: DO NOT get covered in the repulsion gel."
Actually; the vdc page about this is totally silly, I should update it, but I don't have the time atm.
Anyways:
Step 1: Create a folder in your sourcemods folder:
so steam/steamapps/sourcemods/myfirstmod
Step 2: in that folder; create a cfg folder and a maps folder.
Step 3: in the maps folder create a soundcache folder
(so steam/steamapps/sourcemods/myfirstmod/maps/soundcache) and copy your _master.cache from your original portal 2.
Step 4:
Write your gameinfo.txt:
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"GameInfo"
{
game "My first mod"
title "My first mod"
gamelogo 1SupportsDX8 0
SupportsXbox360 1FileSystem
{
SteamAppId 620 // Portal 2 has ID 620
ToolsAppId 211 // HammerSearchPaths
{
Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game portal2
}
}
}
Step 5:
use gcfscape to grab mainmenu_new.res from the portal2/portal2_dlc2 vpk.
(in there it's resource/ui/basemodui ) ; edit it, and make it into a vpk with the same structure.
Step 6:
restart steam
Step 7:
profit!
WARNING: for some reason mods download all the workshop content again -_- so you might want to keep that in mind; it might take up more space than you planned. You can create a /workshop/ folder in maps and revoke write access to it to prevent it, this will spam red errors in the console though.
thanks. 
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Im blue, a Clean Christian Furry with Autism.
just a thought here, but isn't the play button broken in the main menu?
Do you mean replacing it with the extras menu? I don't know, because there are some Portal 2 mods out there that use the regular play button.
nah I mean that it gets you stuck in a black screen loop that you can do nothing with. maybe it's cuz I was using the wrong technique. I used the system error 51 way.
EDIT: nevermind, now it just crashes... a CTD
SE51's tut is outdated. Things need to be changed around.
yeah i actually started over with the one here and that's what brought it to crashing
what mods use that? All mods I've seen so far use the extra's menu modification. If someone actually got he real singleplayer menu modded, I'll happily steal their code 