Access Puzzle Maker From Console?

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94287
Posted May 04, 2013
I'm new to map making, and would like to start using puzzle creator. My BOUGHT FROM STEAM copy of portal 2 is buggy and will always say 'no steam' even if steam is running. I can get to maps with the console code 'map ' so single player is fine, but I have no graphical interface for a menu. What I want to know is if i can access the puzzle maker from the console like I do to load maps. Thanks in advance for any help!
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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#94288
Posted May 04, 2013
Replied 4 hours later
Unfortunately there isn't a way to do that. Sorry.

Does a disc version of Portal 2 sync to a Steam account? You could try installing it from that Steam account without using the disc, although I don't know if it would work or help.

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94290
Posted May 04, 2013
Replied 1 hour later
Steam and all of my games currently run off of an external hard drive, so I'm going to move steam to the pc hard drive and see if that helps.
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iWork925
1,080 Posts
#94350
Posted May 06, 2013
Replied 1 day later
Try running the executable as an administrator.
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legofan623
9 Posts
#94358
Posted May 06, 2013
Replied 1 hour later
How would I do that on XP? The only option close is 'Run as' which runs it as my account.
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josepezdj
2,386 Posts
#94361
Posted May 06, 2013
Replied 37 minutes later
You can try changing the favourite steam server, maybe your problem is a bad connection to the steam servers...

LpFreaky90 posted about that here. Check it out.

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94476
Posted May 10, 2013
Replied 4 days later
Didn't do a thing :razz:. I think I'll just use Source SDK and Portal 1.
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Lpfreaky90
2,842 Posts
#94522
Posted May 12, 2013
Replied 1 day later

legofan623 wrote:
Didn't do a thing :razz:. I think I'll just use Source SDK and Portal 1.

Why not portal 2 authoring tools and portal 2? :smile:
Portal 2 map making isn't limited to the PTI :wink:

Also; did you try validating your game cache?

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94576
Posted May 13, 2013
Replied 1 day later
Let me spew out all the issues: Portal 2 wont run on my laptop without using a modified portal2.exe and client.dll and server.dll, but doing that makes steam see the game as corrupted. I cant launch from steam because of that, thus the 'no steam' error. If I validate it resets those 3 files back to normal, making the game unplayable again. Also, the authoring tool require a non-modified version of Portal 2 to allow me to start it. Now if I could get the version of Hammer that's from the authoring tools to start without steam, that would work fine. But until then... you get the picture.
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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#94578
Posted May 13, 2013
Replied 2 hours later
Have you tried just running portal 2/bin/hammer.exe?
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iWork925
1,080 Posts
#94581
Posted May 14, 2013
Replied 4 hours later

FelixGriffin wrote:
Have you tried just running portal 2/bin/hammer.exe?

You actually need to run:

"Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2\bin\hammer.exe" -nop4

legofan623 wrote:
...without using a modified portal2.exe and client.dll and server.dll

What modifications?

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94592
Posted May 14, 2013
Replied 19 hours later
Thanks for all the help guys, I've found a nifty little program that enables the PTI for modified portal 2 versions!
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User
630 Posts
#94598
Posted May 15, 2013
Replied 8 hours later
Hmm but if you had Steam, you would not need modifications.
Sry, but I do not quite believe that you bought it.
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josepezdj
2,386 Posts
#94601
Posted May 15, 2013
Replied 53 minutes later
Hmmm.... all this smells to piracy :thumbdown:
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Lpfreaky90
2,842 Posts
#94606
Posted May 15, 2013
Replied 2 hours later

josepezdj wrote:
Hmmm.... all this smells to piracy :thumbdown:

This.

If that's not the case you should totally contact steam support; they're probably better in finding out why you get the no steam error. It's a lot better if you have a proper working portal 2 so you can also enjoy all the stuff on the workshop!

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94618
Posted May 15, 2013
Replied 7 hours later
Yes I agree. Oh, and to the guys who think my copy is pirated, I'm in sort of a grey area. I bought the game on Steam, but parts of it have the files found in "NO-STEAM" cracks to make it work. client.dll, server.dll, and portal2.exe are all no-steam versions, the rest is clean. Think of it as a patch.
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Lpfreaky90
2,842 Posts
#94619
Posted May 15, 2013
Replied 1 hour later

legofan623 wrote:
Yes I agree. Oh, and to the guys who think my copy is pirated, I'm in sort of a grey area. I bought the game on Steam, but parts of it have the files found in "NO-STEAM" cracks to make it work. client.dll, server.dll, and portal2.exe are all no-steam versions, the rest is clean. Think of it as a patch.

I guess that's where your problem is then

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legofan623
9 Posts
#94621
Posted May 15, 2013
Replied 3 hours later

I'm getting closer, I can launch from steam now but I don't think it's connecting to steam servers.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/7308/81053390.png

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krishiv2
23 Posts
#96882
Posted Jul 12, 2013
Replied 1 month later
I got this code "editor_toggle".
When I used this code, my game crashes
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legofan623
9 Posts
#96901
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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I have a new laptop now so this is no longer a problem.
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