Seems its a known problem, no versions of the mod work now, due to the SteamPipe update. Found a temporary fix is here :- http://cinematicmod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2336 🙂 I may as well grab v12 now 😀

Actually that's not quite true! There is an alpha version for CM 2013 http://cinematicmod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2376, which supports the new system. I've been using it for a few days and works well! Haven't played much of it though as I will probably replay it through once the final CM 2013 is released.

Ah right, didn't know that, cheers 😀

Might have to give this a try now i upgraded to Haswell.

Well im back up and running, in the end i just downloaded all the files i was missing from the SteamApps folder, and replaced them. 🙂 I got the files from this thread here :- http://cinematicmod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2383 I only needed the top 7. Will have to get v12 down now, see whats changed from v10 😀

2013 looks amazing, may grab that one instead 😀 I spose it won't matter that ive got v10 on, as im guessing 2013 will make its own folder to go into (like v10), so i can just run it by the 2013 .exe's without interference from v10 (like how you can run the vanillas still while having v10 on, and vice versa) ?

Couldn't be bothered with the hassle of 2013, so put v12 on, and got hassle anyway 😥 HL2 runs fine (and looks amazing), but the episodes are a no go, got flashing textures, missing textures, screen going black etc.... on those, so bugger knows whats up there 🙁

I fixed the bugger!!! 😀 😀 😀 When i start the episodes, i found if i go into the video options and change the Texture Detail to low, it all goes right, and i can then change it back to Very High, with no effect, i.e, it goes back to Very High Texture Detail, but stays right, woohoo 😀 It looks bloody incredible using the Black Mesa SweetFX, its a huge difference from v10, and it still flys along with everything switched on in the Configurator, and in game options maxed. 😎 Some of the new HD models for the characters look incredible as well!

Yeah im just going to wait for the release of 2013, its amazing work 🙂

Hi I wanna give it a try,so i just wanna be sure i do things correctly Install Hl2,HL2 episod 1,HL2 episod 2,sdk base,sdk 2006,sdk 2007,Start the game once for the 3 game,and after install the fake factory mode Thanks PS:Will i be good to run it correctly with my set up ?

Yeah thats right, but if you get the same error i got in my OP when trying to run the mod (due to Valves new SteamPipe), then you'll probably need some of the files missing from the SteamApps folder like i did, but all you have to do there is, open your SteamApps folder, open the thread i linked to for the files, and then just check which ones you don't have, then you just download those ones, and stick them in the SteamApps folder to get it running, and your set-up will run it, and handle it fine 🙂 The mods 8.1gb in size, and unpacks to about 30gb, so it takes a while to unpack and install, and also get the 12.21 patch, which when unpacked, gives you another folder called FAKEFACTORY_CM12, and all you do with that is, copy it into the sourcemods folder where the original FAKEFACTORY_CM12 folder is, and it will ask if you want to merge, so say yes, and everytime it says theres already a file called xxxx, you just select to overwrite (replace) them all. Theres 2 konfigurators in the folder as well for some reason (which you run before starting the game after you've installed the mod), ones called DINO Konfigurator, and one just called Konfigurator, but i just ran the one called Konfigurator to set it up, and for the character pimper, you just click on all the Alyx models at the top one by one to open all the different models (will appear below), then you just select which one you want to use and click to install it, and you just do the same for the others, Maincharacters (Barney, Vance, Breen etc...), as well as the HD packs for the Civilians and Combines.

Thanks bud will give it a try :banana::banana::banana:

Man im loving this, looks bloody stunning, ive got Alyx wearing skimpy denim shorts, crop top and a cap 😀 'I've got a standard relocation coupon, just like everybody else!' :P

On to Nova Prospekt now, looks amazing, as does Highway 17 and the Sandtraps, look so different from the vanilla 😎 Theres a bug in it though after the sandtraps, after you kill the big jobbie, and the vort comes out tells you to follow him, he only goes so far then stops, so you can't go any further, but i found a solution on the FakeFactory forums :- Put your crosshair on the vort, open the console and type in developer 1, then npc_select, then close the console. With your crosshair still on the vort, re-open the console, and there should be a red box around the vort, if so, type in npc_go, then close the console. The guy at the top will now be able to open the gate so you can go into learn about the ferapods, but the vort will not follow you up there, he stays where he is, but still tells you what to do, i.e throw the pod into the pit, then onto the combine on the stake etc..., but when it comes to the wooden logs with the spikes on you go through, they can't be opened, as the vort needs to be there to open them, so you have to open the console and type in noclip, this allows you to just walk through them, then when yer through, just type noclip in again, then developer 0 and carry on playing. Thats for anyone whos playing it, or going to play it, and gets stuck there.:D

wouldnt have these problems if valve would of left things alone. they say they did this update to increase loading speed. I had no problem with loading speed. I found I mod I liked and I can not even play it, because of the bugs. and then it takes long time for fixes. aint nobody got time to fix problems steam create. edit: something is messed up. last week nightmare house 2 worked with no problem. but this week after reinstalling the half life games. nightmare house 2 has missing textures.

Cheers for that, looks great 😀 Anyone know why episod e is censored 😕

just finished Nova Prospekt (now onto Entanglement), and im sure its been severely cut, as i remember a bit where you dropped down a level into some cells, and there was about 3 gun turrets you set up, to help kill all the combine coming in while Alyx made her way to you 😕 Unless im thinking of some other part, as been that long since i played it :P

^ Just done that bit, was in Entanglement :P

12.21, will play through again once 2013 final is out. 😀

I'll probably give the 2013 version a try but I really wish he would give us a Valve style HD Alyx. I also like this one below but I'm not sure it was ever released. http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/original/2009/04/Alex-new.jpg

Hope they havn't stopped it, although it has been a while since HL2 🙁 Aw crap, INCOMINGGGGGGGGGGGGG! 😀