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GCFScape v1.3.1 - GCFScape and all the files you need to run it (except the .NET Framework).

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• Installer (376 KB)
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.NET Framework v1.1 (23,698 KB Executable) - GCFScape is written in C++ .NET and as such requires the .NET runtime to run. The .NET runtime is also available as a Windows Update. v1.1 is required.

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where do i need to extract the GCFScape i need to know which file so i can jus put it in my steam folder and it will jus work

It is just an .exe, it doesn't matter where you put it.

so if i jus put it in my steam folder wut will it do

this is to also stop the error comin up that says half life launcher has encountered a problem rite can u plzz answer both ? thank u

Your Steam folder is fine; you might try 'Steam\GCFScape' though because GCFScape will create some files and folders when you run it. To uninstall it just delete whatever folder you put GCFScape into.

GCFScape is not designed to fix any problems you might be having, using GCFScape however might be useful for fixing problems if it were demmed necessary to access and modify files within your GCF file.

is there any program fo sure that would stop the error HALF LIFE LAUNCHER HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO CLOSE? if there is can u send me a lnk or something thank u

yes the link is steampowered.com

and look on the forums, or is it that your trying to launch HL.EXE and not Steam.exe, if so then the problem is YOU

if the problem is steam.exe where would i find it and where would i put it

hey - whenever i try to open a gcf file with gcfscape, it says "The application failed to initialize properly ... Press OK to terminate the porgram

Look up to where it says 'Required'...

The reason the popup saying "The application failed to initialize properly ... Press OK to terminate the porgram" pops up is because you have not installed .NET Framework v1.1. To get this go link here.

Hey Nem. Great job on all your tools. I have just one question. What exactly is this one for? To bootleg the game befor it comes out or something? If so cool if not.... still cool.

The purpose of GCFScape is to allow the HL development community access to files that were previously available on non-steam installations and are required for several development purposes such as customizing maps, models, textures and what not. For example if you want to create a level and you want to use HL textures, you need access to the HL WAD file which is locked up in a GCF file.

So in other words GCF files store data that isnt exactly extracted into your half-life directory. So Half-Life reads from the GCF for some files? Hmm. Never knew that. Learn something new everyday.

Hey whats up, the program is not working. I installed the requirment and still it doesn't work. It gave me an error before and now it stills give me an error, but a different one, it tells me to terminate the program. Pleeeeeeeeez help me i am desprate to open the files of counter strike and half-life. By the way i deleted the program so many times and put it again thinking it will solve the problem, but it didn't :( :( :(

UtilityFan, that error is usualy caused because you do not have Mocrosoft .NET Framework v.1.1 installed on your system. To get it go here

.Net Frameworks

Cribs is probably right but without providing the actual error there is very little I can do to help you. You'll have to expand on your problem a little more if you want help.

Everytime I try to extract anything, the window that comes up is blank where there should be something to select a drectory to extrat to.

I have 1.1 net thingy instaled

As far as I can tell (and I've done a lot of research on it) it's a silly .NET bug and there isn't much I can do about it.

I cant get GFCscape to work either, it says a required DLL MSCOREE was not found
Anyone know why?

Download the thing that says 'Required':

Downloads

*sigh* you'd think people would read everything.


anyways, great tool! havn't had any problems with it.

I still can't get it to work! it wont extract anything! Why god why?

I believe the question is:

Why Microsoft Why?

The new update (17 June) I think just changed the format of the GCF's because I can't extract files anymore from some GCF's...
The others (platform.gcf and half-life engine.gcf) I can't even open them

I want my GCFScape to work again!!! :(

Yeah, Valve have changed the gcf format in the June 17 update. Major annoyance. Hope they haven't encrypted the files...

:(

I want my GCFScape to work again too!

Well thanks for the heads up. I've backed up some of my GCF files and I'll update Steam shortly, hopefully this will allow me to see what has changed about the format.

Nem

Okay, at first glance it looks like the section called the 'Block Entry Usage Map' no longer has any data associated with it, just an empty header. I never liked this section and wondered why it was there in the first place as it just complicated things.

Anyways, because GCFScape makes a fair bit of use of this section, it will be a while before I can write a workaround; hopefully sometime under a week.

Nem

GCFScape v1.1.1 Beta is working for me :)

Thanks a lot Nem.

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
where exactly do I put this? It tells me to enable this because of some error when extracting or something - if you have an answer please email ciaranjp@hotmail.com .

Hi, i'm getting the "can't connect to steam network" error message, what could be the cause? Thanks

Camms:

I have no idea, not the right place to ask that sort of question.

I Canīt connect to the Steam Network either and when i finally got it to connect it screws up my games downloading all over again cannot play em because Tempoarily unavaiable and bla bla bla..... And i tryed to reinstall... (I have done that a 100 times at least !!!)
Hey Look i found this and it should fix it:

http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=b89b354440c88047ab5ec4a99494dc59&threadid=76055

It changed again today...

msg at forum

Real nice work, Nem!
I can finally remake csde_dust5 in a CZ version :D
Omg this must be Steams replace for PakExplorer O_o

I LOVE it :D

Hello,

Yesterday (June 21st), I used GCFScape to extract a few files that I needed from the "condition zero.gcf". Everything went fine, I got the files that I wanted and so on. But this morning, I opened up Steam, talked to a friends and then closed it. I fired up GCFScape to extract some more files that I needed, and when I opened the "condition zero.gcf", the program just froze and sat there. So I closed it manually by ending its process, and when I tried opening it again, it froze some more. It does the same thing with all the other *.gcf files. Any idea why?

Nevermind, it works with v1.1.2

GCFScape v1.1.2 Beta

I hope they stop changing the format simply because of the volume of message I get when they do.

hey guys, can any1 please tell me how to extract condition zero. i mean make it playable. i really tried ^^ but at all i finally was maybe too stupid :D . so please tell me how it works. BIG THX.
dRafT.
Fuck steam^^

Nem,

Got the latest, am running the latest .net f-work, still get errors:

1) on gcf file load: Pointer startIndex and length do not refer to a valid string. Parameter name: ptr. (This is on open attempt of cz)

2) The requested section was not present in the activation context. (When tryingto use the Nem' Tools link in your about box)

Just trying to give you some legit feedback and not whining.

"Keep kicking at the dark till it bleeds daylight"

Hey dRafT.. try paying for CZ. It is well worth the price. That'll unlock it for you. :)

Have you run Steam yet? Only after Steam has updated your current GCF files will this version of GCFScape work.

dude, work so fine... hey you say a week.. no day or 3 hour fix that

I downloaded the GScape 1.3 beta version and tried to open the counterstrike.gcf, halflife.gcf and halflifeengine.gcf files but they dont work. Only platform.gcf opens. It says "Invalid gcf version number". Make sure the file is not already open and that stean is not running. I closed steam but it still doesnt work. also could u tell me what do i do next once ive opened say for example the counterstrike.gcf file. do i right click and say extract or shell execute. also to play counterstrike which files from the above do i need to extract?

Ok, if you get an error, make sure you have v1.1.3.1 Beta. When you run this version and you get an error it will produce a file called "dump.txt" in your GCFScape directory. Copy the contents of this file and send it to me to help me debug what the error is.

im sorry but i did what u said but it does not produce a file called dump.txt in my GCFScape directory.

What was the error message then?

i was woundering is it possible to replace files within the .gcf files, as my problem deals with maps that differ (that are located in the .gcf files), using the gcf scpae ofcourse? If not do you know of any programs that would assist me with this problem, steam have no fix.

GCFScape FAQ

Hi, Nem. I'm interest in your tools. But There is a problem when I try to open "half-life.gcf"
The error message has been shown.

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Could not open:
D:\Sierra\Steam\SteamApps\half-life.gcf

Error:
Invalid GCF version number.

Make sure the file is not already open and that Steam is not running.
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Yes, I'm never run Steam yet. It's downloaded from ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/games/halflife/steam/
And .NET ver 1.1 has been installed. Can you help me? Thank you.

Another GCF files cannot be open too. I used version 1.3.1.1 Beta now. And "dump.txt" hasn't be created.

The error is "Invalid GCF version number." which means that you have a version of a GCF file that GCFScape doesn't support.

I will download some of the GCF files on that site and see if I can add support for them.

OK, I've added support for version 3 GCF files. I found exactly two changes between version 3 and version 5 so I'm going to try and download some more GCF files to see if I can see which one of those changes was made in version 4 before I upload the new GCFScape.

I've also improved the error messages so they all don't suggest you close Steam even when the error has nothing to do with Steam. Along with that I've added a version panel to the status bar.

[Edit]
No such luck, I've uploaded the new version though.

Nem

hey nem thanks a lot fer the help. gcfscape v1.1.4 works but could u tell me where to extract the files counterstrike.gcf, half life.gcf, halflife engine.gcf, and platform.gcf to meaning should i extract them all to my cs folder or in separate folders.

No idea what you are trying to do or why you need to extract all those files...

i wanna play counter strike and i downloaded steam which has cs and half life cached. so could u tell how to go about playing counterstrike

Just download the Steam installer and run it. You don't have to extract anything...