Mercs from tf_movies don't show?

[Rubble]

Im trying to find the scout thats listed under tf_movies but its not showing. In fact none of them are showing?

[R234]

What if you set the mod filter to all_mods, and type HWM in the search filter, do you see them? If so, which mod folder does it say they're in?

[Rubble]

Originally posted by R234:

What if you set the mod filter to all_mods, and type HWM in the search filter, do you see them? If so, which mod folder does it say they're in?

They show up in usermod! Why is this?

[Marco Skoll]

If they do, you must have installed another version in usermod somehow.

[Rubble]

Originally posted by Marco Skoll:

If they do, you must have installed another version in usermod somehow.

Probably did that when I used GCFScape to get new items. To change this do I just move tf_movies above usermod?

[Marco Skoll]

You can't! Unless you completely override the primary game mod (which can cause a lot of problems), usermod is always top priority.

This is one of the big reasons why I recommend against installing content to usermod.
To fix that, you'll have to uninstall all that content from usermod (with a little luck, you might be able to isolate it with a search for "file created" or "file modified" date) and move it to another mod folder.

Generally, it's a bad idea to install to any of the default folders* ("usermod", "tf", "hl2", etc). You can end up overwriting important files, and usermod has the priority issue you've got here.
I recommend moving your updated tf2 content to a mod called something like "tf_update", set above tf, but below tf_movies. (You'll then need to add it to the search paths in the SDK, but this is very short and simple compared to the mess of cleaning up a bad install to usermod).

* These days, the only stuff I install to usermod is my own personally created or ported content, where I know exactly what I'm dealing with and what it's doing.
Anything from anywhere else gets sorted into suitable folders by things like its "universe", sometimes by its author or into a "misc" folder if it really is generic.

[special agent dana scully]

Originally posted by UnderTheRubble:

Originally posted by Marco Skoll:

If they do, you must have installed another version in usermod somehow.

Probably did that when I used GCFScape to get new items. To change this do I just move tf_movies above usermod?

If you messed up while extracting the new tf2 content via gfcscape, the best thing to do is verify your file cache and do it all over again the proper way.

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by Cass:

If you messed up while extracting the new tf2 content via gfcscape, the best thing to do is verify your file cache and do it all over again the proper way.

That won't work. Validation only looks for and validates files it thinks should be there.

Verifying would be a fix for if you "solved" the problem by just deleting usermod, but it is not able to figure out and clean up additional files that you've carelessly installed to usermod.

[Rubble]

Originally posted by Marco Skoll:

Originally posted by Cass:

If you messed up while extracting the new tf2 content via gfcscape, the best thing to do is verify your file cache and do it all over again the proper way.

That won't work. Validation only looks for and validates files it thinks should be there.

Verifying would be a fix for if you "solved" the problem by just deleting usermod, but it is not able to figure out and clean up additional files that you've carelessly installed to usermod.

Your Right it doesn;t work Ill just reinstall SFM

[Pte Jack]

Just rename Usermod to something else and validate the cache. That will add a new usermod and you won't have 8 + gbs downloading. SFM should find the other downloaded content already existing.

[Colton Price]

This happened to me before and this is because some assface decided to replace my TF2 models with a mod character, causing the base models to become invisible.