SDK Problem ;-;!

[76561198841447087]

Hello, I have a problem my sfm is not working because of an sdk problem, Its not like other sdk problems i have a video to show the problem and please help i want to do sfm i downloaded it but ever since I downloaded it, it has not worked i haven't booted it up with it working once! So heres the video to show the problem:

workin on it

[Pte Jack]

have you updated the link to that video yet?

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

Yes it is safe and yes it will delete/uninstall. Are you sure you downloaded speccy and not one of the other programs offered (like reccuva or ccleaner I use both of those as well from this website)?

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz 48 °C
Skylake 14nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1063MHz (15-15-15-36)
Motherboard
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MS-1785 (U3E1)
Graphics
SMB2430H (1920x1080@75Hz)
Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@75Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (MSI) 56 °C
Storage
238GB TOSHIBA THNSNJ256G8NY (SATA (SSD)) 33 °C
931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA ) 32 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUD0N
Audio
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)

This gif is me opening Speccy, using it to get the above information, then uninstalling it after use...

{LINK REMOVED}https://i.imgur.com/ixFgxu7.gif

Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core @ 2.20GHz 52 °C
Broadwell-U 14nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
HP 80C1 (U3E1)
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 5500 (HP)
Storage
1863GB Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD (SATA ) 38 °C
Optical Drives
hp DVDRW GUB0N
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Done

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

have you updated the link to that video yet?

i'm annoyed it said error occured when uploading im reuploading it

[Pte Jack]

Don't launch SFM from a desktop shortcut, what happens if you launch from the Steam Client Software Library?

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

have you updated the link to that video yet?

it will go back for a few seconds then it will fix https://youtu.be/RavglPK8jls

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

Don't launch SFM from a desktop shortcut, what happens if you launch from the Steam Client Software Library?

The same thing will happen

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

Don't launch SFM from a desktop shortcut, what happens if you launch from the Steam Client Software Library?

GTG

[Zappy]

Originally posted by Fixing12345:

- -Video-

For some reason, Windows seems to think that the harddrive can not have file-/folder-names longer than 8 characters (minus the extension) (e.g. "Program Files" > "PROGRA~1" and "Program Files (x86)" > "PROGRA~2", while "Steam" > "Steam"), and/or Source Filmmaker seems to think that. (That's what it looks to me like, at least.)

I could help you make Source Filmmaker possibly progress beyond that, but it would be far better to fix the above issue (which will automatically make Source Filmmaker work), however I'm not quite sure how that would be done.

[Pte Jack]

Launch SFM from the Client. When the popup opens select launch SDK (Or right click SFM in the game list and select Launch SDK). When the SDK window opens, select Reset Game Configurations and follow the prompts. When that is done, close the SDK and reboot the computer. Then try SFM from the Steam Client again.

Get rid of that Desktop shortcut.

[Zappy]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

- When the SDK window opens, select Reset Game Configurations and follow the prompts. -

Again, Source Filmmaker seems to be using file-/folder-names with at most 8 characters, which it should not be doing. If one just makes Source Filmmaker try to load a gameinfo.txt file from the "file-/folder-names with at most 8 characters" path, that may let Source Filmmaker boot up, but if the rest of Source Filmmaker also uses those kinds of paths, that may cause trouble with map loading, model loading, et cetera, so fixing that issue should be a priority, not just making Source Filmmaker "use" the issue.

[Pte Jack]

Zappy, Windows will read the standard 8.3 MSDos file structures. As will any windows based program. All "PROGRA~2" means is that this is the 2nd instance of program files (x86) found on the computer.

[Zappy]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

Zappy, Windows will read the standard 8.3 MSDos file structures. -

I know. But Source Filmmaker should display "Program Files (x86)", not "PROGRA~2", meaning that there's something "off" about the harddrive or such (like an improper format?), which may very well cause trouble down the line even if you get Source Filmmaker to boot up.

The error says that Source Filmmaker is run from "C:\PROGRA~2\-" while an environment variable says that it should run from "C:\Program Files (x86)\-". If Source Filmmaker bugs out on that, then what about models and other assets with file-/folder-names that are more than 8 characters long? If that will bug out in the same way, then getting Source Filmmaker to boot won't really help much as Source Filmmaker would be mostly/entirely unuseable.

Fixing that error should thus be a first priority.

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

Launch SFM from the Client. When the popup opens select launch SDK (Or right click SFM in the game list and select Launch SDK). When the SDK window opens, select Reset Game Configurations and follow the prompts. When that is done, close the SDK and reboot the computer. Then try SFM from the Steam Client again.

Get rid of that Desktop shortcut.

Tried and didn't work but thanks

[Pte Jack]

Same error?

[76561198841447087]

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

Same error?

Yep