CSceneFileCache: Bad scene image file scenes/scenes.image?

[MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO!]

I got that after extracting new tf2 files into sfm, what is it? how do I fix it?

[Zappy]

You fix it by only extracting materials, models, and sounds. Maps can be copied too, but some aren't optimized for Source FilmMaker.
But to fix it currently, verify the cache files of Source FilmMaker, which if you extracted to the normal game/tf/ folder, can take very long and will remove your extracted Team Fortress 2 files..

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Originally posted by Vintage:

You fix it by only extracting materials, models, and sounds. Maps can be copied too, but some aren't optimized for Source FilmMaker.
But to fix it currently, verify the cache files of Source FilmMaker, which if you extracted to the normal game/tf/ folder, can take very long and will remove your extracted Team Fortress 2 files..

so extracting everything into "tf" does not work and will cause this?

[Zappy]

You can extract Team Fortress 2 content into -/SourceFilmmaker/game/tf/ if you'd like, but if you have to verify Source Filmmaker's files, that will make it take extra long, and have it undo some of the extraction.

But regardless of whether you extract the content into that folder or a custom search path, you should only ever extract the "maps", "materials", "models", "particles", and "sound" folders.

[MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO!]

Well, I fixed it
Thanks

[zeccis is gay]

Thanks, its fixed now

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What do you guys mean extract I am so confused man pls help I am gonna be depressed if sfm doesnt work

Originally posted by Zappy:

You fix it by only extracting materials, models, and sounds. Maps can be copied too, but some aren't optimized for Source FilmMaker.
But to fix it currently, verify the cache files of Source FilmMaker, which if you extracted to the normal game/tf/ folder, can take very long and will remove your extracted Team Fortress 2 files..

[Zappy]

Originally posted by IONLYSPEAKGOGGLISH!!!:

What do you guys mean extract -

"Unpack", "export individual files from an archive", et cetera.
In this context, by "you fix it by only extracting materials, models, and sounds", I mean "this error is caused by extracting something other than materials, models, and sounds" - you don't need to extract something to fix it, you need to avoid extracting something else to avoid it happening in the first place.

Originally posted by IONLYSPEAKGOGGLISH!!!:

- I am so confused man pls help -

If you're having the "CSceneFileCache: Bad scene image file scenes/scenes.image" error, then right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library, choose "Properties..." > "Installed Files" > "Verify integrity of software files", wait for it finish, and let Steam redownload some Source Filmmaker files afterwards.

If that doesn't fix it, then right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library again, and choose "Manage" > "Browse local files". This will open a File Explorer window in -/steamapps/common/SourceFilmmaker/. Enter the "game" folder.
Then, inside of the "game" folder, enter the "hl2" folder. Does "hl2" have a folder called "scenes"? (Yes, it does.) If so, delete that "scenes" folder, then go back out of the "hl2" folder. Repeat this for all other folders in "game" (e.g. "bin", "hl2", "left4dead2_movies", "platform", "sdktools", "tf", and all other folders in "game").
Lastly, right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library again, choose "Properties..." > "Installed Files" > "Verify integrity of software files", wait for it to finish, and let Steam redownload some Source Filmmaker files again.