They Hunger broke Half-Life

[Marsstretched]

Alright, here's my problem:
I downloaded They Hunger the trilogy from moddb from an installer, but the game, when run, it was actually They Hunger 3 and it was acting really strange. I deleted the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\Hunger files and replaced the folder with the contents of a .zip file made by the same author on moddb, but it was still strange. I decided to just delete They Hunger and play vanilla Half-Life, everything was fine except for the red button UI from TH, showing even on OP4 and BS. I tried un- and then reinstalling all three, but to no avail.

Any help or info on how this happened or how to fix it is greatly appreciated!

[Blyte]

Did you exit Steam then restart it after installing the games?

or try

Check the integrity of the game cache
1 Click Library in Steam
2 Righr click the Half-Life game
3 Next select properties
4 select TAB local files
5 click the box "check integrity or game cache..."

[Marsstretched]

I tried those, but they didn't help take away the red UI. Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.

[partydotbmp]

delete everything except the exe, then verify integrity

[Marsstretched]

Originally posted by FOV_90:

delete everything except the exe, then verify integrity

Delete everything in the Half-Life folder except for hl.exe?
1: why
2: tried and an error message said I need permission from the computer which is weird, because I'm the only account, not to mention an admin account, too

[Sikobae]

You installed it correctly the first time. Do not manually swap out files if you don't know what you are fiddling with. TH3 is the full release of all 3 TH episodes in one mod.

Reinstall Half-Life completely to undo your damage (do not pass "Verify Cache", do not collect $200)
Install They Hunger (giving a new "hunger" folder inside Steamapps/half-life)
Restart Steam.

[HelloSirIamOof]

just delete hunger i guess

[Marsstretched]

Alright, I've fixed it! Apparently the installer also edited some stuff in my game files, like an image and startup music. The major thing was a file called "TrackerScheme." It's supposed tobe there, and it controls the colors of the menu and the text and stuff. The installer edited this file, and I found another copy I guess Valve has for safekeeping since it's way inside the game files. I replaced the bad TS with this one, and that made the UI go back to normal.