Team Fortress 2 missed in steam library

[Mandadz]

Hello,

I started my steam today and I had all my games still there but not TF2. You can see it on first picture that I don't have it accured to steam.

http://gyazo.com/596cd8960294c6c2eb5aca407ea8a058

I look at my Folder in steam and common and I found it and if you look at the other picture it shows 13.7gb of space used of TF2.

http://gyazo.com/c6f52731e1124f8392475d5e10e618d2

Picture 3 (problem 2) You can see it says I already own TF2 and I clicked on Play Now and it showed me to install it. But I do not want to redownload again cause of limited internet surf. It must be something problem. Hope the ss showed enough to help me directly.

http://gyazo.com/d15eb6c6f2f6a308f9aec895d8b38739

[TirithRR]

Run the program from the folder in the second picture. Steam will "Rediscover" the files.

[Mandadz]

You mean hl2.exe?

http://gyazo.com/a79476fb34cf6d1cacd3cafe8ecb038e

Tried it and it just gave me a error

http://gyazo.com/d7628636b90e0b7a8cb800d945be8f22

[TirithRR]

Looks like you are missing files. Probably have to download it...

[Mandadz]

But 13.7gb? Last time I downloaded TF2 it was only like 5gb.

[Rain]

Originally posted by SHALLASHALLASHALLA:

But 13.7gb? Last time I downloaded TF2 it was only like 5gb.

Lots of updates happened since that time.

[Dillon]

I can't reinstall because It's missing from my library and when I go to the store page it just says play now and it gives me that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ error.


♥♥♥♥ THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥ GBULLSHIT I HATE THIS ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ YOU

[Yener]

Originally posted by Dilloninator:

I can't reinstall because It's missing from my library and when I go to the store page it just says play now and it gives me that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ error.


♥♥♥♥ THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥ GBULLSHIT I HATE THIS ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ YOU

Why do you open a 6.5 year old thread?

[Dillon]

Originally posted by Yener:

Originally posted by Dilloninator:

I can't reinstall because It's missing from my library and when I go to the store page it just says play now and it gives me that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ error.


♥♥♥♥ THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥ GBULLSHIT I HATE THIS ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ YOU

Why do you open a 6.5 year old thread?

BECAUSE I NEED HELP ♥♥♥♥♥♥. WHY ELSE WOULD I ASK FOR HELP. OH YES, I ASKED FOR HELP FOR NO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ REASON AT ALL, NOT BECAUSE I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE, JUST TO WASTE YOUR TIME. ♥♥♥♥ YOU. I ASKED FOR HELP NOT FOR YOUR ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TWOSENSE.

[Yener]

Calm down,kid,and give your mother back her credit card back

[Dillon]

Originally posted by Yener:

Calm down,kid,and give your mother back her credit card.

WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥ DO YOU MEAN CALM DOWN. OH THANKS I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT MY LIFE IS SO MUCH BETTER THANK YOU. THAT NEVER ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HELPS. I AM ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PISSED RIGHT NOW AT STEAM AND ITS ♥♥♥♥♥♥ SERVICE. ONE LAST TIME, MY TF2 IS MISSING, I CAN'T REINSTALL, WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥ DO I DO.

[Dillon]

Look, it just says this when I attempt to run it.

Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'
Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting.

What. The. ♥♥♥♥. Do. I. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Do.

[mibbus]

Originally posted by Dilloninator:

Look, it just says this when I attempt to run it.

Setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'
Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting.

What. The. ♥♥♥♥. Do. I. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Do.

Alright, I see the issue here. First, calm down (especially if you've spent money on TF2, you haven't lost it. Second, I have TF2 and the same issue happened to me, so I know how to get tf2 back.

First, you'll want to go to the steam store, then press play now (if you have it installed it should work, if not it'll start downloading for you.) While it's downloading, you should try putting it in a category in your library because that'll directly save it to that category to prevent this from happening (ie. . "Best games" or something like that). Also if you have the game and have an error while launching the game from steam's "Play Now" feature, then try uninstalling it directly from your computer (should be in "Uninstall or Modify Programs") and Steam will give you a prompt regarding if you would like to uninstall this game. Click yes then wait a couple seconds then press "Play Now" again. It should ask you if you want to install TF2, do all the necessary steps that you would usually do to download a game, then press Finish (shouldn't show it for you if you've previously pressed "Don't show again".) Then boom, you're all good, it should appear in your steam library then you should put it into a specialized category (creating one is simple, first, go to the right of the "Home" button, there should be a few squares on the other button, you want to click that. There will be a menu for categorized options. But don't make your category a Power Category or whatever they're called because that allows steam to have control over the category, then, once created, you can drag the TF2 game in and it'll save. If you ever have to repeat this, just come back to this post I created because it should work indefinitely. Also this works with any game if you find them missing from your Steam Library. Safe travels, and I'm happy to help.

Reply to this message if you have further issues.

[taki]

Originally posted by what:

Alright, I see the issue here. First, calm down (especially if you've spent money on TF2, you haven't lost it. Second, I have TF2 and the same issue happened to me, so I know how to get tf2 back.<..>

how are you guys finding 7 years old threads like this?