Nightmare House 2 Setup and ALL errors Fix!

NIGHTMARE HOUSE 2 SETUP GUIDE AND ERRORS FIX
HOW TO:

PREPARE FOR THE GAME
INSTALL THE GAME
AND FIX ALL PROBLEMS (ie. ERRORS, MISSING TEXTURES AND CRASHES)


SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I SAW THIS AWESOME LOOKING HORROR MOD/GAME FOR HALF-LIFE 2:EPISODE 2 CALLED NIGHTMARE HOUSE 2 . ALTHOUGH I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO INSTALL THE GAME OR
PUT IT ONTO MY STEAM LIBRARY AND IT ALL LOOKED WAY TOO COMPLICATED, ALSO I NOTICED A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM TOO. BUT I MANAGED TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO GET THIS GAME UP AND RUNNING. SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PREPARE, INSTALL AND FIX ALL PROBLEMS, STAY TUNED.

Prepare for the Game

Step 1: Make sure that you have an account on Steam. If you don't, then you can get it from the link - http://store.steampowered.com/about

Step 2: Make sure that you have bought and installed the game for the NH2 mod; 'Half-Life 2:Episode 2'. You can get the game for $7.99 in the Steam Store.
(Don't worry. If you're buying it all for the sake of NH2, Half Life 2: Episode 2 is also a really good game that will definitely be worth buying)


Step 3: In your Steam library, click the dropdown on the left labelled 'Games' and tick the box next to 'Tools'. Install the following:

-Source SDK
-Source SDK Base 2006
-Source SDK Base 2007
-Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer


THIS IS HOW YOU PREPARE TO GET THE HANDY MADE MODIFICATION FOR HALF-LIFE 2:EPISODE 2. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DONE ALL THIS BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DOWNLOAD
OR INSTALL ANY OF THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE 2 CONTENT. KEEP READING TO SEE HOW TO INSTALL THE MOD.

Download and Install Nightmare House 2

Step 1: Go to the Link - nh2.wecreatestuff.com. Scroll down until you find the Downloads.

Step 2: Download the following files:

- 'Download Mod Files (.RAR)
- 'NH2 Source Files'

Step 3: Once the packages are downloaded, open the NH2.rar package and extract the folder titled 'NH' to the following destination:
>(Local Disk [C:])>Program Files (x86)>Steam>SteamApps>sourcemods (if not there, just create new folder in 'SteamApps' called 'sourcemods')

Step 4: After all that, open up Steam, (If already open, restart Steam) and Nightmare House 2 should be in your Steam Library.


AFTER ALL THIS, YOUR GAME SHOULD BE READY TO GO. HOWEVER, MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE A LOT OF ISSUES INCLUDING ERRORS, MISSING TEXTURES AND SOME CRASHES IN THE GAME.
THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS A MOD FOR ANOTHER GAME THAT ISN'T COMPLETELY SELF-PUBLISHED TO ITS HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN GRAPHICS AND TEXTURES. ALTHOUGH, I HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO
FIX ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. SO IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS IN YOUR GAME, JUST KEEP READING DOWN THIS PAGE. I HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU.

Fix ALL errors, missing textures and crashes (Part 1)

Step 1: Go to the NH2 folder in 'sourcemods' and scroll down until you find a Text Document called 'gameinfo'. (Make sure you have Notepad on your computer)

Step 2: Open that up and you will find at the bottom, the SearchPaths. Change your SearchPaths to the following (If necessary, Copy, Paste)
(Because Steam doesnt allow tab spaces, use the screenshot below for visual reference):

Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game sourcetest
Game hl2
Game ep1
Game ep2
Game episodic

Step 3: You will also find at the top, the FileSystem. Change it to the following (If necessary, Copy, Paste)
(Because Steam doesnt allow tab spaces, use the screenshot below for visual reference):

SteamAppId 218 // GCF for Source SDK Base
AdditionalContentId 420 // EP2 content
ToolsAppId 211 // Tools will load this (ie: source SDK caches) to get things like materials\debug, materials\editor, etc.

Step 4: Save the Text Document and close it.

Fix ALL errors, missing textures and crashes (Part 2)

Step 1: Go to the link - https://nemstools.github.io/pages/GCFScape-Download.html, download and install GCFScape v1.8.6. Make sure when you install, to Associate the program With VPK Files.


Step 2: Once GCFScape is downloaded, open it up and click File>Open. Then go to:
>(Local Disk [C:])>Program Files (x86)>Steam>SteamApps>common>Half Life 2>ep2
Scroll down and double click on 'ep2_pak_dir.vpk'

Step 3: Right click on and Extract the following folders to your Desktop:

-materials
-models
-particles
-scripts
-sound

The folders should now be on your Desktop.

Step 4: Go to the 'NH' folder and drag all 5 folders into the 'NH' folder.

IMPORTANT: You will get a question when moving the files in.

"Replace or Skip Files?" - Make sure to select 'Skip These files'.


Step 5: Open up GCFScape again, click File>Open and go to:
>(Local Disk [C:])>Program Files (x86)>Steam>SteamApps>common>Half Life 2>episodic
Scroll down and double click on 'ep1_pak_dir.vpk'
And REPEAT Steps 3 and 4.

Fix ALL errors, missing textures and crashes (Part 3)

Step 1: Go to your Computer and go to:
>(Local Disk [C:])>Program Files (x86)>Steam>SteamApps>common>Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer
Step 2: Cut and Paste the following files into:
>(Local Disk [C:])>Program Files (x86)>Steam>SteamApps>common>Source SDK Base 2007:

->ep2>ep2_pak_dir
->episodic>ep1_pak_dir
->hl2>hl2_misc_dir
->hl2>hl2_sound_misc_dir
->hl2>hl2_sound_vo_english_dir
->hl2>hl2_textures_dir
->sourcetest>sourcetest_pak_dir


AFTER YOU DO ALL OF THESE MODIFICATIONS YOUR GAME SHOULD BE RID OF ALL ERRORS, MISSING TEXTURES AND CRASHES. THIS IS HOW I PERSONALLY FIXED ALL THE PROBLEMS ON "MY"
COMPUTER. HOWEVER, I DON'T YET KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE. SO IF YOU COMPLETE ALL THIS AND STILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS OR IF THERE IS A STEP THAT YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND OR WON'T WORK, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT SAYING SO AND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND I WILL TRY MY BEST TO FIX IT FOR YOU.
IF IN WHICH CASE THIS TUTORIAL HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO YOU, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND GIVE ME SOME THANKS. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS TUTORIAL, NOW GO AND ENJOY THE GAME. :)

Extra Fixes

HERE I HAVE ADDED SOME FIXES FOR SPECIFIC ERRORS REPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY.
THESE CASES ARE SOLELY ACCORDING TO ERRORS FEATURED IN WINDOWS 10.

- Crashing after NH2 intro. Fix provided by 'Karu-Senpai':
Step 1: Go to your Steam library, from the drop down menu select 'Tools'
Step 2: In the Tools find 'Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer', right click and select properties.
Step 3: Go to the BETAS tab, you should see a drop down menu saying "Select the beta you would like to opt into:". Click on it and from the drop down menu choose "upcoming-" and click close.
Step 4: Steam will download some missing files. When done, restart your Steam and launch NH2 again.

[Ice Vulpcano]

Okay good to know because the NH2 website only asks for 2013. I only have 2007 because Grey asks me for that. I'll get 2006 and see if this fixes it.

[λuzEll]

Well at the very least SDK 2006 is required. Your GPU shouldn't really matter unless you've been forced to turn some settings off in order for the game to run. Sometimes graphics drivers can do that so maybe check that if installing 2006 doesn't work.

[Ice Vulpcano]

I only have SDKs 2007 and 2013 and normally this game runs, but stutters and crashes at times. Also 90% of the time the shadows don't render, which is really noticeable for the shadow type enemies in chapter 4 and 7. Any clue what's up? I'm running UHD Graphics 620 which may be why.

[Mythic]

I had messed up my controls on the game when I was trying to use a gamepad. When I went to reset them to default it just cleared out everything.

[pyrolocutus]

Hey dude - saw NMH2 mentioned elsewhere and decided to check it out, I've done parts 1-3 of your guide already and it's already fixed two errors in the prologue section - thanks!

I still have an issue though in the prologue, and it's that the axe in the shed doesn't seem to be spawning at the start, which means I can't break into the basement and progress with the mod.

Obviously I could skip past to chapter 1, and try going on from there, but I'd like to see the prologue and am nervous that whatever's going on with the axe might impact progress-critical elements in future chapters.

Any ideas?

[Haldrey ITA]

I did all the steps and nightmare house 2 has dissappeared from my steam library, I tried those steps before restarting my steam, and so the game still showed up, and when I clicked play the gamed shows me a loading screen and then jsut closes. Whitout all of those steps, so the game was fresh out of the .rar file, the game said to me that there was an engine error and it could not load the library files. So I think my build is dead, and yes my SDK is in the upcoming beta

[λuzEll]

Yeah this guide is a bit outdated, unfortunately. As long as you've got the right SearchPaths in there, which it looks like you do after comparing to my current document, there's nothing to be done with the gameinfo file.

[Grimmferno]

I tried the first part you suggested in fixing crashes but right off the bat, my gameinfo file is drastically different from what you show in the screenshot...

https://imgur.com/a/W9p61T4

[λuzEll]

What OS are you using?

[fridge]

I extracted NH to sourcemods and restarted steam but it didn't work