specifically prohibited paths still pack

[Fennecai]

I have been trying to set up a development workflow for a mapbase mod. However, it seems that the postcompiler still dumps a bunch of hl2 vanilla files despite multiple attempts on my part to specifically prohibit them from being packed, unless i turn auto_pack to 0 but thats not helpful because using comp_pack isn't packing all required resources (such as the actual vtfs or or model meshes), and its cumbersome to use for every single custom asset.

in srctools_paths.vdf, i have:

"hl2" "G:/[sombodys] stuff/program files/Steam/SteamApps/common/half-life 2/"

and in srctools.vdf i have:

    "searchpaths"
        {
        "path" "|hl2|ep2/"
        "nopack" "|hl2|ep2/"
        "path" "|hl2|episodic/"
        "nopack" "|hl2|episodic/"
        "path" "|hl2|hl2/"
        "nopack" "|hl2|hl2/"
        }

I tried putting those same paths in the "pack_blocklist" section (properly formatted ofc) and it didn't work there either.

[TeamSpen210]

Can you attach a copy of the log file? In particular, look for Allowed filesystems:, which will list all the paths mounted and for each whether they should pack (+) or not (-). The blocklist part works a little differently, you specify part/all of the actual files themselves - materials/tools/ for instance.

[Fennecai]

postcompiler.log

here.

[TeamSpen210]

I noticed in your filesystems list you have mapbase mounted, plus a bunch of copies of extracted game stuff. Are the mistakenly packed files coming from those?

[Fennecai]

nope, i checked. none of those paths contain vanilla hl2 files; at least not the ones im seeing show up

EDIT: i apparently didn't check closely enough. it seems you were right that those paths are causing the issue; though im not sure why those games had redundant hl2 stuff in them. oh well.

thanks for the help, sorry if it might have been a waste of your time