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[SDK / TF2] hlmv.exe no longer works #5643

Closed gabrielwoj closed 1 month ago

gabrielwoj commented 5 months ago

With today's 64bits update (https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/220436), Half-Life Model Viewer (also known as HLMV), has stopped working.

Attempting to opening it do nothing. If checking the Task Manager, it does launch, then it closes after a few seconds.

HLMV is used for a lot of things on the TF2 community. Item creators use to show proper loadout screenshots as how it would look in-game (as it has proper shaders and everything), alongside painted variants on their submitted items.

On the Official TF2 Wiki, image creators use HLMV to create all sorts of imagery, ranging from painted variants, to cosmetic previews, and so on.

Thanks.

caw-caw-robinjay commented 5 months ago

Can confirm this issue on my machine as well. Does anyone know a way to at least temporarily revert the update so I can use HLMV while we wait for a fix?

caw-caw-robinjay commented 5 months ago

As a temporary fix, you can go to TF2's Properties on Steam, and in the Betas tab, participate in the pre_jungleinferno_demos beta. This only works for items introduced before 2014, however, so a more permanent fix is still sorely needed.

caw-caw-robinjay commented 5 months ago

Another update on solutions: If you need HLMV, HLMV++ has already pushed out an update that works with TF2 64x. This is a permanent solution to this, unless you specifically need the base version of HLMV. If you're looking to use TFMV, things get trickier. You'll need to download manifest 3545034868290892873 of TF2 (I did it through DepotDownloader), make a copy of your bin, hl2, and tf folders, and then copy all the files from the manifest over the bin, hl2, and tf folders. This does restore TFMV to near full functionality, but as far as I'm aware this solution won't allow you to view any items added after the 64x update. So, we do still need a solution to this, but we can at least manage until the next cosmetic case is added.

NULLYUKI commented 2 months ago

According to patch 223066

Added missing 64-bit versions of HLMV and HLFaceposer

This needs to be retested.

JoriKos commented 2 months ago

Can confirm HLMV works again after last update

kisak-valve commented 1 month ago

Closing per the last couple comments.