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Manual Install
This article is for manual installation and is intended for advanced users. Unless you have a reason to follow this guide, please download and install GoldenEye: Source the normal way.
Download
Go to the alternative downloads page and download one of the installation archives.
Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable
Download and install the 32-bit (x86) version of the Visual Studio C++ 2012 redistributable. The file you download will be named vcredist_x86.exe
.
Locate the Source Mod Install Path:
Source mods are installed to the steamapps\sourcemods
directory, which is located under the Steam install path.
Steam is typically installed in C:\Program Files\Steam
or C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
. If you don't find it there, open a Command Prompt and run the following command to find it:
REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Valve\Steam /v InstallPath
for 32-bit systems, and
REG QUERY HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam /v InstallPath
for 64-bit systems.
Remember that mods go in the <steam path>\steamapps\sourcemods
folder, so add steamapps\sourcemods
to the path you retrieved through the command prompt.
Extract the Game Files
The archive you downloaded has a gesource
folder. Extract gesource
to steamapps\sourcemods
.
It is recommended that you use a dedicated archival utility such as 7-Zip to extract large files. Extracting large files through the file browser may cause problems.
Custom Installation Directory
If you don't want to put GoldenEye: Source on another storage device, you may skip this section.
To put GoldenEye: Source on an other install location (such as an external hard drive), extract the gesource
directory wherever you want it. Then, create a symbolic link to it in your sourcemods folder. To do this, open Command Prompt (you will need to right click → Run as Administrator) and enter the following command:
mklink /D "[sourcemods_path]\gesource" "[install_dir]"
- Replace
[sourcemods_path]
with the Source Mod Install Path you obtained above. For example, the first path, in full, would look like:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\gesource
- note the \gesource at the end
- Replace
[install_dir]
with the location of your actualgesource
folder. For example:
E:\games\gesource
.
- Paths with spaces must be quoted
- An example command is:
mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\gesource" "E:\games\gesource"
Restart Steam
After restarting Steam, GoldenEye: Source should now appear in your Steam library.