I decided the other day that I ought to try to start my own TeamFortress 2 server. (Actually, I tried long ago, but hoped the problem had been fixed. But it hasn’t.) I want to share the cause of the problem in the hopes of helping others, since Google usually picks these things up.<\/p>\n
You spend forever downloading the Half-Life Dedicated Server (HLDS), and excitedly fire it up. It runs through some stuff and seems to be working, but then you get a whole bunch of bizarre errors scrolling by:<\/p>\n
\nBad data found in model \"dispenser_toolbox.dmx\" (bad bone weights)\nBad data found in model \"dispenser_gib1.smd\" (bad bone weights)\nBad data found in model \"dispenser_gib2.smd\" (bad bone weights)\nBad data found in model \"dispenser_gib3.smd\" (bad bone weights)\nBad data found in model \"dispenser_gib4.smd\" (bad bone weights)\nBad data found in model \"dispenser_gib5.smd\" (bad bone weights)<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhat’s been surmised is that it’s because your processor doesn’t support SSE2<\/a>. Bah! There’s no fix, either, other than pleading with Steam to write a version that doesn’t require SSE2, or upgrading your CPU.<\/p>\n
It’s clearly time to build a new server and colocate it. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I decided the other day that I ought to try to start my own TeamFortress 2 server. (Actually, I tried long ago, but hoped the problem had been fixed. But it hasn’t.) I want to share the cause of the … Continue reading