How to defrag your game files...

| Black Hawk | · 1-8-2008, 11:51

Well here is a tutorial about defraging your gcf files
Read all of this before posting and flame me!!
I know steam haves a defrag tool but its sh!t

gcf files:
gcf files (Game cache file), are the files that contains everything!!
Its your cstrike but compressed!!!
Its like an ISO file...

When you take a look to your cstrike folder you will not find the official sounds, models, maps,...
They are compressed in a gcf file...

gcf files are huge!!! the gcf file of CSS is more that 1gb.

Well if that file is not 100% on the right place your loading times will take longer because your hard disk need to search and work longer and harder...

Before starting:
Before we start you need to count how long the CSS loading time is now... (The screen: CSS is preparing to load...)

Well before the defrag i was waiting 1min!!!!
After 1min the preparing screen disappears,
then i was waiting another min till CSS started up...

After the defraging the preparing to load screen disappears after 5sec!!! And CSS started up after 10sec and i was ready to join a server...
Read more on: : i3D.net Game Forums /counter-strike-source/29868-how-defrag-your-game-files.html

So i recommend you follow this tutorial!!!

So i recommend you follow this tutorial!!!

So i recommend you follow this tutorial!!!

Getting started:
Go to this site and download the file...
i3D.net downloads...

Extract the file where you wont and go into the folder called "bin".
In that folder you will find these two files:
HLExtract and HLLib.dll
Copy the 2 file's

Make it ready to run:
Now go to your steam folder (default: c:\\Program Files\Steam)
Open the folder called steamapps.
This is the folder with your gcf's!!!
Past the 2 files in here!

Now we need to make a new file that helps you to defrag your gcf's.

Open notepad and past this text in it:

Code:

@echo off
for %%F in (*.gcf) do "HLExtract.exe" -f -p "%%F"
pause

Now go to file --> Save As...
Save it with a name you wont (like defrag) but do not forget to put ".bat" after the name (or it wont work)

Put the .bat file you made also in your steamapps folder.

Last steps:
We are almost ready to start the defrag BUT it is very important you read the following:

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Make sure you close steam before running it!!!
Else your defrag isn't working because steam is still using the files...

This can take a while!!! So you need time!!!
He was buzy with defragging 1hour 15min.

Do NOT stop the defrag!!!
Stopping it will make the gcf that he is defragging maybe broken...

****************************

The steam defrag is not 100% right, it haves bugs.
This way is 100% successfully, i tried it myself and now my CSS is faster then ever.

Thx for reading

a mere shadow · 1-8-2008, 12:28

Nice tut, but i de-frag my whole pc once a week anyway

Tehuti · 1-8-2008, 12:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Mere Shadow

Nice tut, but i de-frag my whole pc once a week anyway

And those who don't can use the defrag tool in Steam.
Fragmentation 15% -> 1% when I used it on TF2.

| Black Hawk | · 1-8-2008, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Mere Shadow

Nice tut, but i de-frag my whole pc once a week anyway

Well this TuT is for people who need to wait long till that stupid Preparing to load CSS screen is gone...

People like me

But it helps alot!!!

***********************
After an update of a steam game or a steam update, defrag again!

This will NOT take a long time, only the new update will be defraged...
***********************

JohnnyB · 1-8-2008, 23:33

Hell, I'll give it a try, not that I really need to on my machine anyway ^^

djhazzcake · 2-8-2008, 00:25

Thanks for this Black Hawk

Read more on: : i3D.net Game Forums http://forum.i3d.net/showthread.php?t=29868
I did this. It didn't have a MASSIVE improvement. But it cut a couple of seconds off xD

Vivi · 2-8-2008, 08:43

Are we like talking about the system defrag that I get with Windows but just with these added files thingie in the CSS folder that we need to fiddle with?

| Black Hawk | · 2-8-2008, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vivi

Are we like talking about the system defrag that I get with Windows but just with these added files thingie in the CSS folder that we need to fiddle with?

Not really, the program i used is a program that defrag's gcf's...
The program defrags it so that steam will load it fast, and with no problem...

It helped me very hard so thats why i posted it here to...

- JS. · 2-8-2008, 14:08

eh, thanks mate, did this and it's loading alot quicker now

+Rep for you

| Black Hawk | · 2-8-2008, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by - JS.

eh, thanks mate, did this and it's loading alot quicker now

+Rep for you

Thx for +rep

Don't forget to defrag again after an update...
It will defrag only the game that updated...

Vivi · 2-8-2008, 20:19

Then I'm confused. Now I haven't followed the steps in your post but nowhere do I see an actual instruction on how to start any defrag, just some warnings at the end pre-de-frag.

| Black Hawk | · 2-8-2008, 20:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by | Black Hawk |

Now we need to make a new file that helps you to defrag your gcf's.

Open notepad and past this text in it:

Code:

@echo off
for %%F in (*.gcf) do "HLExtract.exe" -f -p "%%F"
pause

Now go to file --> Save As...
Save it with a name you wont (like defrag) but do not forget to put ".bat" after the name (or it wont work)

Put the .bat file you made also in your steamapps folder.

Well this file you need to open for start the defrag...
I forgot saying that

5unz · 2-8-2008, 21:19

from 45 to 17 seconds

closes in an instant now.

Thank you.

Snowy · 3-8-2008, 00:27

Could you please explain to me in Dutch lol?

Eastsider · 3-8-2008, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowy

Could you please explain to me in Dutch lol?

Lawl snowy, you're kidding me!

?

Snowy · 3-8-2008, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eastsider

Lawl snowy, you're kidding me!

?

I just don't understand xD

Eastsider · 3-8-2008, 00:58

Dutch:

Voor u van start gaat:
Voordat we beginnen moet je rekenen hoe lang de CSS laden tijd is nu ... (Het scherm: CSS is de voorbereiding te laden ...)

Ruim vóór de defrag zat ik 1 min tewachten!
Na 1min de voorbereiding van het scherm verdwijnt,
Daarna heb ik zitten te wachten tot een ander min CSS gestart ...

Na de defraging de voorbereiding van het laden van het scherm verdwijnt na 5sec! En CSS gestart na 10sec en ik was klaar om toe te treden tot een server ...

Dus ik raad u aan deze tutorial!

Aan de slag:
Ga naar deze site om het bestand downloaden ...
i3D.net downloads ...

Pak het bestand, en ga naar de map met de naam "bin".
In deze map vindt u deze twee bestanden:
HLExtract en HLLib.dll
Kopieer deze twee.

Maak het klaar voor gebruik:
Ga nu naar je steam folder (standaard is dat c: \ \ Program Files \ Steam)
Open de map met de naam steamapps.
Dit is de map met uw GCF's!
Plaats de 2 bestanden hierin!

Nu moeten we een nieuw bestand maken, dat u helpt om uw defrag GCF's.

Open kladblok en zet deze tekst erin:
Code:

Quote:

@ echo off
voor%% F in (*. GCF) doen "HLExtract.exe"-f-p "%% F"
pause

Ga nu naar bestand -> Opslaan als ...
Sla het op met een naam die u wilt (zoals defrag), maar vergeet niet om ". Bat" achter de naam (of het werkt niet)

Plaats de .Bat bestand in uw steamapps map.

Laatste stappen:
We zijn bijna klaar om te beginnen met de defrag maar het is zeer belangrijk dat u de volgende documenten:

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Zorg ervoor dat je steam afsluit voordat je gaat spelen!
Anders zal uw defrag niet werken, want steam is nog steeds bezig met behulp van de bestanden ...

Dit kan enige tijd duren! Dus je hebt tijd nodig!
Hij was bezig met defragging 1 uur en 15min.

Stop de defrag niet!
Stoppen zal waarschijnlijk de GCF dat hij is aan defragging kapot gaan. ...

****************************

De steam defrag is niet 100% juist, heeft soms bugs.
Op deze manier is 100% succes, Ik heb het geprobeerd bij mijzelf, en nu mijn CSS is sneller dan ooit.

Thx voor het lezen.

Eastsider · 3-8-2008, 01:12

Woops..
Translated the code aswell.
Thats wrong, the code is

Quote:

@echo off
for %%F in (*.gcf) do "HLExtract.exe" -f -p "%%F"
pause

Sorry!

Zini · 3-8-2008, 01:47

thank u very much...

it's a great improvment...

but one question...: i am like changing my skins (weapons, playermodels etc..etc...) daily...

do i have to defrag ev'rytime i install a new skin/model...?

| Black Hawk | · 3-8-2008, 08:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zini

thank u very much...

it's a great improvment...

but one question...: i am like changing my skins (weapons, playermodels etc..etc...) daily...

do i have to defrag ev'rytime i install a new skin/model...?

No, because all the gcf's you have are all the official sh!t off valve.

And the defrager only defrags that files...

When u install a skin you do not need to defrag again

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\| Black Hawk \| I <3 Helping Join Date: 10 May 08 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,294 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0 Xfire: xblackhawkdownx Member's Picture Albums	How to defrag your game files... Well here is a tutorial about defraging your gcf files Read all of this before posting and flame me!! I know steam haves a defrag tool but its sh!t gcf files: gcf files (Game cache file), are the files that contains everything!! Its your cstrike but compressed!!! Its like an ISO file... When you take a look to your cstrike folder you will not find the official sounds, models, maps,... They are compressed in a gcf file... gcf files are huge!!! the gcf file of CSS is more that 1gb. Well if that file is not 100% on the right place your loading times will take longer because your hard disk need to search and work longer and harder... Before starting: Before we start you need to count how long the CSS loading time is now... (The screen: CSS is preparing to load...) Well before the defrag i was waiting 1min!!!! After 1min the preparing screen disappears, then i was waiting another min till CSS started up... After the defraging the preparing to load screen disappears after 5sec!!! And CSS started up after 10sec and i was ready to join a server... Read more on: : i3D.net Game Forums /counter-strike-source/29868-how-defrag-your-game-files.html So i recommend you follow this tutorial!!! So i recommend you follow this tutorial!!! So i recommend you follow this tutorial!!! Getting started: Go to this site and download the file... i3D.net downloads... Extract the file where you wont and go into the folder called "bin". In that folder you will find these two files: HLExtract and HLLib.dll Copy the 2 file's Make it ready to run: Now go to your steam folder (default: c:\\Program Files\Steam) Open the folder called steamapps. This is the folder with your gcf's!!! Past the 2 files in here! Now we need to make a new file that helps you to defrag your gcf's. Open notepad and past this text in it: Code: @echo off for %%F in (.gcf) do "HLExtract.exe" -f -p "%%F" pause Now go to file --> Save As...* Save it with a name you wont (like defrag) but do not forget to put ".bat" after the name (or it wont work) Put the .bat file you made also in your steamapps folder. Last steps: We are almost ready to start the defrag BUT it is very important you read the following: ************************** Make sure you close steam before running it!!! Else your defrag isn't working because steam is still using the files... This can take a while!!! So you need time!!! He was buzy with defragging 1hour 15min. Do NOT stop the defrag!!! Stopping it will make the gcf that he is defragging maybe broken... ************************** The steam defrag is not 100% right, it haves bugs. This way is 100% successfully, i tried it myself and now my CSS is faster then ever. Thx for reading Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ [Helpful links] i3D Server Rules \| i3D Forum Rules [Gun-game Event] Map I Made: gg_two_fort_v2 Last edited by Cruth; 1-8-2008 at 13:54. Reason: Rapidshare is evil

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Vivi To be a girl or Join Date: 08 March 08 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,130 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Then I'm confused. Now I haven't followed the steps in your post but nowhere do I see an actual instruction on how to start any defrag, just some warnings at the end pre-de-frag. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Contact admins * Teamspeak * Zombie CSS Forum * V* pix

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