Defrag/verify all files option?

[wiak]

is it possible to get a verify all files and defrag all files option
you have to defrag/verify every game and that takes some time

[ZeBool]

I'd suggest not using Steam's defrag tool at all.

Grab the latest HLLib here and extract it. Move HLExtract.exe and HLLib.dll to your steamapps folder, and make a text file and put the following lines in it:

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

Save it as gcfdefrag.bat, then close Steam, and run Task Manager to make sure steam.exe is dead.

Run GCFDefrag.bat, and it'll go through every single GCF and defrag it, and it does a better job than the internal tool.

Thanks to Nem (author of HLLib and GCFscape) for the information.

I'd do that every single time you get a game update, and every time you download a new game.

[TheRealNem]

To validate using HLExtract, use the following batch script:

for %%F in (*.gcf) do "HLExtract.exe" -m -v -s -t root -p "%%F"
pause

You can usually ignore incomplete warnings; if a file is reported as corrupt, just validate it's game in Steam.

[noisephoenix]

Excellent. thanks for these tips

[Jesse1234]

Originally Posted by ZeBool

I'd suggest not using Steam's defrag tool at all.

Grab the latest HLLib here and extract it. Move HLExtract.exe and HLLib.dll to your steamapps folder, and make a text file and put the following lines in it:

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

Save it as gcfdefrag.bat, then close Steam, and run Task Manager to make sure steam.exe is dead.

Run GCFDefrag.bat, and it'll go through every single GCF and defrag it, and it does a better job than the internal tool.

Thanks to Nem (author of HLLib and GCFscape) for the information.

I'd do that every single time you get a game update, and every time you download a new game.

Does this look right?
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...gfgfgfgfgf.jpg
Does gcfdefrag.bat have to be inside my steamapps folder? because it's not....and when i open up gcfdefrag.bat it just goes right to Press Any Key to Continue...

Does it need to defrag? I sort of have OCD and defrag it quite often.

edit: Haha i really have OCD...the only one that needed to be defragmented was the spanish file.

[shackanaw]

Yes, the .bat file needs to be in the steamapps folder.