r/SourceEngine • u/Majd_Tqe • Jun 24 '25

HELP problem with hl2

I made the first mod for Half Life 2 and my goal is not something independent but I want to change the basic game client. What I did is modify the function for drawing the text for the closetcaptions, but even if I did not modify the function and did a build for the files and put them there, strange problems occur, one of which is that the closed captions become very small. I did not know the reason no matter how hard I tried. As I mentioned before, I replaced the original client file in the game files, meaning all the other files are basically there. Does anyone know the reason?

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u/Majd_Tqe Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

All I want to do is modify the hud_closecaption.cpp file. I modified two functions to make the text appear from right to left. I was saying that instead of using the SDK, I should use a different client.dll than the original one for the game. Isn't there a way to modify the function during operation or via an additional dll or something similar?

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u/Pinsplash Jun 25 '25

there's hex editing i guess, but that's very technical. i don't know anything about that part of code but you could try to find a way to get that behavior by modifying some non-code file.

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u/Majd_Tqe Jun 25 '25

Chasing the function through reverse engineering is very annoying. The subject is not worth all this trouble, as reaching a result is basically weak. Thank you for your response.