# HL2: Old Engine not launching

**URL:** <https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-old-engine-not-launching/3203>\
**Category:** Half-Life 2\
**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-old-engine-not-launching/3203 "2018-08-10T15:06:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![CAT-SCREAMER](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@CAT-SCREAMER](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/CAT-SCREAMER)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-old-engine-not-launching/3203/1 "2018-08-10T15:06:26Z")

</div>

Problem:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ExtraVirus](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/extravirus/32/476_2.png) [@ExtraVirus](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/ExtraVirus)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-old-engine-not-launching/3203/2 "2018-08-10T19:01:08Z")

</div>

You downloaded Source SDK Base 2006 from Steam ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![CAT-SCREAMER](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@CAT-SCREAMER](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/CAT-SCREAMER)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-old-engine-not-launching/3203/3 "2018-08-11T05:18:50Z")

</div>

I’m found the solution: All you had to do: that was copy steam\_api.dll from folder bin to the root folder of Source SDK 2006 (and sorry for my english)