Pre loader does not show up in console nor the mods worked

[LocalSwindlerReal]

I did everything to try to find out why the Pre-loader would not appear in the console. I had already verify the files beforehand, installed the included mods, and included the +exec w/config.cfg to the launch options and yet nothing. Can someone help me out?

[cueki]

check custom for _casual_preloader_dir.vpk

if it doesnt exist, try installing again

[LocalSwindlerReal]

I already did a couple of times and it doesn't show up. I think its either on my end or something is preventing it from said .vpk to be installed.

[cueki]

Check the console that opens with the app for errors after clicking install.

[LocalSwindlerReal]

Heres the console.

C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader>cd casual-preloader

C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader>python.exe pip.pyz install -r requirements.txt
Ignoring pyxdg: markers 'sys_platform == "linux" or sys_platform == "darwin"' don't match your environment
Requirement already satisfied: PyQt6>=6.8.0 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) (6.9.1)
Requirement already satisfied: valve-parsers>=1.0.4 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 2)) (1.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: requests~=2.32.5 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2.32.5)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging~=25.0 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 4)) (25.0)
Requirement already satisfied: PyQt6-sip<14,>=13.8 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from PyQt6>=6.8.0->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (13.10.2)
Requirement already satisfied: PyQt6-Qt6<6.10.0,>=6.9.0 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from PyQt6>=6.8.0->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (6.9.2)
Requirement already satisfied: charset_normalizer<4,>=2 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (3.4.3)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (3.10)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<3,>=1.21.1 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2.5.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2025.10.5)

C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader>python.exe main.py
We ARE running a portable install
Application files are located in C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Project files are written to C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Settings files are in C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Error loading addon metadata: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Install dir: C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader

[cueki]

what about after you click install?

[LocalSwindlerReal]

Mb for being a bit late

C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader>cd casual-preloader

C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader>python.exe pip.pyz install -r requirements.txt
Ignoring pyxdg: markers 'sys_platform == "linux" or sys_platform == "darwin"' don't match your environment
Requirement already satisfied: PyQt6>=6.8.0 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) (6.9.1)
Requirement already satisfied: valve-parsers>=1.0.4 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 2)) (1.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: requests~=2.32.5 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2.32.5)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging~=25.0 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 4)) (25.0)
Requirement already satisfied: PyQt6-sip<14,>=13.8 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from PyQt6>=6.8.0->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (13.10.2)
Requirement already satisfied: PyQt6-Qt6<6.10.0,>=6.9.0 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from PyQt6>=6.8.0->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (6.9.2)
Requirement already satisfied: charset_normalizer<4,>=2 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (3.4.3)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (3.10)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<3,>=1.21.1 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2.5.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in c:\users\ukenn\downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\lib\site-packages (from requests~=2.32.5->-r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2025.10.5)

C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader>python.exe main.py
We ARE running a portable install
Application files are located in C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Project files are written to C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Settings files are in C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Install dir: C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader
Error patching file: Modified file particles/class_fx.pcf does not match original (236392 != 235192 bytes)
Error patching file: Modified file particles/halloween2018_unusuals.pcf does not match original (347381 != 342047 bytes)
Error patching file: Modified file particles/item_fx.pcf does not match original (845558 != 843168 bytes)
Error patching file: Modified file particles/level_fx.pcf does not match original (141820 != 143898 bytes)
Error patching file: Modified file particles/summer2022_unusuals.pcf does not match original (499039 != 499040 bytes)
Adding 37489 bytes of padding to bigboom_dx80.pcf
Adding 65100 bytes of padding to bigboom.pcf
Adding 41109 bytes of padding to dirty_explode.pcf
Adding 343545 bytes of padding to halloween.pcf
Adding 625835 bytes of padding to item_fx.pcf
Loaded game VPK: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\tf2_misc_dir.vpk
Scanning C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\temp\mods\materials\models\weapons - found 1 VTF files
Directory C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\temp\mods\materials\patterns does not exist, skipping
Found 1 VTF files and 0 existing VMT files
Created VMT from game VPK: C:\Users\ukenn\Downloads\preloader\casual-preloader\temp\mods\materials\models\weapons\c_models\c_banana\c_banana.vmt
bin/studiomdl.exe found.
Flush completed. Exiting as requested.
Removed 0 existing precache files

[cueki]

perhaps try the latest version

[LocalSwindlerReal]

Still nothing, I moved the pre-loader to the tf folder to see if anything changes.

[cueki]

If you were using cooler-hud, update it