Just thought I'd post this for anyone else having trouble after applying multiple patches.
After
finally getting my hands on the 2.4 patch (it took all weekend and nearly 5 gig of my DL quota
), I installed 2.2 and patched it up to 2.4, then after all that patching, I defragged the HDD.
Started'er up, tried to load a map (offline), and it blue-screened at 62%...
Tried it again (same map), CTD this time.
I try 4 more times with a different map each time, all of them CTD at 62%...
It was around this point I found myself in need of a break, because even though I was yet to fire a shot in anger, the fun and excitement of 2.4 was beginning to overwhelm me.
Some time later, I started all over again...
Reinstalled 2.2, patched it to 2.26,
then defragged the HDD.
Patched it to 2.3, then tested it. Worked just like a bought one.
Patched it to 2.4, then defragged again.
Start 2.4, start loading a SP map...*holds breath*...IT WORKS!!!
I assuming the problem was after patching 2.2 three times, the files were so fragmented that when I applied the 2.4 patch something important got misplaced or whatever.
I noticed when I defragged it the first time that most of the server.zips were in hundreds of pieces, that's why I tried defragging it halfway through the process the second time around.