i JUST got posting rights to the steampowered forums, so ive posted there with everything ive tried up till now. no replies yet. ill post here anything i find out...
it shouldnt be the mouse anyway, since you're not using the mouse to strafe. I assume you still have keys 'A' and 'D' set for strafing. It sounds like a game issue to me, since im sure you would've noticed if, when you're in a word processor, the lettters A and D randomly pop up. I would...
as for moving my audigy.... why not? I already got the game to crash a bunch of times with the sound card disabled, but who knows, maybe itll work...
im also posting a thread on the steampowered forum, so if i find a solution there, ill let you all know
i havent tried selective startup yet, but i will when i get home... i didnt that would be it, but ill give it a shot anyway, ive seen much weirder things.
nope, crashed. Windowed mode isnt going to solve this problem, unfortunately.
im gonna try adding this command to the run line:
+mat_forcehardwaresync 0 +snd_async_prefetch_priority 1
i got this from the thread "fix!! loading screen lock and memeory failier" probably isnt the same...
yeah, all my video options are set to application preference. Also, i thought id add that ive been able to play Vampire The Masquarade : Bloodlines just fine. I know its a different game, but i thought that might help
I know others are having a similar problem, but since every system is different i thought id start a new thread
to start with, heres my system:
amd 64 3000+
ati radeon 9800pro
1GB ram
msi k8t neo (via k8t800 chipset)
creative labs audigy 2 zs
i am running the game at:
1024x768
4x...