Ah man, I just finished the game a few minutes ago! I enjoyed reading your thread a ton though. Totally understand how frustrating it is to fight hunters with your back to that stupid citadel! Though it did add an extra challenge. :p
Hmm, I see. I will try updating my drivers... I did that just...
I was reading up on the dxlevel command, but I haven't tried it yet. I read up that lowering the version of DirX could cause glitches, but at this point I'm willing to try anything.
I forgot to mention that all my settings have been set to the very lowest with video and audio. The game does run quite smoothly, but it's only when I turn to face the direction of the citadel that it lags. You're right, but they must have left the citadel in on some of the earlier underground...
Hmm, you see, I'd buy that answer - but I've played all the previous HL with little to no lagging. It's definitely only lagging when I face the exploding citadel. Poor coding would slow the game if the citadel isn't being deactivated when its being blocked by other objects in respect to the...
Although the pretty blue explosion in the background of Halflife2 Ep2 is aesthetically pleasing, it causes no end of grief to my laptop. Every time I look in the direction on the blue explosion where the Citadel once stood my game lags an awful amount. It even lags when I'm underground (poor...