Bullcrap problem

[Tarin]

This is the issue I sent valve

I just got my version of HL2 through the AMD system offer. I'm trying to load the game up and it crashes as soon as it gets to the load screen. The message says it's because it requires a DirectX 7 compatible Vid card, but My Visiontek Geforce 3 is DX8 compatible. Why am I having a problem?

Their response was to update drivers to 9.0c. I'm not a moron, I already had the latest drivers, so I'm turning to other options. Please respond if you think you might know a way to deal with this.

Thanks,

 

[diluted]

Hmm.. I don't really know, I'll just throw out a few suggestions.
Update your video card drivers? You said you downloaded the latest DX version, but are your video drivers up to date?
Try putting this in the "launch options" (right click Half-Life 2 in Steam and go to Properties)
-dxlevel 81
Probably won't help, but couldn't hurt to try.

 

[Tarin]

You gave me an idea. I tried turning back the clock to some older drivers. still no luck. I tried your suggestions without much success. Here's the error I'm getting.

"Failed to set video mode.

This game has a minimum requirement of DirectX 7.0 compatible hardware."

It's almost like it thinks it's the hardware no the driver. But I know darn well my geforce3 is plenty compatible.

 

[^Ben]

ither get a profile editor like saweetnesstrev said (nHancer, YAPE, etc), or manually delete the settings associted with hl2.exe in your registry. Go into your registry under this key:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{F5857C38-087A-4CD1-98DD-D4DF85D1A681}\0000


The GUID on yours will be different, but generally it's the furthest one down the list. The 0000 is likely the same (first adapter under that id).

Now delete any entries starting with:

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_hl2.exe:


Even though entries will appear in your NVIDIA panel, the values associated with them are gone and you can either forget about it or set defaults or redo your profile.

That's it! HL2/CSS works again!

Or

Download a program name nHancer and delete the halflife2 profile.. IT WORKS!!

smile.gif its the freaking profile thats crashing it!!

 

[Tarin]

OUTSTANDING. Ben, you hit the nail on the absolute head. I just finished the first level and I'm jacked to continue tomorrow. Thanks man!