Failed to Lock Vertex Buffer

[Jewfolife16]

Half Life 2 loads fine and I'll be in deathmatch and then all of a sudden it exits out and I get this message:

"Failed to lock vertex buffer in cmesh DX8::LockVertexBuffer"

After doing my personal research I came across no solution. Most people are saying that there is no solution which is just awesome. If anyone knows anything about this problem please let me know.

Computer Specs:
Inspiron E1505
1.86 ghz duel core processor
1 gb ddr2 ram
Nvidea 7200 256mb video card
Win XP
Direct X 9

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

This would be another driver error supposedly. If you read through SUF most people fix this by updating to the newest drivers, if they give same error, go back to the second most recent and so on till something works.

 

[AgRyan]

hey, you have like the exact same computer as me (i mean EXACT) and im gettnig the exact same problem, and yet still have found no solution

i could use some help finding the right driver to install, as i havent found it yet =/

 

[Jewfolife16]

Go to STEAM > Games > Half Life 2 (or whichever game you want) > Right Click > Properties > Set Launch Options > input: " +mat_forcehardwaresync 0 +snd_async_prefetch_priority "

It's been working all day... my hopes are still low but hey what do you have to lose?

 

[AgRyan]

after doing that i got to play untill the first checkpoint, but then when the game was loading it just froze and crashed

 

[Jewfolife16]

But I'm wondering if that problem is a different problem because that happened to me too. But I'm wondering if they're related at all. Try playing online.

 

[AgRyan]

i can play css online for a good half hour, and then the same thing happens =/