PLEASE HELP ME ! HL2 Does not work on my machine

[Surfer Rosa]

Please help me - Vivendi obviously have no clue....

This is what I have tried on their advice, and it still will not work

1.Checked HL2 properties by right clicking Steam icon. Reads as
Status: ready to Play, 100% acquired. Re-tried and nothing
2. Deleted client registry.blob file from teh Steam folder in Program
Files. Switched off firewalls and re-booted machine. Waited for
machine to update Steam again. Retried clicking HL2 icon and same
thing happens again and status reads same as above
3. Checked DVD-RW drive for firmware updates. There are none



And more from Vivendi


1. DMA setting on the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives



2. Update firmware for CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive


3. Do you have emulation software or a virtual drive installed?

No I don't !

4. Update the sound and video drivers

There are none as far as I can tell

5. Disable joystick port settings on sound card (for Windows 98/98SE only)

I have XP Home


6.
1. Open your C:\ProgramFiles\Valves\Steam\SteamApps folder
2. Rename the file "sourcemodels.gcf" to something else, such as "sourcemodels.old"
3. Be sure you are connected to the internet and relaunch the game. Steam will need to redownload the sourcemodels.gcf file, but once it has completed you should be able to connect and play.

Tried this and nothing


7.
Copy all files from the folder... C:\ProgramFiles\Valves\Steam\SteamApps\YOURNAME\half-life 2\bin
into the folder
..SteamApps/YOURNAME/half-life 2/
Do the same for CounterStrike Source: everything from
../ counter-strike source/bin/
to
.../counter-strike source
Uninstalling Service Pack 2 for Windows XP (if installed) could solve this.

Why would I need to uninstall SP2 ? My mate has it installed and it works fine


8. Empty your Temp file (c://windows/temp)


Tried and nothing

9. Defragment your C hard drive (start->program->accessories->systemtools->defragment.)

I have 135GB free on my hard drive - why would I need to do this


My Machine spec is as follows:

OS = Windows XP home edition
Processor = Pentium P4, 3.0 GHz
Memory = 2 x 512 RAM
Graphics = DirectX level 9.x
Hard Drive = At least 120 GB free after installation
Other = Philips DVD8601 DVD-RW drive.


Any advice would be just superb as I don't want to have to send my copy back to Amazon

Cheers

Surfer Rosa

 

[doomed - uk]

Okay, first things to try are the simplest...

4. Update the sound and video drivers

There are none as far as I can tell

What do you mean there are none? Let's figure out what graphics card and driver you have.

Start-->Control Panel-->Performance and Maintenance-->System-->Hardware-->Device Manager-->Display Adapter-->Driver

What do the card name at the top and the driver version below say?

By the way, what actually goes wrong?

 

[Ennui]

You need to tell us what's happening - does HL2 enter and then crash? Or does it never load up?

It has a long loading time even for us with fast comps, so just try loading it up and then go get a bite to eat.

 

[Surfer Rosa]

You need to tell us what's happening - does HL2 enter and then crash? Or does it never load up?

It has a long loading time even for us with fast comps, so just try loading it up and then go get a bite to eat.

HI,

When I click the HL2 icon, the DVD spins in the drive, it says "preparing to play HL2...." and then....nothing. The drive just stops

 

[Surfer Rosa]

Okay, first things to try are the simplest...



What do you mean there are none? Let's figure out what graphics card and driver you have.

Start-->Control Panel-->Performance and Maintenance-->System-->Hardware-->Device Manager-->Display Adapter-->Driver

What do the card name at the top and the driver version below say?

By the way, what actually goes wrong?

Hi there,

It says Radeon X300 Series and Radeon X300 Series Secondary

DVD is HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE 8483B and underneath it says.
and Philips DVD+RW DVD8601

When I double click HL2 icon, the DVD starts to spin, it says "preparing to play HL2..." and then...nothing

Cheers

Surfer Rosa

 

[Darkchyld738]

I belive the issue is your Phillips drive. You may need to remove and reinstall HL2 and then use a "NoCD/DVD" patch. there have been issues with some drives and the SecuRom, or is it Safdisc, Valve uses. My Plextor 712a had to be tweaked to read it then Hijack came up with the "Fix". Works wonderfully for me in "Offline Mode".

 

[doomed - uk]

I don't know if this is helpful.

 

[Surfer Rosa]

I belive the issue is your Phillips drive. You may need to remove and reinstall HL2 and then use a "NoCD/DVD" patch. there have been issues with some drives and the SecuRom, or is it Safdisc, Valve uses. My Plextor 712a had to be tweaked to read it then Hijack came up with the "Fix". Works wonderfully for me in "Offline Mode".

Hi,

YOU DID IT !!! Cheers mate !!! Loading screen is a bit out of focus, but it finally playing ! I owe you a beer

Cheers

Surfer Rosa
:cheers:

 

[StainlessJ-FPGA]

There already is a no-cd patch from Valve in one of the steam updates. Update your game via steam and you won't need the DVD anyway.