This thread could belong in about 8 different forums, Steam Help, Tech Help, GMod, HL2, but I thought it would be wise to send it here.
I'm having a bit of trouble getting my Gmod to work. With the new update, whenever I try to open Gmod, it gets to 'Preparing to open Half-Life 2' and then promptly Windows XP tells me that 'We're sorry, HL2 is having problems and needs to close.'
No window pops up or anything like that. I figured I may have corrupted so sort of file or something, so I plan to reinstall it. But I have NO idea how to do that with the new steam interface. Should I just go into my Steam->userid->ectect->gmod folder and delete the content in there and then install fresh or is the 'Nuke local Content' button staring me in my blind face?
Edit: Or I could be off. This problem applies to all Half-Life 2 related programs. This seems to have happend after a glitch in DoD I just didn't notice. Admin, feel free to move the thread to where ever approriate.
So the problem now stems from a bug in DoD. I was in Avalanche, climbing up the ladder in the cathedral, and all of a sudden the screen went black. No sound, no vision, nothing. Just black. I alt-tab out to see if it's the computer trying to start a program on it's own, nothing. Try to reenter. Still black. So I ctrl-alt-del and terminate the program. And now I get the error mentioned above, before it even boots up the program, 'We're sorry, Half-Life 2 has encountered an error and needs to close."
Do I need to delete my HL2 content and reinstall now, or is the whole thing FUBAR'd?
I'm having a bit of trouble getting my Gmod to work. With the new update, whenever I try to open Gmod, it gets to 'Preparing to open Half-Life 2' and then promptly Windows XP tells me that 'We're sorry, HL2 is having problems and needs to close.'
No window pops up or anything like that. I figured I may have corrupted so sort of file or something, so I plan to reinstall it. But I have NO idea how to do that with the new steam interface. Should I just go into my Steam->userid->ectect->gmod folder and delete the content in there and then install fresh or is the 'Nuke local Content' button staring me in my blind face?
Edit: Or I could be off. This problem applies to all Half-Life 2 related programs. This seems to have happend after a glitch in DoD I just didn't notice. Admin, feel free to move the thread to where ever approriate.
So the problem now stems from a bug in DoD. I was in Avalanche, climbing up the ladder in the cathedral, and all of a sudden the screen went black. No sound, no vision, nothing. Just black. I alt-tab out to see if it's the computer trying to start a program on it's own, nothing. Try to reenter. Still black. So I ctrl-alt-del and terminate the program. And now I get the error mentioned above, before it even boots up the program, 'We're sorry, Half-Life 2 has encountered an error and needs to close."
Do I need to delete my HL2 content and reinstall now, or is the whole thing FUBAR'd?
