Runtime Error : abnormal program termination.

[Honk]

installing halflife2/cs source went perfect.
registering went good to, but if i want to start half life 2 or css i get this error message :

Runtime Error

Program [hl2dir]/hl2.exe

Abnormal program termination

i've looked it up for 2 days now, nothing..nothing worked.
heeellpp please!

my system :

Amd 2600+
Abit Geforce FX 5200 128 MB
512 Mb Ram

 

[Honk]

nobody heard about this one?!

 

[Squid32]

Yes mate I've got the exact same problem. So far I haven't found anyone else reporting it so we've got to have something in common. I've got the retail DVD version of the game.

My setup:
P4 3.0 Northwood @ 34.Ghz
ASUS P4P800
1GB Twinmos Dual PC3200 @ PC3632
Radeon 9500 @ 9700
Maxtor 120GB
Maxtor 20GB
M-Audio Delta 66
Soundblaster Live Platinum
WinTV 2000
LG Supermulti DVD-RW GSA-4081B
Windows XP Pro SP1

Here's what i've tried so far:
Re-installed HL2 (twice)
Latest Omega Radeon drivers 2.5.90
Latest M-Audio drivers 5.10.00.0048
De-Clocked CPU & RAM to defaults
De-Clocked GFX to defaults
Installed new MCVRT71.DLL (Microsoft C++ Runtime Library)
Installed Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Re-installed Steam
Updated DVD-RW Firmware

Still no joy but maybe if you post your detailed specs we might find a common problem.

Cheers
Squid

 

[Squid32]

... fyi

I've since:

Installed latest official ATI catalysts 4.11.
Installed .NET Framework Service Pack 1.
Installed Direct X 9 Runtime Components from the HL2 DVD.
Ran the Modify tool from the HL2 DVD menu and fully un-installed.
Disabled all antivirus, monitoring, tweaking & firewall software.
Fully re-installed the game & Steam to default directories.

And.....nope. Same error still. I'm gonna bite the bullet and install Windows XP SP2.

 

[Honk]

Yes mate I've got the exact same problem. So far I haven't found anyone else reporting it so we've got to have something in common. I've got the retail DVD version of the game.

My setup:
P4 3.0 Northwood @ 34.Ghz
ASUS P4P800
1GB Twinmos Dual PC3200 @ PC3632
Radeon 9500 @ 9700
Maxtor 120GB
Maxtor 20GB
M-Audio Delta 66
Soundblaster Live Platinum
WinTV 2000
LG Supermulti DVD-RW GSA-4081B
Windows XP Pro SP1

Here's what i've tried so far:
Re-installed HL2 (twice)
Latest Omega Radeon drivers 2.5.90
Latest M-Audio drivers 5.10.00.0048
De-Clocked CPU & RAM to defaults
De-Clocked GFX to defaults
Installed new MCVRT71.DLL (Microsoft C++ Runtime Library)
Installed Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Re-installed Steam
Updated DVD-RW Firmware

Still no joy but maybe if you post your detailed specs we might find a common problem.

Cheers

Squid

Finally..someone with the same problem. (not that ik like it for you, but now maybe we can find a solution)

in our systems the only common things i can find are we both have an Asus motherboard, and an Maxtor HD.

i have tried the most things you have tried to, and to the last replyer : i do have SP2 (installed a while ago) but that doesnt seem to be the solution.

well..keep trying dude's..
there MUST be something to do about it, or do we need to buy a ****ing other pc. I WANT TO PLAY HALFLIFE2!

 

[Honk]

didn't vind the solution yet?

 

[Squid32]

Could you download this tiny app and run it on your system and send me or post the results. If there's software conflicts this way I'll be able to see what we do have in common. I dont think it's hardware anymore, tried almost everything there.

 

[Honk]

Could you download this tiny app and run it on your system and send me or post the results. If there's software conflicts this way I'll be able to see what we do have in common. I dont think it's hardware anymore, tried almost everything there.

this are the results of the program :
ps. here's a site where there are more people with this problem :
http://www.forumplanet.com/planethalflife/topic.asp?fid=1892&tid=1530198



Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) VIA Technologies, Inc. KT400-8235
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2,07 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: KT400-8235
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 10/31/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
205,46 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
67,26 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A [CD-ROM drive]
AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1612 [CD-ROM drive]
Diskettestation

HDS722512VLAT80 [Hard drive] (123,52 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNR33EC3C7KL9K, rev V33OA60A, SMART Status: Healthy
Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81,96 GB) -- drive 1, s/n Y2VVNDYE, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 123,51 GB 56,43 GB free
d: (on drive 1) 81,95 GB 10,82 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
local user accounts last logon
Vincent29 19-11-2004 8:52:27 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
ASPNET never
Gast 18-11-2004 8:47:15
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account AGFA-Avantra 44 v2013.108 on \\BROUWER-YW4PSVZ\Printer2
HP DeskJet 840C/841C/842C/843C on \\beneden\HP DeskJet 840C/841C/842C/843C
HP DeskJet 840C/841C/842C/843C on \\BROUWER-YW4PSVZ\Printer
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:

Controllers Display
Standaarddiskettestationcontroller
Primair IDE-kanaal [Controller]
Secundair IDE-kanaal [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 [Display adapter]
PHILIPS 107S [Monitor] (15,7"vis, s/n BZ 009694, maart 1999)
Standaardbeeldscherm [Monitor]
Standaardbeeldscherm [Monitor]
Standaardbeeldscherm [Monitor]
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SOJU SCSI Controller
ST3SHARK SCSI Controller
Standard Enhanced PCI naar USB-hostcontroller
VIA Rev 5 of later USB universele host-controller
VIA Rev 5 of later USB universele host-controller
VIA Rev 5 of later USB universele host-controller Creative SB Live! Value (WDM)
Creative SB Live!-spelpoort
Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM)
Communications Other Devices
Motorola USB Modem #3
Microsoft Tun Minipoort-adapter
VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Card MAC Address: 00:0A:E6:4D:A2:64
Network IP Address: 192.168.1.2 / 24 Standaardtoetsenbord (101/102 toetsen) of Microsoft Natural PS/2-toetsenbord [Keyboard]
Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
USB-hoofdhub
USB-hoofdhub
USB-hoofdhub
USB-hoofdhub
Virus Protection
No details available
Installed Microsoft Hotfixes [Back to Top]
.NETFramework
1.1
S867460 (details...)
DataAccess
Q832483 on 27-8-2004 (details...)
KB870669 (details...)
Internet Explorer
SP2 (SP2)
Windows Media Player
WM817787 (details...)
Windows Media Player (continued)
Q828026 (details...)
SP0
Q828026 on 27-8-2004 (details...)
Windows XP
SP2
KB811113[SP] on 2-10-2004 (details...)
SP3
KB834707 on 22-10-2004 (details...)

 

[Honk]

It Works

yesssahh i got it running..dunno what it was, but i just formatted my C disc..and now it works perfectly :bounce:

 

[Squid32]

Great, thanks for that post and i'm sorry you had to reformat to get it working. I noticed that we both have Creative SB Live and on that other forum someone mentioned secondary devices as being the key. I disabled my SB Live but it still wouldnt work, however when I disabled my TV Card - Hauppage Win TV - IT DID WORK!

cheers again...now, about this game....

 

[..®]

u had to format to get it to work??? not willing to go that far

 

[Beerdude26]

Don't revive old threads. (Threads older than 6 months)
Moderators don't like that.

 

[bayouranch]

my problem

I get runtime error abnormal program termination, c++ library errror
when I try to load my security system pc card (geovisions) there must be something we have in common, my system was working fine, then my wife had a virtual memory problem and started deleting icons of the desktop and then I had this problem, now i have added more ram and did my updates and checked my dll files for mpeg4 32.dll or something and still haven't solved this problem.

 

[Beerdude26]

I get runtime error abnormal program termination, c++ library errror
when I try to load my security system pc card (geovisions) there must be something we have in common, my system was working fine, then my wife had a virtual memory problem and started deleting icons of the desktop and then I had this problem, now i have added more ram and did my updates and checked my dll files for mpeg4 32.dll or something and still haven't solved this problem.

Give your system specifications. (For a tutorial on how to do this, click this link : Link
Paste the info sheet into your reply.

 

[cyberdjox]

Runtime error : abnormal prog termination ... solution

I've been getting this type of error when i installed my hl2.exe:

Runtime error ... c++ ...blah blah ...abnormal termination
(not neceserily in that order ... LOL)

This error appeared after i correctly patched the game.

when ever i tried to save or load a game save, the game freezes and shows that error.

Here is how i solved it:

i created a shortcut like this:

"D:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\User\Half-Life 2\hl2.exe" -steamlocal -dxlevel 81 -novideo -w 640 -h 480 -32bit -refresh 50

(offcourse you might want to direct the hl2.exe where you installed it)

the command line switches are sent to hl2.exe application and it lowers the resolution to 640x480 and it runs on

DirectX 8.1 Level.

I sugest lowering all graphics to minimum ...stuff like texture quality and similar ...everything to low and

minimum.

I Deleted all the "Autosave" saves too...

After this when i started up the game thru this shortcut, the error wasn't showing anymore and everything worked

just fine.

My guess is that this C++ runtime error appears due to an incompatible graphics instructions sent to graphics card.


It Could be that Sierra programmers made some mistakes during programing.



I had this problem on these machines and systems, and i solved the problem on all of them ...



Machine #1:

Laptop AmiloPro v2030, 1.8Ghz Processor, 765MB RAM (Shared memory resource), and 40GB Hard drive, Integrated

graphics card, Windows xp Professional SP2, DirectX 9.0c

(Believe it or not, it worked on my laptop just fine ... it was a bit laggy sometimes but it was playable)

Machine #2:

ComTrade Desktop pc, 3.06Ghz Celeron D Processor, 2GB Ram, 160GB HDD, Windows Vista HomeProfessional, Graphics are

integrated: Intel chipset family, DirectX 10

(Worked like a charm)



...i realy liked the first half-life and i definitely like half-life 2...
as far as im concirned with playing games ...i enjoy more the story and action in them than super hot maximum real

life graphics and stuff like that in them.

...as long as it works im happy

i hope this helped someone. Cheers.

 

[Acepilotf14]

3 years, wow

 

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