some CS stages wont work.....? and heapsize question

[MTL]

well when i try to enter some stages, particularly "office" and i forgot the others...itll just bring me back to the main menu....i can play about 6 stages

ive tried validating my CSSource files, and tried deleting the BLOB file and reupdating Steam.....but i thought that would have fixed it but *shrug..... should i just reinstall?

and on heapsize....is this number related to video ram or system ram? because most people say to put 256000 or half your memory....but are they talking about video or system mem?
when i enable mat_show_texture_memory_usage 1 i watch it every so often to see if it ever goes over 256000 it never does
it stays in the 1000's...so what exactly is this heapsize related to?

btw i have a 256mb video card and 384 system mem....so what should i really set heapsize to?

 

[63]

heapsize refers to your system memory. Sticking to half your mem (ie: 512 > 1024) is a good idea, but not needed much anymore as Valve has upped the default to 128 from 64. And as for the "stages", I'm assuming you mean maps... I get the same problem every now and then, sometimes its for no apparent reason, others is because I'm trying to join a server where I take a reserved slot. Hope Valve fixes this soon. And that damn memory error.

 

[Unfocused]

Stages? Man, Super Mario has stages. CS: S has maps :]

 

[furiousV]

you shouldnt set yuor heapsize greater than 512000, source engine cant handle it
and id set the heapsize about 128000 or 192000 if i had 384MB RAM
though you should look into getting more, at least 512MB if possible