Strange graphics problem in deathmatch

[wrapid]

I've been having a very weird problem when trying to play Deathmatch recently. First, upon trying to play the game, I got an error message that says:

'Failed to set video mode - resetting to defaults.

Game will now restart with the new video settings.'

I click 'OK' and it tries to start up the game again, but lo and behold I get another error message:

'Failed to set video mode - falling back to safe mode settings.

Game will now restart with the new video settings.'

This time the game starts up fine, but windowed and in 640x480 resolution. When I try to go fullscreen, I get this message and the whole cycle starts over again:

'The instruction at "0x2406ffe9" referenced memory at "0x00fe11cc". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program'

Now, I wouldn't be here if this was the only problem; I don't mind running the game windowed, but there's more. Whenever I get into a server my framerate drops WAY down. At first I thought it was lag, but it happens in ANY server. The game is basically unplayable. I thought it might be a problem with my graphics card, but Counter Strike, hl2 single player, all other mods, and not to mention everything else on my computer run fine. I downloaded the newest drivers, but the problem persists. I reinstalled the game, but the problem persists. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance.

 

[wrapid]

Update: Now it's happening with all my Half-Life files, minus the glitchy frame rate.

 

[Sheikah42]

it's a shame every valve related game i've played is filled with bugs and problems...

you would think such a popular game company would be more professional

the best advice i can give to you is to get used to it, because i'm sure you'll be running into more problems soon

 

[noobflinger]

well i hate to state the obvious, but....

i know it SHOULD work, but check the basics first.. make sure you have the latest drivers for your vid card.. make sure you have directx 9.0c..

still having problems? check your display properties advanced settings.. turn down your graphics settings some.. .. go to your hl2mp/cfgs rename the config.cfg file to bkup_config.cfg.. add bkup_ to any other .cfg file you have in the cfg folder

restart the computer and try it again.. still having problems? post every last bit of your computer specs you can find here and we'll take it form there (not that I can help, but I will be happy to try)

gl

 

[Pincus]

Something like that happened to my friend. I was showing him how to play the game on a private server, and he was walking so slow. I was cracking up. He told me to slow down, and I was only walking :\
Is this the type of lag you are getting?
- Gordon

 

[wrapid]

Sorry if I wasn't specific, but I know my computer can run deathmatch, because I've been playing it since it came out. This problem only started happening a week ago. By the way, I fixed the problem with fullscreen mode, now it's just the deathmatch framerate thing I'm having trouble with.

 

[noobflinger]

so, what did you do to your machine a week ago?

what is a really bad framerate? what are you reading at? mine fluctuates between crappy and really crappy.. 30-70 just depends on how much action i've got, but i know my issues.. did this framerate thing also just start a week ago?.. start up singleplayer just to get an idea on what you are reading in there now and compare them....

did you have this framerate problem from the start also (a week ago i mean) or could this have started at a later time?

 

[wrapid]

By terrible I mean uplayable- around 10 or less. In SP I get in the 50's with the same settings. You're probably right that I did something to my computer a week ago, but I just can't think of what. And for reference, the framerate problem started at least a week ago, probably earlier.