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[lotsofquestions]

Hi All,

First, thanks for creating this awesome mod. It seems amazing. I'm currently trying to get it up and running on an older machine of mine for LAN with friends.

When I start the game, it freezes on the very first Loading Screen. Adding the option '-novid' did not help. I was able to get the game running when launching with the option '-dxlevel 81'. However this is a DirectX 9 card. I can launch Team Fortress 2 (the only other Valve game I have on this machine) without this parameter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I imagine I am losing a lot of detail using DirectX 8.1 vs 9.0c.

I am running version 4.2.1 of the game.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The machine has:
Windows XP - 32 bit
G31M-ES2L motherboard
Intel Dual Core
4GB DDR2 memory
Radeon X1800GTO (supports DirectX 9.0c).

[kraid]

First of all, nmake sure you have the 4.2.1 full installer and everything installed correct.
The installer is roughly 1.5 GB big.
Also, if you got a software firewall make sure it doesn't block hl2.exe

[lotsofquestions]

I used the full installer for 4.2.1. I also have had the software firewall completely disabled (I'm not sure what this would have to do with a directx problem though). Problem continues to persist.

[killermonkey]

I was able to get the game running when launching with the option '-dxlevel 81'.

What's the problem than? I am a bit confused.

[Mangley]

So it crashes before you can reach the main menu? Or does it crash whilst loading a map?

[lotsofquestions]

@Mangley: The game freezes on the very first loading screen (before I can reach the main menu and before it plays the video). As previously mentioned adding the parameter -novid did not help.

@killermonkey: The problem is I would like to play the game using DirectX9, not 8.

[killermonkey]

You will need newer hardware, maybe. We cannot fix directx issues.

TF2 runs on a completely different engine.