hl2.exe Error?

[NoogyMan]

Ok. Noogy Uber n00b time.

1. I've never had to uninstall before How exactly do i do it?

2. What is and how do I get my stop code?

-Noogyman <---Fail.

[DoT]

Reinstall:

1. Go to your steam folder and delete the folder.

2. On your games tab in steam right click cs:s and press delete local content.

3. After its done, right click cs:s and click donwload, or install game.

[NoogyMan]

You said something about Drivers? I think My video driver is outdated. Could that be causing it?

My Current Driver is:
Windows verison: Windows XP
Description : NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
Version: 6.14.10.5673

What should I update to?

-Noogyman
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Also....

My Computer>Local Disk(C: )>Program Files>Steam<----This Folder?

Just making sure I'm not wanting to mess anything up.

Thanks for the help btw.
-Noogyman

[DoT]

You can do that, but if it's just cs:s giving you the error then just delete your cstrike folder.

[enderless]

I would update your drivers to the latest supported for xp.

As for deleting files, if you delete your cstrike you will lose all binds, commands, sprays, etc. so make sure you back everything up before deleting.

[vince21]

Ok. Noogy Uber n00b time.

1. I've never had to uninstall before How exactly do i do it?

2. What is and how do I get my stop code?

-Noogyman <---Fail.

i'm pretty sure i got you pwned when it comes to noob vs comp. as from what i've read and personal experience, i would say it sounds like the drivers may be the issue. did this all start after the latest steam update? could that be something? i know that i get this issue when i'm skipping around on servers or trying to do too much at once.

[khaotik]

Sorry, I have not checked in lately.
The renaming was to generate a new CFG. some commands in the config crashes the game, due to incorrect convars.

You stated when you minimized and alt tabbed, the game crashes.
This is a sign of the memory being too slow, or the graphics card is too slow as wel, to load all of the required files..

As to crashing ingame...

In the advanced startup
steam icon->right click->games->css->right click->properties->advanced
make sure this is an empty line.
Quite a few errors are because of improper advanced lines.

Now, to do some steam reworking.
I want you to delete EVERYTHING in the /steam/ folder, EXCEPT /steamapps/

../steamapps/ holds the downloaded content.

I want you to run RegEdit.
Search for "steam"
delete all registry keys.

Install the latest steam.

Verify game cache, and start steam.
Report back.


Please check for the latest drivers for your graphics card as well.

To ensure your running the latest DirectX componests, Download the latest Dx9.0c drivers here.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
WinXp Only support Dx9 at this time.
If you have Dx10(cracked) for Win Xp installed, The game may crash with Nvidia cards.
FPS will take a hit as well if you are.
Go to start, run, and type dxdiag. Select the "Display" Tab.
Run both Direct X tests to ensure you have no errors.

If you have not already, also defragment your Harddisks. I recommend perfect disk, however, you must purchase this program after the trail expires.
There are several cracked versions, however be aware, some uploads have viruses injected into the perfect Disk 2010 package.
If the pagefile.sys file is heavily fragmented, Hl2 will also crash due to improper loading of the pagefile when it needs to read/write.

Report back.

[NoogyMan]

Well I'll do that when I get on my desktop. should be sometime this week. I'll post and let you know what happens.

Thanks again,
-Noogyman

[vince21]

yay for khaotik's godness. i only understood like half of what he said. :/