hey everyone~
i bought half-life2, of course, downloaded it and tried to play. friends said i needed to update drivers, so i did. i got the new directx 9 drivers, the new nvidia drivers, new monitor drivers, and new motherboard drivers, and i still cant play. the problem is i load, and then a black screen comes up with background sound for the initial hl2 game menu. i can move around and click new game etc, but no video. if i type -console i can see the menu when it loads, but after starting a new game, black screen again with Gman talkin. crazy thing is, my WC3 doesnt work anymore either, with weird video problems. ive scan disked, virus scanned, defragged, e-mailed steam tech support, to no avail (bastages dont email back), i think i followed everything on steam tech forums, and im one step away from reformatting, once i get a hold of a xp cd up in college, which is pretty hard.
~i think its directx9 or hl2 itself causing the problems, as wc3 worked fine before. the only other game i have is doom95 shareware, and trying to beat par is getting old ;]
~also it might be the monitor, although i doubt it, but "No Input Signal" flashes occassionally during the black screen stuff.
if anyone can help, i cant say how thankful i would be.
some system specs:
OS = XP Pro
Motherboard = MSI / MS-6380E
CPU = AMD XP 2200+ ~1.8GHz
Memory = 1024MB RAM
Monitor = Princeton Flat
Again, thanks just for taking the time to read this, and any help might recover some of my sanity.
In the mean time, back to Doom 95... :evil:
i bought half-life2, of course, downloaded it and tried to play. friends said i needed to update drivers, so i did. i got the new directx 9 drivers, the new nvidia drivers, new monitor drivers, and new motherboard drivers, and i still cant play. the problem is i load, and then a black screen comes up with background sound for the initial hl2 game menu. i can move around and click new game etc, but no video. if i type -console i can see the menu when it loads, but after starting a new game, black screen again with Gman talkin. crazy thing is, my WC3 doesnt work anymore either, with weird video problems. ive scan disked, virus scanned, defragged, e-mailed steam tech support, to no avail (bastages dont email back), i think i followed everything on steam tech forums, and im one step away from reformatting, once i get a hold of a xp cd up in college, which is pretty hard.
~i think its directx9 or hl2 itself causing the problems, as wc3 worked fine before. the only other game i have is doom95 shareware, and trying to beat par is getting old ;]
~also it might be the monitor, although i doubt it, but "No Input Signal" flashes occassionally during the black screen stuff.
if anyone can help, i cant say how thankful i would be.
some system specs:
OS = XP Pro
Motherboard = MSI / MS-6380E
CPU = AMD XP 2200+ ~1.8GHz
Memory = 1024MB RAM
Monitor = Princeton Flat
Again, thanks just for taking the time to read this, and any help might recover some of my sanity.
In the mean time, back to Doom 95... :evil:
