HL2 having worked fine for months . . .

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Courtney Cong - 10 Jun 2006 22:56 GMT

Hi, HL2 worked fine for me for months, but now it, er, doesn't. I don't
know if any of the below could explain it:

I downloaded the Lost Coast level, which quickly crashed. (I also tried to
resurrect ye olde Grim Fandango by installing DirectX6, but that was no
good, so I reinstalled DX9. Other new games seem to work okay, so DX9 seems
to be installed all right.)

After all this, HL2 froze, so I reinstalled it via Steam. First try at new
game: Briefcase Man's introductory speech works, but then it locks when it's
making the transition to game proper in the train. Ever after: it locks
when loading new game, with about two-thirds of progress bar complete.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks

System
Windows XP, all up to date
ZoneAlarm
Ad-Watch
Avast! AV

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Courtney Cong - 10 Jun 2006 23:39 GMT

Unloading Adwatch has done the trick - but I've lost my game saves on
reinstall. Where can I get some saves at least for the start of each level?

Thanks!

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Courtney Cong - 11 Jun 2006 00:34 GMT

Adwatch unloaded - still bloody freezes on game load.

I give up.

> Unloading Adwatch has done the trick - but I've lost my game saves on
> reinstall. Where can I get some saves at least for the start of each
> level?
>
> Thanks!

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Carl - 11 Jun 2006 01:42 GMT

have you run disk tools to check for hard drive errors? If you have not, run
it and set it to repair automatically.

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acercanto - 11 Jun 2006 03:52 GMT

> have you run disk tools to check for hard drive errors? If you have not, run
> it and set it to repair automatically.

Seriously man, if you post your problem to alt.games.half-life, there's
bunches of people that have been through just about everything related
to HL1 & 2. In regard to your question though, have you had steam
"verify game files"? Also, if you post your hardware specs, it can help
others figure out what might be wrong.
Best of luck.

Acercanto

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Courtney Cong - 14 Jun 2006 00:51 GMT

Hi thanks for that - I've posted to alt.games.half-life, and I've listed
everything I can think of!

Cheers

CC

>> have you run disk tools to check for hard drive errors? If you have not,
>> run it and set it to repair automatically.
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>
> Acercanto

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Pete B - 15 Jun 2006 04:17 GMT

> Hi, HL2 worked fine for me for months, but now it, er, doesn't. I don't
> know if any of the below could explain it:
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> Ad-Watch
> Avast! AV

The program seems to get confused if it can't snif with the rest of the
world. For the sake of testing, try setting Zonealarm to STOP all
internet activity. Then start steam, then start the game (hopefully you
should be able to start in offline mode). See if that works.

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