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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / June 2007HL Source - F5 = swift exit?
So, new computer, excellent excuse to try playing through HL again. Keep hitting F5 to quicksave (I know it should be F6 but I've just been playing Riddick and can't break the F5 habit) but it dumps me out to the desktop (without saving). Is that normal? Also, I'm sure when I played HL before I was able to see what weapon I was carrying, but my hands/weapon are invisible. Is this a switchable thing or just a bug with my setup? Doesn't make the game impossible but it's hard to tell when you're reloading, apart from the fact that your gun don't work no more... Cheers h E6600 / nVidia 8800GTS / 2GB RAM / XP Home > So, new computer, excellent excuse to try playing through HL again. > > Keep hitting F5 to quicksave (I know it should be F6 but I've just been > playing Riddick and can't break the F5 habit) but it dumps me out to the > desktop (without saving). Is that normal? I don't believe so. I would double check your key bindings in options. I thought the key to quick-quit the game was F10? > Also, I'm sure when I played HL before I was able to see what weapon I was > carrying, but my hands/weapon are invisible. Is this a switchable thing or > just a bug with my setup? Doesn't make the game impossible but it's hard to > tell when you're reloading, apart from the fact that your gun don't work no > more... Sounds to me like you've edited the config.cfg file. Did you play any half-life mods since you've gone back to Half-life? > Sounds to me like you've edited the config.cfg file. Did you play any > half-life mods since you've gone back to Half-life? Nope, fresh install on a fresh PC, hence my confusion. I've never changed bindings (or anything other than video settings) for any of the HL family on previous machines nor this one, always thought it best to try and learn to use the defaults. Will have a root around for a config.cfg file, ta. h >> Sounds to me like you've edited the config.cfg file. Did you play any >> half-life mods since you've gone back to Half-life? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > h If it's a fresh install then f5 should not be quitting you to desktop. I'm at a loss, you'll need to ask one of the more Half-life savy people here. Have you ran a google search on a generic error of that type yet? ... > If it's a fresh install then f5 should not be quitting you to desktop. I'm > at a loss, you'll need to ask one of the more Half-life savy people here. Well... nothing I'm getting worked up about, just that half my games use F5 and the rest use F6 to quicksave. My general FPS playing style is the cheeky old "inch and save" so I'm constantly stabbing blindly at the middle set of function keys. Will change the bindings. > Have you ran a google search on a generic error of that type yet? Had a quick go but ran out of arsedness :) Time for more shooting h > My general FPS playing style is the cheeky > old "inch and save" so I'm constantly stabbing blindly at the middle set of > function keys. Will change the bindings. I do that... >> My general FPS playing style is the cheeky >> old "inch and save" so I'm constantly stabbing blindly at the middle >> set of function keys. Will change the bindings. > > I do that... /me raises his hand too. ;-) Acer > >> My general FPS playing style is the cheeky > >> old "inch and save" so I'm constantly stabbing blindly at the middle [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > /me raises his hand too. ;-) Pussies....auto save's or nothing..... >>>> My general FPS playing style is the cheeky >>>> old "inch and save" so I'm constantly stabbing blindly at the middle [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Pussies....auto save's or nothing..... Well, it's not so much inch and save as much as "waltsz along until you hit a trigger point and then back off and snipe one by one". That's what I loved about STALKER, there weren't (hardly) any trigger points. It kept me on my toes. Acercanto > Pussies....auto save's or nothing..... Yes, let's replay the same section over and over for no reason other than we wish to "test ourselves" Play the game. Enjoy the story. Rinse. Repeat Fuel. > > Pussies....auto save's or nothing..... > > Yes, let's replay the same section over and over for no reason other > than we wish to "test ourselves" Pfft! The most tense games ever had no auto saves, your of the spectrum era I thought you'd appreciate that! > Play the game. Enjoy the story. Rinse. Repeat Well, sure, have fun, however you do it is irrelevant, not gonna stop me taking the piss though :P :P > Fuel. Quit pointing out the obvious dude :p >> Yes, let's replay the same section over and over for no reason other >> than we wish to "test ourselves" > > Pfft! The most tense games ever had no auto saves, your of the spectrum era > I thought you'd appreciate that! Swings and roundabouts I guess. Things like Sands Of Time was just frustrating with the check points and although that did add an awful lot of tension it also proved to be a pain in the neck. >> Play the game. Enjoy the story. Rinse. Repeat > > Well, sure, have fun, however you do it is irrelevant, not gonna stop me > taking the piss though :P :P Natch. > So, new computer, excellent excuse to try playing through HL again. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > tell when you're reloading, apart from the fact that your gun don't work no > more... Uhhhhh.......jeeeze. Did you ever think to look through your Options settings and check the keybindings....? Ummm..... Duh.  Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". ... > Uhhhhh.......jeeeze. Did you ever think to look through your Options > settings and check the keybindings....? Ummm..... Duh. Mmm-hmm. Had a look, couldn't find an option to switch Player-weapon-in-view anywhere, but I'm not sure what the option would be called. Not really bothered about how to change the quick-exit / F5 thing, I just don't remember it ever doing it before and I don't tit about with the bindings. Didn't even know there /was/ a quick exit option. Typical I'd only find the boss-key now I'm my own boss. Ta anyway h Bring down your console and type in R_DRAWVIEWMODEL 1 then hit submit.... This should bring your weapon back into view.... >Also, I'm sure when I played HL before I was able to see what weapon I was >carrying, but my hands/weapon are invisible. Is this a switchable thing or [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >E6600 / nVidia 8800GTS / 2GB RAM / XP Home > Bring down your console and type in R_DRAWVIEWMODEL 1 > then hit submit.... This should bring your weapon back into view.... Tried it but no cigar. Odd. I hear of a number of problems with these nVidia cards (8800) so I'll put it down to that for now... Thanks anyway, h > So, new computer, excellent excuse to try playing through HL again. > > Keep hitting F5 to quicksave (I know it should be F6 but I've just been > playing Riddick and can't break the F5 habit) but it dumps me out to the > desktop (without saving). Is that normal? I believe the default setting for total quit is F10, in any case, unbind F5 (or rebind it to quicksave) > Also, I'm sure when I played HL before I was able to see what weapon I was > carrying, but my hands/weapon are invisible. Is this a switchable thing or > just a bug with my setup? Doesn't make the game impossible but it's hard to > tell when you're reloading, apart from the fact that your gun don't work no > more... Fodders post should solve your viewmodel problem I think. Wouldn't hurt to run a file check through steam also, something aint adding up considering its a new install. NB: Just noticed it is HL:S you are talking about, was it HL original you played before, I aint played HL:S so dont know if r_drawviewmodel works / is off by default etc. > I believe the default setting for total quit is F10, in any case, unbind F5 > (or rebind it to quicksave) You know it well. Lief: God damimt Stri, why won't you die. Stri: I've got cheats enabled, just hit F10 to disable em... **Lief left the server Stri: Tee hee > > I believe the default setting for total quit is F10, in any case, unbind F5 > > (or rebind it to quicksave) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > **Lief left the server I fix0rd your post! >> Lief: God damimt Stri, why aren't you a challenge anymore?!. >> Stri: I've got cheats enabled, because you are too damn good [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I fix0rd your post! /snatches away Lief's pillow Wakey wakey Lief'y ... >> Lief: God damimt Stri, why aren't you a challenge anymore?!. >> Stri: I've got cheats enabled, because you are too damn good [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I fix0rd your post! LOL God I miss Quake. > So, new computer, excellent excuse to try playing through HL again. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > E6600 / nVidia 8800GTS / 2GB RAM / XP Home OK all you HL geeks, I thought the view aspect of this post was changeable in the "console." I do not have the data in front of me at this point, so let the guessing begin. |
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