Half-Life Black screen ....
This is a discussion about Half-Life Black screen .... in the Windows Games category; Installed and patched hl up to 1. 0. 1. 6 or whatever the latest is. When i tried to run it, i got a black screen, couldn't ctrl-alt-del or anything. Ran hl. exe -console and got into the game, but anytime i tried to launch a new game it froze.
Installed and patched hl up to 1.0.1.6 or whatever the latest is. When i tried to run it, i got a black screen, couldn't ctrl-alt-del or anything. Ran hl.exe -console and got into the game, but anytime i tried to launch a new game it froze. Tried it for d3d and openGL.
System is PII400, 128 megs ram, win2k pro with nvidia 3.78 release candidate drivers (for elsa tnt), sb live! platinum. Any suggestions appreciated
System is PII400, 128 megs ram, win2k pro with nvidia 3.78 release candidate drivers (for elsa tnt), sb live! platinum. Any suggestions appreciated
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Do you have eax enabled? I find it can not run if eax is on without the beta liveware.

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I'm using the beta liveware drivers though ... actually, further testing has revealed that my d3d is messed up ... my computer crashes cold when i try the direct3d tests in dxdiag.exe ... tried reinstalling d3d, to no avail ... anyone know a version of detonators that works for sure in 2k? 3.76 and 3.78 don't work for me...
It's pretty much trial and error with the drivers, they all worked with my tnt so I don't know. Disabling agp in dxdiag and running HL in opengl might might help

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heh, i figured it out ... vid. card was just slightly out of its slot ... how embarassing :-P