Source and HL1 Engine Updates

no way, the next counterstrike will be run in one of those 3d window majiggers and have License managing so you can only use awp once per game.

Xephik wrote..

By then Vista will be coming out. :P

Vista was slated for a very very late 2006 release last I knew. Even still, it's merely XP with a fresh coat of paint. Many of the "added features" will either already be included in XP by then, or un-needed by the end user.

K-16 wrote..

Hooray, I can play HL2 and CS:S again. I know, I know, switch over to XP Pro. I will next June. I will.

By then Vista will be coming out. :P

Hooray, I can play HL2 and CS:S again. I know, I know, switch over to XP Pro. I will next June. I will.

Premo_Maggot wrote..

they still haven't fixed my bug, i can only run games on the source engine windowed.

I had that problem until I finally figured out how to comphensate for the flawed design of the game engine via the command line. The HL2 engine tries to initialize full-screen at 800x600 at the refresh rate that your desktop is currently using. If you're using a refresh rate fix of any sort to keep many games from running at a headache-inducing 60hz, then often its attempt to switch into this mode will fail, and it won't detect available refresh rates for that resolution and then use one of them.



So, at least for my case of exactly that same problem, I had to force the startup resolution via the launch options. Right-click on the game, select Properties, then the Launch Options button, and put in something like this:



-w 1280 -h 1024 -refresh 85



Where the first number is the horizontal resolution, the second number is the vertical resolution, and the final number is your desired refresh rate.



Your other option is simply to go to the video settings tab within HL2 after you launch it, and select full-screen along with the current resolution that your desktop is running at. Most of the time it will launch into that one and only mode in full-screen just fine. Try to change that without hard-coding it into the launch options, though, and it'll revert back to windowed crap mode.



Might not be your particular problem, but I thought I'd at least put it out there for you to try.

oh im entertained by the AUDIO FX ads on the other side of the page. MEEOWWWWW

you're not the only one. Just recycle the old 1.6 pictures. fuck.

No more Garry's mod POTDs.. I'm BEGGING you people..

x7-Superman! wrote..

who the hell still uses windows 98?

My School's ROP Computer Repair class. We totall rock O yeah ^^ . Yeah for more bug fixes good times

Premo_Maggot wrote..

they still haven't fixed my bug, i can only run games on the source engine windowed.

Sounds more like a driver issue then a game issue.. But what do I know..

they still haven't fixed my bug, i can only run games on the source engine windowed.

Every little update helps. Hope they're working on updating Day of Defeat: Source though too. (i.e. getting rid of the stutter when you walk into another player).

Awwww, poor myg0ts lose their HL1 crash bug. Thank the Maker.

a lot of people still use 98/98se, mostly small businesses and poor people.

x7-Superman! wrote..

who the hell still uses windows 98?

my grandpa