Can't Run Half Life 2

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  1. Posts : 55
    Windows 7
       #1

    Can't Run Half Life 2


    So for some reason whenever I start Half Life 2 it just goes to a black screen and I see the round blue windows loading mouse icon. Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 work perfectly fine also, which is odd. I've tried SP2 compatibility, disabling windows composition, visual themes, run as administrator, -32bit in the launch options in steam and nothing works. What could be going on?

    Edit: Counter Strike Source works perfectly fine as well.
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  2. Posts : 6
    Win 7 x64
       #2

    No idea what could be the problem.
    But if all else fails you could try to delete the local content for HL2 and redownload and see if that fixes it.
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  3. Posts : 40
    Windows 7
       #3

    You could try the adding the -dx9 too, no idea if it will help, just an dea.
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  4. Posts : 55
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Tried deleting local content and redownloaded, no luck. Tried every possible operator for game launch options, nothing. This doesn't make any sense, every game that uses the Half Life 2 engine works perfectly except for the game itself...
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  5. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 RC
       #5

    Fixed?


    Hate to bump an old thread, but I'm having the same problem right now with only Half-Life 2 and no other Source games. It changes the resolution to 1024x768 since I haven't changed the game settings for my native resolution yet, and just sits there with the rotating icon and a black screen. When I open task manager and end hl2.exe, my mouse goes back to a regular pointer, centers in the screen, and my entire machine becomes unresponsive until a hard reboot.

    Anybody found a fix for this yet?
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  6. Posts : 55
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Hmm, are you running RC1 yet? I installed RC1 and now I have no problems with Half Life 2.
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  7.    #7

    Did anyone actually find a solution to this? I'm running build 7100, and I get the exact same issue as the OP, black screen with the windows loading circle going round and round. I have to go to task manager and end the task, the game lists itself as not responding.
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  8. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 RC1
       #8

    Possible fix


    Hello all.... I was having the same problem and came across this forum post. I was also reading another forum and someone posted something that worked for me.

    Try simply waiting in all honesty. My game would show as not responding in the task manager so I kept closing it every time. However, I took his advice and waited ... and waited some more. It took about 3-5 minutes without touching anything else on the pc and it loaded up! Now it loads up instantly every time afterwards. I don't know if it just had to detect something or install something else in the background. Not sure, but it definitely does work now!
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  9. Posts : 194
    Windows 7 RTM x86
       #9

    Same issues with me.When I create my server and wait for some time then game begins.But when I connect some one else server and wait,it doesn't respond even after 5 min.


    Hope it should be fine with RTM.

    Welcome to sevenforums shadowbladex :)
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  10.    #10

    shadowbladex said:
    Hello all.... I was having the same problem and came across this forum post. I was also reading another forum and someone posted something that worked for me.

    Try simply waiting in all honesty. My game would show as not responding in the task manager so I kept closing it every time. However, I took his advice and waited ... and waited some more. It took about 3-5 minutes without touching anything else on the pc and it loaded up! Now it loads up instantly every time afterwards. I don't know if it just had to detect something or install something else in the background. Not sure, but it definitely does work now!
    you rock m8 thanks a lot, it works perfect now
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