Counter Strike Source

[bambi]

Well, im not sure but i can run this fine for the first time. If i close normally and decide to play later i can't. I get "This game is currently unavaliable. Please try again later."

I have only been able to play the game once, didn't really work as i tried to load my autoexec and if you do it in game CS:S temp freezes and doesnt respond, and windows being clever thinks its died and auto-closes it. So thats the only time ive ever been able to play

any ideas?

-baMBi-

 

[Laughingman]

Not 100% but i believe this is steam related. Ive had this happen a few times over the years with CS:S and all Ive had to do is leave it for 20 mins or so and then comeback and its fine.

If that doesn't work, wait a little longer, its been a while since it happened to me, but it sounds like the same thing, so it should fix itself sooner or later.

Additional: (other possible reasons and solutions)
*Another copy is running in background: Ctr-Alt-Delete, bring up task manager and end HL2.exe then try again.
* clientregistry.blob error: Go into steam folder and delete clientregistry.blob. Restart steam and it will redownload clientregistry.blob, if this doesn't work you can try uninstalling and reinstalling steam. (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-565833.html for more details)
*Antivirus software is blocking CS:S: Norton or McAfee used to cause problems but this hass supposedly been patched out, but could try deactivating just to test if they are causing problems.

 

[Sailindawg]

One other thing. Turn off UAC. HL2 doesn't get along with it. THE AI scripting gets shut down by UAC. I have not had a problem with CSS with UAC on or off. I'm running 64 bit 7000.

 

[bambi]

How do you turn UAC off? I've heard things start going tits up if this happens. Somewhere here thigns start going wrong BSOD's and random crashes :S myth?

-baMBi-

 

[Everlong]

I installed CSS on Windows 7 last night, and had the problem of it freezing the whole computer once the map had loaded.

I tried a couple of things to fix it, and it works fine now. I was playing for a few hours last night with no crashes at all.

First thing I did was remove cl_resend 2 from my config. This can crash your computer if you set it to 1 or 2 (on Vista, I had no problems running at 2), so I removed the whole thing from the config.

I also disabled SLI, as possibly SLI is still a bit buggy in Windows 7. After changing the config and disabling SLI, the game ran fine.

I haven't turned UAC off, and running hl2.exe for CSS as admin didn't work either, and I'm not running hl2.exe as admin at the moment, and it runs fine. If I did run the game as admin, I also got the "The game is currently unavailable" error.

 

[damoh]

i never once had any probs with it, Runs better then it did on vista. Faster load times and everything. Strange one this. but steam has been playing up for me the last few days so keep trying.

 

[Sailindawg]

How do you turn UAC off? I've heard things start going tits up if this happens. Somewhere here thigns start going wrong BSOD's and random crashes :S myth?

-baMBi-

Don't know where you heard that malarkay, but UAC is found as follows:

Start\Getting Started\Change UAC Settings

It's a slider control.

 

[anderazo]

I had a problem installing Counter Strike:Source on Windows 7. The Installation didn't finished because appeard an error, something like, "error, copyng and writting the hl2.exe". I turned off the UAC, thinking that it will solve the problem but the problems still appears. Any ideas?? can any of you install de game and play it??

 

[win7]

Try running the installer as admin?

 

[twinraven]

Hey guys, i"ve just installed steam on my windows 7 64 bit, as well as Cs:source. The installation processes went totally fine. However, when i start up cs:source, the game automatically closes itself. I've tried to reinstall the game several times, but gt the same results. I've even tried running in compatibility, and switched off UAC. And ideas guys? Thanks for the help!

 

[Laughingman]

Are there any error messages? or does it just instantly quit back to desktop?

 

[twinraven]

no messages at all. it just immediately quits to desktop.

 

[brank]

Lots of different kind of errors seem to come up with CS:S

My problem is that when I load CS:S it starts up normally but when I enter the game I get like a second of normal gameplay in the background, but then everything freezes. It's so quick that i don't even time to choose a team. The weird thing is, that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I've had win7 for a couple weeks now, and it's just been doing it for the past couple of days. After it timeouts, I have a hard time getting the game to even connect back to the server.

I've tryed to disable/enable firewall back and forth and booted cable box and machine and tryed updating all drivers and rolling them back and forth.

Oh and one more thing. I just bought 4gigs more ram, but that was a week ago and Source was working fine after that.. So I really don't know what it could be..

 

[tamalero]

having similar problems, except it freezes during the "loading".
I can still kill the app by alt tab.

 

[DarkXeno]

Try running the Steam client with Administrator rights.
This should give CS:S admin rights too and see if you still have problems.

I noticed that I had some problems with steam myself but once I updated my video and sound drivers they went away. Try these two things and let us know how it went.

 

[tamalero]

Try running the Steam client with Administrator rights.
This should give CS:S admin rights too and see if you still have problems.

I noticed that I had some problems with steam myself but once I updated my video and sound drivers they went away. Try these two things and let us know how it went.

tried that as well, but didnt fix the problem.
btw, driver update doesnt work for me, as Im using the latest version

wiggling around the settings, found that by using "-safe" launch option.
then you set your stuff manually. I really recommend you to use the same resolution and frecuency you're using in windows.

 

[RiffRaff]

having similar problems, except it freezes during the "loading".
I can still kill the app by alt tab.

was having the same issue, i disabled my 2nd display (tv) and got CSS to run, it still has other dramas i am working on atm

latest issue, does not have my resolution to choose from 1680x1050, closet one is 1680x1200

 

[dmex]

was having the same issue, i disabled my 2nd display (tv) and got CSS to run, it still has other dramas i am working on atm

latest issue, does not have my resolution to choose from 1680x1050, closet one is 1680x1200

You can try forcing the resolution using some launch options

-width 640 height 480 or -width 1680 height 1050

FYI Guys: The automatic crashing to desktop is caused by drivers (99% by graphics card), I found uninstalling and reinstalling or reinstalling an older driver solved the problem

 

[Aziz]

You can try forcing the resolution using some launch options

-width 640 height 480 or -width 1680 height 1050

FYI Guys: The automatic crashing to desktop is caused by drivers (99% by graphics card), I found uninstalling and reinstalling or reinstalling an older driver solved the problem

I have this problem and i,ve tried everything mentioned in this thread and nothing worked anyone have any idea what's the cause of this problem and how to fix it ?


i am using : 2x ATI Radeon 4870 HD 512 GB DDR3

 

[DarkXeno]

I have this problem and i,ve tried everything mentioned in this thread and nothing worked anyone have any idea what's the cause of this problem and how to fix it ?


i am using : 2x ATI Radeon 4870 HD 512 GB DDR3

Im starting to wonder if its a problem with running dual video cards and the software to sync them. Is there any way you can remove one video card and run the system and see if you get CS:S to run if it does then there is something wrong with the software and drivers syncing the two cards.