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| Half-Life 2 : General HL2 Forum : Help with HL2 Episode 1 |
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| HitPerson |
  Posted 17th Aug 2006 3:40am |
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I recently got the internet on my gaming rig, so I decided to get Half-Life 2 since it got such rave reviews. I ordered it and Episode 1 off eBay. Episode 1 arrived today and I installed it.
Here comes the problem
When I start it up, the opening movie displays a few hiccups here and there. When the game actually starts, about the time I get the gravity gun and start to play with it, it freezes and then crashes. I got some message about an 'Engine Error'
I updated my video card drivers immediately and that didn't help. My computer more than meets the requirments (I even took the settings down a bit).
- 2.8 GHZ Pentium 4
- 1 gig RAM
- Nvidia 6800
Is this a common problem, if so has anybody else experienced it? Any advice would be welcome. |
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Modified Aug 17th, 04:00am by HitPerson |
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sobe  |
Posted 17th Aug 2006 4:35am |
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I have Episode 1 and completed it with flawless performance.
Only thing I can think of would be your monitor... I had to purchase a new monitor myself for better refresh rates. When I would start to play Doom 3 on my older 9600XT card, it would just randomly crash, I saw some posts on Doom 3 support forums about resolution, and my monitor just didn't cut it, so, I went out and got a nice Samsung with better refresh rates, and BAM! It works XD
But umm.. what is your current refresh rate set at? |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| HitPerson |
Posted 17th Aug 2006 7:22pm |
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I'm sitting at work right now so I can't check my refresh rate, but i'll check it and get back to you (depending how late I get home). |
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| sobe |
Posted 17th Aug 2006 9:29pm |
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No problem |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| HitPerson |
Posted 18th Aug 2006 12:19am |
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Screen refresh rate is 60 Hertz |
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| sobe |
Posted 18th Aug 2006 1:20am |
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As I suspected!
Up that to 75  I have mine set to 85MHz, but 75MHz should be fine for everything.
Afterwards, please let me know how it goes. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
Modified Aug 18th, 01:25am by sobe |
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| HitPerson |
Posted 19th Aug 2006 4:19am |
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Way to go Sobe!
It works now, thanks. |
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| sobe |
Posted 19th Aug 2006 5:03am |
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Glad to be of help Enjoy  |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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