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Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:09 am
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Forum H4xor
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dx9, my drivers arent that old, i know theres an update past mine but it was too late and i didnt feel like updating em. ill do it later and let you know, but from what i read no one really had any luck with updating the drivers. |
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:51 pm
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Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler
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I'm not using the latest drivers either...but the error message points to a DX8 failure of some kind:
failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer
A comment I found about that specific message:
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-55212.html
the card I had did not have enough Vertex Pipelines, therefore, since DX8 is rendered Hardware side, unlike DX9 (which is software) it could not lock the buffers.
Some were able to play after deleting this file:
modname\bin\vidcfg.bin
Don't know how this figures in the matter as I'm not home and can't currently read the contents of that file. |
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:08 pm
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yeah ill hold off on trying that until we know its ok to do so lol. i found it really really odd that after years of this problem being around that theres no REAL answers for it out there. |
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:55 pm
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Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler
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Well...the file we're talking about is in the "half-life 2/bin folder. It could only bork your game at worst, it wouldn't hurt your OS one bit. Just rename it...and see what happens.
Interestingly enough, the HL2 game I've seen you play...FF, doesn't have that vidcfg.bin file. But neither does Synergy.
I'd verify your directx install, and ensure you don't have anything at all in the launch options for the game.
What, if anything, do you have in the options to launch FF |
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:15 pm
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i had dxlevel 81 i believe, however i uninstalled FF way back when. dx9 did work for FF i just got better fps with 81 i think. tbh i cant remember everything. i also have dxlevel 81 for tf2 because i saw on forums that it increased fps a bit by dumbing it all down some. i took it all out, lets see if it helps at all.
edit: no luck so far. i didnt get the dx error this time, got something else.
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:05 am
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tiger wrote: |
i took it all out, lets see if it helps at all. |
What exactly did you take out
Are those errors from just running the program or did you reinstall something? A missing model can be dealt with; the memory error is disturbing.
How much ram do you have? |
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:14 am
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i took out all of my launch options from all of the games except tfc. yeah it starts up, the valve video, the hl2 backdrop with loading... in the bottom right, goes black, after about a minute maybe it crashes to those messages. ive got a gig of ram(2x256,1x512). whats weird though is that folder doesnt exist for me, the models folder(this is what confused me the most). i had deleted local content and redownloaded hl2 but its all the same. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:26 am
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I'd verify the game files...top link:
http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=news&id=351&cc=US
The majority of the game files are in those GCF files themselves. This would help check and verify those files. Perhaps something causing the memory read problem as well. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:27 am
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been there, done that already
edit: i actually made the discovery last night that i HAD to play with -dxlevel81 for tf2 because without it, it would just crash to desktop before i even got to the tf2 main menu backdrop with loading... on it. praps something is wrong with my dx9.0c or something. but would that cause a "memory error"? |
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:16 pm
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We should play some Half-mile island tonight. |
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:39 pm
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Right after we finish Apprehension.
CC and I were playing this Wednesday night and we finally figured out how to get out of the first room filled with all sorts of zombies and head crabs. It got interesting after that...but there seemed so much more to go...we just tuckered out.
I'd be up for this around 9 or 10 o'clock...what works for anyone else |
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:13 pm
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BE THERE OR BE ^2 |
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:49 pm
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I am going into Boston tonight to a screening of a friend of mines animation around midnight so I don't know what time I will be comming home. When i get home I will check vent and synergy servers to see if you guys are still playing then and join up with you. |
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:36 pm
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I'll be on if you guys are still playing when I get back. Friend's coming down for the weekend, so him, me and a bunch of friends are getting together, so when that's done I'll be on. |
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Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:38 am
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I'll be on irc when anybody shows up. |
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