Half-Life 2 and Full-Screen Issue...

ready2rumbelX · April 22nd, 2005, 10:25

Hey all. Well, my main problem is that I cannot, for the life of me, get Half-Life 2 running in Fullscreen. I have searched through the official Steam FAQs, I have posted on other boards, etc.. I just cannot get it working.

Basically, I start the game and it goes into fullscreen, showing me the valve video...once that is done, it reverts back into windows giving me an error message (Picture 1), and once it goes back into the game, I see the valve video and an initial screenshot (when you have a blurry screenshot while it is loading) and once it phases into ingame graphics allowing access to options, single player etc, it quits again and shows me another message (Message 2).

At this point, it stays in Window mode, and if I try set it to fullscreen, I go trough the same process again.....does anyone know how to help me?

I am using Catalyst 5.3 Drivers, with a newly purchased Radeon 9800 Pro...the same thing happened with my previous 9600 Pro, and on my brothers X800 XT.

Any help is appreciated.

r2rX

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Syed Fawad · April 22nd, 2005, 11:02

What are the video settings in your game?

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ready2rumbelX · April 22nd, 2005, 12:13

Ok, I figured it out. Basically, for some reason, the engine doesn't like having external programs force refresh rates (i.e ReForce). That was the problem. Ever since I disabled ReForce, it works fine now.

I hope that this will help others, cause god knows this has been a pain in the ass! But why didn't I think of this sooner?....

r2rX

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Lobo · April 23rd, 2005, 01:08

You may have been running Half-Life 2 at too high of a resolution for the refresh rate you were trying to force?

Just out of curiosity (I know you fixed it already), but what was you Hz set to and what res did you have Half Life 2 running at. And what kind of monitor do you have?

Because I have a 9700pro, and force 85hz, at 1024x768.

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Mr. Killjoy · April 26th, 2005, 12:04

If ReForce crashes HL2, try using RefreshLock, you may have to set most of the rates
manually via the GUI, but after that you don't even notice it's running in background

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April 22nd, 2005, 11:02	#2
Syed Fawad -PM to advertise here- Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In an average country of an average planet of the solar system of an average star of an average galaxy of an average cluster. Still not average... Posts: 8,262	What are the video settings in your game? __________________ Asus K8N (nForce3) AMD64 3000+ (754) 768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200) nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP) Aquamark3 - 53,000 "Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

April 22nd, 2005, 12:13	#3
ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,750	Ok, I figured it out. Basically, for some reason, the engine doesn't like having external programs force refresh rates (i.e ReForce). That was the problem. Ever since I disabled ReForce, it works fine now. I hope that this will help others, cause god knows this has been a pain in the ass! But why didn't I think of this sooner?.... r2rX __________________ ___________________________________________ -Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz -MSi Big Bang X-Power Mobo -6GB Corsair Dominator GT -MSI GTX 680 2GB -Windows 8 (x64) + Linux Mint Debian Edition (x64) -Realtek HD (ALC889)

April 23rd, 2005, 01:08	#4
Lobo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 408	You may have been running Half-Life 2 at too high of a resolution for the refresh rate you were trying to force? Just out of curiosity (I know you fixed it already), but what was you Hz set to and what res did you have Half Life 2 running at. And what kind of monitor do you have? Because I have a 9700pro, and force 85hz, at 1024x768. __________________ ~You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.~ Bullettooth Tony (Snatch)

April 26th, 2005, 12:04	#5
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