Half-Life 1? ( 4 Views )

1. Ok, so I finally gave into Steam because I wanted to play HL1.
   
   So, for the past 2 days the game has been running in D3D at 1920 x 1248. Today I decide that its a little too dark so I go into options, then video and adjust the brightness upa fewnotches.
   
   The fucking game crashes and tell me that the video mode isn't supported and bumps it down to software at 640x480. What the fuck is that about?
   
   So then I readjust it, put the brightness abck to default. And now the game won't even run at all.
   
   It's almost 10 year old game and it's going to tell me that my 7800GTX and my 3 gigs or RAM isn't able to handle this game?
   
   Anybody know whats going on?
   
   Oh yeah, right after that the computer reset itself.
   
   
   (muratcan, Vanuatu)


2. It can't handle your massive e-penis.
   
   Geez, with 3gig RAM & 78000GTX, I think you just ripped it a new one. It's broke fella, now stop poking it and let it die in peace.
   
   
   (onurcan, Kenya)


3. mat_monitorgamma "1.6
   
   Put that into your Autoexec.cfg or make one if you have to.
   
   
   (okan, Guadeloupe)


4. texgamma 0
   lightgamma 0
   brightness 5
   gamma 3
   
   
   (NAZAN, Djibouti)


5. Also remember Half-Life 1 was really meant to run in OpenGL.
   
   
   (devrim, American Samoa)


6. i never had any problems running it in d3d.
   
   HL is crashing because it wasnt coded to run at frame rates approaching ∞.
   
   :)
   
   dualdrop[H]enia
   
   
   
   (REÞÝT , Greece)


7. Quote:

   Originally Posted by Moofasa~ Also remember Half-Life 1 was really meant to run in OpenGL.

   
   
   what he said ^
   
   
   (filiz, Venezuela)


8. Quote:

   Originally Posted by DragonNOA1 It can't handle your massive e-penis. Geez, with 3gig RAM & 78000GTX, I think you just ripped it a new one. It's broke fella, now stop poking it and let it die in peace.

   ROFL best ownage i've seen in a long time.
   
   
   (ruzgar, Kenya)


9. Wait, wait a minute...
   
   HL1 engine is designed for OpenGL... Not Direct3D... also I'm sure DirectX 3(or whatever the version of DirectX HL1 engine supports) does not do gamma/brightness properly.
   
   
   (aslan , Bolivia)


10. Quote:

    Originally Posted by altec ROFL best ownage i've seen in a long time.

    He's just jealous mine's bigger than his.:D
    
    So, why have the option to run it in Direct3D then? And should I just switch it back to OpenGL?
    
    I got it back up and running. But I left the brightness as it was and just adjusted my screen's brightness.
    
    
    (mohammed, Gabon)


11. In my own experiece, playing around with gamma in HL1 or HL2 while using Steam can be a touchy task. I've crashed HL2 while moving the gamma slider. Since then, I am very careful with my Gamma slider use.
    
    With ONE click on the slider, I drag the slider where I want it, making slow and easy steps.
    
    I know my solution sounds stupid, but I've not had any problems doing this since I have moved it slower and easier. :confused:
    
    Now, about your whole game being borked, I can't really give you any insight there, other than re-install.
    
    
    (emrullah, Bhutan)


12. It works now. I ended up having to reset it then put my settings back then resize my screen.
    
    Even if I did have to do a new install I wouldn't even know how to since I only started using STEAM 2 days ago.
    
    
    (cengiz, Morocco)

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