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Old 09-13-2007, 11:48 PM   #1
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FF won't start up!!

Its installed and I have the source SDK too, but it goes briefly black then immediately quits out when I load FF from steam

any ideas?
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Old 09-13-2007, 11:50 PM   #2
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Do you have Half-Life 2 ?
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Old 09-13-2007, 11:52 PM   #3
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Of course
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:04 AM   #4
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same thing happened to me... it was working fine this morning, then I try it right now and it just crashes to desktop.
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:13 AM   #5
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Hmm, have you tried loading the Source SDK Base itself once? (it's under the "tools" tab in the steam browser)
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:22 AM   #6
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Mine was working fine a couple of hours ago, then I come back and it just stops working. It freakin crashes right to my desktop. I tried reinstalling, and that didn't work.
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:46 AM   #7
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element, When does it crash, and do you get any error?
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:47 AM   #8
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As soon as I start the game it crashes. No errors or anything, just a black screen then back to my desktops 2 seconds later.
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Old 09-14-2007, 02:19 AM   #9
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try removing the gamestartup mp3 files from /sound/ui
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Old 09-14-2007, 09:59 AM   #10
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You can also try joining via the server browser, as this bypasses the mp3s being called.
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:27 PM   #11
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My problem is exactly the same as elements, the gamestartup mp3 thing doesnt help it.
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:36 PM   #12
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That said my source SDK doesnt work either, its the valve logo, a black screen for a few seconds then back to desktop
help!!
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:54 PM   #13
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Resolution problem?
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Old 09-14-2007, 02:02 PM   #14
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I've just reinstalled the latest ati vid drivers, problem persists.
all my other hl2 mods work fine.
Just not FF and the source sdk
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Old 09-14-2007, 02:44 PM   #15
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using earlier drivers it lasts longer and the sol on cz2 is visible for a while before crashing out with a box saying "blah blah could not be read, "blah" referenced memory could not be 'read'".
Other hl2 mods are now doing this too
grr, can't understand it.
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Old 09-14-2007, 03:17 PM   #16
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"memory can't be read" errors are usually down to physical memory (RAM sticks)
Time to run memtest on your PC. How's the internal temp of your PC. Maybe overheating.

As you say it's on other HL2 stuff now, it could be hardware related.
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Old 09-14-2007, 06:24 PM   #17
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appears this is a common problem with no real fix.
maybe its destined I not actually play Hl2 or mods anymore, even though they worked fine yesterday. I could do something more useful with my time perhaps
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Old 09-14-2007, 07:28 PM   #18
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disable steam community. fixed a similar issue.
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Old 09-14-2007, 07:43 PM   #19
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same problem!

i get the same problem-- black screen and error message. this is it:

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Old 09-14-2007, 07:59 PM   #20
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different message

so i just tried again and i got this message along with the first one:




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