Topic: KING's HL2DM problems

[KING17?]

by the way i still cant get my hl2dm to open   ... i could use some help please

[KING17?]

  help!!!!

[dj]

Right click on the Steam icon in the system tray.
Select games.
Select the My Games tab.
Right click on Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.
Select Properties.
Select the Local files tab.
Select the option "Verify integrity of game cache".
When that process is complete, try to run the game.

[KING17?]

ok ill try that thanks dj

[KING17?]

ummmm nope still aint working  

[dj]

Did you update your video card drivers?

[KING17?]

Did you update your video card drivers?

yup

[Smackintosh]

might wanna check your firewall and make sure someone didn't accidentally block hl2.exe from the internet.
you might have to manually update steam and the game (s).
worst case you may have to re-install hl2, hl2dm. I've had to do that twice already, sice Feb.

[raVen]

King you are being very vague here , give a detailed description of whats happening ?


 Are you able to access other programs besides MSN messanger ?
Is your browser working , are you able to browse sites [i assume it is coz you are posting ]
Do you have a fire wall in your system ? Is it hardware /software ?.
Did you install any susch software on your system ?
are yoiu able to play other games  online ??


start with ,

i start my computer
i open steam
click on death match.


and the computer says this.........

..............



then it is easier to help you .

[KING17?]

yes everything works such as my internet and other programs .... steam opens and when i click hl2dm to play it will procced and say preparing to play hl2dm....... and shortly after it will stop and the game will never open.... i press ctrl alt delete to see if its even running in the task manager but its not.............. and i did have a firewall but i dont know where the hell it went...... i dont know where the "security center" went i had it earlier in OCTOBER but now its no where to be found....... sooo im guessing that might be a problem???..

[raVen]

yes everything works such as my internet and other programs .... steam opens and when i click hl2dm to play it will procced and say preparing to play hl2dm....... and shortly after it will stop and the game will never open.... i press ctrl alt delete to see if its even running in the task manager but its not.............. and i did have a firewall but i dont know where the hell it went...... i dont know where the "security center" went i had it earlier in OCTOBER but now its no where to be found....... sooo im guessing that might be a problem???..

so your screen freezes when the game is updating ?

[Smackintosh]

one of my friends had a similar problem with the sygate firewall, he uninstalled it and installed a different firewall
and steam worked correctly again. sometimes firewall block certain things you don't tell it to.

[dj]

The Security Center and Windows Firewall do not have icons in the Control Panel?  Sounds like you don't have XP SP2 installed, or you've got a really bad virus or spyware program.  Can you run any Steam games?  If so, which ones?

[Draconiko]

try running CCleaner and Spybot S&D to help solve any problems you might have.  And have you played any Sony music CD's or DVD's with "enhanced content"?  There's been a lot of problems about Sony's new DRM software on their latest cd's and dvd's that MODIFIES rootkits into peoples computers causing serious problems. TWIT, Techphile, and Security Now! have all been talking about the serious problems its causing...

Edit: modify not create they're already there

[Draconiko]

Piece from http://twit.tv/sn12

"The Sony/BMG DRM rootkit was first discovered by F-Secure and widely publicized by Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals in his blog. The Sony DRM hides itself by modifying the Windows kernel, names itself "Plug and Play Device Manager" to confuse users, consumes CPU resources whether running or not with sloppily written code that does things like querying the file size eight times per scan, scanning every two seconds, and, worst of all, allows any hacker to easily hide files on your system.

Sony's license agreement is vague about what it's installing and implies that it can be easily disabled. It cannot. "

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html that'll help find any modifications that may have been caused by Sony or any other source.

Could have NOTHING to do with whats wrong but hey you never know