I had a similar problem with a previous update. To fix it, go to your half-life 2 directory where hl2.exe resides <user>\half-life 2\ and delete all the exe and dll files in that directory and in all subdirectories. run half-life 2 (from steam menu) and it should recreate those files.
If it still doesn't run, then delete the whole half-life 2 directory, or better yet, rename it to something else. now run half-life 2, and see what happens. If that works, you probably would want to restore your config files and your saved game and demos .. etc. On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:56:10 -0500, Skyler York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As the subject suggests, this latest update really hosed over my > Half-Life 2 installation. After starting Steam and receiving the new > update, here's what happened: > > 1) Steam updates and the Play Games window opens. > 2) I double-click on the Half-Life 2 icon in the Steam menu. > 3) "Preparing to play" dialog pops up, then disappears. Cursor turns > to busy hourglass. > 4) A few seconds later is when Half-Life 2 *usually* starts up. > However it doesn't now. Instead, the cursor just turns back into normal > and nothing happens. > 5) I check the process window, and there is indeed a hl2.exe running > the background taking up a mere 4 kb of memory. > 6) I attempt to load the Source SDK app (with hl2.exe still in the > background) and get this intimidating messagebox: > > SteamStartup() failed: SteamStartup(0xf,0x12f69c) failed with error 1 : > failed to take master pipe connection lock, Win32 Error 2 "The system > cannot find the file specified." > > 7) So I shutdown the hl2.exe process and try again. However the error > persists. > 8) At this point, Steam won't close normally and I have to end that > process too. Shutting down Steam resets everything back to it's > original state where I can reproduce the above procedure again and > again, and receive the same errors. > > If I go to Source SDK before attempting to run HL2, then it works > without problem and Steam shutdowns normally. I get the same error with > HL2DM and starting up HL2 with my mod in the "-game" path. In other > words, the problems only start if HL2 is invoked in some way. > Restarting the computer didn't help. I thought it was something I did > with the SDK, so I re-downloaded that, refreshed everything etc., and > the error persisted. I've done everything short of re-downloading > Half-Life 2. > > I'm thinking that somewhere along the line my Filesystem_Steam.dll or > Steam.dll got messed up. Between this update and the last update, I > *did* copy Filesystem_Steam.dll from half-life 2/bin to sourcesdk/bin > because Hammer was complaining about not being able to find it. But > that's the only "subversive" change I've made. All these problems seem > to relate to the system, and I know that this last update changed the > directory structure a bit. If you need any more information I'd be > happy to provide you with it. In the meantime I will give in and > re-download Half-Life 2 (all 838 megs, jeez) and see if that helps. > Thank God for fast university internet connections... > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
