Put these after the .exe file in the 'target' area of general in the shortcut: '-dxlevel 90 +mat_forcehardwaresync 0 -autoconfig' no idea wat the autoconfig is for... might wanna check out this page/thread http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=623213&highlight=portal+950
On Apr 22, 11:37 am, Aphelios <[email protected]> wrote: > JuiCe, hi again. > > I've spent the last two hours reading and testing non-stop the > commands suggested in that forum for Portal. Unfortanetely, none of > them could make the game doesn't crash. > > Something of importante relevance, is that I have, at the moment, a > Non-steam version of the game. That means that I don't have access to > the 'launch options' that steam features. These commands I'm inserting > on the text field "Destination" (Or another name close to that), which > is located in the shortcut. For example: > > Destination: [ "C:\...\Portal\hl2.exe" -steam -game portal -dxlevel 90 > +mat_forcehardwaresync 0 ] > > I actually don't know if this is the right way to input those > commands, and I really hope it isn't, since I could still have some > hope :(( > > I wonder how Killa Fairy managed to run the game perfectly, and I not. > His/her system is pretty much the same as mine. I'm deeply sad T__T > > On 21 abr, 18:33, JuiCe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First things first. > > > Are You running XP or Vista or W7? > > > Secundo: > > > I have some bad and some good news. > > > The good one - it is quite possible that You will find your solution > > in a form of startup parameter > > here:http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=623213 > > > The bad one - You will propably have to read through a lot of pages to > > find yours. I think I got the one which was working flawlessly for my > > somewhere on page 15. I did not use custom autoconfig or config - just > > the startup parameters. Don't ask me which I have used - i really > > don't remeber but they have enabled me to get through whole Portal, > > Portal: The Flash Version mappack and to the last mission of Portal: > > Prelude (that one just kicks ass! I think it's better than original > > Portal). > > > Good Luck! > > > On 21 Kwi, 19:52, Aphelios <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello guys. My name is Diego Oliveira, also known as Aphelios (My main > > > nickname). I sent an email to Jose / Mad_Beast last night asking for > > > help, and he quickly responded. Here's how it went: > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > Hello, Mad_Beast / Josepippo. I'm glad I can contact you, since I'm > > > having a bit of trouble here. As you may suppose, my video card is > > > Intel 945 express chipset family, which doesn't allow me to play some > > > games from Valve due to random crashes. > > > > I've tried a thousand differents ways to overcome this bug. It's been > > > a week since I've installed the game Portal, and every single day I > > > search for some solution, but none of them seem to work. Two days ago > > > I saw your posts about the modded driver you've created, which seems > > > to be the perfect solution for the problems that Intel cards users are > > > experiencing. That's really very, very useful. > > > > So there's the problem: I've downloaded the driver from the > > > sitehttp://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&Prod... > > > (The second item), and the igxp32.inf file. During the installation of > > > the driver, it said: "Your system does not have the minimum > > > requirements to install this software". So the last two days I was > > > searching for some solution about that. The first one I've tried was > > > looking for the folder which the extracted files from the setup would > > > be put, so then I should change the inf file there with the one I've > > > downloaded, and then the installation should proceed, right? That > > > doesn't seem to work, since the folder can't be found on the system. > > > The second one was to search for a folder called Graphics, but it > > > doesn't seem to exist too, for some reason :P > > > > About my system: > > > > Motherboard: 945GZM-S2 > > > Memory: 2GB DDR2 > > > Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual > > > > I would really, really appreciate if you could reply this email, I'm > > > totally desperate. Thank you very much for the attention. See you o/ > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > Hi Diego > > > my name is Jose a.k.a MAD_BEAST > > > well bro i guess that u dont know my group becausei see that you a are > > > a little out of date :S ehheheehe > > > > dont worry about any thing now u r in good hands my friend uve just > > > made contact with one of the creators of the revolution of the 9xx > > > gaming :) > > > i the admin and top poster of the most important group in the world > > > dedicated to INTEL 9xx gamers > > > > my first recomendation is to join this > > > grouphttp://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming > > > > here is gpng to be easier for you to get help because there you can > > > find many of my padawans that will be able to help u, all of ur > > > problems have been solved in that group :) believe me > > > > my second recomendatio is to DOWNLOAD this driver (V1.2) from KinGPin > > > he is my padawan he did leanr everything about modding from me and he > > > created a new version of modded drvers for XP this one is based on my > > > drivers but is a lil faster and is way easier to install... u just > > > have to download and run the > > > setuphttp://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming/web/drivers-for-9xx > > > > right now there is a long way for u and ur computer so join the group > > > DL the driver and ill c you later bro > > > take care.. > > > > Jose > > > MAD_BEAST > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > I was really caught in surprise when I saw the email at my inbox just > > > a few hours after I've sent it. I though: Yay! This problem has a > > > solution! > > > > So, as Jose said, I joined this group, and downloaded the Modded > > > Driver from KinGPin, the version 1.2. The installation was pretty > > > easy, everything occurred naturally. Then I went to play the game, and > > > the very same crash (After the first portal open), happened. > > > > I saw there was another version for the driver, a more 'up-to-date' > > > one. "Ver. 6.14.10.5016 (aka v1.4final & v1.0_64)(added OpenGL > > > Support)". I installed it, played the game, and yes, the same problem > > > occurred. PS: At both tries, I restarted the pc after the installation > > > was complete :> > > > > Since Jose made it clear: "all of ur problems have been solved in that > > > group :) believe me", I can't do anything but ask for help here. 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