I wanted you to delete the configs so we are shure that none of the old settings is to be blamed.
Add just -dxlevel 80 not 90 and 80 ok? On 23 Kwi, 18:12, Aphelios <[email protected]> wrote: > JuiCe: > > Hello. Inside the directory I found config.cfg, not autocnfig.cfg. But > that's not a problem, since the game doesn't auto-configurate itself > at each instance. I've set everything to low. The default dxlevel is > 9.0, and the default setting for portal render depth is 1 (I tried > with 0 too). I added -dxlevel 80 to the shortcut target area (as well > as -dxlevel 90), and, unfortunately, the game still crashes. > > As far as I understood, you were with the same problem (The game > crashed after the first portal, and startup parameters were not > solving the issue), but you managed to run the game by setting > everything to low? Wow, is it possible that everysingle possible > solution doesn't work with me? :( > > In any case, I really appreciate your help. There must be something to > do, it's just a matter of time. :))) > > On 23 abr, 11:47, JuiCe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I had the same problem. Baby steps. Search your portal directory for > > config.cfg and autocnfig.cfg. Delete them. Get into the game (I > > suppose your menu with the relaxation chamber in the background is > > redendered correctly). No go video settings and set everything to low. > > What is you default dxlevel? What is your setting for portal rendering > > depth (I don't remeber what its called - the quality of portals - it > > should be in somewhere in settings.) After setting everything to low > > quit portal and add -dexlevl 80 to target area. Run the game - check > > If all setings are on low and try running the game. > > > On 22 Kwi, 18:34, Aphelios <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The game crashes after the first portal (In the relaxation room) open. > > > Before that the game is running perfectly. The error window says that > > > hl2.exe has found a problem and must be closed. [ Send error report ] > > > [ Don't send ] > > > > I don't understand why some people could run the game only with > > > startup commands. I'm starting to think there's an easier solution for > > > that... > > > > Thank you for the attention, JuiCe :> > > > > On 22 abr, 04:56, JuiCe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > -autoconfig - it tells the game to choose the best settings for your > > > > machine (according to some internal instructions f.e. GMA950=low > > > > GF9600=medium and so on) > > > > > Aphelios - it doesn't matter If you have a steam or non steam version > > > > (but owning original games doesn't hurt either). Putting the > > > > parameters in the target area is still OK. > > > > > I didn't ask - when does the portal crash? On startup? Before entering > > > > the menu? Can you start it at all and get into a level? Does it crash > > > > when looking through a portal? Does it give you any info on crash? > > > > > On 22 Kwi, 02:51, KillaFairy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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/threadhttp://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=623213&highlig... > > > > > > 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 > > ... > > więcej >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "INTEL 9XX Gaming" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
