Are you using the 'normal' driver or a moded one?
On 24 Kwi, 16:30, Aphelios <[email protected]> wrote:
> JuiCe, that was a stroke of genius. :D
>
> The experiment itself shows both good and bad results.
>
> Bad result: The game still crashes.
> Good result: The error window shows a different message.
>
> I have a steam account, and downloaded the First Slice demo. While I
> was crossing the old same portal at the relaxation room, the game
> crashed, and showed the following message (A translation from
> portuguese, my native language, to english):
>
> [ "The instruction in "0x0e2b13f2" made reference to the memory in
> "0x2efcb7a4". The memory couldn't be read. ]
>
> After that, I tried running the game with some startup parmeters. None
> of them worked either, so I tried to set every graphic aspect to low,
> as you said. A quite weird result is that, in both tries I did, the
> computer rebooted after I press the "apply" button(!).
>
> I hope these results can throw light on the mistery. Thank you very
> much.
>
> On 23 abr, 18:13, JuiCe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have an idea. If you have enough HD space (and bandwidth) - why
> > don't you register for steam and download the demo version of Portal
> > (first slice). Maybe the engine was updated since your version was
> > ekhm *released*.
>
> > That might just be a way of getting an 'x' out of our equation (there
> > are propably 'y' and 'z' left) :)
>
> > On 23 Kwi, 20:17, Aphelios <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I see your point, JuiCe. And I have, in fact, deleted the config file
> > > (not the autoconfig one, because I could not find it...), and set -
> > > dxlevel 80. The game is still crashing at the very same part.
>
> > > On 23 abr, 15:08, JuiCe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > 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
>
> ...
>
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