I cannot play games

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 11:30

Tried playing Counter Strike Source, didn't work, and does the same in Portal too.

This is what happens:

http://vimeo.com/26484961

It seems very slow, unresponsive and just not working.

Any idea what this could be?

I have tried reinstalling the game, and even Steam itself, and the same happens. I am unsure as to why this is.

My spec:

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60Ghz
Gigabyte Z68X-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel
Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Professional Series AX750 Modular Power Supply
Intel 510 Series "Elmcrest" 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 11:35

I will try Minecraft to see if anything happens there. That is about the non-Steam game I have.

I believe the drivers are up-to-date:

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 11:42

NathWraith said:
I think your system is telling you that you have played enough counter strike now and it is time to move on.

But but but, I need to play more!

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 11:57

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1998883

Have already.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:00

orderoftheflame said:
I presume this is a fresh install of windows you've got problems on? Do you get the same problem with other non-source engine games?

Also, have you tried verifying game caches? (Should be fine after reinstalling the game, but worth checking for the minute or so it takes).

Sure is, new system, I have tried verifying game caches and defragment game files. Did not work.

Neil79 said:
Damn !

Oh well i tried lol

It is appreciated.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:12

TheCenturion said:
Have you tried launching the game directly from the folder without going through steam?

Not tried that, would it just be the same? Loads the game and just runs slow?

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:14

TheCenturion said:
I don't know, which is why I suggested that you try it

Will try tonight.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:41

I took that screenshot when I uninstalled them.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:45

Installing Steam and CSS on the mech hard drive, see if the same problem occurs.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:57

Tried on two hard drives in the same system, one was the SSD the other was HDD, same problem.

If anyone has the link which Tim suggests then I could try that, or if anyone else knows what the problem may be let me know please.

<3

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:09

Virgin 50mb, don't think it is internet server based though, seems like it is something with my PC, or with Steam.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:16

Davola said:
Lazy, see you next tuesday

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=6812

Trying that.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:37

Davola said:
Lazy, see you next tuesday

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=6812

TheCenturion said:
Just typed into google 'direct x sdk'

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937788

EDIT: Beaten by a country mile

Done that and also reinstalled my graphics card drivers, that never worked.

Neil79 said:
1.
Have you allowed access to counterstrike via your windows firewall?

D:\Steam\steamapps\username\counter-strike source\hl2.exe

2.
And also Try deleting both the game.cfg and server.cfg ( back it up )

D:\Steam\steamapps\username\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg

I have reinstalled CSS and Steam 3 times now, that never worked, will have a look at the Windows Firewall and Microsoft Security Essentials.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:40

Deleting game.cfg and server.cfg does not work.

Not sure what to do in the Firewall and Antivirus, I have disabled MSE and that doesn't fix it.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:47

Not that I know of, I haven't installed anything, only got Teamspeak and Windows Firewall and MSE which is installed which could be the cause.

Could be hardware based as it is a new system, but I would like to hope not.

I don't really want to do a fresh reinstall of Windows if I don't have to.

Or it is something in Steam it self. I might start a support ticket with them to see if they know the problem and maybe email Hidden Paths Entertainment see if they know either.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:57

Reinstalled the game and Steam 3 times already, doesn't seem to want to work.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 19:16

ToejaMz0r said:
5UB -Lo, I'm assuming the same 5UB from ED?

Anyway I had a similar problem with Killing Floor, I killed the CCC.exe and that actually fixed it ever since, even though it still loads. Try killing the nvidia control panel and as many related exes as possible.

Also a quick google:

Try that.

I am indeed. - Cannot try closing the .exe files and trying it that way as I need to pop out soon. But the right clicking the hl2.exe thing did not work either.

fiveub · 16 Jul 2011 at 19:17

Don't forget also, it does it with Portal too, I will try a none hl2 engine game tomorrow, see if something like this happens.

fiveub · 17 Jul 2011 at 09:52

Doesn't work. This is really getting annoying now.

fiveub · 17 Jul 2011 at 10:02

Sent a Steam support ticket, tried Minecraft that runs fine and when I load it through Steam too it is also fine. Installing Just Cause 2 to see if that has a same effect.