wierd half life 2 problem

dirtybeatfreak · 17 Mar 2007 at 18:40

hello all, was wondering if any1 knows of any known problems with hl2...every time i go to sprint the game freezes up and the screen goes black and i have to reset my comp... all the buttons are on default so i dont think thats a prob or anything.

many thx for any help in advance

NutritioN · 17 Mar 2007 at 20:46

Basically your computer's too fast. Making Gordon sprint just pushes it over the edge and the computer just locks up to stop the universe collapsing.

But sorry, haven't heard of this issue before. Nothing else exhibit wierd problems like this? Been alright before or always done this?

dirtybeatfreak · 17 Mar 2007 at 21:12

no it never did it before,i cant work out what it is and its annoying me

its a fresh install aswell which makes it even more wierd

Ronaldo · 17 Mar 2007 at 21:26

disable one card and see if ir happens if it does

try different drivers

RevBillyG · 17 Mar 2007 at 22:18

A long shot but....

What key do you have bound to sprint? If it's shift then make sure you have stickykeys turned off.

Jumpingmedic · 17 Mar 2007 at 22:19

I forget the default key settings... but if sprint is set to shift it may be a sticky keys problem. Holding certain keys down for several seconds can cause windows to do things... that's caught me out a few times.. although I don't think it ever made me crash. Just stuffed up my game.

Try holding the sprint button down out of the game for 10 seconds and see if anything happens.

That's all I can think of.

dirtybeatfreak · 17 Mar 2007 at 22:50

thx for your replies guys, the sticky keys was a good idea but its not that (just tried it)

Jumpingmedic · 18 Mar 2007 at 13:22

Stumped then... best I can suggest are all the usual things... rebind the sprint key... uninstall then reinstall steam (back up your gcf files first!!!!!!).

Posting on the official steam forums might net you better answers.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/