Half life datacache.dll crash directly after game loads

Stinkygoat · 04-13-2008, 07:41 AM

Morning/Afternoon/Evening! lol.. I've been having the SAME exact problem that everyone else seems to have.. even AFTER solving my first (MSS DLL error) major crash. I load a new game on the menu screen, watch the game load entirely, then watch it crash right after the half life 2 logo appears. Seems like its the datacache.dll file. I've tried updating my video cards drivers to the newest, reflashing my system BIOS, deleting the datacache.dll, running windowed, adding the command "-no -dxlevel 90 +mat_forcehardwaresync 0" and a complete reinstall of steam/hl2 to no avail. My rig runs doom3 + expansion, f.e.a.r. + expansions, WoW, and many others on absolute highest settings with absolutely NO problems what so ever. I've heard so many good things about this game, and have been TRYING to get it working since its d@mn launch!

Any suggestions?

Stinkygoat · 04-14-2008, 06:57 AM

Tried rolling back my nvidia drivers multiple times last night and nada - Might be playing half life 3 before 2 haha!

Stinkygoat · 04-15-2008, 06:54 AM

bump - after countless misc. EVERYTHING updates and umpteen restarts I now have it playable with the command -nosound.. progress (sortakinda) lol - any input or suggestions are much appreciated in advance :)

Shadowsorsa · 09-27-2008, 10:04 AM

I have a same kind of problem. It crashes always at the same spots if I'm not using -nosound command. Haven't found any solutions exept for -nosound. Thats why I'm looking here....

04-13-2008, 07:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Stinkygoat Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2	Half life datacache.dll crash directly after game loads Morning/Afternoon/Evening! lol.. I've been having the SAME exact problem that everyone else seems to have.. even AFTER solving my first (MSS DLL error) major crash. I load a new game on the menu screen, watch the game load entirely, then watch it crash right after the half life 2 logo appears. Seems like its the datacache.dll file. I've tried updating my video cards drivers to the newest, reflashing my system BIOS, deleting the datacache.dll, running windowed, adding the command "-no -dxlevel 90 +mat_forcehardwaresync 0" and a complete reinstall of steam/hl2 to no avail. My rig runs doom3 + expansion, f.e.a.r. + expansions, WoW, and many others on absolute highest settings with absolutely NO problems what so ever. I've heard so many good things about this game, and have been TRYING to get it working since its d@mn launch! Any suggestions? __________________ Dell XPS 400 Pentium D 2.8GHz dual core 3GB RAM 150gig HD eVGA 7900 GS KO 256mb

04-14-2008, 06:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stinkygoat Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2	Re: Half life datacache.dll crash directly after game loads Tried rolling back my nvidia drivers multiple times last night and nada - Might be playing half life 3 before 2 haha! __________________ Dell XPS 400 Pentium D 2.8GHz dual core 3GB RAM 150gig HD eVGA 7900 GS KO 256mb

04-15-2008, 06:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stinkygoat Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2	Re: Half life datacache.dll crash directly after game loads bump - after countless misc. EVERYTHING updates and umpteen restarts I now have it playable with the command -nosound.. progress (sortakinda) lol - any input or suggestions are much appreciated in advance :) __________________ Dell XPS 400 Pentium D 2.8GHz dual core 3GB RAM 150gig HD eVGA 7900 GS KO 256mb

09-27-2008, 10:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Shadowsorsa Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: win xp sp3	Re: Half life datacache.dll crash directly after game loads I have a same kind of problem. It crashes always at the same spots if I'm not using -nosound command. Haven't found any solutions exept for -nosound. Thats why I'm looking here....