Left 4 Dead won't start

grub20 · 01-05-2009, 11:31 AM

I installed Left 4 Dead today. It took me to steam, where it installed and whenever I try to launch the game I get a left4dead.exe error that says it has encountered a problem and needs to close.

The error rerport contains something that says 'ModName: shaderapidx9.dll'

I initially thought that was related to directX, but I have the latest version of DirectX 9 (I can't get 10, I dont have vista).

My system specs are well beyond what is required to play the game, so that shouldn't be a problem either. Any suggestions?

Zombeast · 01-05-2009, 12:35 PM

did you dl the game through steam or from the cd, and have you tried re-downloading it through steam

**RockmasteR** · 01-05-2009, 04:13 PM

try to reinstall the Nvidia drivers.
first uninstall the old Drivers and download and install driver Sweeper
to remove any leftovers of the old drivers
then install a fresh copy of drivers (don't use the 180.x use the 178.x instead).

01-05-2009, 11:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
grub20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 143 OS: XP	Left 4 Dead won't start I installed Left 4 Dead today. It took me to steam, where it installed and whenever I try to launch the game I get a left4dead.exe error that says it has encountered a problem and needs to close. The error rerport contains something that says 'ModName: shaderapidx9.dll' I initially thought that was related to directX, but I have the latest version of DirectX 9 (I can't get 10, I dont have vista). My system specs are well beyond what is required to play the game, so that shouldn't be a problem either. Any suggestions? __________________ Intel Pentium IV CPU 2.80 ghz (2.79 ghz rated at 4.19 CPU speed) Windows XP NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 3GB of RAM, but for some reason reading as 2.2GB

01-05-2009, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zombeast Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Moreno Valley, CA Posts: 364 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit My System	Re: Left 4 Dead won't start did you dl the game through steam or from the cd, and have you tried re-downloading it through steam __________________ Steam Friends Name: Zombeast69 Add me : D

01-05-2009, 04:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,178 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Left 4 Dead won't start try to reinstall the Nvidia drivers. first uninstall the old Drivers and download and install driver Sweeper to remove any leftovers of the old drivers then install a fresh copy of drivers (don't use the 180.x use the 178.x instead). __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!