[SOLVED] Half Life 2 Keeps Crashing

bdubs · 03-28-2009, 07:26 PM

Ok, so I just bought the Orange Box today off of Steam, but whenever I start up Half Life 2, it stays at the loading screen, and then crashes and gives me the message "hl2.exe has stopped working". I have already read two other threads regarding people with the same problem, and the methods used to resolve their problems didn't work for me. The other games in Orange box work fine, but Half Life 2 doesn't seem to work. I know that it isn't a hardware problem, because my specs exceed the requirements. Please ask if you require any more information besides my specs listed below.

Windows Vista Home Premium (x64)
Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N80Vb 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 207 12/05/2008
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
4096 Megabytes Installed Memory

Sorry if this thread may seem unclear or doesn't provide enought information to you.

Mcninjaguy · 03-29-2009, 12:06 AM

try running steam as administrator by right click on it
properties
compatibility (tab)
run as admin

what other fixes did you try?

bdubs · 03-29-2009, 09:45 AM

Nevermind, I actually fixed the problem. It turns out that Half Life 2 isn't compatible with Vista 64 Bit, so I reverted the game back to 32 bit. Thanks for trying to help, though

Mcninjaguy · 03-29-2009, 03:05 PM

I have Vista 64 bit and I can play Half life 2 just fine

03-28-2009, 07:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
bdubs Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista 64 Bit Home Premium	[SOLVED] Half Life 2 Keeps Crashing Ok, so I just bought the Orange Box today off of Steam, but whenever I start up Half Life 2, it stays at the loading screen, and then crashes and gives me the message "hl2.exe has stopped working". I have already read two other threads regarding people with the same problem, and the methods used to resolve their problems didn't work for me. The other games in Orange box work fine, but Half Life 2 doesn't seem to work. I know that it isn't a hardware problem, because my specs exceed the requirements. Please ask if you require any more information besides my specs listed below. Windows Vista Home Premium (x64) Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N80Vb 1.0 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 207 12/05/2008 NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 4096 Megabytes Installed Memory Sorry if this thread may seem unclear or doesn't provide enought information to you.

03-29-2009, 12:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Half Life 2 Keeps Crashing try running steam as administrator by right click on it properties compatibility (tab) run as admin what other fixes did you try?

03-29-2009, 09:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
bdubs Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista 64 Bit Home Premium	Re: [SOLVED] Half Life 2 Keeps Crashing Nevermind, I actually fixed the problem. It turns out that Half Life 2 isn't compatible with Vista 64 Bit, so I reverted the game back to 32 bit. Thanks for trying to help, though

03-29-2009, 03:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: [SOLVED] Half Life 2 Keeps Crashing I have Vista 64 bit and I can play Half life 2 just fine