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    XPS M1730 Half Life 2: Episode One Issue

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by linkin_parker92, Oct 22, 2007.

  1. linkin_parker92

    linkin_parker92 Notebook Geek

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    Iv got my XPS M1730 last week and bought Half Life 2: Orange Box.
    I played through Half Life 2, Portal, and Teamn Fortress, but i seem to have problems with Half Life 2 Episode One. (Havent tried Episode Two yet).
    The problems is that when the maps are loading, the game engine sometimes crashes. It is not a mjor problem but it kinds of get annoying when i want to continously play the game.
    Is anyone facing the same problem and does anyone know if there is any patch or fixes that Microsoft or Valve provided?
     
    linkin_parker92, Oct 22, 2007
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  2. B2TheEYo

    B2TheEYo Notebook Deity

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    Did you try disabling the SLI to see how it reacted?

    Maybe a hotfix is in need here, check around to see if there are any updated announced for this issue. That or a driver update/rollback is needed.
     
    B2TheEYo, Oct 22, 2007
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    Yeah sometimes half life crashes for me... but its normally on the startup.. if i touch any keys or the mouse when its first loading up it crashes.. its fine after that..
     
    Stevez, Oct 23, 2007
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Yep, EP1 crashed 3 times for me, so it's not a SLI issue. However, none of the other games in the OB crashes, so I'm just ignoring it for now. If I were to guess, I'd say it's a driver issue.
     
    Lithus, Oct 23, 2007
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    linkin_parker92 Notebook Geek

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    hmmm a driver issue
    After the things shuts down, Windows says that there is an error on the Half Life 2 Game Engine
     
    linkin_parker92, Oct 23, 2007
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    Yeah, but that's ruled out by the fact that the other 4 games don't freeze while they all share the same engine.
     
    Lithus, Oct 23, 2007
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    linkin_parker92 Notebook Geek

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    the use the same Source Engine? I dont think so...
    Anyways i completed Half Life 2 Episode One and i think the bug got better towards the end. Ill try out my Episode Two soon.
     
    linkin_parker92, Oct 24, 2007
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    Hmmm..... this is weird
    Lithus, mayb u r rite
    The Half Life 2 Episode Two worked perfectly and very smooth even if its still using the same Source game engine.
     
    linkin_parker92, Oct 24, 2007
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