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    Will From Dust even run on laptops?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nikryj, Sep 5, 2011.

  1. nikryj

    nikryj Notebook Consultant

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    EDIT managed to get it working. Have to launch from fromdust.exe. NOT from steam. Anyways, new question. I can't seem to get Counter Strike Source to work right. Whenevr I launch it, optimus kicks in and attempts to launch it on the nvidia card. Great, but the game never pops up. I have to run something else to have the card already "running" before css will launch. Anyways, that's not the big issue. The problem is, whenever I click start, the game freezes. Nothing on the screen changes. It literally freezes as I press the left mouse button on start.
     
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    Have you tried running both games as administrator or in compatibility mode (CSS)?
     
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    nikryj Notebook Consultant

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    I figured it out after messing with it for the past hour. Apparently purchasing it from steam caused the issue. It won't launch from steam. You have to manually launch it from the Fromdust.exe Well, I'm going to hijack my own thread for something eles now.
     
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    Sounds weird, but I'm glad you've found the solution :)
     
    lozanogo, Sep 5, 2011
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