half life does NOT START! ....

Hello!
I get hl2 from bittorrent and when I start it, it starts however when
I say
new game, after choosing the level of difficulty and click on "play"
it does nothing.
In console mode it says something about invalid maps.

Anyone has idea how to solve this problem?
Thanks
Bubo

"Replicator Creator" <dr_bubo@freemail.hu> wrote in message
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> Hello!
> I get hl2 from bittorrent and when I start it, it starts however when
> I say
> new game, after choosing the level of difficulty and click on "play"
> it does nothing.
> In console mode it says something about invalid maps.
>
> Anyone has idea how to solve this problem?
> Thanks
> Bubo

Wait for the official release?

In article <cffdf7e9.0407230906.57657048@posting.google.com >,
Replicator Creator <dr_bubo@freemail.hu> wrote:

> Hello!
> I get hl2 from bittorrent and when I start it, it starts however when
> I say new game, after choosing the level of difficulty and click on "play"
> it does nothing. In console mode it says something about invalid maps.
>
> Anyone has idea how to solve this problem?

Did you install it on your C drive? There's a known issue with C drive
installs - try deleting everything (including the registry entries) and
reinstalling it on another drive. It may even be that it doesn't work
with any of your internal drives (I think it's because Valve use custom
drive names when coding), and you'll have to use an external hard drive
to get it to work. Make sure it's a Firewire one, though - ata and usb
ones are not fast enough for the data throughput required.

If that doesn't work, it's probably a problem with the maps - lots of
the early adopters have had trouble with some of the maps in the beta.
Unfortunately, the only way to get it to work if it *is* a map problem
is to manually remove each map in turn, then reboot and try to run. If
that doesn't work, reinstall that map, and then move onto the next, etc
etc. Time-consuming, I know, but at least it'll work in the end.

Good luck!

___
Neil
AKA HighVis

"Oh dear. You just don't get it, do you?" - Cory Dunkle

On 23 Jul 2004 1026 -0700, dr_bubo@freemail.hu (Replicator
Creator) wrote:

>Hello!
>I get hl2 from bittorrent and when I start it, it starts however when
>I say
>new game, after choosing the level of difficulty and click on "play"
>it does nothing.
>In console mode it says something about invalid maps.
>
>Anyone has idea how to solve this problem?
>Thanks
>Bubo
There's a fix for it here: www.tubgirl.com



You should start drinking prune juice and KY jelly cocktails right now,
that will make things a lot smoother.
-Felatio Love

"GTD" <duh@stoopid.net> wrote in message
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> On 23 Jul 2004 1026 -0700, dr_bubo@freemail.hu (Replicator
> Creator) wrote:
>
>>Hello!
>>I get hl2 from bittorrent and when I start it, it starts however when
>>I say
>>new game, after choosing the level of difficulty and click on "play"
>>it does nothing.
>>In console mode it says something about invalid maps.
>>
>>Anyone has idea how to solve this problem?
>>Thanks
>>Bubo
> There's a fix for it here: www.tubgirl.com
>
>
>
> You should start drinking prune juice and KY jelly cocktails right now,
> that will make things a lot smoother.
> -Felatio Love

Makes me laugh how they can show something as disgusting as that yet be so
prudish to have to pixellate out her fanny!! There's no accounting for
taste!
;-)
rat

"Neil Jones" <neil@designumbrella.com> wrote in message
news:230720042120519240%neil@designumbrella.com...
> In article <cffdf7e9.0407230906.57657048@posting.google.com >,
> Replicator Creator <dr_bubo@freemail.hu> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>> I get hl2 from bittorrent and when I start it, it starts however when
>> I say new game, after choosing the level of difficulty and click on
>> "play"
>> it does nothing. In console mode it says something about invalid maps.
>>
>> Anyone has idea how to solve this problem?
>
> Did you install it on your C drive? There's a known issue with C drive
> installs - try deleting everything (including the registry entries) and
> reinstalling it on another drive. It may even be that it doesn't work
> with any of your internal drives (I think it's because Valve use custom
> drive names when coding), and you'll have to use an external hard drive
> to get it to work. Make sure it's a Firewire one, though - ata and usb
> ones are not fast enough for the data throughput required.
>
> If that doesn't work, it's probably a problem with the maps - lots of
> the early adopters have had trouble with some of the maps in the beta.
> Unfortunately, the only way to get it to work if it *is* a map problem
> is to manually remove each map in turn, then reboot and try to run. If
> that doesn't work, reinstall that map, and then move onto the next, etc
> etc. Time-consuming, I know, but at least it'll work in the end.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ___
> Neil
> AKA HighVis
>
> "Oh dear. You just don't get it, do you?" - Cory Dunkle


i agree wiht this poast!!!

> Makes me laugh how they can show something as disgusting as that yet be so
> prudish to have to pixellate out her fanny!! There's no accounting for
> taste!
> ;-)
> rat


For all the yanks out there, when rat says fanny, he means the front bottom,
not the 'bum'

freek