I am so confused!

[Drages]

I have a big problem i need help with. I just downloaded ESF (i got a new computer and havn't played HL or ESF in a long time) then i downloaded the newest patch for HL because it said i couldn't play maltiplayer with out it. Now when i try to join a game right when it is about to go to the playing my screen goes black and just closes the program and i can't start the program again untill i reboot my computer. This is bothering me so much and i would really appreciate your help. I'm completly stumped. Oh and i forgot to say, I've reinstalled ESF and the patch and neither of those work... :cry:

 

[Zodiac Fighter]

i heard of crash, but normaly, you can play again without restarting your cpu ... well, be sure u have openGL or direct3D as video mode ... software make ur game crash a lot ...

 

[grOOvy]

Yup, try toggling among those video modes and through stable resolutions to see what works best for you. Also make sure your gfx card drivers are updated.

 

[Drages]

Hey thanks you guys it's working beter now! but GrOOvy do you know any good sites to update my gfx card driver? Do i need it i have the Dell XPS so do i even need too?

Thanks again!

 

[Jaredster]

Just goto the Control Panals < System < Hardware < Device manager < Find your GFX card in the tables and double-click on it < Driver Tab < Update Driver Button . Hope that helps.

 

[Phatslugga]

If it's working then you might not want to mess wit hit. Don't fix whats not broken . You might end up messing it up.

 

[Drages]

awwwww i can't seem to find my gfx card... i don't know what it is called so no wonder but thanks anyway Jaredster. and you may be right anyway Phatslugga so it may not be bad i didn't mess with it. Oh well it seems to be working a little beter with OpenGL

 

[Phatslugga]

If you need to find it, another way is to:
Click Start

Click on Run

Type in "DxDiag"

A window should load up in a bit and there will be a bunch of tabs at the top of it.

Hit the Display tab( or video tab), it should load up all of your video info.