Game Freezing Up When Trying To Quit
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Lord of the Bugs Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8487Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
Lord of the Bugs Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8487Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
in Tech Support
<div class="IPBDescription">since the latest steam update</div> As I'm sure everyone is aware, ever since the latest steam update, most users will experience some kind of game freeze when they try to quit. Sometimes they resort to hitting the reset button on their PC when this happens. For users running 2000 or XP, try this instead.
right now:
* Hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to invoke the Task Manger, and switch to the Processes tab. Close Task Manager, and it will remember this setting.
when the crash happens:
* Hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to invoke the Task Manager. You may not be able to see it, but you'll know that it worked when you stop hearing the looped sound that is so common to this crash problem.
* Hit H, which should find hl.exe in the process list. If you routinely have another process running that starts with H, then hit H the appropriate number of times to get to hl.exe by testing beforehand.
* Hit ALT+E to end the process, then hit either Y or SPACEBAR to confirm that you want to kill the process. (A sound will play for most users after hitting ALT+E.)
* hl.exe will die, and you will see your desktop again. Close the Task Manager and give a victory shout. If your gamma is borked, use the gamma reset tool included with NS.
right now:
* Hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to invoke the Task Manger, and switch to the Processes tab. Close Task Manager, and it will remember this setting.
when the crash happens:
* Hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to invoke the Task Manager. You may not be able to see it, but you'll know that it worked when you stop hearing the looped sound that is so common to this crash problem.
* Hit H, which should find hl.exe in the process list. If you routinely have another process running that starts with H, then hit H the appropriate number of times to get to hl.exe by testing beforehand.
* Hit ALT+E to end the process, then hit either Y or SPACEBAR to confirm that you want to kill the process. (A sound will play for most users after hitting ALT+E.)
* hl.exe will die, and you will see your desktop again. Close the Task Manager and give a victory shout. If your gamma is borked, use the gamma reset tool included with NS.
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But to avoid doing this and fix it, simply delete ClientRegistry.blob from the steam root directory, and platform.gcf from the \SteamApps directory. All of course while steam is closed.
Once done, restart steam and wait for it to update (the platform.gcf file is 10mb so may take time on slow connections).
Let me know if it works for everyone.
but it seems it doesnt fix it for the new steam update.
looks like we will have to wait for the ns crew to get beta 4 out, or beta 3 with some kind of fix for this problem.
me as well.. also very often just during a map change, its SO annoying because even if i ctrl+alt+delete and end the task in task manager, my screen gamma is still set to what NS put it at and its WAY too bright.
if i then try to ignore the gamma and rejoin a new game of NS, the gamma ends up literally double what it should be. this same scenario happens to others ive played with, so i know its not a isolated problem.
looking for a fix for this, because nearly every time i play ns for more than 1 or 2 games it ends up freezing and i have to reboot to fix the gamma problem. major pain in the asss.
me as well.. also very often just during a map change, its SO annoying because even if i ctrl+alt+delete and end the task in task manager, my screen gamma is still set to what NS put it at and its WAY too bright.
if i then try to ignore the gamma and rejoin a new game of NS, the gamma ends up literally double what it should be. this same scenario happens to others ive played with, so i know its not a isolated problem.
looking for a fix for this, because nearly every time i play ns for more than 1 or 2 games it ends up freezing and i have to reboot to fix the gamma problem. major pain in the asss. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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there is a simple solution to your gamma problem.
(directory u installed steam in):\Steam\SteamApps\(the email account u play steam with)\half-life\nsp\ResetGamma
running that app will reset your gamma to normal levels.. make a shortcut on your desktop so its more convienient <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Here's where you can get it.
<a href='http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=64037' target='_blank'>http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthr...?threadid=64037</a>
me as well.. also very often just during a map change, its SO annoying because even if i ctrl+alt+delete and end the task in task manager, my screen gamma is still set to what NS put it at and its WAY too bright.
if i then try to ignore the gamma and rejoin a new game of NS, the gamma ends up literally double what it should be. this same scenario happens to others ive played with, so i know its not a isolated problem.
looking for a fix for this, because nearly every time i play ns for more than 1 or 2 games it ends up freezing and i have to reboot to fix the gamma problem. major pain in the asss. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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there is a simple solution to your gamma problem.
(directory u installed steam in):\Steam\SteamApps\(the email account u play steam with)\half-life\nsp\ResetGamma
running that app will reset your gamma to normal levels.. make a shortcut on your desktop so its more convienient <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well my reset app doesn't work...
Any other ways? (Besides display properties because that doesn't work for me either)
I've tried:
- "stopsound; quit"
- deleting .blob file (etc) to force update
- your keyboard shortcuts to kill the process
None of these work and I just have to turn the power off to "fix the problem."
It's so ridiculous that so many users are experiencing this nonsense and valve's steam developers haven't fixed the problem yet. This is very frustrating.
Or Steam **** up ALL sound cards, since I've so far seen Audigy 1, 2, Creative, Pro's and all other types of sound cards crashing...
I'm using onboard btw.. Still loving the crash-bug... *cough*
strange thing is only some people are having that problem. everyone list their system specs, see if theres a pattern emerging.
- AMD Athlon XP 2400
- nForce 2 w/ onboard sound + network + graphics (geforce 4mx - temp card)
- 1gb DDR Ram 333mhz bus
- Win XP SP1
I haven't updated my nForce drivers for a few months, nor my graphics drivers. But i always have troubles with the nForce unified drivers as i recall.
- Radeon 9800 XT
- Sound Blaster Live!
- 512MB DDR PC2700 Crucial
- Win XP Home SP1
would be nice if the NS could release a patch to fix this since a couple of us are experiancing this problem.
(my soundcard is a bog standard SB live)
It's a Steam problem:
<a href='http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63409' target='_blank'>http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread....&threadid=63409</a>
512, DDR SDRam
80 gig 7200 RPM SCZI HD
Radon 9800 XT
Cable Connection
Soundblast Audigy 2 sound card
It happens with DoD too.
This is a Steam issue.