HalfLife - LAUNCH PROBLEM very weired
When i want to launch the game, windows ask me to upgrade to service pack 3 (lol) and i cant play the game. What's the solution THX.
When i want to launch the game, windows ask me to upgrade to service pack 3 (lol)
and i cant play the game.
What's the solution
THX
and i cant play the game.
What's the solution
THX
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Update the game with the latest patch.
When Half-Life was release Windows 2000 was still in very early beta.
NT4 was still the king and Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 was the latest Service Pack out. That message refers to NT4. The Unpatch version of Half-Life (original CD) is basically too "dumb" to recognize Windows 2000. Simply update your game with the HUGE patch from www.sierra.com
ALWAYS PATCH YOUR GAMES IF YOU EXPECT TO PLAY GAME IN 2K/XP.
When Half-Life was release Windows 2000 was still in very early beta.
NT4 was still the king and Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 was the latest Service Pack out. That message refers to NT4. The Unpatch version of Half-Life (original CD) is basically too "dumb" to recognize Windows 2000. Simply update your game with the HUGE patch from www.sierra.com
ALWAYS PATCH YOUR GAMES IF YOU EXPECT TO PLAY GAME IN 2K/XP.
2K/XP support DirectX fine. The DirectX hack (there are 2) is for DX5/DX6 support in NT4. This will not enable D3D support for Half-Life. For NT4 you'll still have to use OGL.
SP3 did add DX3 support into NT4 and Sp6 added DXplay 6 too. So if you load SP6a you'll have DX3 with Dxplay 6 loaded.
It's recommended that you use OGL anyways because that's what the engine was designed under and for.
I use this site to get all my patches...old skool game update site: http://www.patches-scrolls.de/
My slipstreamed NT4 pack will have the DX from Sp6a integrated into NT4 upon NT4 install. If I ever get time to finish it.
So far I've been able to replace all of the old NT4 files but to add the new features of the SP I have to do some .SIF hacking....but the replaced files work fine and fix many NT4 install problems.
SP3 did add DX3 support into NT4 and Sp6 added DXplay 6 too. So if you load SP6a you'll have DX3 with Dxplay 6 loaded.
It's recommended that you use OGL anyways because that's what the engine was designed under and for.
I use this site to get all my patches...old skool game update site: http://www.patches-scrolls.de/
My slipstreamed NT4 pack will have the DX from Sp6a integrated into NT4 upon NT4 install. If I ever get time to finish it.
So far I've been able to replace all of the old NT4 files but to add the new features of the SP I have to do some .SIF hacking....but the replaced files work fine and fix many NT4 install problems.
