HL2 Beta shiny weapons

[Pichi]

Some weapons look shiny like the crowbar pistol etc. oh and the arms also look shiny (retail arms) i didn't like it is there way to disable it? (sorry for my bad english

[bruno]

That's sadly a problem with Pre-2004 and 2004 version of the Source Engine [The first retail versions of Half-Life 2 also had that problem.]

You could try to use the mat_specular 0 command to fix it but it would disable all shiny objects and such.

PS: Your english is not bad btw.

[Pichi]

That's sadly a problem with Pre-2004 and 2004 version of the Source Engine [The first retail versions of Half-Life 2 also had that problem.]

You could try to use the mat_specular 0 command to fix it but it would disable all shiny objects and such.

PS: Your english is not bad btw.

oh well i have another problem when i press the windows key whatever that is when i get back to the game stucks on a grey loading screen

[bruno]

oh well i have another problem when i press the windows key whatever that is when i get back to the game stucks on a grey loading screen

Yeah that's a problem with the beta sadly. There is no official fix yet but you could just make the game run in a border-less window that fills out the entire screen.

Just add the -window -noborder launch arguments into the text box below the Start button in the Leaknet Modloader [If you have multiple mods you'l have to add the launch arguments there as well.]

[Pichi]

oh well i have another problem when i press the windows key whatever that is when i get back to the game stucks on a grey loading screen

Yeah that's a problem with the beta sadly. There is no official fix yet but you could just make the game run in a border-less window that fills out the entire screen.

Just add the -window -noborder launch arguments into the text box below the Start button in the Leaknet Modloader [If you have multiple mods you'l have to add the launch arguments there as well.]

eh that will work too thanks for your help you're the  best person i have ever seen! 

[Pichi]

Hey dude im back again i have 2 problems the first one is i get an error that says Engine Error Cut Linked Overflow the second one is when i save in some parts some of the game like the place where you shoot a helicopter with tanks when i save the game crashed no error just crashes oh and also when i save in ravenholm if i load the save the game crashes same as the second one

[bruno]

Hey dude im back again i have 2 problems the first one is i get an error that says Engine Error Cut Linked Overflow the second one is when i save in some parts some of the game like the place where you shoot a helicopter with tanks when i save the game crashed no error just crashes oh and also when i save in ravenholm if i load the save the game crashes same as the second one

Let's see here.

For the first problem it probably has to do something with system compatibility. Try to do the following but I have no guarantee it will work. Right click on the hl2.exe file, open the Properties, click on the "Compatibility" tab, set the compatibility to the OS version you're using. You could also try to update your graphics card drivers.

As for the crashing while saving issue, well that's just probably the beta Source Engine being janky. It really likes to crash even with patches [Sometimes for no apparent reason]. Leaknet fixes the majority of these issues, but it's not perfect and some problems still occur [Like the RPG rockets not following the crosshair sometimes]. You'l just have to get used to this one sadly.

[Pichi]

Hey dude im back again i have 2 problems the first one is i get an error that says Engine Error Cut Linked Overflow the second one is when i save in some parts some of the game like the place where you shoot a helicopter with tanks when i save the game crashed no error just crashes oh and also when i save in ravenholm if i load the save the game crashes same as the second one

Let's see here.

For the first problem it probably has to do something with system compatibility. Try to do the following but I have no guarantee it will work. Right click on the hl2.exe file, open the Properties, click on the "Compatibility" tab, set the compatibility to the OS version you're using. You could also try to update your graphics card drivers.

As for the crashing while saving issue, well that's just probably the beta Source Engine being janky. It really likes to crash even with patches [Sometimes for no apparent reason]. Leaknet fixes the majority of these issues, but it's not perfect and some problems still occur [Like the RPG rockets not following the crosshair sometimes]. You'l just have to get used to this one sadly.

But There's no OS tho

[bruno]

I may have sounded a little bit too vague. I've sent a screenshot to show you what to do more directly. Excuse the system language being Polish, but the these options should be in the same place on your side.

PS: Don't forget to click "Apply" after you're done.

[Pichi]

I may have sounded a little bit too vague. I've sent a screenshot to show you what to do more directly. Excuse the system language being Polish, but the these options should be in the same place on your side.

PS: Don't forget to click "Apply" after you're done.

some options are not present

[bruno]

Don't worry. Everything is as it should be.  It should work now I think.

[Pichi]

but which one should i select?

[bruno]

It should be the newest one, in your case Windows 8. Select it and hit apply.

[Pichi]

Hello again i have a 1 problem a text pops up that says:A.I Disabled it happens on the map d1_trainstation_03

[bruno]

Hello again i have a 1 problem a text pops up that says:A.I Disabled it happens on the map d1_trainstation_03

It does that sometimes. As long as all of the scripted entities or npc's work as intended it should be fine.