Half-Life 2 Beta General Technical Problems

[OddDoc]

Here you can ask the questions about technical side of the game, about different bugs, glitches and if something doesn't work properly.

When I launch the "Beta", an error saying "Available memory less than 15 mb" pops up. How do I fix it?

Any engine patch, like LeakNet or The Axel Project fixes this problem.
Alternatively, if you want to launch vanila copy of the leak you can launch it with Windows XP SP2 compatibility. To do this, right click on the Beta's shortcut (Or create one if it does not exist) and click "Options". In "Compatibility" check "Run program in compatibility mode with:" and choose "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)" in the list.

I launched the Beta, but it crashed immediately and an error window popped up, saying server.dll is missing. What do I do?

Try to replace server.dll file (which is in your anon-hl2\hl2\bin folder) with this one.

I launched the Beta, but it crashed immediately and an error window popped up, saying "Unable to load Engine.dll". What do I do?

Copy the Engine.dll file from anon-hl2\bin folder and paste it into the root folder of the beta (anon-hl2 folder).

I ran the game. In the main menu, I clicked "New game", but nothing happens, so I can't play. I tried the "Create server" button, but when it loads, NPCs don't attack me. What's the problem?

The "New game" button doesn't work in the Beta; you can't exactly "play" it like any other game. To run maps, open the console with the Tilde button (~) and write "map *map's name* (they usually start with d1_, d2_ and d3_), e.g. map d1_trainstation_01

During gameplay I can't look with my mouse up and down, just left and right.

In game's main menu open "Options" and in "Mouse" check the "Mouse look" box.

I have a widescreen monitor. I am only able to set the resolution for regular monitors in the beta. Is there any fix?

Open the file config.cfg, which is in anon-hl2/hl2/cfg folder, with a notepad and in the line "r_anamorphic" change "0" to "1" for 16:9 monitors, or to "2" for 16:10 monitors.

All textures in game are very low quallity. They're blurred. Is that how they are supposed to be?

This problem is a result of "Available memory less than 15 mb" problem, which is described above. The game's engine thinks that you have less then 15 mb memory and automatically sets graphics on low. You can fix it with Blurry texture fix.

During the gameplay the models have polygons instead of mouths and eyes and the whole hydra is polygonal. How this problem can be solved?

Your PC is too outdated and does not support shaders used by the game. Run beta on a more modern PC and that should be it.

Some maps are crashing when I try to load them. Why? Are there some workings ones?

Well, don't forget it is a "beta", not everything works here. You can find some working maps here. There's also a section on our forum where users release their fixed maps for beta. Check it out.

When I create an NPC with commands npc_create and give npc it spawns, but they're all invisible! What should I do to make them visible?

To create a visible NPC, switch to the developer's mode (developer 1 in the console) then restart the map. After that the NPCs you'll create should be visible.

I noticed that the crosshair in Beta looks like a simple cross. Can I make it look like the one in retail HL2?

To make it look like from a retail, type hud_quickinfo 1 in the console. To make it look like this permanently, open the config.cfg (it can be found in anon-hl2/hl2/cfg/ folder after you launch beta at least once) and change the string "hud_quickinfo 0" to "hud_quickinfo 1"

I've heard that the cartridge cases can be turned on in the Beta. What command should I enter?

To activate cartridge cases type cl_ejectbrass 1 in the console. To make it look like this all the time open the config.cfg (it's in anon-hl2/hl2/cfg/ folder) and add cl_ejectbrass 1 string.

How can I turn on the subtitles in the game?

Type closecaption 1 in the console. To make it look like this all the time open the config.cfg (it's in anon-hl2/hl2/cfg/ folder) and replace the string closecaption 0 with closecaption 1.

[Kulax]

Have i installed the game wrong? Or did i launch the maps wrong.

[EvilGeniusRo]

Have i installed the game wrong? Or did i launch the maps wrong.

Make sure you launch the maps though the console "~" otherwise enemy npcs will not do anything. Type "map" followed by the name of the specific map you want to load.

[Kulax]

Thank you.

[Витой]

That's one question we forgot to add into "technical problems" thread. Will do it today.

Edit:
Done.

[LordRevolution]

I remember reading on this other forum when somebody tried to launch the vanilla beta they got an error along the lines of
"You are not a developer" and they were asking for help fixing it but they never got a response
Is this an actual error or no?

[Витой]

I remember reading on this other forum when somebody tried to launch the vanilla beta they got an error along the lines of
"You are not a developer" and they were asking for help fixing it but they never got a response
Is this an actual error or no?

This was in one of community's engine patches, I don't remember which one exactly.

[LordRevolution]

I remember reading on this other forum when somebody tried to launch the vanilla beta they got an error along the lines of
"You are not a developer" and they were asking for help fixing it but they never got a response
Is this an actual error or no?

This was in one of community's engine patches, I don't remember which one exactly.

Ohhh ok

[NerdyFungi]

Whenever I try to launch the beta I get this error:

http://imgur.com/a/ecpEo

(I'm new and don't know how to attach images. Apologies)

[Витой]

Whenever I try to launch the beta I get this error:

http://imgur.com/a/ecpEo

Erm, I may be wrong, but I think you copied content of the 2003 beta into retail version of the game, which is totally wrong.

[DepravedDiptera]

I have an issue with the folder that has the HL2 Beta in it. Whenever I open HL2B, close out of it, and then try to modify the folder (or it's contents) at all the "Folder in Use" prompt comes up. The only way to fix this is to restart my computer. This is very annoying because I keep backups of everything so I can see what causes what errors, so when I try to add files or delete the backup folders I have to restart.

Is there anyway around this? And before you say "check the task manager" I already have and I went through the entire list many times, I can't figure out how to fix this issue.

[VXP]

Windows usually takes fonts from beta's "resource" folder and can't release them for some reason, so this is not a big issue as for me

[DepravedDiptera]

Windows usually takes fonts from beta's "resource" folder and can't release them for some reason, so this is not a big issue as for me

Thanks man! I moved all three font files to my font folder in Windows and deleted all the font files from the HL2B backup folders, now I can delete backups with patches that don't work.
I love this forum.

[mr.headcrab]

where can i find all of the hl2 maps because some maps are not in this game

[(♮)0bs0l3t3_Pr09r4m(♮)]

You can download the WC-map pack, keep in mind that you will have to fix the maps yourself.