CRASH! "Dude, where's my map?" Created 19 years ago2005-02-28 20:31:30 UTC by cyanide

(this is the freakin second time ive typed this in)

Read This Annoying Thing:
ok, so your maps huge and ace now, lets test it with no lighing like u normally do.

HL2DM loads up
valve logo. skipped
black screen...
menu appears over black background
(normally at this stage the cursor dissapears then the map loads)
BUT WHATS THIS!?
*cue windows error sound "DING"
Booted straight back to desktop
no explaination, nothing

Where the hell does one go from here, well do I;
delete a load of my creation just to find this blasted dodgey thing?
Throw the pc out of the window?
perhaps check my entities?

OKAY

*tests map again
*NO DING - alt,ctrl,del - end task

My question is this:
Has anyone else had this freakin problem?
Can anyone explain what crashes maps before they even load?
Do you want to see a log?

Please Help, thankyou alot.

and this came up a few times (didnt happen b4 the steam update)
Cant load C:program filessteam...half-life 2binfilesystem_steam.dll
????

Is this you trying to run your map from the end of the compile process? Don't.

i compile it with hammer and it runs hl2 (or whatever) and runs the map.
Ive just tried opening hl2dm nad starting a game with my map and it just boots me out.

what the hell, i copied everything on the map and pasted it in a new map, ran it, and it works fine im zonked

k, its doing it again:
http://kilvertm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/web/error.jpg

Try reinstalling everything and updating everything (all kinds of drivers, Windows).

Dont bother doing all that, that is like last thing you should do. I have had this problem and find that it just happens with some maps usually quite complicated so just try and un-complex your map. Then if that dosn't work try refreshing sdk content then if that dosn't work refresh steam.