This isn't really a modding question but does sort of affect modding 'cos HL2 is messed up and before someone suggests it, I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice.
Basically the problem is, all the character models and some of the object models seem to be damaged, they have polygons jutting out all over the place and have holes in them, and i've found no similar problems on the net (thats why im posting here). I installed it before on win98 SE and didn't have a problem, its only after upgrading to Win XP SP2 that I had the problem ( I formatted when installing XP ).
Has anyone had a similar problem or got a solution cos its really getting annoying.