Half-Life freezes Created 16 years ago2008-02-12 10:37:55 UTC by Captain Terror

This just started.

When I load half-life, and start a game (map mapname), the screen freezes as it says creating server or whatever, and it stays like that indefinitely.

I thought maybe my firewall was prompting for access "under" the splash screen, and I couldn't acknowledge, but no: repeatedly pressing "A" for allow does nothing.

CTRL-ESC, ALT-TAB, show desktop (windows sign + D) all do nothing. I can't even shut down (windows sign + u + u or ALT + F4 repeatedly + T).

My only way is to manually hold down the power button : (

I tried validate game cache files to no avail.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so did you figure out the problem?

edit: It was my entity challenge map causing the trouble! I've never had a map "freeze" my HL before, but this map does it. (I tried restarting and running other maps, and they all run fine)

Thats a new one for me! = )

edit2: I figured a way to get out of the half-life gui after it freezes:

Hit ctrl+alt+del, and then hit alt-e until you see the desktop.

Maybe YOU can run the map... Care to try? = )
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edit3: Last edit lol! all this trouble was caused by having a path_track targeting itself ( Path_Track NAME and NEXT STOP ON TARGET had the same name).

I don't know if this is the only factor, but fixing the path made the map runnable again!

Occasionally, errors like that can crash the game, so just be careful next time. :>