Another "Garry's Mod Won't Start" Thread - Garry's Mod

Partially taken from DXDIAG: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 10/26/2009, 15:37:05 Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron 1545 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 3546MB RAM Page File: 2220MB used, 5094MB available DirectX Version: DirectX 10 --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_02AA1028&REV_07 Display Memory: 1549 MB Dedicated Memory: 32 MB Shared Memory: 1517 MB Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll,igd10umd32.dll Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1576 (English) DDI Version: 10 Driver Attributes: Final Retail --------------- The Problem --------------- GMod opens and gets to the loading screen with G-MAN with the cone on his head, and then Vista gives me a "HL2.exe has encountered an error and needs to close" message and forces me to close. I don't know why it's doing this, I have The Orange Box and CSS installed, the Source SDK installed (both Base and Orange Box versions) and only got GMod there yesterday along with CSS, I've played CSS in order to make sure everything's downloaded and ready to use. --------------- The Error Report --------------- Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: hl2.exe Application Version: 0.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 470c11ae Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000 Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 0005a192 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 6153 Additional Information 1: bfef Additional Information 2: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863 Additional Information 3: bfef Additional Information 4: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863 I think that's about everything covered as regards my system and what's happening with it. If it also makes any difference, I have my pre-load of Borderlands paused before opening Garry's Mod.

yea i had this problem with HL2 but i simply re-installed the windowns and it started to work! (windows Vista sucks XP is much better!!!)

Any other way except for a complete system restore? I really wouldn't be in the mood for doing a fresh Vista install, and I'm still deliberating upgrading to Windows 7 as well.

Put "-dxlevel 81" in launch options. I had the same problem because I too have a 4 series GPU.

[QUOTE=jayc4life;18035311]Any other way except for a complete system restore? I really wouldn't be in the mood for doing a fresh Vista install, and I'm still deliberating upgrading to Windows 7 as well.[/QUOTE] yea beter install the windows 7 its much beter then vista

[QUOTE=Sanford;18037473]Put "-dxlevel 81" in launch options. I had the same problem because I too have a 4 series GPU.[/QUOTE] Thanks for the help, worked like a charm. Bloody Intel graphics >_>

Eh, mine works just fine on most of my games. Only complaint has been having to run Garry's Mod on DirectX 8.x.

[QUOTE=jayc4life;18052170]Bloody Intel graphics >_>[/QUOTE] THERES YER PROBLEM. Source and Intel GFX don't mix.

[QUOTE=Sanford;18052832]Eh, mine works just fine on most of my games. Only complaint has been having to run Garry's Mod on DirectX 8.x.[/QUOTE] Yeah I was thinking that because The Orange Box and CSS work just fine the way they are, it's just GMod that has that problem.