HL 2 Error Message, Vista

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

FrostHertz

[QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

devious742

Didnt work

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

FrostHertz

You answered your own question.

Reformat reinstall with Windows XP and the game will run flawlessly.

[QUOTE="t0adphr0g"][QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

Deihmos

You answered your own question.

Reformat reinstall with Windows XP and the game will run flawlessly.

This error doesn't have a single thing to do with the OS he is using or else everyone using Vista will experience the same problem and there are a lot of people with Xp havign the same problem. You don't need to use any compatibility with Steam either or run as admin. Steam has officially ceased support for Windows 98/ME and are now supporting Vista.

Always try the official forums Link or better yet Google. Looks like you need to install the Steam SDK base because most mods need it. Try the official forums because there are a lot of of suggestions.

i had the same problem, but i figured out a solution:

go to File-> Settings -> In-game -> and remove the hook from Use Steam Community in-game.

ok. so go into steam open the file tab go into settings and into In-game un cheak the use steam community.

should run fine after that!

right click on your HL2 icon and in the target box, add this, " -novid +map_backround none" just like that without the quotes.

EDIT: be sure to add the spaces

ok. so go into steam open the file tab go into settings and into In-game un cheak the use steam community.

should run fine after that!

xero88

Out of everything else i have read on the web, what i have quoted above if the only thing that worked

Thanks!

[QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

t0adphr0g

You answered your own question.

Reformat reinstall with Windows XP and the game will run flawlessly.

Ok I'm seriously getting tired of people hating on Vista. It's not cool anymore. I have Vista Home Premium and it's great! I like it way more than XP. I also bought the Orange Box and have been playing all my favorite games without any problems.

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

FrostHertz

U see it's an 'Engine Error', and it said 'fail to initialize'. so i guess ur system simply cannot support the game.

and Half-life2 is designed for Windows XP and earlier systems.

[QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

wanzmot

U see it's an 'Engine Error', and it said 'fail to initialize'. so i guess ur system simply cannot support the game.

and Half-life2 is designed for Windows XP and earlier systems.

And where are you getting your information? I'm running a clean install of XP with all current drivers on fairly decent hardware. I played the game for four hours yesterday, I'm getting the same error message as the OP today.

Since the game ran just fine yesterday, obviously my system supports it. Since I have the EXACT SAME ERROR in XP as the other guy has in Vista, it's probably not an operating system issue. Also, I was playing Portal, TF2, and Dark Messiah earlier today to see if other Source/Steam games were messed up. HL2 is the ONLY game giving me problems.

I guess the moral of the story is: if you have nothing useful to contribute or any response based on facts, shut the hell up.

[QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

wanzmot

U see it's an 'Engine Error', and it said 'fail to initialize'. so i guess ur system simply cannot support the game.

and Half-life2 is designed for Windows XP and earlier systems.

That doesn't mean it doesn't work fine in Vista, try buying vista and testing it yourself. Vista isn't perfect, but its not the anti-christ which seems to be what some gamers see it as

i have the same problem and same error message, but im running windows xp. I don't know what the problem is. i also have something like "vortex error" and then the game crashes.

The exact error is "Engine Error: failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer". ???????????????????????????????????????????????? What the heck does this mean???????????????????????????????

It says this right after the game crashed, which i don't know why??

specs:

958MB RAM, GeForce 6150 LE 256MB, 2.0 GHz, AMD dual core 3800+ X2

[QUOTE="t0adphr0g"][QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

Forerunner-117

You answered your own question.

Reformat reinstall with Windows XP and the game will run flawlessly.

Ok I'm seriously getting tired of people hating on Vista. It's not cool anymore. I have Vista Home Premium and it's great! I like it way more than XP. I also bought the Orange Box and have been playing all my favorite games without any problems.

Agreed, it's really getting tiresome. Only the ignorant and ill-informed continue to bash Vista. I have had Vista Home Premium 64 running flawlessly on my machine for six months now with no problems gaming.

[QUOTE="Forerunner-117"][QUOTE="t0adphr0g"][QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

Gooeykat

You answered your own question.

Reformat reinstall with Windows XP and the game will run flawlessly.

Ok I'm seriously getting tired of people hating on Vista. It's not cool anymore. I have Vista Home Premium and it's great! I like it way more than XP. I also bought the Orange Box and have been playing all my favorite games without any problems.

Agreed, it's really getting tiresome. Only the ignorant and ill-informed continue to bash Vista. I have had Vista Home Premium 64 running flawlessly on my machine for six months now with no problems gaming.

Im using XP, and I think Vista is good. But I cant bring myself to trust it. Just cant.

[QUOTE="Gooeykat"][QUOTE="Forerunner-117"][QUOTE="t0adphr0g"][QUOTE="FrostHertz"]

I launch Half Life 2 and when It loads after the Valve logo has been shown, it shuts down the game and displays this error message: ''Engine Error'' Platform Error: module failed to initialize.

What causes this? Im running windows vista..

Kolossi

You answered your own question.

Reformat reinstall with Windows XP and the game will run flawlessly.

Ok I'm seriously getting tired of people hating on Vista. It's not cool anymore. I have Vista Home Premium and it's great! I like it way more than XP. I also bought the Orange Box and have been playing all my favorite games without any problems.

Agreed, it's really getting tiresome. Only the ignorant and ill-informed continue to bash Vista. I have had Vista Home Premium 64 running flawlessly on my machine for six months now with no problems gaming.

Im using XP, and I think Vista is good. But I cant bring myself to trust it. Just cant.

So dual boot. I have Vista and XP on my machine and every time I boot up my computer it gives me the option to choose which OS I want to use. I had my concerns as well in the beginning, that's why I did this.