Right click the game name and select properties in the Steam game library. Then click "set launch options" and put -indowed in the launch option line. finally start your game. Once you are in the game menu select the proper video mode and resolution. Then go back and remove the -windowed from the launch options. Extract the demo file into your Half-Life 2 folder (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\ your_steam_account \half-life 2\hl2\") In Steam, right-click on Half-Life 2, go to Properties then Launch options. Enter " +showbudget_texture 1 +playdemo stutter". Click OK then close the Properties box. Run Half-Life 2. black screen on start up. saw a few solutions none working. going into the launch options and using -nofbo makes it worse. using -autoconfig doesnt work. using -safe doesnt work. idk what to do at this point. The author of this topic has marked a post as the answer to their question. Click here to jump to that post. Originally posted by Golden My Garry's Mod is also stuck on DirectX 8, and I don't know why! #4. Wiwi Jul 11, 2013 @ 9:20am. Go to your steam library, right click on hl2, click on "properties", go to the "general" tab and click on "set launch options". In the box that appears type -dxlevel 90. Click OK, and then start the game. Just remember to remove this from the launch Launch options not working #1740. . Already have an account? Hi. For the last 2 weeks, launch options set in Steam on Half-Life and its mods do not work. For example, if I set -noforcemparms to make the mouse input not horrible, it is not applied. If I use -dll to load a bot I need to test my mod, TD8QzN.

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