Black Mesa Crashes My Pc

[Buffalox]

@Flavrans

Don’t know if this will help, but another thing you could try is to disable the Steam Overlay for Black Mesa (if you haven’t tried that already) (right click Black Mesa in the Steam Library and click Properties, then untick the checkbox next to “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game”, under the General tab).

Also, try running the game as Administrator.

@Nonimportantuser

Okay, right click on black mesa in steam and then click properties, then click set launch options and then copy this setting into the box. -full -w 1920 -h 1080

Alright, I recorded what’s happening so you guys can see. Unfortunately nothing worked
youtube.com/watch?v=qDMgyofkHAY

[TextFAMGUY1]

You say that both your monitors turn off. Do you mean your computer turns off/crashes? What happens when you turn them back on? I’m not clear precisely what the issue is, and the game making your monitors physically turn off seems impossible to me.

[CPU]

Try running the game with only one monitor attached.

[RedEye]

@CPU

Try this
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Black_Mesa

+1 Pcgamingwiki is a great resource for troubleshooting and tweaking. I use it all the time.

[Buffalox]

@TextFAMGUY1

You say that both your monitors turn off. Do you mean your computer turns off/crashes? What happens when you turn them back on? I’m not clear precisely what the issue is, and the game making your monitors physically turn off seems impossible to me.

Sometimes only my monitors turn off so I can still hear sound and sometimes my computer just crashes, not shutting down, crashes. Can’t do anything on it if I don’t restart.
If I turn the monitors back on it just says the same message it would say if I turned them on while my pc were off.

Just noticed the video didn’t cover the problem. I’ll make sure you guys get the full video. Sorry

[danielsangeo]

(I merged your posts into a single post.)

Sounds like it’s not physically turning your monitors off but instead making your monitors go into standby because they’re not detecting a video signal. I don’t know why that is, but it doesn’t sound like it’s turning your monitors off.

[Buffalox]

@danielsangeo

(I merged your posts into a single post.)

Sounds like it’s not physically turning your monitors off but instead making your monitors go into standby because they’re not detecting a video signal. I don’t know why that is, but it doesn’t sound like it’s turning your monitors off.

@CPU

Try running the game with only one monitor attached.

@TextFAMGUY1

You say that both your monitors turn off. Do you mean your computer turns off/crashes? What happens when you turn them back on? I’m not clear precisely what the issue is, and the game making your monitors physically turn off seems impossible to me.

@RedEye

@CPU

Try this
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Black_Mesa

+1 Pcgamingwiki is a great resource for troubleshooting and tweaking. I use it all the time.

Here is the full video of how it looks. I can try running it with 1 monitor attached. It’s great quality, I promise
youtube.com/watch?v=303mNefRxkE

[Nonimportantuser]

Using one monitor might work.

[Buffalox]

@Nonimportantuser

Using one monitor might work.

It worked!!! Using 1 monitor attached to the computer didn’t do any harm, the game works 100%
But we still have a problem. Why can’t I run Black Mesa without crashing with two monitors attached?

[Buffalox]

Alright guys!
Now it is working, atleast for now. I am going to play for a bit and come back with a result later. It seems that it fixed the problem by changing DVI input since the GTX 970 has two of them.

[Nonimportantuser]

Based on this link provided by CPU it appears that the game does not have multi monitor support.

[Buffalox]

Alright, I came much further in game before crashing. But I did crash. I think the problem is the dual monitor. But I have a friend who has 2 monitors and it never struggles for him. What could the issue be?

[Nonimportantuser]

@Buffalox

Alright, I came much further in game before crashing. But I did crash. I think the problem is the dual monitor. But I have a friend who has 2 monitors and it never struggles for him. What could the issue be?

It seems very weird indeed, do you know what OS your friend has?

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If you are interested then perhaps you could help as we are stuck and could use the help.

It is called The Pizza Code Mystery and is still ongoing.