Can’t seem to figure this out. Upon launching the game, I see the menu background with “Loading…” in the bottom right corner for a second or two, then screen goes black, then back on, repeating for a few cycles until hl2.exe crashes with vstdlib.dll at fault.
System Specs:
1090t OCed at 4GHz w/ NB @3Ghz - cooled with H100
M4A89GTD Pro
Reference Sapphire 6950 crossfired with Sapphire FLeX 6950 (both shader unlocked to 6970 but no OC)
Creative Soundblaster X-fi Titanium HD soundcard
Corsair TX750w psu
Steam (and Black Mesa of course) are on a Corsair Force GT 120GB.
OS is on a separate Corsair Force GT 120GB.
Also using a WD Caviar Black 1TB and OCZ Vertex 2 60GB as storage drives.
RAM is Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz (3x 4GB modules = 12GB )
To answer a few questions that are sure to be asked:
I did not touch the zip, and installed the game from the setup.exe.
Yes I installed the Source SDK Base 2007.
Yes I restarted steam and the PC a few times.
Using 3 monitors and crossfire, I have tried all combinations of (crossfire on and off with both single monitor and multiple monitors enabled).
I have tried using both stable steam and steam beta.
I have added the entire steam folder to the blacklist in MSE.
My GPU drivers are all up to date.
I have tried running the Source SDK Base 2007 on it’s own and I get the same issue with black flashing, but it does not end, and I have to force close it.
I really can’t think of anything else to try. Hopefully someone can help me, as I would love to give this game a try!