Hi, I installed Black Mesa successfully on launch day, including Source (hadn’t had it installed on this machine previously), and was playing through the first section when my husband noted that my graphics didn’t look as good as the ones on his copy, so I went into setting and started with the resolution.
Not, sure what I picked (not what I intended… second to the bottom, perhaps?), but the game went into what I’ve affectionately termed “blink mode.” It will cycle between a black screen and a screen with my windows taskbar at the bottom, about a quarter of my windows desktop on the right and a black box on the rest of the screen. Keyboard buttons don’t seem to do anything, and the only way to get out is to CTL+ALT+DEL and quit out. Upon relaunching from Steam I get the following error:
Failed to create D3D device! Please see the following for more info. https://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=772
More research reveals, I should start the game with the launch code " -dxlevel 81"
Upon re-launch I can run the game, but there is a white line running diagonally across the screen from upper-left to lower-right, and another white line along the right edge. Additionally, all of the people have purple and black checked eyes, which is pretty spooky.
My first troubleshooting step was, of course, to change the resolution again. No change.
I have run windows updates, re-installed video card drivers, pulled the Black Mesa files and Source files out of my Steam folder and re-installed… no change… after re-installing Source, I’m kind of at a loss for what troubleshooting step to try next.
Thanks for you hard work, it is appreciated!