Ok ppl ive sorted out what i belive to be the root of my problem i had directx9 installed but direct draw didnt work with my card so ive uninstalled dx9 (vv laborious to totaly get rid of) and reinstalled 8.1 so now i hope ill be able to access the graphics tab on the options screen and change the graphics so the game apears normal brightness. But now whenever i logon to steam i put in my password and it sits for a but (HD going like the clappers) then the login box dissapears (HD still goin like the clappers) then hd stops and i wait and i wait and i wait ok im bord of waiting now so i Ctrl+alt+del steam is not responding (why am i not supprised) so hlp meeeeeeee pllzzzzzz.
Grim
Why run in D3D? Use OpenGL.
Is your net connection still up when this happens?
Try deleting the clientregistry.blob file then restarting steam.
TL.
Yep the internet is still on i get adsl nxt week on wed i tnk so hopefull if i eva manage to log on, it will improve things ill go and try deleating that thing now
grim
ok now its updating platform so ill come bak prop l8er 2 nite with an answer or 2morrow.
Ok ppl thanks to teas idea deleating the .blob i can now log on and at kunch i connected to meathook i would see the welcome screen and clicked on the hl2 has performed an illegal opperation "close" and i still cant access the graphics tab in options is there a way to change the graphics settings without going into cs?
Grim